Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 264 Why is it so?

The library of Qingshan Marquis Mansion is not very big and is located in the deserted right rear of the mansion.

Usually there is almost no one to manage it, and it is even rarer to see a ghost. After all, ghosts don't need to read, so there are really not many books in the collection.

Feng Qingyan originally thought that Tu Yang's words "not much" were just a humble statement compared to the academy.

Who knows, there really aren't many.

After seeing it, he was a little stunned and asked, "Is this the library of the Marquis' Mansion?"

"Yes."

Tuyang said with some shame.

After all, there aren't many books in the library...

Feng Qingyan glanced at it, then picked up a volume and looked at it, then put it down, and then picked it up again. He found that many of the books in the library were from the Ghost Merchant Era, and he was secretly surprised.

"No need to wait here, old man."

Feng Qingyan picked up a book and read it for a while. Then he found Tu Yang still standing behind him waiting for him, so he spoke.

"Then my subordinate resigns."

Tuyang bowed and walked out of the library.

At this time Feng Qingyan began to read carefully. Although many of the books were from the Ghost Merchant Era, there was not much useful information for him.

But he did know that the Ghost Merchants had eight hundred princes.

"Ok?"

Not long after, Feng Qingyan found a yellowed page in one of the books. He squatted down to pick it up and found that the yellowed page had rotted a lot.

But it can be vaguely seen that there are many palaces drawn on the paper.

The palaces are different, with lightning flashing, flames rising into the sky, floods surging, and thick fog covering them...

"What kind of temple is this?"

Feng Qingyan became curious and saw two unclear words on the top of the paper.

After careful identification, he vaguely recognized the words "Zhongdian".

However, there seems to be one more word between the two words "众殿", but the position of the word is rotten.

"The Temples?"

This was Feng Qingyan’s first reaction.

"If it is a temple of the gods, the one with thunder and lightning should be the Temple of Thunder, the one with flames should be the Temple of Fire, and the one with floods should be the Temple of Water..."

Feng Qingyan whispered.

When he was about to study it carefully, he found that the paper in his hand was rotten.

“Is it really the Temple of the Gods?”

Feng Qingyan was surprised, not caring about the rotting of the paper, "Why haven't I heard of it? There is no record of it in the book?"

"The gods..."

"Shen Xia..."

"Could it be that the Temple of the Gods is related to Shen Xia?"

Feng Qingyan became somewhat curious, but there were too few records about Shenxia.

Most of them are just a few words.

Shenxia is almost a myth to them.

"The Holy Zhou is also called the Human Zhou or the Wu Zhou. Before the Holy Zhou there was the Ghost Merchants, and before the Ghost Merchants there was the Divine Xia. And the Human Zhou is the Holy Way, and the Ghost Merchants are the Ghost Way? Then the Divine Xia is the Divine Way?"

Feng Qingyan thought in surprise.

Perhaps it is not surprising that the Temple of the Gods really existed in the Shenxia era.

But why are the gods of Shenxia gone?
Was it destroyed by the ghost merchants?
It is understandable that Sheng Zhou was able to destroy the ghost merchants, after all, the holy way can restrain the ghost way. However, saying that the ghost way can restrain the divine way is the biggest joke in the world.

How can this be?

If the Temple of the Gods on the rotten paper is real, it means that the gods control forces such as thunder, lightning, fire, and floods. How could they be restrained by the ghosts?
It’s pretty good at restraining ghosts.

Then why was Shinto destroyed by Oni?
"This shouldn't be the case."

Feng Qingyan was surprised. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was impossible. Then, something must have happened to cause the Shinto to be destroyed by the Ghost Way.

So what happened to Shinto?
This reminded him of the Ghost Path being destroyed by the Holy Path...

Although it is said that the Holy Way restrains the Ghost Way, the most direct and fundamental reason is that something strange happened to the Ghost Emperor, causing the whole world to turn into hell.

