Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1672 - 450: Divine Disappearance, Offline Pursuit

Watching that estate grow from small to large, and slowly settle on the ground, Yu Shengqin was quite shocked.Have cultivators nowadays become this powerful?

Such divine skills can be used so casually?

"You may temporarily reside here, and take the time to understand things gradually."

Yu Ziqing took out over a dozen Jade Scroll Golden Books and handed them to Yu Shengqin; these were what he used to learn the script earlier.

They recorded the evolution of characters and language from ancient times to the present, having been systematized and should be relatively easy to learn.

Yu Ziqing did not ask further questions.

Judging by Yu Shengqin's consciousness, it seems to be her consciousness from before her current identity, being the fourth ancient demon.

Moreover, most importantly, her current realm is barely below the Fourth-tier.

Those guys just carried away; even if they were given a hand, could easily crush Yu Shengqin with one hand.

Yu Ziqing arranged everything for her, letting her start learning on her own here.

Then he delivered a few history books, letting the counterpart read after learning the script.

This might take some time, and communication isn't very smooth right now.

During this time, Yu Ziqing prepared to inquire about the situation on Emperor Kuihou's side.

He hadn't managed matters related to the Jade Tablet for a long time, especially after Dadui's return, he only sold Jade Tablet and Jade Pillar, and only sold frequencies, not handling the content.

Even the content of the Jade Tablet from Dadui, he had been secretly scheming.

The relationship between Dadui and Daqian had been poor since long ago.

Especially during the Dingmao Era when a part of Dadui's territory was snatched by Daqian before Dadui disappeared.

For Dadui people, this didn't happen in distant ancient times; many of those involved back then might still be around.

Plus, Emperor of Daqian is a madman, the internal situation is intricate, and any day someone in Daqian might impulsively bite Dadui again unexpectedly.

He hoped Daqian would best learn from Dadui, particularly in directions regarding Jade Tablet content and governance philosophy.

If someone listened to Dadui frequencies with Jade Tablet, he didn't stop them.

If someone dared to learn, he'd dare to teach.

Pure knowledge was inconsequential, all very foundational stuff.

Besides, whoever dared learn, whoever dared copy assignments, would have to wait to fall into pitfalls.

Yu Ziqing took out the Jade Scroll, first contacting Emperor Kuihou.

Confirming Emperor Kuihou was in Kuihou Country and had the time, Yu Ziqing then left Jinlan Mountain to chat with Emperor Kuihou.

Entering Kuihou Country, the overall atmosphere was as mixed as ever, with all kinds of people.

Yet rarely, the atmosphere wasn't as tense, and it didn't seem chaotic.

Seeing Emperor Kuihou, Yu Ziqing roughly understood why.

After so long apart, Emperor Kuihou's aura was no longer just entering the Ninth Tier.

Who knows how this guy did it, in recent decades cultivation advanced rapidly, now it seemed, surprisingly carrying a bit of Third Tribulation air.

"Congratulations, your advancement is progressing rapidly."

"Thanks to you." Emperor Kuihou chuckled in greeting, having already prepared new tea, its fragrance wafting, giving a sense of clarity of mind upon sniffing.

"Please sit, have a taste of this new tea, said to be truly grown from a branch of the Enlightenment Tea Tree."

After three rounds of tea, Yu Ziqing started discussing serious matters.

"Here's the thing, my elder brother particularly enjoys listening to Jade Tablet lately..."

Yu Ziqing explained the situation.

Emperor Kuihou laughed bitterly hearing this.

"Thanks for the favor, but really, I'm at a loss..."

"What's the matter? Wasn't it an accident?"

"Of course, it wasn't an accident; I naturally know the situation in Kuihou Country.

I definitely wouldn't let my storytellers go to dangerous places.

There certainly wouldn't be any accidents.

Those two, one is from Kuihou Country, the other is actually from Daqian.

The one from Daqian was taken away by Jinyi Wei, reportedly died in the Imperial Prison."

Yu Ziqing frowned slightly.

"Why did Jinyi Wei become so juvenile after changing Commanders, bullying a storyteller?"

"Actually, it's not entirely without reason.

What he said inadvertently matched recent rumors stirring inside Daqian.

Rumors suggest the Great Sun Dominating the Sky in the wilderness back then was the Old Emperor Qian's doing.

The current sudden change in climate, colder year by year, was also attributed to the Old Emperor Qian.

Someone also dug up the old dong chang incident.

A mess of various rumors.

The Jinyi Wei couldn't repress it.

That Daqian storyteller, the book he spoke of contained parts somewhat resembling those rumors.

Thus Jinyi Wei accused him of insinuation, detained him for questioning, yet before the questioning finished, he died in Imperial Prison."

"..." Yu Ziqing was speechless: "What about the other one?"

"Kuihou Country's one, it's different.

His book contained a character named Pei Tugou, with 'Earth' in his name.

Brutal and tyrannical, he ruled with an iron fist, a loose cultivator in the book on an island in East Sea.

Coincidentally, Daqian East Sea does have a Pei Clan, its ancestor named Pei Tugou.

However, its ancestor didn't advance to the Ninth Tier back then, yet laid the foundation for their family.

Nowadays, East Sea Pei Clan has two Ninth Tiers already.

Listening to a very popular storyteller mentioning their ancestor's name on Jade Tablet, with such a description...

Most importantly, there are indeed a few things matching.

But people from East Sea aren't all like that.

Resulting in people from East Sea starting to believe.

A Ninth Tier from Pei Clan, outraged, personally took action..."

"..."

Yu Ziqing was already speechless.

When did storytelling become such high-risk?

"So you mean, now that these two books are eunuch-ed, nobody dares to continue them?"

"Just so, otherwise, I wouldn't let such popular books stop, but there are no storytellers willing to continue."

"Aren't you protecting your people here? That's why no one dares to continue."

"I wish, but how could I foresee a Ninth Tier stooping so low, personally coming to Kuihou Country to kill a Fourth-tier storyteller, simply absurd."