I was born in the first year of King Ling of Zhou Dynasty. When I was twenty years old and served as the guardian of the Cangshi, King Ling had been in power for exactly twenty years.
King Ling of Zhou, surnamed Ji and named Xiexin, was the son of King Ji Yi of Zhou Jian and the 11th generation monarch of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
To be honest, Gu Bei didn't have much impression of the emperors of the Zhou Dynasty. Apart from King Wen Jichang and King Wu Jifa, there was only one who lit up the beacon tower just to make no one laugh. King Zhou You.
Should I say it or not, although the matter of King You of Zhou was a bit ridiculous and ruined the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it did make his name last forever.
If King You hadn't done these ridiculous things, he would have been like other emperors of the Zhou Dynasty and lost sight of everyone.
Moreover, these three are all from the Western Zhou Dynasty.
As for the Eastern Zhou emperor...
Sorry, what Eastern Zhou Dynasty?
Isn't that the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?
In fact, this is indeed the case.
After the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the princes supported the deposed prince Yijiu as king and moved eastward to Luoyi.
Yijiu was the unlucky son of King You of Zhou who ruined the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He was also the first emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and was known as King Ping of Zhou in history.
Since then, the Great Zhou Dynasty has existed in name only.
After King Ping moved eastward, the scope of his jurisdiction was greatly reduced and he was reduced to a small country. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were more than 140 vassal states.
The princes attacked and merged with each other, and the emperor could not bear the responsibility of co-ownership and often had to seek help from some powerful princes.
In this case, the powerful princes assumed themselves as overlords.
In the first half of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the princes competed for dominance, which was the Spring and Autumn Period.
In 453 BC, after the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei joined forces to massacre the Zhi family, the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, and each prince conquered each other, which was called the Warring States Period.
During the reign of Ling Wang Ji Xiexin, the power of the Zhou Dynasty was declining day by day, and the prestige of the Emperor of Zhou was declining day by day. The vassal states expanded their power through wars, and the big vassal states ignored the Zhou king.
Strong countries attack weak countries, wars continue for years, and people's livelihood suffers.
But not only did the Spirit King himself not do any big things, in fact, since the establishment of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, most every emperor had done the same.
After all, the Zhou royal family has declined, and he can't do anything big if he wants to. The members of the royal family can only sing and dance all day long, or at worst read and listen to small songs. The territory of the royal family is only so large, and it is about to be divided up by the princes. It's over.
The descendants of the Zhou royal family actually didn't want to do anything.
The city of the King of Zhou is located between the princes. It can be said that it is tightly wrapped. Even dogs and soldiers can hardly break in. The safety of the royal family's children can absolutely be guaranteed.
In terms of living a life of luxury and luxury, it is incomparable to those of the princes of big countries, but at least they are not poor. They cannot eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, but they are not like eating chaffy vegetables.
These princes take care of food and drink, and act as bodyguards for you, but they still don't let you work. What else do you want?
Anyway, the Zhou royal family in all dynasties has always made a big move to lie down.
"So, this King Zhou Ling is actually not important?"
Gu Bei and Ange sat in the front row of Martha's seat, listening to the history of the Zhou Dynasty in the back row.
The three of them couldn't squat in an abandoned building and study ancient books, so they decided to drive back to the hotel they had booked before and call Chu Zihang, Caesar, and Fingel back.
Angers held the steering wheel and tried to control the speed of the car not to be too fast. Gu Bei stared straight ahead, rubbing the ring in his hand with two fingers. He kept the ancient silk book written by Lao Tzu in it.
Because we were in the car now, it was not convenient to continue studying the contents of the ancient books. It happened that Nono also supplemented the knowledge for these two illiterate people who were not considered illiterate.
Of these two people, one didn't care about such inconsequential knowledge, and the other was simply not from the Celestial Dynasty, so they had no idea who King Zhou Ling was.
Fortunately, there is Nuonuo, a character who seems to be an encyclopedia, otherwise he would have been blinded.
"You can't say it's not important..."
Nuonuo recalled the knowledge in his mind and said, "Actually, our current history is divided into two versions."
Gu Bei nodded, indicating that he understood.
The history of this world has never been simple. Humans, hybrids, and dragons are intertwined together to form an epic blockbuster that lasts for more than thousands of years.
