Chapter 871: Ancient Secrets

Zhang Liang remained silent upon hearing this.

The two had been discussing for several days, continuously analyzing the strengths of both the Great Qin and the Heavenly Court; they truly could not obtain the detailed strength of the Heavenly Court.

However, they could make a rough estimation; while not precise, it would not be far off.

As for the Great Qin, based on the understanding of the Confucian Little Sage Virtuous Manor, it was certainly more or less accurate.

Of course, apart from the Heavenly Court, the enemies of the Great Qin were only so many.

Counting them all, it was still quite a significant number.

"Zifang, your plan to go to Xianyang should still be reconsidered. Moreover, I believe Master Xun would absolutely not let you take such a risk."

Zhang Liang did not refute Su Fan's words.

Previously, his desire to go to Xianyang was, in reality, just a momentary impulse.

Now, after discussing with Su Fan, his mind had settled, and he realized his considerations were somewhat lacking.

Not to mention anything else, even if he were truly allowed to go to Xianyang City and become a central figure there, or even reach the Golden Immortal realm in a few hundred years with the help of the Great Qin's Qi of Luck.

But so what?

At that time, once the Great Qin and the Heavenly Court went to war, the situation for both sides would be such that the Great Qin would not have the advantage; this was something he had understood from the beginning.

His previous discussions with Su Fan, where he favored the Great Qin, were only based on the fact that the Great Qin had no enemies in Jiuzhou; he did not believe the Six Kingdoms Remnants had much possibility of threatening the Great Qin, and the same went for the northern Xiongnu and the Barbarian Race.

But those Gods and Buddhas filling the sky were different.

Being in the Confucian Little Sage Virtuous Manor, he naturally had some understanding of the Gods and Buddhas filling the sky.

After all, some of the sages of Confucianism had communicated with Laozi, and who was Laozi? He was the avatar of Taishang.

Taishang himself was very close to the Human Race; this point was beyond doubt.

The Taiqing Saint was the first to preach in the Human Race, teaching the Golden Elixir Great Dao, so he had always been worshipped by the Human Race and was also the one who enjoyed the most Qi of Luck among all the Gods and Buddhas, as did the Human Teachings.

Although during the Investiture of the Gods, the Human Teachings and the Taiqing Saint stood on the side of the Chan Sect and defeated the Jie Sect, the Human Race did not harbor any dissatisfaction toward the Taiqing Saint.

The Investiture of the Gods was a measure-kalpa between the Three Teachings.

The Yin-Shang participated in it, in reality, also wanting to scheme for something; losing was just a failure of the Yin-Shang camp's own planning.

At that time, the Human Race's Fire Cloud Cave did not participate.

At that time, the Tongtian Shengren fought four alone; the odds of winning were indeed not high, but if the Human Race were added, it might not have been the case.

The Tongtian Shengren's Immortal-Slaying Sword Array could not be broken without four Saints; in reality, at that time, if the four Immortal-Slaying swords in the array had not been seized by the Saints and their disciples, that array truly might not have been broken.

If there had been a few Quasi-Saints sitting in the array at that time, and with the Tongtian Shengren inside the array fighting the four Saints, perhaps the battle situation would have been somewhat different.

At that time, because the Sanxiao were either dead or suppressed, and the others, such as Duobao, although they had reached the Great Luo realm, they truly could not deal with the Three Corpses of a Saint.

Tongtian was defeated because he lacked helpers; if there had been a few more Quasi-Saints at that time, the battle situation would definitely have been different.

At the very least, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array would not have been broken so easily; with Tongtian's strength, to be honest, other than the Taiqing Saint, the other three were truly not Tongtian's match.

Even if the Yuqing Saint held the Pangu Banner, he was not Tongtian's match.

Tongtian's Sword Dao, combined with the Immortal-Slaying swords, truly pushed the Killing Dao to the limit, perhaps even more terrifying than the Killing Dao of that Ancestor in the Honghuang Blood Sea.

