Chapter 452: Huanglong Mountain Two Principles

There is a corresponding relationship between the Four Symbols and the Five Elements. The White Tiger corresponds to gold, the Azure Dragon corresponds to wood, the Black Tortoise corresponds to water, and the Vermillion Bird corresponds to fire. When the descendants of the Two Symbols fight, they will strictly follow the relationship of mutual generation and mutual restraint of the Five Elements.

However, if we look at the Four Symbols system from the perspective of the Five Elements system, which is an endless cycle, we will notice a very glaring problem. That is, only earth among the Five Elements does not have a corresponding mythical beast in the Four Symbols system.

The ancients could naturally notice this obvious problem. Therefore, after combining the Four Symbols System with the Five Elements System, they came up with the Five Directions System, and the missing Earth had a corresponding mythical beast, which was the “Yellow Dragon”.

The Yellow Dragon, also known as “Yinglong”, symbolizes the central earth. It has a higher status than the four symbols and is the mythical beast that governs the four symbols.

This is how I reasoned. Based on the battle with the water master Xuanwu, it can be seen that the power of Shan Liangyi is roughly based on the traditional worldview of the Five Elements cycle. So his complete power is likely to also have the five elements attributes of an endless cycle; when he transformed his four forces of gold, wood, water and fire into seeds and dispersed them, he himself is likely to at least retain the attributes of the earth.

The power of earth symbolizes the earth’s great virtue and has the nature of carrying everything. It is the best foundation for recovering power seeds and further accumulating the attributes of self-cultivation in the future. The high-level attribute of controlling the four symbols may also become the basis for suppressing the descendants of Liangyi.

However, in the relationship between the five elements, earth is not absolutely supreme. Plants can absorb nutrients from the soil, so wood can overcome earth, and the power of the wood element – that is, the “wood and cultivation power” of the Azure Dragon – may become the nemesis of the mountain element.

In addition, in traditional mythological culture, the mythical beast that symbolizes the central land is not only the yellow dragon, but also another one, which is the “Qilin”.

Seriously speaking, although Qilin is sometimes called the leader of the Four Spirits, the Four Spirits and the Four Symbols are different systems. The Four Spirits refer to the unicorn, the phoenix, the tortoise, and the dragon. However, in some of the mystical knowledge I know, Qilin is sometimes confused with the Yellow Dragon in some ancient books based on its nature as the central earth beast, and even replaces the Yellow Dragon.

In terms of orthodoxy, the Yellow Dragon is definitely the one that governs the Four Symbols. At the same time, the records of the Qilin as the central earth beast are far less than the Yellow Dragon, so I can basically conclude that the Yellow Dragon is the “zodiac sign” corresponding to the Mountain and the Two Symbols. However, I am still not sure whether the Mountain and the Two Symbols will strictly follow the Four Symbols and Five Elements theory of the common sense world… No, I should say that I don’t know whether the Four Symbols and Five Elements theory of the common sense world will strictly follow the Mountain and the Two Symbols.

Considering the antiquity of Shan Liang Yi, it is very likely that one of the totems, the Yellow Dragon or the Qilin, is a totem pointing to Shan Liang Yi as a deity.

By the way, I don’t know if I have a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but the Yellow Dragon, as the central earth beast, seems to overlap with the Azure Dragon, as the eastern wood beast. There are two dragons in the Five Directions system, and I don’t know if there is any explanation for this.

“The mountain and the yin and yang correspond to the yellow dragon.”

The old fist god saw through my doubts and gave me a direct answer, “No matter what, I will not name my adopted daughter directly according to the totem of Shan Liangyi. Doing so may bring danger to her for no reason.”

“I see.” I nodded.

It’s not that I haven’t thought about this before, but I think that someone like the old boxing god who messes around may not be able to consider everything so thoroughly. After all, I was a little surprised that he knew that the yellow dragon and the Qilin both had the attributes of the central earth beast.

But it may not be that strange. As the saying goes, “medicine and martial arts are inseparable.” Since the old boxing god is proficient in martial arts, he must also be proficient in medicine. Ancient medicine is inseparable from the theory of Liang Yi and Wu Xing. Even in more ancient times, medicine and witchcraft were also an inseparable combination.

“As for what you said about using the power of the Azure Dragon Wood Element to restrain and kill Shan Liangyi, I advise you not to be so optimistic. Since ancient times, there have been many descendants of Liangyi who had the same idea, and they all ended up becoming Shan Liangyi’s feast. If you want to defeat Shan Liangyi, you shouldn’t think about those fancy things, but rely on overwhelming force.” said the old boxing god.

“Thank you for your advice.” I said, “Also, I have another question. You should know that Shan Liangyi will reincarnate after being killed by you, and it is very likely that he has already completed his reincarnation in this era… But judging from your attitude, it seems that you have no intention of finding and defeating the person who is suspected to be Shan Liangyi?”

“I am not interested in a defeated opponent, especially one who has not recovered his full strength.” The old fist god said calmly, “Of course, if he wants to challenge me after he recovers all his strength and becomes stronger, then I will welcome him.”

