Ruixuan Town, Yimingxuan Teahouse.
When Qian Chao arrived, he still saw the old shopkeeper who always had a smile on his face. After saying hello, Qian Chao walked into the backyard of the teahouse. In the small courtyard, Mr. Zhuang had already laid out the chessboard, chess pieces, and teapots. , just waiting for the money tide to arrive.
Qian Chao was not in a hurry to tell all his questions. Instead, he sat down and started to play chess with Mr. Zhuang while laughing and holding the chess pieces. During the chess game, he told what happened recently in the cold pool. Especially the experience of his fight with Gong Yangfu, and he also described Gong Yangfu's methods in detail to Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang was obviously very interested in this matter. The more he listened, the more fascinated he became. Later, he simply gave up and listened to Qian Chao's experience of the cold pool. He asked questions while listening. Finally, Mr. Zhuang said:
"Gongyang Wu, whose surname is Gongyang, um, does look familiar. You said that person's eyes are somewhat similar to yours and mine, right?"
As Mr. Zhuang spoke, he looked at Qian Chao. In this short period of time, his eyes had turned a jade-white color. The whites and pupils of his eyes were gone, and the inner sockets of his eyes were like two pieces of mutton-fat jade. Exuding a soft luster, the light in Mr. Zhuang's eyes was much softer than the somewhat dazzling white light emitted from Gongyang Wu's eyes.
Seeing this, Qian Chao simply used his "Blue Eyes Technique" and said with a flash of blue light in his eyes:
"The light in that man's eyes was a bit dazzling and conspicuous, but Mr. Zhuang's gaze was not."
"Well," Mr. Zhuang nodded, and soon his eyes returned to normal and said, "Little friend Qian, you should know something about the remnants of the First Continent in Zhongzhou, right?"
"I just heard something from the seniors in the sect recently. It is said that they are the monks from outside the territory who stayed in Central Continent after the 'Thousand Years War'. However, it is so old that even the seniors in the sect don't know anything about the remnants of the Ancestor Continent. many."
"Well, almost. Gong Yangfu didn't know that your eyes were like this. It was actually a magic method created by you yourself, so he guessed that you were a remnant of Xianzhou, and his eyes were somewhat similar to mine, so you are Don’t you have some guesses, or do you have some guesses about my origin?”
"How dare this junior to doubt Mr. Zhuang randomly, but now I feel that Mr. Zhuang is probably not a monk from Central Continent."
"Haha... Yes, you guessed it right. I was indeed not born in Central Continent. Alas, I came to Central Continent just to avoid disaster."
"Oh?" Qian Chao was surprised when he heard the word 'avoid disaster'.
Mr. Zhuang threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess basket and said:
"Well, you came here today with a lot of questions. Let's just stop playing chess for the time being. I will tell you some things so that you won't be bored all the time. It will help you gain some knowledge and make you feel better. You understand the origin of Gongyang Fu. Zhuang Qi, the old man, was born in an unknown place far away from Zhongzhou. There is a vast sea in between. The place is called Yingzhou, which is slightly smaller than Zhongzhou. It has abundant resources, natural treasures and outstanding people. A treasure land with flowers blooming all year round, the richness of spiritual energy and the richness of products are far beyond compare in Central Continent. What usually appear in the mountains and forests are rare birds and animals that are not seen in Central Continent. A rare spiritual herb and elixir. Although the population of Yingzhou is much smaller than that of Zhongzhou, everyone has spiritual roots when they are born. In other words, everyone in Yingzhou is a monk. This is also true of Zhongzhou. What is incomparable is that although there are many people in Zhongzhou, seventy-eight percent of them are ordinary people who cannot practice cultivation. Therefore, there are many more monks in Yingzhou than in Zhongzhou. In the past, the people of Yingzhou would live in that land. It is called 'Xianzhou', and the people of Yingzhou also proudly call themselves 'the people of Xianzhou'. Note that it is not the order of the first, but the immortals of the gods."
