When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 670: The Heavenly Beings Who Faked Their Death and Hidden Away from the World
With the gratitude of this group of top-level masters, Zhang Ji's main purpose of meeting Baijia this time was not only easily achieved, but he also gained this unexpected benefit, although it was somewhat suspected of taking advantage of others' generosity.

Originally, this secret was only passed down orally by successive Qin kings and was unknown to outsiders. It was only a few days ago that Ying Zheng informed Zhang Ji of this secret in the form of the Black Dragon Scroll. His purpose was just to prevent Zhang Ji from worrying about things outside the battlefield. However, he inadvertently ended up making a group of top masters owe Zhang Ji a huge favor.

In fact, successive Qin kings had kept this matter a secret, originally only because they were worried about giving the top masters of the heavenly realm worshipped by other royal families of various countries hope of a breakthrough. After all, it was an era of great contention, and the Qin State was always regarded as a tiger and wolf country in the eyes of various countries.

But now it is different. The unification of Qin is a foregone conclusion. It is only a matter of time, and the Hundred Schools of Thought have already stood on the side of Qin.

The top masters in Central China today are definitely not just those who are now known among the various schools of thought. Bei Mingzi and Donghuang Taiyi are merely two people at the peak of the heavenly realm who were pushed forward to intimidate foreign enemies. There are many who are closer to ascension than them.

As far as Zhang Ji knew, there was Pang Nuan’s teacher who was nearly 90 years old, Heguanzi, the previous head of Tianzong of Taoism and also a disciple of Zhuangzi, and Gongsun Long, the leader of the famous school who "died of illness" the year before last.

In the Qin State, there was also an elder of the royal family who faked his own death and hid behind the scenes, protecting the Qin State in secret.

Although Ying Zheng did not specify the identity of that person, Zhang Ji still roughly determined his identity.

Only Chu Li Zi Ying Ji, who was dubbed the "brain trust" by the world, created the "Qing Wu Jing", founded the Feng Shui school, and was regarded as the ancestor of Feng Shui scholars in later generations, met this condition.

Zhang Ji had mentioned this senior to his wives and concubines before. He was a master of the state of unity between man and nature, but he died of exhaustion while in office. After all, he was a master of the state of unity between man and nature. Even if he was exhausted and tired of government affairs, he died of illness before he was 60 years old, which was really surprising.

After learning about Ying Ji's existence, Zhang Ji was suddenly a little frightened.

If there is such a senior member of the royal family still alive, then has the affair between him and Zhao Ji been discovered?
And since Ying Ji faked his death, then are those other people who shouldn’t have died so early still alive?

For example, his great-grandfather, Zhang Yi, Lord Wuxin of the Qin Dynasty, and Gongsun Yan, the Rhinoceros-headed one, and Mi Yuan, who drowned himself in the Miluo River?

Since the Qin State has a master who has reached the highest level of heaven and man protecting it behind the scenes, what about other countries?

He destroyed the State of Han himself and indirectly destroyed the State of Zhao, and also married the prostitute queen of Zhao.

Although most of the Zhao royal family did not recognize Queen Zhao Chang, she was eventually canonized and given the golden seal of the queen and dressed in a phoenix crown and robe.

In addition, he defeated the Chu army several times, forcing the Chu State to cede land and seek peace twice, and he also had a relationship with the Queen Mother of Chu, Li Yanyan, which was difficult to explain to outsiders. Although the demise of the Wei State had little to do with him, he also indirectly contributed a lot. Isn't he already on the death list of the masters of the highest level of heaven and man behind the scenes of various countries?
"You don't have to worry about this, my husband."

Compared to Zhang Ji, Zi Nu, who was born into the Zhou royal family, had known these things for a long time.

Since the fall of the Shang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, all the secrets of the world have been in the Zhou Dynasty. Even Laozi and Confucius were jealous of them. The Zhou Dynasty's library, which was highly praised by sages of all generations,

Although Zhang Ji studied under the previous Mohist master Lu Goujian, what Lu Goujian taught him was limited to martial arts.

Although Lu Gou Jian taught Zhang Ji everything he knew, he ultimately treated Zhang Ji more as a disciple who inherited his martial arts instead of teaching a future Mohist master. These core secrets that were only passed down orally by Mohist masters of all generations could not be told to Zhang Ji, so Zhang Ji knew almost nothing about these things.

But for Zi Nu, who had been immersed in the secret library of the Zhou Dynasty since childhood, it was not a secret.

