Chapter 1732: Chapter 467: To Hear the Tao in the Morning, To Bury Oneself
This one sentence threw Yu Ziqing into a fog; what exactly is this guy up to?
Yu Ziqing thought for a moment and stopped Peeling, who was ready to tear Dean Hua apart.
"Let him speak, you better shut off your hearing, and if there’s any problem, you can take action directly."
Upon hearing this, Peeling immediately shut off his hearing and closed his eyes, standing aside.
If anything goes wrong, he will act immediately.
Dean Hua seemed to revert to the dean of the Langya Institute from days past, his eyes filled with wisdom, humble and kind, not arguing with anyone, focused solely on research.
He looked at Yu Ziqing with a hint of envy on his face.
"Greetings to Emperor Dui."
Yu Ziqing returned the salute, continuing to listen quietly.
"What I have summoned is one of the strongest of the Deep Sea Strange, once one of the mightiest among the deities.
Unfortunately, it can now be said to lack wisdom comparable to that of the human race.
It needs wisdom, a point of anchorage, and can only obtain it from living beings.
The stronger it is, the lower the wisdom, and the greater the difference from normal living beings.
I easily obtained a lot of information from it.
I envy you, I am jealous of you, the end goal I have chased all my life, you possessed it early on.
When the ancient gods wove destiny, they could not drag you into the net."
A thought flickered through Yu Ziqing’s mind, and he roughly understood the contentment in Dean Hua’s eyes.
Another person driven mad after learning certain things.
"You can no longer be altered now, right?"
"Correct, I jumped out of that net because of this Deep Sea Strange.
What I have always sought is precisely this.
I once had a deep conversation with Old Emperor Qian; just listening to him made me feel suffocated.
Unfortunately, I am powerless; I tried my best, but couldn’t find any solution.
The furthest I could conceive was to jump out of this woven web of fate.
I don’t know how to tear this web apart at all.
Ultimately, I realized that my wisdom, my knowledge, is actually my greatest limitation.
My thoughts are confined to this general range.
For my whole life, I wouldn’t think of finding a way.
I can only settle for the next best thing, first finding a way to jump out of this net.
I only seek a moment’s peace.
Rather than opening my eyes every day, and thinking of the great terror with Old Emperor Qian.
With people coming and going every day, perhaps tomorrow, when I open my eyes, they would be gone.
And no one will remember them at all, nor will I."
Yu Ziqing couldn’t quite understand what this somewhat Old Emperor Qian-like Dean Hua was trying to say.
"What are you trying to say?"
"I learned who you are from the Deep Sea Strange, learned how Old Emperor Qian actually died.
I know that, with you here, I’m certainly doomed.
However, I still want to tell you what I know before I die.
I hope these things may be of some help to you.
I hope that someday, you will be able to shred that net."
Dean Hua grew increasingly calm, his eyes unfazed, as if resigned to lying down and waiting for death.
To be honest, this was Yu Ziqing’s first encounter where, on the verge of confrontation, the opponent calmly extended his neck, waiting to be beheaded.
And it didn’t seem like he was acting, much less stalling for time or secretly preparing some evil skill.
Dean Hua was simply lying down, waiting for death, not even bothering to struggle a bit.
Seeing that Yu Ziqing seemed unable to fully grasp his thoughts, Dean Hua smiled.
"I hear the truth, and then die.
You are not a Dao Cultivator; you won’t fully understand.
As Dao Cultivators, for the ultimate goal of a lifetime, we have long disregarded life and death.
So it is with me, I don’t even care about posthumous fame, or anything else at all.
I only seek understanding, seek certainty, seek knowing.
And I have already found what I was looking for, got the certainty.
And I am sure that even with that Deep Sea Strange, or rather, the nascent state of the Deep Sea Devil God.
I am not your opponent or that of any of you, so why engage in battle.
It’s simply a waste of precious time."
"..." Yu Ziqing remained silent.
"Apart from me, there is another dean from Langya Institute who defected with me.
He was in more contact with Old Emperor Qian back then, and like Old Emperor Qian, he was crushed by despair and went mad.
He should also come to the East Sea, also coveting these Deep Sea Strange beings.
But I am not sure where he is.
There are many in the Evil Dao of Daqian, and there is clandestine evil worship.
The strange from the deep sea is searching for something.
A sixty-four-sided crystal, this item is especially important.
It is the key item for them to achieve true form and become real Devil Gods.
The ancient gods also wish to obtain this item, but unfortunately, their power is useless against it.
Moreover, one more thing, the Deep Sea Strange and the ancient gods are not entirely on the same side."
At this point, Dean Hua’s expression grew peculiar, tinged with a hint of mockery, and he said.
"The Deep Sea Strange, even, wants the ancient gods to disappear.
And this statement, the Deep Sea Strange themselves told me.
They seemed particularly keen on having you know this information, but they couldn’t say it themselves.
Only I, at this moment, can tell you this.
As for the Deep Sea Strange, there are hundreds of the weaker ones.
Of the stronger ones, there are only thirty-two.
The mightiest ones, only eight.
The one on me is one of the eight."
As he spoke, Dean Hua’s expression grew increasingly bizarre, the mockery in it becoming even more pronounced.