When Mr. Zhuang was describing Yingzhou, he slightly raised his head and looked at the top of Qian Chao's head, as if he could see his hometown Yingzhou from there. There was deep attachment in his eyes. Qian Chao felt this for the first time. Seeing Mr. Zhuang like this, thinking about what he just said about coming to Zhongzhou to avoid trouble, he must miss his hometown very much. In addition, what Mr. Zhuang said also shocked Qian Chao, and he also While talking, just listen quietly to Mr. Zhuang.
"In addition to these, there are differences between Yingzhou and Zhongzhou. There are no large sects like Wuling Sect or Muyang Sect there, but in Yingzhou there are seven surnames in Yingzhou, namely Gongyang, Gongshu, Sima, Situ, Lu family, Ji family, and Zhuang family, in fact, to put it simply, there are seven extremely powerful families in Yingzhou. The entire Yingzhou is basically divided and controlled by these seven families. Of course, the rest There are still many minor surnames, but they are all attached to the seven surnames of Yingzhou. Well, they are almost the same as those big and small aristocratic families attached to your Wuling Sect. My surname is Zhuang, so he is naturally from the Zhuang family of Yingzhou, but Although the Zhuang family is one of the seven surnames in Yingzhou, it ranks last among them in terms of strength. However, don't think that the Zhuang family is weak. In fact, if the Zhuang family is placed in Zhongzhou, its strength is higher than that of your Wuling Sect. Together with Mu Yangzong, they are not much different. And Gongyang is the most powerful surname in Yingzhou."
Only then did Qian Chao realize that the Gong Yangfu he had fought against was probably from the strongest family in Yingzhou.
"Although Yingzhou and Zhongzhou are extremely far apart, they have been entangled for a long time. There were two protracted and earth-shattering wars in Zhongzhou in the past. One is called the 'Millennium War' by you, and the other is called ' You should have heard of the "Cross-Sea War", and I won't hide it from you. It was the monks of Yingzhou, or it could be said that the seven surnames of Yingzhou launched the attack on Zhongzhou after they discussed it together. Of course, the invasion of Central Continent was not limited to Yingzhou. In the second cross-sea battle, the seven surnames of Yingzhou also united with monks from several other continents to invade Yingzhou. However, the main planner of the two wars was Yingzhou. Zhou Qi, you also know the result, they all ended in failure. Speaking of which, are you curious, since I just said Yingzhou is so good, Zhongzhou is so much worse than Yingzhou, why is Yingzhou even more important? What about plotting against Middle-earth again and again?"
Hearing this question, Qian Chao nodded repeatedly.
Mr. Zhuang continued:
"This can be explained by the fundamental difference between Yingzhou and Zhongzhou. In Zhongzhou, if you use a shovel to dig down, as long as you can do it, no matter if you dig down a thousand feet or ten thousand feet deep, even if You have dug to the Nine Nethers, and there are still rocks and earth below. At most, they are just underground rivers. In other words, the land of Central Continent is a real piece of land, and it is extremely strong and stable here. Not moving. But Yingzhou is not like that. Xiaoyou Qian, you may not believe it. When I was your age, the legend I heard was that the land of Yingzhou was left by the immortals and was where the immortals once lived. , when the immortal was there, the land of Yingzhou was extremely stable, but with the departure of the immortal, the entire land of Yingzhou became unstable, like a small boat or a piece of driftwood in the vast sea. Go with the flow. To put it simply, Yingzhou and Zhongzhou are fundamentally different. Yingzhou is not like a stable island in the sea like Zhongzhou. Yingzhou is mobile. Some people say that Yingzhou is a huge boulder floating in the sea. Others say that Yingzhou is a huge boulder floating in the sea. People say that Yingzhou is a black turtle of unknown size. All the people of Yingzhou live on the back of this black turtle. The mountains, rivers, rivers and lakes are all on the back of this black turtle. …”
"This..." Qian Chao was shocked when he heard this and interjected, "How is this possible? Is it possible that some Yingzhou people really dug all the way down, dug into the sea water, or really saw the true appearance of this huge black turtle?"
