Legend has it that in the ancient flood era, when the people on the ground were forced by the flood and fled in all directions, unable to hunt and farm, Kun was ordered by the Emperor of Heaven to control the water. But the only way he could think of was to contain the floods, which kept breaking through the dikes and dams he had built, and the mortal soil could not stop them. In order to prevent mortals from suffering from the flood, Kun stole the treasure of the heavenly court, the "Resting Soil", which can continue to grow, so that the flood cannot break through the siege. So, with the help of Siyang, the mortals were finally freed from the flood and returned to life on the ground. However, when the Emperor learned of the theft, he was furious and reclaimed it, causing the flood to ravage the ground again, turning the mortal world, which had just resumed living and working in peace and contentment. And Kun was executed by the Emperor of Heaven for stealing the treasures of the Heavenly Court. Three years after Kun's death, the body did not decay, and the Emperor of Heaven was afraid that he would have some abnormal changes, so he sent warriors to dissect Kun's body. Unexpectedly, Kun was full of resentment because of the failure of water control, and became a dragon and a Jiao in the abdomen, when Kun's body was dissected, Jiao flew and disappeared, and the dragon turned into a person, that is Kun's son Yu. Yu's stepfather ordered the flood control. However, he succeeded in controlling the flood by channeling it, and later established China's first dynasty, the Xia Dynasty.

And the Jiao who escaped did evil everywhere and endangered the world, and after three hundred years, no one could clean up this evil Jiao. Until Nuwa sent a god general to lead the dragon to a mountain, coupled with the power of the mountain god, the dragon was crushed under the stone, and that place has since been called the Burial Dragon Slope. Nuwa ordered Jiaolong to repent at the foot of the burial dragon slope until the resentment dissipated and the cultivation was positive before he could see the light of day again.

In Guiguzi, Lu Yu found that it was slightly different from what he knew before. In the legends I have heard before, it is true that after the body of the cang, a yellow dragon flew out, and later became Yu, but there is no saying that there is a dragon and a jiao; And the legend of the burial dragon slope is something that Lu Yu has never heard of.

But what does all this have to do with you?

I only heard Guiguzi say: "When Jiaolong did not appear, you were not you, and after Jiaolong appeared, you were you." ”

Lu Yu really didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Guiguzi saw that he was a little interested, and said: "Young man, maybe you don't believe what the old man said now, and you will know whether the old man's words are true or false in the future." ”

Lu Yu couldn't help it, and asked: "Forgive the younger generation for being ignorant, isn't the word 'ordered by heaven' used on today's son?" How can a young man in a mountain village afford this reputation? Can the gentleman see at a glance that the younger generation can become the son of heaven? ”

Guiguzi said with a smile: "Lu Yu, you misunderstood the meaning of this, this is definitely not to say that you are the Son of Heaven." However, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, the old man can only say this, and the rest has to be carefully consulted by yourself. ”

Lu Yu thought to himself that he didn't have time to read his words, the front was too outrageous, and the tone in the back was no different from that of ordinary Jianghu warlocks, in this way, even he himself could say a lot of things casually, but when they appeared in Guiguzi's mouth, it couldn't help but be a little disappointing.

Legends that have been handed down are always mythologized by the world, and new versions are created from one person's mouth to another, and then divided into different versions, or the deeds of several characters are combined into the same person, so that an event that originally seemed normal eventually became a myth that could not be believed after constant refinement.

Until today, 2,000 years later, an ordinary thing has been intentionally or unintentionally increased or subtracted from one to ten, and then the original facts have been distorted beyond recognition.

Lu Yu felt that the legend of the burial dragon slope was like this. In today's advanced science, basically everyone knows that shouting loudly in the snowy mountains can cause an avalanche, and when a group of soldiers cross a bridge in unison, the bridge will collapse, these are the principles of resonance. The burial dragon slope is geologically loose, and it may have collapsed once before, so he guessed that someone inadvertently resonated with the mountain stone there, and the ancients did not understand, so it was mythologized, and later merged with the myth of Cang controlling the water, so there was a legend that the dragon was pressed under the stone.

