Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 505 504
"But, but..."

Liu Weisen frantically pulled out the treasure map he always kept close to his body. He unfolded the map, pointed to the picture on it, and said, "Take a good look, the map is correct! Lakes, mountains, forests, the route drawn is exactly right—this is the place!"

"If the ruler of Nanyu had never been here, how could he have drawn this path so perfectly?"

"This proves he must have been here! The treasure is right here!"

Feng Xiuhu understood this principle perfectly well. But what he suspected now was something else entirely.

Feng Xiuhu said in a deep voice, "I don't think the ruler of Nanyu is human."

Liu Weisen was taken aback—for a moment he didn't know whether Feng Xiuhu was cursing or stating a fact.

Just then, Shi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"The one who is not human is not the King of Nanyu, but Empress Yun."

Feng Xiuhu was stunned upon hearing this: "What do you mean?"

Liu Weisen thought Feng Xiuhu was waiting for his reply, so he gritted his teeth and replied, "Since we're already here, we don't care if he's a man or a ghost, we have to go and see for ourselves—now that the route is clear, we can't go back empty-handed!"

After saying that, he took the lead and walked along the path.

Feng Xiuhu followed silently, but ignored Liu Weisen—he was listening to the story being told in his mind.

Shi sighed, "These are just old, trivial matters, but you had to get involved."

Feng Xiuhu asked, "Will there be trouble?"

Liu Weisen said solemnly, "The treasure is right in front of us, no matter how big the trouble, it can't stop me!"

Feng Xiuhu rolled her eyes at him.

Shi replied, "It's not a big problem, after all, he's been dead for so many years. It's just that I feel you're wasting your time doing something meaningless."

Feng Xiuhu grinned and said, "Since we're already here, why don't you explain yourself clearly first?"

Liu Weisen turned to look at him: "To be clear, Mr. Ma, please rest assured, my mind has not changed. We will proceed as previously agreed. When the time comes, you and Brother Ye will each receive a share of the treasure..."

Feng Xiuhu kicked him, causing him to stumble, and said irritably, "Can you please stop talking to me?"

Liu Weisen felt extremely wronged: "Weren't you the one telling me this?"

Feng Xiuhu glared at him: "Then shut your ears."

Liu Weisen refused to respond.

Finally, Shi spoke up.

"It's a long story..."

"The so-called Cloud Queen is actually a primordial god."

The first sentence shocked Feng Xiuhu, who immediately became respectful: "Good heavens, the King of Nanyu is quite a figure!"

Upon hearing this, Shi knew that Feng Xiuhu must have misunderstood, and continued, "Her true form is a cloud, and the rule she controls is 'change'."

"She originally had no specific form, was formless and traceless, ever-changing, and moved at will. It was precisely because of this ability that she was able to safely survive the period when humans hunted the primordial gods and live until the Fifth Age."

“Ayun is the name given to her by the king of Nanyu. Empress Yun is the title given to her by later generations. As a primordial goddess, her original name is rarely remembered.”

"Her name is Ai Dai."

Feng Xiuhu repeated in a low voice, "Aida..."

Eclipse let out a sneer: "It's laughable, really. A primordial god, who survived an entire Fourth Era, suddenly falls in love with a mortal one day."

Feng Xiuhu raised his eyelids: "The ruler of Nanyu?"

"Um……"

Shi responded softly, "Although I don't know how he did it, Ai Dai did choose to be with him—Ai Dai transformed into human form and stayed by his side."

"But to be precise, when Ai Dai was with him, the two countries of Nan Yu and Bei Zhen did not yet exist."

"It was precisely because of Ai Da's help that he was able to successfully launch a rebellion in the late Sheng Dynasty and become the ruler of the Southern Yu Kingdom, who was above all others."

Feng Xiuhu curled his lip and said, "Looking at it this way, Ai Dai is no good either. As a primordial god, she didn't even help her man destroy Bei Zhen?" Shi snorted coldly, "If Ai Dai were as stupid as you, she wouldn't have lived to the Fifth Era."

"Have you forgotten that at that time, the Eastern pantheon was already under the control of Xi Jun? Xi Jun's authority was like a sword hanging over Ai Da's throat. How could she dare to act recklessly?"

Feng Xiuhu nodded in realization.

"But the truth will eventually come out, and Xi Jun found out."

"Erosion continued."

"To interfere in the mortal world as a deity, and even meddle in the change of dynasties, is already a major taboo for Xi Jun, not to mention that Ai Da is a primordial god."

Shi paused for a moment: "In my opinion, Xi Jun must have been very angry at the time because she used an extremely insidious method—but she herself did not admit it, saying that she did it only for fairness."

Just as Feng Xiuhu was about to ask further questions, Liu Weisen, who was standing to the side, finally couldn't help but strike up a conversation with Feng Xiuhu.

Liu Weisen cautiously tugged at Feng Xiuhu's sleeve: "We're almost there."

"So fast?"

Feng Xiuhu looked up and realized that they had somehow ended up in a dense forest.

But upon closer inspection, Feng Xiuhu sensed something was amiss and looked around in confusion.

Liu Weisen whispered, "You noticed it too?"

Feng Xiuhu frowned: "Something just feels off."

"Take a closer look."

Liu Weisen moved closer to Feng Xiuhu: "Look at that mountain, and then look at those trees—"

Feng Xiuhu finally realized that something was wrong.

Previously, standing far away by the lake, the mountains were just mountains and the trees were just trees, and there was nothing to see.

Only when you step inside do you discover the strange thing – the mountains on both sides, though incredibly realistic, are neither very big nor very small, with the tallest only about three or four stories high.

The trees in the forest are also mostly only about the same height as a person.

Everything in front of me was clearly fake, but the texture of the soil, leaves, grass, and rocks was indistinguishable from the real thing.

"change……?"

Feng Xiuhu muttered to himself, "Could all of these be cloud transformations?"

No wonder they're almost at the finish line; they're like two "giants" walking through a shrunken mountain range.

Feng Xiuhu had many questions that Shi needed to answer.

He put his hand to his ear: "Hello? Are you still there?"

After calling for a long time without any response—Shi didn't know what was wrong, and refused to make a sound.

Feng Xiuhu complained to Liu Weisen: "It's all your fault! Why did you have to interrupt?"

Just then, the two arrived at the edge of the woods.

According to the map, the destination is beyond the woods, and the destination is also a lake.

Liu Weisen suddenly stopped moving. He stood at the edge of the forest, staring wide-eyed ahead, frozen in place.

Feng Xiuhu turned his head to look in the direction of his gaze.

Not far away, there was a lake, its calm surface without a ripple.

The reason why Liu Weisen didn't dare to even breathe was—

An elderly figure dressed in a red robe stood motionless on the shore, gazing at the lake in front of him.

Feng Xiuhu was stunned, then shouted angrily, "Old man! Swimming is not allowed here!"

(End of this chapter)