HCB Chapter 306: The Secret of the 4th Realm Guardian and the Divine Wandering (2)
Chapter 306: The Secret of the 4th Realm Guardian and the Divine Wandering (2)
"monster?"
There was a look of surprise in Wen Yanzhao's eyes.
"Yes, compared to us people in Middle-earth, they are indeed monsters!"
Nangong Chunshui sighed deeply after he finished speaking, as if he remembered something heavy.
Seeing him like this, Wen Yanzhao asked:
"Since you just mentioned that the four regions of the east, south, west, and north are all occupied by those monstrous immortals, then why hasn't a single one appeared in the Middle Earth over the years? Could it be that they are blocked by some barrier or formation?"
Nangong Chunshui clapped his hands and pointed at Wen Yanzhao and said:
"clever!"
"They were indeed blocked outside, but it wasn't by any barrier formation, but by people!"
"People like you and me, whose physical cultivation has entered the realm of Divine Wandering."
Wen Yanzhao anticipated what Nangong Chunshui would say. From the moment he mentioned the four borders, he already understood the purpose of his visit.
Ever since entering the realm of divine wandering, Wen Yanzhao felt that his resonance with the heaven and earth became more and more profound, and every thought and breath of his would be affected by the myriad things in the heaven and earth.
This feeling is like having a vague umbilical cord connecting to the heaven and earth.
It seems that in the plane of Young White Horse and Young Singing, there really is a civilization of cultivating immortals, or in other words, there is a way to cultivate immortals.
"So you traveled thousands of miles from Snow Moon City just to convince me to join you in protecting the Four Realms?"
Wen Yanzhao no longer concealed the truth and simply pointed out Nangong Chunshui's purpose.
"Yes and no!"
Nangong Chunshui's eyes flashed and she looked at Wen Yanzhao.
"How is it yes and no?"
Wen Yanzhao met Nangong Chunshui's gaze, calm and reserved.
The two young men, one in red and one in green, stood staring at each other. After a while, Nangong Chunshui, dressed in a fiery red, finally spoke again:
"What you are doing now is of great importance. I know that even if I try to stop you, I won't make you change your mind!"
"The Xiao royal family is indeed declining with each generation. The grace of a gentleman is cut off after five generations. I don't care whether the dynasty is about to end. I just want to tell you that if it is not necessary, do not commit murder!"
Wen Yanzhao did not shy away from anything and said in a deep voice:
"Don't commit murder? Haven't the Xiao family, who sit high in the temple, sown enough evil consequences?"
"You've lived for nearly two hundred years, and you've likely seen far more of the suffering of the people and the nation's troubles than I, a recent eighteen-year-old! You clearly have the power to overturn everything, so why are you content to be inferior to others and become some kind of banished immortal?"
"Now you're trying to convince me to join you in protecting the Four Realms. What's your reason?"
"There are so many soldiers under the command of the Marquis of Zhenxi out there. They followed Grandpa Baili in battles across the country. Some died on the battlefield, some returned home with their broken bodies, and some were left serving in the army. Do you know that if Baili Luochen hadn't relied on his prestige and reputation over the years to repeatedly write letters to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue to ask for military pay, these soldiers probably wouldn't even have the money to live on!"
"Humph! Not to mention the disaster-stricken areas like Shuzhong, Jizhou, and Yongliang, where countless people die of starvation and cold every day!"
"Aren't these the murders committed by the Xiao family, who sit high in the imperial court, and the beastly civil and military officials in the court?"
"Xiao Chongjing's third son is marrying a concubine. The wedding ceremony alone will cost over 600,000 taels of silver, and will also require 1,500 dan of osmanthus flowers and 2,000 dan of fresh cassia twigs..."
"Every penny is taken, but it is used like dirt. This is where the world goes wrong. It goes wrong because one person has taken over everything. The Xiao family is the sole ruler!"
Nangong Chunshui had not expected that Wen Yanzhao, the evil and careless little poisonous creature of the Wen family, would actually say such tearful and heartbreaking words!
He never imagined that he massacred government officials and instigated Baili Luochen to rise up in arms and plunder the southwestern prefectures and counties just to clear out corrupt officials and provide a relatively stable and peaceful environment for the suffering people.
Every word of Wen Yanzhao's words struck Nangong Chunshui's heart.
These words, filled with the heroic spirit of a young man and the righteousness of a man who was concerned about his country and his people, reminded him of the heroic young man Xiao Yi, who had stood shoulder to shoulder with him over 150 years ago, holding the Heaven-Slaying Sword and rising from obscurity to establish the Beili Dynasty with his bare hands.
Once upon a time, Xiao Yi, who was less than 20 years old, once pointed at Tianqi City, which was the capital of the Qin Dynasty at that time and sighed loudly, "The dynasty is unjust, and we should take up our three-foot swords to fight against it!"
Yes, Nangong Chunshui, who has lived through six lifetimes, seems to have slowly begun to forget his youthful nature, and no longer wants to waste his energy trying to change when faced with injustice and filth.
Ji Huxie, Ji Yuji, Li Changsheng... or Nangong Chunshui? Maybe even I have forgotten!
Is that young man who stood shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Yi and killed tens of thousands of enemy soldiers still there?
After a long silence, the agitated Nangong Chunshui finally spoke:
"Wen Yanzhao, I was wrong..."
"Your sophistication and breadth of mind are much deeper and broader than I imagined."
Wen Yanzhao turned around and sat at the table. He raised his head and drank up the remaining Jiuchongzui in the rosewood gourd.
"Old Li, enough of the idle chatter. As for the Four Realms Guardians you mentioned, I'll naturally go with you once I finish what I'm doing!"
"I was just thinking of meeting those immortals from outside the realm to see if they can withstand my poisonous skills."
Nangong Chunshui's expression eased a lot after hearing this, and he smiled and said:
"I was interrupted by your impassioned speech just now. Now I want to finish what I am saying."
Wen Yanzhao raised his eyebrows and returned to his previous state, extending his hand to gesture for him to sit down:
"Sir, please speak! Yanzhao is all ears!"
Nangong Chunshui straightened his gown, sat down at the table and said slowly:
"There is a secret about the Four Boundaries that few in the world know. It's about the four aristocratic families that have guarded them for generations."
“Hundreds of years ago, there were four great families in the world—the Su family in the north, the Lu family in the south, the Ye family in the west, and the Mo family in the east;
They all have thousands of disciples, and their family power can rival that of a country's famous families.
These four great families have been guarding the four directions for generations, and the members of the families with high cultivation have always been resisting the foreign immortals who are eyeing them from outside the four regions.
Not only that, the strongest people in the four major families of Su, Lu, Ye and Mo respectively hold the four great treasures handed down from generation to generation: the Treasure Box of Heavenly Secrets, the Book of Immortals, the Sorrow of Heaven and Earth and the Flowing Flower Scroll.
It is said that if these four treasures can be gathered together, one can gain the power to dominate the world and control everything, but it has always been just a legend, and has never been explicitly mentioned even in ancient historical books.
Until now, these four great families have still been fulfilling this responsibility. Although there have been some twists and turns and accidents in the inheritance of hundreds of years, the original Lu family in Yingzhou was replaced by the Bai family.
The Ye family, the ancestors of Ye Dingzhi, gradually declined until only Ye Dingzhi remained. It was said that some of the Ye family's disciples had changed their ways and founded sects, with some changing their surnames to Nangong.
And what has remained unchanged is the Su family who guard the northern border. The person headed by them is none other than my former master, Su Baiyi!
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