Chapter 488: When We Become History
Qin Mu carried the box and followed Bai Qingfu, Bai Qiu'er, and the others to the mansion in Bailong City. He kept thinking about Banguo Cuo's words, his heart filled with unease.
Although Banguo Cuo was his mortal enemy, he was still an old monster who had lived for ten thousand years and had seen much of the world. His words carried some weight.
The era they were in was at least thirty to forty thousand years ago, the end of the Imperial Era. The Imperial Era was already tottering, on the verge of collapse. They had come here riding the box of the Star Kylin for unknown reasons. If they changed something that happened in history in this era, wouldn't that mean history would be rewritten?
If history were rewritten, would the Kaihuang Era still exist? Would Yankang still exist?
Most crucially, would they still exist?
Even the slightest change, as fine as a strand of hair, could cause earth-shattering changes to the "future"!
"Brother Qin, Brother Ban, you don't need to worry. The Northern Fall Master Gate guards the Heavenly Court, its strength is extremely formidable. The Heavenly Court's power is also terrifyingly strong, and the Imperial Emperor himself is personally overseeing things. Nothing will go wrong."
Bai Qingfu invited them to sit down. All around, lanterns were brightly lit, and dragon pearls hung in the air, illuminating the place as if it were daylight.
Seeing that Qin Mu's expression wasn't very good, Bai Qingfu guessed he was worried about the safety of the front lines and comforted him, saying, "The Northern Fall Master Gate has fought this kind of war many times. It won't reach us here. Although the origin of the outer realm demons is very great, our Bailong City is not to be trifled with either. The Northern Fall Master Gate is even stronger; it's one of the four major military garrison towns of the Heavenly Court."
Qin Mu remembered the bones of the gods and demons of the Northern Fall Master Gate he had encountered in the golden desert, and his unease grew even stronger. Those gods and demons of the Northern Fall Master Gate had been defeated and killed while protecting the ancestral land.
Who knew if that battle was exactly this ongoing great battle of the Northern Fall Master Gate?
"Perhaps we are already within history, and whatever we do is a historical necessity."
Qin Mu suddenly thought, "Or perhaps, I am currently within the strangeness of the Great Ruins. I have experienced the afterglow of history before. Could this scene before me be an afterglow of time and space? The Great Lord's teleportation divine ability couldn't possibly be so powerful as to send us tens of thousands of years into the past. Perhaps this is just an afterglow of time and space formed by the strangeness of the Great Ruins, a reflection of time and space shining upon us from the future. When dawn breaks, all of this will disappear. No matter what we have done, it won't change established history."
Thinking this, he felt somewhat relieved, put down the burden in his heart, and chatted and laughed with the Bai siblings, exchanging sword techniques.
The siblings were utterly astonished. Bai Qingfu exclaimed, "After the fourteen basic sword techniques, there are actually four more basic sword techniques? Who created this sword technique? Such extraordinary talent!"
Qin Mu pondered for a moment and told the truth, saying, "The one who created the Fifteenth Sword Style, Sixteenth Sword Style, and Seventeenth Sword Style was a sage who appears once every five hundred years. His talent is so supreme that even I deeply admire him."
"A sage who appears once every five hundred years?"
Bai Qiu'er was puzzled and asked, "Brother Mu, 'a sage who appears once every five hundred years'—does this phrase have some allusion?"
Qin Mu didn't know much about this either and smiled, saying, "I've heard that in this world, every five hundred years, a prodigy of extraordinary natural talent is born. They establish a doctrine, establish words, and establish merits, achieving sagehood through these three establishments. Hence, they are called a sage who appears once every five hundred years. As for the specific origin of this saying, I don't know."
"I see."
The siblings suddenly understood. Bai Qingfu's wife smiled and said, "Our Bailong City is a small city, not ranked among the divine cities. We haven't heard of this saying. Brother Qin must be from a big place and knows a great deal."
Bai Qiu'er felt a little uneasy and whispered, "Sister-in-law, do you think he might look down on me for being from a small place?"
Bai Qingfu's wife chuckled softly, "Although Bailong City is a small place, you are the little princess of the Bai family. Your status is high enough. Don't worry. Besides, mutual affection is more important than anything like matching social status."
Only then did Bai Qiu'er feel at ease.
Bai Qingfu asked curiously, "Brother Qin just said that the first three sword techniques were created by a sage. Then who created this Eighteenth Sword Style?"
