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Chapter 121 Without the cheating of destiny, can Hong Yi perfect the Book of Changes? (Please subscribe)

Qingzhou, located at the junction of the Great Qian Dynasty, Yunmeng, and the Western Regions, is a true frontier region.

It was already late autumn, and the pasture grass was gradually withering, but there were still large tracts of fertile land that had been reclaimed in Qingzhou, and many huge fortresses were built among the fields, showing that the granaries were full and the land was prosperous.

The roads in Qingzhou were filled with caravans of merchants from Yunmeng, Daqian, and the Western Regions, transporting cattle, sheep, horses, ironware, porcelain, silk, spices, gold, silver, jewelry, and various rare medicinal herbs as if they were free.

What was once a sparsely populated border region is now bustling with towns every ten miles and cities every thirty miles.

This scene is even more prosperous than that of Nanzhou, where all sorts of good things gather.

Especially Qingzhou City, the capital of the prefecture, was extremely prosperous with its eight streets and nine alleys, soft red soil and fragrant earth.

Unlike other cities in the Great Qian Dynasty, the soldiers of Qingzhou City were all incredibly strong and full of energy. Even the lowest-ranking city gate guards wore soft armor made of black steel silk and carried black steel battle swords, and were strictly disciplined.

The person standing there gives people a very safe and secure feeling.

The Marquis of Champion's Mansion is located on the central axis of Qingzhou City.

A series of tall and magnificent buildings, gardens within gardens, covering an area of ​​dozens of miles. Everywhere you look, there are pavilions and towers, flying eaves and arched brackets, mazes within mazes, palaces within palaces, which are no less impressive than the Great Qian Imperial Palace.

Thousands of servants and skilled guards moved in and out of the mansion in an orderly and orderly manner, demonstrating the immense management capabilities of the mansion's owners.

Hong Yi stood on the top floor of a restaurant in Qingzhou City, looking towards the direction of the Marquis of Champion's mansion. For some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of dread, as if a great disaster was about to befall him.

It was as if that place was a forbidden zone, where an incomparably terrifying primordial beast was lurking.

"No wonder that after realizing he was no match for me, the Marquis of Champion fled back to his mansion and hid there. Now that I think about it, there must be a great terror hidden in the Marquis of Champion's mansion."

Hong Yi hesitated, unsure whether he should continue with his previous plan to infiltrate the Marquis of Champion's mansion and kill Marquis Yang An.

Unlike the champion Yang An in the original work.

Ever since Xiao Yan opened the box in the multiverse chat group.

Yang An's behavior was much more honest and low-key than in the original novel.

This is also why he lived long enough for Hong Yi to write the Book of Changes and become a literary sage.

pity.

There's a saying that goes something like this.

If God wants to kill you, it won't matter how far you hide.

Manipulated by fate, Yang An, the time traveler, eventually confronts the true protagonist, Hong Yi.

Yang An is truly unfortunate.

First, without her knowledge, Hong Yi stole the beauty that someone else had given her.

Then, after exchanging a few words with Prince Yu, Hong Yi nitpicked the wording of the poem "Why shouldn't a man carry a Wu hook?" and mocked him for not distinguishing between the straight and the straight.

Finally, he even stole the Heavenly Pillar Stone that Yang An had been guarding for several years. Afterwards, he pretended to be innocent and said that he took Yang An's Heavenly Pillar Stone for Yang An's own good and to save Yang An's life.

The reason is that if he hadn't used the Heavenly Pillar Divine Stone to create a human immortal avatar to repel the Heavenly Serpent King who was chasing Yang An, Yang An might have been killed by the Heavenly Serpent King.

To be honest

In all his years of life, this was the first time Niu Jun had ever seen such a gentleman and sage.

It can only be said that the myriad realms of the heavens are so vast that they are truly full of wonders.

Even Niu Jun suspected that Hong Yi's so-called revenge for his mother was not because he really had a good relationship with his mother, Meng Bingyun, or was just a pretext.

Of course, Niu Jun does not deny that at the beginning of the original novel of Yang Shen, Hong Yi's behavior could indeed be described as that of a "gentleman".

But when did things start to change?
Niu Jun thought for a moment.

Finally, a conclusion was reached.

Before Hong Yi achieved the status of a ghost immortal through his cultivation of Taoist arts, he could indeed be considered a gentleman.

But what about Hong Yi after he became a ghost immortal?

Thinking of this, Niu Jun shook his head, feeling that some things were better left unsaid.

His intuition told him.

There are big problems here.

Unfortunately, he wasn't someone who liked to get to the bottom of things or reminisce about the past.

The reason for coming here to take a look at Hong Yi, the chosen one of destiny in the Yangshen world, is that he feels that Hong Yi is very different from the other chosen ones of destiny he has encountered in other worlds.

Exceptions are rare.

Therefore, he was not interested in Hong Yi's past, but only in Hong Yi himself.

To be more precise, they were interested in Hong Yi's physical and spiritual structure and wanted to dissect him.

"After the six kings were defeated, the world was unified. The Shu Mountains were leveled, and the Epang Palace was built. It covered more than three hundred li, blocking out the sun and sky. The Lishan Mountains stretched northward and then turned westward, running straight to Xianyang. Two rivers flowed gently into the palace walls."

