Chapter 2324: Yama Meets Buddha

Qin Guang Wang was originally just lounging at the bow of the boat, indifferently trying to understand some historical origins.

From ancient times to the present, several grand eras have passed. How many glorious palaces have turned to ruins, how many heroes and champions have been buried by the years? Only those who can clearly leave their names must possess something extraordinary.

He had mentally prepared himself that the "Yeluo Clan" might have some historical legends.

But suddenly hearing Chu Jiang Wang utter the phrase "Wan Zi character," he was still inevitably startled.

Who wouldn't be startled upon hearing this?

That which could make Chu Jiang Wang speak with such caution, and be referred to by this "Wan Zi character," obviously points to only one person.

The word she didn't speak aloud must be "Shizun"!

Although this word wasn't spoken, it was already deafening.

The Great Teacher of Enlightenment! The Buddha of Ten Thousand Buddhas!

In all the heavens and myriad realms, where is there no Zen sound?

That Shakyamuni, who claimed "in heaven and earth, only I am honored," is actually a Yeluo Clan person?

The seemingly ordinary two characters "Yeluo" suddenly became sacred, as if touched by Buddha's light, possessing a Buddha's rhythm!

But... this ancient score, which records the mysterious songs of ancient times, was found by him in the ruins of Wanxian Palace. How is this immortal ruin also related to the Shizun?

The age of immortals is in the near ancient, while the Shizun was active and glorious in the middle ancient era.

At that time, the mythical era ended, the Immortal Emperor suddenly appeared, defeated Meng Tianhai, became the protagonist of the era, and opened the curtain of a new age. Then the nine great immortal palaces dominated the world, immortal techniques spread everywhere, and they were poles apart from the Buddhist school.

Finding the Yeluo Clan's songs in the ruins of Wanxian Palace, is it merely an accident, or "fate"?

Yin Guan achieved the Dao through curse techniques, forging a unique path, and is very sensitive to so-called "causes and effects."

Initially, when competing with various factions, snatching food from the tiger's mouth, limited by his own strength and the maritime environment at that time, he actually didn't dare to explore too deeply.

The ruins of Wanxian Palace have more than one layer; at that time, they only unlocked the "surface palace." But he deliberately gave the impression that he had obtained all secrets, attracting the other several factions to pursue and kill him, while also exiling the more core secrets to the "future."

Now his cultivation has also reached Dongzhen, beginning to understand more world truths, and also preparing for the great events about to begin... the "future" has arrived.

So he left the near-sea islands, sailed here, and brought along Chu Jiang Wang who "knows astronomy above and geography below," precisely to explore a bit.

But the appearance of the Shizun inevitably makes the prospects of this exploration confusing...

"In the grassland language, 'Yeluo' means brothers. This 'Yeluo' sounds similar; is there any particular meaning?" Qin Guang Wang asked, "Is it from the same origin as the grassland language system?"

Before knowing the relationship between the "Shizun" and the Yeluo Clan, the Yeluo Clan was dispensable. After knowing the relationship between the "Shizun" and the Yeluo Clan, he was digging to the root, caring about the past and present of the Yeluo Clan.

This question is something ordinary people cannot answer at all, involving the grassland language system and ancient languages. To discuss it clearly is not something that ordinary learned scholars can do.

But he is obviously accustomed to Chu Jiang Wang's erudition, asking very casually.

"These two words are unrelated," Chu Jiang Wang said casually. "In the legends of the Yeluo Clan, the 'Yeluo River' was originally the Heavenly River. Later, because of the gravity of the turbid world, the Heavenly River was pulled down, fell to the human world, and flows here. So it is called the 'Yeluo River'."

"Heavenly River?" Qin Guang Wang, upon hearing the word "Heaven," instinctively frowned.

Isn't it just the character for person with two extra horizontal strokes? What's so great about it? Has it grown wings?

"That's right," Chu Jiang Wang nodded. "The Yeluo Clan people also call themselves 'Tiān rén'."

"Cough cough cough!" Qin Guang Wang coughed heavily a few times. "Huh?"

Chu Jiang Wang glanced at him. "That 'Tiān rén' should not be this 'Tiān rén,' because these Yeluo Clan people still have seven emotions and six desires, and still propagate and multiply. But the Yeluo Clan indeed sees themselves as guardians of the Tiandao, with a tradition of maintaining the Tiandao."

"How do they maintain it?" Qin Guang Wang asked. "Or rather, in the Yeluo Clan's understanding, how is maintaining the Tiandao counted?"

Chu Jiang Wang always sighs at this kind of acuteness. Qin Guang Wang has a beast-like intuition, very smart, and very crazy.

This question gets to the key point.

The Yeluo Clan's definition of maintaining the Tiandao embodies the Yeluo Clan's appearance without reservation.

But she could only regretfully shake her head. "This I am not very clear. After all, it's a matter of the ancient era, and historical materials are very incomplete. And this kind of information was considered secret at the time."

