Chapter 12: A Brief History of Ancient China
Qilin Pavilion is the courtyard where Zhou Tieyi lives, not far from the military camp in General Huwei's mansion.

Zhou Tieyi rubbed his stomach which was aching from hunger. His mouth felt sour, but he could only pick up the water in front of him and drink a few more sips.

After coming out of the ancestral temple, he wanted to have a feast.

But Zhou's mother gave an order, asking him to fast for three days and try his best to clear out the turbid air in his body. Then he could practice again and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Zhou Tieyi knew that this was good for him. Even top athletes in his previous life often adjusted their physical condition through intermittent fasting.

Enduring hunger, Zhou Tieyi could only pick up a copy of "General History" and start reading. After turning a few pages, Zhou Tieyi looked at Bai Mei, who was reading beside him, and asked, "Is there any earlier history book?"

The General History in his hand was compiled by historians and edited by the founding emperor of Daxia himself. It started from the first year of Renhe when the Holy Emperor of Dayan Dynasty was born, and ended in the prosperous Taihe period of the current dynasty. It spanned three periods of Daxia, namely, Dayan, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, for a total of 1,300 years.

Bai Mei didn't know why her young master suddenly became interested in history books, but she still thought about it seriously, stood up and searched on the bookshelf, and said, "In the era before the Holy Emperor, the various schools of thought were not popular, and the records were chaotic, and they often involved the worship of evil gods. Therefore, when the imperial court revised the history books, it deliberately deleted this part of the records to prevent the real name of the evil god from spreading among the people and causing disasters."

I know this, and I also want to find the records of an evil god called Blood Sea Lord, so that I can know what the god seed planted in me is.

After a while, Bai Mei flipped out a thin booklet and said, "The records inside are closer to legends. Young Master, just take a look at it, and don't spread it to others, especially when it comes to the real name of the evil god."

The booklet was extremely thin. Zhou Tieyi could find only seven pages when he rubbed it with his fingertips. However, each page was written with a gold stamp that was impervious to water and fire, making it extremely precious. There was no author's name on the cover, only a few large characters in running script that read "Tonggu Jilue".

"In ancient times, people did not keep track of years. There was no written language, and the gods were cruel and consumed human blood."

Turning to the first page, Zhou Tieyi's pupils shrank slightly.

"In ancient times, the gods fought for the power of heaven and earth. Humans were the forerunners of the gods, and humanity began to flourish."

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"At that time, there was the Yanren clan who drilled fire, the Tieshou clan who made weapons, and the Sanggen clan who sowed seeds. These are the three ancestors of humanity."

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"In ancient times, hundreds of gods fell, and nine gods ascended to the throne, like the sun and the moon in the sky."

Is this the origin of the Nine Ancient Gods?

The sun and the moon are in the sky.

This description is specific in various classics and only describes saints above the first rank.

Zhou Tieyi placed his finger on the golden signature and read carefully word by word, fearing that he would miss any important record.

"At the end of the ancient times, the nine gods stopped fighting and made a covenant in the Heavenly Palace to rest for a hundred years."

He quickly found the knowledge he wanted.

"The Lord of the Sea of ​​Blood, originated from the abyss of the westernmost sea. He controls weapons, blood and flesh, and loves killing. He can transform into thousands of bodies. He was beheaded by the Buddha in the North Sea. After his death, his head did not become stiff, and it turned into a sea of ​​blood."

So few records?
Zhou Tieyi frowned secretly. As the saying goes, the fewer words, the bigger the matter. Now he finally understood why the witch was so confident and told him not to act rashly.

The nine ancient gods that even Buddha cannot kill are indeed an insurmountable taboo for the upper three levels.

Zhou Tieyi continued reading.

"In the first year of the ancient times, the academy was built from the sky, containing hundreds of schools of thought, and passing on the flame of humanity."

A school was built from the sky, containing hundreds of schools of thought!
This academy is related to my previous life, so this world has the same inheritance of various schools of thought!

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"The Five Emperors of the human race founded the nation. Thirty years later, the Taoist master ascended the throne. Thirty years later, the Buddha ascended the throne. Thirty years later, the Confucian sage ascended the throne."

"In the following hundred years, the five emperors and three saints of the human race killed nine gods in the eight places of the Sea of ​​Blood, Dark Valley, Yellow Spring, Heavenly Palace, Snowfield, Thunder Pond, Barren Mountain, and Academy. From then on, humanity flourished."

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Ten miles east of Sunset Pass is the place where the flying roc takes off and lands, which was just repaired by the Mohist school.

The huge roar came from far away and from top to bottom.

Zhou Tiege looked up at the sky.

