Origin

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Li Wanzi nodded slowly. She had indeed ignored this issue before. Although the four mythical beasts obeyed Fuxi and Nuwa, they themselves were beasts. As Wu Zhongyuan said, it was not easy for them to fulfill their duties and remain neutral. , we cannot expect them to provide much help to humans.

On the way back, Dasha did not fly in a straight line, but kept flying over the road. He stopped the warriors from his headquarters who were riding horses on the way. Li Wanzi explained the situation to them and ordered everyone to turn around and return.

The two returned to Jiumu first. After landing, Wu Zhongyuan ordered Dasha to continue opening a path to the west, and then went to the morning meeting hall with Li Wanzi to wait for everyone to return.

Li Wanzi deliberately set up two large chairs with wide backs from the north of the morning meeting hall to highlight his noble status. His position was in the middle, and Li Wanzi's seat was to his left, slightly forward.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't bother to refuse and sat down at the main seat. Li Wanzi sat next to him.

The two of them didn't speak for a long time. Li Wanzi's expression was more serious than Wu Zhongyuan's. Before that, Wu Zhongyuan only asked her if she knew which six paths Fuxi and Nuwa corrected back then, but didn't say anything else, so she didn't know. Why did Wu Zhongyuan ask this question? Now she finally understood that the remaining five realms would be enemies of humans. The potential opponents were not just the Demon King's party, and the situation was more severe than she had previously expected.

It is easier to clarify things and reveal the truth by discussing with others than by thinking alone. After a long silence, Wu Zhongyuan was the first to speak, "There are a few issues we need to figure out as soon as possible."

Li Wanzi tilted her head and looked at Wu Zhongyuan.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "Although Fuxi and Nuwa rectified the Six Paths, she did not completely eliminate them, nor did she permanently seal them. Why did the emperor and the empress do this? Is it because they are incapable of doing so, or there are other reasons."

"What do you think?" Li Wanzi asked in a deep voice.

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "It's hard to say. It may be that they don't have enough ability to seal the other five paths permanently, or it may be that they deliberately left a glimmer of hope for the other five paths."

"Why do the emperors and empresses want to leave a glimmer of hope for the Five Paths?" Li Wanzi asked.

Li Wanzi's question was not just a question, but was helping Wu Zhongyuan sort out his thoughts and think things through.

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head again, "I don't know, but I feel that since they can seal all the other five realms, they should have the ability to kill them or seal them permanently. And they also know very well that once the life of the four divine beasts ends, they will imprison the five realms." The seal will disappear, and then the Five Paths will attack humans. Since they have foreseen this, why didn't they help us eliminate the trouble forever, but left the trouble to us? "

"What's the point of your thinking about this?" Li Wanzi asked.

"Can we indirectly infer what situation we need to deal with in the future?" Wu Zhongyuan said.

After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, Li Wanzi frowned slightly. She didn't understand the inevitable causal relationship between the two for a moment.

Wu Zhongyuan said again, "Fuxi and Nuwa knew that after the mythical beasts grew old, the other five realms would attack humans, but they did not help us eliminate the trouble. This shows that in their view, even if disaster happens, we have the ability to protect ourselves and not be harmed. Killed to death by the Five Paths."

Li Wanzi frowned and shook his head, "They overestimated our ability. If there is only one, we may still be able to fight. If five attack at the same time, we will have no power to resist."

"It's not that they overestimated our capabilities;

It's that we failed to live up to their expectations." Wu Zhongyuan slowly shook his head. "Maybe in their view, if we are given thousands of years to recuperate, even if a war breaks out, we will have enough ability to resist it. It has not developed or grown in thousands of years. "

After nodding, Li Wanzi asked in a deep voice, "Do you think they were unable to help us eliminate future troubles back then, or did they do it deliberately?"

"It should be the latter." Wu Zhongyuan said seriously.

"Why do you say that?" Li Wanzi asked eagerly.

"Fuxi and Nuwa don't seem to be real humans." Wu Zhongyuan said that in all known archaeological discoveries, Fuxi and Nuwa have the image of a human head and a snake body, which shows that in addition to human ancestry, they also have animal ancestry.

"If this is the case, once the war breaks out, they will no longer provide us with any help." Li Wanzi said.

"Yes," Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "Don't tell me that they have already disappeared into nothingness. Even if they are still alive now, they will not continue to help us."

"Why did they help us back then?" Li Wanzi asked.

Wu Zhongyuan stood up and walked back and forth from a distance. After a while, he thought about what he had learned, "Who is the weakest among the six paths?"

"Nature is human." Li Wanzi said.

"Yes, this may be the reason why they helped us," Wu Zhongyuan said, "Gods, ghosts and monsters all have superpowers, and beasts also have advantages in physical strength. Compared with them, humans are the weakest, so Fuxi and Nuwa sealed the Five Tao, and taught us the secrets of magic and martial arts, and gave us thousands of years of growth time, in order to give us the strength to compete with the other five ways."

"That makes sense," Li Wanzi nodded, "but there is one thing you may have overlooked. Even if we have been growing stronger over the past few thousand years, we cannot withstand the joint attack of the Five Paths."