Ying Zheng once killed the second generation with a sword.
Ramesses II was a pure-blooded dragon with a title.
King Arthur's red dragon bloodline comes from the Lord of Bronze and Fire.
Ordinary people can only watch part of this blockbuster, which is the so-called "history"
Only dragons and hybrids can see the "truth" wrapped in the shell of "history".
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether King Zhou Ling is a pure-blooded dragon or a mixed-race. On the contrary, if he is a pure-blooded human, it would be a really big discovery."
Angers drove while interjecting: "Due to limited information, Kassel does not know the history of the Celestial Dynasty before the Qin Dynasty, but since the Qin Dynasty, including the Qin Dynasty, pure-blood humans have served as the royal family. There are only two dynasties.”
One of them was Da Qin who died in his second generation.
Nuonuo took over: "The other one is Daming."
Gu Bei was stunned for a moment. He didn't know much about the history of mixed races, but he instinctively felt that something was wrong: "Not the Tang Dynasty?"
Nuonuo shook his head: "The Tang Emperor's Li family is not a human race, but a mixed race. It was once an aristocratic family. The Zhao family in the Song Dynasty was in a similar situation. As for the Yuan and Qing Dynasties..."
Nuonuo fell silent, and Ange took over again: "Kublai Khan was basically a pure-blooded dragon. He had a bunch of deadliest servants under him. He was brave and good at fighting and could not meet any opponents. That's why the Yuan Dynasty was able to conquer such a huge world. .”
Gu Bei nodded and found that Anger had no further text and asked: "Where is the Qing Dynasty?"
Anger chewed his teeth and said: "The situation of those guys is a bit complicated..."
Come on, there is a problem here.
Nuonuo didn't look like he was going to say anything, so he simply didn't ask.
However, after thousands of years, only two dynasties, the Qin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, had pure-blood humans as royal families. Gu Bei was still a little embarrassed.
"So, it's normal for King Zhou Ling to have blood. I wouldn't even be surprised if he was said to be a pureblood. There's only one thing I didn't expect."
Gu Bei looked at Ange: "You didn't expect that? What happened?"
Ange's eyes lit up under his sunglasses: "There is no information about me in our data, but we have been speculating whether I am a mixed race or an ordinary person."
"Actually, there is no suspense about this question, because most of the people who have achieved great success in human history are mixed races, and only a few are ordinary people. However, some people are undecided about their speculation about me."
"Because, at the same time, besides me, there were two other amazingly talented people, and they were all pure-blooded humans."
"This made our research team become interested in human genes in society at that time, and began to speculate on the possibility that I was a pure-blood human."
Speaking of this, Ange smiled: "Now it seems that I should be an ordinary person. It's really unbelievable."
Gu Bei grinned: "Don't make a conclusion so early, I haven't read the rest of the content yet."
He said this, but Gu Bei was also more inclined to guess that I was an ordinary person.
After all, if I am a mixed race, it is unlikely that there will be no signs of awakening in the past twenty years.
Martha fell silent, and the three of them were all thinking about the records in the ancient silk books. After a while, the car arrived at the hotel.
Because the suite where Gu Bei and others lived was already full, Nono opened another suite. Ange didn't stay here, so he didn't open a room.
The three of them gathered in the room where Gu Bei and others were staying. At this time, Caesar and the others had not returned yet.
Gu Bei took out the silk book and the wooden box for the silk book from the storage ring and placed it on the table: "Waiting for them to come together?"
Nono looked at Angers.
Angers shook his head: "No wait, let's continue."
Nono nodded, took the silk book out of the wooden box, and found the location of the last translation.
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When I came back to my senses, I was already in a world of ice and snow.
The guards were gone, and so was the palace. The king looked at me, his eyes as bright as the sun, which made me feel a little confused for a moment.
"How is this going?"
Wang shook his head and disappeared in front of me.
I was the only one left in this world of ice and snow.
Immediately afterwards, I saw the most unforgettable scene in my life.
The Milky Way turns upside down, and the sun and moon shift stars.
The falling snow flies up and returns to the sky.
Everything in this world seems to be running backwards, even time, except me.
What kind of power is this?
I saw with my own eyes that everything in the world disappeared, and even the land beneath my feet turned into nothingness, falling into an endless void.
Not darkness, but nothingness.
Then, there was light.
