Chapter 143: The Truth Hidden Behind the World

The young girl came running over.

As she ran, sunlight shone through her light hair, sparkling in the air.

Her footsteps landed on the corridor.

It was a hurried and excited echo.

"Sir! Sir!" The Princess stopped in front of Xu Xi, excitedly waving the papers in her hand, some torn from ancient books, others newly copied.

"Sir, everything you wanted is here."

"I asked everything I could."

"That's all there is!"

Wu Yingxue said, handing the thick stack of papers in her hand entirely to Xu Xi.

Her red and white martial outfit and exquisite, sturdy, form-fitting light armor made her fiery liveliness stand out even more.

"You've worked hard, Yingxue."

"Hehe, as long as I can help you, Sir."

Xu Xi walked to the back of the room and laid the papers flat on the table one by one, while the young girl curiously stood beside him, watching Xu Xi perform operations she could not understand.

The lighting in the room was just right.

It was neither too bright, affecting one's observation.

Nor too dim, causing things to look blurry.

As Xu Xi spread out the papers, what was revealed were pages recording the history of Da Qian and mythological stories.

Following Xu Xi's instructions.

They were all personally collected by Wu Yingxue.

Some were found from academies in various provinces, others were copied from the mythological stories of the local people.

The content was very chaotic, varied, and it was hard to find connections between them.

Wu Yingxue could not understand it at all, and even less understood the point of Xu Xi doing this.

But she felt.

Listening to Sir would never be wrong.

Sir had never lied to her.

Therefore, whatever Sir said, she would do.

"Sir, what exactly are you planning to do with these things?" Wu Yingxue asked curiously, poking her head out and scanning the pages along with Xu Xi's fingers.

"I am preparing to find the truth," Xu Xi did not hide it.

The oddity of Da Qian, the oddity of the Emperor of Da Qian, and the mysterious and eerie Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Made Xu Xi think of the last Magic World.

The gods of the Magic World, in order to harvest human faith, specifically fabricated a false history for this purpose; then, by the same logic, Da Qian might also be hiding something.

That fact hidden behind the scenes.

Is very likely the key to revealing everything.

It might not be able to sway the battle, but it could let Xu Xi understand where the next step should go.

Xu Xi explained patiently, telling the young Princess what the meaning of doing this was, and about the oddity of Da Qian.

"Yingxue, have you ever seen the Emperor of Da Qian?"

"I don't really have an impression…"

Wu Yingxue smacked her lips and frowned in deep thought: "From when I was little until now, I have rarely seen that dog Emperor. My father often went to the palace, but as for the rest, I'm not too sure."

The girl's tone was very impolite, gritting her teeth.

Wishing she could pick up a spear.

And poke ten thousand holes in the Emperor of Da Qian.

"Is that so?" Xu Xi said thoughtfully, continuing to flip through the papers.

Sunlight gently spilled through the window lattice, the resulting halo slanting onto the walls of the room, illuminating the tiny dust motes drifting in the air. Amidst the dappled light and shadow, Xu Xi sat down.

He sat on a wooden chair, holding the paper with his left hand and a brush with his right.

While looking at the content on the papers.

He used the brush to note down the key elements.

The history of Da Qian was watered down; Xu Xi had known this for a long time. He knew even better that the mythological stories passed down by word of mouth among the common people mostly deviated from the facts.

However.

No matter how fake, no matter how much they deviated from reality, the core of the story would not change.

For example, the story that everyone knew—the Human Race enduring long-term demon invasions and eventually establishing Da Qian—had a core element.

It was that the demon invasion came first, and then the establishment of Da Qian.

Removing the bright whitewashing that Da Qian boasted about.

What remained.

Was the truth Xu Xi needed.

"The history of demons is very long… Compared to the demons I have seen, the demons in the mythological stories of various places clearly have more varieties and are stronger."

"In comparison, the history of Da Qian is too short."

"As a transcendent Dynasty, as the first human Dynasty in history, the establishment of Da Qian is actually less than a thousand years."

He muttered to himself.

Recording quickly.

Benefiting from his previous experience in handling government affairs, Xu Xi's note-taking speed was very fast. After a short while, he had extracted a large number of key elements.

But these elements were a mix of true and false, and needed further confirmation.

"Yingxue, help me."

"Yes!"

[You begin to investigate the truth of the Martial Arts World]

[The strange reaction of the Emperor of Da Qian makes you begin to doubt, to doubt the essence of Da Qian, and to doubt the essence of the Hundred Thousand Mountains]

[You have ninety percent certainty that the Emperor of Da Qian is a human traitor colluding with demons, or perhaps, the Emperor is a demon himself, merely wearing human skin to rule over the Human Race]

[In the silence, you decide to seek the truth of the world]

[You have the young girl collect historical records from various places, as well as the oral transmissions of ancient myths from rural villagers]

[You want to use this as a Breakthrough point to find the true history of the Human Race; Da Qian, with less than a thousand years of existence, could not possibly have created the precise Blood-Qi Martial Arts system]

[You continue your Persistence in searching…]

[You continue your Persistence in investigating…]

[You gain some understanding of history]

[You keenly notice that in the mythological stories passed down in various places, all kinds of information often appear, whether it be vast and boundless worlds, or Divine Beings capable of uprooting mountains]

[In those mythological stories, the Human Race is not food for demons, but the protagonist of the world, and demons are merely one of the opponents of the Human Race]

[Compared to the cruel reality, compared to the reality of being besieged by the Hundred Thousand Mountains]

[These mythological stories are so beautiful they seem like fiction, just like beautiful fantasies created by suffering people on the verge of death]

"These records… cannot be fully trusted."

"They differ too much from reality, and I cannot find corresponding points."

"Perhaps, they are really just fantasies, and not transmissions based on factual evidence."

[You do not trust the history fabricated by Da Qian, but you also dare not believe these outrageous myths; you are worried about being misled by incorrect information]

[You continue to flip through the pages, constantly comparing and searching]

[In other mythological stories, you see familiar words: an Azure Dragon sweeping across the land, devouring the people, inhaling ten thousand people in one breath]

[This is a mythological story from Jiangdao Province, recording that in the distant ancient times, an Azure Dragon descended, devouring the Human Race with a cruel and bloodthirsty posture, and was feared by the people]

[In your surprise, you repeatedly examine this paper recording the Azure Dragon]

[You discover a key point: in this mythological story, there is no existence of the Dynasty of Da Qian, nor any territory of the Dynasty of Da Qian]

[Similar to other mythological stories you have read before]

[This mythological story recording the Azure Dragon devouring humans depicts a brand new, vast world, far larger than the world of the Thirteen Provinces]

[Previously, you treated this as mere fantasy, but this time, the Azure Dragon recorded is one you have indeed seen in the real world, although that was not its true body]