Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 630 Trick
"What, you know that the grotesque villain won't work, so you immediately switched to a beautiful concubine to speak softly and sweetly? Come, my beauty, let Grandma give you a good pat on the back."

The Snake Granny, looking at Qin Huai who was at the back and remained silent, teased the three women with a grin.

"I am Usma, the Holy Maiden of the Water Tribe. I could not bear to see Zhulong and the Elder Council oppressing the foreign kingdoms and enslaving the snake tribes, so I led the Two Venerables of the North Pole and other righteous ministers and warriors to fight against them and restore the tribal order. Today, I have traveled a long way to Pingqiu to restore Snake Granny's freedom and join forces to deal with Zhulong. Just now, Senior Taotie came in first to confirm that Snake Granny was not forced by Zhulong to do anything that wronged her. If his words and actions were too extreme, please forgive him, Snake Granny."

As expected of the shrewd and resourceful holy maiden of the aquatic tribe, Usma explained the purpose of her visit in just a few words, and also helped Qin Huai get away with his previous probing.

"Oh, thank you so much. But if you want to join forces with me, you should at least let Grandma out first, right? Grandma has been trapped under the Ten Thousand Snake Rock for over a hundred years, her bones are quite soft."

The Snake Granny Wu Hui chuckled. Although she looked like a little girl, her voice was indescribably charming and alluring. The three women's hearts pounded and they could hardly contain themselves.

"Senior Taotie?"

Usma turned her head gracefully, looked at Qin Huai, raised her beautiful eyes, and gave him a wink.

Qin Huai nodded slightly, and the Sin Blade was drawn again, its black light flowing. The Nine Dragon Rope, forged from the iron bones of nine Northern Sea Xuanlong dragons, was instantly broken in two, and the massive Ten Thousand Serpent Rock, weighing a thousand jin, was lifted up by the force of the Qi. Wu Hui, the Serpent Granny, seized the opportunity, and with a swing of her waist, pulled the limp legs directly from the bottom of the rock.

"Snake Granny, how does it feel to be free again?"

Looking at the Snake Granny Wu Hui who was stretching her limbs, Wusima continued, "Zhulong is the Water God, yet he is tyrannical and cruel to the people of the water tribe. As a descendant of snakes, he also suppresses and slaughters his own kind, causing resentment from heaven and people, and alienation from all sides. You and I share the same hatred, why don't we join forces? To show my sincerity, I have brought two gifts with me this time, Granny."

As she spoke, she glanced at the woman, gesturing for Wuxi Snake Granny to look at the imposing girl being held captive by Bo Mu.

"The ancestor of the Xuan Snake of the Zhujuan Kingdom was the Xuan Tian Divine Python, one of the three great ancient divine snakes, a true divine beast of the Great Wilderness. Years ago, by a twist of fate, it was mistakenly sealed in the Abyss by Emperor Shennong and Emperor Hei, suffering immense torment. We, the younger generation of the aquatic race, feel deeply uneasy about this. Therefore, this first gift is Princess Shuilong, the direct granddaughter of Emperor Hei. If you, Snake Granny, do not object, I will offer her as a sacrifice to the Xuan Snake, using her pure Yin blood to break its seal."

Usma extended a finger and lifted the girl's snow-white chin, saying softly, "I wonder if Snake Granny is satisfied with this?"

"I never imagined that Shizuka's granddaughter would grow up to be so beautiful, absolutely gorgeous! Hmm, I wonder what the second gift will be?"

Wu Hui Snake Granny trembled slightly, narrowed her eyes, and looked the girl up and down with a smile. Her tone suddenly changed, clearly showing great interest.

"I wonder if Snake Granny has ever heard of the reason why the Black Emperor went into seclusion to cultivate back then?"

Instead of answering directly, Usma changed the subject and started talking about the Black Emperor from back then.

The Snake Granny chuckled, "You mean he was tricked by Zhulong into cultivating the so-called 'Netherworld Great Law' based on the 'Netherworld Profound Gold Stele' that was unearthed? That old scoundrel is utterly wicked and deserves his fate. It's truly gratifying to hear this!"

