Chapter 439

Hearing this, Ying Zheng suddenly looked very curious, gazing at Su Xuan with burning eyes, waiting for Su Xuan to give an answer.

Su Xuan did not play mystery. With a flick of his sleeves, the seven broken tortoise shells appeared on the desk, and then he pieced them together.

"This is what was hidden in the bronze boxes!"

Su Xuan explained to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng looked at the pieced-together tortoise shell, the patterns on it, and some characters, appearing somewhat surprised. He said softly: "It looks like a map!"

"To be precise, it is a sea chart. According to my guess, the treasure of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon is hidden on the islands pointed to by this map."

"It is worth mentioning that there are three islands, and their names are Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou!"

Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly narrowed, "The three fairy mountains overseas recorded in the 'Tang Questions' of Liezi!"

"Exactly, they are the ones!" Su Xuan nodded.

Ying Zheng took a deep breath, "State Preceptor, do the fairy mountains really exist? Are there really pearls and jade trees on them? And the legendary immortals?"

In the "Tang Questions" of "Liezi," a total of five fairy mountains were recorded, revealing the extraordinary nature of the fairy mountains, which had pearls and jade trees, and the immortals were not old. Besides that, there were even more legends.

Of course, because the text of "Liezi" liked to exaggerate and was more like a myth or legend, Ying Zheng had never believed it.

But now that Su Xuan mentioned these three fairy mountains, he couldn't help but think of the many descriptions in "Liezi" again.

"If this sea chart is true, then there is no doubt that these three fairy mountains truly exist. Of course, whether they are true fairy mountains or ordinary islands, I cannot say for sure."

"I am even less clear about whether there are pearls, jade trees, or immortals on them. However, judging from the direction pointed to by the map, thinking about it, there should be something."

Su Xuan answered Ying Zheng's question.

Ying Zheng nodded, "That is to say, one only needs to follow this sea chart to find the location of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon treasure? I am looking forward to the day when the treasure is found!"

"I know that many remnants of the six states and many people of the fallen states, because of their dissatisfaction with reality, have pinned their hopes on the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon, hoping to use this object to restore their states. Since they pin their hopes on this illusory thing, I will let them understand that my Qin State can unify the world and can also find the treasure of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon."

"Heaven's mandate is with Qin!"

Ying Zheng's words carried deep confidence.

He had actually never taken the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon seriously, nor did he believe that a mere treasure could affect the general trend of the world. Even once, he thought the so-called Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon was just a scam.

The reason Ying Zheng thought so was that the strength of the Qin State had never relied on the so-called Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon. Even though the Qin State did possess a bronze box, they had never tried to crack the secret of this object over the years.

However, since Su Xuan had already collected the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon and even cracked the secret of the seven bronze boxes, obtaining the sea chart hidden within.

Ying Zheng couldn't help but develop some interest.

"State Preceptor, what is needed to find the islands pointed to on this sea chart?" Ying Zheng asked Su Xuan again.

Su Xuan replied: "It does require some things. First, this map is a sea chart, which means the fairy mountains are hidden on the sea, possibly even in the depths of the ocean. To find the location of the fairy mountains, one must first build a large ship capable of crossing the vast ocean!"

"I will arrange this!" Ying Zheng made a decision with one sentence.

Even if he hadn't taken the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon seriously in the past, now that Su Xuan had cracked its mystery, both emotionally and rationally, he had to search for it.

Not only because this treasure had been circulating in the world for a long time, but also because this matter had political significance and could be used to cut off the delusions in the hearts of some remnants of the six states.

"Besides that, to find the location of the fairy mountains, I am afraid some other things are needed." Su Xuan said again.

"What things?"

"The Divine Tree Fusang served by the Shushan tribe!"

"The Shushan tribe?" Ying Zheng was hearing about this tribe for the first time and was somewhat confused.

Su Xuan then explained to Ying Zheng: "The Shushan tribe has an extremely long history, which can be traced back to the ancient times, the Han Jiuli tribe of the Did Chi You era. After Did Chi You was defeated, the Han Jiuli were incorporated into the Yan-Huang clan, but a portion of them carried the heritage of the Han Jiuli and went far away. They went to the Shu region, which was isolated from the Central Plains, and multiplied there until today!"

"This tribe is good at witchcraft and serves the Fusang divine tree. It is said that under their tribal land, there is also the Yuyuan forbidden area. The Fusang divine tree stands on the top of Shushan, forever suppressing Yuyuan, and many people who serve the divine tree are called Yuyuan guards!"

The Yin-Yang School had obtained a lot of heritage from Shushan back then, so the Yin-Yang School knew quite a lot about the origin of this tribe, and Su Xuan immediately recounted their origin.

"I didn't expect that such an ancient tribe was hidden in the Shu region!"

Ying Zheng sighed softly.

Since the ancient times, because of the geographical environment, the Shu region had never communicated with the Central Plains, and its culture and customs were completely different from those of the Central Plains. It was not until later that Leizu went out of Xiling that the Shu region gradually had some contact with the Central Plains, but this contact was not frequent. Later, until the period of King King Huiwen of Qin, the Qin State used a lot of manpower and material resources to completely open the passage to Ba and Shu, destroyed the Shu State, and the Shu region became the backyard of the Qin State, and the contact between the Central Plains and the Shu region gradually became more frequent.

It can be said that the Qin's destruction of the six states was significantly aided by the Ba and Shu regions.

Besides the wealthy merchants like Widow Qing in the Ba and Shu regions working for the Qin State, it was also a natural granary. Before the completion of the Zheng Guo Canal in the Qin State, it was the main grain-producing area of the Qin State.

It was also because of the endless supply of grain produced there that the Qin State had the ability to support its army and launch many wars.

He had thought that after the Qin State occupied Ba and Shu, the secrets there had all been explored by the Qin State. He didn't expect that in those vast mountains, there was still a tribe named Shushan hidden.

After unifying the world, although Ying Zheng was determined to expand outward and conquer Regarding Baiyue, the Xiongnu, and other places, because the Qin State had just unified, the domestic situation was not yet stable, and it was not yet time for external expansion.

Before that, Ying Zheng didn't mind finding the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon first.

Although the Qin State had unified the world, there were inevitably many remnants of the six states who were unwilling. If the Qin State could also obtain the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon, it would just prove that the Qin State was the destination of heaven's mandate.

Just as Ying Zheng said earlier, "Heaven's mandate is with Qin!"

"According to the State Preceptor, the Fusang divine tree is a sacred object served by the Shushan tribe for generations. Even if it is an important object for finding the fairy mountains overseas, the Shushan tribe will surely not hand over this tree easily."

Ying Zheng was very smart and grasped the pros and cons immediately.

"Do you need me to use the army to destroy Shushan?"

After hearing Ying Zheng's proposal, Su Xuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "I will try to reason with the Shushan tribe first. If reasoning really doesn't work, in order to find the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon, I can only let them sacrifice!"

In the end, Su Xuan had no grudge against Shushan.

Although using the army to destroy Shushan and seize the divine tree guarded by the Shushan tribe without any reason seemed very unreasonable, and the Shushan tribe was somewhat innocent, as if suffering a disaster for no reason.

But this is reality.

The law of the jungle is the law of heaven!

Who told the Shushan tribe to be weak and unable to protect the Divine Tree Fusang?

Of course, because Su Xuan also didn't want to use force rashly, he decided to reason with the Shushan tribe first.

If the Shushan tribe really didn't want to listen to his reasoning, then he could only take lethal action against Shushan.