Chapter 211 The Origin of Metaphysics

The title of the people of Shanhai confused everyone.

If we have to talk about the relationship between Emperor Yan and Xingtian, it is recorded in ancient books: Emperor Yan ordered Xingtian to compose the music of "Fu Li" and the chant of "Feng Nian", which was called "Bu Mou".

Therefore, everyone believed that Xingtian was a subject of Emperor Yan.

However, Yan Nu didn't care about that and asked directly: "Are you human beings?"

Miao Han smiled, Yan Nu was always so simple and direct. Everyone was shocked as to why the people of Shanhai called Xingtian Emperor Yan, but he didn't care what others called him and got straight to the core issue.

The people of Shanhai were a little stunned when they heard this question.

"Emperor Yan."

"You don't remember us..."

"I am a citizen of Huren, and I am your subject."

"I am a Huantou person, a descendant of Zhu Rong, and my ancestors also followed Emperor Yan to punish Tian."

"The emperor's daughter once said that one day you will return, immortal in the flames, and dare to grind the sky and fill the sea."

These Shanhai people were very excited, talking all over the place, and extremely confused.

Yan Nu didn't even understand, but still asked: "Why did Huanren and Huantou become what they are now?"

The citizens of Shan Hai nodded one after another: "Destiny manipulates human beings and treats all living beings as birds and beasts. This is Haotian's grave sin and should be punished with great revenge. Isn't this what you said?"

They began to feel a little puzzled, and looked at Yan Nu with a confused look.

In their opinion, Emperor Yan should know all this when he returns. Isn't he Emperor Yan?

So why save everyone?

The people of Shanhai were a little surprised and began to discuss in confusion.

Yan Nu was furious. It was indeed like this. Everything was just his guess, and these Shanhai citizens couldn't make it up even if they wanted to.

Luo Yan hurriedly asked: "Why is this so? Why does Heaven transform all living beings into totems?"

He realized that it would be better for him to ask these things, and immediately restrained Yan Nu.

After some questioning, he finally figured out the matter of 'alienation'.

First of all, these people don't know the word "Tiandao". This is the saying of later generations of Shenzhou. They directly translate the thing that manipulates destiny as destiny, or it can also be called "Hao" or "God".

The word Hao strictly refers to the ‘wonderful things and the way of heaven’.

Its pictogram is "an eye in the sky", overlooking the earth and monitoring all living beings. It means "the eye that controls destiny".

Whether the way of heaven is a set of rules or whether it is the Supreme God, these people of the mountains and seas do not understand. In addition, the peoples of the mountains and seas are not unified with each other, so they have different opinions.

Because the original belief of the human race is to call great leaders and ancestors emperors, such as Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang.

Therefore, the ancient ancestors themselves had very different opinions on what destiny is. If they think it has no personality, it is called Hao; if they think it has personality, it is called God.

It can be said: "The emperor is a God, and he is illustrious. He monitors all directions and asks for nothing from the people."

What is meant by "asking the people for help"? In the Book of Songs, it means discovering the suffering of the people.

However, this is actually because destiny has taken control of people's hearts, and there is already an "Emperor System" in the world.

But in ancient times, it had just appeared and had not yet controlled everything.

And the way of heaven has a characteristic...that is, it distorts the world according to people's imaginary concepts!

Create things and rules that don’t exist in the world.

"This is actually the case, so all the ancient clans originally lived well. Each had its own culture, each with its own totems and worship objects."

"Then the way of heaven suddenly appeared and turned all this into reality."

"Legends are true, beliefs are true, alienate all living beings, and distort the world."

Luo Yan looked at the many strange-looking citizens of Shanhai and lamented that this was indeed the work of heaven, but in fact it was distorted by strange objects.

This strange object of heaven is a strange thing that 'generates a world view'.

As for the worldview, it does not make up its own, but is structured based on what all sentient beings think. From this point of view, it should be impersonal.

Therefore, after the ancient ancestors were alienated, they did not become strange and strange things, but became totems, things that people originally believed in and imagined.

I was wondering before. If it was punishment, or there was some conspiracy, why not simply destroy the ancient ancestors, or turn them into complete monsters?

Still have to follow the Classic of Mountains and Seas? The Classic of Mountains and Seas says one eye, just one eye? The Classic of Mountains and Seas says that a human has the head of a snake and has the body of a snake?

Some images, according to Luo Yan's research, are actually the result of ancient people seeing other tribes wearing horns and feathers, and then faithfully recorded them and painted them like that.

