Longevity Chronicles
Chapter 487 - 338: Revealing Secrets from the Mouth of Lustful Charm, The Green Emperor's Life Holds a Profound Mystery

"My lord, although a Yellow Robed Divine Son and borne of the Yellow Robed bloodline, has always identified with the Human Clan since childhood. How would he harm his own mother's family?"

"You better stay still and listen to me..."

Wei Ziyuan told Tao Qian's merry avatar not to move while she herself rocked excitably.

She swayed and recounted the origins of Ying Qingdi.

As a loyal servant, she naturally knew much more about him than Tao Qian could infer from the Record.

From her lips, he heard almost all of Ying Qingdi's life story.

At first, Tao Qian felt nothing peculiar.

But as he listened further, his expression gradually turned strange.

"The Ancestor Emperor lived over two thousand years ago, died, and left a vast progeny that spread across seventy-two provinces."

"In New Moon Province, outside Shangyang City, there's a territory called 'Zhao Family Village.'"

"Although the entire village carries the Zhao surname, they are indeed all descendants of the Ancestor Emperor."

"Of course, with the passage of many years and many generations, even the descendants of the Ying family have nothing to be proud of. They possess no bizarre Extraordinary Powers or exceptional Spirit Root talents, making them no different from ordinary members of the Human Clan."

"One day, a young girl in the village suddenly fell into a nightmare and did not wake for three days. That night, she showed signs of pregnancy and her belly grew each day."

"Unmarried and now pregnant, with such a terrifying and bizarre situation unfolding, the villagers suspected a malevolent spirit and planned to kill her before she could birth the monster."

"Her parents wanted to save her but were instead killed by the villagers, and the girl was trapped in her house, which was set on fire, leading to her death. Unexpectedly, at dawn, cries of a baby were heard from the rubble – the girl had given birth in the fire. The mother became a charred corpse, but the child survived unharmed."

"The villagers of Zhao Family Village initially wanted to eradicate the root, but at that time a Cultivator who was a bizarre monk shrouded in a yellow robe arrived."

"This monk, calling himself a Yellow Robed Lama, possessed great dharma power and could move a mountain with a wave of his hand, turning the already remote Zhao Family Village into a secluded place."

"The lama said the people of Zhao Family Village had killed the wrong person and committed a grave sin; their only path to redemption was to raise the male infant."

"Fearing the powerful cultivator, and because the infant was indeed a Human Clan child and not a demon, the remorseful villagers agreed."

"This male infant was Ying Qingdi."

"For over a decade, Ying Qingdi grew up on the dishes of a hundred families in Zhao Family Village and received education from the village's scholars and warriors, maturing into a heroic young man."

"Although one day he accidentally learned the truth of his origins and felt shock and anger, he ultimately forgave the people of Zhao Family Village. Later, seeing that the villagers all wished to leave the mountain and rejoin the world, Ying Qingdi used his innate divine ability 'Prayer,' which he never spoke of but knew could realize any desire without fail."

"Ying Qingdi made a wish, and three days later, a group of barbaric, flesh-eating Magicians passed by, forcibly taking hundreds from Zhao Family Village as food supplies – fulfilling their wish to leave the mountain."

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"Due to his Spirit Root and handsome appearance, he caught the eye of the female leader of the bandits and was forcefully taken as a husband; she took his virgin Primordial Yang on their wedding night."

"Although she was a fierce and bloodthirsty woman, forcing Ying Qingdi to share in the consumption of the Zhao Family Village people's flesh for several days, she also served as his guide, leading him into the world of Cultivation through heresy and heterodoxy."

"Ying Qingdi still sought to enlighten these Evil Cultivators, but alas, his divine skills were no match for the woman, and he had to resort to using 'Prayer' again."

"Indeed, a few days later, it came true; a nearby Buddhist Temple, Baoji Temple, sent Master Manjusri, who, hearing of the Evil Cultivators' misdeeds, came to subdue them. This Master, a hater of evil, fought a battle that lasted a day, killing all the bandits, each obtaining release and enlightenment."

