Chapter 333: The Causes of Everything (2/2)
”The Fiery Eyes tribe?” Though Zhou Bao was mentally prepared, he suddenly felt alarmed when he heard Elder Qing mentioned the Fiery Eyes tribe. He suppressed his surprise and said, ”I've heard about the Fiery Eyes tribe and I possess a Fiery Eye External Elixir. But the Golden Book of Fate was controlled by all of us, why experts of Divine Wind Palace were the only forces that had taken action?”
Elder Qing wore a strange smile and glanced at him. ”Since you own a Fiery Eyes External Elixir, you must know the wonderfulness of the Fiery Eyes. Do you think Divine Wind Palace would be willing to share benefits with other influences? Though the Golden Book of Fate is controlled by all of us, it's stored in Divine Wind Palace. Divine Wind Palace always think of themselves as Orthodox Heavenly Court. Therefore, they're the best influence to handle matters such as violating Law of Heaven!”
”Orthodox Heavenly Court?”
”Yes, Orthodox Heavenly Court. They intend to recover the majesty and stateliness of Heavenly Court and choose a new Jade Emperor to restrict Sea Emperor!”
”Choose a new Jade Emperor? The Great Jade Emperor?”
”Yeah, the Great Jade Emperor. He's the only one who has practiced the Way of the Emperor to the extreme among the owners of Heavenly Court in the world!” Elder Qing said without any expression. ”Because of this, Divine Wind Palace surely wouldn't let go any chance that could advance their strength. The Fiery Eyes tribe was a strong bloodline that was created by necromancers in antiquity times according to numerous Immortal-demon Bloodlines. Since the Fiery Eyes had many wonderful uses, the Divine Wind Palace began to fight the Fiery Eyes tribe in order to level up their strength. But they had never expected that after the Fiery Eyes tribe was cornered, they manifested an extremely strong power. They weakened half of the Divine Wind Palace's power and destroyed one of their Taihao Fairy Weapons, and Divine Wind Palace suffered considerably. After that, Fifth Manor on Longevity Mountain struck Divine Wind Palace too. Divine Wind Palace was meant to go for wool but came back shorn. But if with the help of Jade Pool, it would have disappeared.”
”Fifth Manor on Longevity Mountain?”
”It's another powerful influence in the Three Western Regions and also the only one that is in a good relationship with the Four Eastern Regions. It's in a bad relationship with Divine Wind Palace. Hence, once it found any chance, it would definitely cause Divine Wind Palace to suffer a lot!” Elder Qing sat down slowly and sighed. ”It's a pity that not everything went as we expected. Though Divine Wind Palace suffered greatly, it benefited a lot as well. No one had expected that the Fiery Eyes should have some peculiar connection with the Golden Book of Fate. Divine Wind Palace exterminated the Fiery Eyes tribe and got the Fiery Eyes. Therefore, they could better control the Golden Book of Fate. Thus, we couldn't act against it so as to prevent harm to innocents. Alas, if we knew this point at that time, we would have taken in the Fiery Eyes tribe and controlled the Golden Book of Fate. Maybe the Seven-deity Regions would have a new look!”
”Yeah, it's a pity!” Zhou Bao's facial muscle twitched rigidly, and no one knew his feeling.
After a short silence, he asked, ”Was the Fiery Eyes tribe really that powerful?”
”Of course. Otherwise, Divine Wind Palace would neither fear them nor suffer greatly from them. Their eyes, their eyes...!” When it came to the eyes of the Fiery Eyes tribe, Elder Qing's eyes showed some greed. However, it disappeared in a flash. ”Their eyes were so powerful. It was the key of their confidence!”
”It seems that you're quite familiar with the Fiery Eyes tribe!”
”Of course, I've lived for 38,000 years. I definitely know many things!” Elder Qing looked at Zhou Bao sourly. ”The Fiery Eyes tribe wouldn't have suffered from extermination if its patriarch gave in and joined us. Although Divine Wind Palace was powerful, Immortal Palace together with other five influences would be a match for it. But unluckily, the patriarch was too arrogant and never gave in. Haha, without strength, arrogance is futile. He could only suffer a great loss. He was truly an idiot!”
”Yes, he was an idiot. But why did Divine Wind Palace pursue and kill the Fiery Eyes tribe after that?”
”I've said that earlier, the Fiery Eyes could generate some connections with the Golden Book of Fate. After people in Divine Wind Palace knew this, they were upset. Though they had obtained countless Fiery Eyes, they were not inborn ones. Even if they were turned into External Elixirs, they were no match for the inborn Fiery Eyes. The Divine Wind Palace was scared of this and thus pursued the remnant Fiery Eyes bloodlines. In order to justify themselves, they smeared the Fiery Eyes tribe. Hum, they were deceiving themselves!”
”Yeah.” Zhou Bao smiled. ”So it seems that Divine Wind Palace is the most powerful one among the Six Influences of the Four Eastern Regions? They've possessed the strongest control of the Golden Book of Fate. Therefore, the power they can utilize is very strong. Strictly speaking, Immortal Palace is no worse than it. However, unless encountering something urgent, the Six Influences wouldn't like to initiate conflicts. They all pursue immortality rather than anger after all!”
”Yeah, you're right!” Elder Qing nodded in agreement.
”Then, how about Taiyuan Heaven and Taiyuan Token?”
