Chapter 795: The origin of Li Qi

On the snowfield, the Shaman from the Human Dao stood in confrontation with Bai Di.

Bai Di knew very well that the opponent's true body was most likely not far from here, at most a few hundred miles away.

However, what was very strange was that the opponent's Clone also possessed thoughts, which meant that this was not just a simple projection type of Clone, but rather an Incarnation-like Clone with independent thinking ability.

This Shaman saw through Bai Di's plan with a single word, recognizing Bai Di's intention to use his ability to discern lies to probe for information.

After being seen through, Bai Di was not annoyed, but merely said, “Since you know my purpose, why are you still here? Let me think, you can’t leave, can you? If you act rashly now, I will definitely detect where your main body is, so you can only talk to me. It seems like you’ve fallen into my trap, but in reality, you are buying yourself time?”

“How astute. What you said is true. It is indeed so.” This Shaman frankly admitted it.

But after he admitted it, Bai Di’s expression darkened.

The other party was lying. The Eye of Xie Zhai could distinguish loyalty and expose lies, and now this ability told him that what the other party said was false.

In other words, this Shaman actually had the ability to leave?

No, that’s not right. If that were the case, the other party wouldn’t have said that to mislead him.

He deliberately lied to mislead himself, to make himself think it was a trump card, after all… there are many types of lies. It’s very possible to conceal other things by telling one lie.

This Shaman was truly cunning. Talking to such a person was very troublesome.

Upon realizing this, Bai Di said no more. He no longer paid attention to that Clone; doing so would only give the other party time.

The True Qi of Demon Suppression surged, and then the surrounding heavy snow began to churn, sharp energy ripples danced wildly across the sky, and countless streams of light slowly rose, like stars, like a constellation rising in the wind and snow.

Then, the constellation changed. Each stream of light drifted and darted with a special rhythm, like blooming petals, shattering in the air. Immediately after, a heavy pressure enveloped the surroundings!

The Ninth Blessed Land was the Dao field of the Heavenly Venerable of Demon Suppression. Although they excelled in martial arts, their martial arts were also close to this aspect.

Just the word ‘suppression’ was enough to know the fighting style of this Great Power.

An indescribable ripple spread further, carrying waves of agitation.

The smooth ground, now completely cracked, the earth groaned!

The impact of the landing created one solid wave after another on the ground, continuously propagating forward!

The collapse of the earth began to spread, wind and clouds churned, and the heavy snow also paused for it, white lines like waves flew backward.

Just standing on the ground, one could feel the trembling, the sharp screams produced by the friction of the rock layers seemed to be wailing, the impact of the aftershocks rubbed sparks from the earth, and dense, pungent black smoke from within the earth rushed out like beacon smoke, circling in the sky.

Under the power of the True Qi of Demon Suppression, the ground produced a huge ripple-like shockwave, like a water surface, spreading for several kilometers, forming a circular mountain.

The solid ground, like a water surface, had circles of ripples. The visible ripples extended for hundreds of meters, and the resulting circular mountain was also this size.

However, the invisible ripples were still spreading.

Earthquake waves can travel tens of thousands of miles.

“I found you.” Bai Di sensed the earthquake waves and, following the feedback, found the other party.

By doing this, Bai Di could find the opponent, but at the same time, he would certainly expose his own position. It wouldn't be long before the Human Dao’s army and experts came to encircle and suppress him.

That Shaman also knew this. He just smiled and immediately turned to flee.

As long as he wasn't instantly killed, then once reinforcements arrived, Bai Di would be dead.

Bai Di also knew this, so he didn't pursue at all. He also turned and ran!

Isn't it just running away? As if he couldn't do it.

Bai Di already knew he was being targeted, so there was no point in staying. He had already been detected, so it was better to just run.

So… before running away, let's do one last thing.

Use the vibrations to extensively record the terrain and information, don't pursue the opponent, just run away and it's done.

The two sides merely met, each with their own considerations, each dodging and leaving, without direct conflict.

As mentioned before.

This is a war.

And war involves many people, each with their own thoughts, some with grand ambitions, others with petty schemes.

They will make their own decisions and won't always follow orders.

Just like Zhang Xu, his soldiers didn't follow orders and ultimately led Zhang Xu into danger.

Now, Bai Di was the same. He made his own decision. Although he obtained a lot of intelligence, it was a one-time thing. After being marked, it would be difficult for him to enter the battlefield again.

