Nüwa
Zhang Fusheng remembers it very clearly.
As he accompanied the Emperor Tang across the Great Wilderness, a sudden impulse arose within him, causing a ripple of cause and effect.
Looking up, all I see is blue sky.
However, if one were to utilize the Taiyi Chapter, the golden lamp in one's eyes, and that wisp of cause and effect from Kunlun Jade Void—
Then you can see things constantly rotating and colliding in the six directions: Celestial Person, mortals, asuras, and then animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation.
He also saw a girl—a girl who was looking down on him through the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Following the cause and effect of that glance, Zhang Fusheng arrived directly in his divine chariot.
At this very moment.
Black mist churned, and Meng Xiaoshi and Zhao Shanhe dared not even breathe; the scene before them was too terrifying.
A mysterious entity, surrounded and prostrate by countless large, innate-level skeletons.
He came from the black mist and had even sensed the Great Prison of the Six Paths locking him down!
Meng Xiaoshi trembled with fear.
Look me in the eye.
She saw the young man walking out of the mist smiling and whispering, and subconsciously looked up, meeting his eyes.
'Boom!!'
Meng Xiaoshi's head buzzed; she saw two blazing golden lamps.
Then, all that remained in my sight was the golden lamp and countless dense starlight.
It was in that very instant.
Zhang Fusheng traced the cause and effect, and saw some events from not long ago. His expression relaxed slightly, but then he let out a soft exclamation.
He said:
"Wake up."
Meng Xiaoshi jolted awake from her reverie, gasping for breath, and looked at the young man in fear.
But then he discovered that the young man had already appeared in front of him, less than half a meter away.
The black mist rolled in and swallowed her and Zhao Shanhe. The two of them were as if they had fallen into an endless abyss, sinking deeper and deeper.
They heard a gasp of surprise:
"Such a powerful aura, like the chosen one of the vast mountains and rivers? No, not at all."
A jade-like hand suddenly pierced through the black mist.
Zhang Fusheng reached out and stroked the girl's chest, then produced a seal in his hand.
The black fog rolled away and dissipated.
Meng Xiaoshi and Zhao Shanhe's legs went weak and they almost fell to the ground. They looked up in horror and saw the terrifying young man examining the seal.
"By the mandate of Heaven, may your life be long and prosperous?" the young man murmured.
The middle-aged man next to him exclaimed:
"It is my Imperial Seal!"
"Now it belongs to me," Zhang Fusheng joked, lightly weighing the jade seal in his hand; it wasn't particularly heavy.
But one can gaze upon and perceive that within it lies a vast and boundless destiny and momentum.
Zhang Fusheng gently stroked it and murmured:
"It's burning hot, it's leaping with joy, as if it's reunited with its old master."
"The former owner is here!" Emperor Tang interjected, a look of emotion on his face. "I never expected to find this item here again."
Meng Xiaoshi listened blankly to the conversation between the two mysterious beings, and subconsciously swallowed.
Old. Old owner?
She looked at the imposing middle-aged man in horror.
Zhang Fusheng ignored the two little ones and asked, glancing sideways:
"Er Feng, I observe this object, and it contains a profound and powerful force. When I look into it, it is as if I am looking into the blue sky. Wasn't this thing created by the First Emperor?"
"Yes and no."
Emperor Tang shook his head:
"It had many forms before, but it was ultimately finalized in the hands of the First Emperor."
After pausing for a moment, he recalled:
"According to my knowledge, this object was originally called the Nine Tripods during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, and it was only during the Qin dynasty that it was transformed into a seal."
"If I remember correctly, Yuan Tiangang once said that in an era even earlier than the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, this thing was used as a weapon and a jade axe."
"It was once the wood that Suirenshi used to drill for fire, and the rock that Shennong used to write medical classics."
This time, not only were Meng Xiaoshi and the other person confused, but Zhang Fusheng himself was also stunned.
"So, this isn't just an imperial seal, but a symbol of the emperor?" Zhang Fusheng asked.
"Nature."
The Emperor Tang nodded in agreement.
"This object carries the fate of humanity, as well as a portion of the fate of Heaven. Those who possess it, if blessed by Heaven, will receive the favor of humanity; otherwise..."
