The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 303 The Mystery of the Nine Cauldrons
The Yellow River comes to the west to fight against Kunlun, roaring thousands of miles to touch the Dragon Gate.

The waves are monstrous, and Yao Zi sighs.

Tigers can be fought, but rivers are hard to rely on. Gong Guo drowns and flows into the sea.

There are long whales with white teeth like snow-capped mountains.

Konghou didn't pay back her grief.

——Excerpt from "Gong Wu Crossing the River" by Li Bai

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According to the words of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth in the remnant stele, Bai Fu infers the real secret of Xia Yu's Jiuding: the bronze Jiuding was not made by Dayu, but discovered by accident in the process of controlling the flood!
According to textual research, when Dayu was controlling the great flood, by chance, he discovered eight huge bronze tripods in eight fairy mountains and rivers.

For these eight bronze tripods, a mysterious pattern is cast on the bottom of each tripod, and a huge unique symbol and eight landscape paintings are cast on the outside of each tripod body.

After Dayu discovered the eight bronze tripods, he was overjoyed and felt that it was a gift from heaven, so he asked the wisest elder in white robes in the Youchong tribe for advice.

After inspecting the bronze tripod, the elder in white robe told Dayu: "The mysterious pattern on the bottom of the tripod should come from the ancient star map. The huge unique symbol on the outside of the tripod body is the "Xiantianyi" (Xiantianyi) created by Fuxi based on Hetu Luoshu ( Innate gossip).

These eight tripods come from the ancient God Realm, and contain the mysterious power of Pangu to open the sky. It is not known why they are living in the world.The gossip symbol represents the source of the eight powers that make up the heaven and the earth, if one can gain insight into this power.Mortals can also have the great power of the gods to open up the world. "

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The reason why Dayu was able to control the water successfully was that he obtained the source of the power of heaven and earth through the Eight Tripods.

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In order to help Dayu control the water, the elders in white robes invited the seven most wise elders of the tribes in the world to participate in retreat and study together, but after several years, they still could not understand the mystery of the bronze tripod.

Just as everyone got nothing and was about to return to their respective tribes, in order to thank the eight elders for their kindness, Dayu sent them off in person.

Dayu ordered people to arrange the eight bronze tripods according to the eight trigrams, fill them with fine wine, and let everyone not get drunk or return.

That night, according to historical records, was the night when the comet "Pojun Kill" came to an end, which was rare in a hundred years, and the sky was full of stars.

When the eight bronze tripods were filled with fine wine, a breathtaking scene appeared. After the eight bronze tripods reflected the stars in the sky, they actually projected the entire universe time and space in mid-air, reflecting the stars in the sky.

The eight elders had an epiphany and understood the mystery of time and space contained in the Eight Tripods.

Because the power of Pangu could open up the world, the Tao realized by the eight elders was named Shennong's "Lianshan Yi" (Lianshan Bagua).

Lianshan represents the creation of heaven and earth, and Yi represents the endless changes of time and space.Concrete as Yao, one painting opens the sky.The Yang Yao, integrated into one body, shows the sky.Yin Yao, water and land are divided into two, showing the earth.

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But the Pangu power of Bading is too powerful, and it cannot be endured by anything in the world.

If humans, animals, and ferocious beasts directly guide the power of Pangu, they will flow down three thousand feet like a giant waterfall, and the blood will burst in an instant, and the ashes will be wiped out in an instant.

In order to domesticate the power of Bading, the Eight Great Elders came up with a way to cast a new bronze tripod containing human spirituality, and guide the power of Bading into the new tripod.

The new tripod is engraved with famous mountains and rivers in Kyushu, ghosts and spirits, and strange things. It is embedded with a mechanism that rotates continuously to domesticate the imported power of Pangu, making it calm like a great river rushing into the sea, and it can be controlled by humans.

So on an auspicious day, Dayu led the leaders of all tribes and the eight elders in the world to bow down to heaven.

With the gemstones of all tribes and towns in the world as the heart of the tripod, the blood of Dayu and the leaders of various tribes as the blood of the tripod, the sacrifices of boys and girls, beasts and livestock, and the souls of the eight elders as the tripod soul, inject human wisdom and spirituality into the tripod. The newly cast ninth bronze tripod.

After the eight elders cast spells, they sacrificed their lives for the tripod, and the ninth bronze tripod was finally cast.

Through the Ninth Tripod, Dayu lent to heaven the power of Pangu to open up the world contained in the Eight Tripods to help human beings control all things, so as to move mountains and fill seas, and finally successfully control the floods that plagued the Central Plains.

While the people of the world are enjoying peace, the Nine Cauldrons, because of the infusion of human wisdom, spirituality and blood, not only possesses human wisdom, but also possesses human personality, and inherits human cruelty and selfish desires.

After possessing this kind of power to open up the world, the Ninth Cauldron no longer wants to return the power of Pangu that it lent to the heavens, and looks forward to commanding the other Eight Cauldrons and always having the power to summon the gods.

