Chapter 63 A Sudden Thought

  Wang Dachuan saw Liu Yi's extreme agitation, and just as he was about to hit himself, suddenly became stern, completely losing his usual careless demeanor. He shouted: "You child, what are you getting agitated about? Sit down and talk!"

  Wang Dachuan concealed some things from his father, but this was not what surprised Liu Yi the most. What came next shocked him and made him both happy and worried!

  Wang Dahe Road

  Man is born in the world, lives in the world, and has his own destiny. What's meant to come will still come...

  I'm telling you, Liu Yi, don't give me that look. If you had hesitated for a moment earlier, I definitely wouldn't have followed you into this mess. Back then, your father begged me to go with him to the Jiuding Mountain Tian Gong, but I didn't go.

  You little brat, dare to stare at me?

  "Ah - it's not that I intentionally kept it from you, but rather your father specifically entrusted me with this. When you didn't receive the map, I was supposed to keep secret what little I knew about your father. Moreover, we had an agreement that if you, Liu Yi, showed even a hint of hesitation in searching for the Nine Peaks Mountain Heaven Palace, I could withdraw from the matter. To be honest, I wish you would do just that."

  Stop staring at me, I'm not a girl, drink your wine - that's right, be good.

  Actually, back then I didn't follow your father to that Jiuding Mountain Tiangong. Now that I mention it, I still feel a little regretful in my heart. You know, ten years ago I was practicing martial arts and suffered a setback, almost losing my life. It was your father who invited a mysterious person to save me, so I owe the Liu family a great favor! However, it was also because of that injury that I lost all my magical powers. Afterwards, your father went with that mysterious person to Jiuding Mountain Tiangong.

  Wang Daquan said here, Liu Yi suddenly asked: "The strange person you mentioned who went to the Tian Gong of Jiuding Mountain with your father, is he called Ke Kemu?"

  "Wow!" said Wang Daquan, "How did you know?"

  Liu Yi thought to himself, no wonder Keke Mu wanted to say something when he saw him. Alas, everyone is dead! Who knows what they wanted to say now? It seems like I can only rely on myself after all.

  He thought of this and simply told the story of his trip to Qinghai. When he said that Kekemu was already dead, Wang Dachuan suddenly looked dejected and lamented for a long time, saying something about not having repaid his debt of gratitude. In the end, he said: "Fortunately, Kekemu has a child, otherwise this 'debt of gratitude' would have to be owed for another generation..."

  "Don't mention repaying kindness for now, continue telling me about my father!" Liu Yi raised his wine cup and clinked it with Wang Dachuan's. The latter gulped down a small amount of liquor before continuing to speak:

  Four years ago when your father invited me, my magical powers had just recovered a little bit. Even if I encountered a hundred-year-old vengeful spirit, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to handle it.

  I'm telling you, Liu Yi, don't look down on me, I'm just afraid of death, what's wrong with that? Who isn't afraid of death? But you have to die for a reason, right? If I say I died on the way to find my master, then so be it, no regrets! However, the Liu family's mission can't be imposed on me, can it?

  Human feelings are human feelings, doing things is doing things, aren't these two different things? Who doesn't have their own mission? If one can't even complete their own mission and sacrifices their life to help others, wouldn't they regret it for eternity in the afterlife?

  Hehe, you nodded which means you agree with what I said, so don't blame me.

  To be honest, I wanted to go at that time, but my own strength was weak and I would have been a burden if I had gone.

  That place is terrifying, so terrifying that you can't even imagine what kind of divine beasts, demons and vengeful spirits exist inside.

  That year, my master was hired by someone to go to the Tian Gong Temple on Jiuding Mountain and almost died there. Although he escaped, he left behind a sequelae.

  When I learned from him, he was already sixty years old. I was curious and asked him how his arm broke. At first, he didn't tell me, but later when I kept asking, he reluctantly gave me a rough idea.

  This time in Qinghai, you must have heard a lot of legends about Ma Bufang. My master was employed by him at that time. The word "employed" is not quite appropriate. Listening to my master's tone of speech at the time, it should be coercion.

  The master told me that the Jiuding Mountain Tian Gong, although its name sounds strange and good, is actually a thousand-year-old ghost land. There are many thousand-year-old resentful spirits, unknown ghosts, unknown evil creatures, and guardian beasts. Moreover, there are also numerous mechanisms and traps, and he was lucky to have not died.

  At that time, Ma Bufang led a team of 500 people into the heavenly palace, but in the end, only he and my master escaped, and all the others died. My master escaped, but his arm was broken, so later he had an iron arm installed, which is why when I met him, he already had the nickname "Iron Arm Mountain Mover" and was very famous in Jianghu.

  The master took me in and treated me like his own, but he's getting old and will eventually pass away. I know the road ahead is mine to walk alone, so I studied hard to learn from him, and he taught me with all his heart. Although I tried my best, I only learned about one-tenth of his skills, but even that small portion has been useful for my entire life.

  To be honest, I'm not a clever person, but I'm a hardworking one. Because I'm an orphan, with no one to rely on, what can I do if I don't work hard?

