Gao Wu Da Qin: You don't want your secret to be known, do you?

Chapter 137 The Great Sage's Prenatal Education: Unrestricted Martial Arts + The Art of Diplomacy + Materialism

After breaking through to the third realm, Qin Feng's biggest feeling was that his clone no longer exerted as much pressure. 🎈🐠 ❻9hᵘЖ.ᶜ𝑜ｍ ☯🍫

In layman's terms, after the blood and qi in his body were transformed into vital energy, Qin Feng felt as if the airtight black pot he was wearing on his head had disappeared, and he could see blue sky and white clouds at a glance, feeling carefree and at ease.

This also shows the difference between blood energy and vital energy. Vital energy is indeed a higher attribute than blood energy. If all the vital energy in the body were transformed into [strength], how much would one change?

"Little one!"

The old ape seemed to realize that the head in its chest had regained its life and hurriedly tried to remove it.

However, Qin Feng has recovered. Even though he only has a head, he's not someone a mere ape can bully!

Qin Feng opened his mouth and spat at the old ape!

A bullet of extremely compressed air shot out with a whoosh, directly hitting the old ape's head, making it look like a rotten watermelon, exploding and cracking, with red and white particles flying everywhere.

The monkeys, seeing this, all screamed in fright, and some even tried to throw stones at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng unleashed dozens more bursts of energy, and in the blink of an eye, bang bang bang—the sounds of explosions and shattering echoed continuously, and all the resisting monkeys in front of him were completely wiped out by Qin Feng!

Seeing that they were no match for the human head, the monkeys all tried to run away.

Qin Feng let out a series of monkey calls.

"Anyone who dares to run will be killed!"

"Try it if you don't believe me!"

For a moment, the monkeys were stunned and stood there, each holding their heads and lying on the ground with their bellies facing Qin Feng.

These monkeys, I don't know who they learned from, act like tigers, showing their bellies when they submit.

Qin Feng didn't hold back this time, directly speaking in monkey language, "Having lived up and down the mountain for so many years, have you ever seen any strange stones?"

The monkeys looked bewildered and asked one after another, "What kind of stone does Your Majesty want? Black or white?"

"What is the purpose of the stone that Your Majesty mentioned?"

"Your Majesty, we have quite a few stones. Which one are you referring to?"

Qin Feng said, "The stone I'm referring to faces the sea, basks in the sunlight and moonlight, and receives the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!"

After the monkeys whispered among themselves for a while, Qin Feng vomited and killed dozens more monkeys. Under the pressure, an old ape revealed, "The stone that Your Majesty mentioned, is it the one that trembles every time there's a full moon, sweats when exposed to the sun and heat, and shivers when exposed to the cold snow of winter?"

Qin Feng pondered the thing the old ape had mentioned, thinking to himself, "Sun Wukong hasn't even appeared yet, and he can already sense the temperature? Truly worthy of being a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth."

"Take me there immediately!"

"Your Majesty, please come with us!"

"Wait!" Qin Feng said again, "Quickly go and retrieve my severed limbs!"

The monkeys scattered to find Qin Feng's arms and legs. Some monkeys found vines and tied Qin Feng's arms, legs and head together. Then they used large banana leaves as clothes to cover Qin Feng. After this preparation, they finally set off to find Sun Wukong.

Qin Feng lay on the soft couch built by the monkeys and slowly made his way up the mountain.

Along the way, Qin Feng pondered how to face Sun Wukong.

It directly tells the monkey that in the future you will wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace, then storm the Underworld, sweep through the Lingxiao Palace, then be suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years, and finally follow a bald man through eighty-one tribulations to obtain the scriptures from the West.

Or should we create a fantastical future for the monkey, like the one in A Chinese Odyssey?

Qin Feng thought about it and realized that the first possibility wouldn't work. First, this would be considered reversing the Heavenly Principles and revealing heavenly secrets. The Heavenly Principles hadn't even begun yet, and if you revealed the Heavenly Principles' script, and the Heavenly Principles didn't follow your script, then the script would be out of control. This would be a disaster for both Qin Feng and the Monkey King. Losing their foresight would inevitably result in huge losses.

As for creating a fictional future for monkeys, that's also not feasible. It's a foregone conclusion that monkeys will be the main characters in the future, and any fictional future cannot be realized.

What we can do now is to cultivate a sound, mature, and correct set of values ​​in the monkey, one that has no bottom line and no upper limit.

The monkey's later losses were mostly due to its naive worldview, which is why it repeatedly fell into traps.

If a monkey were as smart as me, or even more shameless and with a higher level of ambition, given its destiny and good fortune, it would have to call itself the Great Sage.

