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Chapter 154: King Qin Wu, Dragon-patterned Red Cauldron
Destroyed, or more precisely, after the tiger demon was swallowed whole, all the tiger minions nearby disappeared at the same moment.

They are originally the residual souls attached to the tiger demon. Without their master, they naturally have no basis for existence.

Only at this time did Mo Hao have time to look at the Nine Cauldrons not far away.

The Nine Cauldrons are a symbol of the supreme royal power and the unity and prosperity of the country.

According to legend, in the early years of the Xia Dynasty, King Yu of Xia divided the world into nine states and ordered the nine states to contribute bronze to cast nine tripods to symbolize the nine states. He engraved famous mountains and rivers and strange objects from the nine states on the bodies of the nine tripods, and concentrated the nine tripods in the capital of the Xia Dynasty.

"Historical Records - Book of Fengshan": "Yu collected gold from the nine herdsmen and cast nine tripods. All of them were used to worship the gods and ghosts. When a sage appeared, the tripods prospered, and the tripods were moved to the Xia and Shang dynasties. When the Zhou dynasty declined and the Song dynasty was destroyed, the tripods were lost and disappeared."

The big tripod has a simple shape, dark blue color, and is square.

But for some reason, when Mo Hao approached, he could feel a certain aura of resistance emanating from the Nine Cauldrons.

It seemed that the Nine Cauldrons didn't like him. Mo Hao thought about it and retracted his demon body and returned to the appearance of a human. Now the aura of resistance coming from the Nine Cauldrons was much less.

Mo Hao gently stroked the ancient characters engraved on the body of the tripod, and suddenly a message came to his mind.

Xuzhou Ding!
It seems that this is one of the Nine Cauldrons that symbolizes Xuzhou. However, Mo Hao doesn’t know much about the Nine Cauldrons. He only knows that this can be regarded as the original symbol of royal power.

Since the casting of the Nine Cauldrons, "Ding Ding" has become synonymous with the establishment of a national political power.

After the Qin Dynasty, the Nine Cauldrons were completely lost, and their symbolic meaning was transferred to the [Imperial Seal].

"Speaking of which...is it possible to meet Bian He from Chu later?"

The time and space in this Taixu realm are in a chaotic state, so the probability of encountering Bian He from Chu is not completely zero.

As for who Bian He from Chu was, he himself was not famous, but what he discovered was extremely famous.

The He's Bi was discovered by Bian He from Chu.

It is also said that after Qin conquered the six kingdoms, it used the Heshi Bi to make the imperial seal.

After destroying the tiger monster, Mo Hao entered the palace and searched it, but apart from gold and silver, he did not find anything very useful.

However, a two-handed axe was found in the palace. Mo Hao tried to pick it up. It was quite heavy and only a brave man could use it.

Mo Hao poured his demonic power into the axe and refined it directly. The diameter of the axe turned into a ball of white gas and merged into his left fist.

Transform Axe into Fist Force. Even a powerful demon like Bull Demon can transform it into fist force with just an axe.

But Mo Hao is different. The existence of [Titan's Grip] allows him to ignore the requirement that two-handed weapons must be held with both hands, and he can hold two-handed heavy weapons with one hand.

And he can transform one more axe into fist force and increase his strength compared to other bull demons.

After refining the big axe, Mo Hao only felt that his own strength, especially the power of his fists, had been greatly improved.

It even made him want to punch out without restraint and destroy everything.

Not long after they discovered that all the tiger's minions had disappeared, the two sages and Su Zhilan approached this side together.

Looking at the intact Mo Hao and the Nine Cauldrons beside him, it is not difficult to conclude that the tiger demon has been killed and completely destroyed.

Confucius examined the Xuzhou Ding and nodded, "It is indeed one of the Nine Dings."

The Nine Cauldrons were in hand, which also symbolized the complete demise of the enemy. Mozi breathed a sigh of relief. "This beast is finally dead. Its guards were really good at controlling the bow."

Before Confucius arrived, God knows how long Mozi had been suppressed by the sniper-like bow and arrow.

