197: Chapter 196 The Secret of the Nine Cauldrons

Chapter 196: The Secret of the Nine Cauldrons

In the [ Fenglei Mountain Range ] secret realm, [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] put away the [ bawang pidi sword ], looking refreshed.

Afterward, [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] turned his head and said to Sun Po, "Master, that [ emperor yus ding ] is not an object of this realm, right?"

This single sentence gave Sun Po a sudden start. Could it be that [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] already knew he was a time traveler?

Aside from the unfathomable [ Zhuang Zhou ] who had once pointed this out in a dream, even [ Wuzhiqi ], who possessed the bloodline of the [ Six-Eared Macaque ], did not know about this. Transmigration had always been his biggest secret.

He never expected that a combat-type player like [ Overlord Xiang Yu ], who lacked any perception or divination-type skills, would blurt this out in a single sentence. This truly greatly exceeded Sun Po's expectations.

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] continued immediately, "Lord, do not overthink it. This subordinate simply admires the Lord's boundless divine powers and has no other meaning."

As for how this subordinate knew about this, it is not because I can divine the future, but simply because during my lifetime, I once came into close contact with the [ emperor yus ding ], or rather, the [ emperor yus ding ] of this realm."

Sun Po was even more confused. What did that mean?

He had always only known that the [ mod loading system ] possessed boundless divine powers; as long as he paid spiritual points, he could create all kinds of mods according to his thoughts. As for where these mods came from, Sun Po had tried to think about it, but his foundational knowledge was far too lacking. Looking at it now, it seemed that some clues could be found on this [ emperor yus ding ]?

Judging from [ Overlord Xiang Yu ]'s meaning, there was also an [ emperor yus ding ] in this world, and it was different from the [ emperor yus ding ] mod he had created?

This actually piqued Sun Po's curiosity, and he asked, "Then I wonder what the difference is between these two [ emperor yus ding ]s?"

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] said, "Does the Lord know that King Yu cast the Nine Cauldrons in order to suppress the Nine Provinces of the world?"

Sun Po was stunned. This was somewhat different from the version he had heard. He said, "I only knew that these Nine Cauldrons were cast by King Yu to suppress the great demons of the Nine Provinces and symbolize the imperial power of Great Xia. Suppress the Nine Provinces of the world? What kind of saying is that?"

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] said with slight surprise, "The Lord actually does not know? The Nine Cauldrons suppressing the great demons of the Nine Provinces is merely a part of their authority. As for symbolizing imperial power, that is even more of a far-fetched interpretation by later generations. These Nine Cauldrons are heavy vessels genuinely condensed from the fortune of the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces."

Sun Po, unaware that there were such secrets within, said, "Please elaborate, General Xiang."

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] and Sun Po walked toward the mountain-like remains of the [ Armored Rock Boar King ] not far away. They saw that one half of the severed flesh and bones was rapidly dissolving, while the other half of the flesh and bones was swiftly growing new flesh, blood, and bones—strikingly, its bizarre undying trait was taking effect.

[ Overlord Xiang Yu ] furrowed his brows and said, "My [ Overlord's Death ] trait actually cannot restrain its resurrection trait either. Truly bizarre."

At this moment, a rumbling shook the earth behind them, and several other [ Armored Rock Boar ]s that had already turned into skeletons rushed out.

The silver-armored, white-robed [ Tianhe Naval Forces ] casually pointed a finger with leisurely strides, and several [ Armored Rock Boar ]s collided with one another, crashing so hard that flesh and blood flew everywhere and shattered bones scattered.

That [ Tianhe Naval Forces ] member stepped forward and said, "This subordinate greets the Lord and General Xiang. Leave this creature to this subordinate to handle. I happen to feel a bit rusty with the [ Qiankun Great Shift ], so using this beast to practice is just right."

Sun Po understood and said, "Very well, General Xiang, let's arrange it like this."

Hearing Sun Po say so, [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] allowed the [ Tianhe Naval Forces ] to act, while continuing to say to Sun Po, "Back then, King Wu of Qin, Ying Dang, also lifted the Nine Cauldrons, but his fortune was lacking, and he was crushed to death alive."

