Chapter 273 - Statue of Shennong (1/2)

Chapter 273 Statue of ShennongSince he met Fire Dragon, Gao Ge has been more certain that he will encounter other people of the Dragon Court. If he is lucky enough, he may be able to meet Meng Jing, Yue Xincheng and other peers.

After a short recess, they continue to march towards the peak of the snow mountain.

Searching for people in the snow terrain is just like looking for a needle in a bottle of hay. It is only a matter of luck.

“Do you think there is only one snow mountain in the snow terrain?” Xia Lu says while climbing towards the peak with Gao Ge.

Her question actually makes Gao Ge quite worried.

In fact, Gao Ge also thought of the question before but as he kept thinking, he felt too worried to continue.

No one knows how big the snow terrain is.

Maybe as Xia Lu said before, there are tens of snow mountains apart from the one before them.

In that case, it will be a long shot for Gao Ge and Xia Lu to find Yue Xincheng and the others.

They walk and stop.

On the way, Gao Ge and Xia Lu have collected quite some red beads they ate before.

However, they get increasingly confused.

It is not a difficult thing to find such red beads with some efforts. Just beware of anything that appears under your feet.

Yet, for the sake of the red beads, the Swordlord Ming Wu of the Xiaoshan Sword Sect was killed here.

Gains cannot make up for losses indeed. And it is really beyond Gao Ge’s understanding.

“Then why do we prepare so many red beads?” Xia Lu asks.

“These are good stuff!” Gao Ge says seriously.

Xia Lu says happily, “I certainly know that but only one bead is effective enough. It will be a waste if you eat more than one.”

“Therefore, we can sell them to others!” Gao Ge says grinningly.

“Selling them to others?”

Gao Ge doesn’t continue saying anymore.

He does the math simply.

By far they have collected 20 beads or so.

He wonders whether the beads are everywhere in the snow terrain or there are more of them in the snow mountain.

When they return to the mountain path, they realize that more people are on the path.

“It seems that there have been more cultivators heading towards the snow mountain.” Gao Ge becomes a bit excited. Since so many people are here, it is more likely for him to meet with Yue Xincheng and the other friends.

The snow mountain doesn’t look high but they realize that they are still at the hillside after walking for a long time.

There is a podium at the hillside, which is beside the mountain path. On the podium is a human-shaped statue. It is sort of an ice statue. To Gao Ge’s surprise, the statue is highly transparent, the internal organs of which can be clearly seen.

“Who is this?” Xia Lu asks, “How come there is a statue in this place?”

“Shennong.” Gao Ge blurts out without thinking, “According to legend, Shennong, one of the Three Sovereigns amongst the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, was born with a crystallized belly, which thus made others able to see what he had eaten. Apart from that, look at the statue. He is holding a vine plant with leaves facing towards each other. The plant must be the commonly known gelsemium elegan.”

“One of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors?” Xia Lu says grinningly, “I’ve heard of it before, except that there are many versions of the legends of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.”

Gao Ge nods his head, “The Three Emperors refer to Heavenly Sovereign, Earthly Sovereign and Human Sovereign. Human Sovereign is also known as Tai Sovereign. As to the classifications of the Three Sovereigns, there are generally three variations. First, based on The Big dipper’s Pivot of Movement in the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu Yundou Shu), the Three Sovereigns refer to Fuxi, Shennong and Nyuwa. The second saying is that the Three Sovereigns refer to Fuxi, Shennong and Gonggong, which is sourced from the Bai Hu Tong. The third variation is mentioned in the Shanshu Dazhuan—Fuxi, Shennong and Suiren. Although there are many variations of who classifies as the Three Sovereigns, Fuxi and Shennong are always among the Three Sovereigns. In fact, Suiren also made great contribution. According to legend, it was Shuiren who went to Suiming Kingdom, where he discovered the fire and brought it back. Hence, he is also called as Fire Maker. Due to some disagreement, there is no conclusion. Actually, to be more accurate, I think that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors epitome an era instead of referring to some specific people.”