No, it was not light, but a golden eye like the sun.
Then two, three, four.
Four huge eyes appeared in the void.
I retreated far away and found that these were two strange beings.
Even though I had never seen them before, I knew them the first time I saw them.
They are "dragons".
I've never seen a dragon, but most of them are dragons.
It's just that they look a little different.
One of them is shaped like a giant beast, standing upright; the other is like a giant python, walking windingly.
Immediately afterwards, they fought.
The result is a lose-lose situation for both sides.
The one who looked like a long snake coiled his body, and countless rocks covered his scales, and finally turned into a piece of earth.
The body of the one like a giant beast was torn into pieces, fell to pieces on the earth, and turned into countless lives.
There are birds, animals, fish, and humans.
There is also a "dragon" that looks like a giant beast.
After that, the "dragon" created other dragons and ruled the world, but humans were unwilling to be oppressed and rose up to resist.
And the mixed race was born from it.
My eyes blurred, and these scenes drifted away like floating clouds, and I returned to that land of ice and snow. The king stood in front of me, and his voice was cold: "How?"
I don't know how to answer.
This short experience overturned everything I had learned, as if my past twenty years had been a big dream, and now I have woken up from the dream.
Everything in this world is not what he learned, nor is it what he knows.
The heaven in heaven is not heaven, and there is no god in this world.
After a long time, I bowed my head and said, "Your Majesty, do you have any instructions?"
The king nodded: "Li Er, I know you are one of the most knowledgeable people in the world. Can you do me a favor?"
I agreed.
The king said: "There is an evil dragon in this world, causing trouble to the people. I ask you, sir, to come up with a plan to protect the human race."
I agreed again.
It’s not that I’m arrogant, but I understand that this is a matter for everyone in the world, and I am naturally one of them.
Wang nodded and waved.
My eyes flashed, and I left that world, surrounded by the familiar palace and a circle of fierce guards.
Wang looked at me, and a golden light seemed to flow from his eyes.
I hesitated again and again and asked: "Wang, Dazhou..."
"do not mind."
The king interrupted my words: "Dazhou is the great Zhou of the world."
With these words in mind, I left the palace.
From that day on, in addition to thinking about the world, I was also thinking about how to fulfill the agreement with the king.
I have been staying in Zhoudu for a short time. It is gradually spread that I have profound knowledge. Because I am old-fashioned, they call me Laozi.
Don't tell me, this title is quite funny.
But I also have my troubles, and most people don’t know about my troubles.
Humanity……
How can we fight against that kind of existence?
I couldn't see the way forward clearly, and I couldn't find the answer.
Until a young man came to visit me.
His surname is Kong, and his name is Kong Qiu.
It is said that he is a young man who is as knowledgeable as me.
I received him and found in him the hope of overcoming that existence.
It is obviously a mortal body of flesh and blood, but it can combine the power of heaven and earth to compete with the sun and the moon for power.
When I saw him knocking all the guards around the king to the ground with his bare hands, I knew that the person I had been waiting for had appeared.
The king arranged for him to be kept in the treasury room, and we sat and discussed the subject, and we benefited a lot.
Of course, the most important gain is the Qi discovered in Confucius.
According to Confucius, since he was born, he has felt that there is a Qi in his body. This Qi will follow his thoughts and move around the body. Every time it reaches a place, it can make the body stronger. More powerful.
Moreover, this qi does not seem to be unique to his body, but exists in this world. Whenever the qi in his body is about to run out, there will be qi from the surroundings pouring into his body. Let him never fail.
I believe this is a huge discovery.
Humans might be able to master this chi and become as powerful as that being.
Wang also agrees with me.
I kept Kong Qiu for a few more days, trying to get a way to get Qi from him, but this kind of thing was like some kind of talent, and even Kong Zhongni himself didn't know how to do it.
He only knew how to roughly control the movement of Qi in his body, and could not even release it.
But even so, Confucius became a powerful force capable of carrying a cauldron.
Perhaps, this really is the way out for mankind.
But until Confucius left Zhoudu, I still couldn't find that method.
I have a feeling in the dark that the Qi in Kong Qiu's body should be some kind of ultimate existence in this world. If you want to master it, you must either be gifted or have a glimpse of the essence of the world.
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But I want humans to be able to master it.
I gave it a name.
"Qi".
