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Chapter 650 - 411: Premature Demise at a Young Age

Chapter 650: Chapter 411: Premature Demise at a Young Age

Seeing the expression on Iwazaki Hideyoshi’s face, Hanzang didn’t mind and simply asked.

"Do you know where these books come from?"

These are all ancient books recorded in Huaxia’s mysterious literature, but they have long been lost, and there is no consensus on whether they are just myths and legends.

Although Iwazaki Hideyoshi had heard of them, he was not clear about their detailed origins, showing a hint of embarrassment.

Iwazaki Hanzang did not mind either and explained slowly with an old and vicissitudinous voice.

"In ancient Huaxia, Fu Xi developed the Yi Jing based on the ’River Map,’ and Yu governed the Nine Provinces with the help of the ’Luo Shu.’

By the Western Zhou, the founding hero Jiang Ziya obtained the miraculous ’Taigong Yin Symbol,’ which was said to contain the art of military formations. With it, he helped Zhou overthrow the tyrant Zhou.

For his merits, he was granted a fief in Qi Territory by King Wu of Zhou and became the first monarch of the Country Qi. His ’Taigong Yin Symbol’ became the Qi royal family’s secret treasure and was passed down through successive kings of Qi.

Then in the Warring States, the ’Taigong Yin Symbol’ fell into the hands of the remarkable Wang Xu, who lived in seclusion in Ghost Valley, calling himself Mr. Guigu and founding the lineage of Guigu Zi!

It is said that Gusigu Zi was masterful in the Six Strategies and the ’three strategies,’ adept at the art of vertical and horizontal alliances, and even an expert in divination and prophecy, knowledgeable in everything, and recognized as a prodigy and an all-rounder by the world.

During the Qin and Han periods, Zhang Liang, in exile in Xia Pi, was tested thrice by the Taoist immortal, Master Yellow Stone, who then taught him ’Taigong’s Military Art.’

Later, he assisted Liu Bang from behind the scenes, making decisions inside the tent that determined outcomes thousands of miles away, and established the foundation of the Great Han Dynasty!

After Zhang Liang’s death, ’Taigong’s Military Art’ was lost, until the end of the Eastern Han when the Taoist marvel, Nan Hua Immortal, bestowed upon Zhang Jiao the three volumes of ’Peace Skill’ for Heaven, Earth, and Man.

According to speculation, this Zhang Jiao may have been a descendant of Zhang Liang.

And with this book, the Taiping Tao led by Zhang Jiao attracted a million followers in just over a decade, igniting the Yellow Turban Rebellion and ushering in the era of the Three Kingdoms.

It can be said that this ’Peace Skill’... is the root of the chaos of the Three Kingdoms!

After the Yellow Turban Army’s defeat and Zhang Jiao’s death, the Heaven and Earth volumes of the ’Peace Skill’ rumored to have been buried with him, were said to have been acquired by Zhuge Kongming.

Therefore, Zhuge Kongming was not only knowledgeable in astronomy and geography but also proficient in Qimen Dunjia, skilled in divination and rituals like ’borrowing the Dongfeng at the Red Cliffs.’

Without leaving Longzhong, he already foresaw the division of the realm into three parts and eventually assisted the heroic Liu Bei in establishing the foundation of Shu Han.

Meanwhile, Hua Tuo obtained the ’Peace Skill’ volume for Man and created the ’Qing Nang Sutra,’ reaching divine levels in medicine...

Hearing this, Iwazaki Hideyoshi was dumbfounded.

You’ve even concocted a "chronicle of miraculous books"?

And... divination, military strategy, astronomy and geography, Qimen Dunjia, magical medicine...

The more I listen, the more mystical it sounds, doesn’t it?

A mere book, and you’ve spoken of it as a ’Heavenly Book’ that is omnipotent?

"But even if, Grandfather, what you say about this book containing all sorts of astronomy, geography, and military strategies is true, knowledge becomes outdated, doesn’t it?

A miraculous book from thousands of years ago might have been a treasure to the ancients, but to us, isn’t it just an artifact that records outdated knowledge?"

"Outdated? Ha!" Iwazaki Hanzang laughed somewhat profoundly.

"Do you think that it only contains some knowledge?"

"Isn’t it?" Iwazaki Hideyoshi was puzzled.

"Hua Tuo, performing a bone scraping procedure on Guan Yu to treat poisoning, even wanted to trepan Cao Cao to treat a brain tumor.

As an ancient man from over 2000 years ago, he understood surgery, knew sterilization techniques, invented anesthetics, and recognized the nervous and vascular systems...

His medical achievements were a millennium ahead of Western medicine!

What kind of ancients could write such knowledge?

Guigu Zi was proficient in the knowledge of a hundred schools, and although he lived in seclusion, he taught Su Qin, who was adorned with the seals of six states’ ministers; Lv Buwei, who profited from ’strange goods’; Sun Bin, with his godlike command in war; and Shang Yang, who reformed laws.

There were also disciples like Zhang Yi, Pang Juan, Li Si, Bai Qi, Li Mu, Wang Jian, and Xu Fu, among others.

These individuals were like chess pieces of Guigu Zi, affecting the entire Warring States Era.

Even the whole history of Huaxia was profoundly impacted.

What kind of knowledge would enable someone to manipulate the fate of the world without stepping outside their door?"

"This..."

Iwazaki Hideyoshi was at a loss for words.

"Are all these because of this book? Then what exactly is recorded in it?"

Iwazaki Hanzang looked at him, a strange glint in his eyes, and uttered only two words softly...

"The future!"

"What?" Iwazaki Hideyoshi was stunned.

"Yes, the future! If Jianzhen the monk did not lie, then this... is a book that can predict the future..."

"What?!"

Iwazaki Hideyoshi gaped at his own grandfather.

The book contains... the future?

His expression became exceedingly bizarre.

This is like someone telling you, hey! That octopus can predict the World Cup with complete accuracy!

If it weren’t for the fact that the man in front of him held a high position as the Family Head of the Iwazaki family, he would surely have called for a couple of psychiatrists to come over for a check-up.

Could it be that with age, his mind has become a bit muddled?

Seeing his grandson’s expression, Hanzang knew the other did not believe him, but he just smiled.

"This is very hard to believe. When I first heard about it from your great-grandfather, I was just like you.

Only, Jianzhen the monk believed in it without a doubt!"

"Why?"

"Because in Luoyang, Xue Huaiyi personally predicted his own end...

Going blind, attempting to cross to the east six times, dying in a foreign land..."