kingnovel Chapter 690 Gonggong Ancestral Witch Temple
Chapter 690 Gonggong Ancestral Witch Temple
I understand that the past cannot be changed, but I know that the future can be pursued. I have not gone far from the right path, and I realize that what is right today is wrong yesterday. The boat sails far away, and the wind blows my clothes. I ask the traveler about the road ahead, and I hate the dim morning light. I look at the house, and run with joy. It's over!
Gonggong didn't want to say anything at this moment.
Right and wrong, all becomes nothing in the blink of an eye!
There is no point in dwelling on these things now. Moreover, Gonggong asked himself sincerely in his heart, and the answer is that if he could do it again, his choice would not change, and he would still designate this beautiful and tragic mayfly that died bravely as a divine product.
This is his heart of Tao!
His heart of Tao is to protect! At this moment, his heart of Tao is particularly clear and firm!
I wonder if this counts as not forgetting your original intention? !
However, after he makes his choice, he might make some changes. He will keep the mayfly with him instead of leaving it alone and relying on chance.
Su Xiaoya and Yu Shuheng couldn't help but look at Gonggong. They didn't know if it was their illusion, but they seemed to feel a momentary fluctuation of Gonggong's aura.
The two of them observed silently for a while. Strangely, except for the two of them, no one else at the scene seemed to react.
Is it that other people don't feel it? Or have they become accustomed to it?
However, this was not the time to think about this. The most urgent task was to decide whether to go to Gonggong's territory to look for mayflies or to Houtu's territory to look for divine items.
After all, Su Xiaoya has obtained ten kinds of divine items now - the Nine-hole Silver Moon Lotus Root of Tianwu Zuwu, the Green Rafter Tea Tree Spirit of Xuanming Zuwu, the Seven-colored Jade of Shebisi, the Purple Cloud Ginseng of Dijiang, the Chaos Five Elements Grass of Zhu Jiuyin, the Goshawk of Jumang, the Nine-turn Fire Phoenix Ganoderma of Zhurong, the Golden Wisdom Fruit of Rushou, the Electric Stone of Xizi, and the Thunder Stone of Qiangliang.
If Su Xiaoya could obtain the mayfly from Gonggong's territory, she would have collected a total of eleven divine items, and would be only one step away from collecting all twelve divine items.
Seeing that they were about to succeed, how could Su Xiaoya and Yu Shuheng not be excited!
Deep down, Su Xiaoya is more inclined to go to Gonggong's territory to look for mayflies.
Even though Gonggong didn't know the exact location of the mayfly, this was already a very clear clue. In any case, the chance of finding the mayfly was much greater than finding the divine product of Hou Tu's land.
After all, no one knew where Hou Tu was. Moreover, no one knew what the divine product of Hou Tu's land was.
I am completely in the dark!
So, if you have to choose between the two, do you even need to think about it?
There are many people who share the same idea as Su Xiaoya, including the Ancestor Witch Xuanming.
Xuanming didn't want to say more, so he just opened his mouth and made a suggestion: "Gonggong, let's go directly to your territory!"
This time, Gonggong didn't say anything, but just waved his hand and answered with action.
Everyone felt dizzy, and before they could react, they realized that the scenery in front of them had changed drastically.
Su Xiaoya was about to cry.
She finally understood that Gonggong was a typical straight man, without any twists and turns. This also made sense, Gonggong was obviously a hero who controlled the flood, but in the end in the myths and legends he became a villain who stirred up trouble and blocked Dayu's flood control.
Obviously, the two just had different methods of flood control. Even Dayu's father Gun continued the flood control method adopted by Gonggong.
Although Gun failed and was executed by the gods, he eventually left his son Dayu to help him turn the tables, but Gonggong was blackened in the long river of history...
Well, it’s hard to describe in words!
The philosophy that Dayu adhered to in flood control was that it was better to drain than to block. And this strategy of "blocking" was the solution of "reducing high and filling low" proposed by Gonggong.
The so-called "flattening the high and filling the low" means that many strong young laborers go to the target area and carefully shovel and level the high and protruding places.
As for low-lying areas, a large amount of earth, rocks and other filling materials need to be transported to gradually raise the depression until it is level with the surrounding terrain.
The reason why Gonggong came up with such a brilliant idea was that he deeply realized that if the highlands could be successfully leveled and the depressions filled, the entire surface of the earth would become relatively flat.
