Chapter Ch146.2 - Its Better Not To See (2)
Chapter Ch146.2 - It’s Better Not To See (2)
TL-Checked by Sassystrawberry; Edited by Animeart
“For a mortal to be crowned as an Emperor amongst men, he must first walk through the Great Dragon Court’s Baihe road, and obtain the Heavenly Dao’s acknowledgement, only then would they be able to obtain the Fortune. Once he obtained the Heavenly Dao’s Fortune, he could enjoy longevity, successfully changing fate to become the first Emperor of his line and have the power to rule the four seas, and his bloodline would also last for thousands of generations. With this Fortune lasting for generations, it was logical for his successors to also walk through the Great Dragon Court’s Baihe road and become the next generation of emperors.”
The Empress slowly said, “However, in this world, there was no shortage of greedy and insatiable people. Among them, it was inevitable that there would be those who were visionaries who planned far ahead. Even if they dominated the four seas, they could not be the leader of the True Dragon, and could not become the Emperor of mortals... In this case, they demolished the dragon veins and abolished the Taoist orthodoxy, so that the people of the four seas could cut off the lands and be called Kings and those who could unify and dominate the lands would be called Emperors. And the following subsequent centuries, the blood of the outstanding heroes of the world flowed like the rivers, finally unifying the world under the Great Xia Dynasty. Afterwards, the Jie nationality rebelled, and the empire had to migrate southwards.”
Lin Shu nodded.
That was what he also knew.
“However,” the Empress turned to the topic of conversion and said, “Formerly, after gaining the approval of the True Dragon, the emperor could receive extraordinary Fortune, but later, when the Dragon Vein was destroyed, even if the King called himself an Emperor, he would not have the Heavenly Dao’s Fortune. Other than power and influence, there were no benefits.
Lin Shu: “Yeah.”
The Empress smiled, “However, the Heavenly Dao’s Fortune has not disappeared. It was hidden in the eight wilderness and the four seas. The more the territories are occupied, the more prosperous the Fortune will be. As a result, there are endless war in the world, and now the Northern Xia Dynasty also covets the land of our Dynasty.”
After a pause, she said, “Do you know why the Immortal Dao is inseparable from the Dynasties?”
Lin Shu: “I don’t know.”
In his perception, since he cultivated immortality, he should stay away from the secular world and ignore human affairs.
“If you don’t have a peerless martial arts technique and don’t have extraordinary talent but if you want to achieve Mahayana, you need extraordinary Fortune. If you want to get that Fortune... You can only rely on the Dynasty.”
Lin Shu was stunned.
What was extraordinary Fortune?
It was the stepping stone to Heavenly Dao’s Fortune.
It was the Heavenly Dao that governed the movement of all things in the world.
Extraordinary Fortune was the key to the communication between man and heaven.
Having a rich and powerful Fortune was equivalent to having Heavenly Dao’s protection, and every misfortune can turn into a blessing. Using the art of divination, one can calculate a person’s fate and it can also be speculated by knowing the person’s Fortune. If one was an immortal cultivator, and had this Fortune in life, then they would be able to make rapid progress in their cultivation, and would have innumerable opportunities for fortuitous encounters. Even if they fell off a cliff, they would find a unique peerless manuscript from the bottom, and their lives from then, would be smooth-sailing.
The amount of Fortune in a person’s body is determined by the Heavenly Dao. If at birth, the Heavenly Dao found a person pleasing to the eye, they would be a little more fortunate than others.
However, to be crowned Emperor, the Heavenly Dao should find that person especially pleasing to the eye, and bless them with all the Fortune in the world.
But after the Dragon Vein was cut off, it was not like so.
The connection between the mortal world and the Heavenly Dao was broken.
The amount of Fortune was no more determined by the Dao of heaven, but by free competition.
One Dynasty, depending on how much territory it could occupy, the powerfulness of its Fortune would be determined. Immortal cultivators, if they did not possess peerless manuals that are imbibed with exceptional luck, then they would have to rely on the dynasty’s Fortune to alleviate the difficulty in their cultivation process.
