Although the Feng Shui Dao contains the word ’water’, it is most averse to water.
Water breeds all things, it can soak the coffin wood until it rots, cause the cave to collapse, make the corpse decay, and foster countless microorganisms and bacteria, so the site of a tomb must be dry. Firstly, there must be no risk of mountain floods, nor should it be in a place where water accumulates. Secondly, the groundwater must not be too abundant; the drier the groundwater, the better.
Fox Fairy Nannan fixed her eyes on the gravestone in front of her, her gaze full of caution, as if she had encountered some difficult problem.
No one would be bored enough to make a gravestone for Prince Pingbian and then throw it into the Yellow River, so at this moment, it must be the real gravestone of Prince Pingbian. But why would the gravestone of the first Prince Pingbian appear here? Shouldn’t Prince Pingbian be buried in the ancestral tomb of Prince Pingbian?
"What is the second doubt?" Zhang Chen asked from the side.
"Demon Language is extremely rare, belonging to a minor script. In the entire world, fewer than a hundred people can master Demon Language. And Prince Pingbian was a human, yet engraved the gravestone with Demon Language. Isn’t that strange?" Fox Fairy Nannan whispered: "Could it be that Prince Pingbian was from the Demon Race? That’s impossible! Prince Pingbian is undoubtedly human; otherwise, he couldn’t have guarded the Northern Land for humans. But why did he use Demon Language to engrave the gravestone?"
"Perhaps it was to conceal the information on the gravestone, so it wouldn’t be seen by others. If Demon Language is used, even if it’s accidentally seen by someone, ordinary people would merely regard it as a Ghost Rune." Zhang Chen had a hypothesis at this moment: "Maybe Prince Pingbian wanted to hide his tomb’s information, but feared his descendants would forget it, so he used Demon Language to mark it."
This hypothesis was very plausible. Fox Fairy Nannan glanced at Zhang Chen with admiration: "The reasoning is quite good, it’s probably true. But this gravestone only records some events of the first Prince Pingbian, nothing that can’t be seen in the light. Why write it in Demon Language?"
"The fact that the first Prince Pingbian’s tomb wasn’t buried in the ancestral grave but appeared in the Yellow River is very peculiar. Who can guarantee it won’t be seen in the changing times? I think what the old Prince Pingbian is hiding isn’t some secret; he’s only hiding his identity." Zhang Chen’s mind grew more convinced that the first Prince Pingbian was definitely up to something, most likely with the Transformed Dragon and Walking Flood Dragon!
"But what exactly does the first Prince Pingbian want to hide? He hasn’t done anything that can’t be seen in the light, right?" Fox Fairy Nannan asked.
Zhang Chen knew in his heart but wouldn’t tell the Fox Spirit. Instead, he changed the subject: "Tell me, what’s recorded on this stone tablet? I want to see if I can find any useful information in the life story of Prince Pingbian."
Upon hearing this, the Fox Spirit spoke slowly: "The writing of the Demon Race is very special, one script can have multiple interpretations. There are only three hundred characters of Demon Language on this stone tablet, yet the translated content is around several thousand words."
Hearing this, Zhang Chen nodded. He understood that! It’s like classical Chinese; it’s not like he hasn’t studied it.
Fox Fairy Nannan stared at the stone tablet, her eyes filled with contemplation:
"When translated into your Han language, it roughly states that Prince Pingbian’s Mansion is the ruler of the Northern Land, overseeing three prefectures and eighteen counties in the Northern Territory. He is one of the only two Alien Kings in our dynasty. Hundreds of years ago, when the Great Victory Dynasty had just pacified the world and was in a state of great restoration, an Alien Race crossed the White Bone Great Wall, and broke through our three major fortresses of the Great Victory, then advanced straight in, intending to capture our Great Victory’s Kyoto, scaring the Emperor of the time to lead the civil and military officials to flee, pursued by the Alien Race for six hundred miles, losing armor and equipment, in great distress."
"Seeing that the court was in peril, countless cities on the Central Plains were lost, and the people were constantly ravaged and humiliated under the Alien Race’s iron hooves, a great hero suddenly emerged from the Northern Land, who was the first Prince Pingbian."
"Prince Pingbian, Zhang Shicheng, also called Zhang Chun. In the past, he was a wealthy landowner in the Northern Land, not a prominent family of nobles. Seeing the people slaughtered under the Alien Race’s cavalry, he led eight hundred servants to unexpectedly take the initiative to besiege the invading Alien Race."
"Prince Pingbian led eight hundred servants through the pass, winning battle after battle and achieving great victories. Three months later, the eight hundred servants had transformed into an army of seventy thousand, engaging in the most intense encounters with the Alien Race. Then, Prince Pingbian’s three battles in the Northern Territory settled the Heaven and Earth, driving some of the Alien Race out of the White Bone Great Wall and locking another part inside it, followed by the battles between Prince Pingbian and the Alien Race inside the pass."
"After pacifying the Northern Territory, Prince Pingbian led his army out of the pass to rescue the emperor, overcoming all obstacles with unrivaled prowess. After the world was pacified, Prince Pingbian was decreed as an Alien King, guarding the Northern Territory for generations. This guard lasted over four hundred years, with the Prince Pingbian’s Mansion in place, the Alien Race dared not venture south."
Listening to the Fox Spirit’s words, Zhang Chen immediately noticed something amiss. Since the Alien King Zhang Shicheng swept across the Northern Land, trampling the Central Plains and slaughtering the Alien Race, vast territories fell under Zhang Shicheng’s control. Zhang Shicheng already possessed overwhelming momentum, enough to unite the world. Yet, why did he willingly relinquish a vast amount of land and obediently return to the Northern Land to be an Alien King?
Curiosity filled Zhang Chen’s heart. This was abnormal; if it were him, he would have seized the chance to conquer the world. Why would he hand over the world?
Moreover, didn’t the Great Victory Dynasty possess two Twelfth Tier mysteries? Why were they forced to flee south by the Alien Race?