Chapter 108 The Beginning

Such flowing, brilliant light, starlight and auspicious clouds intertwined, almost like two top experts exchanging blows. The child in gray clothing watched, entranced, until the cold-faced elder shouted, "A-Yuan!"

"A-Yuan! Let's go!"

The child turned back and saw that his companions had already gone a long way. He hurriedly tightened his grip on what he was carrying and rushed forward. The elder's face remained wooden as he said, "You shouldn't look at what you shouldn't see. This is Youxiong, a major city of the human race."

And the clan leader had decided to rebel against the Tushan tribe.

"Yes, yes, okay Elder!"

The child nodded seriously.

His companion smiled and said, "What's wrong? Watching the commotion over there, are you thinking about whether you can have such great cultivation too? Hey, don't even think about it." The other person playfully tapped the child's shoulder with the scabbard of his knife, saying, "You can't even do the most basic body tempering."

"Such experts have nothing to do with you in this lifetime."

"Looking at them ten or a hundred times won't make them yours."

"You might as well learn a craft well, and you can find a good family in the future."

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The magnificent movement between heaven and earth quickly disappeared. Bai Ze grabbed the jade book that had suddenly sensed something strange and rushed into the human race's royal city. The guards here were all elites of the human race, ancient elites, but under the formation, they couldn't see even a trace of a shadow. That guy had disappeared.

"This, what kind of cultivation is this?!"

And Bai Ze directly ignored the huge mess he had caused behind him.

When he arrived here with the jade book, he couldn't find anything unusual. Its [Ming Zhao You Yuan] (Clairvoyance) mythical concept seemed to have lost all its effect, refusing, or unable, to peep out even half of the truth. Even though it was a hot day, Bai Ze felt as if he had been plunged into winter.

A chill rose from his spine bit by bit.

Beyond the scope of his observation authority...

What, what is going on?

Bai Ze calmed himself for a long time before barely suppressing his shock. After thinking about it, he decided to solve the immediate matter of coming here first, and then wholeheartedly look for the situation of this jade book. The human race's great city, Si Wenming's coming-of-age ceremony, Emperor Shun had also appeared.

When Bai Ze, hidden in the crowd, saw King Yu's coming-of-age ceremony directly bring back a huge beast corpse like a mountain, his brow twitched—

Damn it, even the two words Wenming...

Can't suppress this guy's overflowing martial virtue?

Xuan Yuan didn't even...

Okay, Xuan Yuan was such a reckless man back then too.

Bai Ze sent a message to Emperor Shun, who paused, raised his eyes, and saw the scholar in the crowd, his pupils contracting. Bai Ze nodded calmly and transmitted his voice, "Come to the back of the royal city, I have something to tell you..."

When Emperor Shun solved the problem at hand, he came to the bamboo forest behind the royal city.

Seeing the falling leaves rustling, the white-clothed scholar stood with his hands behind his back, extraordinary. In his hand was a special token, and his aura was that of the last of the heroes who initially created Xuan Yuan Hill. Emperor Shun's voice was mellow and gentle, "Is Senior Bai Ze before me?"

"It is I..."

Bai Ze raised his chin slightly.

He originally wanted to take the opportunity to ask for a few bottles of the human race's fine wine, but Emperor Shun immediately offered two tall compliments, his manner very polite. Even Bai Ze, with his thick skin, couldn't say anything. He coughed and directly asked, "...I traveled in the Great Wilderness and heard that the human race is in conflict with Gonggong again."

"What exactly happened?"

Bai Ze's expression became serious.

Emperor Shun was puzzled and replied in a deep voice, "In the past, Gonggong betrayed the human race and knocked down the Heavenly Pillar, leading to disasters in the world. Emperor Zhuanxu was merciful and did not kill them all, but now our borders are connected to Gonggong's hundreds of tribes. Gonggong's hundreds of tribes have conflicts with our border soldiers."

"Therefore, I just made a preemptive strike."

Bai Ze's smile froze.

A preemptive... strike?

