Chapter 40: Yu's Lingering Soul (Three) (Seeking Recommendation Tickets)

  "Have you found it?" Yu's voice came faintly, with no unusual tone, and it was unknown whether he was angry or happy.

  "Not bad, I've discovered the secret of King Yu. I wonder what King Yu wants to do!" said Shen Gongbao calmly. When things came to a head, since evasion was impossible, he could only face it head-on.

  Da Yu fell silent for a moment, and after a long while, he suddenly burst out: "The heavens are unjust! Da Yu will not submit!"

  Shen Gong Bao heard this and burst out laughing, saying: "I dare not be careless. The Way of Heaven is without emotion or personal feelings; all things arise from a single thread of opportunity. It's just that Yu Wang chose the wrong path!"

  "I am an emperor, but I don't follow the path of a tyrannical ruler; instead, I want to walk towards harmony and peace."

  "The Three Sovereigns of Heaven, Earth and Man have already been established. Yu Wang still wants to achieve the fruit of the Human Emperor's Way. Isn't this disregarding the life and death of all living things? The karma and causal powers of billions of living beings are disturbed. Can Yu Wang's merit in controlling the flood be compared to this? He is not a foolish person, how can he be so confused?"

  "You had already understood my intention long ago, so I have refined most of the merits of water control into the Opening Mountain Axe and the Calming Sea God Needle. The rest were used to cast the Nine States Cauldron, stabilize the nine states' energy, and protect the human race. I am selfless, but why did I end up in such a miserable situation! I refuse to accept it! Refuse! Refuse!"

  Shen Gong Bao was shocked, and Da Yu's tone was full of endless resentment. "Could it be that it wasn't as I had expected? Did Da Yu really not want to achieve the ultimate goal of humanity back then?"

  "But little does Yu Wang know, if he doesn't want to achieve the Human Emperor's Dao Fruit, then what kind of extraordinary technique is he cultivating at this moment? I am not a person with shallow knowledge, and Yu Wang has no need to deceive me!"

  Da Yu Town calmed down and said: "Not bad, at this moment I am indeed condensing the purple energy yuan god, however, this is what they forced me to do!"

  "Haha, Yu Wang's words are indeed light and easy to say. If my guess is correct, then at this moment, Yu Wang has gathered the faith of the nine states' tripod into this very tripod, for his own cultivation. But in doing so, where does that leave the people of the nine states?" Shen Gong Bao asked disdainfully.

  At this time, Shen Gong Bao finally knew that these milky white substances should be the power of faith, which is the incense of all people. However, the power of faith is a acquired thing and cannot be compared to merit. Nevertheless, the power of faith can also be transformed and used for cultivation or other mysterious purposes.

  Although Shen Gong Bao didn't know how to transform the power of faith, looking at all the saints who left behind Taoist temples or ancestral halls in the mortal world for people to worship, apart from increasing their own influence, they were probably also collecting the power of incense offerings.

  Humanity is the main protagonist of heaven and earth, with various major sects vying for the sake of their own prosperity. They all strive to transform humanity's faith into a great sectarian fortune. Whoever occupies an absolute advantage among humans will surely have a long and illustrious origin for their sect.

  The Nine Provinces' tripod gathers the faith of the people of the nine provinces, forming a vast and powerful aura that protects the land of the nine provinces. If the power of faith is stolen by Yu Wang, it will weaken the aura of the nine provinces, and as a result, the people of the nine provinces will suffer more disasters and hardships.

  "I've already said it, they forced me to do so!" Da Yu shouted.

  "Who? I don't know if the Jade Emperor can dispel my doubts, but who are 'they' that the Jade Emperor spoke of? Moreover, back then, the Jade Emperor was a powerful being among the Golden Immortals, and if he didn't cultivate his Purple Qi True Spirit, he should have been enjoying boundless immortal blessings. But now, the Jade Emperor only has a wisp of residual soul left, and wanting to cultivate into a Purple Qi True Spirit is an unattainable goal!"

  Even with a complete soul, Yu Wang was unable to refine the Purple Qi Yuan Shen, let alone now when he is only a residual soul imprint.

  "Who is it? Haha... He replaces the Three Sovereigns, enjoys the incense of humanity, what a wonderful non-action! Yet, he is ruthless to the extreme, non-action, non-action! Haha..."

  Listening to Da Yu's extremely resentful and maniacal laughter, Shen Gong Bao's face changed color. The one who can be called "non-existent" is probably only the Taicheng old master in the Eight Scenic Spots Palace.

  "I wonder why he is so?" Shengong Bao was very curious, that master was a saint, why did he want to see Da Yu as an equal? At that time, although Da Yu was a strong Jinxian, but for the saints, even a quasi-saint was just a slightly larger ant. A Jinxian should not be able to enter his eyes at all.

  "Because he wants to completely control the human race, doing nothing and yet doing everything! His ambition is absolutely greater than anyone else's, unfortunately, he doesn't possess that treasure of the human race, haha!"

  The Supreme Elder Lord established the human teachings, and indeed he should have control over the human race. However, the human race was created by Nüwa, so it is unclear who has jurisdiction over the human destiny. But isn't it said that the Supreme Elder Lord can already decide major events for humanity? Otherwise, how could the Three Sovereigns' affairs be decided by the Supreme Elder Lord alone? Even Fuxi, the brother of Nüwa and a powerful deity back then, had to rely on Nüwa's great karma to become the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi.