Although Guiguzi is superb in swordsmanship, and proficient in the art of vertical and horizontal swordsmanship, and has studied astrology and easy learning, it is not surprising that he has been mythologized by the world.

Lu Yu thought to himself, anyway, the injuries on his body will not get in the way, he will say goodbye to Guiguzi early tomorrow morning, and then hurry to Wei to inquire about Zhang Wu's news.

Guiguzi sat up in place again, and when he saw that Lu Yu was silent in thought, he said: "There is a Zou Yan in the Qi country, and his 'Five Virtues and the Beginning' created by Yin and Yang is one of the most admired academics in the old man's life. ”

Lu Yu heard him suddenly talk about Zou Yan, and finally raised a little interest, sat down in front of him, and listened to what he said about this other Warring States stranger.

Guiguzi said: "The five virtues, gold, earth, water, fire, and earth; The beginning of the end, the beginning of the week. Zou Yan takes it as the foundation to determine the prosperity and decline of the world, so Tang Yu is Tude, Xia is Mude, Yin is Jinde, and Zhou is Huode, all of which are secretly in line with the five virtues. ”

Lu Yu interjected: "Isn't the Qin State the 'Water Virtue' that replaces the Zhou Chamber?" ”

Guiguzi's tiger body was shocked, and he stared at Lu Yu and said, "What did you say?" ”

Lu Yu remembered that there were still decades before the unification of the Qin State at this time, so he accidentally slipped his mouth, and said with an embarrassed smile: "I mean, today, the strength of Qin is well known, and if this trend continues, it is very likely that the Qin State will replace the current Zhou Muli." ”

Guiguzi looked at Lu Yu in disbelief and said slowly: "According to legend, Duke Wen of Qin once hunted and encountered a black dragon, which was finally obtained by Duke Wen. And black is water......" After a pause at this point, he added, "Although Qin's power continues to grow stronger, and it is indeed possible to become an overlord, it is too early to make a conclusion. ”

Lu Yu asked, "Dare to ask what Mr. thinks?" ”

Guiguzi pondered for a moment, and said: "The old man thinks that since King Wu of Zhou pacified the world, there have been more disputes among the princes, which is the reason for the imbalance of yin and yang in the world. If you want to calm the turmoil in the world, you must first maintain the balance of yin and yang. ”

Lu Yu said: "Then how should it be maintained?" ”

Guiguzi asked rhetorically: "What do you think, what about 'Hezhong' and 'Lianheng'?" ”

Lu Yu replied: "The longitudinal, the weak are united to attack the strong; The one who is horizontal, the one is strong to attack the weak. Unite the forces of various countries to resist Qin's strength, but the countries are suspicious of each other and have different intentions, so they use the strength of Qin to attack the weakness of each country and contain each other, so as to achieve the so-called yin and yang balance. ”

Guiguzi looked at Lu Yu and nodded: "The old man saw that Lu Yu was not an ordinary person early in the morning, and you had a delicate heart. If it is used correctly, it will be able to achieve great things and create great blessings for the world. He motioned for Lu Yu to continue.

Lu Yu said: "Whether it is vertical or horizontal, it can only maintain a temporary balance. However, there is no hope of the rise of the Zhou room, and the strategy that can really be exchanged for a long-term balance can only be to unify the heroes and replace the Zhou room. ”

Guiguzi was shocked, his slender eyes approached Lu Yu, with a shocked expression as if he was thinking about something, staring at Lu Yu uncomfortably, and asked for a long time: "You said that there is no hope for the Zhou Room to rise?" Could it be that you are also familiar with the art of yin and yang? ”

Lu Yuxin said that he was ashamed, he was just because he knew the development of history, whether it was reading when he was a child or reading historical materials elsewhere, people in his own era, just find a random question, who doesn't know that the person who unified the world is Qin Shi Huang? It's just that when he came here, Lu Yu's "known" turned into a "prophet".