An absurd feeling made Bai Ze open his mouth, his voice astringent, "...You said, Gonggong is a traitor? So, when facing Gonggong's hundreds of tribes, you chose to make a preemptive strike?"

Emperor Shun replied:

"That is so. The clan's books, and even the other party's books, record it as such."

"Gonggong was the Water Minister, rebelling against the human race."

"And there have already been several battles."

Bai Ze covered his forehead, as if he saw the final decisive and tragic scene of Zhuanxu and Gonggong. He said in a hoarse voice, "Zhuanxu, didn't Zhuanxu leave any books before he died? Did he, didn't he tell the truth to future generations?!"

"At that time, the human race no longer needed to hide these things, right?"

"At least, successors should know..."

Shun was still not so clear, and said, "Emperor Zhuanxu, his severing the connection between heaven and earth eventually led to revenge... Not only the gods, but also the revenge of the Heavenly Dao, it seems. His three sons with Nulu all died tragically and turned into fierce ghosts, so the messages they each held were scattered."

"Emperor Zhuanxu's final position as Human Emperor was passed on to Emperor Ku."

"Not many books have been left behind..."

The still young Emperor Shun was puzzled, "Could it be that Senior Bai Ze, our crusade against Gonggong's hundreds of tribes, is wrong? I have not completely exterminated their hundreds of tribes, but only drove away wolves to devour wolves, driving the Four Fiends as guests, and having them fight each other with Gonggong's hundreds of tribes, and then taking advantage of the situation to strike at their mainstream."

"Although Gonggong is extremely angry, it is only powerless anger, because the Four Fiends' guests are resisting."

"In addition, his human body died at the hands of my Human Emperor, leaving enough flaws."

"Therefore, there is no need to worry, we should pacify the enemies!"

Bai Ze opened his mouth and looked at Shun, who had not done anything wrong from his own perspective, and said:

"You are fighting him?"

"Yes, holding the Painting Shadow, in the name of the Human Emperor, to fight against thieves and suppress rebellion!"

Bai Ze seemed to see that scene.

But Zhuanxu had already paid everything, and even his three children were backlashed by heaven and earth, dying tragically as ghosts, and even the messages to future generations were scattered; In order to protect the human race from being destroyed by the gods, Gonggong and Zhuanxu's plan was not spread at all.

And now, it has led to a scene where no one is wrong, but it is a speechless situation.

Finally, the scholar slumped down.

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Kunlun Mountain.

The Queen Mother of the West held the letter in her hand. A gentle-faced, mellow-tempered girl next to her asked in confusion, "Ming Zhao You Yuan? What kind of name is this? It's so strange?"

The Queen Mother of the West said plainly, "Ming Zhao You Yuan, observes all the affairs of gods and demons in the world."

"Sees through walls, calculates all ten directions and five elements."

The girl's eyes widened: "This, this, this, this is too arrogant."

"Is there such an arrogant god in the world?"

The Queen Mother of the West closed the letter in her hand and knocked it lightly on the forehead of the Heavenly Maiden, saying, "Don't underestimate them. These two names are new forces that have appeared in the Three Realms and Eight Desolations in the past hundreds of years. Although there are only two people, they vaguely have the aura of stirring up the situation in the four seas. You must not underestimate them."

The girl was shocked: "This..."

"Then, who are you going to send down to earth?"

She volunteered: "I haven't gone down to earth yet. My sisters have all been there. I want to go down to earth too..." Of course, the most important thing was that she also wanted to meet the Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan like her sisters and have those stories between teachers and students. However, she didn't expect the Queen Mother of the West to refuse flatly:

"Yao Ji, you? No!"

"Eh?!"

Yao Ji's face froze.

The Queen Mother of the West glanced at the Heavenly Maiden who had already left a cave in Wushan, her brow twitching. She was clearly a Heavenly Maiden with earth as her core, but she was the most amorous of the four Heavenly Maidens. She always felt that if Yao Ji was allowed to teach Si Wenming, she was afraid that a wrong relationship would develop.