"Most of those who wield bows are from Han," Confucius added, "The strongest bows, powerful crossbows, and sharp swords in the world all come from Han. The Jisha crossbowmen are famous all over the world. I see the style of the Jisha crossbowmen in them."

"If it's the Crossbowmen, I'll have to bring at least a hundred disciples with me to attack this place."

Mozi looked at the surrounding terrain and almost instantly came to a conclusion that if this place was guarded by Jisha crossbowmen, half of the Mohist disciples he led would probably die. This place was too easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"I need twenty disciples and three hundred apprentices."

Confucius did not say how many casualties there were, but judging from his appearance, the casualties were probably not low.

However, since this place had already been conquered, there was no need to think about how many lives would be lost. Confucius asked Mozi, "What do you think of what I said before?"

On the way here, the two sages had a brief exchange, mainly about the plan proposed by Lao Dan, which required the participation of as many sages from various schools of thought as possible.

Mozi did not refuse and agreed very straightforwardly, "Count me in. Besides, I received news about the other Nine Cauldrons."

"It is said that there is a red tripod with dragon patterns in Xianyang, Qin State."

Hearing the news about Jiuding, Confucius narrowed his eyes slightly, "Xianyang is the capital of Qin State. Do you know who is the king in Xianyang?"

Hearing this question, Mo Hao could only hope that the King of Qin in Xianyang was not the First Emperor who had left six generations of heroes behind.

He didn't know whether the First Emperor would be easier to deal with than King Wu of Zhou.

But the better scenario is not to face each other at all.

"It's King Wu of Qin."

King Qin Wu and the red cauldron with dragon pattern, these two factors combined made even Mo Hao's face look a little strange.

The red tripod with dragon pattern is also known as the "Yongzhou tripod" or the "Qin tripod".

According to historical records, in the fourth year of King Wu of Qin, the Qin army captured Yiyang, the capital of Han, so they ordered "Chu Li Zi" to lead "a hundred chariots" to arrive at the capital of Zhou first, and the King of Zhou sent people to line up to welcome them.

Later, King Wu of Qin "raised an army to Zhou to ask for the Nine Cauldrons". In the Taimiao of King Zhou, he competed with Meng Yue in lifting the "Red Cauldron with Dragon Pattern" and died with his legs broken.

Although history usually uses the phrase "lifting a tripod" to illustrate a person's immense strength, this phrase even once became exclusive to Overlord Xiang Yu.

But before Xiang Yu, there was also a hegemon who tried to lift a tripod, but he failed. The tripod broke his tibia and his blood flowed all over the bed. The pain was unbearable and he died in the middle of the night.

The circumstances of his death were far from peaceful.

That was King Wu of Qin.

The fact that King Wu of Qin collected the red tripod with dragon pattern sounds like a joke from hell.

It's like Jesus seeing crosses all over the streets after his resurrection, or Kennedy seeing sniper rifles and psychopathic gunmen all over the streets.

After looking at each other, they immediately made a decision to go to Xianyang to obtain the dragon-patterned red tripod.

Confucius took out a handful of return stones and handed them to Mozi. "Take the Nine Cauldrons back to Jixia Academy. If you can set up some traps around them, I'm worried that someone will steal the Nine Cauldrons."

This time, the purpose is not only to obtain the Nine Cauldrons, but also to obtain the Seven Heroes King Fire.

Confucius knew very well what the Nine Cauldrons represented, and he knew even more clearly how much people or things would desire if the Jixia Academy gathered the Nine Cauldrons and the Seven Heroes' Royal Fire.

However, the protection of Jixia Academy is not reassuring.

It cannot be said that it is a wrong thing to let Mozi improve the protection of Jixia Academy.

"Okay, then be careful. King Qin Wu is very brave and will be difficult to deal with."

Mozi did not object. He took the Return Stone, put one hand on the Nine Cauldrons, and crushed the stone. A flash of fire appeared, and then the man and the cauldron disappeared.

(End of this chapter)