He shook his head slightly.
Zhang Fusheng carefully stroked the Imperial Seal of the State, or rather, the Human Emperor Seal.
After a long while, reluctantly, it was about to be handed over to the Emperor Tang, but the Emperor Tang waved his hand and refused:
"You may not be without destiny, but I certainly am—destiny will never descend upon the same person twice."
Zhang Fusheng was stunned for a moment before he realized that countless years had passed since the era of Emperor Tang.
Perhaps 100,000 years, perhaps a million years, or perhaps an even more distant period of time.
He steadied the Human Emperor Seal before looking again at the two trembling figures.
"I won't make things difficult for you, but I'd like to know where you two obtained this item? And these little fellows seem to be hunting you?"
Zhang Fusheng pointed to the heads of several members of the Heavenly Principle Sect on the ground.
Zhao Shanhe remained silent for a moment, but ultimately dared not lie in front of such a terrifying creature, and recounted the whole story in detail.
"We are from the Federation Investigation Department."
After a long while, he finished speaking.
Zhang Fusheng fell into deep thought.
The Investigation Department, the highest-level agency of the Investigation Bureau of Forty-Nine Provinces, was located in the capital.
According to the two men, they obtained this item by chance on World Plateau while on a mission.
Then he was relentlessly pursued by the Tianli Faction until he fled into the Golden Province, where he happened to encounter Feng Sheng.
The Celestial Person who were hunting were thus kept outside.
"What about the Six Paths of Reincarnation?" Zhang Fusheng asked again.
Meng Xiaoshi nervously spoke:
"You mean the Six Great Hells? Those were established by the Speaker. All living beings have sins, and the souls of the dead will go to the Six Great Hells until their sins are cleansed before they can be reincarnated."
Hearing her words, Zhang Fusheng laughed.
Is it really possible to be reincarnated?
He realized why each time he killed a living being, he could only retain a remnant soul—it turned out that the soul had been taken away by the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
That so-called Federation Speaker is in charge of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Thinking of this, Zhang Fusheng could no longer laugh; that was the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
How many years did that speaker hold the position?
How many Soul Spirit did they acquire? How powerful must they be?
Unbelievable.
It's important to know that the population of the Golden Province alone is in the hundreds of millions!
This is just people.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation draw away more than just the human Soul Spirit.
He and the Emperor Tang exchanged a glance.
The latter asked:
What should we do with these two little guys?
Meng Xiaoshi and Zhao Shanhe felt a chill run down their spines, their hearts leaping into their throats, when they heard the mysterious being named Zhang Fusheng casually say:
"Two fine little ones, and their cause and effect are clean, so there's no need to make things too difficult for them."
"On the contrary."
Zhang Fusheng pointed, and a spiritual light appeared, entering the two men's bodies and cleansing them.
In a short while, both of their bodies began to radiate a pure light, and they both benefited greatly.
Meng Xiaoshi felt as if her breath was emitting Immortal Light.
She gave a careful bow, then spoke up to remind him:
"Senior, the Tianli Faction values this seal highly, and perhaps even beings above the Celestial Person are pursuing it. They seem to possess special methods for obtaining this item."
Meng Xiaoshi had thought it through clearly: it was better for this thing to fall into the hands of the mysterious being before her than into the hands of cultists.
After all, since the other party was willing to release the two of them and even offered them great benefits, they didn't seem like truly vicious people.
"Okay, I understand."
Zhang Fusheng responded calmly, having no intention of making things difficult for the two, much less silencing them—there was no need.
He was about to wave them away when he saw the girl muster her courage and continue:
"Senior, you don't seem to be a cult member, and you even seem to have connections with our Investigation Department. We met your parents?"
She asked tentatively, then added:
"I can tell that your father may have worked for the Investigation Bureau."
Zhang Fusheng looked at the little guy with great interest:
"Continue."
Although the two men were older than him, they were still considered Zhang Fusheng juniors.
The reason is quite simple.
He was only eighteen years old, but in reality, he had already lived through nearly ten thousand years.
Meng Xiaoshi took a deep breath and gritted her teeth, saying:
"This seal also seems very important to us adults—the head of the Seventh Department of our Investigation Department."
