Yan ZK

Chapter 642 Ancient Standards (Thanks to What Nickname Should I Choose for the Ten Thousand Reward)

That was a small notebook every household had.

The cover was vermilion red, with solemn gold-lettered words on it.

The five bold characters of "Resident Household Register" were brazenly and arrogantly displayed on the cover.

Wei Yuan's mind went blank, cold sweat poured from his forehead, and his mind conjured up words befitting a Sakurajima light novel title about how overthinking things led to him bringing something he shouldn't have, getting caught, and suffering social death.

No, Jue wouldn't understand what this represented.

That's right, Jue's memories before this were all from the late Three Kingdoms period and the early Jin Dynasty; she had an ancient mindset.

Jue wouldn't know…

Wei Yuan raised his eyes.

He saw that the girl's face was visibly flushed red.

Wei Yuan's thoughts paused, and he had the urge to slap himself in the face.

No, she knew.

The girl blinked, squatted down to pick up the notebook, and then handed it to Wei Yuan. As Wei Yuan reached out to take it, she suddenly said, "Yuan, you brought this, could it be that you want to marry me?"

"Huh?!"

Wei Yuan stiffly raised his head. In the warm yellow light, the girl's lips held a smile.

Her eyelashes were long, and her eyes sparkled.

For some reason, Wei Yuan's heart beat wildly. At this moment, theoretically speaking, everyone would know that this was a bit presumptuous and that he needed to subconsciously refute it, saying that it was just stuffed in his clothes and he hadn't noticed it in his haste to come, or perhaps make a joke to gloss over the matter, such as, 'Haha, Jue, why did you think of marriage when you saw this? Could it be that you want to…'

That way, the pressure would be reversed onto the girl.

The so-called Kunlun Fourth Miss wants me to confess, a five-thousand-year-old bachelor's romantic battle of wits.

But alas.

The man before him was the type whose thought process was so straightforward that he didn't know how to beat around the bush, and what's more, it had been strengthened by the Old Master to the thirteenth power and reforged.

"Yes."

Before Wei Yuan could react, he had already blurted out the answer.

It was so direct that he wanted to strangle himself.

Then, he saw the girl's face flush red. She swayed, then regained her balance, stuffed the household register into Wei Yuan's arms, and then—

Kicked Wei Yuan out of the flower shop and slammed the door shut.

"Libertine!"

The girl's words were rarely tinged with gritted-teeth resentment: "I am Kunlun, you, you, you…"

She 'you'd' for a long time, then said:

"You should at least have elders with sufficient status come to propose marriage, and the rites of the Age of Gods must not be lacking in the slightest. What do you mean by just bringing this over? Do you think it's that simple? My Kunlun lineage, with its might suppressing the four seas and eight wastelands, how could it possibly… you, you, you…"

The girl seemed too angry to speak, and in the end, she only said:

"Libertine!"

Wei Yuan sat on the old street and realized that his actions were inappropriate.

In any case, Jue had grown up in ancient times and had the background of the Age of Gods. Having been in the modern world for only a year, she definitely couldn't accept the modern style and placed great importance on ceremony. He had been impulsive and lost his mind. For the Kunlun God lineage’s celestial maiden, this was no longer a matter between two people; if the specifications and etiquette were lacking, the entire Kunlun would not agree.

This concerned the entire god lineage.

For example, taking the Tang Empire in its prime as an example, marrying the Fourth Princess was a grand affair.

But you actually planned to elope with the Fourth Princess.

Then don't blame the nationwide encirclement and quartering.

However, what she meant just now was…

Wei Yuan belatedly realized what she meant and suddenly looked towards Wu Anjun's house, then realized that just the Martial Lord of Qin was probably not of high enough status. Wu Anjun was strong, but could he match the guardian of Kunlun, Lu Wu? Moreover, the Kunlun God lineage had always been associated with the Human Emperors on earth.

