From the end of the world

Chapter 331: Four Elephants Past

Not long after I came across clues related to the Mountain Two-Yin from the Navy Master Xuanwu, I learned from Mr. Zhu that Zhu Yi, the ancestor of the Zhu family, was the same descendant of the Two-Yin as me. Although there were signs before this, this feeling of being pulled by fate was really wonderful. I couldn't help but look at Ma Zao again who was doing experiments with Zhu Shi in the distance.

"The two yin and yang gave birth to the four symbols... Xuanwu told me that there are four descendants of the two yin and yang, corresponding to the four sacred beasts. The four sacred beasts are the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermillion Bird, and the Black Tortoise... Which one is Zhu Yi?" I asked.

"It's the White Tiger." Mr. Zhu replied, "It is said that our ancestor Zhu Yi corresponds to the White Tiger among the Four Symbols, and controls the power of 'gold and killing'. Therefore, he not only has a sharp and destructive white magic power, but also has the talent to master all weapons in the world without a teacher.

"Knives, swords, guns, axes, hammers... As long as a weapon falls into his hands, he can use it to a level beyond common sense. Even ordinary iron tools with no special features will automatically upgrade to extremely high-level artifacts once they are used by him. And even if it is a super magic weapon that must meet stringent conditions before it can be used, he can ignore all the prerequisites and use it directly once he gets it.

"Even when he had not received any magic training, without using any magic power, he could use a branch picked up from the ground to easily split steel and city walls. He could even swing his sword energy inexplicably and easily repel an army of 100,000 with his mortal body."

He can wield sword energy without any magic power. Is he still a human being?

Although this thought came to my mind reflexively, I can now achieve some miracles that are unimaginable for ordinary people without using any magic power, or even without using the magic of heaven and earth, so I am not puzzled.

It is not surprising that Zhu Yi corresponds to the White Tiger. If I am the Vermillion Bird, and if we exclude the Black Tortoise, then Zhu Yi can only be the White Tiger or the Azure Dragon. Zhu Yi should have been the Great Impermanence who was good at swordsmanship. Compared with the Azure Dragon corresponding to the Wood Element, he is more likely to be the White Tiger corresponding to the Metal Element.

The four symbols each have their own corresponding colors, with the Vermillion Bird being red, the Black Tortoise being black, the Azure Dragon being blue, and the White Tiger being white. The mana stored in the Forged Yama Sword is a dazzling silver-white color.

"Xuanwu corresponds to 'water and alchemy', Suzaku corresponds to 'fire and refining', Baihu corresponds to 'gold and killing'... then what does Qinglong correspond to?" I was curious.

Mr. Zhu replied: "According to the notes handed down in the family, the Azure Dragon corresponds to 'wood and cultivation'... As for what it specifically represents, I am not very clear. The notes handed down in the family have many omissions, I just know the general idea."

Wood and cultivation... Compared with alchemy, weapon refining, and killing, the word "cultivation" sounds rustic. Having said that, since it is a talent derived from the two yin and yang of the mountain, it must be more than just turning the soil and weeding in the ground. The more difficult it is to understand literally, the more mysterious it is.

Maybe this "cultivation" is the most powerful thing.

"You first asked how our ancestor Zhu Yi died. To be honest, since the past data was lost due to various accidents, I am not very clear about the whole truth. I can only tell you what I know first." Mr. Zhu said, "First of all, it is said that after our ancestor Zhu Yi realized that his power had endless consequences, he wanted to solve this problem once and for all. In order to prevent Shan Liangyi from taking away his power, he decided to find Shan Liangyi first and defeat him.

"Because he controls the power of gold and killing, he has the strongest attack power among all the descendants of Liang Yi. When he was at the Great Perfection stage, he already had the power to defeat the Great Impermanence. After becoming the Great Impermanence, he became even more unstoppable and there was no one in the world that he could not kill."

This is so outrageous that I even wonder if Mr. Zhu is secretly bragging about his ancestors. Counterattack the Great Impermanence... Even with the unique skill of the Water Master Xuanwu that reaches the realm of the Great Impermanence, combined with the attribute restraint relationship, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to counterattack me, a newly promoted Great Impermanence. The gap between the Great Perfection rank and the Great Impermanence can be said to be a mountain.

