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Chapter 307 Persuasion
Last time, Tai'an Niangniang told Tiangou the truth about Hei'er that she knew. So what will Tiangou's attitude be towards his most beloved son? Let's read on.
Tiangou looked at Li Yi and Xiao Ziyi who were entering reincarnation again on the rooftop, and asked, "My queen, what's going on with this kid's Dayi Heavenly Soul?"
Taian shook his head and said, "Hei Er devoured Dayi's human soul. You also know that once the human soul is missing, the power of the heavenly soul cannot be exerted. I just didn't expect that Tiandao and Tathagata would use Miaoyin's human soul to complete Dayi's human soul."
Tiangou was surprised and asked, "Then where did the human soul come from when the Heavenly Dao released Dayi's soul last time?"
Taian explained: "Houyi is the reincarnation of Dayi, and this Li Yi is Dayi's successor. It seems that you don't understand the difference between reincarnation and successor."
"Please enlighten me, Madam."
"Reincarnation is the re-entry of the earth soul as the main body into the cycle of reincarnation. Houyi's six reincarnations at that time still had many loopholes. I teamed up with the Heavenly Path to put Dayi's Heavenly Soul and Earthly Soul into reincarnation. On the one hand, I wanted to comfort that silly girl Chang'e. She was deceived by Hei'er for so long, and I should let her see some hope.
Secondly, I wanted to test the stability of the six reincarnations. We did find many problems. I modified the laws of the six reincarnations, and the Heavenly Dao modified the laws of cause and effect.
Because the Earth Soul carries memories, Hou Yi, when he reaches the Transcendent Realm, can break through the seal imposed on the Earth Soul by the Six Paths of Reincarnation and recover his past life memories. It can also be said that Hou Yi and Dayi are the same person. "
"Oh, what about the successor?"
"The successor naturally enters reincarnation with the Heavenly Soul as the main body. You also saw that part of Dayi's Earthly Soul is still with me. In other words, the relationship between him and Dayi is just that they have the same Heavenly Soul. They are no longer the same person."
"I see. It's just that Chang'e has been waiting for more than a thousand years, but in the end, the man she waited for was not her own. Well, since Tiandao and Tathagata are doing something while you are sleeping, why don't you cause some trouble for them and make them feel uncomfortable for once?"
Taian stroked Tengu's head and said with a smile: "You really want the world to be in chaos! However, if you think about it carefully, your idea is quite interesting. Who told them to make trouble in my territory? Dizang said he didn't know. Humph, without the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk I gave him, how could Li Yi enter the reincarnation cycle!"
Tengu said in surprise: "Ah? That kid Dizang dared to lie! No, I have to find him!" Tengu stood up and was about to leave.
Taian pressed down the Heavenly Dog and said casually, "Forget it. The Heavenly Dao injected Dayi's Heavenly Soul into his body in batches. The kid probably didn't realize it was Dayi's Heavenly Soul at first.
Tiandao must have made his move very early in this game. Just collecting Dayi's remaining soul was already very troublesome, not to mention that even this kid's inner demons had been calculated in advance.
Wait! Measuring Ruler, Spirit Feather Arrow, Six-Eyed Sand Spider, Soul-Melting Heart Demon, hiss! Has the Heavenly Dao been able to interfere in the affairs of my Netherworld?"
"My lady, isn't there a Tathagata? Could it be that Tathagata sent Ksitigarbha to do this?"
"That's indeed possible! Humph, the gift that Heaven sent this time is very interesting, it's actually a mystery! Interesting, then let's use this Li Yi to relieve our boredom."
Tengu looked at the top of the stone and said, "My queen, you are just trying to relieve your boredom! But it can be more interesting!"
Empress Taian chuckled: "You mean to give him the earth soul stored in the Heaven-Shooting Sun Bow? Well, that's indeed a method! We can also watch the farce of the boy and Chang'e reuniting."
The souls of Li Yi and Xiao Ziyi flew out of the Soul Evolution Array and returned to their bodies. Just as the two were about to wake up, Tai'an reached out and erased Li Yi's memory in the Soul Evolution Array, but retained Xiao Ziyi's, so the two were in completely different states after waking up, Li Yi looked confused, and Xiao Ziyi looked sad.
