Honghuang: It makes sense that there are four Sanqing, right?

The waiters glanced at Di Jun, and after seeing him nod, they withdrew.

"Teacher, who is this immortal master?"

Although Di Jun believed in Youchao, he was still somewhat wary of this so-called immortal master whose origins were unknown.

"Disciple Youchao pays respects to the Daoist Master!"

Ignoring Di Jun, as soon as the attendant came out, Youchao immediately cast a silencing spell, then bowed deeply to Xu Qing and said respectfully in a loud voice.

Dao Xian?!

When Xu Qing achieved the position of Dao Xian and received the worship of all spirits, Di Jun was also among them. Upon suddenly hearing this term, Di Jun was jolted awake.

Recalling that towering figure from years ago, Di Jun hurriedly lowered his head and bowed deeply to Xu Qing.

"Nephew of Youchao, Emperor Jun, please rise. I have come here because I heard that the Emperor's progress in unifying the human race is slow, so I came to inquire about it."

Upon hearing this, Youchao, who had just raised his head and straightened his body, lowered his head again in shame. His Uncle Yuanshi trusted him and entrusted him with assisting the Emperor, but he hadn't expected that the progress would be so slow that it would alarm Daoxian.

That's so embarrassing!

Youchao quickly explained.

"This...this..."

"The unification of the human race has indeed encountered some unexpected problems. The opposition we have received from various tribes is much greater than expected. I have asked Sui Zu, and he said that the resistance is much stronger than when he unified the tribes back then."

Is that really the case? That's really strange.

Xu Qing was puzzled and asked in confusion.

"What's the reason?"

Youchao glanced at Dijun cryptically, then seemed to have made up his mind and said in a low voice.

"This disciple has failed in his duties; please punish me, Martial Uncle!"

Xu Qing couldn't hide Youchao's little tricks from him. Could they be related to Dijun?

Xu Qing remained outwardly calm, quietly awaiting further actions from Youchao and Dijun.

Seeing that the teacher was about to be punished, at this critical moment, Di Jun showed the demeanor befitting a ruler. He knelt on one knee and spoke loudly to Xu Qing.

"Dao Xian! This matter has nothing to do with the teacher. Please hear me out and I will explain the cause and effect to you."

Xu Qing asked with some curiosity and interest.

"Oh?"

"In that case, you speak."

Youchao looked at Dijun, his eyes filled with complex emotions, including three parts gratitude and seven parts reluctance.

Di Jun continued.

"This matter is related to my background."

"then……"

It turns out that Di Jun's mother, Hua Xu, was originally from the Hua Xu Kingdom. When Hua Xu visited Leize, she saw a huge footprint next to it.

Out of curiosity about new things, she stepped on the footprints and felt as if she were being coiled by a snake. Hua Xu was so frightened that she immediately ran home.

After returning home, Huaxu discovered that she was pregnant, and this pregnancy lasted for twelve years.

But where in the world is there a woman who is pregnant for twelve years?

Hua Xu's belly grew bigger day by day, but she never saw her child born. As a result, she was regarded as a monster, and her tribe rejected her and drove her out of the tribe.

Fortunately, Huaxu's father never abandoned her and always helped her, so she didn't starve to death.

Finally, after twelve years, on March 18th of that year, Hua Xu gave birth to a son, whom she named Di Jun.

Furthermore, because the footprints in the Thunder Marsh were left by Qiangliang, the Ancestral Witch of Thunder, people say that Dijun is the son of the Ancestral Witch of Thunder, a monster who is half-human and half-witch.

Later, Huaxu took the young Dijun to another tribe and concealed his true identity, thus giving Dijun a peaceful childhood.

Di Jun's outstanding abilities quickly made him stand out from his peers in the tribe and become the tribe's leader.

Later, Youchao left Huoyun Cave and found Dijun in the southern Zhanzhou, beginning the path of unifying the human race.

But as the Dijun tribe grew stronger, his true identity could no longer be hidden. The story of him being half-human and half-shaman, and pregnant for twelve years, spread and gradually became distorted.

At first, it was just said that Di Jun was a violent half-human, half-shaman, but later it was spread that Di Jun was a man-eating monster, or even that Di Jun was half-beast, half-human.

Those tribes already under Di Jun's rule were naturally fine; they had witnessed Di Jun's bravery and wisdom firsthand, and had seen him lead from the front to protect his people, proving he was not the monster of rumors.

But those tribes that had never seen Di Jun in person didn't think that way. The news spread like wildfire, and when the entire tribe and even the entire southern Zhanzhou were spreading the word that Di Jun was a monster, few people could stay sober, and most people believed it.

Therefore, even if Di Jun himself appeared, they would think that he was sent by the monster to deceive them.

In order to avoid being eaten, the people of other tribes naturally fought back fiercely, and the resistance was many times greater.

Di Jun's background was always a thorn in his side. In fact, his mother, Hua Xu, died young because she contracted an illness from those twelve years of hardship and exposure to the elements.

This is why Youchao was initially unwilling to tell Xu Qing the truth; he was afraid of hurting Dijun.

The bond between master and disciple was deep. Even though Youchao knew Dijun's true identity, the years they had spent together had already forged a genuine master-disciple relationship between them.

As for Di Jun himself, his voice grew softer and softer as he recounted the story, until it was almost inaudible. If he hadn't been afraid of being punished by Dao Xian for You Chao Shi, he would never have brought it up on his own initiative.

"I see……"

After listening to Di Jun's words, Xu Qing nodded slightly. Such a thing was unheard of.

Although Fuxi, who was born from Huaxu, was never heard of being affected by his lineage in unifying the human race, was it because his elder brother solved the problem?

You solved it without leaving a trace. As expected of the eldest brother, you easily accomplished what Youchao could not!

However... although I don't know how my elder brother solved this problem, Xu Qing, as a modern person from the information age who transmigrated here, has his own way!

"Don't blame yourselves. This is not your fault. I have a plan. If you do as I say, it will definitely resolve the negative impact of your background."

Xu Qing first calmed down the terrified Di Jun and Youchao Shi, and then proposed his own solution.

"You're doing this...doing this..."

Upon hearing Xu Qing's idea, Youchao and Dijun exchanged glances, wondering if... this was really feasible.

"Do as I say!"

Xu Qing rolled her eyes at them.

"Yes, yes, we'll arrange it right away!"

Youchao and Dijun quickly said.

Three days later, someone heard a fox's cry in the forest, exclaiming, "The will of Heaven has revealed itself, Emperor Jun is here!"

A week later, a human unearthed a one-eyed stone figure in the Yellow River, with a line of text carved on it.

"Don't say the stone man has only one eye."

"With Emperor Jun's arrival, the world is at peace!"

A month later, a human caught a carp in the river, and there was a line of small writing inside its belly.

"Emperor Jun! Emperor Jun!"