Chapter 1930

In addition, Beika sent troops to the eastern border of Xianyou Kingdom at Yanshan, but was blocked by the Red General and He Lingchuan and other great generals, unable to assert its might, and later withdrew its troops due to the death of the Second Prince of Xianyou, holding a grudge in its heart.

Therefore, Beika disregarded domestic entanglements and once again, in response to Xiluo's request, dispatched a large army to advance to the eastern front of Yuheng City.

This pressure is the price one must pay for provoking the current hegemon.

As the beacon fires are about to be lit, Zhong Shengguang must communicate well with Lingshan.

Xin Yi turned the topic back to Sun Fuling: "How has Master been lately?"

"Peaceful. Though I am busy here, compared to you I already have tranquil times, and dare not hope for more." Living in troubled times, especially in Panlongcheng amidst war, the ordinary people's life could actually be this peaceful, which is truly not easy.

He Lingchuan also interjected casually: "I heard that the Suming Academy is preparing to establish Ding Shan Academy?"

"Your news is quite well-informed." Sun Fuling picked up a stone with her index and middle fingers, turned her wrist, made a half-circle, but did not rush to place it: "The preparation for Ding Shan Academy is over halfway, with thirty percent of the students coming from locally, and then they will enroll the plains civilians returning from Xianyou."

Xin Yi exclaimed: "Did Xianyou Kingdom originally have plains civilians from Panlong Wilderness?"

"Of course. Until eight years ago, Xianyou and Balin were still encroaching on Panlong Wilderness; they occupied not only the land but also the population on it. Some of the remnants were forced to migrate to Xianyou, but day and night they longed for their homeland." Sun Fuling said softly, "We are preparing to welcome their return."

Only when the homeland becomes strong do they have the possibility to return.

After saying these few sentences, Sun Fuling also made up her mind, and placed a stone with a snap, causing Xin Yi's eyes to widen suddenly.

Ah, how did I overlook just now, letting Sun Fuling seize the opportunity!

I must focus completely.

He Lingchuan was nearby, leisurely watching the game.

He shuttles between reality and the Panlong world, calculating all day, and now only wants to steal half a day of leisure.

Although that is the case, when facing Xin Yi he still cannot help but recall what he heard in the Overturned Sea.

In the Overturned Sea, Qianhuan once said that after Panlongcheng fell, the Red General's weapon was bestowed upon Beika's great general Wu Ji, and Wu Ji later died in the Iron Willow Forest of the Shahe River Basin several years later, killed by the renowned True Person Xin Wuhuan.

But He Lingchuan vaguely remembers that the Lu family history he read was not written like that.

To be rigorous, as soon as he returned to the Jinjin Plains, he had people fetch the official records of the Shahe River Basin region, and finally confirmed he had not misremembered, because this booklet has yellow paper with black characters written——

Mu Gao Zu Xin Hai Ping, beheaded Wu Ji in the Iron Willow Forest of the Shahe River Basin.

Could it be that Qianhuan lied?

At that time Qianhuan was begging He Lingchuan to show mercy and spare his life, and He Lingchuan did not think he would lie about something unrelated to himself.

No need.

So who exactly killed Wu Ji—Xin Wuhuan or Xin Hai Ping?

Could there be a possibility that these two are actually the same person?

He Lingchuan immediately recalled the Eternal Lamp.

Every thirty or so years, the Mu Emperor dispatches the Yingya Guard to the Xiaoyao Sect to collect the Eternal Lamp. But the head of the Yingya Guard also does not know what this Eternal Lamp is used for.

And every generation of Mu Kingdom's monarchs does this, not only the founding Gao Zu, but not only the current Mu Emperor either.

He Lingchuan already knows the function of the Eternal Lamp: to pierce the mystery of the womb, allowing the soul to remember past lives after reincarnation.

His heart stirred, and he suddenly recalled Qianhuan's question to him:

"Are you the ghost of Panlongcheng!"

Even knowing that He Lingchuan is related to the Great Square Vase and Panlongcheng, a normal person would not make such an association and ask such a question.

Perhaps Qianhuan also knows this kind of person, who can repeatedly seize others' bodies——

With the help of the Eternal Lamp!

So-called memory is personality; if one can carry all memories and reincarnate again and again, even if the body differs, he remains that same self.

This person is the ancient True Immortal Wuhuan Laozu, right?

He Lingchuan has a strange guess:

If Mu Kingdom's founding Gao Zu Xin Hai Ping is actually the later generation body seized by Xin Wuhuan;

If using the Eternal Lamp allows one to seize bodies freely without damaging memory, then——

Will Xin Wuhuan only seize this once?

Thinking about it deeply is terrifying indeed.

This probably explains why the Mu Emperor values the Eternal Lamp so much, dispatching his trusted Yingya Guard across the ocean every few decades to go to the Xiaoyao Sect to obtain it.

Then, what is the relationship between Xin Yi and the True Person Wuhuan?

As he was pondering, Sun Fuling tapped the table: "Chestnut."

Not a single mistake!

He Lingchuan immediately peeled her a hot, fried chestnut, and while doing so asked Xin Yi: "I heard that Lingshan also once tried to imitate Beika in establishing a human state, but failed over seventy times?"

Xin Yi raised an eyebrow: "Over seventy times? Who told you that?"

"Isn't that right?" This is the data given by Bai Ziqi, which should be quite official, "What a divine envoy we captured said."

Xin Yi plucked a grape: "Then do you know how many times the Heavenly Demon failed?"

He Lingchuan shook his head, is this about settling accounts? Very good, very good.

"Not less than two or three hundred times!" Xin Yi pouted, "People only see their most successful attempt."

But this once is enough.

Sun Fuling also exclaimed: "Two or three hundred times, actually that many?"

"All ended in failure." Xin Yi continued, "Even if the Heavenly Demon successfully helped Beika rise, it is only this one positive case. The many attempts afterward also failed, making Beika's success seem unreplicable."

Although his words sound like saving face, He Lingchuan, as an informed party of later historical developments, cannot help but ask one more question: "Then, in Mr. Xin's view, what is the key to Beika's successful founding?"

Xin Yi laughed: "You are testing me, aren't you?"

"I dare not, but I think Lingshan must have summarized experience." He Lingchuan had a sentence left unsaid, having failed so many times, one should also have gained considerable experience.

"That is mistaken." Xin Yi gave a slight smirk, "The reason for success may be only one or two, but the reasons for failure are thousands upon thousands; you can find what you want to find, and summarize what you want to summarize. So, from failure you can only learn the methods of failure, fundamentally you cannot learn the experience of success!"

He said word by word: "Only success can bring you the experience of success."

He Lingchuan hurriedly poured him tea: "Calm down, calm down."

As soon as this topic was brought up, Xin Yi seemed to get a bit over the top.

But from another perspective, he had also become well acquainted with He Lingchuan; otherwise, like when they first met, neither would have shown any emotion.

He Lingchuan had long noticed that Xin Yi was also a master at concealing emotions.

Xin Yi drank the tea, and indeed his anger subsided; he shook his head and said: "You've seen me joke, about this topic, the inner circles of Lingshan have been arguing for several hundred years. Some old stubborn ones, alas, clinging to the ancients and refusing to change, worrying people to death."

"Others' opinions don't matter; I truly want to know Mr. Xin's opinion." This is the truth. In He Lingchuan's view, the opinions of the other leaders of Lingshan are not as important as Xin Yi's.