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Chapter 149: The Salt Devil (Part )

After Lu Shiyuan and others took their seats, the three archaeologists enthusiastically introduced themselves, and the two sides got to know each other.

The two men are named Hanxue and Yixuan, and the woman is named Wanyan.

At the beginning, the three of them were very flattering to Lu Shiyuan, but as the symposium officially began, they focused on academic exchanges, and Lu Shiyuan, an outsider, was left aside.

Lu Shiyuan was not annoyed. He just quietly sipped the tea and listened to them chatting about various professional knowledge.

However, the more Lu Shiyuan listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. Miss Wanyan was fine, but what Hanxue and Yixuan said were clearly random guesses and fabrications.

Archaeology is a discipline that specializes in the study of ancient relics and remains. Although it overlaps with history, it places more emphasis on practice and speaking with facts.

However, when these two guys talked about the historical Rock King Emperor, regardless of the actual object or the historical background, they began to boast about the Rock King Emperor's divine power. They felt that as long as it was an extremely magical ancient object, it must be related to the Emperor's divine power. They were even prepared to use this argument as a reason to identify the origin and value of the ancient objects.

If we really identify it this way, doesn’t it mean that it is an ancient and somewhat magical thing, and it is all related to the King of Rocks?
Although this can indeed demonstrate the power of Prince Yan, it will have a huge negative impact on the work of restoring historical facts.

For example, the stove demon gradually disappeared in history due to this irresponsible archaeological concept.

After listening for a while, Lu Shiyuan couldn't help but shake his head: "What a bunch of people who are just seeking fame and reputation."

It would be fine if these guys were just bragging in private, but the problem is that Zhongli is sitting here.

He is Prince Yan himself!

Hanxue and the others were almost exaggerating the Emperor's divine power to the sky, so Zhongli naturally wanted to speak up and correct them.

However, Zhongli's honest words were understood by these two people as disrespect to Prince Yan, and they began to bully Zhongli verbally.

Faced with this situation, Lu Qianzhi just felt helpless.

These archaeologists only know how to speculate all day long. Can't they carefully study historical materials and restore history by combining physical objects? This is their real job.

The two sides had different opinions, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense after a short while of talking.

At this moment, two more people boarded the boat and wandered around, unconsciously approaching them.

Soon, they noticed Zhongli and others.

Zhongli also noticed them and greeted them with a smile: "I didn't expect to see you here, travelers."

"Are these two your friends?" Wan Yan asked.

"Well, I had the honor of meeting Ying some time ago. Ying is well-informed, knowledgeable and talented. I feel very compatible with her." Zhongli solemnly introduced her to everyone.

Then, he asked Ying, "We just talked about the topic of the Rock King Emperor in history. Are you interested in listening?"

Lu Shiyuan squeezed closer to his sister, leaving a seat wide enough for one person, and said, "Come, sit here."

Unable to refuse the kindness, Ying had no choice but to sit over. Lu Shiyuan pulled Paimeng to his side and fed her snacks. While she was eating the snacks, he pinched her face and patted her head.

There's no way, Paimeng's feel is too good, I can't control myself.

Paimon was concentrating on eating snacks, and even when he was being stroked, he didn't bother to stop it.

Ying knew that the two of them had a good relationship, so she did not stop them. Then, the group of archaeologists continued to discuss the topic of "the whereabouts of the first Mora", believing that this Mora must have great power, and even wanted to write a book about it.

Zhongli couldn't bear to listen any longer, so in order to prevent them from continuing to misinterpret history, he had to explain that the first Mora was just spent by the Emperor.

This made Hanxue and Yixuan dislike Zhongli even more.

Wan Yan, on the other hand, looked at Zhong Li with increasingly brighter eyes.

"Miss Lu, why does your master slander Prince Yan so much?" Han Xue looked at Lu Qianzhi with dissatisfaction. "Prince Yan is a man of foresight and considers the long-term in everything he does. He is just talking nonsense without any basis. Could it be..."

"No evidence?" Lu Qianzhi couldn't stand the nonsense of these guys anymore, and snorted coldly, "You speak as if you have evidence.

The first Mora in history is important? Who said it? Who has seen it?

In all the official historical documents I have studied, there has never been a single paragraph describing the whereabouts of this Mora.

Everything has to have a basis. Since this Mora has left no trace in history, it is just an ordinary Mora. Maybe it has already been consumed as a catalyst, or maybe it is just lying quietly in the wallet between you and me."

Hanxue was choked by these words. He felt as if he was being taught a lesson by a junior. He felt very embarrassed and anger rose in his heart.

Just when the atmosphere between the two sides was tense, Wan Yan suddenly said, "Mr. Zhongli, Qianzhi, I have a question about archaeology. I would like to go to a quiet place to ask you. Do you have time?"

The master and disciple looked at each other. They didn't want to argue with Hanxue and the others, so they nodded, stood up and left with Wanyan.

Seeing this, Lu Shiyuan stood up without hesitation, regardless of Hanxue's ugly expression, and pulled Ying and Paimeng away, following Wanyan and others.

Although Wan Yan noticed that they were coming here, she did not stop them. There was no need to hide her next words from these outsiders.

“What I’m going to say next will be a bit disrespectful to the Rock God and will attract a lot of cold stares, so... it’s better to go to a quiet place.” Wan Yan explained.

Then, she continued, “Just now I saw that you are very eloquent, have clear thinking, and most importantly, do not believe in exaggeration or interpretation, and are very objective.

So I want to ask you a question, maybe I can get a different answer from ordinary scholars... Do you think that all the demons killed by the God of Rock are evil?"

"Pfft——" Before Zhongli could answer, Lu Shiyuan, who was listening, couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Wan Yan frowned, "Why is Mr. Lu laughing?"

"I laugh because the question you asked was wrong from the beginning." Lu Shiyuan said with a smile.

"Why?" Wan Yan was even more confused.

"There is no good or evil in God. We just wishfully divide them based on our own views." Lu Shiyuan explained, "God loves the world, but he loves people in different ways and from different perspectives."

Wan Yan heard this and said thoughtfully, "This is an interesting point of view."

Zhongli looked at Lu Shiyuan in surprise, then nodded with a smile: "Young friend Lu's opinion is very novel, you are right, during the Demon God War, Emperor Yanwang respected contracts, so no matter good or evil, the demon gods who died at his hands must have broken some kind of contract."

"That's right, Master...Prince Yan will not kill innocent people indiscriminately." Lu Qianzhi nodded firmly.

(End of this chapter)