“A building every five steps, a pavilion every ten steps. The corridors wind and turn, the eaves soar high. Each building embraces its own terrain, interlocking and vying for prominence. They are arranged in a complex and orderly fashion, like honeycomb and whirlpools, with countless buildings standing tall.”

"Does the Top Scholar think these two passages of mine are suitable for describing the Marquis of Champion's mansion?"

In the blink of an eye, Niu Jun appeared silently beside Hong Yi and asked leisurely.

Are these two passages appropriate for the occasion?
It's definitely out of place.

After all, Yang An's Marquis of Champion's mansion was not more than three hundred li away.

Yang An had absolutely no connection to the phrase "the six kings were defeated and the world was unified".

Even in the Great Qian Dynasty of the Yangshen World, there were no Shushan, Lishan, Xianyang, or Epang Palace.

The reason Niu Jun kept reciting these two inappropriate passages was to verify a certain guess in his heart, to see if Hong Yi at this time was still Hong Yi, or if he had really been replaced by the Heavenly Dao as he guessed.

"Who are you, and what is your relationship with Marquis Yang An?"

Upon hearing this, Hong Yi was startled. He hid his hands under his sleeves, clenched his fingers to calm himself, and asked in a deep voice, his expression extremely wary.

After all, anyone who appears silently beside you without you noticing will startle you.

In particular, at this moment, he was still in a state of out-of-body experience.

The fact that the newcomer could evade the divine senses of the person who had undergone five tribulations of lightning suggests that their cultivation level was exceptional.

"The Creator of the Seven Tribulations?"

"Or an even more terrifying old monster?"

"When did such a terrifying being appear in the world?"

Hong Yi took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down while also trying to figure out Niu Jun's identity.

Niu Jun took in all of Hong Yi's reactions and said with some regret, "It turns out that my guess was a bit wrong. The top scholar is still the top scholar. He has only been influenced by Him and has not completely become Him."

In fact.

The moment Niu Jun saw Hong Yi, he had already analyzed and studied Hong Yi's situation quite thoroughly.

However, he still held onto a sliver of hope, wondering if the Heavenly Dao of this world was too deeply hidden, evading his detection, which was why it was using an ancient text from his previous life to test him.

If the Heavenly Dao of this world had truly and completely replaced Hong Yi, and had read and altered Yang An's soul memories, it would be impossible for it not to know what "the six kings are finished, and the four seas are unified" meant.

But Hong Yi's reaction was genuine.

Niu Jun used the Time Technique to magnify and observe Hong Yi's various reactions upon hearing these two passages, frame by frame.

The results showed that Hong Yi's reaction was normal and did not seem like someone who knew "On the Faults of Qin".

That's why Niu Jun sighed and felt so sorry.

After all, cases of possession by the Heavenly Dao and reincarnation by the Heavenly Dao are extremely rare. If possible.

He really wanted to catch one and study him carefully.

pity.

According to Niu Jun's analysis and research, although Hong Yi's body and soul were tainted by the Heavenly Dao, his true spirit still belonged to humanity and to Hong Yi himself.

Its current situation is similar to that of the high-sequence superhumans in the mysterious world. It has been corrupted by the will of Heaven, but the degree of corruption is not enough. It has not yet truly lost itself and become a shell for the descent of Heaven.

"To be infected, to completely become him?"

Hong Yi was able to become the top scholar in the imperial examination and be revered as the Second Sage by scholars all over the world. He was naturally a smart man and grasped the key point of Niu Jun's words almost instantly.

There was a mysterious force telling him that the words of the being before him were of paramount importance to him, and were neither fabricated nor alarmist; his body had most likely been tampered with.

"Please enlighten me, senior!"

Thinking of this, Hong Yi respectfully bowed to Niu Jun and asked.

Niu Jun glanced at him indifferently and said, "I do know some things, but why should I tell you?"

Not to mention that he was invited by Yang An.

Even if he had no connection with Yang An, why should he tell Hong Yi about his discovery?

After all, he was only interested in the laws of heaven in this world, or even heaven itself, rather than the fact that Hong Yi was the protagonist of the Yangshen world and therefore he had to help him.

Hong Yi took a deep breath and said, "Although I don't know who the 'he' you are talking about is, since you came here for 'him,' you must care about him."

As the saying goes: A friend of a friend is a friend, and an enemy of an enemy is also a friend.

"Although I am not very talented, I may be able to help you with what you want to do in the future. Therefore, it is not impossible for us to become friends or even cooperate."

Hong Yi spoke in a deep voice, revealing his thoughts.

Hear this.

Niu Jun shook his head and sighed, "You're wrong, Scholar. I'm neither an enemy nor a friend of His; I'm simply interested in Him."

"Furthermore, it's not that I look down on the top scholar, but given his current situation, there are some things that even if he knew them, he couldn't change anything. Rather than adding to his troubles, it's better not to know."

It's not that Niu Jun looks down on Hong Yi.

However, although the Yangshen Universe is of a lower level, it is still a medium-thousand universe.