  Shen Gong Bao is puzzled, the treasure of the human race, could it be the Kunlun Seal?

  "I suppose you've also recalled what that treasure is? None other than the Kuangtu Seal. Back when I forged the Heaven-Opening Axe from the copper of First Mountain, the aura of the Kuangtu Seal had already flashed before my eyes. As the leader of the Human Tribe, I was the first to arrive, but I didn't obtain the treasure. Afterwards, when the other Saints arrived, they couldn't find any trace of the Kuangtu Seal's aura, and they all thought that I had obtained it. But I didn't deny it, so you all thought that I had already completely taken control of Human Tribe affairs."

  "What does this have to do with you, King Yu?"

  Da Yu smiled to himself: "He has obtained the Kunlun Seal, but he suspects that I have hidden it away. The Kunlun Seal is a treasure of the human race, so unless one is its true master, even a sage cannot fathom its whereabouts."

  Yu said so, Shengong Bao immediately understood. Laozi coveted the seal of Congtong Mountain and thought that Yu would get it. Perhaps after being coerced or bribed, Laozi made a secret move, and Yu, this powerful golden immortal, naturally had no choice but to take action.

  It is indeed the case that Da Yu was killed by Laozi in those years. The reason was that Da Yu, as an emperor, had cultivated himself into a Golden Immortal, which went against the operation of the Heavenly Way. Therefore, Laozi killed King Yu. Although other saints were puzzled and wondered why Laozi was so ruthless, they did not intervene because Da Yu was not a member of their sect, and Laozi had the right to handle internal affairs of the human tribe.

  As for Nüwa, although she is the holy mother of human beings, she will not save Da Yu after all. During Da Yu's water control process, he did not kill fewer monsters, among which most were guilty and deserved death, but there were also some innocent monsters who were also killed by Da Yu together. Nüwa is a saint of the monster tribe, so she naturally has no good feelings towards Da Yu. When Da Yu died, she can be considered to have made amends for the monster tribe.

  So, Da Yu ended up with a tragic ending. Fortunately, he had foreseen this and had previously placed a strand of his residual soul in the refined Yu Wang Ding. However, it turned out that the Yu Wang Ding was actually the furnace used by Da Yu to refine the Nine Provinces Cauldron, which had a connection with the Nine Provinces Cauldron. Therefore, Da Yu later placed the Mountain-Opening Axe, the Sea-Calming Divine Needle, and the Yu Wang Ding together at the bottom of the East China Sea, forming the Heaven-Earth-Man Trigram Array, sealing off their aura. Relying on the connection between the Yu Wang Ding and the Nine Provinces Cauldron, he mobilized the merits of the people of the nine provinces to protect the aura of the three objects, preventing them from being discovered by others.

  The Nine Provinces Cauldron was forged by Yu the Great, and it is also a treasure of his law. However, after Yu's death, no one dared to take it out, for fear of forming a great karma with the people of the nine provinces that no one could bear. Moreover, Laozi would not allow anyone to take it away either. The better the human race develops, the better this person who teaches will be.

  Yu Wang's experience, I deeply sympathize with him. However, Yu Wang is also a wise man. Since he knows that he cannot achieve the Purple Qi Yuan Shen, why does he still want to extract the merits of the people from the nine states? This will only bring great calamity to the people of the nine states and tarnish Yu Wang's reputation for benevolence!

  Shen Gong suddenly remembered that in later generations, the land of the nine states was invaded by foreign powers, and he could not have imagined that the root cause of this tragic history originated from this.

  "What's the point of righteousness? Hahaha... I've long been dead, and now only a wisp of my lingering soul remains, hidden away beforehand. Now, I just want to take revenge on that old man! The human tribe's fortune is declining, so this Human Teachings Sect Master won't be doing well either. Although I can't hurt his foundation, what I can do... is only this!"

  Da Yu's sorrowful smile lasted for a moment, and Shen Gong Bao also fell silent after hearing it. Being remembered by the sage, there was indeed no good outcome, and thinking of retaliating against a sage was simply impossible. Since the sage would not die or perish, what kind of retaliation could be effective?

  Da Yu thought it through thoroughly, harming the people's morale and fortune. In doing so, he also avenged Lao Zi, but unfortunately, the ones who suffered were the people of the nine states!

  The grandmaster plays chess, while the small man can only be a pawn in his game of life and death, never knowing why he dies, but because he is not the one playing the game.

  Shen Gong Bao couldn't help but think of the Sealing God's Calamity, and he let out a bitter laugh, rubbing his temples. "I'm also just a pawn on the chessboard, a piece, a mere piece!"

  "Fellow Taoist, I have a deal, but I don't know if you are willing to accept it?" Da Yu said calmly.

  Shen Gong's expression flashed with doubt for a moment, and he said, "I don't know what kind of transaction the Yu king has, but it doesn't matter!"

  "I had a premonition that soon, even if you didn't discover this place, someone with fate would come here. At that time, I think the old master will also find my remaining soul. So, I want to leave the purple energy of my remaining soul with you. However, you should promise me one thing: in the future, if you have the ability, help me reclaim justice!"

  Shen Gong Ba was stunned, could this Da Yu have gone mad? He's actually calling himself to go against Lao Zi, looking for death?

  (One more update, asking everyone to collect and recommend, hehe)