The Human Race at that time had Quasi-Saints, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, of which four could appear, and these four were all genuine Quasi-Saints; perhaps in terms of strength, only Shennong's strength was at the bottom among the four Quasi-Saints, but it was still not comparable to someone like Randeng who had just entered the Quasi-Saint realm.

All four had attained the Quasi-Saint realm almost during the early to middle stages of the ancient times; by the Yin-Shang period, all four had already been practicing in the Quasi-Saint stage for millions of years.

Their cultivation had long since settled.

Especially the Heavenly Sovereign Fuxi, who was originally the Emperor Xi of the Monster Race; during the Great War of the Lich, he was already at the Quasi-Saint Late Stage, or even the Quasi-Saint Peak, not a bit inferior to any of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Subsequently, he reincarnated into the Human Race, became the Heavenly Sovereign, and after returning from the tribulation to become a Quasi-Saint, although his cultivation relied on Merit to improve, his previous realm instantly recovered as his memories returned.

Having experienced two lives, it could be said that his realm and cultivation were even slightly ahead of the Great Supernatural Beings of the same period.

With the realm and cultivation of a Quasi-Saint Peak, plus holding a Merit Spiritual Treasure, his personal combat power absolutely exceeded that of the Emperor Xi period.

Placed in the entire Honghuang, apart from a few Saints, he was almost invincible.

The other three Human Race Quasi-Saints, even if their strength could not compare to Fuxi, were definitely not much worse, almost all being at the Quasi-Saint Peak or Quasi-Saint Late Stage.

If the Jie Sect had these four experts join at that time, then the outcome might not have been certain.

The Great Trend could not be changed, but the Heavenly Dao Great Trend at that time was not standing on the side of the Chan Sect; it was just that the Chan Sect had more Saints at that time.

Furthermore, if the Human Race had been willing to participate in the war, and if Fuxi had persuaded Nuwa Niangniang to also join the Jie Sect, then with two Saints and four nearly peak Quasi-Saints, even if the Human Teachings, Chan Sect, and Western Sect combined, it would have been very difficult to win.

Unfortunately, the Human Race did not join at that time.

There was only the Yin-Shang, and in reality, the strength of the Yin-Shang, placed among the Gods and Buddhas, really did not count for much.

It was just that the Gods and Buddhas feared the orthodox status of the Yin-Shang and could not take action personally.

However, those battles between immortals and gods at that time affected many mortals and also received quite a bit of backlash, whether they were disciples of the Chan Sect or the Jie Sect.

It was the same for all.

The Chan Sect was fine; after winning, because they had Merit Luck, the backlash would also be eliminated, but those Jie Sect disciples were miserable.

Their primordial spirits were on the Investiture of the Gods, restricted by the Investiture of the Gods, and they still had to repay the karma of the Human Race to eliminate the backlash.

Most of the ancient history known to Confucianism was recorded by the Human Race, and there were also parts about immortals and gods; there must be many secrets hidden within.

However, much of the information from Laozi's side was certainly not fake.

From beginning to end, whether it was Laozi or the Taiqing Saint, the help they provided to the Human Race was still very great.

The Taiqing Superior was the first to become a Saint; with the help of the merit of civilizing the Human Race, he became a Saint through Merit, preached the Golden Elixir Great Dao, and established the status of the Human Race.

Therefore, he and the Human Teachings had always been worshipped by the Human Race, and their Qi of Luck was the most; at their peak, it reached as much as thirty percent of the Human Race's Qi of Luck.

This was recognized by the entire Human Race.

Because of the Taiqing Saint, the Human Race had the supreme Dao; the Golden Elixir Great Dao was passed down infinitely among the Human Race and was the best cultivation path for the Human Race.

Secondly, it was the Taiqing Superior who chose the Human Race, not the Human Race that prompted the Taiqing Saint to become a Saint.

This point was understood by the high-level members of the Human Race.

Without the Human Race, the Taiqing Saint could still become a Saint, but without the Taiqing Saint at that time, it would not have been so easy for the Human Race to become the hegemon.