A Founder of Great Xia, the First Gonggong (13)

"The floods of the Great Xia?"

Wu Peng was visibly taken aback when Li Boyang abruptly changed the subject.

But he quickly realized what was happening, and his face showed the same look of understanding as Li Boyang's.

"It seems I'm not the first great shaman to arrive in these Hundred Li Mountain Range?"

"I came for the Elixir of Immortality, but what has the other great shaman come for?"

"Who is that high priest you contacted?"

Why did he bring up the floods of the Great Xia with you?

To be fair, Wu Peng truly deserves to be called one of the most outstanding shamans in the Great Xia. In terms of wisdom alone, he is definitely among the top people of this era.

With just a brief conversation, Wu Peng had already gained a clear understanding of Li Boyang's personality.

It's remarkable that the question of the Great Xia flood was asked at this time.

This only shows that Li Boyang wasn't making baseless accusations, but rather trying to obtain some information he wanted to know.

"Is the Sea-Calming Cauldron, one of the Nine Cauldrons, in your possession?"

"To know the whereabouts of the Sea-Calming Cauldron... the great shaman you contacted must be Wu Xian!"

As Wu Peng grew increasingly certain, he understood and roughly guessed what Li Boyang wanted to ask.

"That old guy kept lying to us, saying he didn't know the whereabouts of the Nine Cauldrons, but it turns out he actually knew the location of the Sea-Calming Cauldron."

"He wanted to use the Sea-Calming Cauldron a type of ancient Chinese shaman) to quell the floods in the East Sea, but he was also afraid that we, the great shamans, would use the power of the Nine Cauldrons to exterminate those gods!"

"I'm even starting to wonder, was it really just a coincidence that the six of us siblings were able to find the Immortality Cauldron?"

"After all, compared to the other eight cauldrons, the Immortality Cauldron has the least destructive power, and it is also the cauldron that Wu Xian is most familiar with."

Although Wu Peng should theoretically be furious right now.

But disheartened, he simply calmly sorted out his thoughts.

"Wu Xian himself is the best creation of the Immortality Cauldron, so he must possess the means to Immortality Cauldron."

"Therefore, he threw out the Immortality Cauldron to divert the attention of the other great shamans. By the time we reacted, he had already completely quelled the floods in the East Sea."

Without interrupting Wu Peng, Li Boyang was also using this opportunity to understand the factional disputes within the Great Xia Dynasty.

It turns out that besides the struggle between gods and mortals, the great shamans also had different ideological differences.

Wu Xian, Wu Ji, and Wu Luo were clearly doves among the Ten Witches of Spirit Mountain, and did not advocate using extreme means to exterminate the gods.

The Six Witches of Kaiming, led by Wu Peng, may not have been as extreme as Wu Yi, but they did not approve of Wu Xian's approach.

"You don't intend to hand over the Sea-Calming Cauldron to Wu Xian, do you?"

After thoroughly understanding the whole story, Wu Peng suddenly looked up and asked this question.

"It's not your place to ask me that now, is it?"

Instead of answering Wu Peng's question, Li Boyang merely raised an eyebrow and said...

"You're right, I really don't have the right to ask such questions right now."

"However, I know you from what I've heard of you before, and I know that you were the one who quelled the floods in the South Sea."

"You will definitely hand over the Sea-Calming Cauldron to Wu Xian, even if the floods in the East Sea have nothing to do with you for the time being."

As he spoke calmly, Wu Peng suddenly smiled.

I don't know what you're struggling with.

"But if understanding the origins of the East Sea floods can make you decide to hand over the Sea-Calming Cauldron, I will certainly tell you everything I know."

Now it was Li Boyang's turn to be somewhat surprised.

If he understood correctly, Wu Peng and Wu Xian seemed to belong to different factions of high-ranking shamans?

"Don't look at me so surprised. I just made the most reasonable decision."

"While I don't agree with Wu Xian's approach of seeking a new balance between humans and gods, that's based on the premise that the great shamans possess absolute power."

"That old bastard Wu Xian threw out an Immortality Cauldron cauldron and completely fooled us, causing us to miss our best opportunity."

"If the great shamans continue to fight amongst themselves, they will only let the gods benefit for nothing."

After a slight pause, Wu Peng's calm tone now seemed to carry an added air of foresight.

"Therefore, since Wu Xian wanted to use the Sea-Calming Cauldron to quell the floods in the East Sea, helping him obtain the Sea-Calming Cauldron naturally became the most correct choice."

The gods of the four seas—east, south, west, and north—each have their own origins.

For the Great Xia Dynasty, the God of the East Sea was especially special.

Because the God of the East Sea, Yu Guo, was originally a deity of the Great Xia Dynasty, a powerful water god who was active during the time of the first Witch King.

Although in the general perception of all living beings, gods are cruel, aloof, and self-centered.

Especially those Ancient God who were born in the Savage Wilderness era, they simply don't care about ordinary living beings.

Even ordinary gods were nothing more than slightly stronger ants in the eyes of those Ancient God.

However, there are always exceptions. Even in the Savage Wilderness era thousands of years ago, there were gods who truly cared for all living beings and were compassionate and benevolent.

Yu Guo was one of them, and also a deity who followed the first Witch King in establishing the Great Xia Dynasty.

Because he controlled the mountains and rivers, he single-handedly quelled the floods in many of the states of the Great Xia.

Therefore, after the Great Xia, Yu Guo was granted the authority to oversee thousands of river systems and monitor the water gods of various places by the first Witch King —that is, Gonggong Clan.

Yes, in order to better integrate into the Great Xia, Yu Guo decided to follow the example of the first Witch King and humans, and gave himself a unique surname.

Yu Guo was the first Gong Gong, the water god among water gods.

Many later generations have even speculated that Yu Guo might not be Innate Deity, but rather Ancestor God born among humankind.

Just like those great shamans who, knowing their lifespan is coming to an end, transform into gods in order to continue pursuing a longer life or greater power.

There are many legends about Yu Guo in the Great Xia Dynasty, but the most famous are his various rebellions and deeds.

Although Yu Guo was a compassionate and benevolent god, he had a rather fiery temper.

Apart from the first Witch King, Yu Guo could not get along with almost all the founders of the Great Xia.

So, not long after the first Witch King gave up becoming a god and chose to die, Yu Guo unsurprisingly left the Great Xia and eventually settled in the East Sea.

According to unverified sources within the Great Xia.

Yu Guo was actually a member of the Great Xia who was forced to leave after failing to seize the position of the Common Lord.

In a sense, the reason why the gods of the Great Xia Dynasty and the Witch King maintained such a delicate relationship was largely due to Yu Guo.

When the gods of the Great Xia Dynasty were weak, Yu Guo was their protector, maintaining the balance between humans and gods.

When the Witch King Inheritance was fraught with problems and the Great Xia Kingdom was lost, it was Yu Guo who suppressed those gods who wanted to exterminate them, until the new Witch King returned.

This also reveals the contradictions in Yu Guo's personality and way of handling things.

He is a god, so he would instinctively stand on the side of the gods.

But He was also a follower and companion of the first Witch King, and firmly wanted to create an era in which humans and gods coexisted.

This resulted in Yu Guo's very awkward position in Great Xia.

He is a balancer between humans and gods, a high and mighty judge.

When one side is at a disadvantage, they will immediately seek help from Yu Guo.

However, once they gain the upper hand, how to deal with a powerful Heavenly Deity becomes a crucial consideration.

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