Chapter 24: Fibre Clouds Make a Clever, Flying Stars Spread Hate (2)
Shang Shaoqing whispered the word "cousin" and his eyes floated out carefully, as if he was afraid that someone would eavesdrop outside.
Yan Li smiled when she saw this: "Brother Xian doesn't have to be so careful. Guiyun is his own person, so he doesn't have to betray him in everything. As for Brother Duan, Master Huining invited him to admire the sword."
"In just a few days, I'm sure... my brother is so smart that he has a very sharp ear and a very quick entry." Shang Shaoqing said in surprise.
"Ha." Yan Li chuckled, "I naturally never heard of things that Brother Xian hasn't discovered. There are many things that I don't need to hear or see, and you can guess a little. Judging from Master Huining's expression just now, you can guess that he would do this. I wonder if Master Huining is your uncle or my cousin?"
"It's my cousin." Shang Shaoqing replied in a daze, "If I had known that my brother was so smart, I wouldn't have to worry about my foolish brother until now. I'd like to explain it to you early."
"I hope to hear the details."
"Your mother is my aunt. Apart from that, everything really starts from the source." Shang Shaoqing sighed again.
"From a hundred years ago, a great figure appeared in the Yan Kingdom in the cracks between the Western Qin and Eastern Qi in the north. After his death, he called it Shangwu, which is the legendary King Shangwu..."
The wind roars for thousands of miles, sweeping across the world endlessly; the thunder shocked the nine provinces, and asked who dared to be the pass!
These two sentences are exactly the portrayal of King Shangwu Ji Dongling.
Ji Dongling was originally one of the princes of Yan State.
His story is not a palace battle between a prince and a prince, but a complete immortal tale story.
Although Yan State is a small country in the cracks between the two major northern countries, it shoulders an important mission.
The "Yanyan Pass" on its northern border is the only channel between the Central Plains and the Northern Wilderness Mangzhou.
There is no trace of the Northern Wilderness Mangzhou, only endless monsters and demon kings, every once in a while, they will attack Yanyan Pass in groups. If these demons pass successfully, they will inevitably poison the Central Plains. Therefore, Yanyan Pass is a real barrier to the Central Plains, carrying the safety of hundreds of millions of creatures in the Central Plains.
The first word that the prince of Yan State learned after his birth is probably not "father" or "mother queen", but the cold word "wandering geese". From the day they were born, they were destined to bear heavy missions.
It is true that in the world of gods and true immortals, the kingdom army is just a daily garrison and assistance. When it comes to a critical moment, ordinary warriors and army are useless. After all, those who can play a decisive role are the masters of the Three Sects.
However, how precious are the lives of practitioners of the three religions? Even if they are royal families in a country, they cannot be compared with them. Therefore, the entire Yan army is destined to be cannon fodder. And the masters from all walks of life are very compassionate to save people at critical moments, and slapping their butts and running away is called following the will of heaven.
For hundreds of years, what the royal family of Yan State most longed for is that practitioners can appear in the royal family, and it is best to occupy a high position among the three religions. Only in this way can this country that has been in war for many years truly receive strong assistance from the three religions and be able to recuperate.
However, even if the children of the royal family of Yan State have spiritual roots, they will set foot on the battlefield very early and will find it difficult to concentrate on practicing, let alone occupy an important position among the three religions.
Finally, after hundreds of years, the royal family of Yan State produced a genius who was amazing and shocked by the masters of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
The life achievements of King Shangwu Ji Dongling were hard to count. The most important one was that this young royal family once led 300 elite soldiers to take the initiative to walk out of Yanyan Pass, headed north all the way, killing dozens of demon kings and returning.
After this incident, the reputation of Ji Dongling was really "swept thousands of miles and shocked the nine states". Everyone in the Central Plains knew it.
Some experts in the three religions believe that as Ji Dongling's cultivation becomes increasingly advanced, one day it will be able to completely seal the gap in Yanyan Pass, making the biggest threat to the Central Plains, like the Yunping Mountains in the West, the Shenyuan Buddha Realm in the southern border, and the Basil Academy in the East China Sea, becoming a stable holy place for practice.
However, the good wishes were not realized.
Ji Dongling is dead.
Just when Ji Dongling was at its peak, the highest organization of the Central Plains Taoist Sect, Jade Emperor Temple, suddenly took action. The master of the temple brought the four great masters and the thirty-six Heavenly Gang to surround and kill Ji Dongling with the Demon-killing Array.
In this battle, the sky shook and the earth moved, the ghosts were sad and the gods were miserable. The 50-mile landform of the western border of Yan State was completely changed. It was really because of the broken mountains and rivers and the grass and trees. The four great masters of the Jade Emperor Temple were destroyed, and the thirty-six Heavenly Gang lost half of them.
Ji Dongling died on the spot.
