Maiden Galaxy

Chapter 466: Civilize People By Example Dong Zhongshu

Yu Juluo, whose bangs half-covered her face seemed very eccentric, but her address of "His Highness" shook even Yang Su. In the Sui Ye Star Kingdom, Yu Juluo had never spoke with such a respectful tone.

"Hmph, consider yourself lucky. Bore's Highness made me come rescue you." Xiao Mohe retracted her Ghosts And Gods Nirvana.

"His Highness? Who can become a Highness for you, Xiao Mohe? Has Chen Baxian's Star Name emerged?" Yang Su weakly asked.

Xiao Mohe glowered, disdaining to answer.

"His Highness Chen Mo." Yu Juluo passed over a Dragon And Tiger Qi Returning Pill. It could effectively recover her current weakness. 

"What!! Chen Mo!!" Yang Su was shocked. "Why would you call that man by Highness."

"Yang Guang treated Yanluo as a pawn to exploit Mount Hua. Naturally, then, Yanluo follows him and calls him by His Highness." Yu Juluo matter-of-factly replied.

Yang Su was silent for a while. She looked at Xiao Mohe and suddenly said: "He wants to destroy the Sui Ye Star Kingdom?" Back then, the grudge from destroying the Chen was carved deep into Xiao Mohe's heart. This was the only reason that could make the Heaven Devouring Demon King Xiao Mohe resign herself to following him.

Xiao Mohe was expressionless. She walked up the deck and spat: "Yu Juluo, you had best advise that loser, for I will be the first to kill her!"

"I will not advise you, go see His Highness yourself."

"Chen Mo!"

Yang Su grit her teeth, her fingernails digging into her flesh.

…

Central Star Field, Purple Rose Star Palace, top level, Xi Yue Tower!¹

Su Mian stood before the tower. Xi Yue Tower was a pillar of the Purple Palace that supported the sky. It seemed shrouded in a lonely moon. In the tower was an Astral Stone releasing the brilliance of ten thousand stars. This light was full of the hallowed authority of stars from antiquity. The starlight of every Star General paled in comparison to it.

The source of this starlight was the "Delta Ursae Majoris Star Stone."

It was the symbol of the Purple Rose Star Palace's power, and at the same time, it was the array eye for the Three Enclosures Array.

"As I suspected."

Su Mian stared at this stone for a long time, having a vague sense of deja vu.

No mistake, this light and power was the exact same as Chen Mo's weapon.

"He came from the Tail Fire Star Field. The Northern Dipper Seven Star Stones…And he even has Mother Wanyue's² familiar Ten Thousand Li God Killing Arrow…" The calm Dream In A Millennium's fist clenched tightly, and her whole body trembled.

"Don't tell me that Ou Ruoli…"

Su Mian reached towards the Delta Ursae Majoris Stone. Just at this moment, a grave and stern voice came from behind her.

"Your Majesty Su Mian!"

Dream In A Millennium Su Mian came to her senses and gently retracted her hand. Hearing this voice, she closed her eyes and concealed her mood. When she turned around, she was already completely flawless, an expression of absolute calm.

How to describe the woman who appeared behind her.

She was garbed in crescent moon-white Confucian palace dress, a cap and hairband. Two long bundles of hair spilled over her chest. Her whole body was pure white, but this white was not the normal shade. Between this white and the crescent moon white, she appeared very simple from afar. Upon a closer look, one would notice her clothing had soaring dragons, a brilliant expression, startling Heaven and man.

This "gentleman" from the Confucian sage had a saying: "Where the physical prevails over literary, this is the rustic; where the literary prevails over the physical, this is the educated. When the literary and physical are in balance, this is a gentleman." Only the greatest disciples of Confucianism had the qualifications to don these clothes.

The woman's brows seemed to be immaculately carved, a spirituality in the midst of her delicateness. Her steps carried wind and was paced steadily, a majestic manner. Even gods and demons would step back. She had a bearing that gripped all under Heaven.

Astonishingly, she was at Confucianism's highest "Civilize People By Example"³ Realm.