"Haha, of course not," Mr. Zhuang smiled, then pointed to the star-like chess pieces on the chessboard and said, "I found it by comparing it with the star map. Does Mr. Qian know the star map?"
"Juniors know something. This world is huge and probably boundless. If you have the opportunity to go to an extremely distant place, you will easily get lost and find your way back. Therefore, the most accurate way to identify the direction is to compare the star map..."
Mr. Zhuang nodded appreciatively:
"Well, yes, you actually know the star map. It will be much easier to explain to you. This was discovered by the ancestors of Yingzhou a long time ago. By observing the stars in the night sky, they were surprised to find that they were in the same place. The star maps observed after a period of time are always different from the records in the classics. There are always some deviations. Even the star maps observed each time are slightly different from the last one. This leads to a question. Has there been any change in the stars in the sky or in the earth beneath our feet? Everyone in Yingzhou knows that the stars in the sky are almost eternal except for changing cyclically with the changes of the seasons. , then the only thing that can change is the ground under your feet. In other words, the changes in the star map observed every few years mean that Yingzhou has drifted a certain distance with the sea waves. Maybe this distance is not large, but But it has always existed. According to the comparison of the star map, Yingzhou is heading to the north almost all the time, and to the north is the extremely cold sea in the ancient legend of Yingzhou. People describe it as an ice prison. , it is said that even the souls of monks will be frozen forever there. Once this conclusion comes out, it will naturally cause great panic among people. The people of Yingzhou are different from the people of Zhongzhou. The people of Yingzhou are better at practicing one way and live for many years. The moon is also longer, and many people with long lifespans and successful cultivation are deeply worried about this, so people have begun to delve into the secrets of Yingzhou itself. In fact, it is a mess, even though there are so many people with extremely high cultivation. The characters ran around, and in the end they only came up with the theory that Yingzhou was either a huge boulder floating in the sea or a black turtle left by an immortal. However, no matter what, the drift of Yingzhou to the north was unavoidable and unstoppable. of."
This statement was the first time Qian Chao heard it, and he was deeply fascinated.
"Since there is no way to stop Yingzhou from drifting north, one day Yingzhou will enter that extremely cold sea. No matter how long it is before that ending, Yingzhou's fate is destined to be unchangeable, but the people of Yingzhou They never wanted to follow it into the ice prison. In order to find a place for the people of Yingzhou to settle down in the future, the seven surnames of Yingzhou sent a lot of people to venture outside to explore. During this period, they also discovered something related to Yingzhou. Several continents in the same situation, they all faced the same ending, and they spared no effort to find a solution. It was at that time that the monks sent by Yingzhou discovered Central Continent. The people of Yingzhou set foot on Central Continent more than all your classic records. It was earlier, but the Yingzhou people had set foot in too many places, and they did not like the land of Zhongzhou at first. There was a more suitable place that made the Yingzhou people at that time very excited, but it was a pity that those people at that time were not interested in it. There are either local monks in the places who are extremely difficult to defeat with the power of Yingzhou, or they are places where high-level true spirits live. Yingzhou people simply do not dare to use their minds there. There are also some places. The people of Yingzhou once tried it, but later found that the price to pay was too high and not worthwhile, so they gave up and finally chose Zhongzhou with some helplessness. Because of this, in your historical books of Zhongzhou Only then did the records of the 'Millennium War' and the 'Cross-Sea War' come into being. Well, what the people of Yingzhou never expected was that the monks here in the land of Zhongzhou, which they looked down upon and even didn't like at first, actually He can also burst out with powerful force to defeat them again and again."
Qian Chao interrupted here and asked:
"Mr. Zhuang, according to what you just said, the monks in Yingzhou are better at practicing one discipline than the monks in Zhongzhou, so they should be more powerful. But why did they fail to attack Zhongzhou twice in a row? Shouldn't they?"