Afterwards, the Jade Emperor Guan said to the outside world that Ji Dongling went deep into the northern border, was transformed by demonic energy, and had become a demon. The Taoist sect made a living for the people of the world, and had no choice but to kill him. He had a great military achievements throughout his life, but he was addicted to martial arts and violated the ban, which led to his devils. Therefore, his posthumous title was Shang Wu.
"How can these words convince the public?" After a hundred years, Shang Shaoqing was still indignant. "Before the incident, everything was normal for our ancestors, and there was no sign of being possessed by demons. How could there be a saying of being possessed by demons!"
As the audience, Yan Li was naturally calm and said, "It was a bad excuse."
"Yes! Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if you want to inflict a crime, you have no choice but to worry!" Shang Shaoqing said, "Then the ancestors' relatives and friends and old subordinates wanted to ask for an explanation from the Taoist sect."
"Of course there is no statement." Yan Li continued, "The former king is dead. Even though the people are angry, they do not have the peerless cultivation of the former king, so they do not have the qualifications to negotiate with the Taoist sect. This action not only fails to obtain any justice, but instead pushes things in a worse direction."
Shang Shaoqing looked at Yan Li's eyes and sighed: "My good brother is indeed as expected. Not only did his ancestors not receive any compensation, they ended up in a miserable end. The Jade Emperor Temple made the final judgment because the descendants of King Shangwu were all contaminated by demonic energy, and the following crimes were charged with provoking Taoist sects, killing innocent people indiscriminately, etc. - the descendants of King Shangwu, men have been prostitutes for generations, and women have been prostitutes for generations."
"If you don't kill them all, you should have other forces intervene. I guess it's Buddhism." Yan Li said.
"Oh?" Shang Shaoqing became more and more surprised and asked, "How did you know about it?"
"If it weren't for such incense, how could Brother Xian easily enter and exit Zhuchan Temple? Apart from Buddhism that is enough to compete with Taoist sects, who dares to make the Jade Emperor Guan a prostitute and become a sword-making monk?"
"It's true." Shang Shaoqing closed his eyes and said, "At the critical moment, Buddhism stopped the Jade Emperor from killing all the Jade Emperor's Temple, and used the word "prostitute" in the original sentence of the man who was a prostitute for generations to change from a prostitute to a "trick" with a trick. In this way, we can become actors in the martial arts world. Otherwise, the virtuous brother could only meet his brother in the brothel... "
What a humiliation it was that the descendants of the royal family of Yan State and the descendants of Prince Shangwu, who were famous all over the world, would become prostitutes. What a humiliation? When Shang Shaoqing talked about this, he remembered the bitterness he had suffered for generations and was speechless.
Yan Li didn't answer, and quietly drank a cup of tea.
For him, Shang Shaoqing's story was enough. He could completely sort out the subsequent things by himself.
Prince Shangwu's descendants were demoted to prostitutes, so they naturally no longer enjoyed the surname of Yan. Therefore, they took the name Shang of King Shangwu, changed their surname to "Shang", and moved to Jianchuan City, which was jointly governed by the three religions. While being monitored by the Taoist sect, they were also taken care of by Buddhism.
However, King Shangwu's descendants and old friends could not settle for the status quo, so he secretly transferred some of his descendants to the family for a humble status. Although his life was still difficult, it was better than becoming a prostitute. For safety reasons, most of the descendants transferred did not know their identities, and Yan Li's mother was one of them.
The descendants sent were not convenient for Shang, so they changed their surname to Yan to commemorate the Yan Kingdom. The Han family dared to accept the descendants of King Shangwu and should be one of the old subordinates of the former kings. In order to keep the secret, only the ancestors of the Han family knew about everything. Shang Shaoqing was the bloodline of King Shangwu, and he had no choice but to go to the stage.
The above is the general process of the matter.
It was not until the tea on the table that Shang Shaoqing came to his senses and said apologetically: "Brother I lost my composure and made me laugh. What happened next..."
"I have understood what happened next." Yan Li said, "I don't know what my brother has plans to this day?"
"What can I plan..." Shang Shaoqing smiled bitterly, "It has been a long time since the incident, but for the master of the Golden Pill Master of the Jade Emperor, it is just a flash of fingers. In another ten years, a hundred years, our fate will still be like this. Brother Yu came here today and wanted to tell his brother that you are talented and famous. I don't know how happy you are in your eyes. But... Once your life experience is revealed, I am afraid that the Taoist sect will not allow you!"
"Thank you brother for your reminder." Yan Li smiled, "Didn't your brother and all seniors think of solving this problem once and for all?"
Shang Shaoqing was stunned when he heard this and said in amazement: "How is this possible!"
"Haha..." Yan Li smiled, "In my opinion, it is not difficult to solve it. We only need to figure out one key."
Shang Shaoqing frowned and said seriously: "I hope to hear the details."
Chapter completed!