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Chapter 1006: Peach Blossom Spring (Extra) 2
Ye Qiao nodded in agreement, "it’s not impossible, just like you said before."
Su Tang nodded without paying much attention and continued reading.
Scholar Zhou Yi, unwilling to fall off the road cliff, waited with closed eyes. When he finally reopened them, he had transformed into a bird with a Beast Body, his transformation taking a long time to accept.
The place he was in was extremely poor; although the Beastmen were in a rush, they were not skilled. They did not farm or store grains. In the harsh winter, people starved, and many froze to death.
Su Tang: ...
Exerting all her lifetime worth of knowledge, Su Tang could only translate a rough idea.
Forget it, why waste brain cells? Isn’t it better to spend 100 Exchange Points to use the System’s translator card?
Money well spent.
When she read through the whole text again, the classical text was still as convoluted as ever, yet after only one reading, Su Tang was able to grasp its meaning.
She cleared her throat and translated for Ye Qiao, "The book says that an ancient scholar named Zhou Yi accidentally fell off a cliff while on his journey to study. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a Vermillion Bird Beastman. It took him a long time to come to terms with this fact.
The place where he lived was very poor. Although the Beastmen were powerful, they did not know how to make or use tools, nor did they know how to plant or store food. When winter came, they went hungry and many died of the cold."
Su Tang felt puzzled as she read this and looked towards Ye Qiao.
"Something doesn’t add up. When we met the emperor, Ayin said that he, like me, was an ordinary ’person’. How come the book says Zhou Yi was a member of the Vermillion Bird Clan?"
Ye Qiao also found it strange and urged Su Tang to continue reading.
It took the two of them over an hour to finish reading the book.
After finishing, they realized that this book had nothing to do with the emperor at all.
The book told the story of a traveler, a Vermillion Bird Beastman named Scholar Zhou Yi, who led the Vermillion Bird Clan in clearing the land for farming, digging canals, building houses, teaching the Vermillion Bird Beastmen to read and write, and eventually subduing all the surrounding tribes to establish the Ten Thousands Beast Country.
In reality, the Vermillion Bird Clan had been slaughtered by the emperor’s forces early on, and the Ten Thousands Beast Country that was established was actually built by an obscure White Fox Clan.
Su Tang looked at Ye Qiao, "Do you think there’s a possibility that we are actually living in this book?"
This book was probably a fantasy novel from the emperor’s era, and for some reason, he brought this book with him when he traveled to this place.
Thus, armed with knowledge of the book’s plot, he led the White Fox Clan to preemptively kill off the Vermillion Bird Clan, eliminating any chance of Zhou Yi appearing as in the book.
Afterward, the emperor used everything he knew to lead the White Fox Clan in campaigns against the surrounding tribes, eventually also establishing the Ten Thousands Beast Country.
Ye Qiao took the book from Su Tang’s hands, and with an indifferent expression, threw it into the blazing fire of the fireplace.
"It doesn’t matter what the possibility is. We only need to remember that this is our life. Although full of fantasy, it’s a real life, and that’s enough."
Su Tang smiled in response, "You’re right. Whether we are characters in a play or not, to us, this is the most real life."
Inside the house, the two of them sat on the Beast Skin in front of the fireplace, chatting and laughing.
Outside, many houses had wisps of cooking smoke rising.
On the stone-paved road, Gaiya led the way at the front, followed by Erha and cubs from each of the tribe’s races.
Everywhere was a quiet and peaceful scene. The smiles on the cubs’ faces were the most beautiful flowers of this late autumn.
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