"You heard that right." Gao Wenyuan said with a smile.
"But...how is this possible?"
Shen Qian, who recovered from the shock, asked nervously.
Gao Wenyuan is talking about the Ling Tianhou of this era. At first glance, it sounds like there is nothing wrong with it, but upon closer inspection, it becomes a bit scary.
It is known that Ling Tianhou will be thirty-five years later fourteen years later. How old is he at this time?
Twenty-one!
Is it possible that Qiao Tianliang is already a top prince at this time?
If not, how could the other party be qualified to ask Big Lao Gao to say "block"? But if so, this is inconsistent with past history.
At least according to Liu Changqing's description, Qiao Tianliang at this age should still be jealous of him and circle around the girl named Ren Lingxi.
"Qiao Tianliang was also present when I recruited Changqing, but I didn't choose him."
Old Gao took a sip of tea and slowly talked about the past, "Do you know why?"
"Hmm... Is the intention evil?"
Shen Qian thought for a while and gave the only answer he could think of.
If there is no special reason, no one will bury a genius, especially for people like Gao Wenyuan, then there is only this reason.
"He concealed it very well, but I felt his fleeting murderous intention towards Chang Qing. Under the seemingly sunny appearance, his inner world was already filled with hatred and indifference. It was an abyss with no light." Gao Wenyuan smiled and suddenly sighed, "But later, I regretted it."
"Why?" Shen Qian was stunned for a moment.
"Because I often think that if I had put aside my prejudice and tried my best to reverse the evil thoughts in his heart, maybe... his destiny would also change accordingly, and many things would change accordingly." Gao Wenyuan said in a daze. "What happened next?" Shen Qian realized that this incident was the biggest secret about Qiao Tianliang, and immediately asked.
"He's dead."
The three words Gao Wenyuan spat out in a daze made Shen Qian confused.
Qiao Tianliang is dead?!
After being stunned for several seconds, Shen Qian was horrified and said, "Teacher, you mean..."
"It's not quite accurate to say he's dead, because in the eyes of everyone, including those who know him best, they won't find anything unusual."
Gao Wenyuan said softly, "The most terrifying thing in this world is not death, but someone silently replacing your life and stealing everything from you, including your loved ones, relatives, friends, siblings, all your love and hate...
”
Gao Wenyuan sounded normal, but Shen Qian felt goosebumps when he heard it.
How weird is it to have your life completely replaced by another person?
Unheard of.
"...Is this also the power of 'Tao'?" Shen Qian thought about it, but he didn't know which "Tao" could do such terrible things.
"Among the supreme laws, there is a 'path' called cause and effect, and some people call it...'destiny.'"
Gao Wenyuan quickly revealed the mystery, "The frontal combat power of this 'path' is difficult to evaluate, but it is the most bizarre 'path' among the seven supreme laws. As long as you control this 'path'
, it’s easy to steal the life of a mere teenager.”
Boom!
As if suddenly enlightened, Shen Qian stood blankly on the spot, and many of the previously doubtful things in his mind were suddenly solved.
If you look closely at each of these coincidences, aren't they the simplest "cause and effect"?
Only in this way will you not be aware of it.
Then who controls this "Tao"?
After looking through China, a name is already coming out.
"King of Zhouyi!"
Shen Qian took a deep breath, with mixed emotions, "I should have thought of it a long time ago... If it weren't for him, how many people would have this ability..."
The main reason why Shen Qian had never been suspicious before was that the system had never been alert. This was actually very unreasonable. But assuming that a top prince who controlled the law of cause and effect was behind the scenes, then the system would be completely unaware of it.
That makes sense.
"So Qiao Tianliang can be regarded as King Zhou Yi's... clone?"
Shen Qian thought for a while and asked.
"That's right and wrong."
Gao Wenyuan smiled calmly, "Strictly speaking, the clone shares the same soul with the main body. When the clone is damaged, the main body will inevitably be hurt, but Qiao Tianliang and King Zhou Yi are different."
"Although King Zhou Yi is behind Qiao Tianliang, he has his own independent personality and destiny, as well as independent thinking ability. If the signs cannot be found from the source, no one can see the difference between the two except the emperor-level powerhouse.
Contact."
"Moreover, even if you kill Qiao Tianliang, it will not have much impact on King Zhou Yi."