It doesn't really have horns or feathers.

But no matter what, they will always turn people into this.

In fact, all this is just a simple characteristic: whatever this tribe worships, it becomes whatever it is.

Of course, the way of heaven will be exerted to a certain extent, and it must be a fictional thing that does not exist, but it also seems rigid. For example, the citizens of Xiaoyang, who are good at management, directly become supernatural powers.

All of this is so unnatural and extremely stiff! Typical characteristic distortion.

If the way of heaven has thinking, then this way of thinking is not human at all, it is a non-human understanding of ghosts.

"Impossible! Why is there no record of such a big event in ancient books?"

The elders of Lushan were very excited. Although the people of Shanhai said that they had noses and eyes, they still couldn't believe it.

The monks all read a lot, but they have never heard of such visions in ancient times.

Are all the people transformed into exotic beasts? How could such a thing happen?

In response to this, the people of Shanhai were stunned and did not know how to answer.

They have been trapped in this cave for too long, and most of them are not the ancient ancestors, but their descendants.

After all, three thousand years have passed. Except for a few who have been transformed into 'immortal species', most of them have long since died of old age. Today's Shanhai people mostly live and thrive in Dongtian, adhering to the origin of the human race and passing it on from generation to generation to this day.

So if we ask them to ask why it is not recorded in external history, how can they know? They don't even understand the outside language.

After a long while, a giant said: "Why not? How could you forget?"

"All the people turned into birds, beasts, flowers and grass, even the Yandi clan is no exception..."

Miaohan was startled when he heard them say this.

Come to think of it, these people mentioned a character called the ‘Emperor’s Girl’.

If you think about it carefully, does it mean the daughter of Emperor Yan?

That is... Jingwei!

"Is the emperor's baby you are talking about Jingwei?" Miaohan asked quickly.

The people of Shanhai replied: "The daughter of Emperor Yan, Wa, swam in the East China Sea and transformed into a Jingwei bird. The Jingwei will not die and will fill the sea."

"The emperor's daughter, Sang, turned into a hibiscus tree..."

"The emperor's daughter Yao turned into Wushan grass..."

They talked a lot, and then talked about many characters that no one had heard of.

Miaohan was stunned: "It turns out that it is said that the entire family of Emperor Yan in ancient times turned into flowers, plants, birds and beasts. In fact, it was the alienation of heaven."

Obviously, ancient events have been passed down through the ages, and it is impossible for everyone to record them. Coupled with the loss and human deletion, we can only get a glimpse of the leopard from the fact that Emperor Yan's family was turned into a book of mountains and seas.

"If there was such a catastrophe in ancient times, why is it gone now?"

"Why haven't we been alienated?"

The monks said, the biggest confusion is this. These people say that the way of heaven will distort the world and change all living beings. Then wouldn’t the human race be gone long ago?

"Only those who have merit or practice will be transformed." A man with the head of a human and the body of a snake emerged from the crowd.

He is a citizen of Xuanyuan, his status is quite different, and he seems to know more.

Seeing his strange attire and numerous jewelry, other people from the mountains and seas respectfully called him: "Witch Tan!"

Luo Yan looked at him and realized that he was a shaman from Xuanyuan Kingdom.

"Witch, why haven't I heard of it?" Luo Yan thought.

Miaohan was stunned: "Why do you have to hear about it?"

Luo Yan explained: "The ancient witches are able to understand the world and nature. They are not just offering sacrifices. They believe that the evolution of all things has its own laws and can be controlled by humans."

"All the doctors and stars are involved in divination, and there is also a branch that specializes in rare objects. The original origin of my demonic path was passed down by that group of great witches..."

"So my magic way has its own set of ancient inheritance records, and all the great witches of the Xuanyuan clan are famous, but I have never heard of the witch altar."

"The name of a witch is passed down from generation to generation and remains unchanged forever, as if it is eternal life."

"If Dongtian Xuanyuan Kingdom is also inherited from the ancient human race Xuanyuan clan, then the name of Wu Tan should be included in my demonic records."

Wu Tan bowed and said, "I was born here. I am just a small witch, but I cannot compare to Wu Xian and other ancient great witches."

Luo Yan nodded, that's it. After all, it has been three thousand years, and it is normal for there to be some other witches in the cave.

Miao Han asked strangely: "Luo Yan, since the Demonic Way has been inherited, why don't you know about the alienation of the Heavenly Way?"