Qin Mu's face flushed slightly and he said, "The Eighteenth Sword Style was something I unintentionally created."
Everyone was greatly shocked. Even Banguo Cuo, whose face was ashen, was stunned, feeling both jealousy and admiration in his heart: "That damned Qin is indeed formidable, able to create a basic sword technique and change the Dao techniques of heaven and earth... We're doomed, we're doomed. This kid is incredibly bold, passing down future sword techniques to people of the past, changing history. We will all disappear..."
Qin Mu chatted and laughed with everyone, then took out the True Dragon Nest and invited Bai Qingfu and Bai Qiu'er to enter it, asking the Bai siblings to help him decipher the writing and diagrams on it.
Although he had already deciphered many of the dragon characters on the True Dragon Nest, there were still many dragon scripts he couldn't understand. The Bai siblings were of the dragon race, and when Bai Qingfu fought him, he used True Dragon divine abilities, indicating that their bloodline was very pure.
"This is the Dragon Vein of the True Dragon Lord?"
The siblings entered the True Dragon Nest, their hearts filled with shock. Bai Qingfu said, "What a pity. This True Dragon Lord has already been refined into a treasure by someone. Otherwise, if it had absorbed the power of other dragon veins, it would have become a True Dragon King! The True Dragon Lord being refined into a jade pendant is truly a pity."
Bai Qiu'er also repeatedly lamented, "The Dragon Ancestor of the Heavenly Court was born from the Dragon Vein of the True Dragon Lord. His strength is extremely formidable. He is one of the few giants in the Heavenly Court, with power rarely seen in the world. Even the Imperial Emperor treats him with great respect..."
This wasn't a treasure Qin Mu had refined, so Bai Qingfu and Bai Qiu'er didn't think much of it.
The siblings helped him organize the text within the dragon vein. Bai Qingfu was extremely excited, saying, "Brother Qin, we siblings have also gained benefits from you. To be honest, our Bai family has taken great advantage of you! We have learned your sword techniques and, from this True Dragon Nest of yours, we have learned the dragon language of the True Dragon Lord. For you, learning the dragon language doesn't improve you much, but for us, the gains are extraordinary!"
He was telling the truth. Qin Mu was not of the dragon race after all, so cultivating the True Dragon Lord's techniques wouldn't be as fast or as refined for him as it was for the dragon race. By inviting them into the True Dragon Nest to decipher the dragon script, they gained even more benefits than Qin Mu did.
Bai Qiu'er was also extremely excited, thinking to herself with enthusiasm, "If he uses the dragon language of the True Dragon Nest as a betrothal gift, my father will be overjoyed and betroth me to him. I just don't know if he's already married... But that doesn't matter either!"
Bai Qingfu and Bai Qiu'er deciphered the dragon script in the nest one by one and taught it to Qin Mu, but there were still some characters they couldn't understand.
"If only Father were here. His bloodline is purer, and he would definitely be able to decipher all of this dragon script."
Bai Qiu'er's eyes sparkled, and she said sweetly, "Brother Mu, stay a few more days in Bailong City until my father returns."
Qin Mu nodded, already feeling very satisfied.
The siblings had already helped him unravel the mysteries of many dragon scripts. Less than ten percent of the dragon script in the True Dragon Nest remained undeciphered, and the True Dragon Lord's techniques had been further advanced by the three of them, becoming even more powerful!
Bai Qingfu tried to activate the True Dragon techniques and felt his cultivation rapidly improving, his foundation becoming thicker and making up for his previous shortcomings. He said happily, "Brother Qin, if I were to cultivate the techniques from the True Dragon Nest, at the same realm, you might not be able to defeat me!"
The three of them walked out of the True Dragon Nest. Qin Mu put the nest into his Taotie pouch, shook his head, and smiled, "Even if Brother Bai cultivates the True Dragon Lord's techniques, he might not be able to defeat me. I am the Overlord Body, rarely having an opponent at the same realm."
Bai Qiu'er's eyes widened, and Bai Qingfu also looked bewildered.
"Overlord Body? Brother Qin, what is the Overlord Body?"
Bai Qingfu humbly sought instruction, saying, "I have only ever moved around the vicinity of Bailong City. I have been to the Heavenly Court a few times, but I only listened to the teachings of the True God seniors. I don't know many things, and I know nothing about the Overlord Body. Brother Qin must have traveled far and wide and knows a great deal. May I ask Brother Qin to enlighten me?"
