565 Hidden Ancient Faction (1/2)
”Have you heard of this person named, Xu Fu? This person was the best alchemist during the Qin Dynasty and also Emperor Qin Shihuang's most trusted doctor! During that time, Emperor Qin desired for eternal life! In Xu Gu's book, he mentioned that there were three islands named Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou in the middle of the sea. Deities were supposed to stay in those three islands.”
”After that, Emperor Qin started to work on a fleet. Xu Fu was assigned to bring thousands of young boys and girls to set sail to these three islands with various items that were needed daily. He was supposed to ask for a divine pill recipe from the deities.”
”Somehow, Xu Fu and the rest of the people arrived on an island. The island is called Japan now! He then set up his self-proclaimed anarchy and stayed in Japan until the day he died – never to return to China!”
”With that being said, the ancestors of the Japanese were actually people from China?”
Chen Xiaobei was left in bewilderment after hearing Li Xiang's explanation.
”That's right! Before Xu Fu set sailed to Japan, he used to concoct pills for Emperor Qin at a place with perfect fengshui! After that, Emperor Qin wanted to build a tomb for himself and the place that he chose was where Xu Fu concocted pills! So, Xu Fu was asked to move out of that place!”
”Legend has it that Emperor Qin killed tens of thousands of people that took part in building his tomb to make sure the location of his tomb was kept a secret! In other words, Xu Fu became the second person that knew the location of the tomb other than Emperor Qin himself. After that, he decided to engrave the location of Emperor Qin's tomb on nine pieces of scales! He wanted the future generations to look for an opportunity to enter the tomb!”
”Sometime later, Xu Fu's family returned to China. However, the secret was leaked and his whole family was assassinated by someone from Jianghu. Eight out of nine scales were distributed among some powerful people in Jianghu! Only one out of nine pieces was delivered back to Japan!”
”So are you trying to ask me to gather all nine pieces of scales and enter the tomb together? This is like looking for a needle in a haystack! Where are we supposed to start?”
”That assassination ended for a few centuries. All those eight pieces of scales had changed owners multiple times since then! However, as a blood descendant, I have eternal life. After spending a few decades of time, I finally located all eight pieces of snake scales!”
”Hmm? Tell me more!”
”Other than the two pieces of snake scales that we have right now, Xuanjian Faction possesses another three pieces, and Mount Shushan Faction possesses another three pieces. I have talked to them about it earlier. They agree to explore the tomb together if we manage to locate the ninth piece of snake scale!”
”Mount Shushan Faction? D-Doesn't that faction exist only in films?”
”Well… It's not as magical as how they describe them in the movie. However, Mount Shushan Faction does exist. They are known as the hidden ancient faction. You should know that their strength is no weaker than Xuanjian Faction. No one really knows about them because they choose to stay hidden! This world is bigger than you thought! There are a lot of things that exist without ordinary people knowing them! Ancient factions like Mount Shushan Faction is one of many ancient factions in this very Jianghu. Once they reveal themselves, even Xuanjian Faction has to surrender the title as the most powerful faction in Jianghu!”
”That... That is amazing!”
It seemed that Chen Xiaobei was mystified after what Li Xiang told him about the hidden ancient faction. Initially, he thought Xuanjian Faction was the pinnacle ground of Jianghu. He never expected that this faction was only one of the steps that led to the true pinnacle ground of Jianghu! It seems like, he still had a long way to go!
”You don't have to care too much about those hidden ancient factions. All we need to do right now is to look for the ninth piece of snake scale!”
”Are you saying that we should depart to Japan to look for it? Actually, I've been planning to travel to Japan for quite some time now.”
”What a coincidence! We should fly there as soon as possible!”