"I never imagined our origins would be so unique." Jasmine stood before the port in the upper district, gazing at its burgeoning prosperity.
Since the Machine Saint Mother, Deng Luo, was resurrected, many changes had occurred in the upper district. The first and foremost was the abolition of the Holy Sons, replaced by the Council of Elders. After resurrecting several old-timers, Deng Luo awakened their minds from their bewilderment.
These former elders of the Yu Yun Clan, even after sleeping for hundreds of thousands of years, were still important assistants to Deng Luo upon awakening. They helped maintain order in the entire Mo Du, gradually abolishing the upper and lower classes.
All the machines in Mo Du could feel the city's increasing changes. The towering Machine City was slowly becoming accessible to the poor of Mo Du, allowing them to travel to the upper district.
Jasmine and Begonia were reminiscing nearby, while Jiang Wen conversed with Wuming and Deng Luo.
Deng Luo wore a loose robe embroidered with mountains and rivers. Since awakening, her physical body had recovered quite well. Although her strength was only at the peak of the Life Fire realm, her superb mechanical skills allowed her to hold her own even against those at the half-step Dao Palace realm.
"The descendants of the Yu Yun Clan have been divided into five capitals, which is something all members of the Yu Yun Clan do not want to see. My current wish is to awaken all the Yu Yun people in Mo Du from their lost state, so that they can rediscover their origins, instead of dwelling on the so-called differences between machines and nobles," Deng Luo said softly, gazing at the airship sailing into the distance.
She turned to Jiang Wen, bowed to him, and sincerely expressed her thoughts: "I sincerely thank you, Shennong. Or rather, Holy King. If not for your help, I would not have been able to awaken from my slumber, let alone bring the Yu Yun people out of the ethereal. If things continued like this, perhaps in a few years, the Yu Yun Clan would rot under the hands of those so-called Holy Sons, eventually turning into the dust of history. But the Yu Yun Clan is fortunate, and I am also fortunate, that we met you."
"I, Deng Luo, a member of the Yu Yun Clan's royal family, a descendant of the Yu Emperor, and now the clan leader and king of the Yu Yun Clan, swear by the blood of the Yu Yun Clan that the Yu Yun Clan will forever be with the Shennong Holy King, unshakable even if the seas run dry and the earth crumbles. We hereby form a blood oath, and this oath will last for generations!" Deng Luo cut open her palm, letting blood drip from the center of her hand onto the ground. Her gaze was fixed on Jiang Wen, where there was a light even more dazzling than the sun.
Jiang Wen knew how solemn this oath was. A blood oath was the most solemn oath in the Taicang era. Tribes that initiated such oaths were often prepared to share life and death with their allies.
Now that Deng Luo had initiated such an oath, Jiang Wen also earnestly accepted her goodwill. He cut open his palm, letting his blood flow out. However, the blood flowing from the wound in his palm was not a bright red color, but a faint golden-red.
The people present naturally did not know what the golden-red color meant, after all, they were not ordinary people.
After letting his blood flow into the bronze vessel together with Deng Luo's blood, Jiang Wen picked up the wine cup after Deng Luo had prepared the wine and took a sip. Then, he handed the wine cup to Deng Luo, who also drank it without hesitation.
At this point, the blood oath was officially completed. From now on, as long as Jiang Wen had a need, the Yu Yun Clan would do its best to help him.
"Where will you go next?" Deng Luo asked.
Jasmine shook her head, indicating that she would go to the lower district to take a look. After all, there were still many of her friends there, who might not know what had happened in the upper district. Moreover, there were still many places in the lower district that needed improvement, and they needed people to help.
Jiang Wen exchanged a glance with Wuming, and told Deng Luo about his plan to go to Yu Yun Capital: "Wuming and I plan to go to Yu Yun Capital, because there not only lies the remnant body of the Holy King, but also many clues about Wuming's background. As for me, I have some matters that I need to verify in Yu Yun Capital."
"Is that so? I was hoping to keep you here and entertain you properly. Since that's the case, I won't disturb you then," Deng Luo said with some regret. She still wanted to talk with Jiang Wen.
After all, she had heard a saying in Tianyuan City that all mechanical techniques originated from Shennong.
Although she knew that there might be some exaggeration in these words, it also indirectly showed that Shennong's mechanical skills were also remarkable.
Jiang Wen was very glad that he had chosen to leave after hearing this. If he had stayed in Mo Du, wouldn't he have revealed all his secrets?
His mechanical skills were not very good, and in fact, they couldn't even be considered mechanical skills at all. It was just that he had seen too many modern machines, so he had some ideas. If he really stayed to discuss mechanical techniques with Deng Luo, he was afraid that he would lose face.
With this thought in mind, he left the upper district. As soon as he returned to the Mo Du on the ground, Jasmine's instrument received news about Xue Changming.
The owner of the tea house, Shopkeeper Hua Ming, brought news, saying that she had some information about Xue Changming there.
Jiang Wen and Jasmine hurried over, sitting in the tea house listening to Shopkeeper Hua Ming's news. By the way, they also told her about the various things that had happened in the upper district, which shocked Shopkeeper Hua Ming for a long time.
"No wonder my insider said that the upper district is very chaotic now, and he can't find any clues. So it turns out that the Holy Mother has awakened, and the Holy Sons have all been executed? This is really big news, worth at least a piece of spirit crystal," Shopkeeper Hua Ming exclaimed. "You guys are really amazing, being able to deal with those Holy Sons in the upper district. They are all transcendent beings, and ordinary Martial Mechanists are no match for them."
"This is still thanks to our friend Wuming," Jasmine said, thinking of Wuming's strength, she couldn't help but sigh. "Wuming's strength is too terrifying. Now that I think about it, I don't understand why she is so powerful."
Recalling the scene of Wuming breaking into the Taifu alone with her sword, Jasmine was still excited. She vividly imitated Wuming's movements, filled with longing.
"Maybe you will be so powerful in the future," Jiang Wen praised.
"Forget about me… I might not even be able to defeat the Celestial Giant Spirit, let alone other things," Jasmine replied with great self-awareness.
Shopkeeper Hua Ming then asked about her sister, and Jasmine said that her sister had been arranged by the Machine Saint Mother. Once she found the two souls of Heaven and Earth, she would be able to wake up. This was an extremely happy thing for Jasmine, at least it meant that she would finally be able to see her sister.
"Congratulations," Shopkeeper Hua Ming congratulated Jasmine, and then told the group about Xue Changming's news. "The friend Xue Changming that you entrusted me to investigate has already yielded some results. He once appeared in Yu Yun Capital, accompanied by a big figure from Yu Yun Capital. The last time he appeared was in the Fallen God Mountain in Yu Yun Capital, and then he disappeared without a trace."
Shopkeeper Hua Ming told them about Xue Changming's situation, and Jiang Wen paid the spirit stones. He walked out of the Machine City, looking towards the distant Yu Yun Capital, a place more complex and prosperous than Mo Du, and also the place to find clues to leave here.
