Chapter 65 Good News
Mutilated bodies and enslaved minds—step by step, from the physical to the psychological, and even down to various customs, this sense of inferiority and degradation is being instilled bit by bit.
Such measures, repeated year after year, day after day. If truly no one stands up, perhaps after a number of years, the Nine Provinces will truly lose all hope.
By then, when every newborn in the Nine Provinces enters this world, everything they see, learn, and know, along with their path of enlightenment, will be rooted in these very ideologies. I fear they will simply come to take it all for granted!
As Chen Xian imagined the future appearance of the Nine Provinces once such a brutal law was fully implemented, a sense of creeping horror rose within his heart.
If this continues, the future will truly be...
Even these artificially mutilated bodies, if paired together and passed down through generations, might genuinely lead to a large-scale emergence of people naturally born with only four fingers. By that time, I presume even the genetic makeup of the people of the Nine Provinces would undergo mutation.
This is nothing less than artificially interfering with the path of human evolution.
The Nine Provinces will be utterly extinguished!
A sharp intake of breath...
At this thought, waves of chill surged into Chen Xian's heart.
One must remember that this is a three-star world. According to the information he obtained from Qi Jing's memories, this realm has a recorded history of civilization spanning millions, or even tens of millions of years.
Had this been on Profound Star—a planet where civilization has only existed for ten thousand years—such a speculation might not necessarily come to pass.
However, in such a transcendent world, a world where supreme power belongs to the individual, truly anything is possible.
"Master, Senior Zhao of the Alliance said that the vicious woman did this to sever the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces, intercept the fortune of the Nine Provinces' human race, and prevent true dragons from emerging here. Is that true?"
With tear-stained eyes and a trembling voice, Li Qingyun asked the question.
Although the blade fell upon the bodies of the three children, the pain was felt deep within the heart of every single citizen of the Nine Provinces.
How could any citizen of the Nine Provinces remain indifferent upon witnessing such a cruel spectacle?
"Sever the dragon veins!"
"It is entirely possible."
The thought flashed through Chen Xian's mind, and he felt that such an explanation made a great deal of sense.
"One could certainly put it that way."
Chen Xian said to the young man before him,
"Five claws make a dragon, four toes make a flood dragon."
"In the Dao of Fortune, five fingers represent the true dragon. Now, by depriving the people of the Nine Provinces of one finger, it is equivalent to lopping off a finger of the dragon of fortune gathered by the populace."
"This effectively eradicates the original true dragon destiny belonging to the fortune of the Nine Provinces."
"You must know that since ancient times, the Nine Provinces has been the orthodoxy of this heaven and earth, favored by the mandate of heaven."
"Never did I expect that in this era, there would actually appear signs of the heavenly mandate shifting, the imperial star falling, and the greedy wolf swallowing the dragon."
"Such a transformation in the fortune of heaven and earth has never occurred since ancient times. That empress must also be someone who has obtained the mandate of heaven; otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to overthrow the orthodox position of the Nine Provinces."
As he spoke, Chen Xian pondered the arts of geomancy and topography left behind by Qi Jing.
Compared to martial arts, this geomantic art was actually Qi Jing's area of greatest expertise.
"Now that the people of the Nine Provinces all have four fingers, let us think: from ancient times to the present, which dynasty's emperor has ever had an incomplete body?"
Upon hearing these words, a look of profound shock flashed in Li Qingyun's eyes.
"Indeed, since ancient times, not a single emperor has ever possessed an incomplete body."
Seeing Li Qingyun's shocked expression, Chen Xian knew he must have figured it out, so he continued,
"What is fortune? It is both destiny and luck."
"The fortune of the Nine Provinces is gathered from the endless living beings within it. Naturally, if the citizens of the Nine Provinces suffer misfortune and physical mutilation, it will inevitably affect the fortune of the Nine Provinces."
"Likewise, changes in the fortune of the Nine Provinces will in turn affect these tens of millions of its citizens."
"This method of finger-chopping is not only a means of physical mutilation, but also a technique to drain fortune. What it drains is the fortune of the Nine Provinces itself. It forcibly alters the destiny of all living things in the Nine Provinces, using the change in destiny to influence the numbers of fortune, thereby subverting the overall fate."
"Changes in the people of the Nine Provinces lead to changes in the fortune of the Nine Provinces; once the fortune changes, the people of the Nine Provinces must inevitably change as well."
"Therefore, the very root of all this is the finger-chopping method."
"No wonder."
Hearing this, realization dawned in Li Qingyun's heart.
"So that is how it is."
"If this goes on, the people of the Nine Provinces will truly have no chance to fight back."
"That vicious woman truly deserves to die!"
Li Qingyun's eyes narrowed slightly, filled with intense murderous intent.
Everything Chen Xian had spoken of came from what he had learned through Qi Jing's memories. As for whether it was correct, Chen Xian himself did not know; perhaps it could only be verified in the future.
After all, this was his first time coming into contact with such a profound Dao of Fortune.
Back on Profound Star, although there were concepts of destiny and fortune, they were never so esoteric and profound.
Having witnessed the birth ritual of these three children, Chen Xian's heart could not remain calm either.
It was currently early morning; dewdrops glistened upon the grass and trees, and a sense of freshness filled the entire village.
On such a beautiful morning, whether it was Chen Xian, Li Qingyun, or the villagers themselves, everyone harbored a heavy heart.
At that moment, a ray of warm light spilled across his face. Raising his gaze, Chen Xian saw a magnificent sun rising in the east.
Brilliant yellow rays cascaded down, their golden brilliance illuminating the entire wilderness and dispelling the lingering gloom in Chen Xian's heart.
As a three-star world, the Fuli Realm possessed a truly boundless expanse. For millions of years, no one had ever known just how vast the heaven and earth truly were, nor had anyone ever reached the edge of the world.
In such a vast realm, the sun that illuminated the entire world was far beyond anything one could ever witness on Profound Star.
At a single glance, this bright yellow sun radiated infinite brilliance, instantly banishing the darkness across the entire earth—both domineering and sacred.
Looking upon this blazing sun, a certain thought spontaneously arose in Chen Xian's mind.
Without hesitation, Chen Xian turned around, faced the sun, and quietly waited.
Suddenly, a wisp of warmth emerged on his face, gradually beginning to circulate.
"Sure enough, the transcendent power has also been mirrored onto this body by the Primordial Mirror Dao."
Feeling the changes on his face, a surge of joy rose in Chen Xian's heart.
This was excellent news for him, especially since he was currently being hunted and pursued by the authorities.
"Having descended into this world for merely a day, it accumulated such a stifling aura in one's heart. At last, there is some good news."
"As for the pursuers..."
At this thought, an enigmatic look appeared in Chen Xian's eyes.
"To make an example of someone to frighten the rest—who will end up being the slaughtered chicken is yet to be determined! Perhaps I shall give them a pleasant surprise."