Thinking for a bit, she said again, "However, in a wild history I saw a kind of saying: it seems the Yeluo Clan's chief could receive 'Tiān yì,' then act according to Tiān yì. I think this saying has reasonableness and can explain many problems about the Yeluo Clan."

"Which wild history?" Qin Guang Wang asked.

《Xuányuán Tiān Fēi Lù》 almost blurted out, but was timely suppressed by alert reason. Chu Jiang Wang said, "I don't remember. In any case, they are some not very reliable records, among which occasionally can pick a bit of content that touches the edge."

Qin Guang Wang casually instructed, "If you think of which one it is, remember to find it for me."

"Okay," Chu Jiang Wang remained expressionless. "You seem very concerned about the Yeluo Clan's intelligence?"

"'Tiān rén,' ah," Qin Guang Wang shrugged his shoulders. "Sounds very powerful."

"The historical Yeluo Clan was indeed quite powerful. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to say they were maintaining the Tiandao," Chu Jiang Wang said. "It's said that when Xi Hun Shi was young, he specially went to the Yeluo Clan to discuss the Dao. But this also has no credible historical records. There is a book that has been proven to be a forgery, 《Kuí Wěi Notes》, that mentioned it once."

No matter what, being able to be linked with the middle ancient Dragon Emperor Xi Hun Shi, even if just fabricated together, this Yeluo Clan must have been glorious.

Because even if fabricating, no one would fabricate that the middle ancient Dragon Emperor Xi Hun Shi once went to Shā Zi Lǐng Zhào Jiā Gōu to discuss the Dao.

"This Yeluo Clan has left almost no records behind, ah," Qin Guang Wang pondered. "If not for you saying so, I wouldn't know this clan existed. Even less would I know that the ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas is actually a Yeluo Clan person."

"Or perhaps the last Yeluo Clan person in the world," Chu Jiang Wang said. "Because the Yeluo Clan had already perished at the time of his birth."

"Because of what?" Qin Guang Wang asked.

"This I don't know," Chu Jiang Wang said. "Even Sima Heng didn't find the answer. He that year specially traced this history and said to friends that he wanted to 'Yeluo' the truth in the river of time... Later, it came to nothing."

The name of the first contemporary historian was placed here, and Qin Guang Wang didn't have a single doubt.

"Whether it's the previous life's divination, or now's star divination, all exist for explaining the Tiān yì. Diviners use different ways to understand the Tiān yì, then think of ways to utilize it, or confront it. There are not many who completely obey the Tiandao. Whether diviners act according to the Tiandao often depends on whether the Tiandao is 'beneficial to me'."

The leader of Hell Without Gate said, "You say the Yeluo Clan's chief could receive 'Tiān yì,' then act according to Tiān yì, and the entire Yeluo Clan also fought for maintaining the Tiandao. This point is indeed different from the human race's customs at that time."

From his perspective, this clan's perishment was really too normal.

The ancient era was precisely when the human race had overthrown the demon race's heavenly court, beginning to dominate the present world's first great era, precisely when the human race's self-confidence was unprecedentedly inflated.

One by one, they were shouting "My will is the Heavenly Will," "The Heavenly character is carried by people." What is heavenly fate?

This Yeluo Clan that called itself "guardians of the Tiandao," in the environment of that time, was indeed a bit "standing out."

If it doesn't perish, who will?

Placed in the present day, it would be very normal. Aren't there Jìng Tiān, Fēng Tiān, Lì Tiān, Yīng Tiān...? The present world tolerates all postures: kneeling, crawling, holding on, anything goes.

Under the mask, Chu Jiang Wang's always cold eyes seemed a bit tranquil. "Wild history, wild history, not necessarily true. What the Yeluo Clan was really like, I can't say for sure."

Qin Guang Wang turned back and looked at that ancient book for a while, then suddenly asked, "You say that the ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas, will he be a 'Tiān rén'?"

Chu Jiang Wang looked at him.

He emphasized, "Not the kind that the Yeluo Clan calls themselves. I mean the current kind of 'Tiān rén.' The so-called 'once in a thousand years,' the so-called 'rare in the world,' the so-called 'peerless posture'."

"Why do I hear that every word you say carries resentment?" Chu Jiang Wang asked.

"Is that so?" Qin Guang Wang's smile was elegant. "Could it be jealousy?"

"But each of these words is also describing you yourself," Chu Jiang Wang said.

Qin Guang Wang pointed at her with his finger, spoke slowly, and laughed, "Too much flattery, no bonus."

Chu Jiang Wang turned her head away, letting her gaze escape his smile, and said coldly, "Whether that ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas was once a 'Tiān rén,' I don't know. History also has no similar records. However, there is such a saying..."