“As far as I know, the Lord of Taoyuan Township might be the reincarnation of Shan Liangyi, and he has a plan to create the ultimate existence and become its brain…Aren’t you interested in this matter too?” I asked.

“I’ve heard about the plan of that guy called Taoyuan Township Lord. To be honest, I’m curious about how ultimate that ultimate individual will be after it is born, so I won’t interfere with his plan.” The old boxing god said, “The same is true for the end of the world… Although I don’t want to see the world really destroyed, for me now, perhaps only a crisis of the degree of world destruction is worth punching with all my strength.”

Luoshan’s most powerful Wuchang actually vaguely revealed the mood of looking forward to the end of the world. Once again, I felt a resonance from him. At the same time, Gua Tianshi’s words rang in my mind for some reason.

Gua Tianshi said that Willow Tree Shadow is very similar to me and may be of the same kind as me.

In other words, is Liu Shuying also looking forward to the end of the world like me and the old boxing god?
If this is true, it is really ironic. Luoshan is supposed to maintain the order of the weird world, and among the eight supreme impermanence, three of them may want to see the end of the world.

The old fist god turned his head and looked at Qilin’s tombstone, and sighed: “Although I gave Qilin this name out of my own selfishness, she said that she also wanted to surpass Shan Liangyi one day, but she died in a fight with me before she fulfilled this wish.

“Since it was a happy death, there is no need to regret it. She must have been happy when she died. On the contrary, I, the one who was left behind, will occasionally be reminded of the past. I don’t regret it, but regrets are inevitable.”

Seeing the old boxing god sighing like this, Yuchi showed his anger again. The old boxing god did not give Yuchi a chance to speak, shook his head and turned away.

Yuchi looked at his back and said bitterly: “This cold-blooded and heartless monster…”

Is the old boxing god really a cold-blooded monster? I thought to myself.

In just two encounters, we can feel that the old boxing god actually has a strong humanity and emotions. He doesn’t seem to think that Qilin is an insignificant disciple, so he said “accidentally killed him” without any regrets, but he really thinks that the other party’s death in the duel is not a bad thing, and believes that his disciple has the same values ​​as himself. Therefore, although he will miss him afterwards, he will not feel sad or regretful.

However, in terms of the result, he did beat his adopted daughter and apprentice, Qilin, to death with his own hands, and showed no remorse afterwards. The standard for judging evil in secular morality is to judge by deeds rather than by heart. From this perspective, it is reasonable to evaluate the old boxing god as a cold-blooded monster.

No one can know what he is thinking. Maybe I misjudged the old boxing god, and Yuchi was right – the old boxing god is indeed a cold-blooded monster.

And just like last time, the old boxing god who was rumored to be bellicosity and violent did not show his threatening side in front of me this time. It was as if he was just a strong and tough old man who didn’t mind sharing his knowledge from beginning to end.

I don’t think it’s because he’s really that kind, it’s probably just because in his eyes, I’m not worth fighting now.

Yuchi and I walked out of the Great Impermanence Tomb Area. On the periphery, we could see many ordinary demon hunters still performing the God Burial Ceremony, as well as Shenzhao believers kneeling in the direction of Shenzhao’s tombstone. A large number of small fireballs like Kongming lanterns were suspended in the sky to provide lighting in the middle of the night, and the firelight set off a strong traditional sacrificial atmosphere.

After saying goodbye to me, Yuchi turned and left. I guess he had a lot of troublesome things to do.

There are still many doubts about Shenzhao’s death. Xuanming is powerful, but he is not so powerful that he can kill another Great Impermanence instantly just by teleporting his power. If it was me who just became a Great Impermanence, it would be another matter. But it is unreasonable to target the old Great Impermanence Shenzhao, and under the premise that the other party had set up a formation in advance to use the power of the divine seal fragments.

Furthermore, since Xuan Ming had killed Shen Zhao, why didn’t he take the fragments of the divine seal in the magic circle himself, but let “unknown people” take them away? Yuchi and I both knew that the Lord of the Divine Seal first hijacked the fragments of the divine seal, and then Xuan Ming hijacked them in the virtual world, but the Great Impermanence had no advance intelligence in this regard. These puzzles are bound to stimulate the desire of the Great Impermanence to find out the truth, and this is probably what Xuan Ming wants to see.

Since Mingzhuo suspected that Yuchi was the “culprit” who took the fragment of the divine seal, Fazheng would certainly suspect him, and Yuchi would be in a very difficult situation. In a broader sense, it might be linked to Xuanming’s killing of Shenzhao, and be interpreted as Yuchi being Xuanming’s accomplice.

If we suspect in this direction, the Xuanming believers should also be on the suspect list, and even more suspicious than Yuchi. However, since Mingzhuo only started to release malicious intent towards Yuchi today, a month later, it means that the Xuanming believers have also been investigated by him in some way. Even if there are still some parts that have not been investigated, it will not prevent us from dealing with them together with Yuchi.

How to clear his suspicion is Yuchi’s own business, I am only responsible for protecting his personal safety. I also asked him to accept my “Firefly” in case of emergency.

Next, I also have things to investigate.

(End of this chapter)