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

Chapter 179 Your Majesty, the Shang Dynasty is truly doomed.

Shadows in Chaoge, outside the Wuji Palace. (New 69 Bookstore →)

The banners of the Great Shang Dynasty, the Black Bird Banner, fluttered in the wind, vast and magnificent.

Squads of guards lined both sides of the steps, holding axes and halberds, their presence imposing and solemn.

This was the first time Qin Feng had ever seen axe-wielding weapons. Although he had seen many axe-wielding weapons during the Qin Dynasty in the outer universe, those axe-wielding weapons were far inferior to those of the Shang Dynasty. These axe-wielding weapons looked majestic and solemn, and exuded a chilling aura of killing intent.

Standing on the steps, Ji Fa calmed himself down, glanced at the scoundrel behind him with a forced smile, and really wanted to teach him a lesson.

Ji Fa patiently said, "Your Majesty has a short temper. Once inside, don't say so much nonsense. Just say what you mean! Don't implicate me."

Qin Feng said, "If you're afraid of getting involved, you can just wait outside! I didn't ask you to take me in; you're the one who insisted on coming in to benefit from my presence!"

"You—" Ji Fa was caught off guard by Qin Feng's words, but he still forced a smile and said, "I need to prevent you from assassinating the King!"

Qin Feng was too lazy to waste words with Ji Fa and strolled towards the Wuji Palace.

Ji Fa quickly caught up and walked ahead of Qin Feng.

The two walked one after the other through several doors and soon arrived at the gate of the Wuji Palace.

Looking in the direction of the Wuji Hall, one can see layers of huge curtains that seem to cover the sky, fluttering in the wind. Those dark cloud-colored curtains are like layers of ocean waves, giving one a sense of gazing at the vast ocean.

Ji Fa called out loudly, "Ji Fa requests an audience with Your Majesty."

A majestic and solitary voice echoed from within the Wuji Hall: "Enter!"

Qin Feng followed Ji Fa into the royal palace. The palace was devoid of any superfluous decorations, appearing as deep and desolate as the starry sky. Huge, pillar-like columns supported the vast Wuji Palace, and each column was covered with various weapons and armor.

This place is more of an armory than a royal palace.

In the very center of the royal palace, a figure sat on a table, with rows of burning lamps in front of him.

Each lamp shone brightly, making his imposing figure appear like a god descended to earth in this dark palace, impossible to look directly at.

Ji Fa bowed deeply, "Ji Fa greets Your Majesty!"

Wang's gaze fell on Qin Feng behind Ji Fa, his calm voice tinged with surprise, "A person?"

Ji Fa hurriedly reported, "Your Majesty, a squad of centurions captured this man by chance on their way back. He came from outside Xuanyuan Tomb..."

Qin Feng interrupted Ji Fa, "It wasn't them who captured me; I came to see the King of my own accord!"

Ji Fa was very displeased. "What did I tell you before? Don't argue or cause trouble. You're trying to make things difficult for me as soon as you arrive. Do you want to fly to the sky?"

Qin Feng ignored Ji Fa, strode forward, and bowed deeply, saying, "Qin Feng greets Your Majesty!"

The king, dressed in a black and crimson royal robe embroidered with a mythical bird motif, waved his long sleeves and said, "Ji Fa, step back!"

Ji Fa hurriedly kowtowed and left.

At this moment, only Qin Feng and the King remained in the vast Wuji Palace.

Between the two men were rows of lamps, their flames swaying back and forth, flickering and dancing between Qin Feng and Wang's fingertips, as if proclaiming that both of them were filled with excitement.

Wang looked down at Qin Feng and uttered a sentence.

Qin Feng broke through the defense immediately.

Di Xin's words were so ruthless that they practically exposed Qin Feng's true colors!

What kind of words could possibly break down the defenses of such a shameless strategist as the Strategist?

"Nothing more," Di Xin asked, "Can you hear the other person's thoughts?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng instantly lost his composure.

Since I transmigrated, my cheat system has been invincible and omnipotent.

Today, someone I only met for the first time actually saw through my secret weapon.

This is just too much to accept.

Di Xin sat upright on the table and continued, "I have had the honor of witnessing your abilities before."

Qin Feng was taken aback. "Your Majesty, have you ever seen someone with the ability to eavesdrop on others' thoughts, just like me? May I ask, Your Majesty, who is this person?"

Di Xin said, "Uncle, it's Bi Gan!"

Qin Feng asked, "Uncle Wang?"

Di Xin said, "Uncle Bi Gan has a very intelligent mind, capable of hearing the thoughts of all things under heaven. This is somewhat similar to your ability to steal other people's thoughts."

"However, your ability to steal thoughts is ultimately too weak."

"Compared to Uncle Wang's ability to hear the secrets of Heaven and the secrets of Heaven and Man, your ability is so weak that you can only hear the thoughts of those weaker than yourself."

"What's the point of listening to someone's innermost thoughts like this?"

Qin Feng looked at Di Xin and said, "Your Majesty, my abilities are limited and my aptitude is dull. If I can receive guidance from Your Majesty, I will be eternally grateful."

Di Xin laughed and said, "To enlighten you is a small matter, but I have some questions that you must explain in detail."

Qin Feng said, "Please ask, Your Majesty!"

Di Xin asked, "Does the Great Shang Dynasty still exist?"

Qin Feng thought to himself, "I should have asked the question I needed to ask."

Qin Feng pondered for a moment, then muttered, "The Shang Dynasty is already gone."

Di Xin sat upright on the table, his expression unreadable. He showed no anger, sadness, or any particularly strong emotional fluctuations.

It seemed he already knew this secret, and only hoped that Qin Feng would verify the secret in his heart, nothing more.