"Master Manjusri, seeing Ying Qingdi's extraordinary talents and not believing him to be evil, took him back to the temple and accepted him as a disciple, passing on the Sublime Dharma of Buddhism."

"Years later, seeing Master Manjusri distressed, Ying Qingdi asked him why and learned that the Master faced obstacles in his Buddha Cultivation, desiring a Breakthrough which he could not achieve, thus filled with daily sorrow."

"To relieve his master's sorrow, Ying Qingdi made another wish."

"This time it was fulfilled that very night; not only did Manjusri break through, but he also unexpectedly obtained a Secret Technique."

"However, to pursue this Secret Technique, one had to sever worldly troubles and karmic ties; overjoyed, Manjusri held his Zen Stick, and under the cover of night, crushed the heads of all monks in the temple. After resolving the karmic ties, he smashed his own head with his stick, leaving behind a corpse and departed for the Western Ultimate Happiness Land."

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"With the entire temple deceased, only Ying Qingdi survived, an

"Living corpses, numb to pain, also feel no hunger."

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Ying Qingdi appeared to be in his thirties or forties. Although his life was complex, explaining it through telepathy could be brief.

Particularly towards the end, it was all content familiar to Tao Qian.

It wasn't Wei Ziyuan who spoke; Ying Qingdi had already written everything in "Green Emperor's Uprising".

Of course, the repetitive content still brought new perspectives.

In the books, the uprisings seemed perfectly normal.

When recounted by Wei Ziyuan, however, they felt completely different.

Horrifying!

Terrifying!

Only these two words could more precisely describe it.

At this moment, Tao Qian could hardly put his own feelings into words.

When he first heard Wei Ziyuan speak of Ying Qingdi's "grand ambitions," he had doubted whether he had misunderstood Ying Qingdi.

Perhaps this mixed-blood truly considered himself part of the Human Clan.

His heartfelt ambition seemed to be national and world salvation.

Now, having heard everything, Tao Qian still couldn't claim Ying Qingdi was a ruthless man with wild ambitions, intending to bring Outer Realm Evil Gods into their world.

Tao Qian looked at the vibrant scene before him, his eyebrows tightly frowning, his expression odd.

After a long while, he hesitantly concluded,

"The world seen through Ying Qingdi's eyes seems different from that seen through the eyes of ordinary people?"

"No, not just the world being different. What he perceives and feels might all be distorted, chaotic. Perhaps no one in the world could understand what he is doing, not even he himself."

"In his own eyes, he sees himself as a benevolent soul, grieving for the world and striving to save it."

"Yet the outcomes of his actions often reveal another side."

"The opposite side, a tragedy."

"No matter what he wishes for, no matter the effort he exerts, will the end result always be tainted? Will it lead to destruction?"

This conclusion suddenly brought Tao Qian an indescribable sense of horror.

Why?

He could guess the truth but could not experience, nor see, the world through Ying Qingdi's eyes. What was it truly like?

He had last felt this way when Senior Sister Lingji bestowed upon him High Spirit Vision, allowing him to retroactively speculate the terrifying world she had seen from childhood.

At this thought, Tao Qian suddenly remembered something, and his expression drastically changed.

He quickly used a Secret Technique again, pressing Wei Ziyuan,

"Speak quickly!"

"This New Moon uprising, what wish did Ying Qingdi make?"

The question clearly hit a sensitive spot.

Though Wei Ziyuan struggled, she couldn't overcome the power of the Supreme Method and True Word Secret Decree from the Spirit Treasure Sect.

The next moment, she truthfully said,

"My lord wished that the New Moon revolution would succeed."

"To repay the Father God of the Outer Realm, my lord wished to sacrifice the entire Seven Evils Sect along with all followers of its Path, the Buddhist, the Heterodox, and other sects in New Moon Province, as well as many cultivator family forces."

To others,

The wish, the price, seemed acceptable, even quite favorable.

But to Tao Qian, it was akin to a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

The long-unspoken ancient and exquisite curse from his past life slipped out now, "Ying Qingdi, my TMD..."