In that instant, Wei Yuan had the urge to run directly to the imperial tomb and dig out the sleeping First Emperor—Zheng-ge, wake up and get to work, stop sleeping!

He heavily thumped his chest.

Wei Yuan thought of another who was qualified.

He turned and darted towards the museum.

"Zhu Jiuyin!!!"

Inside the flower shop, the girl leaned against the door, covered her chest, and slowly sat on the ground, her heart beating fast.

"That scared me…"

Her hands trembled slightly.

Even though she had known him for thousands of years, she still couldn't quite keep up with that guy's thought process. Just now, they had only held hands, and suddenly, she recalled the 'I'll just sleep with her, I won't do anything' judgment that she had seen online from that Vodka Lady.

The celestial maiden sat leaning against the door, unable to recover for a long time.

Finally, she rested her forehead on her knees and softly cursed through gritted teeth.

"Libertine."

……………………

"Could it be that Yuan, you want to marry me?"

"Of course, I've already made all the preparations."

"Ah, my love!"

"Ah, Yuan!"

Exaggerated language, outrageous movements. In a lucid dream, Xing Tian and Xuan Yuan sang in harmony, gazing at each other affectionately, and finally burst into laughter, pounding the ground as they laughed: "Hahahaha, that's too funny, it's really too funny!"

"You're so weak, hahaha, is this what you call a civil official?!"

The two iron-headed men of the Age of Gods laughed loudly.

Wei Yuan, surrounded by these noisy fellows, felt the veins on his forehead throbbing. He gritted his teeth.

Miscalculated…

He should have known that these old fogeys could definitely sense what was happening outside.

As a result, when he came into the dream to find Zhu Jiuyin, he encountered unprecedented outrageous ridicule. Finally, Curator Wei's anger reached its peak, and he slammed the table heavily, angrily saying, "What right do you have to laugh at me? How are you any better than me?!"

"I got married at sixteen," Xing Tian said, pointing at himself.

"I was the latest, at twenty-one," Ji Xuanyuan shrugged.

Wei Yuan: "…………"

After thinking for three seconds, Curator Wei gave up facing reality.

He clenched his left fist and slammed it into his right palm, suddenly realizing:

"Oh, oh, I get it. Xing Tian, you must have knocked the girl unconscious from behind and dragged her back to get married, right?"

"Ha, haha, that's not good."

Xing Tian shook his head and replied, "No, what kind of era's customs are you talking about? Of course, I won the beauty's heart by writing love poems and singing songs. Let me tell you, back then, I could fight and write poetry, and I was a famous young man for miles around."

Wei Yuan: "…………"

Uncle Jiang patted him on the shoulder to show his comfort.

Ji Xuanyuan shook his head and said, "No, I was the one who was knocked unconscious."

"Ah, this…?"

"Is there a problem?"

The young version of Ji Xuanyuan frowned: "I was indeed knocked unconscious and dragged back by Leizu."

Wei Yuan opened his mouth, looked at Ji Xuanyuan, who at least looked handsome and sunny, and then looked at Xing Tian, who had a rough appearance. He was dumbfounded. Shennong laughed, "Actually, that's normal. After all, Xuanyuan wasn't invincible from the beginning. He grew up step by step."

Wei Yuan was silent and said, "Ancestor, I'll just ask one question… Does Leizu have white hair?"

Ji Xuanyuan asked suspiciously, "Yes."

"Because she ate a kind of ice herb, so her hair is white."

"Her baleful aura is strong, and her pupils turn red when she fights to the extreme."

"White hair and red eyes?"

"White hair and red eyes."

"Okay, no problem, I understand."

Wei Yuan nodded.

So it was you who carved this aesthetic preference, a special attack on the people of Shenzhou, into their DNA, right?

Zhu Jiuyin took a sip of tea, interrupting these noisy iron-headed property holders, and said indifferently, "Proposing marriage? I have no problem, but not now. Why don't you find a way to wake up that First Emperor as soon as possible? After all, as soon as I appear in the mortal realm, I will be observed."