”Oh, it's the same with the appearance of Ancient Ruins. The difference is that Taiyuan Heaven only appears during a certain period and Taiyuan Token is needed in order to enter it. I've lived for so many years and have seen the appearance of Taiyuan Heaven nearly 40 times. I entered it once and I'm tired of it now!” Elder Qing waved his hand. He said impatiently, ”But you're different. Junior Leopard, you're young and strong. You also possess a great luck and good opportunities, but be careful when you enter it. It's worth worrying about it, but there's no need to worry about it too much. Since you're going there with Wang She, you both will be safe, because you're powerful and own Pure Yang Celestial Devices.”
”I hope so!” Zhou Bao smiled bitterly. ”Elder Qing, what's the so-called Thousand Year Promise about Taiyuan Heaven?”
”Taiyuan Heaven appears every 1,000 years.” ”Because of this law, we (influences of the Seven-deity Regions) have entered Taiyuan Heaven many times and know something about it as well. In the beginning, in order to contend for resources in Taiyuan Heaven, we fought with each other fiercely and suffered considerably. Only 10 percent of experts came back alive from Taiyuan Heaven 17,000 years ago. Because of this, we were on the verge of falling out with each other. However, we kept calm and made some rules finally; whoever entered Taiyuan Heaven should behave according to the rules and obtain resources through his lucky chances and strength; no one was allowed to robe others, otherwise, he would be our common enemy. Therefore, we had a Thousand Year Promise. Gradually, the more frequently we entered Taiyuan Heaven, the more familiar it was to us. We divided Taiyuan Heaven into 20 areas because only 20 Taiyuan Tokens would appear every time. Holder of every Taiyuan Token could only search resources in a specified area. If he was unsatisfied with his area, he could negotiate with others to exchange their areas before entering Taiyuan Heaven the next time. Of course, the two parties should agree with it willingly. In this way, the chances of leading to conflict decreased largely, and therefore, several recent Taiyuan gatherings were fruitful.”
”But now, there's one more Taiyuan Token!” Zhou Bao finally understood the reason why Earth Bat of Girl was panicked. It was just like planting a carrot in a hole, however, there was one more carrot left. Planting it in which hole was a serious problem.
”Hum. That's why I said that it's complete bullshit to determine things that would happen 1,000 years later. Ye Qingtian's background is mysterious. As White Tiger showed me his information, I thought there was something wrong. Luckily, he was too arrogant that he didn't want to join us. Otherwise, he would have brought troubles to Immortal Palace. The Taiyuan Token you have is one of the four Taiyuan Tokens in the Central Mainland Region, and they are kept by the strongest worldly orthodox dynasties in the Central Mainland Region. The Jin Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty contended for it earlier, but now, since the Northern Yuan was destroyed, it belongs to Jin. Yan Yuntian wanted to suppress his two rivals taking this as an opportunity. Therefore, he gave you his Taiyuan Token!”
”His rivals? Who were his rivals?” Zhou Bao was confused, not knowing why. ”How does it connect with Yan Yuntian's rivals?”
”It's about the plan of Divine Wind Palace. It planned to reestablish the Heavenly Court. They always call themselves orthodoxy. Thus, they supported dynasties that had orthodox status in the Four Eastern Regions secretly, such as the Jin Dynasty and the Li Dynasty. They intervened in the world trend through these dynasties, and the Mingyi School was the product of their support. Moreover, they wanted to choose a new Jade Emperor, and control the Law of Heaven and Golden Book of Fate. But they haven't found a proper person or opportunity yet. Therefore, Yan Yuntian becomes one of the candidates it promoted.”
”Jade Emperor?!” Zhou Bao blinked his eyes. ”Is he crazy?”
”You may think that Divine Wind Palace was crazy. However, they've been carrying out the plan. There are two reasons for them to call themselves orthodoxy: the First reason was that they've occupied the main hall of Heavenly Court, namely Divine Wind Palace. The second reason was that they possess the complete Way of the Emperor. The Way of the Emperor is one of the 3,000 Great Ways. The royalty of the Jin Dynasty and the orthodox royalty of the Four Eastern Regions together with the Three Western Regions all practice the Way of the Emperor. It needs infinite ambitions and schemes. Besides, it requires you to rule and control everything. If you practice it to the extreme, you can be called Jade Emperor. The process of practicing the Way of the Emperor has something to do with authority. The greater authority you possess and the more people you'll control, the more unfathomable your strength will be. Sea Emperor controls the whole Sea Area, boasting numerous experts and infinite territory, so he has practiced the Way of the Emperor to the extreme!”
”It's completely a joke!” Zhou Bao curled his lips. ”If Yan Yuntian wants to be the enemy of Sea Emperor, he should control the whole Seven-deity Regions at least. Only in this way can he level up the power of the Way of the Emperor. But he has only controlled a country, he's way far from Celestial Emperor!”
”So he's one of the candidates of Jade Emperor. Choosing a Jade Emperor isn't as easy as you have thought. Divine Wind Palace has only chosen some candidates during such a long time, but no one meets their requirements. Once such a man appears, they'll spare every effort to help him to control the Seven-deity Regions, at least the Four Eastern Regions. In this way, though he's no match for Sea Emperor, at least he can fight against him!”
”It's crazy. They're all crazy!” Zhou Bao murmured incredibly.
”Yes, you're right! Those who practice the Way of the Emperor were all lunatics!”