It would be better to say that the ghost path was destroyed by the holy path than to say that the ghost path was destroyed by the weird path.

Is this also true for Shinto?

Feng Qingyan was becoming more and more curious. What happened to Shenxia that led to its destruction by the Ghost Merchants? And why did the Ghost Emperor become so strange that he was destroyed by the Holy Dao?

This goes back to the source of the weirdness.

Unfortunately, even the saints may not know the source of the weirdness.

Feng Qingyan shook his head and continued to flip through other books, hoping to find useful information.

He flipped through the books very quickly, reading ten lines at a glance, and he did not read all the books. Soon he had finished flipping through all the books in the library.

"Pity……"

Feng Qingyan said with some disappointment after flipping through the book.

But at this moment, he suddenly thought of a problem, that is, although the Ghost Merchants were destroyed by the Holy Dao, the descendants of the Ghost Emperor were not completely destroyed.

Of course he is not a descendant of the Ghost Emperor.

But from Tuyang and Youdu, it can be seen that there are still descendants of the Ghost Emperor in the world, they are just hiding.

He also heard some legends that the descendants of the Ghost Emperor were living in seclusion under the Nine Netherworlds.

Then it is possible that the descendants of the Queen of God did not die out.

He walked out of the library and called Tuyang over, saying, "Does the old man know about the Temple of the Gods?"

"The Temples?"

Tuyang frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I seem to have heard of it, but I have lost my memory, so I am afraid I can't..."

Feng Qingyan nodded helplessly.

"I seem to have a vague feeling of familiarity with the Temple of the Gods, but I really can't remember it." Tuyang pondered for a moment. The memory he lost was really too severe.

Even though I had clearly recorded it before I committed suicide, I felt like I had lost some of my memory afterward.

As for how much he lost, he had no idea.

It was almost dawn, so Feng Qingyan returned to the City God's Mansion and regained his consciousness in the academy. After the morning reading, he went to the back hall.

"Teacher, have you ever heard of the Temple of the Gods?"

Feng Qingyan asked.

Hearing this, An Xiu hesitated for a moment and shook his head, saying, "Teacher, I haven't heard of it."

"Teacher, have you ever heard of the Temple of the Gods?"

After Feng Qingyan left, An Xiu asked Dong Lou Hui.

Dong Louhui appeared, thought for a moment and said, "Legend has it that the Queen of Gods wanted to build the Temple of the Gods above the Ninth Heaven, and on the East Mountain there are footprints left by the Queen of Gods ascending to heaven."

"Legend has it that on the East Mountain, there are footprints left by the King of Xia ascending to heaven, the remnants of the Shang Emperor's dream of enlightenment, the blood letter written by the King of Man to pacify the world, and the broken cards used by the saints to trace their origins. Could they all be true?"

At this time, An Xiu was a little surprised.

"Who can tell the difference between true and false?"

Dong Louhui shook his head and said as he walked: "The Ghost Merchants more than two thousand years ago are already like flowers in the fog, and the Shenxia before the Ghost Merchants is like a myth."

"However, from what I have read in the Twenty-Seven Books, I know that the Queen of Gods did want to build the Temple of the Gods above the Nine Heavens. As for whether it was successful or not, and why Shen Xia was replaced by the Ghost Merchants, I do not know."

After a while, An Xiu wrote a note and told Feng Qingyan the information he knew.

"Rumor has it that the Queen of Gods wants to build a temple of the gods above the nine heavens?"

Feng Qingyan opened the note and said in surprise, it seems that his guess was not wrong, "Are there footprints left by the Queen of Gods on the East Mountain?"

After a moment, he became a little surprised.

I was obviously looking for the missing documents of the major sects of the Holy Way, why am I suddenly interested in Shen Xia? At this moment, he couldn't help but look up at the sky. Could it be that there was a mysterious force that was quietly affecting his will?
how so?

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(End of this chapter)