The graceful woman thought for a while and said, "Jiao Nu, I mean... Tushan Nujiao, how old is she?"

Yao Ji replied, "About sixteen years old, young and talented, both civil and military, just a little arrogant and self-possessed, especially after she was born and obtained the approval of Shennong's Whip, she is especially so."

"The heroes of various races have gone to the Tushan tribe to propose marriage, but she doesn't like any of them."

"Is that so..."

The Queen Mother of the West recalled her friend when she was young, her expression softened a little, and said:

"Then she should be able to look up to this Si Wenming."

"I will personally teach him."

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Bai Ze ended his meeting with Emperor Shun, leaving Emperor Shun in self-reproach. The scholar staggered along the street, only feeling helpless. If he wanted to avoid this tragedy, unless he stayed in the human race.

In that case, even if Zhuanxu's children died, they would not turn into fierce ghosts.

Heh... In the past, Zhuanxu had three sons who died and became epidemic ghosts: one lived in the river as a malaria ghost, one lived in the Ruo River as a wangliang ghost, and one lived in human palaces and was good at frightening children.

Zhuanxu, ah Zhuanxu, you even calculated the gods, but in the end, you couldn't calculate these things?

Chongli was deceived by you and held up the sky for who knows how many years.

You even imitated Gonggong's situation back then and gave Emperor Ku the credit for killing Chongli's human body, so that he could justifiably gain a firm foothold. Unfortunately, ah, unfortunately...

However, that's not right...

Even if the human race's border is connected to hundreds of tribes, Gonggong has already revived, which means that he will definitely restrain his tribes and avoid conflicts with the human race as much as possible. Moreover, with Gonggong's strength, if conflicts really occur, he will definitely control them.

In other words... Gonggong was not in the hundreds of tribes when the incident broke out.

There is a mastermind!

A sharp light flashed in Bai Ze's eyes, without any decadence. The sharpness of the heroes of ancient times had not diminished at all. As Ji Xuanyuan's first military advisor before Ji Xuanyuan had taken shape and attracted heroes, he immediately noticed the problem.

He received another jade talisman and sneered after reading the words on it.

What a calculation, what a calculation.

Did you really think that all of us old bones are dead...?

I found you, buried your ass backward in the ground, and stuffed you into the Husband Country, where there are only men, to suppress you for a thousand years, a thousand years!

Bai Ze thought fiercely in his heart. As he walked forward, he raised his head and drank wine. Unexpectedly, he stepped on air and bumped into a child. Bai Ze was fine, but the jade book in his arms fell down again.

Bai Ze lowered his head and saw that it was the same child as before, the child of the tribe whose true spirit was the same as the previous Taoist. His eyes lit up, and he deliberately stopped moving, deliberately letting the child bend down to pick up the jade book. The child saw a gorgeous and handsome man and was full of nervousness. He bent down and picked up the thing.

But Bai Ze was very disappointed. The child reached out and held the jade book, but nothing happened.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I bumped into you."

The child was full of embarrassment.

Bai Ze was disappointed and waved his hand casually, saying, "It's okay."

"What tribe are you from, little guy? What are you doing here?"

The child honestly replied:

"I am a potter, and I came to this big city with the elder to broaden my horizons."

"Oh, is that so..."

Bai Ze was a little regretful and said, "Never mind, I'll buy you something to drink." He shook the wine pot in his hand and took the child to a tea place, probing in his words, but it was useless. Finally, he looked at the child, who was holding a bowl of sugar water with a happy face.

Bai Ze laughed mockingly.

Sure enough, the true spirit is young and weak, not his reincarnation...

Hmm, is he a person from the future? Is this his beginning?

Hmm?!

Bai Ze's eyes suddenly lit up, and he leaned down with a smile, saying, "A-Yuan, tell me, is Bai Ze big brother good to you?"

The child looked at the sugar water and nodded seriously: "Good!"

"Eh, that's a good boy!"

"Then, Bai Ze brother will make an agreement with you. In the future, if Bai Ze brother is poor one day, you will have to support Bai Ze brother."