"Any expert who has reached the state of unity between heaven and man who wants to break through to the ultimate state of heaven and man must cut off the karma of right and wrong as much as possible, let alone enter the world and get involved in the entanglements of the mundane world."

Zhang Ji gently lifted a strand of Zi Nu's hair and whispered, "Is there really such a thing as cause and effect in this world?"

If Zhang Ji was born under the red flag, had three meals a day, and had been educated in atheism since childhood, he would naturally not believe in the concept of cause and effect. However, in this world where science cannot be used to explain things, Zhang Ji was somewhat shaken. "If time really has cause and effect, why do evil people live long and good people die short?"

Immediately, Zhang Ji shook his head, still somewhat unconvinced.

“This…” Zi Nu opened her red lips slightly, not knowing how to interpret it. “The theory of cause and effect is very mysterious, but it seems to be closely related to practitioners.”

"At least there are few masters who have achieved the state of unity between heaven and man and the state of heaven and man in the martial arts world. Senior Bei Mingzi and Lord Dong Huang of the Yin Yang School, the only two masters who have achieved the state of heaven and man, rarely show up. There is also Master Nian Duan of Jinghu Villa. Even my husband's senior brother, the Six-Fingered Black Knight, has stopped personally controlling many Mohist affairs in recent years, and has entrusted them to the leaders of various Mohist departments to break through to the state of heaven and man."

"Thus, those who want to go further in their spiritual practice often choose to fake their death to sever their entanglements with the world."

"Among them, some choose to become a certain country's worshiper. They can use the country's fortune to practice, which is more conducive to practice. At the same time, they can also use the country's fortune to be affected by karma without bringing a big impact to themselves."

"Practicing in this way must have great disadvantages, right?"

Zhang Ji listened to Zi Nu's story and shook his head.

If there were only benefits, then warriors all over the world would probably unite under the flags of their respective countries, and there would be no contention of a hundred schools of thought.

This time, Qin's goal was far more than just to repel the grassland wolves, but to go deep into the northern frontier. Ying Zheng was also worried that there were some masters hidden on the grassland, so he told this secret to Zhang Ji and stated that if Zhang Ji needed it, he could transfer the Qin's master to accompany the army.

However, Zhang Ji did not do so. The warriors on the grassland should not be too powerful for the various schools of thought to resist. Of course, it was mainly because Zhang Ji felt guilty.

If that person didn't care about the friendship with my ancestor, I would not even know how I died.

Moreover, according to the information collected from hundreds of schools of thought, Qin classics, old Zhao classics and Yan State, although the warriors on the grassland could not be killed off, Taoist Taiqing stayed on the grassland for ten years. It was not until Taoist Taiqing disappeared from the grassland for thirty years that those masters who had reached the state of unity between man and nature and had hidden themselves dared to come out cautiously. As a result, the martial arts inheritance on the grassland was cut off for a full forty years.

During the forty years, the development of martial arts on the grasslands was almost completely stagnant, while the Central Plains was in a state of thriving vitality with various schools of thought contending with each other.

As one side gained strength while the other lost, a big gap opened up between them. The warriors on the grasslands completely cut off contact with the warriors in the Central Plains and all retreated to the grasslands. Although there were still many warriors who went south with the Donghu, Xiongnu, Linhu and other tribes, there were very few masters.

Even if they were first-rate masters, they still caused considerable trouble to the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao and Yan who were resisting the grassland wolf tribe in the north.

Especially, today's grassland warriors are different from those hundreds of years ago. They seem to have mastered a unique art of beast transformation, which allows them to use the power of beasts to strengthen their bodies, and they call it the secret art of shamanism.

But these are all minor matters, and what needs the most attention is the upper-level combat power.

Over the past two hundred years, the grassland has finally cultivated many masters and experts who have reached the state of unity between man and nature. In addition, there are some old turtles on the grassland who were scared of being killed by Taoist Taiqing and have gone into hiding. If the various schools of thought had not entered the grassland, this battle would probably have caused considerable trouble.

After all, the wolf tribe of the grassland does not abide by the same rules as the people in the Central Plains of China. According to Li Mu, many of his officers had been assassinated by grassland masters. The reason why they failed to completely annihilate the Huns was that several generals were assassinated while commanding. Even he himself had been assassinated no less than thirty times in that battle.

Therefore, we must be prepared for the possibility that grassland masters may assassinate the commander-in-chief or even the king.

(End of this chapter)