"Observed?"

Zhu Jiuyin glanced at Wei Yuan, considered his words, and said:

"Indeed, you should know about it."

"About the Hetu Luoshu, and… Guixu (the final destination)."

Wei Yuan frowned.

Zhu Jiuyin pointed to the table in front of him, signaling Wei Yuan to sit down.

He slowly told the story of the future related to the Hetu Luoshu, and the information that the mastermind behind the imprisonment of the celestial maidens came from Guixu. Wei Yuan's expression calmed down, and finally said, "So, in the Mountains and Seas, the Great Wilderness, the mortal world, and beyond the Four Seas, there are still Guixu forces changing things?"

"Yes."

Wei Yuan subconsciously asked, "How strong are they?"

Zhu Jiuyin said calmly, "The waters of the Eight Extremes and Nine Wilds, the currents of the Milky Way, all flow into it, but there is no increase or decrease. Adding matter to it will not increase it, and taking things out will not decrease the water flow. It is said to be able to accommodate all things, and souls are annihilated."

"According to your mortal theories, that is an area where antimatter gathers."

"When all things enter, they will collide and annihilate with antimatter."

"So it can accommodate anything. According to the mortal realm's transcendental theories."

"That is the place where yin and yang collide and merge. It is the line in the Bagua diagram that distinguishes yin and yang."

"There is a saying that after Hun Dun (chaos) was carved with five senses, the two ancient emperors, Shu and Hu, who killed him, took Hun Dun's body to Guixu, hoping that in that special place where all things in the mortal world merge yin and yang and reverse the universe, they could reverse the life and death of the gods and revive Hun Dun, but after so long, no news has come."

"Ancient Emperor Hun Dun…"

Wei Yuan was thoughtful.

A good old man, but he was killed by his friends.

Hun Dun originally represented the primordial state of heaven and earth, but he was forcibly carved with five senses and seven orifices, breaking the mode of yin and yang unity. Who would he die if he didn't die?

Alongside the Buzhou Mountain God, who suffered a herniated disc in his waist from eating melons, they were the two biggest unlucky gods of the ancient divine era.

Absolutely top-notch.

One was killed by his friends while playing with them, and the other became a badger in the melon field while eating melons.

Wei Yuan was thoughtful: "In other words, Zhu Jiuyin, you can't enter the mortal world now because you have to exchange pieces… to restrain the other side's apex combat power. Then, is the Queen Mother of the West also exchanging pieces to restrain Kai Ming (the mythological beast guarding Kunlun Mountain)?"

"Or is that sentence to remind Kai Ming to be careful of Tianmen (the Heavenly Gate)?"

Zhu Jiuyin said slowly, "If it was meant for Kai Ming to see, then it wouldn't be unsealed by the blood of the celestial maiden. So, even if the Queen Mother of the West wanted to remind Kai Ming, this action is enough to show that she probably also thinks that the current Kai Ming is not trustworthy enough."

"Let's put this matter aside for the time being."

"Carefully recall the events that have happened in these thousand years, what can you see?"

Wei Yuan pondered.

One thing after another emerged in his mind.

During the Tang Dynasty, Geng Chen left the Huai River and went to Kunlun, resolving a certain great calamity.

Then, in order to resolve the future great calamity, he chose to reincarnate.

The Twelve Yuan Chen (the twelve earthly branches) arrived in the mortal world.

Appeared in Kunlun.

Geng Chen encountered an ambush.

After that, the Queen Mother of the West disappeared.

During the Ming Dynasty, the dragon vein was severed, and the aura of Shenzhou changed drastically.

The Queen Mother of the West reappeared in the mortal world, reincarnated as a human to avoid disaster.

Evil forces appeared in the mortal world, disturbing the mortal realm. At about the same time, Zhurong, because he controlled the power of the Four Extremes of Heaven, suffered a backlash from the mortal realm's fortune and had to fall into slumber. The mortal realm's transcendence began to decline more and more.

