Chapter 1040: Chapter 710: The Nine Great Tribes
Xiang Beifei originally wanted the Diviner to do a divination for him, to learn a bit about the Divination Dao, but the long-browed old man didn’t give him a chance.
Could it be that those who cultivate the Heavenly Dao of divination have such awareness?
And what about the Dao Palace?
With the vast resources of the Dao Palace, they would absolutely not fear the Heavenly Dao of other races, there should be people practicing the Heavenly Dao concerning fate and divination among them, it’s just uncertain if one could be fortunate enough to encounter them.
Ye Qiniang patrolled the broken bridge and then spoke up: "Just waiting here won’t work, let’s spread out a bit, see if a new path appears anywhere. Don’t go too far, ensure that everyone can at least see one other person, and report if a new path is found."
"Alright."
No one had any objections, and they followed Ye Qiniang’s instructions and dispersed immediately.
Xifeng walked toward another broken bridge, with Lan Keju following him, then Banji, they were spaced a distance apart.
The dark mist was hazy, soon Xifeng and Lan Keju could no longer be seen. Xing Meng watched the Diviner intently with a not very kind expression, still holding a grudge against the Diviner.
The Diviner understood Xing Meng’s intention, to avoid giving Xing Meng a chance, he stood very close to Xiang Beifei’s side, Xiang Beifei said nothing either, sitting on the broken bridge, absent-mindedly touching the cold bridge surface, contemplating the situation before him.
"Diviner, how much do you know about the Rushou ruins?" Xiang Beifei asked.
The Diviner stroked his long eyebrows and said, "Rushou is the name of a tribe, and also a person’s name, you could understand that every leader of this tribe is called Rushou. According to legend, everyone in the Rushou Tribe cultivates the Metal Dao! Everything in the world related to metal is under their control."
"Metal Dao? Metal control technique?"
"More or less. Rushou is one of the Five Elements Gods, a hundred thousand years ago, the Edge Corner Airspace was mainly controlled by nine great forces, Rushou was one of them," the Diviner said.
"Five Elements Gods, if Rushou masters gold, then are there also wood, water, fire, and earth tribes?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Naturally so." The Diviner nodded.
"What are the names of the nine great tribes?"
"The Rushou Tribe, Ju Mang Tribe, Gonggong Tribe, Zhurong Tribe, Houtu Tribe, Youxiong Tribe, Shennong Tribe, Jiuli Tribe, and Giant Spirit Tribe."
The Diviner paused for a moment and added, "Actually, not many people are aware of these tribe names, I only happen to know them from an ancient ruin."
Giant Spirit Tribe?
Does it refer to the old Giant Spirit?
Xiang Beifei couldn’t help but recall the old Giant Spirit he encountered in the Great Desolate Realm.
After pondering for a moment, he continued, "Wait, I have a question, in the Edge Corner Airspace only breath soil can resist the devouring power of the void, but here in the Rushou Tribe, I haven’t seen any breath soil, how do they resist it?"
The Diviner’s face showed a trace of a strange expression, he lowered his voice and said, "Friend, do you still think that only breath soil can resist the void power?"
Xiang Beifei exclaimed, "You mean—breath soil is not the only one? But why do we usually only see breath soil..."
He stopped abruptly, looking at the Diviner in astonishment: "Wait, isn’t breath soil the most precious in the Edge Corner Airspace!"
The Diviner smiled slightly and said, "After that battle a hundred thousand years ago, many elders died, the younger generations actually never considered why breath soil became the only currency in the Edge Corner Airspace."
After his words, it was as if a light flashed through Xiang Beifei’s mind.
Then, he thought of the Dao Palace again.
He exclaimed in amazement, "You’re not saying that the Dao Palace, which won that battle a hundred thousand years ago, is actually the tribe controlling breath soil? And the race that leads the Dao Palace practices the Earth Dao? The Dao Palace, is the Houtu Tribe?"
"I don’t dare to say specific things carelessly, matters regarding the Dao Palace, how could we dare to speculate?" the Diviner replied with a chuckle.
Xiang Beifei carefully pondered over the Diviner’s words.
The Diviner didn’t explicitly say, but Xiang Beifei felt this possibility was great!
In the writings of many races in the Edge Corner Airspace, these topics are rarely mentioned, records about what happened a hundred thousand years ago are scarce, much of the information is ambiguous.
Xiang Beifei spent over half a year with the crane race, learning much about the past of the Edge Corner Airspace from them, but still knew little, and what the Diviner mentioned was even less recorded.
If the Dao Palace really is the Houtu Tribe that controls the Earth Dao, then it makes sense why breath soil became the currency circulated in the Edge Corner Airspace.
That’s because they originally could control breath soil, when they emerged victorious in that great war, with one side dominating, to control all races, breath soil became their tool for rule!
They constructed the Heaven and Earth Ranking, seemingly generously granting breath soil to the geniuses of each great race, also telling all races that the gestation of breath soil is extremely slow, something like it takes ten thousand years to gestate an inch of soil, that the existence of the Dao Palace was to freely help everyone gestate breath soil, help all races resist void power, packaging themselves as so-called saviors, making all races look up to the Dao Palace in awe, grateful beyond words.
But Xiang Beifei knew clearly, the gestation of breath soil could not be as slow as the likes of the He Yunfang race perceived it!
The gestation of breath soil is not difficult!
As the Houtu Tribe that practices the Earth Dao, the Dao Palace couldn’t possibly be that much slower than Xiang Beifei!
Everything was simply the Dao Palace strictly controlling the production of breath soil.
They can produce breath soil in abundance, but deliberately refrain from producing too much breath soil, otherwise, the races of the Edge Corner Airspace would not obediently submit to the Dao Palace.