The Nine Cauldron extended its demonic palm to Dayu, deeply affecting Dayu's mind.Dayu was no longer as gentle and courteous as when he was controlling the water, and slowly began to swell, full of selfish desires like Jiuding.

Dayu used the power of the Eight Tripods to control all things, unified the tribes, and established the Xia Dynasty.

Dayu ascended to the pinnacle of power and tasted the bloodthirsty taste of power, and he never wanted to share power with others.

In order to allow his descendants to have the power of Pangu for generations to come, Dayu gritted his teeth and abolished the abdication system in the Yao and Shun era, and passed on the bronze nine tripods, "Lianshan Yi" and the throne of the Xia Dynasty to his son Qi.

What is borrowed must be repaid.

Fast forward hundreds of years, I don't know in what generation, "Lianshanyi" which recorded the secret of Jiuding was lost.

The kings of the Xia Dynasty did not know the real purpose of the Jiuding. They just followed the ancestral teachings and used the Jiuding as a national treasure to avoid evil and bring good luck. They were concentrated in the capital of the Xia Dynasty and displayed outside the palace gate.

Losing the protection of the Nine Tripods, Xia Jie, the last king of the Xia Dynasty, levied and extorted violently, causing disaster to the world.

In order to save the world, Bading reappeared in the world, guided Shang Tang to realize the secret of Bading, expelled Xia Jie, and established the Shang Dynasty.

After Shang Tang destroyed Xia, he moved Jiuding to its capital.

Shang Tang drew lessons from the fall of the Xia Dynasty, and warned his descendants to rule the world with the benevolence of Yao and Shun, instead of relying on the power of the Eight Tripods to rule the world by force.Otherwise, the way of heaven is impermanent, and the heavens will take back Pangu's power again. In this way, the Shang Dynasty will be sluggish.

After Pan Geng, a descendant of Shang Tang, established his capital in Yin, Jiuding moved to Yin.

According to Shang Tang's behest, Pan Geng burned all the remnants of the human world that recorded the mysteries of the Eight Tripods enlightened by Shang Tang, sacrificed to the sky, and returned the power of Pangu to the sky, thus establishing the 600-year prosperity of the Shang Dynasty.

Because Pan Geng restored the mystery of the Eight Tripods to heaven and earth, later generations named the ultimate Tao of heaven and earth realized by Shang Tang as Xuanyuan's "Gui Zang Yi" (Gui Zang Eight Diagrams).

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The inscription on the inscription is recorded here.

There are still many mysteries that have not yet been solved:

Has the power of the Eight Tripods and Pangu to open the sky never reappeared in the world?
What is the fate of the Ninth Cauldron, which affects Dayu's mind, and is it also sealed up together with the Eight Cauldrons?

Is the "Book of Changes" promoted by King Wen of Zhou related to the mysteries contained in the Eight Tripods?
When were these nine bronze tripods lost to the world?
Bai Fu couldn't figure it out, and probably will continue to search for the answer in the pile of old papers in the Zangshu Pavilion of Hongwenguan.

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Bai Fufei jumped up to the eaves, stood with his hands behind his back, facing the sea and the wind, and sighed at the moon!

All the encounters in my life come from the bronze kanding at the bottom of the well in Wuhou Temple, how can I not let myself feel emotional.

What's even more amazing is that Zhuge Wuhou only encountered a bronze tripod once in his life.Just this occasional meeting made Zhuge Prime Minister Zhuge's magnificent life and achievements for thousands of years.

And in just a few years, I actually encountered the bronze tripod twice in Bashu.Such an opportunity, once in a thousand years, is unparalleled in the world.

It's just that although I saw Xun Ding in Nether Valley, I couldn't guide Xun Ding's power. Now that I think about it, it's really a pity.

According to the records of the remnant stele, as long as you meet one of the eight tripods, it is a unique opportunity.Haven't you grasped it well?Should I find a chance to return to Nether Valley, summon the Enlightened Beast, and try again?
While Bai Fu was thinking hard, he forgot that besides himself, there was another person who also knew Xun Ding's whereabouts.From the day I knew it, I have never forgotten it, and I have been thinking about it...

　The Yellow River comes to the west to fight against Kunlun, roaring thousands of miles to touch the Dragon Gate.

　　The waves are monstrous, and Yao Zi sighs.

　　Dayu manages all rivers, but his son does not peek at the house.

　　To kill the turbulent flood, Kyushu began to silkworm.

　　The harm is to go, bewildered by the wind and sand.

　　The old man who was sent out was crazy and insane, and he wanted to be ridiculed in the early morning.

　　Others don't hesitate to stop their wives, and the public has no way to cross the river.

　　Tigers can be fought, but rivers are hard to rely on. Gong Guo drowns and flows into the sea.

　　There are long whales with white teeth like snow-capped mountains.

　　Konghou didn't pay back her grief.

　　——"Gongwu Crossing the River" Li Bai

　　
　
(End of this chapter)