Huang Rong's voice trembled slightly as she forcibly suppressed the pounding in her heart. "The Three Enclosures... are the Purple Palace Enclosure, which symbolizes the imperial palace; the Supreme Palace Enclosure, which symbolizes the administrative institutions; and the Heavenly Market Enclosure, which symbolizes the bustling city streets... These three enclosures surround the North Star and are arranged in a triangular shape."
“And outside the Three Enclosures, the Four Symbols constellations are distributed... Azure Dragon in the East, White Tiger in the West, Vermilion Bird in the South, and Black Tortoise in the North.”
Huang Rong had already lamented her lack of knowledge and skills when the Azure Dragon was undergoing its transformation. Later, the Vermilion Bird constellation changed, and her mindset also changed; she was no longer as lazy as before, so she did her homework in this area.
"Could you explain it in simpler terms?" Madara Uchiha asked succinctly. He was expressionless, but his attitude indicated that he hadn't understood.
(End of this chapter)
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Chapter 248 The Speaker of the Council gave us not the future, but the world! (Fourth update)
"This is troublesome." Huang Rong suddenly realized that the group of people in front of her were not Yanhuang people. If she tried to explain using the astronomical knowledge of Yanhuang, it would be impossible for them to understand.
After a brief pause, Huang Rong organized her thoughts and continued, "To explain using the astronomical knowledge you collected and showed me... it's because the Earth revolves around the sun, and the constellations in the sky change with the seasons!"
“Every evening at the turn of winter and spring, the constellation is the Azure Dragon appearing… at the turn of spring and summer, the constellation is the Black Tortoise rising… and at the turn of summer and autumn, the constellation is the White Tiger showing its head… and finally, at the turn of autumn and winter, the constellation is the Vermilion Bird rising.”
"Now I understand." Tony Stark nodded knowingly. It's just celestial phenomena and the four seasons, the correspondence between different times of the year. Why make it sound so complicated and throw out a bunch of technical terms? Are you trying to get him to go back and look up ancient Chinese texts?
Ying Zheng's eyes flickered, and he suddenly spoke, "Miss Huang Rong, in your words, the Three Enclosures and the Four Symbols are inextricably linked."
"If we consider the four elements around us as the four cardinal directions... then what about the three constellations?"
Huang Rong froze. How would she know this?
Just as Huang Rong was at a loss for words, Aizen spoke up quietly, "Then why don't you think about what the four constellations in the misty space are revolving around?"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, his eyes widening.
Not only him, but many quick-thinking people in the council also underwent a dramatic change in expression.
Conan tugged at his tightly bound collar, his voice heavy with sorrow and bitterness, "Yes... we've been limited by our own thinking all along. It's so wrong of us..."
After giving a wry smile, he continued, "We are the ones enveloped by the Four Symbols."
Or more accurately, the entire Misty Palace.
"What? How could this be?" Sawada Tsunayoshi finally understood after hearing the explanation, and he stared around in disbelief.
Gradually, the surrounding stars calmed down.
The only change is that these celestial bodies are now several times larger than before.
"Luckily I didn't go back to the real world to drink," the Drunken Sword Immortal muttered. "Otherwise, missing such a magnificent sight... I might regret it for the rest of my life."
The Drunken Sword Immortal actually agreed with what Huang Rong said, but he only agreed with a small part of it, and of course he had no intention of arguing.
After all, the council leaders have evolved the vast universe, revealing the ultimate truths of the world. Their primary task should be to comprehend the order and rules within it, and then internalize them as their own foundation. They shouldn't be racking their brains trying to find similarities between this change and reality.
The Speaker of the Council wants to use this to make them stronger... but ultimately, this is putting the cart before the horse.
"Truly unimaginable creative power," the Ancient One murmured, raising her head to gaze at Su Han. "Upon first meeting you, I thought you were somewhat similar in essence to Dormammu, an unapproachable god leaning towards the dark side..."
The Ancient One spoke with a hint of shame, "But now I realize I was wrong. I shouldn't have guessed the true nature of Your Majesty's power based on appearance!"
Su Han's eyes flickered, his mind racing. Did the Ancient One... also acknowledge that these changes around him were a product of the universe?
Many people joined the council, from Madara Uchiha and Whitebeard to Zhang Sanfeng and Song Que... But no matter how you rank them, the Ancient One was considered one of the top experts and most learned people in the council.
If she makes a deduction, then it's very likely that it wasn't just a guess.
Su Han frowned. Could it be that... what the council members guessed a long time ago was true? The Misty Space is actually an evolving nascent universe.
“It’s highly likely… However, even if it’s true, the primordial universe should only be one of the essential aspects of the mist space.” Su Han’s eyes flickered. “After all, the mist space also has the ability to devour evil gods and gather council members from all the heavens and myriad worlds.”
This ability doesn't seem like something a nascent universe should possess.
Seeing that Su Han did not answer her, the Ancient One was not disappointed, and even had a matter-of-fact look on her face.
“By the way,” Tony Stark suddenly remembered something and asked directly, “Sorcerer, after reading our storyline, Stardust, what are your thoughts?”
“There’s no point in asking this question,” Conan raised an eyebrow. “After all, the Ancient One has already seen countless futures.”
“You’re wrong,” the Ancient One gave Conan a deep look and said frankly, “When I entered the story planet, what shocked me the most was… that I could use the Time Stone inside.”
"What do you mean?" Saeko Busujima was caught off guard.
"Simply put, I can also use time within it to glimpse countless futures, and the futures I see inside are identical to those I see in reality." The Ancient One paused slightly, her tone enigmatic, "Do you really think that the Plot Stars are merely condensed images?"
The parliament was deathly silent.
"You mean," the arrogant Aizen spoke with a touch of respect, even he was shocked by the news revealed at this moment, "that's not a plot star...that's, a complete world?"
“Yes,” the Ancient One nodded seriously, “the phantoms inside naturally have no real life, but that world is indeed real… and it is very likely that it is essentially the same as our world…”
Su Han's brows twitched; he was at a loss for words.
In fact, at first, Xingchen's plot was based on various anime and movie plots in his mind.
However, as the power of the Misty Space continues to grow, the current plot of Starry Sky... is a projection of the world they inhabit, constructed using council members as the medium and the plot in Su Han's mind as the template.
The Ancient One said that the essence of their world is the same as that of theirs, and that is indeed true... She could deduce the future within it as if she were in her own world. This is quite normal... because this world is inherently connected to theirs.
However, it was clear that the council members had misunderstood something because of the Ancient One's words, and their minds were in turmoil.
“Truly astonishing,” Madara Uchiha said, his arms crossed, his fingers tapping lightly on the armor on his shoulders. His voice trembled almost imperceptibly. “Chairman of the Council, what we have been given is never the future… but the world.”