Luo Yan said helplessly: "The world has changed, and the inheritance has been scattered too much. There are three tombs and five canons. My magic way only has the book "Three Tombs", which is from the extremely ancient times, the era of the Three Emperors."

"As for the "Five Codes" from the Five Emperors era, it has long been lost..."

"In short, there are many ancient rare objects recorded in the three tombs, and all of them have been confirmed. It can be said that the rare objects existed very early..."

"But there is no record of the way of heaven in the records of the three tombs. There are many strange objects that are much older than the way of heaven..."

"So we believe that the Dao of Heaven is a strange object, and the earliest time it appeared must be the era of the Five Emperors, and it cannot be earlier."

The elders of various sects were very excited: "The devil's evil words! At the beginning of the creation of the world, the way of heaven was born."

"You actually said that the way of heaven is later than that of man, how is that possible! Then where did this heaven and earth come from?"

Luo Yan looked at them with disdain: "It has been like this for thousands of years, how can anything dare to be called heaven?"

"You..." The elders thought this was heresy and were about to yell and scold them when they saw Yan Nu turning around and staring at them: "Quiet."

"..." The remaining monks opened their mouths, and were frightened by Yan Slave's aura, and immediately fell silent.

Miaohan looked at the witch altar: "What do you mean when you say you are alienated and still practice?"

Wu Tan explained calmly, and everyone then understood that when the way of heaven changes, not everyone changes in an instant.

If this was the case, the human race would have disappeared long ago. How could the current human race of Shenzhou come to be?

It is a long process with prerequisites. Everyone does different things before they mutate.

Maybe you have a great invention that benefits everyone, or you have great ability and reach the top in a certain field.

For example, if a tribe is good at making pottery, if the pottery is well made, it may suddenly become a totem.

"My Xuanyuan clan is good at divination, medicine, and tying knots to record events. If any of the three reaches its peak or makes an invention, it will turn into a human head and a snake body." Wu Tan said.

Luo Yan suddenly realized: "Isn't this just cultivating immortals? There was no such thing as cultivating immortals at that time, so the big thing in life... was cultivating immortals."

"The way of heaven distorts the world. It actually creates a practice system and generates laws based on civilization."

"But because each clan has different cultures, different ideas, and chaos, in ancient times, there were no rules for the prerequisites for people to be alienated."

"In fact, the so-called alienation is essentially caused by the 'uncertainty of the practice system'!"

Everyone finally understood.

The more famous and authoritative a concept is, the easier it is to implement.

The more orthodox and normative it is, the more it represents the spiritual system of civilization, and the more stable the rules of the system will be.

The way of heaven is based on the "collective consciousness" to generate a system that "nature does not exist". The chaos in ancient times is essentially that the way of heaven has just emerged and various systems are not yet stable.

In fact, nowadays, there is also ‘alienation’, but it’s not called alienation, it’s called ‘becoming an immortal’!

The ancient people turned into a totem like "human head and snake body", which was actually "cultivating the right fruit".

However, the prerequisites are too short, too rough, and too simple.

Making pottery, twisting ropes, boiling medicine, and divination all seem commonplace now!

But these are very important knowledge for the ancient ancestors, and not everyone can learn it. Their status has been somewhat improved compared to today, and then they are very 'sacred' in people's hearts.

Coupled with all the things people fantasized about, the original spiritual civilization practice system emerged...

If you cook the medicine well, or you invent a new formula, and you have merit, God will turn this person into a monster in a snap.

How simple?

And each clan's system is different... Different cultures create different systems.

This undoubtedly caused huge confusion.

"What is cultivating immortals?" Wu Tan was confused. He didn't understand the word.

Luo Yan briefly told the story, and Wu Tan suddenly understood.

"The way of the Yellow Emperor! You are talking about the way of the Yellow Emperor!" Wu Tan's eyes were excited. Obviously, as a citizen of Xuanyuan, he worshiped the Yellow Emperor.

Miaohan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses.

"What? You call the way of immortality the way of the Yellow Emperor?"

"Is it the system of cultivating immortals invented by Huangdi?"

Wu Tan didn't understand what she wanted to ask, but just said: "As you said, the initial transformation methods into totems are all different and chaotic."

"So Huangdi joined forces with the great shamans to create a practice method that specifically corresponds to alienation, and separated the concept of merit required for alienation from life."

"Anyone who believes in this method will never change again because of life and invention."

"And what you transform into after practice is no longer a totem monster, but it is also very scary..."