And as commanders, Shen Shuibi and Li Qi needed to consider these variables, and even actively utilize them, to achieve their goals.

War is not a game for commanders; what is most tested is not the commander's troop deployment.

War is a grand gamble where everyone gathers, risking their lives to achieve their goals.

As for what the goal is…

That varies for each person.

How to unify everyone's goals, to get them to the same gambling table, and not turn into enemies while fighting, or have your own side disperse while fighting, turning from a dealer to a scattered player—that is the real knowledge.

Li Qi's side was not a united group.

Bai Di himself was from the Dao sect, and many of the Baiyue Kingdom Lords also harbored their own schemes. Even people like Zhang Xu had their own ideas. Every soldier, every officer, every prefect, every kingdom lord, had their own little calculations.

Li Qi and Shen Shuibi had to stack their calculations together to gain the qualification to fight against the Human Dao.

That's right, just 'qualification'.

Because the Human Dao was inherently of one mind.

At this moment, Shen Shuibi also received Bai Di's message.

“Is that so?” She pondered for a moment.

Bai Di had only been on the battlefield for a few days before being marked by the Human Dao; it was time for the next person to go in.

A few days was already very good, not to mention he also obtained a lot of intelligence, which was a gain.

Such scouts are inherently consumables. With the Human Dao's search capabilities, it's normal for them to be discovered after only a few days, and being able to retreat completely is quite lucky.

So, it was time to select the next seventh-rank to enter.

At the same time, the news of the arrival of the Two Clans of Chong and Li’s Shaman had to be conveyed to Li Qi.

After all… that was the Two Clans of Chong and Li.

The Two Clans of Chong and Li, and Li Qi's lineage, had a very deep connection. Their arrival must be part of the Human Dao's scheme.

As for what this scheme was, that was hard to say.

Let Li Qi consider it. He knows more. As for herself… she just needed to focus on maintaining the battlefield. Anyway, Li Qi definitely hoped that battlefield would continue.

Shen Shuibi submitted all the information to Li Qi and continued to search for and arrange other matters.

And Li Qi, at this moment, received this information.

After seeing the Shaman of the ‘Two Clans of Chong and Li’ join the battlefield, he was actually stunned for a moment.

It was indeed a bit surprising. He hadn't expected the Human Dao to send a Shaman of the Two Clans of Chong and Li to deal with him. Were they really trying to stir something up?

Just as Shen Shuibi thought, the Two Clans of Chong and Li indeed had a bit of a connection with Li Qi's lineage.

Hmm… how to put it, it should be said that the two were, in essence, of the same lineage.

The Two Clans of Chong and Li were descendants of Primordial Sage Emperor Zhuanxu Gaoyang. They once served as the Fire Master for Emperor Ku Gaoxin, and were the Fire Official at the time. Their Bloodline was half-god and half-human, possessing some characteristics of Di Qi (Earthly Qi).

The words 'Huang' (皇) and 'Di' (帝) are actually different honorifics, and their meanings are different.

‘Holy Emperor’ and ‘Emperor Someone’ have completely different meanings.

‘Huang’ refers to the leader of humans.

And ‘Di’ refers to the leader of gods.

Their origins are also different. The original meaning of ‘Huang’ is glorious and great, and its character shape comes from the appearance of flames rising, meaning the manifestation of the brilliance of a human leader.

As for ‘Di’, it is an ideogram of the frame used for burning wood or bundles of wood during sacrifices. Such frames were only allowed for high-ranking divine officials, so they were paired with their names, such as ‘Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun, Emperor Jun’, and the pinnacle of the First Gods: ‘Haotian, The Supreme God of Heaven’.

Later, some Human Emperors of the Human Dao called themselves ‘Huangdi’ (皇帝), which in reality meant that they had transcended the distinction between humans and gods, and had already unified all things.

However, current Human Emperors no longer refer to themselves as such. They now call themselves ‘Supreme’ instead of ‘Huangdi’, because the Divine Dao has not truly become a prisoner of humans.

But in the Tai Gu period, ‘Huang’ and ‘Di’ were sometimes not clearly distinguished, because often… the Primordial Sage Emperors themselves were ‘Di’; they descended to the mortal realm and became ‘Huang’. The boundary between the two was very blurred.

The most typical example is Primordial Sage Emperor Zhuanxu.

He was both ‘Holy Emperor Zhuanxu’ and ‘Emperor Gaoyang’. This high-ranking Heavenly God single-handedly orchestrated the separation of humans and gods, and ultimately chose the ‘human’ branch, severing the connection between heaven and earth, completely isolating humans and gods.