If he was told that he had crossed over from the world 2,000 years later, would he believe it? However, will this reveal the so-called heavenly machine? With Guiguzi such a strange person through the ages, every apprentice under his door, such as Su Qin, such as Zhang Yi, such as Pang Juan and others, which one has the ability to influence the situation in the world, if he knows exactly what will happen in the future, in order to balance the "yin and yang" in his mouth, maybe he will do something unexpected, and even affect the original history. The more Lu Yu thought about it, the more chilled he felt, and finally decided to bury his origin in his heart forever and follow the original order of history to develop.

Seeing that Guiguzi was waiting for his answer, Lu Yu had no choice but to say vaguely: "Since King You, the princes of the world no longer take Zhou Tianzi seriously, presumably Mr. knows better than the younger generation." ”

Guiguzi nodded and said, "That's true." But how can this confirm that the Zhou royal family has no hope of rising? ”

Lu Yu said again: "Ha! If the younger generation is not mistaken, when the king was declared, he fought many battles, leveled the princes inside, and conquered Xirong outside, and there was indeed a kind of image of peace in all directions and a stable kingdom. But even so, it is a harbinger of the decline of the Zhou royal family. ”

Guiguzi said: "I want to hear it in detail." There was an indescribable smile on his face.

Lu Yu thought to himself that he seemed to be more like an ancient person, wouldn't it be more normal for the two to be swapped! After thinking about it, he said: "Maybe they all think that the mediocre, brutal and murderous King You is the root cause of the decline of the Zhou royal family, but the younger generation does not think so. Since ancient times, behind the monarchs and ministers, civil affairs, and military affairs are important factors in the country. ”

Guiguzi kept nodding his head and motioned for Lu Yu to continue.

Lu Yu said again: "The collapse of Wende, the lack of farming, the mess of military powerlessness, and a faint monarch, this is the decline of the Zhou royal family." After a pause, he said: "After King Ping moved eastward, the Zhou family became an empty co-master, but he just relied on this name to survive. ”

Guiguzi clapped his hands and applauded, and Lu Yu added: "There is the danger of Kunshan and Hangu Pass on the left side of Haojing, and there are Long, Shu and Shu on the right, and there are mountains and rivers in the two places, and the fertile soil is thousands of miles. This is the land of the emperor. Luoyi is a flat terrain, easy to attack and difficult to defend the place, first Zheng, with the strength of a small country, although bordering more than a dozen vassal states, Zheng Zhuang was able to use various means, so that Zheng never fell behind among the princes, a hundred battles in his life, no defeat. The rise of Zheng Zhi opened the prelude to a new era for the princes to compete for hegemony. ”

Guiguzi said: "Lu Yu, you are full of strange words, what is lingering, what prologue, the old man has never heard of it, it is indeed used wonderfully!" ”

Suddenly, he stood in place, turned his back to Lu Yu, and said: "Since then, the princes have been competing for hegemony, and it has been nearly five hundred years now. ”

Lu Yu thought to himself, you ancients like to take your back to people, aren't you afraid of being put cold arrows in the back by others? Although your Guiguzi martial arts are strong, although others do not have such powerful martial arts as you, your life will be in danger at any time with your back to others, right? So he also stood up and walked around in front of Guiguzi, and was about to speak, but when he saw Guiguzi frowning, he turned around, and turned his back to Lu Yu again. Lu Yu had no choice but to say: "Sir, have you ever thought that if the world is unified, the balance of yin and yang can be maintained, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment?" ”

Guiguzi slowly said "The heavens have not fallen", then he turned to face Lu Yu, looked at him intently, and said: "The old man thinks that if the world is to be unified, it will be possible in less than thirty years. But the balance of yin and yang still takes nearly 50 years. ”