The huge flying roc was in a perfect oval shape, and the air chamber, which was several dozen meters long, seemed to be a whole, without any trace of splicing. On both sides of the air chamber, the exquisite and magnificent mechanical wings were like the wings of a roc, and under the mechanical wings, there was a row of gear blades, which could adjust the front, back, left, right, up and down directions.

Below the Peng bird, a black cabin was hanging, and the oars blades were stirring the air flow vigorously, making a whimpering sound like a tsunami.

"It's so big."

The personal guard beside Zhou Tiege couldn't help but sigh, it was also the first time he saw a real Feipeng mechanism.

"It would have been great if the Mohists had been able to develop this thing more than 20 years ago."

Zhou Tiege waited until Fei Peng landed completely, then said to his guards, "Prepare the guard of honor to welcome the angel."

The cabin door opened, and Hou Wenyuan, a eunuch dressed in blue, walked out with a figure-shaped step.

It was a windy day today. The scarlet flags of the Tiger Army on both sides fluttered in the wind, and the soldiers stood still like unsheathed swords.

"Saint Anne!"

With Zhou Tiege's low shout, blood and energy surged like a wave. Dozens of soldiers seemed to be one, forming a blood and energy canopy that blocked the strong wind within dozens of meters around.

Hou Wenyuan nodded secretly. General Huwei's mansion had a good way of managing the army. He smiled broadly on his white and beardless face, cupped his hands to the sky and said, "May your Majesty be well."

Then he took the cloud-patterned brocade box from the attendant and unfolded the five-colored imperial edict. Above the imperial edict, a bright yellow aura visible to the naked eye formed a canopy, blending with the blood of the soldiers.

In an instant, every soldier felt comfortable from the inside out and understood that this was a true imperial decree.

"In the second month of the spring of the first year of Taihe, the Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, issued an edict:"

"I heard that General Huwei's Zhou family is loyal and brave, and has made great achievements, killing more than a thousand enemies. I am very pleased with such a talent. After the assessment by the Ministry of War, I demoted him to the deputy commander of the Yulin Guard and gave him a set of Mingguang armor."

"Thank you Holy Grace."

Zhou Tiege saluted with his fists clasped.

Daxia had an ancestral rule that soldiers leading troops outside wore armor and did not kneel when they saw the emperor.

Hou Wenyuan folded the imperial edict and handed it to Zhou Tiege. The rest was private time.

Zhou Tiege put the imperial edict into the brocade box, and then said to Hou Wenyuan, "Angel, you have worked hard on your journey. Please stay for a while. I have already prepared a banquet in my house."

Facing the promoted Zhou Tiege, Hou Wenyuan certainly would not refuse, and said with a smile, "Then stay for half a day."

On that day, a banquet was held at the residence of Marquis Zhongyong of Luoriguan.

When they were slightly tipsy during the banquet, Hou Wenyuan talked about the recent interesting things happening in Tianjing, and specifically mentioned Zhou Tieyi's "brilliant theory" that had already spread in Tianjing.

"Your brother is a wonderful person. He gets all the beauties and treasures he wants. In the end, he was able to give beauties to his brothers and treasures to his subordinates for the sake of friendship. He is quite like the great generals of ancient times."

Zhou Tiege twitched his lips and saw the playful smile in Hou Wenyuan's eyes. He realized that his brother's reputation among the civil servants was completely ruined and there was no possibility for him to be accepted as a great scholar.

He suddenly became angry. On the one hand, his brothers were not doing well, and on the other hand, the Zhao family was causing trouble.

Suddenly, Zhou Tiege stood up and said, "Today's banquet has wine but no music, which is really not good."

Hou Wenyuan was confused and looked at Zhou Tiege. Sunset Pass was a military town and was more strictly managed than White Tiger City. Naturally, there would be no musicians or dancers. At most, there could be some sword dances from the army to liven up the atmosphere.

"Please, angel, move aside and let me see the joy of the army."

After saying that, Zhou Tiege took his weapons and left the house. Hou Wenyuan followed him quickly out of curiosity.

Arrived in front of a gate with a hanging Zhao Mansion.

The silver spear in Zhou Tiege's hand fired like thunder, and the heavy riveted wooden door of the Zhao Mansion collapsed with a loud bang, smoke and dust rising, and bricks and stones shattered.

"Zhou is hosting a banquet for angels today. I am about to be demoted. Unfortunately, I have wine but no music. I heard that General Zhao's Buddha Vajra is very powerful, so I came here to learn from him so that I won't leave with regrets."

A moment later, a shocked and angry voice came from the Zhao Mansion, "Zhou Tiege, I'm going to fuck your ancestors!"

(End of this chapter)