"This is why the Yellow Emperor requires that the totem monsters caused by the previous chaos must ascend to the world of Baize, and the alienated people who practice the Yellow Emperor's way must also stay away from the secular world and live in seclusion in the mountains."

Miaohan frowned: "Baize?"

Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor traveled east to the seaside and met Bai Ze, a mythical beast. Bai Ze is an auspicious beast that can speak human words, understand the emotions of all things, and know the appearance of all things in the world.

Bai Ze told Huang Di about the strange beasts and monsters in the world, a total of eleven thousand five hundred and twenty kinds.

"The Baize World you are talking about is this cave, sky, mountains and sea?"

"Exactly, Huangdi ordered Baize to count all kinds of people in the world, and finally moved us here..." Wu Tan nodded.

Everyone was silent. It turned out that this was the origin of the immortal way and the origin of the cave.

Huangdi standardized the ancient chaotic system and unified it all, and then separated the life and nature parts from the ghosts, gods and nothingness parts, and separated the concept.

In this way, things like pottery making, rope crafting, jade carving, etc. return to life. And tempering the body, strengthening the body and nourishing the Qi, and other concepts of nothingness are attributed to practice.

Such merits of invention and creation belong to the human heart. The merit of slaying monsters and suppressing strange objects is attributed to the destiny of heaven.

Up to this point, everything in the world has been divided into two categories, one is "secular" and the other is "metaphysical".

The latter, today, the system has become more and more abundant, and then it has become "immortal cultivation", and even has branches such as martial arts.

Huangdi even changed the result of the final alienation. It was no longer 'people of mountains and seas', but 'immortals'.

Of course, during the time of the Yellow Emperor, there was no such term as "immortal", and perhaps there was no distinction between realms. But it is stipulated that as long as you are alienated, you must stay away from everyone and isolate yourself in the mountains to cultivate yourself.

Obviously, later generations derived the special group of "immortals" from this and invented this word. It was people who lived in the mountains and stayed away from the world.

As for the earlier totem alienators, they all entered the cave and are now called aliens.

"The science of Xuanmen was called Huang-Lao's study in ancient times... I thought it was in the name of the Yellow Emperor, but it turned out that he really pioneered it..."

Many monks present murmured, not knowing how to refute.

They all know the origin of metaphysics, which is derived from the summary of the theories of Huangdi and Laozi, so it is called Huang-Lao's study.

It turns out that Huangdi established the prototype of metaphysics in order to solve the problem of "the alienation of all living beings by the way of heaven".

It is to gradually separate all kinds of terrible direct interference from heaven from people's lives.

"How could this be so...how could this be so..."

"The way of cultivating immortals has existed since ancient times!"

"The ancients did not know how to cultivate immortality, but it does not mean that there is no way to cultivate immortality."

"How could it be possible that humans created the Immortal Way? And at the beginning... it was so... crude..."

The elders spoke excitedly, their eyes filled with fear.

They have been practicing immortality all their lives, thinking that they have reached the great road and all the ultimate mysteries.

The results told them, is this really man-made?

Was it compiled by the Yellow Emperor and a group of great witches? And then Tiandao still recognized it?

"Pfft..." Many people couldn't accept this subversion, but they believed it secretly in their hearts, so much so that they suffered internal injuries, their blood and energy were confused, and they vomited blood.

"It was actually made up... it was born from the human heart... so that it can counter all sentient beings." Yuan Fu murmured, with bitterness at the corner of his mouth.

He has completely believed it, his three views have been refreshed, and he can't help but look at the 'Way of Heaven' from another perspective.

This kind of perspective is obviously similar to that of the devil, so in metaphysical terms, he has fallen into the devil's heart.

"Since everything is decided by the Yellow Emperor, why do you feel like you are seeing a savior when you see him?" Miao Han pointed at Yan Nu and asked Wu Tan.

Wu Tan obviously belongs to the Huangdi ethnic group, after all, he is a Xuanyuan people.

However, at this moment, he looked at Yan Nu with great enthusiasm.

"The Yellow Emperor's way is to use the destiny of heaven to find a balance between man and heaven. So that we can live here forever..."

"But... the ancient Emperor Yan didn't think so... He wanted to turn us all back into humans, and he wanted to dethrone the destiny."

"He wants to punish Tian."

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p.s: Sorry. If some people don’t want to read it, just explain it as background. I can't help it, I made this dumpling just for this dish of vinegar. If I don't explain it clearly, I can't write this book.