Li Yi looked at Empress Tai'an, bowed and asked, "Empress, what happened just now?"
Xiao Ziyi asked in surprise: "You don't remember?" Li Yi shook his head.
Empress Tai'an chuckled and said, "I was just teasing you because I was bored. Just treat it as a punishment for this girl breaking the Yuntai Mirror."
Xiao Ziyi lowered her head silently after hearing this. Even the first-class Bodhisattvas of Buddhism did not dare to speak much in front of Empress Tai'an, let alone her. However, at this time, Li Yi's courage could be seen even more. He was not afraid of Empress Tai'an at all, but was calm and composed.
Li Yi bowed and said, "Thank you, Madam, for showing mercy. Do you have any other instructions?"
"Didn't God send you to find me? I want to know why he sent you here."
Li Yi recalled what Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said to him at the entrance of Houtu Cave and when he first entered the cave. He understood the Bodhisattva's true meaning. It was useless to persuade Tai'an Niangniang to stop protecting Lu Sheng. He had to make the great god hate Lu Sheng himself, but how could this be so easy to do?
"Your Highness, Master Tiandao sent me here to deal with those who disturb your rest and control your schedule."
"Disturbing my rest? And controlling my schedule? Li Yi, do you know what you are talking about?"
"My Lady, I heard that you sleep for about three hundred years each time, except for the time when you ate the first sage Cangjie, when you slept for a longer time. But don't you think it's strange that you slept for more than four hundred years this time?"
Tiangou immediately said, "Hey, Madam, it's really strange what this kid said. Madam ate the soul of the first saint Cangjie and then slept for five hundred years. How come you slept for so long last time when you only ate a few soul pills?"
"What's so strange about this? Isn't it because Ksitigarbha is watching over Hell, the six realms of reincarnation are running more smoothly, so I can sleep peacefully. Why? I sleep for a long time, so you don't have to wait on me all the time, isn't that good?"
Tiangou shook his head and said, "Of course not! I want to accompany you every day. It would be best if you don't sleep all day. If you sleep, I will be left alone to look after Hou Tuyan. How boring."
Empress Taian tapped the dog's head and chuckled, "You silly dog, you can go out and play by yourself while I'm sleeping! It's not like you haven't done this before!"
"I dare not. Last time I went out to play by myself, I was discovered by the queen. My hind legs are still aching now!"
"That happened many years ago! Besides, I wouldn't have found out if you had come back in time." Tiangou understood the implication of Empress Tai'an and immediately shut up and stopped talking.
Thinking of how Tiangou had helped Tao Xuan out of trouble in front of Houtu Cave, Li Yi guessed that Tiangou must have agreed to Master Tao Xuan's request, which was why he helped him talk. But Tiangou suddenly spoke too much, which made Tai'an Niangniang aware of it, so he had to be more careful with his words next time.
Li Yi pondered for a moment, then said, "If the queen knew what happened in the human world during your sleep of more than 400 years, perhaps she would be able to figure out the cause and effect of this matter."
"What can happen in the human world in four hundred years? The most that can happen is a change of dynasties and a change of emperors. What else can happen?"
"Your Majesty is wise, and you hit the nail on the head! Four hundred years ago, not long after Your Majesty fell asleep, natural disasters such as floods, plagues, and droughts occurred frequently, causing the people of Qin to live in misery. The court could not provide enough money and food for disaster relief, which led to constant rebellions. The Qiang and Di tribes in the Western Regions took advantage of the civil strife in the Qin Dynasty to launch a war, charging all the way, and even broke through the Qin capital Chang'an and beheaded Emperor Ping of Qin.
Fortunately, there were capable descendants of the Ying family. King Ying of Wan proclaimed himself emperor. He first defeated the Qiang-Di coalition forces, then put down the civil strife, moved the capital to Luoyang, and recovered the four borders. It was known in history as the Eastern Qin. It took him only fifteen years to make the Qin State, which was on the verge of extinction, strong again.