That Ying Dang was considered naturally endowed with divine strength, born into the royal family, and enjoyed all sorts of natural treasures. Logically speaking, lifting a cauldron was just lifting a cauldron; even if his strength fell short, he shouldn't have been directly crushed to death.

It wasn't until I lifted that cauldron during my lifetime when attacking Qin that I realized this cauldron was no mortal object. Truly, only a person with sufficient fortune could lift it.

One cauldron condensed the mountain and river fortune of one province. It could be said that the weight of one cauldron was the weight of one province. To lift it by force was equivalent to shaking the weight of a province's mountains, rivers, and earth with the strength of a single person.

Back then, I also relied on the eruption of the [ Demon Gods Mighty Power ] within my body to barely lift it, and afterward, my strength miraculously surged greatly, causing the Overlord to acknowledge me as well. From then on, my body truly possessed the power to shake a province."

Sun Po had originally wanted to hear why [ Overlord Xiang Yu ]'s strength had surged recently, but instead heard even more terrifying news. His pupils violently contracted for a moment, and he didn't even know what to ask. How could he ask? Every single piece of information existed to subvert Sun Po's common sense.

First of all, Sun Po had naturally heard the story of the Overlord lifting the cauldron. This story was not only widely circulated in Sun Po's past life, but this plot also existed in the folk operas of this world, which was why the audience outside the arena could quickly deduce the identity of [ Overlord Xiang Yu ].

But what Sun Po hadn't expected was that lifting a cauldron meant risking one's life—not just the life of one's physical existence, but the life of one's destiny.

What crushed people to death with these Nine Cauldrons was not the weight of the metals of the Nine Provinces, but the weight of the fortune of a province's mountains, rivers, and earth.

As for the famous brute in the history of Sun Po's past life, King Wu of Qin, Ying Dang, who was crushed to death while lifting the cauldron, in this world it turned out to be because his fortune was insufficient to lift that cauldron.

But in other words, listening to [ Overlord Xiang Yu ]'s meaning, his fortune was also insufficient; otherwise, he would not have ultimately been defeated under [ Liu Bang ]'s hands.

Presumably, if [ Liu Bang, Son of the Red Emperor ] had gone to lift that cauldron back then, he definitely would have been able to lift it easily, simply because the fortune at that time belonged to Liu, not Xiang.

Yet [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] still lifted that great cauldron—he lifted the great cauldron that weighed a full province!!

Relying solely on his own mighty power, he lifted one of the Nine Cauldrons that weighed the same as a province?

My fortune is insufficient, so I rely on my physical body to hard-shake your so-called fortune? What kind of terrifying power was this?

Perhaps this was the mystery of how the Overlord lifting the cauldron could be passed down through the ages even in this world. It was just that years of historical disconnection had caused many details of that time to be lost, and much of the true situation could only be clear to those involved.

Perhaps only such a person deserved to be evaluated by the [ mod loading system ] as the strongest human after the ancient era, and only such a person could control the two Chaos Demon Gods within their body.

However, thinking about it this way, that brat [ Liu Jianren ] and the [ flame dragon armor ] inside his own body probably had potential far greater than he had imagined.

After all, [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] had ultimately forcefully mastered the power to shake the land of a province, but even being strong to this extent, he still ultimately lost to [ Liu Bang, Son of the Red Emperor ]. Just how strong were [ Liu Bang, Son of the Red Emperor ] and his old foundation of followers?

What kind of gold content should the legacy left by [ Liu Bang, Son of the Red Emperor ] sacrificing himself to his descendants to shake off the Red Emperor's control have?

At the same time, what made Sun Po feel even more horrified was: could that [ emperor yus ding ] in [ Tianhe Budu ] also have the weight of a province?

That meant [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] was lifting the [ emperor yus ding ] in [ Tianhe Budu ] every day to play with it like a dumbbell—did that mean [ Overlord Xiang Yu ] was lifting an entire continent every day to play with like a dumbbell?