Her voice gradually became natural in the narration: "That ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas expounded the Dao, lectured to various Bodhisattvas and Bhikkhus. Often the Eight Divisions of Gods and Dragons respectfully sat and listened to the Dharma, and later became the protective deities of Buddhism. The so-called 'Eight Divisions of Gods and Dragons' are all non-human beings. For example, the dragon race and the Asura race have those who were influenced. Among them, the heavenly crowd, that is, the 'God Division,' previously did not exist. Legend has it that it was created by that ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas to commemorate the Yeluo Clan."

"Is this also recorded in wild history?" Qin Guang Wang asked.

"Secret history," Chu Jiang Wang said. "But it's just a saying that appeared in a certain period, not treated as historical fact. There is no key historical evidence."

People often mix some exaggerated or baseless romantic stories into various historical figures and crown it with the name "secret history."

But in fact, true "secret history" is also properly recorded by official historians, just not disclosed to the world, only circulated in the hands of very few people, and only passed on in specific situations.

Since Chu Jiang Wang's saying comes from secret history, though not necessarily true, such a saying certainly existed.

"If that ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas was once a Tiān rén, there must be a way to escape the Tiandao," Qin Guang Wang's tone was firm. "A method more perfect and more complete than the one in the Evil Sea."

"Isn't Jiang Wang already consecutively defeating the four great martial arts masters, successively winning, and now in seclusion preparing to reach the top?" Chu Jiang Wang doubted, "He has already escaped the Tiandao; he doesn't need this method, right?"

"Who said I'm looking for it for him?" Qin Guang Wang said. "This is just my personal curiosity. Of course, if we can use this to make a big profit, why not? That fatty from the East Country kept talking about killing the New Year pig a few days ago. I see the current Elder Jiang is also fat enough to drip oil."

Chu Jiang Wang 'oh'-ed once and said, "That ancestor of ten thousand Buddhas was once a Tiān rén, it's still just your speculation."

"So I also don't necessarily have to find it," Qin Guang Wang said carelessly. "If I encounter it by the way, then I'll research it a bit. If not by the way, then forget it. Doing business also talks about fate."

Chu Jiang Wang was silent for a moment, then asked, "The Yeluo Clan's songs... still want to sing?"

"Continue, no matter what is in front," Qin Guang Wang turned his head, looking at the vast sea, and grinned, "Even if Yan Luo sees Buddha, I don't believe it can suppress me."

Jiang Wang sat in the study room of the Duke of Huai, honestly reading books, and read through one spring.

Reading books is not a strange task for him.

However, reading books together with close elders is a rare experience.

Tracing back to the last time, it was when he was young following his father looking at medicinal herb illustrations...

He actually enjoys learning useful knowledge every day. If there wasn't the pressure of the Tiandao forcing him step by step, the days would truly be comfortable beyond compare.

He doesn't move much now. As soon as he moves, the Tiandao also follows excitedly.

He has already sat on that chair for many days, not shifting his position once.

Instead, many big figures of Chu Country have been seen in this study room these days.

King Fu Xiong Dingfu, Duke An Guo Wu Zhaochang, Dou Clan Song Putti... and all kinds of imperial physicians. Even the contemporary medical sect leader, Ren Xin Guan master Qi Guanzhen, came from the northern lands.

It's a pity that Mr. Jiang is not sick.

He is full of vigor, ah. What he got is a great fortune.

Jiang Wang will never forget the resentful eyes of that contemporary medical sect leader with the double surname Qi Guan when he left—too healthy, really couldn't find any illness that needed treatment. In the end, he left a prescription for calming the mind.

As for King Fu and the others...

Using the Duke of Yu's words, "In the area of seal techniques, still not as good as me."

The Duke of Yu from time to time lets people send a bowl of soup. Drinking it has no other effect, just to nourish the primordial spirit and ease the pressure of the Tiandao a bit.

"It's a pity that Mr. Zhuge can't come," Zuo Chao quietly looked at the seal book in front, silent for a long time, then lightly sighed like this.

These days, they have had more specific ideas.

Jiang Wang learning seal techniques doesn't need to learn to the extent of creating seals himself, sealing the Heavenly Person state from inside to outside.

But he needs to be able to perfectly execute seals created by others to achieve the effect of sealing the Heavenly Person state from inside to outside.

So what he needs to focus on learning at this stage is the control and drawing ability of seal techniques.

What Zuo Chao needs to do is to create a seal technique that Jiang Wang can execute and use, to perfectly seal the second Heavenly Person state from inside to outside.

After one spring of learning and research...

They are still far from it.

Zuo Chao in this lifetime has never had the feeling of not learning well.

Jiang Wang is quite used to it.

He laughed, "Mr. Zhuge calculates without omission. He can't come, which means there's no need for him to come. He knows I can definitely solve it."

Zuo Chao glanced at him and didn't speak.

Jiang Wang closed the book in front of him, which was full of dense annotations, and stood up. "Grandfather. After raising for one spring, I should go out."