She lowered her head:
"If you could give this item to Lord Seven, he would surely reward you handsomely."
Zhang Fusheng weighed the Human Emperor Seal in his hand and laughed:
"Tell me, why is that Seventh Minister you mentioned so important?"
Meng Xiaoshi mustered her courage and continued:
"My family also has a similar seal; the two seem to share the same origin."
Zhang Fusheng was somewhat surprised and cast a questioning glance at Emperor Tang, who shook his head in bewilderment:
"Impossible. There's only one Imperial Seal. How could there be a second one in the world? However..."
He paused, as if deep in thought, and said:
"If they share the same origin, perhaps it's the seal of the [Great Emperor Fengdu], or perhaps... that one in the Heavenly Court."
Zhang Fusheng's pupils contracted.
He glanced at the two uneasy people, and suddenly smiled:
"Your master is in the capital, isn't he? I'll pay him a visit if I have the chance."
The two breathed a sigh of relief and were about to speak when suddenly everything went blurry.
Looking around again, they found themselves in the Golden City.
The echo of that mysterious senior's voice still lingered in my ears.
"I will have someone escort you out of the Golden Province."
The two were stunned for a moment, then suddenly saw a blinding light burst forth from the sky. Looking up, they saw a golden road descending.
They were lifted up by the golden road, and in a daze, they saw a bamboo forest and a middle-aged man looking at them curiously, and then the world spun around them again.
They were then directly sent out of Hangu City and to the World Plateau.
This time, there was no pursuit by the Celestial Person Tianli Faction – the seal was no longer on their bodies.
"What's this?"
Meng Xiaoshi murmured, then suddenly felt something extra in her bosom. She took it out and saw that it was a token.
The token exuded a rich aura of immortality.
The reverse side depicts Dao Palace, a Buddhist temple, and a school, while the front is empty, with what appears to be two characters on it.
"Did that senior give it to you?" Meng Xiaoshi asked, puzzled.
Zhao Shanhe shook his head solemnly:
"Don't overthink it. Return to the capital immediately and report to the lord. As for this thing, just hand it over to the lord then."
The two left in a hurry.
On the Chongyang World, in the wilderness.
"Brother Fusheng, where are they?" Emperor Tang asked, puzzled.
Zhang Fusheng smiled:
"To get out of the Golden Province, I need them to act as messengers and help me take an item to the capital."
The Emperor Tang seemed to understand but not quite, and did not pursue the matter further. Then he heard Brother Fusheng change the subject:
"Er Feng, please protect me for a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Brother Fusheng had already sat down cross-legged with his eyes closed, and there were rows of Ghastly Skeleton wandering and patrolling around him.
At the same time.
A divine realm.
Holding the Human Emperor Seal, Zhang Fusheng saw one painting after another appear before his eyes, each one incomplete.
He did not rush to make a choice, but instead sat back down on the futon, using his infinitely high position to observe the Human Emperor Seal again, and to use the Taiyi Chapter.
Sure enough, Zhang Fusheng saw what the Human Emperor Seal looked like in the past.
Is it the Nine Tripods, weapons, a jade axe, or a rock inscribed with the medical classics, or a piece of wood used to ignite flames?
Following the cause and effect, Zhang Fusheng was able to see its very beginning without any obstruction.
Is it... a vine?
An ordinary, unremarkable vine, speckled with mud.
Only then did Zhang Fusheng look at the paintings one after another.
The palace, the palace, and more palace.
The painting mostly depicts a corner of a royal palace, and also appears in places resembling altars, but Zhang Fusheng felt that he didn't seem to need to hesitate about what to choose.
Because,
In two of the paintings, he saw something familiar: one was a stone slab with medical texts carved on it, revealing cause and effect.
The other was a vine, a vine speckled with mud.
In the painting, a vine is being grasped by a hand, splashing up mottled mud.
Zhang Fusheng swallowed.
Because he saw the 'person' holding the rattan cane.
And that person.
The creature, half snake and half human, also saw him.
The stunningly beautiful woman in the painting, half-human and half-snake, smiled gently at Zhang Fusheng, her gaze kind and gentle, as if looking at her own child.
Nuwa!
Zhang Fusheng leaned back.