Chapter 624 - 268: Shui Tianxin
Chapter 624: Chapter 268: Shui Tianxin
"Furthermore... I’ve long known that the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror is not in Miss Luo’s possession."
Fang Shuwen was a little surprised to hear this.
"Palace Master Shui... what do you mean by that?"
Shui Tianxin sighed.
"Since you’ve been to Tingtiao Pavilion, you should have some understanding of our Eight Forbidden Areas of the East Sea.
"The so-called Eight Forbidden Areas of the East Sea are, in fact, all remnants of the old Profound Celestial Sect.
"And the Profound Celestial Sect... was destroyed by the Profound Nether Copper Ship described in the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror.
"All these years, there have been three great mountains weighing down on our Eight Forbidden Lands.
"First, the Profound Nether Copper Ship.
"Second, a warning passed down from ancient times.
"And the third... well, it’s not something I can speak of."
Fang Shuwen gently tapped his fingertip on the table.
"The Profound Nether Copper Ship...
"Before Suhe Zhen died, he told me that what’s recorded on the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror is the method for building the Profound Nether Copper Ship.
"This ship is the greatest weapon in the East Sea. Even the Profound Celestial Sect of old could not withstand it.
"This first mountain you mentioned, Palace Master Shui—are you worried that if this ship falls into the wrong hands, it will threaten the position of your Eight Forbidden Areas of the East Sea?"
Shui Tianxin nodded.
"You are correct, Young Hero Fang. In the past, the Profound Nether Copper Ship was used to destroy the Profound Celestial Sect.
"Our Eight Forbidden Lands have yet to restore the glory of the Profound Celestial Sect’s golden age. How could we possibly withstand that Profound Nether Copper Ship?
"If it were to fall into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, the destruction of the Eight Forbidden Lands would be instantaneous."
Fang Shuwen picked up his teacup.
"Then what about the second point?"
"After the fall of the Profound Celestial Sect, the East Sea suffered a great calamity."
Shui Tianxin paused for a moment at this point, then shook her head.
"It wasn’t just the East Sea. That calamity should have swept across the entire world.
"The East Sea was just one part of it...
"To survive that calamity, the Eight Forbidden Lands had to join forces with every expert in the entire East Sea, and even then, we barely made it through.
"But it was so long ago, and the warnings passed down orally within our sects have become too vague.
"Even I don’t know just how brutal that battle was.
"However, if we had the Profound Nether Copper Ship...
"Perhaps that battle wouldn’t have been so tragic...
"All of the Eight Forbidden Areas of the East Sea have inherited this warning. Our obsession with the Profound Nether Copper Ship is thus twofold. Beyond fearing that someone with ill intentions might acquire it and threaten us, we also harbor the hope of using it to protect the East Sea when the next great calamity arrives."
Fang Shuwen slowly exhaled.
"Regarding this so-called great calamity, does Palace Master Shui know any more details?"
Shui Tianxin thought for a moment before replying.
"I only know that this great calamity is a real and certain event.
"It cannot be avoided, only faced. The only way to survive is to fight with everything you have."
Fang Shuwen shook his head helplessly.
"It’s all so baffling. In this day and age, although the Court is in decline and various powers are rising in the Jianghu...
"...on the whole, I see no person, or even any event, that could threaten the entire world.
"Where is this ’great calamity’ supposed to come from?
"It can’t be that some demons from beyond the heavens are going to descend from the sky, can it?"
’This is a Martial Hero World, after all. Are they really going to throw some xuanhuan-style fantasy elements into the mix?’
Shui Tianxin shook her head.
"It is precisely because we don’t understand it that it makes us all the more uneasy."
Hearing this, a thought suddenly struck Fang Shuwen.
’From Suhe Zhen to Shui Tianxin, they all knew about the great calamity. The other Forbidden Lands among the Eight Forbidden Areas of the East Sea must know about it too.’
’Even figures from earlier times, like those from Dragon Abyss, Luo Wenzhou, and others—they all took various actions because of this calamity.’
’But no matter who it was, their understanding of this great calamity was always vague.’
’They all talk about how terrifying it is, but where does the calamity come from? Who is the enemy? What form will it take? Ask them any of this, and they’re completely clueless.’
’Could it be that the people who passed down this information long ago did so deliberately?’
’There are some things that only seem terrifying because they are unclear and not understood. That fear is what drives people to prepare with all their might.’
’And no matter what preparations are made, they will always feel insufficient when compared to that vague, terrifying calamity.’
’By constantly strengthening their foundations and eventually reaching an unprecedented peak, perhaps they would be able to face the so-called great calamity with much more ease?’
’Conversely, if every single detail of the calamity was laid bare...’
’...over time, people might start to think it’s not so bad after all, and they might let their guard down.’
But if that was truly the case, then Fang Shuwen could no longer treat this so-called ’great calamity’ as a complete joke.
Luo Shuqing, having listened up to this point, couldn’t help but ask:
"Palace Master Shui, you said you knew the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror wasn’t in my possession. What did you mean by that?"
"That... is a long story."
Shui Tianxin shook her head gently.
"After the destruction of the Profound Celestial Sect, the creator of the Profound Nether Copper Ship felt that the weapon was an affront to cosmic harmony.
"Therefore, he destroyed all of the Profound Nether Copper Ships, lest they be used by those with ill intent to create another massacre.
"But he couldn’t bear to see the fruits of the immense labor and sacrifice of countless people in the East Sea be destroyed completely. That is why he recorded the forging method in the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror.
"The name ’Profound Celestial’ was chosen as a reminder to learn from the past.
"However, since the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror’s creation, there have only been rumors; no one has ever truly seen it.
"That is because... the person who created it back then hid it in a secret place.
"The so-called appearance in the Jianghu ’several hundred years ago’ was, in fact, also a fabrication."