663: Chapter 663: Not from the Same Origin

"Then what is your true identity...?" Oriental Chen asked.

"What true identity, false identity? I am just me, aren't I?" Old Qin said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Shen Huiying is over three thousand years old and is currently only 7th Order. I presume you are even older, then?" Oriental Chen asked.

"I don't remember my age. But I should be at least 5,000 years old," Old Qin replied.

"Five thousand years? Doesn't that span the entire Hua Xia Civilization?" Oriental Chen gasped.

"Ah! Almost! I was born in the Yellow Emperor's tribe, and in my early years, I followed him on his eastern and western campaigns. I was injured in the Battle of Zhuolu back then and have been cultivating in Zhongnan Mountain ever since," Old Qin replied.

"Then do you have any connection with the Moni Sect?" Oriental Chen asked.

"That's a long story. Several large-scale conflicts between Cultivators have occurred in Chinese history. The Battle of Zhuolu was the earliest one I personally experienced. The Yellow Emperor himself was a Cultivator. He unified the northern tribes with his powerful martial prowess and established a tribal alliance. Chiyou was also a Cultivator, and their strengths were on par. In the Battle of Zhuolu, Chiyou was defeated and killed. Low-level Cultivators suffered countless casualties."

"That battle completely changed the landscape of China. Cultivators all went into seclusion, not showing themselves to others," Old Qin recalled.

"Why?" Oriental Chen asked.

"When you have a long lifespan, you will know that to stay alive, you must not let people notice you," Old Qin replied.

"The importance of Cultivators on the battlefield led to this group becoming a key target for mutual assassination among tribes."

"I understand. Please continue," Oriental Chen said.

"In that era, there was no such term as the Moni Sect yet. Some Cultivators, considering their realm high, gradually gathered power and constantly stirred up trouble. Over the next one or two thousand years, several more major wars occurred. Especially in the Battle of Muye, most high-level Cultivators were almost completely wiped out."

"Since then, up until now, China has never again seen such a large-scale Cultivator battle. So the Battle of Muye is also known as the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods."

"The name Moni Sect was introduced to China, probably for the first time during the Western Han Dynasty. The Silk Road, which gradually formed at that time, became their main route for proselytizing."

"The emergence of the Moni Sect greatly threatened the rule of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, the surviving Cultivators within China almost no longer participated in worldly conflicts. This led to the Hexi Corridor area being entirely controlled by Moni Sect missionaries. After Emperor Wu of Han ascended the throne, he vowed to drive them back to the Western Regions."

"At that time, a very talented Cultivator emerged, reaching the Void Glimpse stage, which is the level of a 7th Order Mutant, at just 14 years old. At 20, he successfully advanced to the 9th Order Tribulation Crossing stage."

"His appearance completely overturned the entire Han Dynasty's situation. The Moni Sect missionaries and the forces they had established, entrenched in the northwest, were all uprooted within a few years."

"Regrettably, heaven envies talent. This prodigy suddenly died of illness at the age of 24, which is truly lamentable."

"Are you talking about Huo Qubing?"

"That's right."

"After all this, I'm sure you understand that Chinese Cultivators and the Moni Sect are not of the same origin. Over the past two thousand years, there have been countless desperate struggles between them," Old Qin said.

"But as far as I know, the Moni Sect tried to invade China five thousand years ago," Oriental Chen said.

This was Monga's previous description.

Thousands of years ago, when there was no Silk Road, Moni Sect missionaries mainly entered the Central Plains through the narrow strip of land between Lop Nur and the Taklamakan Desert.

And the Laventa people of Sanxingdui, who lived in the Shu Area, were annihilated at that time.

"That's impossible, isn't it?" Old Qin said.

"It's true. The Sanxingdui civilization, which lived in the Jincheng City area of Shuchuan Province, was destroyed at that time."

"Perhaps at that time, they weren't called the Moni Sect," Old Qin replied.

"There's that possibility. Then I have a question. When I was investigating Qin Emperor's mausoleum and the Bayinbuluke area before, why didn't you tell me the true situation?" Oriental Chen nodded and continued to ask.

"What do you think is the secret of the Hua Xia Civilization's survival to this day? Is it that China has Cultivators? Is it that Cultivators have powerful strength?"

"No, quite the opposite."

"As a witness to the Hua Xia Civilization's continued existence, I can tell you very responsibly that the most crucial factor is the unknown."

"I don't know how many Cultivators there are in China, and I don't know what level these Cultivators are at. As a former Chinese council member and current Elder of the Moyu Pavilion, if I don't know these things, then other Cultivators must be even less clear."

"Not knowing means the greatest variable."