In this way, when a raging flood comes, the impact force caused by the terrain difference will be greatly weakened, and the speed of the water flow will naturally be significantly reduced.
Not only that, this operation also has an extremely important benefit, which is that it can effectively increase the area of land available for human use and cultivation.
After all, planting more food can effectively make up for the shortage of hunting and picking, and reduce the casualties caused by hunting.
After all, wild beasts are easy to hunt, but some monsters also feed on wild beasts.
The fragile human race had no chance of winning when competing with the demon race for food. Even if Chi You taught everyone the method of cultivation, how many people could really achieve success?
Therefore, land resources are crucial to the survival and development of each tribe.
However, it was not enough to just complete the above work. In order to ensure that everything was safe, Gonggong also ordered the organization of manpower to build thick and solid earth embankments.
These earthen embankments stand tall on the edge of the flat ground like a copper wall. Their main function is to directly resist the rolling flood, so that it cannot cross the line, but can only flow slowly within the embankment, and dare not run rampant and flood everywhere.
It is through the adoption of such comprehensive governance measures that the safety of life and property of the tribes along the Yellow River can be effectively protected.
Moreover, this method will not excessively interfere with normal agricultural production activities, and can solve the flood problem. At that time, it was truly killing two birds with one stone!
After all, under Chi You's leadership, planting crops to obtain food has become popular. All the tribes living in Yushan are knowledgeable and capable.
But it’s hard to leave hometown.
Although the old site of the tribe is not as good as Yushan, the roots of the tribe are there!
Those tribesmen who fought desperately for their chance to escape were left in the tribe forever. To be precise, only their heroic spirits were left near the tribe. As for their bodies, they were eaten by monsters, and even their bones were chewed up and devoured. What else could be left?
However, the heroic spirits are not far away, and they still want to return to their homeland to bid farewell, even if it is just to offer a glass of muddy wine and kowtow devoutly, it is what they care about!
Therefore, when Gonggong was chatting with the people who had fled to Yushan, he learned that the Yellow River, which caused disasters nine out of ten years, posed a serious threat to their production and life. He thought about it himself and finally came up with this water control plan.
All the hundreds of tribes that fled to Yushan had gone through untold hardships and survived the double ravages of floods and monsters. In the end, only one in ten of the tribesmen who arrived at Yushan survived.
When Gonggong proposed the flood control method of "destroying high and filling low", it was immediately recognized by Chiyou and all the tribes. At this time, they had already reached a dead end, and any chance of saving the tribe was as precious as a life-saving straw.
With the strong support of Chi You and the tireless assistance of the giants, the Yushan tribes defeated the water monsters and began a vigorous water control project.
Everyone worked together, and the first thing they had to do was to raise the area within a radius of ten miles from the foot of Yushan Mountain. They moved huge rocks and earth, working day and night.
After countless days and nights of hard work, the foot of Yushan Mountain gradually rose from the ground and became an indestructible fortress. Even if the water monster attacked again, it could not do anything to Yushan Mountain.
The foot of Mount Yu became flat and fertile, enough to accommodate a large population, and a safe habitat was created.
Seeing their new homeland taking shape, the tribes, eager to return home, could no longer contain their excitement. They led their people and set out on the road back home impatiently.
Yushan's success gave everyone hope. Everyone's face was filled with longing for the future. Although the road ahead was still full of unknowns, they firmly believed that as long as they united as one, they would be able to overcome difficulties and rebuild their homes.
Gonggong volunteered to lead the ethnic groups living along the Yellow River to carry out targeted water control work in the riverside and low-lying and flood-prone areas where these tribes lived.
For example, earth embankments were built on both sides of the Yellow River, and the areas around some low-lying farmland prone to waterlogging were raised.
Although Gonggong is a straight man who doesn't beat around the bush, it doesn't mean he is a fool. On the contrary, Gonggong's IQ is quite high.
He observed that the Yellow River carried a large amount of silt as it flowed through the Loess Plateau, and its flow rate was slow in the plains. Silt accumulation caused the riverbed to gradually rise, resulting in frequent floods.
So, he led the people of these tribes, and when they found that the terrain was high, he organized manpower to use tools to dig the soil from the high places, and transported it to the low-lying areas for filling, so as to achieve "reducing the high to fill the low".
At the same time, in relatively flat areas, soil was collected and compacted to form earth embankments to prevent floods from overflowing...
It can be said that this is a complete copy of Yushan's flood control. Fortunately, Gonggong's control was not in vain.
