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Chapter 354 The Founder of the Great Xia Dynasty - The First Gonggong (13)

"The floods of the Great Xia?"

Wu Peng was clearly taken aback when Li Boyang abruptly changed the subject.

But he quickly realized what was happening, and his face showed the same look of realization as Li Boyang's.

"It seems I'm not the first great shaman to arrive in these hundred-mile-long mountains?"

"I came for the elixir of immortality, but what did the other great shaman come for?"

"Who is that high priest you contacted?"

Why would he bring up the floods of the Great Xia Dynasty with you?

To be fair, Wu Peng truly deserves to be called one of the most outstanding shamans in the Great Xia Dynasty. In terms of wisdom alone, he is definitely among the top people of this era.

With just a brief conversation, Wu Peng had already figured out Li Boyang's personality.

It's remarkable that the question about the Great Xia flood was asked at this time.

This only shows that Li Boyang was not making baseless accusations, but was trying to obtain information he wanted to know.

"Is the 'Dinghai Ding,' one of the Nine Tripods, in your possession?"

"To know the whereabouts of the Dinghai Cauldron... the great shaman you contacted must be Wu Xian!"

As Wu Peng became more and more certain, he understood and roughly guessed what Li Boyang wanted to ask.

"That old guy kept lying to us, saying he didn't know the whereabouts of the Nine Cauldrons, but it turned out he actually knew the location of the Dinghai Cauldron."

"He wanted to use the Dinghai Ding (a type of ancient Chinese shaman) to quell the floods in the East China Sea, but he was also afraid that we, the great shamans, would use the power of the Nine Ding to exterminate those gods!"

"I'm even starting to wonder, was it really just a coincidence that the six of us siblings were able to find the Cauldron of Immortality?"

"After all, compared to the other eight cauldrons, the Undying Cauldron has the least destructive power, and it is also the cauldron that Wu Xian is most familiar with."

Although Wu Peng should theoretically be very angry right now.

But disheartened, he simply calmly sorted out his thoughts.

“Wu Xian himself is the best masterpiece of the Undying Cauldron, so he must have the means to restrain the Undying Cauldron.”

"Therefore, he threw out the Cauldron of Immortality to divert the attention of the other great shamans. By the time we reacted, he had already completely quelled the floods in the East Sea."

Without interrupting Wu Peng, Li Boyang was also using this opportunity to understand the factional disputes within the Great Xia Dynasty.

It turns out that in addition to the struggle between gods and mortals, the great shamans also had different ideological differences.

Wu Xian, Wu Ji, and Wu Luo were clearly doves among the Ten Witches of Ling Mountain, and did not advocate using extreme means to exterminate the gods.

The six enlightened shamans, led by Wu Peng, may not have been as extreme as Wu Yi, but they did not approve of Wu Xian's approach.

"You don't intend to hand over the Dinghai Cauldron to Wu Xian, do you?"

After thoroughly understanding the whole story, Wu Peng suddenly looked up and asked this question.

"It's not your place to ask me that now, is it?"

Instead of answering Wu Peng's question, Li Boyang simply raised an eyebrow and said...

"You're right, I really don't have the right to ask such questions right now."

"However, I know about you before, and I know that you were the one who quelled the floods in the South China Sea."

“You will definitely hand over the Dinghai Cauldron to Wu Xian, even if the floods in the East China Sea have nothing to do with you for the time being.”

As he spoke calmly, Wu Peng suddenly smiled.

"I don't know what you're struggling with."

"But if understanding the origins of the East China Sea floods can make you decide to hand over the Dinghai Cauldron, I will certainly tell you everything I know."

Now it was Li Boyang's turn to be somewhat surprised.

If he understands correctly, Wu Peng and Wu Xian seem to be from different factions of great shamans.

"Don't look at me so surprised. I've just made the most reasonable decision." "Although I don't agree with Wu Xian's approach of seeking to restore the balance between humans and gods, that's based on the premise that the great shamans have absolute power."

"That old bastard Wu Xian threw out an immortal cauldron and made us run around in circles, causing us to miss the best opportunity."

"If the great shamans continue to fight amongst themselves, they will only let the gods benefit for nothing."

After a slight pause, Wu Peng's calm tone now seemed to carry an added air of foresight.

"So if Wu Xian wanted to use the Dinghai Ding to quell the East China Sea floods, then helping him obtain the Dinghai Ding would naturally be the most correct choice."

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The gods of the four seas—east, south, west, and north—each have their own origins.

For the Great Xia Dynasty, the God of the East Sea was especially special.

Because the God of the East Sea, Yu Guo, was originally a deity of the Great Xia Dynasty, a powerful water god who was active during the time of the first Witch King.

Although in the general perception of all living beings, gods are cruel, aloof, and self-centered.

Especially those ancient gods who were born in the barbaric era, they simply do not take ordinary living beings seriously.

Even ordinary gods are nothing more than slightly stronger ants in the eyes of those ancient gods.

However, there are always exceptions. Even in the primitive era thousands of years ago, there were gods who truly cared for all living beings and were compassionate and benevolent.

Yu Guo was one of them, and also a deity who followed the first Witch King in establishing the Great Xia Dynasty.

Because it controlled the mountains and rivers, it single-handedly quelled the floods in many of the states of the Great Xia.

Therefore, after the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty, Yu Guo was granted the authority to manage thousands of river systems and supervise the water gods of various places by the first sorcerer king—that is, Gonggong.

Yes, in order to better integrate into the Great Xia Dynasty, Yu Guo decided to follow the example of the first Witch King and humans, and gave himself a unique surname.

Yu Guo was the first Gonggong, the water god among water gods.

Many later generations even speculated that Yu Guo might not be a primordial deity, but rather an ancestral deity born among humankind.

Just like those great shamans who, knowing their lifespan is coming to an end, transform into gods in order to continue pursuing a longer life or greater power.

There are many legends about Yu Guo in the Great Xia Dynasty, but the most famous are his various rebellions and deeds.

Although Yu Guo was a compassionate and benevolent god, he had a rather fiery temper.

Apart from the first Witch King, Yu Guo could not get along with almost all the founders of the Great Xia Dynasty.

So, not long after the first Witch King gave up becoming a god and chose to die, Yu Guo unsurprisingly left the Great Xia and eventually settled in the East Sea.

According to unverified sources within the Great Xia Dynasty.

Yu Guo was actually a member of the Great Xia Dynasty who was forced to leave after failing to seize the position of the supreme ruler.

In a sense, the reason why the gods of the Great Xia Dynasty and the Witch King maintained such a delicate relationship was largely due to Yu Guo.

When the gods of the Great Xia Dynasty were weak, Yu Guo was their protector, maintaining the balance between humans and gods.

When the succession of the Witch King was in trouble and the Great Xia lost its kingdom, it was Yu Guo who suppressed those gods who wanted to exterminate them, until the new Witch King returned.

This also reveals the contradictions in Yu Guo's personality and way of handling things.

He is a god, so he would instinctively stand on the side of the gods.

But He was also a follower and companion of the first Witch King, and was determined to create an era in which humans and gods coexisted.

This led to Yu Guo's very awkward position in Daxia.

He is a balancer between man and God, a high and mighty judge.

When one side is at a disadvantage, they will immediately seek help from Yu Guo.

However, once one gains the upper hand, how to deal with a powerful god becomes a crucial consideration.

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