More than 120 years ago, the empress who should have awakened was still sleeping, and the Qin State was weakened by the chaos of the kings. The Xiongnu attacked the old capital of Qin, Chang'an, and brought about the Five Barbarians. The coalition of the Qiang and Di tribes was the first barbarian army to capture the Qin capital Luoyang. After that, the Five Barbarians plundered the Central Plains several times, migrated south, and the Qin Emperor moved the capital and eventually fell. "
"What do you mean by telling me this? Do I care who becomes the emperor?"
"Your Majesty naturally wouldn't care who becomes the emperor, but did you notice that the Qiang and Di tribes played an important role in the two changes in the Qin State?
The First Emperor had long received the prophecy that 'the Hu will destroy Qin', so he had always been on guard against the Hu people, but in the end he still failed to prevent the Qin from being destroyed by the Hu people. "
"Li Yi, what do you want to say?"
"If the Queen had awakened normally 120 years ago, most of the people of the Qiang and Di tribes would have been used by the High Priest to refine Soul Gathering Pills for the Queen to consume, and the Qin Dynasty would most likely not have perished."
"Li Yi, are you trying to say that the Qin Dynasty fell because of me? What a joke. I won't interfere in human affairs."
"Your Highness naturally won't interfere in the trivial matters of the world, but people with ulterior motives are using your Highness's schedule to seek revenge for themselves."
Tai'an patted Tengou's head and asked, "How long can I sleep? Even the heavens cannot control this. Who can control it?" Tengou quickly shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.
"A person who has a deep hatred for the Qin State."
"Li Yi, are you crazy? How can one person control me..."
Tai'an Niangniang suddenly looked at the alchemy furnace that Lu Sheng had sent. She hooked her finger and another alchemy furnace flew in front of her. Now she had two alchemy furnaces beside her, one was just sent by Lu Sheng, and the other was sent when she woke up last time.
Tai'an opened the two alchemy furnaces, looked at the soul gathering pills inside, closed her eyes and felt the difference between the two. In addition to the strength and purity of the soul power, she also discovered another difference. There were many demon souls in the soul gathering pills delivered last time, and most of them were snakes, bears, frogs, and turtles.
These kinds of animals all need to hibernate. Even if they have cultivated into monsters, traces of their habits are still retained in their souls. And in the soul-gathering pill that was delivered last time, there were a lot of impurities of these hibernation traces.
At first, Empress Tai'an thought that Lu Sheng's alchemy skills were not mature enough. Little did she know that these so-called impurities were what he deliberately put into the elixir after repeated purification. For Empress Tai'an, these were like sleeping pills.
Empress Tai'an casually handed the "sleeping pill" to Tengu's mouth. The latter smelled it, yawned immediately, and then slowly closed his eyes. Empress Tai'an casually put the "sleeping pill" back into the furnace, looked at Li Yi and asked: "Lu Sheng may do this just to make me sleep better."
Li Yi bowed and said, "Your Majesty is right. The high priest just wants you to sleep better and longer. But if the high priest has the ability to wake you up, doesn't that prove that he can control your schedule?"
"Unless something goes wrong in the six realms of reincarnation or hell, nothing can wake me up. And both of these are managed by Dizang, and there is no trouble even now. How do you think Lu Sheng woke me up?"
"Have you forgotten that there is someone who can wake you up?"
"There's one more, why don't I remember it?"
"Have you forgotten about Huo Dou? Wasn't it because he disturbed your sleep that you tied him to the gate of hell?"
"Huo Dou? He is still at the gate of hell, how could he wake me up?"
"May I ask how did the evil fight disturb you, Madam?"
"It's the resentment that has accumulated in him. He can devour souls, but he can't quell the resentment. That's why every time he eats a soul, a face will grow on his body and wail continuously until he has digested all the souls. The wails of the resentful spirits can be blocked, but the resentment cannot. When the Huotou has accumulated enough resentment, it will make me unable to sleep."
"Your Highness, please look at what this is." Li Yi reached out and picked up the incense burner placed at the head of the white jade bed and said, "I wonder who put this incense burner at the head of your Highness' bed?"
Taian slapped the dazed Tengu on the head, and the latter immediately woke up. "Ergou, what's wrong with this incense burner?"