Lu Yu secretly screamed, but at the same time he was puzzled. Qin Shi Huang did unify the six kingdoms in 221 BC, which means that what he had speculated before was correct, and now it is indeed after 250 BC. Guiguzi doesn't know how to calculate this time, it's really powerful. What puzzled Lu Yu was that after the unification of Qin Shi Huang, "Qin Shui" was used instead of "Zhou Huo", isn't this the balance of yin and yang in the Five Virtues? Why is Guiguzi talking about nearly 50 years later? Could it be that history has made a mistake again, and Qin Shi Huang will not be able to unify the six kingdoms until more than 40 years later? At that time, the Qin Dynasty was gone. Thinking about it, Lu Yu broke out in a cold sweat in his heart. Could it be that the balance of yin and yang mentioned by Guiguzi refers to the Han Dynasty after the Qin Dynasty? The Great Qin unified by Qin Shi Huang has indeed only existed on the stage of history for fifteen years, could it be that Guiguzi is so powerful that even the Liu Han Dynasty after Qin has arrived?

Guiguzi said: "The old man thinks that people must obey the will of heaven, and the disciples of the old man have all acted according to the will of heaven for decades, and used the techniques of shutting down, reacting, inward, resisting, flying, resentment, speculation, friction, power, scheming, decision, charm, turning pills, and chaos for the princes of the world, so as to maintain the balance of yin and yang between heaven and earth. ”

Lu Yu Yile interjected: "This junior knows that Mr. has many disciples, and if you let one or two go out, you can influence the situation in the world, like Su Qin and Zhang Yi. ”

Guiguzi frowned, and said, "Su and Zhang are too heavy-hearted, and it is not the old man's intention. "You must do it according to the will of heaven." If we want to end the chaos of the princes, we really need to do it step by step in order to complete the unification. ”

Lu Yu remembered that his disciples and grandchildren were scattered in various vassal states, and now they were planning another battle to attack Qin, and perhaps it was also his command. And he doesn't know why, he must suppress the growth of the Qin State, and use the Qin State to contain the countries, could it be that he has calculated that the Qin Dynasty will soon perish after unification, so he deliberately bypassed it and waited for Liu Bang to establish the Han Dynasty?

Guiguzi seemed to think of something, and asked, "Can you tell the old man why he fought the bandits alone in the burial of Longpo?" ”

Lu Yu thought to himself, you finally couldn't help but ask. At the moment, he told him how he was separated from Zhang Wu in Chen County, and escaped from Chen County with the help of the princess of Wei State, until Lu Yu talked about the burial of Longpo, Guiguzi's eyes were shining, obviously because Lu Yu was surprised by the collapse of the burial of Longpo with laughter, and praised him for his courage and resourcefulness.

After Lu Yu finished speaking, Guiguzi said: "If the old man is not mistaken, Lu Yu, you will definitely make a big difference in this game." ”

Lu Yu smiled awkwardly: "Please also ask Mr. for some advice." ”

Guiguzi walked to the stone platform, picked up the broken army sword, and said in his mouth: "Lu Ying, today you have returned to the new master, and the new lord has given you the name of the broken army, so please assist your new master in the future." With that, he turned around and handed the broken sword to Lu Yu.

Only then did Lu Yu know that this sword was originally called Lu Ying, and it was all that Zhang Wu, and he didn't mention it when he sent the sword, but fortunately, Ximen Hou didn't know the name of the sword, otherwise he would not immediately wear it as soon as he said the word "broken army"? In retrospect, this sword should have been Guiguzi's thing, and at the beginning of the fight, they said that they had been with him for eight years, and it may have been given to Zhang Wu later, and then Zhang Wu transferred it to himself.

Seeing Guiguzi raising his sword with both hands, Lu Yu immediately understood that this strange man through the ages intended to take him as an apprentice. If it were someone else, he would definitely pounce on Guiguzi and kneel down to take the sword, and say something like "Thank you, Master", and he would officially become Guiguzi's apprentice. As long as you learn a skill of Guiguzi, you can crisscross this troubled world and become a person who can influence the situation. For a while, Lu Yu was worried: Should this broken sword be accepted or not?