Unfortunately, the greater the resistance, the greater the rebound!
The blockage of the Yellow River is temporary. It may not be a problem for one or two days, one or two years, ten or twenty years, but it will be impossible to solve the problem in a hundred or a thousand years.
Cough cough!
In just a few decades, instead of a hundred years, the Yellow River had accumulated to its limit, violently destroying the dikes and spreading everywhere. Because there was no river channel, the Yellow River overflowed and caused a disaster...
Later, Gun continued Gonggong's method to control the flood, and even stole Xirang from heaven to control the flood. Unfortunately, the result was still a failure.
It is said that Dayu dredged the river, cast the Nine Cauldrons to suppress the destiny of the Nine Provinces, and guided the water flows of the world to flow into the South China Sea and finally return to the ruins.
Dayu divided the world into nine provinces, namely Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou.
At Dayu's command, the governors of the nine states donated extremely precious bronze. These bronzes were gathered together and piled up like a mountain, emitting dazzling light and heavy weight.
Dayu personally supervised the skilled craftsmen in smelting and casting the bronze. After going through untold hardships, they finally cast the Nine Cauldrons that shocked the world.
The nine tripods have a simple and elegant shape, with smooth and natural lines, as if they contain endless mysterious power.
The craftsmen meticulously engraved famous mountains and rivers, scenic spots, birds and beasts, as well as exotic flowers and plants from all over the country on the Nine Cauldrons.
Among the nine tripods, five correspond to the yang method, and four symbolize the yin number. They are made of metals of different properties. The yin tripod is made of soft female gold, shining with a warm luster; the yang tripod is made of strong male gold, exuding a majestic atmosphere.
What is even more amazing is that the interior of the Nine Cauldrons is always kept full and seems to never run dry.
By observing the changes in the tripod, people can predict the weather and predict the arrival of natural phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning.
Whenever abnormal fluctuations or strange colors appear in the tripod, it means that major climate changes are about to occur.
Each of the Nine Cauldrons carries the unique style and characteristics of a region. Some of the cauldrons feature undulating mountains shrouded in clouds and mist; some feature rushing rivers with turbulent waves; and some feature exotic beasts frolicking and flowers and plants competing for beauty.
The inscription on the Jizhou Ding is like a winding dragon, strong and powerful. The pattern depicts the magnificent scenery of mountains and rivers, with peaks and ridges, clouds and mist, and a rushing river running through it, as if telling the vastness and majesty of the earth.
The Yanzhou Ding has smooth inscriptions, like moving silk threads. The pattern is a picture of farming, with people working hard in the fields and raising silkworms and reeling silk in front of their houses, vividly showing the peace and tranquility of the people living and working in peace and contentment.
The inscription on the Qingzhou Ding is simple and quaint, revealing the vicissitudes of time. The pattern depicts a fierce war, with warriors holding spears and driving chariots, fighting bravely, with smoke everywhere, demonstrating fearless courage.
The Xuzhou Ding has a neat and rigorous inscription that demonstrates its majesty. The pattern shows a unicorn, a beast of good fortune, striding with its head held high amidst auspicious clouds, emitting auspicious light all over its body, implying the arrival of good fortune.
The inscription on the Yangzhou Ding is mellow and rhythmic, depicting a grand sacrificial scene, with people dressed in gorgeous clothes, offering sacrifices with solemn expressions, showing their awe of the gods of heaven and earth.
The inscription on the Jingzhou Ding is simple but meaningful. The pattern is a bird soaring in the sky with its wings spread, and its posture is light and graceful, symbolizing freedom and agility.
The inscription on the Yuzhou Ding is vigorous and simple, and the force is reflected on the body of the Ding. The pattern shows the busy scene of craftsmen carefully making objects in the workshop, showing their superb skills.
The Liangzhou Ding has a unique inscription with a patchwork pattern. The pattern depicts stars twinkling in the vast night sky, mysterious and profound, containing endless exploration of the universe.
Yongzhou Ding, the Ding has dragon patterns on it, and is red in color. The inscription is magnificent and shocking.
Different from the other eight tripods, the pattern of the Yongzhou Tripod is based on the nine provinces of the world. The boundaries of each province are clearly defined, and mountains, rivers and cities are listed on it, fully demonstrating the heroism and majesty of unifying the world.
It can be seen that the Yongzhou Ding is different for Dayu after all.
Unfortunately, no one knows the reason anymore.