"I didn't ignore it. This is the second question." Wu Zhongyuan returned to his seat and sat down. "You are right. If the Five Dao join forces, even if we have been growing stronger in the past thousands of years, we cannot be their opponents. , do you think Fuxi and Nuwa know this?"

"I must know." Li Wanzi guessed.

"I also feel that they know," Wu Zhongyuan said. "Since they know this, why don't they pass on to us more powerful spells and martial arts that can resist the five forces' joint attack?"

Li Wanzi didn't answer.

Li Wanzi's refusal to answer was also expected by Wu Zhongyuan. Although Li Wanzi was calm and brave, her IQ was not very high, at least not as smart as Wu Di.

Wu Zhongyuan asked himself and answered, "That's because in their view, it is unlikely that the five paths will share the same hatred and join forces to become our enemy."

"You mean they are not allies?" Li Wanzi asked.

Wu Zhongyuan nodded seriously, "Yes, the six paths are all independent, and the other five paths are probably also hostile to each other."

Li Wanzi vaguely saw hope, "If this is true, things may turn around."

"Not necessarily," Wu Zhongyuan waved his hands repeatedly, "This is the third problem. They may be hostile to each other, but they hate us more."

"Because of us, they have been sealed for thousands of years." Li Wanzi said.

"Yes," Wu Zhongyuan said, "There are currently two possibilities. The first is that the place where they were sealed was originally their hometown, and their lair was there, but they can come through the halo we saw before. In our world, Fuxi and Nuwa just confined them to their nests and prevented them from running around. Another possibility is that the Six Paths originally lived together, and Fuxi and Nuwa sealed them in other worlds. What exactly is it? It's not clear which case it is, but either way, they have reasons to hate us."

"Which one do you think is more likely?" Li Wanzi asked.

Wu Zhongyuan thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "The second possibility is more likely. You must know that gods, ghosts and demons are all evolved from humans and beasts. Even if the place where they are sealed is the place where they live after becoming gods, ghosts and demons, They also lived in our world before they became gods, ghosts and monsters."

"It makes sense." Li Wanzi nodded.

At this time, there were already many warriors standing in the square outside the Morning Council Hall. However, seeing the two people having a serious conversation in the Morning Council Hall, they stood far away, not daring to come in and disturb them.

After sorting out his thoughts, Wu Zhongyuan added, "If the environment they currently live in is better than ours, they won't come. The reason why they try to enter our world is because in their opinion, the place we live in is better than ours." They live in a better place. Once the four mythical beasts grow old, gods, ghosts and monsters will flood into the world we live in. From our perspective, they are an invasion by foreign enemies, but from their perspective, it may be the return of the king."

Li Wanzi nodded slowly. With Wu Zhongyuan's careful consideration, all the questions that troubled her had reasonable explanations. Although the situation was complicated, the logic was very clear.

"I wonder how long the four divine beasts can last." Li Wanzi was worried.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "Suzaku should have known that we were watching the battle nearby. After the war, it did not warn you or me. This shows that it can hold on for the time being. It once told me that there are still two years before they leave. If there is more time, this time limit should not be advanced.”

"That's good, there's still time for us to prepare for war." Li Wanzi said.

"Don't be too optimistic." Wu Zhongyuan said, "Don't forget that the four divine beasts only guard the gods, ghosts and demons. There are also beasts in the Six Paths. They are sealed in our world, and they have begun to invade frequently before. Cities of all ethnic groups must prepare for war and at the same time have to fight with them."

At this time, the warriors who had rushed to Nanguan had returned, and everyone was almost there. Although there were many people, the morning meeting hall was very large, and Li Wanzi had sent people to add seats earlier.

Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the people waiting outside, "Let's have a meeting first."

"It's better not to tell them what you and I have discussed." Li Wanzi said.

Wu Zhongyuan nodded. There are some things that just need to be known by the leader. If the subordinates know about them, it will have no good effect and will only increase the pressure.

Li Wanzi waved to everyone outside the door and motioned for them to come in.

Wu Zhongyuan whispered to Li Wanzi, "Inform the three tribes about what happened last night and your and my inferences, so that they can take precautions and make preparations in advance."

Li Wanzi nodded.

Wu Zhongyuan added, "For the Bird Clan, send someone to deliver the letter. For the Bear Clan, Wu Qin will deliver it, and for the Ox Clan, Jiang Dahua will deliver it."

Li Wanzi nodded again.

Wu Zhongyuan took a long breath. Not only Li Wanzi, but also he had not been able to accurately judge the situation before. The six paths were fighting on their own and hated each other. Once a fight started, the situation would become very complicated. A bloody battle was inevitable. Otherwise, it is very likely that you will need to join forces horizontally and vertically, and temporarily form an alliance with a certain Tao when necessary.

After a while, the warriors arrived and greeted Wu Zhongyuan and took his seat.

Wu Zhongyuan adjusted his mood and presided over the morning meeting. Time waits for no one, so he must seize the time to make preparations...