Thus, began the endless struggles of the world, each dynasty contending with one another in conflict, seizing territory. The cultivation world was also dragged into these conflicts as they had attached themselves to the dynasties and thereby becoming the dynasty’s weapons.
However they were unaware of the truth of the matter. For hundreds of years, the perception of Immortal Dao allying itself to the dynasty had become something that everyone was accustomed to.
The more one was accustomed to something, the less anyone would inquire about the root cause.
However, therein lies another problem.
Lin Shu asked the Empress: “Since the connection between Heaven and earth has been severed, why is there still Fortune?”
The Empress replied: “It was not actually severed, it’s just obscured.”
Lin Shu understood.
Originally, the Heavenly Dao and the mortal world were intimately connected.
The True Dragon, the Phoenixes, the Immortal Mountains, the Immortal Islands... All had the vital energy connected with the Heavenly Dao, and they could communicate with the Heavenly Dao, they also got the nourishment of the Heavenly Dao, and possessed power beyond the ordinary.
Later, this vitality was cut off.
Then, a certain existence replaced them and they became the spokesperson to communicate with the Heavenly Dao.
The Heavenly Dao was hoodwinked.
Therefore, the Fortune was still present in the world, but the Heavenly Dao has not distributed.
Lin Shu: “...”
He was just choking on this when he suddenly thought of something.
Who was the one that benefited the most by demolishing the Dragon Vein?
——It was the dynasty.
It was the Great Xia Dynasty that unified the four seas.
Thus, it possessed most of the Fortune in the world.
If the Dragon Vein was not destroyed, the master of the Great Xia Dynasty may not be able to become the emperor.
However, after destroying the Dragon Veins, he could.
Since the Northern and Southern Xia were split by the Great Xia Dynasty, it was hard to guarantee that this secret was not known!
Then, they would definitely not be willing to see the return of Heavenly Dao
After all, once the Great Dragon Court was restored, they may not be able to become emperors anymore.
Then... Why did the Empress mention these to him?
He looked at the Empress.
The Empress smiled slightly and said, “You understand.”
Lin Shu nodded and asked, “Does the Emperor know?”
“He... naturally knows,” the Empress said in a cold tone, and then said: “And the reason why I know is that the Phoenix Family had gradually speculated and learned about it during hundreds of years of contact with the Emperor.”
“The Dynasty had deceived the Phoenix Clan for a long time,” the Empress smile had an aggrieved look in it, “The Great Xia had regarded the Phoenix Clan as a forbidden family, one coveted the power of exceptional furnace, and the second monitored the Phoenix Clan’s bloodlines, so that the Phoenix bloodline could not be awakened. ”
The spring night was silent, and only the Empress’s voice rang in Lin Shu’s ears: “Among the five elements, the phoenix belongs to Lihuo. Lihuo was the energy of the blazing sun. Women and even the yin body do not blend together. If a phoenix was born, it must be a boy with the Phoenix blood...”
Lin Shu’s eyes widened.
And so....
“So, Shao’er can only be a girl.” The Empress looked at the boundless night sky, her voice was slightly hoarse: “Back then, when I was pregnant with Shao’er, I had burning pains in my abdomen night after night, it was unbearable. I already felt it, so during the months of pregnancy, I made a complete arrangement. At that time, under the favor of Sima Youcheng, and the disaster in Yunnan, he persuaded His Majesty to go south, so when I gave birth to Shao’er, His Majesty was not by my side. I killed many people in the palace and replaced them with the people from the Phoenix Mountain Villa. A lineage, and then gave birth to Shao’er. The people in the palace who know Shao’er’s true identity are: Me, the head mistress of the Phoenix Mountain Villa, the Lord Taoyuan and Shao’er himself, and now, there’s you as well.”
Lin Shu asked: “Does he...know the reason?”
The Empress shook her head.
He does not know.
He didn’t know the true intentions of the Dynasty.
Lin Su suddenly didn’t dare to think about it.
