Shi Feiyang told Zhu Zaiyu that he wanted to see the other volume of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Zhu Zaiyu said with some regret, "The other volume isn't here with me. It's no longer in the Central Land."
Several years earlier, a few friends who held official posts had often visited him, bringing adherents of the Western Pole Religion along. They frequently described the grandeur and splendor of the West, where the government ran smoothly and the people lived in harmony, making it sound even better than the Lingkong Immortal Realm. Everything they said hinted at wanting him to join their religion.
Zhu Zaiyu had said, "That doesn't sound right. I have a Classic of Mountains and Seas here that describes some of the conditions on Western Pole Mountain. In ancient times, it was a wilderness with savages everywhere. There are also records left by Zheng He when he visited Western Pole Mountain. Although there were a few countries on the mountain, they were nothing more than large tribes."
His friends had been astonished and borrowed those books and records to study. This volume of the Classic of Mountains and Seas had been borrowed as well. Since it was an ancient manuscript, he treasured it immensely and repeatedly asked for it back afterward. They copied it and returned the original, then borrowed another volume, the middle one.
When he went to ask for it back later, his friend had moved, and many things could no longer be found. He repeatedly asked where that volume of the Classic of Mountains and Seas had gone. After thinking and thinking, his friend finally said that one of the adherents had taken it back to the West.
The Western Pole Religion! Shi Feiyang remembered that it was a very powerful religion. Western