The ones who carried out this plan were his direct descendants, the Two Clans of Chong and Li.

Surnames and clan names were also separated in the Tai Gu period, unlike the current merging of surnames and clan names, where a single surname is used to refer to both.

In Tai Gu, ‘Xing’ (姓, surname) referred to your maternal lineage, and ‘Shi’ (氏, clan name) referred to your paternal lineage. So there would be phrases like ‘someone姓, someone氏’. Calling a married woman ‘Wang Huangshi’ meant that this woman was a daughter of the Wang family who married into the Huang family.

The Two Clans of Chong and Li, their ‘Shi’ was Chongli, and their ‘Xing’… was ‘Zhu’.

That's right, surnamed Zhu.

The Two Clans of Chong and Li had an extremely famous ancestor, a great Fire Master god, whose name was—

‘Zhu Rong’.

That's right, the ‘Zhu’ of Zhu Rong is the ‘Zhu’ of Zhu Fengdan.

Li Qi knew this; his teacher, in reality, his ancestor was ‘Zhu Rong’, and his own lineage of Invoker branched off from the original Two Clans of Chong and Li.

In the Tai Gu period, when humans and gods separated, the Two Clans of Chong and Li also split. One part followed Emperor Gaoyang and became the ‘Chong surname and Li surname’, while the other part remained with the Shamanes and became the current ‘Zhu surname’.

For high-level existences, surnames cannot be casually used. For example, Li Qi once had a connection with an old martial arts master whose name was ‘Shen Yijun’, meaning he was actually of divine Bloodline.

Another example is Li Qi himself. If he wanted to, he could actually change his surname to ‘Zhu Qi’ to indicate his identity, and his name would also be protected by the ‘Zhu’ surname.

It's just that Li Qi didn't want to. He continued to use his ‘Li’ surname, which represented his family lineage. Li Shiwei, inheriting this surname, would also form a connection in terms of Karma.

The Human Dao couldn't possibly be unaware of this.

So, now, what exactly does the appearance of the Two Clans of Chong and Li intend to do?

Li Qi wanted to delve deeper into the deduction, but… he realized this wouldn't work. He couldn't do this. At this moment, he was unable to deduce matters of this magnitude; he would surely suffer a backlash.

“The Shaman of the Two Clans of Chong and Li… my origins?” Li Qi pondered, what kind of impact could this connection have?

However, after thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure it out.

But at this moment, he suddenly had a jolt.

A Shaman’s sixth sense is always very accurate.

His sixth sense, at this moment, caused a sentence to appear in his mind.

It was like when you're doing something, and suddenly a lyric pops into your head, and then it just loops in your mind. This thought came too abruptly and wouldn't go away.

The sentence that popped into Li Qi's head was a children's rhyme.

“Little mouse, climbed the lampstand, stole oil to eat, couldn't get down, meow meow meow~ the cat is here, tumble tumble down it goes.”

This sudden thought, forming a voice, kept circling in Li Qi's mind.

“What… what’s going on?” Li Qi was a bit stunned.

Why would his sixth sense come up with this sentence?

A Shaman’s sixth sense generally comes from the natural perception provided by various information between heaven and earth, similar to a kind of ‘premonition’ generated by the interaction between heaven and man. Because the information source is the entire heaven and earth, it is roughly five or six out of ten times correct.

Now, in this situation, another sixth sense suddenly popped up, making Li Qi even more confused.

Now… what's going on?

As he pondered these things, Li Qi felt his brain overheating, filled with all sorts of thoughts.

Finally, Li Qi, with his brain in a red-hot state, simply chose to give up.

“Forget it, I probably can’t figure this out. The modifications here have come to an end… I’ll go ask Teacher.” Li Qi thought this, then moved his wheelchair and disappeared from where he was.

Li Qi sped along in his wheelchair, quickly arriving at Zhu Fengdan's location.

Zhu Fengdan's situation was not much better than Li Qi's. With only half a head remaining, he was manipulating many Materials with his mind, seemingly assembling some kind of sacrifice.

Seeing Li Qi arrive, he put down his work: “What? Can’t figure it out? I can’t help much here.”

“Teacher, I found the Two Clans of Chong and Li. Their people have already reached the battlefield. I can’t understand what’s behind this, so I came to ask for your guidance.” Li Qi got straight to the point, speaking earnestly.

This made Zhu Fengdan also stunned.

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