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Chapter 724: True and False in a Single Thought, All Beings as Illusions
Chapter 724: True and False in a Single Thought, All Beings as Illusions
In the private school, a group of children were swaying their heads and reciting along with Qin Muye.
This was his second day in the mountain village. In just one day, he had gathered a large amount of data and had new ideas about how to suppress the Three Officials Great Emperor.
So, he decided to stay. After all, he had to get all the benefits this mountain village had to offer.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.
This place was the core of the Three Officials Great Emperor and the key to capturing him.
Outside the mountain village, a vast illusory land was shrouded in countless black threads of fate.
Qin Muye had figured out something here: if he was in Da Qian, then the mountain village was illusory. Conversely, if he was in the mountain village, then Da Qian was the illusion. As a 9th-stage Three Officials Great Emperor, he had used fate and spirit energy to forcibly create a world.
He vaguely guessed that the Three Officials Great Emperor was cultivating through illusion. If the mountain village continued to develop and gradually perfected its rules, then one day this illusory world would cover the real world.
Then, it wouldn't be hard to imagine that, like Qin Muye, the Three Officials Great Emperor would become a powerful figure no longer bound by any constraints and could continuously grow stronger through this world.
Although the path taken was different from Qin Muye's, there were some similarities.
Qin Muye's world was used to break free from "The Lord of the Ages," while the Three Officials Great Emperor's world was to free himself from the constraints of fate.
"Alright, that's it for today. Remember to review your lessons, as there will be an exam tomorrow," Qin Muye said, putting down the book.
The children stood up respectfully and said, "Goodbye, Master," before they started packing their books and leaving.
Watching the children leave, Qin Muye noticed several bugs.
For instance, where did these books come from, and how could a village of fifty households have forty-seven children, all of the same age? This was ridiculous. It wasn't as if all the villagers got married, pregnant, and gave birth on the same day.
It seemed the Three Officials Great Emperor was too lazy to research and simply copied and pasted.
The appearances were different, but for Qin Muye, the data used was the same. The looks and personalities could have been randomly combined.
'This is still a bit rough. From what I can see, the men, women, and children are all based on a single template, which I didn't notice before.'
'However, for this mountain village, it's indeed sufficient. After all, this is just the initial stage of cultivating through illusion, more like a sandbox for testing.'
'But the process is not yet fully successful and still relies on the Three Officials Great Emperor's logic to function.'
'It feels like a low-end version of the Gendaya Mother Goddess.'
While it looked like a low-end version of the Gendaya Mother Goddess, the Three Officials Great Emperor was fundamentally different from her.
The Gendaya Mother Goddess showered the Three-Eyed Clan with doting protection, whereas this mountain village, in both its people and its objects, was simply a manifestation of the Three Officials Great Emperor, reflecting a distinct relationship and demeanor.
The disappearance of the mountain village would be fatal to the Three Officials Great Emperor, but he wouldn't risk his life to protect it. In contrast, the Gendaya Mother Goddess would go to any lengths.
Therefore, Qin Muye had reason to suspect that this place was the Three Officials Great Emperor's mind, the core formed from the spirit energy that flowed from the Snake Father.
By allowing the protagonist to enter and extracting the protagonist's aura, the Three Officials Great Emperor was enhancing his spirit energy.
At the beginning, everyone and everything in this mountain village might have been like puppets without any intelligence. The first protagonist to enter would have been terrified. As the number of protagonist auras absorbed increased, the characters became more vivid and lifelike.
Now, although there were some issues, if not scrutinized closely, everything in the mountain village seemed as real as the outside world.
Qin Muye speculated that the Three Officials Great Emperor secretly helped the alien races to benefit himself.
If the mountain village relied solely on the protagonist's aura, it would take a long time to develop. Therefore, by damaging Da Qian's fate through the alien races, the Three Officials Great Emperor intercepted part of the damage, thus building this village.
The mountain village must have been much smaller before, as can be seen from the comparison between the village and the writings in the "Pen Talks."