"This... is really scary!" Shen Qian was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then he took a deep breath and said.
King Zhou Yi himself is already a ceiling-level existence among princes, with unfathomable strength, but he actually has a "doppelgänger" that exists as an independent personality!
What’s even more terrifying is that even this clone has reached a level that most people can only look up to.
A thirty-five-year-old top prince, known as the first genius after the nine kings of the first generation of China!
Who would have thought that he was just a pawn in the hands of King Zhou Yi... the kind that could be abandoned at any time without any hesitation.
Shen Qian also understood at this time why King Zhou Yi was able to trace the entrance to the River of Time by relying on the fluctuations of the Chaos Clock, and why he was able to directly block his own Time River Conch...
Thinking like this, Shen Qian turned over his hand and took out the river snail that had faded away.
"Is this also the power of 'karma'?" Shen Qian asked.
He believed that Gao Wenyuan must know what he was holding.
"That's right." Gao Wenyuan nodded, "The principle of the time conch is essentially to deduce the changes in power after a few years based on the mysterious destiny trajectory, and then add this change to the holder.
In other words, it is a certain degree of prediction of the future."
"Qiao Tianliang directly erased its ability to evolve cause and effect, so naturally you can no longer use it."
"I'll go."
Although he had already guessed it, Shen Qian was still a little frightened.
This kind of trick is not only cunning, it is simply shameless. It casually destroys one of his powerful trump cards. How can he play this?
"You should be glad that you are facing only Ling Tianhou after all. His major is actually space. He only relies on his connection with the main body to master part of the ability of cause and effect."
Gao Wenyuan smiled faintly, "If he were present, it wouldn't be that troublesome to deal with you. Do you believe that when you just pulled out the knife, you would have broken your arm due to excessive force?"
"Haha...uh, it's not that exaggerated, right?"
Shen Qian originally thought that Gao Wenyuan was playing with dry humor, so he subconsciously laughed twice before asking dryly.
Not to mention Shen Qian, even for a novice warrior, it is extremely difficult to pull out a sword and hurt yourself...
"Every action has a cause and effect. This is the most terrifying part of fate. It is impossible to guard against and often cannot be traced."
Gao Wenyuan said that he was not alarmist.
"Isn't King Zhou Yi invincible?" Shen Qian took a breath.
"Cause and effect are strange, but they are not without taboos. People who are keen on playing chess are often trapped by the chess game. This is a double-edged sword. There is no such thing as invincibility."
Gao Wenyuan laughed and shook his head, "If King Zhou Yi was really that powerful, he wouldn't need to lie dormant for thousands of years."
"That's right." Shen Qian thought for a while and felt a little relieved again.
If King Zhou Yi really had no scruples, there would be no need for Ling Tianhou to beat around the bush to deal with him.
It can be seen that he also has to follow certain rules.
"Does Minister Wu know the true identity of Ling Tianhou?"
"Of course I don't know." Gao Wenyuan shook his head, "With Wu Wei's temperament, if he knew, he wouldn't tolerate it until now."
Big Lao Gao's words were an endorsement of Wu Wei's position, which made Shen Qian feel a lot more at ease.
"Are there many people with status similar to Ling Tianhou among princes?"
Shen Qian couldn't help but ask again.
Don't worry, half of the hundreds of people in the Princes' Council are the incarnations of King Zhou Yi. That would be so funny.
"There should be more, but not too many."
Gao Wenyuan smiled, "The King of Zhou Yi can steal other people's destiny and exert influence to a certain extent, but he cannot easily change his destiny against the will of heaven. Ling Tianhou can become a prince at the age of thirty, after all, it is because of his own qualifications
It’s really amazing.”
"Even King Zhou Yi cannot encounter such incarnations all the time. In my estimation, even if there are incarnations of King Zhou Yi among the existing princes, there are only two or three people at most."
"No matter how much, even Wu Wei will notice it... don't underestimate him."
Shen Qian nodded silently, and after exhaling a breath, asked: "Teacher, so the nine kings of the first generation died and disappeared, but the King of Zhou Yi can still survive to this day, is it because he controls the destiny?"
"This is not entirely the reason, but Destiny does have an innate advantage in this regard."
