Chapter 129: The Ten Heroes of the World

"Sir has good methods!"

Learning that Su Xuan had become the Sect Master of the Yin-Yang School, Ying Zheng could not help but praise him.

Su Xuan said it was 'by chance,' but according to Ying Zheng’s understanding of Su Xuan, it was absolutely not as simple as imagined.

"Regarding the Yin-Yang School, I have also heard a little. Since Zou Yan, they once declined. Although they came to the Qin State, they have always been obscure. I did not expect them to be hiding in Lishan."

Before this, Ying Zheng lived in the palace for a long time. Although he knew some things about the world, because of the two, Lao Ai and Lu Lu Buwei, he was still greatly restricted. The Hundred Schools of Thought were still too far from him. What he wanted to do most was to grasp the power of the government first. Of course, if talents from the Hundred Schools of Thought took the initiative to submit to him, he would not mind reusing them.

Just like Li Si came from the school of the Confucian Does Xun Zi, and Gainie was a student of the Ghost Valley Vertical and Horizontal. These two came from famous schools of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

"Lishan is a branch of the Qinling Mountains. They chose to use Lishan as the base of the Yin-Yang School, actually to contend with another faction in Nanshan."

"Sir is talking about... Daoism?"

Daoism uses Nanshan as its ancestral land, and they have stayed there for who knows how many years.

It can be traced back to the Daoist ancestor Lao Dan passing through Hangu Pass to the west, being blocked by Guan Yinzi Yin Xi, who was also one of the Ten Heroes of the World. Later, in Nanshan, he lectured on the Dao for Yin Xi and passed down the five thousand words of the "Tao Te Ching." Daoism began from this, and Yin Xi was called the True Person of the Beginning of Literature.

The so-called Ten Heroes of the World refers to ten people in ancient times who had great influence.

In Lu Lu Buwei’s "Master Lu’s Spring and Autumn Annals," it was described: Lao Dan valued softness, Confucius valued benevolence, Mo Di valued impartiality, Guan Yin valued purity, Liezi valued emptiness, Chen Pian valued equality, Yang Sheng valued self, Sun Bin valued momentum, Wang Liao valued precedence, and Er Liang valued the latter. These ten people are all heroes of the world.

And it is worth mentioning that half of the Ten Heroes of the World came from Daoism.

Daoist ancestor Lao Dan, True Person of the Beginning of Literature Guan Yinzi, Liezi Lie Lie Yukou, Chen Pian were famous at the Jixia Academy and were high-ranking people of the Daoist Huang-Lao school. Yang Sheng was Yang Zhu, who was also a high-ranking person of Daoism who left behind great fame in the past. The school of thought he founded, at its peak, once had the saying, "The words of the world, if not returning to Yang, then return to Mo," which shows its influence.

The others came from Confucianism, Mohism, and Legalism.

Of course, because "Master Lu’s Spring and Autumn Annals" is a book compiled with Daoist thought as the main body, it would excessively praise Daoism, but this also indirectly shows how prosperous Daoism was among the Hundred Schools of Thought.

"It is a pity that even though Daoism is divided into Heaven and Human, they would rather hide in the deep mountains than come out to be used by me." Ying Zheng sighed.

Since three hundred years ago, because of different philosophies, Daoism split into the Heaven and Human sects, and Daoism’s influence in the world was not as great as before. But even so, it was still a top-notch school among the Hundred Schools of Thought.

More importantly, for so many years, they had been living in seclusion in the main peak of Nanshan, not far from Xianyang City. Although successive Qin Kings had always treated Daoism with courtesy and respected it, unfortunately, Daoism had always had a lukewarm attitude toward entering the world to assist the Qin State.

"Daoism emphasizes quietness and inaction, and does not want to interfere in the mundane world, which is not strange." Su Xuan evaluated Daoism slightly.

"That is true!"

Ying Zheng nodded slightly. Although he advocated Legalism, he also had some understanding of the habits of Daoist people.

No longer thinking about Daoism, returning to the question of the Yin-Yang School, Ying Zheng said to Su Xuan, "Sir, continue to tell me about the Yin-Yang School!"

After learning that Su Xuan had subdued the Yin-Yang School, he was indeed quite interested.

Especially, according to Su Xuan, the Yin-Yang School hid in Lishan to contend with Daoism, which was also in the Qinling branch, Nanshan. Since they had this idea, the strength of the Yin-Yang School must not be underestimated.

Su Xuan then told Ying Zheng about the Yin-Yang School. Most of the things, if Ying Zheng wanted to know, could be easily checked, such as the Yin-Yang School, after entering Qin, attaching itself to Lu Lu Buwei and once being guests under Lu Lu Buwei.

But there were some things that even Ying Zheng did not know.

"Unexpectedly, Gan Luo is not dead, and has even joined the Yin-Yang School!"

Xing Hun, who left the Yin-Yang School with Donghuang Taiyi, did not know that shortly after Su Xuan took control of the Yin-Yang School, he exposed his background in front of Ying Zheng.

After knowing this, Ying Zheng’s expression was quite complex.

Gan Luo, a name that was both familiar and strange to him, had once made great contributions to the Qin State, but also attempted to assassinate him. Regardless of what reasons Gan Luo had, when he attempted to assassinate him, all that awaited Gan Luo was death.

As a result, he did not expect that Gan Luo had never died.

Su Xuan even pointed out that the Gan Luo who assassinated him back then was actually a puppet.

"It is truly unexpected." Ying Zheng sighed, and then associated it with some things, his voice slightly cold, "The Yin-Yang School secretly hid Gan Luo and even assisted Gan Luo in assassinating me. What is their intention?"

Su Xuan said lightly, "The Yin-Yang School indeed has ambition."

Even though he was the current Sect Master of the Yin-Yang School, Su Xuan did not hesitate to evaluate the Yin-Yang School, "From the time the Yin-Yang School submitted to Lu Lu Buwei, they wanted to use Lu Lu Buwei’s power to achieve their ambition. But gradually, they realized that Lu Lu Buwei could not give them what they wanted, so they began to set their sights on the Qin King."

"Oh?"

Ying Zheng was a little curious.

"When in Yongcheng, the masters of the Yin-Yang School were actually hiding in the dark, preparing to assist the Qin King, in order to gain the Qin King’s favor."

Su Xuan did not intend to hide many things and directly stated the purpose of the Yin-Yang School.

After learning that the Yin-Yang School had long had the intention of submitting to him, Ying Zheng did not feel excited; on the contrary, he felt suspicious. To take, one must first give. If he did not know that the Yin-Yang School had secretly hidden Gan Luo and helped Gan Luo assassinate him, he would not mind accepting the Yin-Yang School’s goodwill and submission.

But after knowing these things, and learning that the Yin-Yang School intended to submit to him, Ying Zheng’s first reaction was that the Yin-Yang School had other ambitions.

"Sir, do not keep me in suspense. What exactly does the Yin-Yang School want to get from me?"

"Has the Qin King ever heard of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon?"