Originally, the mortal world and the world of mountains and seas were in a state of mutual exclusion.

Like two positive magnets.

Everyone disliked each other and couldn't merge.

But after the mortal world lost its transcendental characteristics, it changed from a magnet to iron, and the two worlds accelerated their fusion.

Until now, Gonggong has been resurrected, the mountain and sea rifts have appeared, the god who supports the sky has appeared, and the Twelve Yuan Chen have appeared one by one.

There seemed to be some connection between these things, but Wei Yuan couldn't figure it out.

Vaguely, it seemed like he was about to grasp it, but he couldn't.

Zhu Jiuyin slowly drank tea, Shennong watched the support of the human race's fighting power of this generation with a gentle gaze, Dayi was maintaining his bow and arrow, Chiyou was sharpening his blade, Xing Tian was pondering, and Xuanyuan was pondering.

Xing Tian glanced at Xuanyuan.

'Did you understand?'

Xuanyuan crossed his hands and supported his chin, pretending to ponder: 'No.'

'Then this posture of yours…'

'This will show that I understand very well.'

Xuanyuan continued to ponder: 'At least, I can't lose face in front of future generations.'

Xing Tian suddenly understood: 'You're right.'

'Then what should we think about?'

Xuanyuan continued to ponder: 'For example, what dishes should we eat later?'

'Eat meat.'

'Eat meat.'

The two continued to ponder in a knowing manner.

Zhu Jiuyin expressionlessly looked at the two ancestors of the human race who were pretending to ponder, turned back to look at Wei Yuan, and said, "What are your thoughts?" Wei Yuan was silent for a while and said, "The Queen Mother of the West must have already reincarnated, and her reincarnation is probably in danger…"

"She needs to be found and protected as soon as possible."

The gray-robed man took a sip of tea and said lightly, "Anything else?"

Wei Yuan thought for a while: "I feel like something's wrong, but I can't say why."

Zhu Jiuyin was helpless.

He shook his head: "Forget it, let's take our time. I'll ask you a few questions."

"The Twelve Yuan Chen ambushing in Kunlun was the earliest sign of the great calamity that you came into contact with."

"So, Wei Yuan."

Zhu Jiuyin's eyes were ancient and playful: "Was it really the Great Wilderness that drove the Twelve Yuan Chen from behind?"

"!!!"

Wei Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

The gray-robed man's fingers were slender, and he tapped the stone table, saying calmly:

"Where did Geng Chen get the answer that he needed to reincarnate to cope with the great calamity? Who told him? So that the No. 1 Martial God of Kunlun chose to commit suicide without hesitation."

"Who could summon Geng Chen back from the Huai River?"

"And who caused Wuzhiqi's power to be damaged by Geng Chen's departure and be used by Buddhism?"

"And the last point."

"If Geng Chen was still alive, would the Queen Mother of the West be forced to reincarnate with his fighting power?"

"If the Queen Mother of the West still exists, and Kunlun suppresses the aura of Shenzhou, would transcendence disappear?"

"If transcendence had not disappeared, would the mortal world and the world of mountains and seas still be connected in this era? As the reincarnation of the Queen Mother of the West, after Houtu disappeared and Gonggong was sealed, would the last of the Four Gods of Heaven and Earth, the Fire God Zhurong, be backlashed and fall asleep? And don't forget, Zhurong guards the overseas, and coincidentally, Guixu is outside the East Sea…"

Wei Yuan's pupils contracted violently, as if a thunderbolt had split the dark clouds, and the last gap was connected.

The major events experienced in this millennium were suddenly connected.

All linked together, forming a chessboard.

Thousands of years, countless gods, just a game of chess, with foreshadowing laid out for thousands of miles, ultimately pointing to the only being capable of doing this.

Wei Yuan slowly opened his mouth: "Kunlun, Kai Ming!"

Seeing through walls, seeing the ten directions.

ps: Today's first update…………4200 words, thank you for the ten thousand reward, thank you~