Gao Wenyuan smiled gently and patiently answered Shen Qian's doubts, "In the catastrophe that targeted the first generation of princes, King Zhou Yi was the only one who escaped unscathed because he foresaw many things, but another reason was also because... he was more afraid of death.
."
"Ah?" Shen Qian was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that the elder Gao would give such a reason.
But when I think about it, it seems reasonable.
No matter how the level of life changes, courage may not grow with it.
"Haha, it is precisely because of this that the White Emperor forced King Zhou Yi to make an oath based on Taoism before leaving. Within two hundred years, he will not do anything that harms the human race, otherwise he will die immediately."
Gao Wenyuan once again told a shocking secret.
"The White Emperor forced King Zhou Yi to make an oath?"
Shen Qian was surprised at first, and then suddenly realized. No wonder King Zhou Yi had always been so low-key, but soon, he had new doubts.
"Why is it only two hundred years? Also, since the White Emperor thought that King Zhou Yi might harm the human race one day, why didn't he just kill him?"
"You have to know that even with the dignity of an emperor, two hundred years is the limit for a top prince who controls the destiny to make an oath. If it were anyone else, there would be no possibility of restraining King Zhou Yi."
Gao Wenyuan looked a little sad when he thought about the past, "As for why he didn't kill King Zhou Yi, it was naturally because the human race still needed him... At least before the next big change came, the human race needed a King Wu to take charge."
"What about King Zhenbei?" Shen Qian then remembered that both he and Big Lao Gao had neglected another top existence in their words...
King Zhenbei is still serving as the honorary president of the Chinese Martial Arts Association!
"Who told you that King Zhenbei is still alive?"
Gao Wenyuan asked rhetorically.
When Shen Qian heard this, his body trembled, as if a thunderbolt had fallen on a sunny day, and he was stunned for a moment.
The King of Zhenbei...has also fallen?!
"When is this..."
Shen Qian asked in disbelief.
Whether it is on the Internet or in the information circulated outside, it is clear that the King of Zhenbei is still at the center of China. Just some time ago, in order to clear up some doubts, Shen Qian wanted to go and meet China's Dinghai Shenzhen.
But the feedback he received from Wu Wei was that King Zhenbei was busy inspecting China's major defense areas and could not spare time for the time being.
Why did Wu Wei lie to him?
Moreover, this was more than ten years ago, and Gao Wenyuan had already firmly stated that King Zhenbei had fallen, which shows that the actual time of his fall might be even earlier.
"Shortly after King Jiangling and others disappeared."
Gao Wenyuan sighed, "Not many people know about this matter. King Zhou Yi may not have known it before. After all, in his view, King Zhenbei was the candidate left by the White Emperor to suppress him."
"Originally Bai Di's plan should have been the same, but unfortunately, King Zhenbei was too anxious..."
"In order to save King Yanling and others, he thought about taking that step day and night, so he went to the inner city again, entered the 'Gate' alone, and then never came out again." p>
"In order to prevent China from experiencing turmoil again, Wu Wei used some methods. He only announced to the outside world that King Zhenbei was living in seclusion, and he used some image synthesis from time to time to get over it."
Shen Qian was stunned and speechless. He never expected that the truth of the matter would be like this.
Among the nine kings of the first generation, only King Zhou Yi was left...
As for King Zhou Yi, his thoughts are the most unpredictable. Judging from the fact that he can kill ordinary people without mercy, it is better to expect him to protect the human race than to expect the iron tree to bloom.
For a moment, Shen Qian felt extremely heavy.
Suddenly, he thought of Wu Wei again. Under his tall and straight figure, he was carrying an unimaginable amount of pressure...
He suddenly understood why Wu Wei's position in the dispute between princes was always to mediate. Shen Qian even had some complaints about it... It turned out that he was just trying his best to win every point for the human race.
Available power...
"What does King Zhouyi... want?"
Shen Qian was silent for a long time, then finally raised his head, stared at Gao Wenyuan and asked slowly.
His question was equivalent to asking Big Lao Gao how much he knew about his own secrets.
After learning so many secrets from Gao Wenyuan today, Shen Qian suddenly discovered that he actually never knew what the teacher was planning.
He obviously knows everything, but he seems to have done nothing...
Staring at the always gentle face of the elder Gao, at this moment, Shen Qian suddenly felt some uncontrollable fear in his heart.