Guiguzi had a slightly unhappy expression, and Lu Yu thought to himself that he should be the first person to hesitate to be his apprentice in front of him. With the fame of Guiguzi, many people dream of worshipping him as a teacher, or begging him for advice, and even two thousand years later, some scholars have set up a Guiguzi Cultural Research Association for this gentleman. Such a great opportunity is in front of him, although Lu Yu is very surprised to be favored by him, but what makes Guiguzi favored is that he misunderstood the wisdom shown by Lu Yu, it is all because Lu Yu was born two thousand years late, even if the knowledge that has not been taught in the classroom can be searched on the Internet because of interest. Another misunderstanding is that Guiguzi misunderstood Lu Yunai's incarnation of the dragon that reappeared in the human world, or more commonly speaking, the reincarnation of the dragon.

As for Lu Yu's own reason, it is because from what Guiguzi mentioned, it is impossible to find Guiguzi's optimism about Qin, and Lu Yu came here from the world two thousand years later, and what is happening now can be "in the past" for Lu Yu, what has happened, Qin Shihuang unified the six countries such a big thing, Guiguzi just skipped it lightly with "If the world is to be unified, it will be possible in less than 30 years", how can Lu Yu be a "Qin Shihuang fan".

If he can really find Qin Shi Huang and successfully assist him in completing the great cause of unification, I wonder if he can influence Qin Shi Huang with himself, so as to change the tyrant mentioned in history?

If he became Guiguzi's apprentice, wouldn't Zhang Wu want to call himself "uncle" in turn?

Thinking of this, Lu Yu's heart was pounding, perhaps because Guiguzi was not optimistic about the Qin State, which made Lu Yu have a rebellious mentality, although he knew that the Qin Dynasty existed for a short time in history, but it was a dynasty with extremely profound influence and great representativeness.

Guiguzi was just stunned for less than half a moment, and his face immediately turned into a smile, only to hear him say: "Lu Yu, you are really not an ordinary person. If everyone else comes to ask the old man to accept him as an apprentice, and the old man himself wants to accept him as an apprentice, you are a third person, but you and I have no relationship between master and apprentice. ”

Lu Yu said embarrassedly: "Sir, please forgive the juniors for being rude." ”

Guiguzi smiled: "The old man knows that you have other thoughts in your heart. Anyway, meeting is fate, not as a master and apprentice, what if the old man gives you a punch and a sword? ”

"One punch and one sword" refers to a set of punches and a set of sword moves.

Lu Yu couldn't postpone it any longer, so he had to bow his hand to thank him.

I only heard Guiguzi say again: "The saint dwells between heaven and earth, stands, resists, teaches, raises his voice, and is famous. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter are hidden, which is the right of heaven and cannot be reversed, otherwise, although it will decline. The world's stubbornness is often won by quietness, and silence is the bottom. ”

Lu Yu knew that he knew the situation in the world well, and might even have calculated that the Qin State could unify the six kingdoms, but this powerful empire would be overthrown after just fifteen years, until another dynasty replaced the Qin State, and then the world would begin to balance with yin and yang? And these words seem to warn Lu Yu that in the ever-changing things, he should seize the opportunity of the transformation of things in time to properly adjust or implement his plan, but don't go against the sky, otherwise even if he can succeed for a while, it will only be a flash in the pan and fleeting. Finally, he said that "the world is always quiet, and quietness is the bottom", which means that Lu Yu should keep a calm heart to deal with it, so as not to fall into the realm of confusion.

At this time, Lu Yu already understood that the saint in front of him was teaching him the great truth of breaking through the world. Although he didn't want to worship him as a teacher, Guiguzi still lit Lu Yu with "meeting is fate". If he did what he thought before, maybe Lu Yu would make him do some crazy things because of his unique worship of Qin Shi Huang, such as trying to influence the Qin Dynasty to go longer. For a person from 2,000 years later, will it be possible to avoid what is known to happen, such as the usurpation of Zhao Gao and Li Si, etc.?

Can what has happened in history really change?