Since that's the case, let's shape his values. After all, values ​​are a blind spot in the control of the natural order, so even if someone wants to cause trouble for him later, they won't be able to! This is what I call prenatal education!

After climbing for half a day, the monkeys finally delivered the young master Qin Feng, the mechanical soul, to the vicinity of that stone sphere that knew the temperature.

Even from a distance, you can see that this stone ball is quite handsome.

Its body is round and smooth, facing the East China Sea. Clouds and rosy clouds pass by the mountainside, vines entwine, clear springs gurgle, and you can faintly see some white deer and white cranes passing by.

A large group of monkeys rushed over, which really startled the birds and beasts. The flowers, birds, fish and insects around them were also frightened and disappeared.

Looking at the stone ball, it seemed very excited, constantly bumping against the mountainside; it seemed to really like the monkey.

The monkeys were making low, gurgling noises, as if reporting something to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng laughed heartily after hearing this.

It turns out that before this, the monkeys had played with the stone for a while. They even tried to roll the stone ball out of the mountain crevice, but they failed and crushed many monkeys to death. This made the elder of the monkey troop believe that the stone ball was an ominous object and should be avoided.

Gradually, the monkeys stopped playing with the stone ball, and the stone ball became increasingly lonely.

Qin Feng approached the stone sphere and easily overheard the secret of the vibrant stone sphere.

"Welcome! Welcome to my home!"

"Hey—why's there another one that looks different? Why don't you have any hair on your face? And you're so big! Why is the hair on your head black?"

"Are you the new Monkey King? The previous Monkey King wouldn't let the monkeys near me."

Qin Feng raised his hand, and the monkeys put him down, then dispersed in a flurry.

Qin Feng examined the stone sphere, which was three zhang in diameter, and sighed inwardly, "Is this the Monkey King who will wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace in the future?"

Are these the five-colored divine stones that Nuwa left behind when she mended the sky?

This is absolutely the greatest material Qin Feng has ever observed. Its entire body displays a colorful golden hue, unlike other stones. Whatever color other stones are, that's the color you see.

And this stone ball is whatever color you want it to be!

Looking closely, you can clearly see every wound it has endured, every chop and slash.

Qin Feng staggered off the soft couch and gently touched the stone ball with his fingers. But just as he got close, a terrifying shockwave suddenly erupted from the stone ball, and Qin Feng was blasted away!

The arms and legs that had just been wrapped up with vines were instantly torn to pieces again.

"Don't come near me!"

"You'll get hurt!"

"Those monkeys last time got too close and got blown up!"

"Are you dead too?"

"That's really strange!"

"Your body is shattered like this, how can you still be alive!"

Qin Feng's mind raced. He stood opposite the Sky-Mending Stone and tried to say, "That's because I'm not human!"

Stone Ball paused for a moment, "You... can you hear me muttering?"

Qin Feng said, "Okay!"

"Great!" The stone ball was extremely excited, trembling uncontrollably, and crackling sounds echoed through the mountainside. "Finally, an animal can understand me! I've been so bored, finally someone to chat with! You, you just said you're not human, so are you a stone like me?"

Qin Feng said, "No, that's not it! To be precise, it's a machine spirit!"

Stone Ball Path: "Machine Soul? What's that?"

Qin Feng said, "This is a bit difficult to explain, but you can think of it as a clone!"

"What can a clone do?"

"A clone can do things you don't like, dangerous things, or even things you don't want to do but have to do."

"I won't do things I don't like, I won't do dangerous things, and as for things I have to do, I don't know what constitutes 'must do' yet."

"Oh—you make a good point. So, is there anything unforgettable in your life?"

"Of course!" Stone Ball said. "The most miserable and unforgettable thing in my life was a madwoman, human in form but with the body of a snake. With a wave of her hand, countless versions of me and my kind were sent flying into the sky! Then they all died. They were left in the sky, eroded by heavenly fire and frost every day, and nourished by the power of chaos. It was so miserable. Luckily, I ran fast. That madwoman tried to chase me, but I was more skilled than her and escaped to this place, where I've never left since!"

Qin Feng nodded. "Do you want to go out now?"

"I don't want to," Stone Ball said. "Outside, the earth, fire, wind, and water must still be in chaos, and the water god and fire god are fighting each other! I'm not going out!"

Qin Feng asked, "What if it's not like this outside?"

Stone Ball laughed. "No? I get it! You're just like that white-robed traveler, trying to say the era of the water god and the fire god is over, aren't you! Trying to fool me again!"

Qin Feng shivered. The one in white, could it be Guanyin?

Qin Feng asked, "How often does that white-robed traveler come?"