Let alone Hong Yi now, even if Hong Yi had achieved the half-step other shore, he would still be nothing to the Heavenly Dao of this universe.

In particular, Hong Yi's remarks, while sounding somewhat reasonable, were actually an attempt to get something for nothing.

Niu Jun has been doing business in the chat group of the heavens for thousands of years. He may have made investments, but he would not be so bad as to be taken advantage of for free.

Therefore, Hong Yi's "friends and enemies" rhetoric did not sway him at all.

"The two passages that you just read, 'Six Kings' and 'One World,' clearly have no connection whatsoever with Marquis Yang An, and there are no Shu Mountain or Li Mountain in the Great Thousand World."

Therefore, the two passages recited by the senior should be masterpieces from the heavens beyond the heavens.

"There are rumors that Champion Marquis Yang An comes from the Outer Heavens, and the person you mentioned seems to be related to the Outer Heavens as well. Therefore, I dare to guess that you appeared in Qingzhou City for Champion Marquis Yang An."

"Although I am not as good as you, senior, I am still confident in defeating champion Hou Yang An."

"There seems to be a great terror in the Marquis of Champion's mansion. This is probably why you did not go directly to the Marquis of Champion's mansion. I am not very talented, but I am willing to lend you a hand."

Hong Yi glanced warily in the direction of the Marquis of Champion's residence and once again proposed cooperation.

Upon hearing this, Niu Jun gave him a strange look: "Is it possible that I am also one of the outside helpers invited by Yang An, just to deal with you, Yi Zi?"

"Um, senior, please don't joke around."

Hong Yi's heart sank, and a bad feeling arose. He said, "That Yang An is unable to distinguish right from wrong and is licentious and immoral. How could someone of your seniority possibly help such a person?"

Niu Jun shook his head: "I never lie to anyone, nor would I deceive juniors like you. I was indeed invited by Yang An."

He was indeed invited by Yang An.

However, Yang An's purpose in asking him was not to kill Hong Yi, but to save himself.

Since Yang An did not speak.

He wouldn't have gone so far as to bully the weak by personally killing Hong Yi.

"Since you were invited by Yang An to deal with this junior, why don't you just take action?"

Hong Yi took a deep breath to calm himself.

Niu Jun said leisurely, "The reason why I didn't take action is very simple. Yang An invited me here to save himself, and killing you would not be enough to solve his problem."

"In fact, even if we kill you, Yi Zi, today, there will be someone like Yuan Zi, Xing Zi, or Xu Zi who will jump out tomorrow. After all, you are not the one who really wants to kill Yang An."

There are quite a few chosen ones in the world of Yangshen.

Without addressing the root cause, even if Hong Yi, the chosen one, is killed, other chosen ones like Yuanzi (Fang Yuan), Xingzi (Tang Hailong), Xuzi (Xu Wuyi), and Qianzi (Yang Pan) will soon emerge and continue to target Yang An.

After all, it was Heaven's will that truly wanted Yang An dead, not Hong Yi.

"I wasn't the one who really wanted to kill Yang An?"

Hong Yi was completely stunned when he heard this.

what's going on?
What do you mean by saying that I wasn't the one who really wanted to kill Yang An?

If I didn't want to kill Yang An, why would I have targeted him at every turn and traveled all the way to Qingzhou to kill him?

However, Hong Yi was a smart man. Thinking of Niu Jun's previous words, he quickly realized his doubts and said, "Please enlighten me, senior. Since you have told me so much, it means that I have some value in your eyes."

"In that case, senior, why don't you be frank and tell this junior who this person you're talking about really is?"

Hong Yi also realized what was happening at this moment.

The mysterious being before him, having shared so much with him, clearly had his own purpose.

This means that you have some value to it, rather than being truly dispensable.

That being the case.

Then there's no need to test the waters anymore; let's just have an open and honest talk.

Niu Jun gave Hong Yi an approving look and smiled slightly, saying, "What you said is indeed correct. The reason I am willing to tell you so much is because you have some value to me."

"However, with your current strength, you are simply not qualified to know about Him."

"When you reach the realm beyond Yang God, even if I don't tell you, you will know who He is."

"I'm telling you all this to see if you're truly qualified to become a sage, and to see if you can still perfect the Book of Changes after you've broken free from the cheating of destiny."

As the saying goes: King Wen was imprisoned and then wrote the Book of Changes; Confucius was in distress and then wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals!

The book "Zhouyi" on Blue Star first had the image of heaven and earth left by the sage emperor Fuxi, then King Wen of Zhou developed the way of "Yijing", and finally Confucius and his disciples and later scholars annotated "Yijing" to form "Yizhuan". The combination of classic and commentary finally formed "Zhouyi".

Hong Yi wrote the core themes of the Book of Changes by himself, and then gathered people to compile and perfect the Book of Changes.

That's just incredibly impressive.

He was even more awesome than the legendary Emperor Fuxi and King Wen of Zhou combined.

Niu Jun wanted to see if, without the help of the Heavenly Dao of this world, this Yi Zi could still complete and perfect the Book of Changes.

He was very curious about this!

(End of this chapter)