The scholar Bai Ze was full of sincerity.

The child patted his chest and agreed.

The scholar Bai Ze was overjoyed and waved his hand, "Another serving of dim sum! No, ten servings!"

The shop owner stared at Bai Ze with a disdainful look, as if looking at non-burnable recyclable garbage waste. Everyone was whispering about this useless man who actually planned to eat a child's soft rice. They had seen people eating soft rice, but they had never seen it eaten so outrageously.

Bai Ze didn't care, but was moved in his heart.

Ah, this child is so good.

Sincere and easy to deceive... Cough cough, I mean, pure.

Why did he become so slippery and scummy later?

Damn it, it's like he was contaminated by that Fuxi guy...

Bai Ze immediately stretched out his hand, grabbed the thought that contained Fuxi, and tore it apart with both hands. The corner of his mouth twitched. He couldn't think about it. If he thought about that guy, that guy's body would sense it.

Finally, Bai Ze watched the child eat his fill and received a reply from his [pen pal].

'There is a high probability that the Fire God Zhurong will dabble in turbid Qi in order to revive his deceased wife.'

Bai Ze narrowed his eyes, his dark golden pupils carrying the coldness of a feline predator.

The child, who burped, felt a chill down his back and shivered, saying, "What's wrong?"

"Bai Ze big brother, are you leaving?"

"Hahaha, yes, a friend told me something, and I have to go."

Bai Ze scratched his curly hair and smiled heartily.

"Something?"

"Yes, ah, it's a beautiful love story, but ah, the most beautiful time of love is very short. Instead, this thing will bring all kinds of terrible accessories." Bai Ze looked at the child's ignorant look and smiled, "Don't understand?"

"It's right if you don't understand."

"Good children don't need to understand this. I wish you never know this trouble. This is God's blessing, you're welcome."

"Now, Bai Ze big brother is going to do something. Goodbye."

The child asked, "Bai Ze big brother, are you going to fight?"

The scholar waved his hand lazily to the child's back, smiling lazily, "Sort of, but it doesn't matter, don't worry."

He took a sip of wine, staggered out, and said plainly:

"At most, it's just pulling one of the top ten down from the horse..."

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At this time, the Leizu tribe also arrived at this grand gathering. After experiencing the previous gathering in the royal city, she came to the library of this great city and found an ancient scroll.

It is said that it was a document left by Cangjie before his death, and it is a first-hand Taoist canon.

It is very beneficial for cultivation!

She had read it many times when she came here in the past, but for some reason, today she suddenly thought of the child brought by the legendary Chishui goddess before, and changed her clothes together, and thought of the child's name.

"Yuan... this name seems very uncommon, I have never heard of it."

"But why does it seem like I have vaguely heard it?"

She was puzzled and casually turned over a page of the Taoist canon, and then saw the last sentence, her expression frozen, her heart suddenly beating heavily.

The Tao is empty, and when used, it may not be full.

Abyssal,

Like the ancestor of all things!

"Abyssal... ancestor of all things?"

And Bai Ze left here, Emperor Shun fell into self-remorse, and the child jumped down from the seat contentedly, with the idea of honing his cooking skills in order to be able to eat such delicious things in the future.

After all, he is very poor.

Everything seemed to return to its original trajectory, but Bai Ze did not notice that a few words on the jade book lit up and then extinguished. In that year, when fate completely converged into the original river of trajectory and reached completion, a [consciousness] slowly awakened outside of fate and time.

White hair, blue shirt, ink-colored wooden hairpin.

Sitting alone outside of fate, time, and karma.

Quietly watching the changes of all things, watching the flow of his own destiny, and finally turning into an endless circle, regardless of cause, regardless of effect, from nowhere, to nowhere, the river of time and fate flows endlessly, faster and faster, and finally only sees the changes of light and shadow, like the ouroboros described by fate.

And this long river is ultimately just a ray of arc flowing in the Taoist's eyes.

He opened his eyes.

Then, he looked at the middle-aged man who was fishing for the fate of the world in front of him.