Yinshan Record

Chapter 197 Old News of the Heavenly Court
"Then I will try it in the Spirit Garden."

Chang Le accepted the bag of seeds containing grains.

"I wonder if the young sage prefers these lush foliage or tall, robust plants..."

"This is grain; try to get as many seeds as possible."

Su Che said.

"This is the top priority right now, and we need to put more effort into it."

"Yes."

Chang Le was taken aback at first, then slowly nodded.

"Some people rise from the highest heavens and only consider it an achievement when they've done something truly great. Let's start with small things and move forward step by step."

Su Che patted Chang Le on the shoulder, moved by the gesture.

"Thanks for your hard work."

After explaining the matter, Su Che left the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden and reappeared in his room at Tongde Tower.

Someone was gently knocking on the door from the outside.

"Sir, your food has arrived."

"Send it in."

Su Che gave a soft call, and two servants in blue robes and small hats entered the room carrying two wooden trays.

They carefully arranged the cooked dishes and poured the warmed Shaoxing wine into the glasses.

"Sir, we're right outside the door. Just let us know if you need anything."

Su Che nodded.

His mind was still on the Zhongshan meeting.

The two servants carefully closed the door.

One person quietly walked to the end of the corridor to await instructions, while the other carefully walked out of Tongde Building and headed towards the villa behind it.

Tongdelou occupies a vast area, with a towering five-story pavilion in front and a winding path leading to several secluded villas in the back, but these villas have never been open to the public.

The young servant in blue turned left and right among the rooms, finally finding one and slowly pushing it open.

The woman who had met Su Che once on the road was carefully examining a Buddhist scripture when she saw the young servant in blue return. She suddenly smiled.

"Going off to fool around again?"

"A message just came from the front saying that a very strange person has arrived, so I went to check it out."

"Oh?"

The woman frowned slightly. Although there were some subtle conflicts between the Prince of Wuling and the Crown Prince, it was unlikely that they would extend this struggle to her.

Although Wang Jian was the chief secretary of the Prince of Wuling, he was, after all, from the Xie clan of Chen Commandery, and the Wang clan of Langya was a noble family that shared the fate of the country and had been intermarrying with the government for generations.

If something really happens, it's probably some kind of evil spirit stirring up trouble, hoping to profit from a rare opportunity.

"With you by my side, what could possibly happen?"

"That person has a strange smell. At first, I thought it was a dragon from the East Sea and wanted to meet him, but it wasn't. I can't figure out what kind of person he is. We should be careful."

The servant took off his hat and straightened his clothes; he turned out to be the maid who had always been by Madam Xie's side.

"Didn't you say something was off about Tian'an County?" Madam Xie smiled. "Let's rest for a day first, and then set off tomorrow, heading straight for Cizhou. There, not only are there the Imperial Guards and the Jingye Division, but the City God is also incredibly powerful, a rare and powerful deity among the current gods." "If possible, let's leave tonight."

The maid wrinkled her small nose.

"The stench of evil spirits in this area is still too strong."

Su Che sat in his room, drinking alone. The dishes were delicious, and the Shaoxing wine was very fragrant.

Zhongshan Society is likely just one of many pieces in Zhongyuan's game.

Besides the Zhongshan Society, Su Che felt that if the "Listening to the Rain Pavilion" mentioned by the Ghost Ancestor was indeed real, it should also be a force under Zhongyuan.

That day in the Yin-Yang Realm, the Ghost Ancestor fought against several second-rank Buddhist monks. He himself happened to witness the Ghost Ancestor and Yuwen Rui plotting outside Guo Bei County.

The change in the Ghost Ancestor's attitude, in retrospect, should have been part of Zhongyuan's plan.

What exactly is Zhongyuan planning and strategizing?
A familiar feeling came over him, and Su Che moved, finding himself in another world.

A towering bronze tree reaching into the clouds, a statue of an immortal floating in the air, and a giant dragon carrying a candle wandering through the sky.

And of course, there's that mysterious master wearing an ancient bronze mask.

"Dong Wang Gong".

Zhongyuan sat upright in his seat, one hand supporting his chin, his eyes bright and piercing.

At this moment, there was no one else in front of Zhongshan Hui, only Zhongyuan sitting high above him.

"How is Cizhou?"

Su Che thought for a moment and replied silently.

"It's nothing more than life and death, separation and reunion, the norm in human life."

"That's just how things are in the world." Zhongyuan slowly shook his head.

"Did you see the evil dragon that fled into the East Sea when the Yin-Yang boundary shattered that day?"

"I've seen it. But it winds eastward, occasionally revealing a glimpse of its power, enough to freeze thousands of miles of mountains and rivers."

"What left that day was merely a remnant of the evil dragon's spirit. You can imagine how majestic he was in ancient times." Zhongyuan seemed to be recalling the distant past: "Back then, beings like him occupied this world, their breaths becoming rain and their inhalations becoming wind. They possessed unparalleled supernatural powers, but they also caused immeasurable suffering to the human world."

“Xuandu Palace follows the Dao of non-action. They sorted out the world and killed the most wicked creatures. At the time, we thought that if we could eliminate all these primordial evil creatures, the world would be at peace.”

“Although natural disasters have been eliminated, man-made calamities remain.” Zhongyuan sighed softly, “When I was cultivating, I found the so-called moral laws of Xuandu Palace quite laughable. But later I realized that it would be too tragic for cultivators to be without the constraints of these two words.”

"At that time, some people kidnapped tens of thousands of people to feed the demons of the East Sea in order to befriend them. Others sacrificed tens of thousands of people as a blood sacrifice in a single day in order to obtain the method of the Heavenly Demon's transformation." Zhongyuan looked at Su Che: "I suppose you, Lord Dongwanggong, have never seen the ugly state of Earth Immortals once they let go of evil and run rampant."

"Therefore, I and several friends, along with old friends from this world, decided to establish a set of rules for the world. Among them are the Five Emperors of the Five Directions, as you know them. In addition to them, the founder of the Shenxiao Dao, the leader of the Huangtian Dao, and many other extraordinary earth immortals are also included."

"At that time, we discussed and decided that we should imitate the dynasties on earth and establish a heavenly court to set rules for all cultivators in the world. This is the ancient proposal of the heavenly court."

Zhongyuan sighed softly, "Back then, the Buddhist sect was closed off and only concerned with their own self-contained system of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. The Xuandu Palace followed the laws of morality and neither supported nor opposed our actions. The demonic sect was still insignificant, and although the demons claimed to be a race, how could a tiger be ranked with a flock of sheep? They are still a disorganized mess."

"It was indeed the best opportunity back then, but unfortunately, we made a mistake at the last minute and failed. We can't blame anyone else for this."

Zhong Yuan casually remarked, "Things went wrong at the end," but Su Che could still sense the strong stench of blood.

That mishap was a catastrophe that led to the fall of all five emperors and the complete collapse of the ancient Heavenly Court.

It is precisely because of this difficulty that the distinction between ancient and medieval times arose.

(End of this chapter)