Bo Mu's expression changed drastically. Her eyebrows shot up, and she was about to erupt in anger when Wusima stepped in front of her, shaking her head. She said, "The Netherworld Great Law is fake, but the Netherworld Profound Gold Stele is real! The day the Netherworld Profound Gold Stele was unearthed, Zhulong hid it in the Water God Palace and ordered Elder Li and Elder Ma to forge ancient snake script, claiming it was the 'Netherworld Great Law,' setting a trap to lure the Black Emperor into cultivating it."

As she spoke, she took out several pieces of copper and iron from her long sleeves and clattered them together to form a rubbing about five feet long and two feet wide. She said, "This is the rubbing of the inscription of the 'Netherworld Great Law'. Grandma can tell at a glance whether the snake script on it is real or fake."

Wu Hui Snake Granny only glanced at it before chuckling, "This clumsy and poorly made fake snake script actually managed to fool the Water Tribe Elders Council, it's hilarious."

Usma smiled slightly, then took out a piece of black copper from her sleeve and said, "This rubbing was personally made by me from the You Tian Xuan Jin Stele. Grandma, take a closer look and see if it is real or fake."

After saying that, she raised her hand and tossed it into the hands of the Undying Snake Granny.

Wu Hui Snake Granny took the copper piece and glanced at it. Her expression changed drastically. Qin Huai felt a chill in his heart. Looking at the information that Zero had urgently searched, he couldn't help but become more interested in the authenticity of the You Tian Xuan Jin Stele.

Legend has it that in the ancient times, Pangu collected a hundred kinds of gold and refined them into nine tablets, namely the Azure Gold Tablet of the Azure Heaven, the Dark Gold Tablet of the Dark Heaven, the Crimson Gold Tablet of the Blazing Heaven, the White Gold Tablet of the Vast Heaven, the Black Gold Tablet of the Dark Heaven, the Red Gold Tablet of the Vermilion Heaven, the Purple Gold Tablet of the Sun Heaven, the Golden Gold Tablet of the Jun Heaven, and the Azure Gold Tablet of the Yu Heaven.

Pangu used all his knowledge to inscribe nine unparalleled divine powers on nine steles. Once the nine steles are found and combined, they will become an incomparable supreme artifact, capable of traversing thousands of miles in an instant, sweeping across the vast wilderness and the four seas, and becoming invincible.

This is why the Nine Tablets of Pangu are recognized by all the tribes of the Great Wilderness as the greatest divine artifact of all time for thousands of years.

Unfortunately, in order to suppress the flood and bring blessings to all people, Pangu once submerged the nine steles in the nine most dangerous rivers in the nine directions, and their whereabouts have been unknown ever since.

Throughout history, countless heroes and warriors have perished at the bottom of the river in search of the divine stele, yet they have never found it. Until 553 AD, when three hundred shamans from the North Sea led the aquatic soldiers to dig the Youshui River, they unexpectedly unearthed the legendary [Youtian Xuanjin Stele], sparking a stele-digging competition that swept across the five tribes of the Great Wilderness, and directly changing the fate of the Red Emperor and the Black Emperor.

This ancient serpent script has been lost for nearly 1,700 years. At most, the elders of various races who are well-versed in ancient script can only recognize one or two tenths of it. Only Wu Hui, the Serpent Granny, as the direct descendant of Nuwa, is born with a thorough understanding of the script.

If the snake script on the Netherworld Profound Gold Stele is real, then it is very likely an ancient technique personally carved by Pangu, which would be nothing less than a thunderclap to all the races of the Great Wilderness.

The old woman, Wu Hui, gripped the copper piece tightly, a blush rising on her pale face. Sometimes she frowned, sometimes she smiled, and sometimes she shook her head in thought, as if she was hesitant and unable to make a decision.

Meanwhile, Zero, who was silently observing the rubbing of the inscription through Qin Huai's vision, was also using his ace Ninja Land privileges to work overtime to decipher the specific content based on the fruit resources in the Ninja Land Information Network.