After a long while, Di Xin finally uttered a sentence, "So, does this mean I am the last ruler of the Shang Dynasty?"

Qin Feng nodded. "Yes."

Di Xin chuckled eerily, "Not bad! Since I can't be the founding emperor, becoming the last emperor of a dynasty can be considered a fitting end for me! So tell me, who destroyed the Shang Dynasty?"

Qin Feng said, "The Marquis of Xibo, Ji Chang, had a second son named Ji Fa."

Di Xin said, "Ji Chang's betrayal was somewhat predictable, but how could Ji Fa betray me? Is this really true?"

Qin Feng no longer concealed his intentions, "Indeed, in the near future, after Your Majesty returns to Chaoge, Your Majesty will be bewitched by Su Hu's daughter, Su Daji, and will indulge in debauchery in the harem every day, neglecting state affairs, persecuting loyal officials, appointing treacherous ministers, forcing your uncle to commit suicide, and keeping Grand Tutor Wen busy until he dies at Jue Long Ridge, at which point the fate of the Great Shang Dynasty will also be exhausted!"

Di Xin said, "Employing treacherous and wicked people and persecuting loyal ministers, perhaps I have made mistakes. But don't you think it's ridiculous that I'm so obsessed with women?"

"I can see that you are a martial arts genius!"

"And my talent is three points greater than yours!"

"Do you think that people like us who practice martial arts would be so easily tempted by low-level desires like women?"

"Even if one were to become truly addicted, it would inevitably be to a high-level temptation, such as dominating the four seas and eight wastelands, or unifying the three realms and ensuring the dynasty's eternal prosperity!"

"Women? What a joke!"

Qin Feng said, "I also thought it was a joke, but history is like this."

Di Xin said, "History is written by people. If the Marquis of Xibo can destroy my Great Shang, he can naturally smear my Great Shang. Such petty behavior is not worth worrying about."

Qin Feng looked at Di Xin and said, "Your Majesty has a magnanimous heart, which I deeply admire."

Di Xin then said, "I submitted a memorial to my father a long time ago, saying that the system of feudal lords was merely a temporary measure and could not last long."

"But my father wouldn't listen, and he allowed the feudal lords too much power."

"Later, I wanted to use the second son to replace the eldest son, thereby achieving a major reshuffling of the feudal lords! The hostage group became my new hope."

"But this hope was ultimately betrayed by the feudal lords."

"Although the Shang Dynasty has fallen, my hostage program has not failed. At the very least, Bo Yikao, the eldest son of the Marquis of Xibo, did not become the King of Zhou! The one who became the King is my son, Ji Fa!"

"In my view, Zhou was merely a continuation of Shang; the Shang dynasty was not truly destroyed."

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng said, "But, Your Majesty, have you considered that your son, Wu Geng, was ultimately forced to commit suicide by the Zhou Dynasty, thus extinguishing the bloodline of the Human King?"

Di Xin chuckled and said, "The bloodline of the Human King is severed? Kid, are you trying to sway me with your words?"

"The title of 'King of Men' is a complex concept; it doesn't refer to me alone, or rather, to my entire bloodline!"

"On a smaller scale, it refers to the lineage of Emperor Ku, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Emperor Ku established the heavens and the stars and had the merit of recreating the twelve two-hour periods of the day! And Emperor Ku's bloodline is divided into two branches."

"One bloodline is the bloodline of my Great Shang Dynasty, and the other is hidden in the North Sea."

"Moreover, in a sense, the branch in Beihai is closer to the direct line than the Shang king's line."

"So be it that the Great Shang branch has been wiped out. Then, I ask you, can the branch in the North Sea be wiped out as well?"

Qin Feng answered truthfully, "No."

Di Xin said, "No, then it wasn't destroyed! The lineage of Di Ku still exists!"

"On a larger scale, apart from the lineage of Emperor Ku, the other seven bloodlines of the Three Sovereigns and Four Emperors are also the bloodlines of human kings. As long as the other seven bloodlines still exist, how can the bloodline of human kings be said to have been extinct?"

Qin Feng asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, do other human bloodlines still exist?"

Di Xin said, "Leaving aside those far away, just take the lineage of Su Hu of Ji Province; they are a branch of the Xuanyuan bloodline!"

"The abdication of Yao, Shun, and Yu eventually passed to Xia. Xia Jie was defeated by Tang Zu. To this day, these treacherous officials still only recognize the Great Xia as the human dynasty, while my Great Shang is not. They even shout the ridiculous slogan, 'The Su family of Jizhou will never pay tribute to Shang.'"

Qin Feng said, "So, does that mean Xuanyuan Tomb is the home ground of the Su family of Jizhou?"

Di Xin said, "This place originally belonged to the Xuanyuan clan. I was fighting alone in this place and only realized that I had fallen into Su Hu's ambush. I can only leave a shadow to continue to entangle with Su Hu. I will leave Xuanyuan Tomb and return to Chaoge City."

"I just didn't expect that abandoning a shadow would have such a great impact on my true self."

"This is something I never imagined when I was separated from my shadow."

"Forget it, it's all in the past, let's not talk about it anymore."

"Tell me about yourself."

Qin Feng was taken aback. "Me? What can I say?"

Di Xin looked down at Qin Feng and said, "As you said, the Shang Dynasty has been destroyed, followed by the Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou, and the Eastern Zhou was further divided into the Warring States and the Spring and Autumn Period! So, after all these years, why is it that only you, with a physical body, came to Xuanyuan Tomb from outside, while the others who came to Xuanyuan Tomb by chance were either fragmented souls or fragments of written documents? How did you manage to enter Xuanyuan Tomb?"

Here's 3K to start, let me have a meal first. I promised to make 20,000 a day, and I'm determined to do it!

(End of this chapter)

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