Chapter 249: Door within the Throne Room (1/2)
Chapter 249: Door within the Throne Room
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
When powerhouses met, the battle was constantly evolving.
Fang Zhengzhi did not know how powerful Xing Yuanguo and Bai Xing were. However, in the short span of a few sentences, they had clashed more than a dozen times.
Fang Zhengzhi finally understood what 'offence is the best defence' meant.
Xing Yuanguo attacked constantly, going for the kill with every hit. He pressed hard, going for lethal blows with each hand, his blade swinging viciously.
More importantly, he chained his techniques perfectly. The first technique transited smoothly into the second, and then the third...
It looked simple, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was impossible to replicate.
When Xing Yuanguo first started, his first stroke basically determined all of his remaining techniques. However, in the face of an enemy, who knew what the first stroke would be?
Furthermore, the battlefield was constantly evolving. Different opponents used different techniques. One could not use the same set of techniques to suppress all potential opponents.
As such...
Xing Yuanguo adopted the concept of ”adaptation”.
He constantly switched his techniques and strokes about. He trained to be ambidextrous so that he could adapt to any situation on the battlefield.
He had learnt every possible technique, then changed it to make it uniquely his.
”What did I miss out?!” Ping Yang said discontentedly.
”Let's use Xing Hou as an example. The masked black man may have gotten Xing Hou's power, but can he get his experience?” Fang Zhengzhi pointed at the masked black man firing purple rays of light.
Ping Yang did not understand at first. However, when she looked at the masked black man, she had a revelation.
Even though the masked black man had Xing Yuanguo's abilities, his techniques were nowhere near as good.
”I know what you want to say, but this is just one of the points you missed. There is something more important!” Fang Zhengzhi waved Ping Yang off, asking her to listen instead of speaking.
Ping Yang swallowed the words at the tip of her tongue, her face flushed. She wanted to rebut, but she did not know what to say. Her mouth opened slightly.
”Tell me!” Ping Yang fumed.
”You said that the black robed masked men were fake whilst the soldiers were real. This is a fatal mistake. However, the explanation for this is a lot more complicated. I don't think you would understand it. It is said that you can have the same attitude towards wealth and poverty, a good or bad harvest, and a long or short lifespan.” Fang Zhengzhi said.
”What do you mean?” Ping Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi.
”I'm saying that one can face each of these scenarios with the same attitude and mentality.” Fang Zhengzhi explained.
”These are clearly different, how can you have the same mentality towards them? Poverty is poverty, wealth is wealth... do you think you're on the same level as the emperor?” Ping Yang asked in confusion.
”This is why I say it is very difficult to explain it to you. Let me give you an example. Many would say that one's wealth and lifespan is decided by fate.”
”You can't say that he is totally wrong. If someone had been a saint in their previous life, they may be rewarded with wealth and longevity. If they did evil in their previous life, they may be punished with poverty and a short life.”
”This is the classical view. However, the other viewpoint is that we are the masters of our own fate.”
”If one was blessed with wealth and longevity but did a ton of evil in his life, he may get his retribution in this life. Another man could have been cursed with poverty and a short life, but did something saintly in his life. He may not need to wait till the next life to reap the rewards of his actions.”
”In conclusion, one's fate may have been predetermined, but we cannot be restrained by it. We must create our own destiny.”
Fang Zhengzhi did not elaborate. Ping Yang's status made it difficult for her to understand equality and change.
”I can understand a little... but, what has this got to do with our current situation?” Ping Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi conflictingly. Even though she did not fully understand what Fang Zheng had said, she could feel that there was a lesson in morality behind it. However, she still did not know how it linked to The Vast World.
”If I recall correctly, The Vast World got its name for its ability to make the sea a drop in the ocean!” Fang Zhengzhi looked to Chi Guyan.
Chi Guyan nodded slightly. Fang Zhengzhi was right, The Vast World had the ability to make a sea a drop in an ocean.
”What is the opposite of that? Making a drop in the ocean into a sea! It is just like our current situation now. If reality can be made into an illusion, illusion can be made into a reality!” Fang Zhengzhi explained.
”Reality and illusion... how to we break it?” Ping Yang asked.
”We can't.” Fang Zhengzhi shook his head.
”We can't?! Then what's the point of saying all that?” Ping Yang said condescendingly.
”In The Vast World, everything real is fake and everything fake is real. We can't break that, but, what if The Vast World didn't exist?” Fang Zhengzhi asked.
”Didn't exist? You're saying...”
”There is a law known as the law of conservation of energy. No item in the world can exist by itself. In order to support something as energy consuming as The Vast World, there must be something equally powerful.”
”You're referring to the Heaven Dao Sage Tablet?!” Ping Yang did not know what the law of conservation of energy was. However, when Fang Zhengzhi said 'something equally powerful', she reacted immediately.
”That's right. If we can find the Heaven Dao Sage Tablet, we can break The Vast World!” Fang Zhengzhi asserted.
”That's equivalent to not saying anything. Uncle Xing and the soldiers must have searched the entire throne room. If they could find it, this wouldn't be happening!” Ping Yang said depressingly.
”I just said that what's real is fake. Since the Heaven Dao Sage Tablet is integrated with The Vast World, it must follow the same rule!”
”What you're saying is...”
”There are two possibilities. One, there is another throne room within this one. However, you said that this place had already been searched. If it was here, they would have found it. So, only the second possibility...”
”What is it?”
”What's real is fake and what's fake is real! The altar is the throne room and the throne room is the altar! What that means is that the altar is the real throne room!”
”Ah?!” Ping Yang's jaw dropped in disbelief. However, her eyes glimmered brightly.
”I see!” Chi Guyan nodded slightly when she heard this.
”Then let's get out of here!” Ping Yang did not really trust Fang Zhengzhi, but she trusted Chi Guyan with her life. Once Chi Guyan nodded, she did not hesitate at all.
”Where do we go out from?” Fang Zhengzhi asked.
”Through the stone door of course!” Ping Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi innocently.