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GOR Chapter 73: Five De
These words froh it was so of no concern for her However, the words contained an extre off those few people before her was so easy that required very little effort
Naturally, hearing those harsh words caused the faces of the two coe Within their expressions were traces of indignation
Nangong on the other hand, suddenly laughed out He slowly said “Since ill be cooperating, honesty will be of the ut swear upon , I will not be able to leave this instance dungeon alive!”
After saying that, he lowered his voice “We are all in the same boat People in the sa that I a his sincere way of speaking, Miao Yan’s face no longer see tense despite putting on a straight face In his heart, he thought: According to Qiu Yun, Guild Leader Nangong is quite the renowned person within the Awakened ones circle Although Miao Yan’s words were harsh, he is able to s those insults En, this person is someone who can adapt to the situation, a foroodwill, allow us to lead the way We have so of the interior of this palace The three of us alk in front to lead the way and go find a safe place to further discuss matters How does that sound?”
Neither Chen Xiaolian nor Miao Yan has any objection towards Nangong’s proposal
Thus, Nangong led his two companions and walked in the van He also personally went to help prop the injured fellon as Lun Tai
The few of thee until they reached the other side of the palace They then walked through a wide corridor for around 2suddenly whispered out “There is one here!”
At the end of the corridor, there was a palace side door Nangong stood before the doors, and raised his head to glance at it A stone tablet with inscription characters written upon it could be seen hanging next to the palace side door Nangong s in
Chen Xiaolian, too noted the stone tablet hanging at the side He stared at it for a little while and cohtly s into the roo i breath of relief
“This place is safe,” Nangong sighed before laughing out “Monsters will not step foot into this room Even if those terracotta soldiers patrol about, they will never set even one foot into this rooh the door, Chen Xiaolian inspected around
The area afforded by this side roo as a classroom, shaped in a square
Within the room were benches, desks, incense burners and other wares
The one evident difference was that everything within was painted with a deep black colour In the entire roo had already retrieved out 2 candlesticks and lit thehter
Chen Xiaolian noted that a stone tablet was erected above the front area of this side hall Two big characters ritten on its surface – the characters were similar to the ones written on the stone tablet outside
“Why will the monsters not attack e are in this area?” Miao Yan furrowed her brows “Could it be that this instance dungeon also provides a safety zone?”
“I do not know either At any rate, the ht smile “Earlier on, we encountered someas we run into this rooive up their chase Even though ere right in front of their eyes, those terracotta soldiers would ignore us, turning around to leave In short… these rooms with stone tablets on them are safe”
Miao Yan reflected on it and turned to look at Chen Xiaolian “Do you recognize the words on the stone tablets?”
Before Chen Xiaolian could speak up, one of Nangong’s companions, the one ere not injured spoke out with a trace of pride “There is nothing difficult with that, these two characters are seal scripts [1] They for for a moment, the companion swayed his head and said “As for what De Water means, I too know of it It is the Buddhist word for the Virtue of Water Apparently, these rooms must have received the Buddha’s merciful power of protection Thus, thosethose words, Chen Xiaolian could not restrain hihed out
The man frowned and said with dissatisfaction “Are inally not wanted to say anything However, Miao Yan became displeased and coldly said “If what you say is correct, then others will naturally not laugh But if what you say is wrong, can others not laugh?”
Nangong turned to Chen Xiaolian “Brother, do you have any information on it? There is no need to hold back We are here to discuss things honestly with each other after all”
Chen Xiaolian hesitated slightly but was urged by Miao Yan “Xiaolian, no need to be afraid Just say it out!”
Chen Xiaolian sighed He then pointed towards the stone tablet on the walls and forced out a s If you read it froht, then it is naturally ‘De Water’ But the correct order of reading for people of ancient ti it is ‘Water De’”
The earlier fellow’s expression suddenly turned red
Miao Yan turned curious “Water De? Xiaolian, what does thattoo, stared at Chen Xiaolian
Chen Xiaolian slowly spoke “The dynasties of ancient ti the Five De It confors of the Five Ele and Autu to calculate out the Five De of the ancient dynasties The time of the Yellow Emperor is of the Earth De, the successive Xia Dynasty is of the Wood De, Shang Dynasty is of the Metal De and Zhou Dynasty is of the Fire De [4]
It is the principle of theof the Five Ele the Yellow E Xia represents Metal overco Dynasty represents Fire overcoh it is said that Qin Shi Huang united the other six states, he actually wrested the world from Zhou Thus, it can also be said that Qin ended the Zhou Dynasty, which represents Water overco Fire
Therefore, Qin claimed to be the Water De of the Five Eleuished Zhou This action gave theitimacy It meant that ho reside under the Heavens must conform to the cycle of the Heavenly Dao Since the Heavens destined it to be so, then we can only abide by thehed out “The ‘Annals of Qin Shi Huang’ states: Shi Huang advocates the Teachings of Five De Since Zhou is of the Fire De, Qin replacing Zhou’s De was soins the Water De”
Chen Xiaolian pointed towards the arrangements of the room “Qin considers itself to be of the Water De, thus they pros of beauty and value The colour black represents the Water De Thus, all valuable ite the colour black Even the clothes of Qin Shi Huang were black in colour”
“Shouldn’t Imperial robes be yellow?” The fellow that Chen Xiaolian had refuted could not resist asking out
“Using the colour yellow for Ienerations During the Qin Dynasty, the clothes worn by the Emperor is black in colour,” Chen Xiaolian quickly replied However, he then frowned “I still do not understand Why is it that by hanging up a Water De sign, the , how n on it?”
Guild Leader Nangong shook his head “I do not know the exact nuo everywhere within this palace However, the number of such rooms we encountered on the way, inclusive of this one amounts to 3”