Seeing that Wuxi Snake Granny was completely absorbed in the inscription, Usma slightly pursed her light purple lips and smiled, "Snake Granny has such keen eyesight, she should have seen long ago that this inscription is definitely not a forgery. But the strange thing is that the meaning of the inscription is fragmented and extremely profound. I asked the elders of various tribes who are proficient in ancient languages ​​to decipher it together, but we still couldn't find any clues."

"Indeed! These are Pangu script, but they are incoherent and unclear, which is quite strange."

Wu Hui Snake Granny snapped out of her daze, her big eyes darting around. She spat again and laughed, "You brat, you've been keeping me in suspense! This is just a fragment of the Netherworld Profound Gold Stele. If you present the full text of the stele, I, your grandmother, will surely be able to decipher its mysteries!"

"How can a mere Netherworld Profound Gold Stele possibly express the sincerity of this junior in cooperating with Grandmother? The second gift I present today is the Nine Steles of Pangu!"

Usma smiled calmly and spoke each word clearly.

"You brat, spouting nonsense! Back then, the five clans turned the world upside down and exhausted all their efforts to find the other eight tablets, so how did they end up in your hands? Do you think I'm really senile?" Wu Hui Snake Granny was taken aback, then burst into laughter.

"The Netherworld Mysterious Gold Stele was unearthed from the Netherworld Water. People, thinking themselves clever, assumed that the other eight steles should have been buried in the other eight great rivers, and thus they could not find them."

Usma's beautiful eyes flashed with green light as she smiled and said, "In the spring of that year, in March, Ji Shengshan, the lord of Bizao City, raised an army against Zhulong. He fought a fierce battle with Shuibo Tianwu in the upper reaches of Youshui. He lost an arm and was captured alive and taken back to Beihai. Even Bizao Mountain was cut off by Tianwu, which triggered the later collapse of Youshui."

"Senior, think carefully. Since Pangu sealed the nine great rivers with nine steles, there have been few floods in the Great Wilderness. Why did the Nether River suddenly burst its banks when Mount Bizao collapsed that year? It even caused all eighteen great rivers in the Northern Wilderness to flood at the same time?"

Wu Hui Snake Granny was suddenly startled, both surprised and suspicious. She chuckled and said, "Are you implying that the Azure Algae Mountain is the transformation of the Netherworld Profound Gold Stele?"

"Senior is indeed wise beyond compare! The Nine Tablets of Pangu have been transformed into towering mountains and treacherous peaks over thousands of years. If Tianwu had not acted violently and forcefully shook down the Azure Algae Mountain, which was transformed from the Netherworld Profound Gold Tablet, how could the divine tablets have sunk into the Netherworld Water? How could the great river have flooded?"

Seeing that Wuhu Snake Granny was already in her trap, Usma patiently coaxed her, saying, "It took me many years to understand the key to this. So I read through ancient books and traveled all over the world, spending a full eighteen years to finally find the other eight sacred mountains and unearth eight divine steles from their foothills."

Qin Huai frowned, sensing something was amiss. He silently asked Zero in his mind, "Based on what she said, and combined with the information disclosed by the various tribes of the Great Wilderness, what are the chances of finding the Nine Tablets of Pangu?"

"My lord, the probability of this operation succeeding is one in ten thousand. First, the Nine Rivers sealed by Pangu are too ancient to be traced, and even the Shennong Emperor's 'Great Wilderness Classic' cannot provide a definitive explanation. Usma is merely a holy maiden of the Water Tribe, and it is almost impossible for her to determine what the Nine Rivers are. Moreover, there are hundreds of rivers and thousands of mountains in the Great Wilderness, and even with the combined strength of the five tribes, it would be impossible to search them all. Therefore, it is judged that what this woman said is probably untrue."

Having read this far, Qin Huai had already made a judgment about the so-called Pangu. He guessed that even if the Nine Tablets of Pangu really existed, they should be products of fruit cores, and it was impossible for them to be obtained so easily by a water tribe saintess who did not even have seven palaces.

"Is there really such a good thing in the world? You can't accept something for nothing. Little girl, what do you want Grandma to do for you? Just tell me."

Hearing Usma's sweet words, Wu Hui Snake Granny's heart fluttered, and she chuckled.

