C15 (1/2)

Wang Kunpeng told Shen Dexu and Huang Kun that there were two elders of the art of deception: Chen Ping and Huang Chang. However, the identities of these two people were different. Chen Ping was the one with the right roots, the upright and honorable descendant of the art of deception. Chen Ping had recorded it very clearly in the《 Records of History》, he was a strategist from Liu Bang's side, giving Liu Bang a lot of unexpected tactics, but even Sima Qian did not explain clearly how he had implemented these plans. It was just that at the end, he quoted a sentence that Chen Ping himself had said:

”My plot is forbidden by the Daoist sects. ”My world is useless, and I have already passed on. In the end, I can't rise again, and so I decided to do as many evils as I could.”

This was what Wei Liao had warned him before. He had used the knowledge of the art of deception to make Liu Ba rule the world, but he could not use the conspiracy method of the art of deception to govern a country. This was because the art of deception was the dao of the void, so in the end, it could not become a part of the imperial court, and became the imperial court's strategy to rule over the country.

After Chen Ping, there were no records of the art of deception for a long time. Only when the Tang Dynasty's Daoist Sect flourished did the powerful descendants of the art of deception appear. However, the real clue that the record of the art of deception's successor was related to Huang Chang in Song Dynasty.

However, Huang Chang was not a legitimate descendant of the art of deception, and was only in name.

After hearing Wang Kunpeng's narration, Shen Dexu asked, ”All that you have said are extremely secretive matters, and no one should know about them other than the art of deception. This means that there must be a great upheaval coming. ”

Wang Kunpeng said: ”Yes, this is heaven's will right? Coincidentally, the matter about the iron anchor has dragged the both of you into this.”

”You must know my identity very well,” Shen Dexu said as he pointed at Huang Kun. ”But he is still a student.”

Wang Kunpeng looked at Huang Kun and said: ”Among his people from Huang Family, the one and only thing that I used to fear from him was Xiu Mountain.”

”Are our Huang Family that powerful?” Huang Kun said, ”I never knew.”

”Do you look down on Huang Xi?” Wang Kunpeng said, ”Indeed, after Huang Lianqing's death, his Huang Family began to weaken, but after his Huang Family flourished for a few hundred years, it wasn't as smooth as everyone thought. Huang Xi is more promising than you think.”

The Huang Xi that Wang Kunpeng was talking about, was Huang Kun's cousin, the Patriarch of Huang Family in Xiu Mountain. Huang Kun also understood that Wang Kunpeng definitely knew his background. His grandfather and Huang Lianqing did not have a good relationship, and had already left the Xiu Mountain many years ago, arriving at the Changyang to become a normal sorcerer, until his death.

”What exactly is the conflict between my grandfather and Huang Lianqing?” Huang Kun asked.

”This is the reason why I called you here,” Wang Kunpeng said. ”Your Huang Family and that opponent of mine have a very deep origin, at that time, your grandfather was originally the successor to the Huang Family, and he was worthy of being its successor. It was precisely because of that opponent that I mentioned that caused your grandfather to be driven out of the Xiu Mountain.”

Wang Kunpeng cupped his fists towards Huang Kun and Shen Dexu, ”Just you wait, the one that should be here will be here soon.”

Then, Wang Kunpeng bid his farewell to Shen Dexu. Huang Kun listened to Wang Kunpeng's long-winded speech, and did not understand what he wanted to say, but the only thing he understood was that Wang Kunpeng was trying to pull him and Shen Dexu into their group to deal with that opponent. From the looks of it, Shen Dexu had agreed to it, but he did not know how to deal with it.

Huang Kun left hydrology and returned to school. He was a student of the Water Academy at the Three Gorges University. Other than knowing that his grandfather was a local sorcerer, he did not know anything else regarding the matters of the family. He was determined to train him into a normal person.

Huang Kun's specialty was in water conservancy and hydroelectric engineering, so the course he studied could be said to be more intuitive, which was to specialize in the construction of hydroelectric plants. According to his path of life, he would study for three years, or even four years before he would go to the southwest of China and build a hydroelectric power station in a mountain range. He would start with a technician, become an engineer, and then complete his work. He had worked hard all his life, but he didn't have to worry about food or clothing.

However, Huang Kun did not expect that yesterday afternoon, during class time, a person would suddenly come. Without saying anything, he brought him to the Yanzhi Dam section of the Yangtze River and boarded a barge there. The following matter, had already been explained earlier. He was inexplicably called the successor of the Huang Family 'Water Repellent Talisman'. Then, he was nagged by the leader called Shen Dexu and the mysterious Wang Kunpeng for a long time. A lot of history.