"Let’s hope so!"
The man gazed deeply at the distant fields and factories, but there was not a trace of happiness in his words.
Just by entering the Grotto Heaven from Yunmeng Marsh, the man could already intuitively feel the difference between Great Xia and the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.
Such a vast disparity, such contrasting mentalities...
The man truly couldn’t believe that just a single Witch King could change the backward reality of Great Xia.
"Wu Song, sometimes you just think too much, otherwise, the position of the ninth Witch King wouldn’t have fallen to that scoundrel Wu Yi."
Upon hearing this, the man could only helplessly glare at Wu Luo.
"How many times have I told you, my name is now Chi Songzi."
"Since I was not chosen in the succession ceremony, the former Wu Song is already dead. It was the Celestial Human Technique taught by the Tao Ancestor that gave me rebirth.
"I came this time simply because I wanted to see what makes the candidate chosen by the Divine Witch so special."
Listening to Chi Songzi’s familiar stubbornness, Wu Luo shrugged and walked straight ahead.
The two had been friends for hundreds of years, how could Wu Luo not know the bit of reluctance in Chi Songzi’s heart?
Before Wu Yi emerged from nowhere, Chi Songzi was the most orthodox successor personally cultivated by Wu Xian.
He listened to the voices of his clan, bearing unimaginable pressure for an ordinary person.
From childhood to adulthood, Chi Songzi finally even received personal acknowledgment from the eighth Witch King.
Everyone believed that Chi Songzi would be the ninth Witch King.
The corresponding power transition had long since entered a fervent stage.
There were even rumors that Chi Songzi had already ascended the Floating Tower, inheriting part of the power of the [Jianmu Tripod].
Yet, at this moment, Wu Yi emerged with a fierce posture and battle achievements that drew wide-eyed stares, seizing the position of Witch King that should have belonged to Chi Songzi.
And so, to quell the impending chaos in Great Xia.
Chi Songzi voluntarily relinquished his power and authority, traveling throughout the Fang Kingdoms of All Xia, persuading everyone to accept Wu Yi as the new Witch King.
— "Ministers are ready to fight to the death, why does His Majesty surrender first?"
This was the heartfelt voice of all the Great Witches, including Wu Luo, who supported Chi Songzi at the time.
But Chi Songzi’s mind was made up, and in the end, he completely retired and disappeared without a trace.
It wasn’t until recently, when Wu Xian announced that the "Witch King Succession Ceremony" was reopening, that Chi Songzi reappeared near Wushan.
To be honest, upon reuniting with Chi Songzi at that moment.
Wu Luo could hardly believe that the disheveled and scruffy man before him was once such a handsome young man who valued appearance and demeanor.
According to Chi Songzi himself, after shedding the identity of "Witch King Successor," he lived more freely and easily.
In the years since leaving Great Xia, he had witnessed many things and scenes he had never seen before, and learned how precious many things he once took for granted were.
No one is born with a mission that must be completed.
Likewise, a life is not a failure if a certain mission is missed.
Chi Songzi believes that although he did not become a Witch King, he achieved feats that exceeded the first half of his life.
He exterminated rampaging monsters, expelled rebellious Gods, and quelled disasters across regions...
Everywhere Chi Songzi went, his deeds spread, saving countless lives.
Some villages and Fang Kingdoms that had benefited from him enshrined him and honored him as the "Left Saint."
— "Left" represents respect, "Saint" signifies the ultimate.
Being honored as "Left Saint" proves that Chi Songzi’s achievements need no further justification to anyone.
His image of self-immolation within flames, rising and falling with the wind and rain, became a legend.
Thus, if Chi Songzi desired, he could easily ascend to a divine position and become a God who controls rain and wind.
For any Innate Divine, this would be an unquestionable choice.
However, Chi Songzi was born in Great Xia and almost became a Witch King, long disenchanted with the group known as Gods.
Chi Songzi had no intention of becoming a God, and coincidentally, it was at this time he heard the story of Tao Ancestor spreading the teachings.
Naturally, the lost Chi Songzi chose to seek the Tao from Tao Ancestor and became one of his followers.
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"Although I’ve been practicing the Path of Celestial and Human for so long..."
"This is still my first time delving so deeply into the Hundred Lands Mountain Range to witness this miracle forged by the Tao Ancestor."
Advancing relentlessly along the river towards Gaotun Village.
Chi Songzi couldn’t help but marvel at the fields and factories on both sides.
Unlike the initial rough scan, the further one delves into this region, the more evident the difference between the Mountain People and outsiders becomes.
Let’s not even talk about their demeanor and appearance.
Even if two identical people were standing in front of you.
Their inherent confidence and satisfaction would make it easy to identify which one is a Mountain Person.
As they were about to truly enter Gaotun Village, Chi Songzi saw something he had never imagined.
It was tracks extending from the mines and factories.
A group of things distinctly different from the Bronze Beasts, "silly big black rough" ones, rumbled, pulling incredibly exaggerated carriages through them.
These were entities never recorded in the Luo Book or the Prophet Daily.
Though not as nimble as Bronze Beasts,
in terms of sheer power, they surpassed the limits of ordinary creations.
Hundreds and thousands of tons of minerals and steel were dragged by them, even causing the tracks below to vibrate faintly.
Chi Songzi could hardly imagine how heavy each carriage must be, requiring additional steel-laid tracks to support them.
"That’s a ’steam locomotive,’ a masterpiece of Wu Zhen, and a creation developed by the Mountain People themselves."
Having seen similar prototypes with Wu Zhen, Wu Luo’s reaction was slightly more composed.
Even so, looking at those steam locomotives that seemed capable of crashing through mountains, Wu Luo couldn’t hide his own shock.
"Wu Zhen once told me, if the power of a normal Bronze Beast could be considered ’one horsepower’..."
"Then the power of these steam locomotives would be at least a thousand horsepower."
"They are fueled by burning coal, and as long as the components remain undamaged, they can almost run indefinitely."
At this point, Wu Luo’s tone paused slightly.
"To my knowledge, there are already ships using similar steam power on the Hundred Lands Canal."
"Wu Zhen said, if not limited by material issues, she could even raise the power level beyond five thousand horsepower."
"To go any further, it would be beyond the capability of coal and charcoal combustion."
"Unless the Mountain People are willing to disclose some electrical technology, only then could both sides possibly collaborate to develop a more potent power device."
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