He can only ask: “Will he die after the Phoenix bloodline is awakened?”
The Empress said: “The Phoenix bloodline relies on the nourishment of heaven. If it doesn’t get the nourishment, it will gradually dry up and die. According to the current situation, Shao’er will die after the bloodline is completely awakened.”
Lin Shu: “The Great Wizard of Northern Xia told me to gather the eight masterpieces and summon the Heavenly Dao in Huandang Mountain. Ling Fengxiao can live.”
The Empress said: “The Great Wizard, unless it is beneficial to him, never does good deeds.”
This was exactly what Lin Shu was worried about.
The Great Wizard was not a good person, and was not related to them and could be even considered a mortal enemy. The Great Wizard wanted him to go to Huandang Mountain to summon the Heavenly Dao. There must be some big plan in it, and he couldn’t act rashly.
He asked: “What about it?”
The Empress looked at the full moon in the sky, and slowly said: “If he has the world...”
Lin Shu was startled.
So, did the Empress think that way?
“The Emperor only had Xiao Lingyang as his sole heir, however Xiao Lingyang was raised by me, and I have deliberately molded him to be soft and useless, unable to take on great responsibilities.” The empress’s air of gentleness slowly faded away, replaced with a sort of icy, cutting arrogance. “The Emperor was seriously ill for a long time, hovering at the cusp of death, of course we could not let Shao’er’s identity be revealed. After he passes away, the Crown Prince would be under my control, in the future subduing of Northern Xia, Shao’er would ascend to the position of Emperor, and would then possess all the earthly Fortune, when this happens, why fear that the Heavens would not nourish him then?”
The Empress changed the topic again: “This matter, I will handle. However, Immortal Lord, you.... ”
After a pause, she looked at Lin Shu: “After Shao’er took charge of the court politics, the main battle faction was powerful. I only hope that on the day when he faces the Northern Xia army, Pavilion Master, you can help him!”
Her eyes were earnest.
Lin Shu, on the other hand, was never good at rejecting.
What’s more, Ling Fengxiao to him, was someone who was not a stranger at all.
He opened his mouth and noticed that his throat was a bit astringent for some reason.
“The Sword Pavilion avoids the secular world and does not enter the world. I can’t make them participate in it. But... If there is one day, I will come,” he said.
The Empress turned to him and gave him a very formal salute: “Thank you, Immortal Lord.”
On the high platform, the Empress had said a lot to him.
About Ling Fengxiao.
Ling Fengxiao as a child.
There was also Northern and Southern Xia’s situation.
When he returned to Ling Fengxiao’s room, he had not yet woken up.
Lin Shu knew that he was really tired.
If it was in the past, where did Ling Fengxiao fall asleep like this?
Fruit’s crying was not over yet: “You... Man... Black crow! Pig’s hoof! When he wakes up, you... hold him.”
The night wind came into the window, and Lin Shu suddenly felt that the wind was so cold to the bone.
Fruit was right.
He should hold Ling Fengxiao so that he could have some comfort in his heart.
But he has cultivated the Heartless Dao.
He couldn’t give it.
He could hold Ling Fengxiao, he could hold him all the time.
But his gaze was not as gentle as the Empress.
He was not even as docile and well-behaved as the boy who was offered to Ling Fengxiao tonight.
He was in a daze, remembering that many years ago, when facing his ruthless self, Ling Fengxiao looked calm, but in fact he was on the verge of collapse, and when Ling Fengxiao hugged him, his arms trembled slightly. He didn’t want that kind of look, that kind of action... to appear in Ling Fengxiao’s eyes again.
Ling Fengxiao already has enough heavy burdens on him.
And at this moment, he was now soberly aware that his own existence would only make Ling Fengxiao more sad.
He looked at Ling Fengxiao’s sleeping face, and finally turned and walked outside the door.
It was better not to see.
Just think of him as... Never been here.
In the garden, the peonies were swaying.
The good old days, the past, suddenly come to mind.
He stepped over the palace gate.