Shi Qiu said, "It's hard to say. The last time I came here was three hundred years ago! She told me a lot about the outside world and tried to persuade me to come out of the mountains, but I felt she was lying to me, so I ignored her! By the way, I still don't know your name!"

"My name is Qin Feng."

"Are you contacting me to persuade me to come out of retirement?"

"No, I'm advising you to stay in the mountains. It's really too dangerous out there! I came here to seek refuge!"

"As expected, you're a genuine person. You must be really capable to have survived this long!"

"I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I do have some experience!"

"Could you teach me something? Or just talk about things outside?"

"Then I'll teach you the art of investigating things to acquire knowledge, what do you say?"

"What are the capabilities of this technique?"

"It will broaden your mind, so no one can deceive you or bully you!"

"Okay, okay! Anything else?"

"How about I teach you the art of diplomacy and strategy?"

"What kind of skill is this?"

"The only way to seize the initiative is by bullying and deceiving others, turning passivity into proactivity!"

"Learn! We must learn this! Is there anything else?"

"Of course, I also have [Materialism], [Unrestricted Martial Arts], [Theory of Contradiction], [Materialist Dialectics], [On Practice], [Capital], [The Prince], [The End of the Universe is Physics], [Celestial Theory], [Divine Forged Diagrams], [Chi You's Mysterious Weapons]..."

"Xue, I really like everything you said. I love chatting with talented people like you!"

"It will probably take quite a while to learn these!"

"Huaguo Mountain may not have much else, but it has plenty of time. You can speak slowly, and I'll learn slowly. Once I've learned it, I think I'll be able to venture out into the world!"

"No! Even if you learn it, you'll only have a place to stay outside. You won't be able to roam the world freely. There are still many of those crazy women out there, and they're incredibly powerful!"

"But it's really dangerous outside! What will we learn first today?"

"First, learn about materialism: only matter truly exists, and all spiritual things are composed of matter. Even supernatural powers are ultimately nothing more than the evolution of one's own spirit and blood..."

On the Dan Cliff Peak of Huaguo Mountain, a gentle breeze was blowing. One taught and the other learned. Although Qin Feng did not teach Sun Wukong any supernatural abilities, he truly instilled in him an indestructible set of values!

Meanwhile, back in Aolai, chaos reigned.

Overnight, everyone from the king to the queen and princes was assassinated, and before dawn, all were wiped out.

Moreover, these assassinations were actually orchestrated by a dismissed and exiled prince from Aolai Kingdom!

It's hard to imagine that this prince, who almost starved to death last year and was reduced to fishing for a living, actually has the money to hire top human assassins to do things for him.

These assassins from the six kingdoms also demonstrated their high-quality work ability, not only killing everyone but also ensuring that the new king had already ascended the throne before the residents of Aolai Kingdom could even react the next day!

The people of Aolai Kingdom did not react much to the royal family's actions. After all, it was a royal matter, and it was none of their business.

This event deeply touched one person: Liu Bang.

In the tavern, Liu Bang held a bowl, gazing in the direction of the royal palace in Jianye City, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

Fan Kuai strode in from outside, rushing in like a whirlwind, shouting, "Big Brother, I beat those troublemakers to a pulp! Heh heh, they're all behaving themselves now, they don't want their protection money anymore, and they're even working for our mecha shop! Hey! We brothers are always the ones collecting protection money from others, who the hell dares to collect our protection money!"

Fan Kuai downed a bowl of wine, looked into the distance, and asked, "Brother, what are you looking at!"

Liu Bang's eyes were deep. "The royal palace."

Fan Kuai hesitated, "Brother, what's so interesting about the palace? Oh, you mean they changed the king? I heard that the king who became king this morning had his whole family killed yesterday!"

Liu Bang put down his wine cup and said in a strange tone, "Fan Kuai, have you noticed that in their world, changing a king seems easier than changing a village head in our Pei County?"

"That's so true!" Fan Kuai said while eating meat. "Every time we change village chiefs in Pei County, there's a fight. And if there aren't enough fights, it won't work; if there aren't enough people fighting, it won't work either. Every time, hundreds of people die, sometimes thousands!"

"But this Aolai Kingdom, which is about the size of fifty-odd Pei counties, managed to replace its king with a new one after killing the king, queen, and prince, and the people didn't even complain. It's really strange!"

Liu Bang sighed, "Who says otherwise!"

"Anyone who dares to rebel in the Qin Dynasty will be punished severely: their entire family will be exterminated (up to three generations), or even worse, their entire clan (up to nine generations) will be executed! Recently, the punishment has even been increased to ten generations!"

"But in Aolai Kingdom, there are absolutely no costs involved; even if we fail, we can escape back to Qin!"