Just as Qin Mu was about to explain, suddenly a loud laugh was heard: "Qingfu, your Bai family has a distinguished guest, and you didn't even inform us?"
"Qingfu, I saw you got beaten. You're usually so cocky, but now you've been humiliated in front of the whole city, haven't you?"
Qin Mu looked towards the sound and saw many young people walking over, both men and women, all with radiant spirits and extraordinary handsomeness.
Bai Qingfu quickly said, "They are the young experts of our Bailong City, all here to see me make a fool of myself. Brother Qin, let me introduce you."
He introduced everyone and then introduced Qin Mu to them. When he mentioned that Qin Mu had created the Eighteenth Sword Style and that he was the Overlord Body, everyone was shocked.
A young man stood up, his fighting spirit blazing, and said loudly, "Overlord Body Qin, you say your Overlord Body is so powerful that it can suppress all peers without an opponent? I don't believe it. May I ask for your instruction?"
Qin Mu stood up and smiled, "I was also thinking of exchanging ideas with you all!"
The young man transformed, becoming bird-headed with a human body, with wings on his back. He rushed into the sky, his golden feathers fluttering. Qin Mu soared into the air, and the two clashed in the sky. The people below watched, their eyes dazzled and their minds reeling, cheering repeatedly.
In just a moment, the young man's sword technique was broken, and he fell to the ground.
"Let me have a go at the Overlord Body Qin!"
Another young woman, her skills itching, also attacked. She was also of the dragon race, but her style was fierce and domineering. She specialized in dragon race spells and divine abilities, and when her divine abilities erupted from her fingers, their power was astonishing.
Qin Mu activated the Great Nurturing Heavenly Demon Sutra and used a single move, the Great Luo Heavenly Star Palm Force. Instantly, over three hundred divine abilities from the stars in the sky erupted together, knocking the young woman down.
"Excellent divine ability!"
Admiring voices came from below. Another young man rushed into the air, but after only a few exchanges, he was cut down by Qin Mu with a single slash.
One by one, the others stepped forward, but they all lost one after another.
Bai Qiu'er was extremely excited and whispered, "Sister-in-law, what do you think of him?"
"Outstanding, truly outstanding."
Bai Qingfu's wife showed a bitter smile and whispered, "I'm starting to worry about you now."
Bai Qiu'er also felt a pang of worry.
"Overlord Body Qin, worthy of the name Overlord Body!"
Bai Qingfu laughed heartily, invited Qin Mu to sit down again, looked around, and said loudly, "Do you all think Brother Qin could fight his way into the Heavenly Court and teach those arrogant Heavenly Court prodigies a lesson?"
Everyone laughed together, "He can!"
A young woman smiled and said, "I think Brother Qin's techniques and divine abilities are simply ahead of their time. They are truly ingenious and thought-provoking. It seems that from Brother Qin's Dao techniques and divine abilities, countless possibilities can be created, evolving the Dao techniques and divine abilities of our Imperial Era to their utmost!"
The others nodded in agreement and laughed, "We feel the same way!"
Bai Qingfu proposed, "Brother Qin, after this battle of the Northern Fall Master Gate is over, let's go to the Heavenly Court together and knock down those snobs! Everyone, what do you say?"
"Great!" Everyone's laughter soared to the sky.
Qin Mu also laughed heartily, exchanging Dao techniques and divine abilities with them, completely unaware that he was changing history.
In the corner of the banquet, Banguo Cuo's face was ashen. He glanced at the Dragon Qilin, who had eaten and drunk its fill and was now asleep, then looked at the box that had retracted its four legs and was hiding in the shadows. He thought to himself, "This isn't changing history; this is punching dozens of big holes in history! We're dead, dead for sure. We can't go back, and we might even disappear directly..."
His heart was filled with immense fear: "The Eighteenth Sword Style has been passed on by this bastard! This is going to turn everything upside down! Damn Qin, you've ruined me!"
At the banquet, everyone was laughing and talking, drinking until they were dead drunk, staggering and falling over. Bai Qiu'er mustered her courage and pulled Qin Mu to dance. Qin Mu's face turned red, and he couldn't break free, so he had to dance a song with her. Everyone laughed heartily.
Just then, suddenly a rumbling sound came from afar, as if the sky were collapsing. An earth-shattering roar surged with darkness and airwaves, crashing into Bailong City. The entire city shook violently.
— Another three thousand five hundred words, updated a bit late, sorry~ If you have time, brothers, come to the red envelope area and chat~