The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 853 The Immortal is Me [Please Subscribe*Please Pass the Monthly Ticket]

"Eat first!"

Yan Yan waved his hand and asked the servant to bring the food.

One delicious dish after another came in. Wei Ju, who had been kneeling for so long, was indeed hungry, so he started eating without caring about his image.

Yan Yan, Shao Siming and others just ate a little with Wei Ju.

Yan Yan also suddenly thought that he seemed to have underestimated people's speculation about the three overseas mountains.

In this case, could it be that the Qin State...had also misunderstood?
The more I think about it, the more likely it is.

Yan Yan whispered a few words to Nong Yu.

Nanyue nodded, turned around and left the hall.

Soon, the map of the three overseas mountains was brought back by Nong Yu, who whispered a few words in Yan Yan's ear.

The corners of Yan Yan's mouth twitched.

He asked Nongyu to go out not only to bring back the map of the three overseas mountains, but also to ask Mo Ya about the movements of the Qin State.

The result is that you don’t know until you ask, and you’ll be shocked when you ask.

The State of Qin also had the same misunderstanding as Wei Ju, thinking that they were obsessed with immortality and began to act in a perverse manner.

So Ying Zheng went to Taiyi Mountain in person and brought out all the immortals and elders from Taiyi Mountain.

Not only Yan Yan was shocked, but Nong Yu was also frightened when she heard the news.

So, even though this was such a big thing, Mo Ya didn't report it, so the kneeling was not in vain.

After Wei Ju had eaten and drunk his fill, the attendants removed the tableware and replaced it with fruits and vegetables.

"Take a look for yourself, and throw away those gods, ghosts, immortality and other things in your mind!" Yan Yan signaled Nong Yu to put the sea chart in front of Wei Ju.

As for nautical charts, even if you are not a professional, you may not be able to understand them.

Especially in this era when there was no longitude and latitude, the ancient Chinese used the twenty-eight constellations for orientation.

Therefore, the sea charts left by the Zhou Dynasty also used the stars to determine the routes.

Wei Ju looked at it very carefully. Others might have to wait for a starry night to look at the nautical chart, and look at the chart against the starry sky, or look at the chart against a star compass. However, as the commander-in-chief of the navy, the star map had long been engraved in his mind.

Therefore, when seeing the nautical chart, Wei Ju quickly compared it with the map of China in his mind and accurately located the positions of the three overseas mountains. When he compared it with the route, he also understood it clearly.

As for the number of sailing days mentioned in the nautical chart, these are of no use.

Because the Zhou Dynasty's sailing speed may not be comparable to that of today's navy.

Therefore, Wei Ju only cared about the positions of the stars marked on the nautical chart.

"This route is useful as a reference, but it cannot be used directly!"

After reading it carefully, Wei Ju spoke out the expertise of professionals.

The biggest flaw of star positioning is that the error can be very large!
Even though they now knew the locations of the three overseas mountains, it would be easy to miss them in the vast ocean with the extremely large error of star positioning.

However, with the approximate location and the navy's experience, the possibility of finding the three mountains overseas is not small.

"I can tell you clearly that there are no gods or immortals on the three mountains overseas, let alone any place of immortality. What is there is just a group of uncivilized savages and barbarians!"

Yan Yan broke Wei Ju's expectations and fantasies in advance and gave Wei Ju a reminder in advance.

"Ah?" Wei Ju still didn't quite believe it.

"If there is a place where immortals can be found, then China is a land of talented people and rich mountains and rivers. Isn't the chance of immortals being born there much greater than a few islands?"

Yan Yan really couldn't understand it. Considering the outstanding people and the beautiful scenery, as well as the direction of the mountains, how could the probability of immortals being born in China be lower than that in the three mountains overseas?
Wei Ju was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought, it seemed to make sense. If we look at the natural beauty and the number of outstanding people, the chances of immortals being born in China are much greater than those isolated islands overseas.

Even though the three overseas mountains are the legendary gathering place of immortals, China has been around for so many years, so there should be a few immortals.

However, since the Zhou Dynasty, there has been no report of anyone achieving immortality.

The most recent one is Laozi, the founder of Taiyi Mountain, who rode a green ox out of Hangu Pass with a purple aura spreading for three thousand miles.

But the story of Laozi's journey to the West may not only deceive ordinary people, but as the most powerful people in China, they know where Laozi lived and went in his later years.

"So, there are really no immortals?" Wei Ju was a little disappointed.

"Immortals, yes, there are definitely some!" Yan Yan said with a smile, "It all depends on how people define immortals."

"For example, if I were to walk alone on the grassland and enter a remote tribe in Bingzhou, destroying a mountain with one sword, do you think I would be considered an immortal in the eyes of those backward barbarians?"

"For example, when the navy's tall ships appear in the Ouyue and Luoyue regions, will they regard you as immortals when they see the tall sailing ships?"

Wei Jiu frowned and thought, it seemed that this was really possible.

The so-called immortals may have been deified simply because the people or things that appeared were beyond the cognition of people at that time.

"So, what you mean is that the reason why those immortal Taoists have been searching for immortals for many years but have never found them, yet they keep hearing about immortals, is because they themselves are the immortals in the eyes of the people of their time!"

Wei Jiu suddenly understood something.

"Yes! How can you find yourself if you look for yourself?"

Yan Yan said with a smile.

"So that's it!" Wei Ju also agreed with this statement.

If the three overseas mountains are really like what Yan Yan described, a barbarian land with backward civilization, then how can they find immortals in the land of backward civilization and barbarians?

In the eyes of the local natives, these outsiders are immortals.

"..."

Wei Jiu suddenly lost interest.

I tried so hard to calm myself down, and was punished by kneeling down for nothing. But when I woke up, I found that I was the immortal!
"Do you find it a little unacceptable?" Yan Yan asked with a smile.

"Some!" Wei Jiu nodded and endured the scolding in vain.

After working so hard, the result is just fighting against air.

"But why has no one discovered this problem in all these years?" Wei Ju discovered the blind spot.

If there really are no immortals, why has no one come forward to explain?

"What kind of person do you think is qualified to pursue immortality and seek the whereabouts of immortals?"

Wei Jiu pondered, and his eyes lit up.

Those who can meet this condition are all masters of hundreds of schools of thought or powerful lords in a certain area.

“If what you have been pursuing all your life is found to be a scam, how many people can keep calm?”

"Even if someone can keep a calm mind, at their level, their vision will be the future of the entire China, so even if they know it's a scam, they won't expose it."

"They want to leave hope for future generations, rather than letting them indulge in the complacency of standing at the pinnacle of civilization."

"Mencius said, 'If a country has no enemies and faces external threats, it will perish!' This is also true for a civilization and a nation."

“If we tell everyone that we have already stood at the pinnacle of cosmic civilization, how many people of our time and future generations will continue to explore forward?”

(End of this chapter)