Upon hearing Liu Bang's words, Fan Kuai immediately perked up. "Brother, what are you thinking! Let me tell you, we finally managed to build up a business in Aolai Kingdom. Right now, the largest mecha operator in Jianye City is our Liu family's mecha shop. If we go back to Pei County now, will we even have this business left? It's all money!"

"What are you getting so excited about!" Liu Bang muttered. "We can't rush this. Aolai Kingdom is our land of wealth; we definitely can't let it slip away! I mean, if there's another opportunity like this in the future, we have to seize it! We can't let it go to waste!"

Fan Kuai shushed him, "If you say that, I'm relieved. I was worried you'd be fickle and ruin the business we've worked so hard to build!"

"Speaking of the past few days, several mysterious big-name merchants have come to us to order parts, and I've also met several suppliers on the human side who are willing to provide us with components—not only are they top-quality from six countries, but the prices are also reasonable!"

"This business of ours is sure to make us rich! I'll get my brother a few beautiful brides here! I've heard that the mermaids and clam spirits in the sea are incredibly flexible!"

Liu Bang shook his head repeatedly, "This one? You can hire her if you like, but I won't. I still think the widow Zhang at the village entrance is prettier!"

Fan Kuai snorted, "You're so pathetic, brother! We're people of status now..."

At this moment, Liu Bang stood up and went outside to greet them, calling out loudly as he went, "Sir, we meet again!"

Fan Kuai watched his elder brother go upstairs with that fat old man and was very unhappy. He didn't know when his elder brother had started to like associating with scholars, especially this fat old man with a white beard!

Every time the old man came here to buy wine, the older brother would warmly welcome him up for a drink and ask him for his knowledge, spouting classical Chinese phrases.

Fan Kuai just couldn't understand. We're hooligans and thugs; we should be studying the top courtesans, not pretentious and pedantic writings!

Upstairs, Liu Bang enthusiastically ordered eight hot dishes, chose a window seat, and said warmly, "Old Master, please have a seat."

The portly old man didn't stand on ceremony and sat down by the window, smiling slightly. "Little Liu, are you waiting for this old man here again today?"

Liu Bang rubbed his hands awkwardly. "I was deeply moved by your discourse on the world last time! When I woke up this morning and saw that the palace had changed hands, I suddenly realized how true your words were!"

The portly old man stroked his white beard. "So, you witnessed the change of kings in Aolai Kingdom. What are your thoughts?"

"Yes, I have a lot of ideas!" Liu Bang said. "I've been thinking that in a godforsaken place like Aolai, changing a king is easier than changing a village head in Pei County. If we could get a position like the King of Aolai, would the Qin Dynasty grant us a kingship, no, a marquisship? I would be very satisfied."

The old man looked at Liu Bang and said, "The first time I saw you, I said you had the countenance of a king or emperor. Now it seems you've put your heart into it!"

Liu Bang poured wine for the old man, asking, "Sir, do you think my idea is feasible?"

The old man sipped his wine and said, "Whether an idea can become a reality depends on whether you're willing to do it. Since you aspire to be king, why not take action?"

Upon hearing the old man's words, Liu Bang said, "Then let's get started! To be honest, I've seen many people elect county magistrates and village heads in Pei County, but I've never tried it myself. Now I have money and connections, and you think highly of me, so let's give it a try."

The old man pressed Liu Bang's hand, "I'm not asking you to try it in Aolai Kingdom! I'm asking you to try it in a different place!"

Liu Bang hesitated for a moment, "Then, where, where should we try it?"

The old man pointed slightly westward, "Beyond the western border of Aolai Kingdom lies Zhuolu. Legend has it that this place is fertile land stretching for thousands of miles, with a population exceeding one hundred million. It is the region with the largest population and the most landmass among the Eighteen Blessed Lands! It is a thousand times larger than Aolai Kingdom. If one can establish a foothold there, one is bound to become a powerful and influential ruler!"

Liu Bang nodded, "That makes sense! But we don't know much about that place, so how can we get involved?"

The old man comforted him, "Don't rush. Only when the world is in chaos will there be a chance to be ennobled. As long as you have the will and pay close attention, becoming a general and being ennobled is not difficult."

"Yes!" Liu Bang said, "Sir, you are right! Sir, drink!"

Liu Bang and the old man drank and chatted animatedly.

If Qin Feng were here and saw this scene, he would probably kneel down and kowtow twice.

There was no other reason than that this unassuming, white-haired old man was none other than the renowned Mencius!

Emperor Gaozu drinking with Mencius was comparable to the famous scene of Duke Jing of Qi drinking with Confucius.

(End of this chapter)

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