Without mentioning the author of the "Pen Talks," who was also a scholar and had mentioned being a teacher in a private school, there was no record of the grand courtyard, and his living conditions were not as good as Qin Muye's.
And at that time, there weren't many children, only ten.
This indicates that the interception of the fate of the Great Qian Empire over the past fifty years has allowed this mountain village to develop to its current state.
Of course, that hasn't been possible recently. The alien races have been cleared out, and the fate of the Great Qian Empire has been restored, so the Three Officials Great Emperor has no way to intercept it.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been continuously provoking Ji Shan. It wasn't just because of the Heavenly Mandate Son on him; it's more likely that the Three Officials Great Emperor thought the revival of the Great Qian Empire's fate was related to Ji Shan. However, the fate on Ji Shan was suppressed by the collective destiny of the Endless Abyss, so he couldn't be provoked.
But even if he were provoked to enter this mountain village, it wouldn't be easy to deal with Ji Shan. After all, his shell is a condensed version of the world barrier. It wouldn't just be impossible to draw from it; even using martial arts to break it open would be difficult.
"Mr. Qin, today's lesson truly broadened my horizons. You truly deserve your scholarly title," Qin Muye said as he locked the private school and turned to find the village chief.
"Too kind, it's just my duty. I wonder if the village chief has something to discuss with me?" Qin Muye asked.
"Our little village can't compare to the city. I saw that you came empty-handed, so I fetched some rice and other supplies. Please make do with them, Mr. Qin," the village chief said, signaling to two villagers who brought over the supplies.
There was rice, vegetables, meat, and oil, making for a very comfortable life.
As for the previous day, Qin Muye had stayed at the village chief's house, and he had breakfast there as well. Although a house had been arranged for him, it had been unoccupied for too long, so the village chief said he would have the villagers clean it up.
Judging by the appearance, it seemed to be ready.
"Then I will not refuse. I will settle the account next month," Qin Muye said, not wanting to seem strange by declining.
"You are treating us like outsiders. A little rice and supplies are nothing compared to your contributions, Mr. Qin. Please, let us take care of the heavy work," the village chief signaled to the two men carrying the supplies to go ahead and bring the items back.
"Village chief, you flatter me," Qin Muye responded.
After all, it was just mutual flattery. He couldn't respond too formally, and he was also trying to gauge the intelligence level of the village chief.
Although he had tested it yesterday, he hadn't reached the limit, so he would continue today.
If the village chief hadn't come to him, Qin Muye would have sought out others to chat and gather information. This data wasn't easy to obtain, and he needed to take action.
Although he could observe while lying down, it would be less efficient.
Soon, everyone arrived at Qin Muye's large courtyard. The two men skillfully placed the supplies in the kitchen, while the village chief chatted with him.
"Since you're already here, why not stay for a cup of tea?" Qin Muye suggested once everything was settled.
But the village chief declined: "It's getting late, and everyone has work to do. We won't disturb you, Mr. Qin."
The two men nodded in agreement, saying they needed to return.
"Next time, definitely next time!" Qin Muye said warmly, though whether there would be a next time was uncertain.
After all, "next time, definitely" usually means "never."
Once they left, Qin Muye dropped his enthusiastic demeanor.
'Just now, it seemed like I hit a bug. It's not even late yet?'
Qin Muye looked at the time, which was around three in the afternoon. As for work, that was possible, but the two men didn't react.
'There's no tea-drinking program? That's unlikely. Could it be a delay for some reason?'
'The village chief's intelligence is clearly much higher than the villagers. It seems he's here to manage and take care of things.'
'Wait, this village doesn't have tea, does it? That's why the bug appeared?'
If something doesn't exist, the other party wouldn't be able to react. The village chief must have triggered another option because of the word "drink."
'I can try it. If it works, I might get a lot of overflow data.'
If he could make the other party glitch and it couldn't be fixed quickly, he would definitely get what he needed.
'But I need to be careful. If I make the entire village collapse, the Three Officials Great Emperor might get desperate and fight me, and the Great Qian Empire would be in trouble.'
(End of Chapter)
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