"The Water and Snake clans have a deep-seated feud, which is not what I wanted. The Nine Pangu Steles were originally sacred objects of the Snake clan. As long as Snake Granny swears in front of everyone that she will put aside her past grievances and join hands to fight against the old thief Zhulong; and agrees to share the [Heaven and Earth Divine Technique] with me after deciphering the inscriptions, these nine divine steles will be a gift from my Water clan to the Snake clan."

Usma smiled, paused, and then said with a slight smile, "However, before that, Snake Granny must first prove that she truly recognizes these ancient snake characters. Otherwise, even if I am willing to give them up, how can the entire aquatic tribe feel at ease entrusting the Nine Steles to you?"

"Oh?"

But then the Snake Granny raised an eyebrow and laughed loudly, "So, little girl, you're afraid my grandma can't read snake script? Are you trying to deceive the world? Look closely!"

Having said that, she moved her right hand slightly, and the purple copper rod flew through the air. The rock wall of the prison cell made a series of hissing sounds, and an ancient seal character twisted like a snake appeared instantly. She said loudly, "Little girl, this is the first character on your rubbing. In the snake script, it means 'Qian' (乾)."

Usma nodded and said, "That's right, Elder Meng said the same thing."

Qin Huai was suddenly startled, and Yan Fu's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"You have collected a portion of the Fuxi Stone Prophecy, progress (1/936)!"

Before she finished speaking, the Snake Granny Wuhui carved another snake-like character with a flourish, saying, "This second character means 'peace'." As she spoke, the copper rod flew, carving another fifteen or sixteen characters.

"You have collected a portion of the Fuxi Stone Prophecy, progress (2/936)!"

With each word she explained, the collection of the stone inscription progressed by one point. Usma echoed her approval, occasionally pausing for a moment before nodding in agreement.

'This Usma is indeed no good; she actually dares to try and control the situation with just her silver tongue. That Bomu is probably just a pawn she's manipulating. I just wonder what her true intentions are.'

Seeing everyone's actions, Qin Huai's murderous intent surged. Just as he was about to kill them and search their souls, he heard Wu Hui Snake Granny let out a soft exclamation and ask in surprise, "What character is this? The rubbing is really blurry. That's it, the left side is 'person' and the right side is the 'dog' from 'Quanrong'. Put them together, it should be the ancestral character '伏'!"

Qin Huai felt reassured. His gaze swept across the room and he saw Bo Mu with a cold smile on her lips, her hands behind her back, quietly copying the snake script on the stone wall word by word on a piece of parchment, not knowing what she was going to do with it.

With things having developed to this point, even a fool could guess most of the truth, let alone Qin Huai, who had Zero's help.
If he guessed correctly, the rubbing of the stone inscription that Usma had given him earlier was undoubtedly a fake, while the so-called "Netherworld Mysterious Gold Stele" rubbing that she had just given to Snake Granny was actually a randomized arrangement of the snake script from the Fuxi Stone Inscription. Their elaborate scheme to fabricate the inscription was simply to make Snake Granny decipher the Fuxi Stone Inscription word by word without her realizing it.

Qin Huai understood more and more as he thought about it, and directly interrupted Wu Hui She Lao's translation.

"Zhu Juan, are you familiar with the Fuxi Stone Prophecy?"

"The Fuxi Stone Prophecy? What is that?"

Wu Hui Snake Granny was taken aback, her expression strange.

"That's it"

Seeing that Qin Huai's expression was not right, Usma immediately spoke up to smooth things over, trying to calm down this ruthless man.

Qin Huai was too lazy to waste words with her. He used his Qi to knock her unconscious and then fiercely attacked Wu Hui Snake Granny and Bo Mu Zhi Xuan Qing beside him.

Just then, a dense cacophony of bird calls suddenly erupted from outside the prison cell, mixed with the sounds of drums waving flags and shouting, and a thunderous roar echoed throughout the entire Pingqiu.

"The True God of the North Sea, the Two-Headed Ancestor, has arrived at Pingqiu on the orders of the True God of Candlelight to interrogate the sinful subject Zhu Juanshi. Where are the Seven Immortals? Why don't they come out quickly to greet you?!"

(End of this chapter)