  Twenty years ago, Master solemnly called me to his side and warned me that while the sky is vast and the earth is wide, and any imperial mausoleum can be visited, there are two places that cannot be entered. The first is the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and the second is this Tian Gong on Jiuding Mountain. He told me that Qin Shi Huang was a person who received the heavenly mandate to unify the world, and his tomb has been guarded by immortal spirits for thousands of years, so it cannot be entered. As for the Tian Gong on Jiuding Mountain, it is said to be the burial site of the reincarnation of the Sun Goddess, the ancient Qiang sage Biqiong Mu Zhi. It is said that Biqiong Mu Zhi was also a person who received the heavenly mandate and led the ancient Qiang people through the difficulties of the apocalypse. According to reason, after death, he should have returned to heaven to report back, but for some unknown reason, he transformed into a thousand-year-old ghost spirit.

  Can ordinary people subdue her?

  That night, after Master said those words, he left without saying goodbye, leaving only a note that read:

  Precious gatherings in life are hard to come by and easy to disperse

  When you come and go, you must be at peace

  Life is short, go for it

  Don't wait until death to regret

  The meaning of his words is very clear, he's going to do something very important. Although I understand him, we've been together for twenty years, and he suddenly leaves, which makes me very sad.

  But I don't know if the old man is safe and sound now, he should be around 80 years old if he's still alive. I've been searching for him for nearly twenty years, how I wish to be by his side, take care of him in his old age, and fulfill my duty as a disciple!

  Hey, Liu Yi you little stinker, with an expression so weird, are you secretly mocking me for being greedy? You young whippersnapper, how could you possibly understand the thoughts of us old folks?!

  Sighing, Wang Daquan said, what's the use of having money? Even if I didn't have any, as long as I could find a master, I'd be willing to beg and serve him in his old age, what would I have to fear?

  Liu Yi really didn't expect that Wang Dachuan, the Dust King of the game Wind and Dust, this Wang Dachuan who valued wealth as his life, would have such a soft spot in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little admiration.

  Wang Dahe said here, sighed softly, wiped his eyes, took a sip of wine, and continued to say:

  Even my master is afraid of that place, do you think I, a small fry, dare to go? So when your father invited me to go to that place, I naturally refused strongly. Your father had no choice but to invite the eccentric doctor who treated me back then, Korkwood, to explore the Nine-Heaven Palace on the Ninth Summit together. However, the two of them were unable to uncover all the secrets of the palace. Because entering the final level requires a key. He suspects that this key is related to the crystal sheep head that has been passed down through your family for generations. I don't know if your father is dead or alive after all these years!

  Liu Yi was shocked again: "The Seven-Star Crystal Sheep's Head is a family heirloom passed down through generations? This... what a father, hiding it so thoroughly!"

  Wang Daquan saw Liu Yi's furrowed brow and said to him, "Don't blame your father for this. All parents in the world are like that, he did it for your own good, so you wouldn't recklessly go to your death. Your father is no ordinary person, now that he has let you see the map, it means the time has come."

  "Ah!" Although Liu Yi did not understand what Wang Dachuan meant by "timing", since his father had mailed the things to him in 2010, rather than in 2009 or 2008, there must be a reason for it.

  He thought for a moment and said, "This crystal sheep head is an artifact of the ancient Qiang people, how did it end up in our house?"

  Wang Daichuan was taken aback and said: "Didn't your father tell you that your family is a descendant of the Xiongnu general Liu Heng?"

  Liu Yi heard this and was shocked again: "Is this true?"

  Wang Daquan said, "Of course, otherwise how would your father and you have any connection with the isolated Guqiang? All things in the world have a prior cause, and are not just empty rumors!"

  Liu Yi thought to himself, "I was actually seen through by Keke Xi. Could it be that Liu Heng is really my ancestor? If so, then Father and Keke Mu have a connection, and I also have a connection with Keke Xi. It's truly fate!"

  Liu Yi asked: "Then where is the Tian Gong of Jiuding Mountain?"

  Wang Daquan said: "I don't know, but since you are a descendant of Liu Heng, you must have an intricate relationship with that Qiangmu Pearl. I believe they will definitely guide us to find it!"

  "......" Liu Yi was speechless: "Didn't my father tell you the address?"

  Wang Daquan said: "Your father told me at the time that as long as we arrived at Heilongzhai in Fengyizhen, and handed over the map to Master Shibei there, they would take us past!"

  He said with a smile, "I'm sure there are many treasures in the Thousand Year Land. Who knows, maybe this time I'll be lucky and pick up some divine artifact from the gods, and it won't be a waste of my life as Wang Daichan!"

  Liu Yi was overjoyed after hearing this, and said: "Next, we'll be preparing to set off. Pack up those tattered things of yours, we're leaving the day after tomorrow!"

  After finishing this sentence, he stood up, turned around and left, preparing to go home and carefully study his father's notebook, what information was left for himself.

  A discontented voice came from behind Wang Daquan: "What kind of broken thing is this, those are all divine artifacts... You bear child, you don't even accompany your older brother to drink a few more cups..."