Is the killing power of the White Tiger really that strong? If this is true, then even if Shan Liangyi is a super existence that surpasses Da Wuchang, he may not be able to ignore Zhu Yi's threat.

"Our ancestor Zhu Yi did not become arrogant because of his killing power. Before the decisive battle with Shan Liangyi, he also found the Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise of that era... and gathered the strength and wisdom of the four people to launch the final decisive battle against Shan Liangyi." Mr. Zhu said slowly, "As for the ending... Unfortunately, I'm sure you can also predict that since our ancestor Zhu Yi died in the middle of the road, it means that they failed in the end.

"At the end of the battle, only the Xuanwu of that era survived with serious injuries... He is the Xuanwu we all know." The navy Xuanwu actually participated in that level of battle in the past. You can't judge a person by his appearance. How did he survive? Or was he actually much stronger than he is now a long time ago, but because he was seriously injured, he only has the power of the Great Perfection level?
Also, it turns out that besides me, there were other Suzaku in the past... It seems that there is more than one batch of descendants of Liangyi, and they may have existed in different eras.

However, judging from the tone of the water master Xuanwu, he seemed quite sure that in his era, there were only four descendants of Liang Yi, and there was only one Suzaku that he wanted to find. Does this mean that in the same era, the number of descendants of Liang Yi was only four at most?

So what about the Wheel King? In my impression, the Wheel King is the Great Impermanence who is as ancient as Xuanming, and the Water Master Xuanwu is very sure that he is also one of the descendants of Liangyi. This seems to contradict the historical records that "the only Liangyi descendant of two or three hundred years ago, the Water Master Xuanwu is alive" and the speculation that "there are only four Liangyi descendants in the same era".

I tried to ask Mr. Zhu, and he showed a surprised expression: "Yes, there were only four descendants of Liang Yi in the same era, and the notes handed down also said so... But the Wheel King is also a descendant of Liang Yi?"

It seems that he doesn't know much about the inside story.

The water master Xuanwu should know the truth or have the knowledge to explain the contradiction. Unfortunately, I have killed him.

"In fact, our ancestor Zhu Yi did not die in vain. He left behind something very important... that is the forged Yama Sword."

Mr. Zhu seemed to be reminiscing, and then continued: "What I am going to talk about next is some speculations made by the descendants of the Zhu family in the past about the forging of the Yama Sword based on the contents of the notes handed down. Before I knew the true power of the forging of the Yama Sword, I always thought that those speculations were just groundless...

"In those speculations, our ancestor Zhu Yi had already foreseen his future defeat and death, or at least had prepared himself for his own defeat. In order to prevent the power he had accumulated through hard training from being taken away by Shan Liangyi, he had been gradually transferring his magic power to the weapons he carried with him for a long time.

"The Forged Yama Sword was originally just an ordinary Impermanence Sword. It was the weapon he carried with him when he was an ordinary demon hunter. Because he had the power to temporarily transform ordinary weapons into artifacts, he did not need to replace the weapons he was used to. Not only that, the ordinary Impermanence Sword also underwent a qualitative change as he used it over the years, becoming a magic weapon similar to his half body.

"Even though all his powers were taken away by Shan Liangyi after his death, the weapon was not designated by the Shan Liangyi ritual and still retained his power of great impermanence. At the end of the decisive battle whose details are unknown, Xuanwu took the Forged Yama Sword out of the battlefield while escaping, and then returned it to the Zhu family, saying that he wanted to fulfill the agreement with Zhu Yi."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but admire Navy Xuanwu's persistence in fulfilling his promise again.

If he hadn't been so determined to kill me, maybe we would have had a chance to become partners.

Mr. Zhu seemed to have told us everything he knew about the two principles of mountain and yin and yang, and during our conversation, Ma Zao and Zhu Shi in the distance finally made significant progress.

The two of them were facing each other, holding each other's hands, and closing their eyes at the same time, as if they were talking to each other. I could feel the fluctuations of the power of return reverberating in Ma Zao's body. The fluctuations of the power basically did not spread outward, but were densely wrapped around Zhu Shi's body.

The power of time reversal did not turn Zhu Shi back to youth, nor did it cause any other visible changes. Ma Zao's goal was only to reset Zhu Shi's talent to the right position of heaven and earth. Any other changes would mean the dispersion of power.

Gradually, an unprecedented wonderful aura emanated from Zhu Shi.

(End of this chapter)