"The Analects: Yan Yuan" had a saying: The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.⁴

Su Mian narrowed her eyes. She also had a feeling of powerlessness against this woman.

She was none other than Heavenly Lord Star "Master Of Heaven And Man" Dong Zhongshu,⁵ the great scholar of Confucianism and also had a practically sage appellation, "Dongzi." She was Confucianism's first in this Star Era to be able to be the sage of sages.

"Dongzi." Su Mian faintly smiled. "Why have you come to the Xi Yue Tower."

Dong Zhongshu glanced at the Delta Ursaw Majoris Stone and said: "This Delta Ursae Majoris Stone is the vital fulcrum for the Purple Rose Star Palace's Three Enclosures Star Array. You cannot rashly move it, Your Majesty Su Mian, otherwise you will disturb the Central Star Field's purple qi.

She had the tone of a parent scolding their child, appearing very natural.

Su Mian said: "This Majesty is merely looking at the Delta Ursae Majoris Stone."

"En. Li did not return with Your Majesty this time?" Dong Zhongshu asked.

"Li stayed at Mount Hua to finish some matters…Presumably, Dongzi should also be aware." Su Mian descended the Xi Yue Tower.

Dong Zhongshu followed, her steps keeping pace, as if she was a teacher eagerly showing her student the way, yet she was also like an official showing modesty following a ruler. She seemed to already have all that she could want, a level of not desiring excess. From this look, Su Mian did not seem like a highness compared to her but more like a student.

"Yes, I heard that a Purple Rose Star Name is at Mount Hua." Dong Zhongshu did not hide this.

"En."

"That Purple Rose Star Name, once awakened, can kill Heavenly Stars…Your Majesty, have you thought of something."

"Indeed. This Purple Rose Star Name could only be Ancestor-level, or perhaps Song Zhao's Star Name." Su Mian said.

"A thousand years ago, the Great Song Star Dynasty initiated the Star Duels affair, leaving Star World in a bloody carnage. Your father, the Purple Rose Star Emperor, led the Heavenly Spirits and Earthly Fiends in unifying Star World. Song Zhao's Star Name is an unavoidable scourge. Your Majesty cannot allow Star World to face that danger again." Dong Zhongshu prudently said.

"This Majesty left Li at Mount Hua for precisely this purpose. Dongzi, you can rest easy." Su Mian said.

"Since this is the case, then Your Majesty should have preparations for Yang Guang's conduct." Dong Zhongshu asked, neither servile nor overbearing.

"This Majesty must count on Dongzi to persuade these Star Marquis." The Sixteen Star Marquis gave Su Mian an enormous headache. She was unwilling to go manage them. She had heard her father say that these Star Names were a group ambitious for all ages. To subjugate them would not be easy at all.

"Right, Xiang Yu's Star Name has re-emerged, what happened with that now." Su Mian changed the topic, for this was another similarly headache-inducing problem. However, she cared more about Xiang Yu. The Xiang Yu from a thousand years ago was the adversary of her father, who, in the end, was finally vanquished. She did not expect this Star Name would surprisingly be reborn a thousand years later.

"Not very clear for the time being. Your Servant heard that the ‘Five Elements General Kings' have already re-assembled. Xiang Yu has apparently gone to the Foreign Star Field to recruit a massive army." Dong Zhongshu said.

"Is she unwilling to heed an imperial order from the Central Star Field?" Su Mian wrinkled her brow.

"Your Servant is afraid that a Star Marquis position is insufficient to satisfy the Hegemon King's appetite."

"Maybe I should let her take my place." Su Mian joked.

Dong Zhongshu was expressionless.

Su Mian retracted her joking appearance, "Fine. If Xiang Yu actually wants to overturn the Central Star Field, then issue a Central Imperial Order to make the Sixteen Star Marquis subjugate her."

"En."

"Then next pertains to Ou Yezi. Yuan Tiangang is already about to deduce the heavenly mystery. It seems that the Romance Of The World has already entered the Inner Star Fields. Yuan Tiangang requires ‘Nine Heavens Star Jade,' ‘Ten Thousand Year Star Ocean,' ‘Northern Darkness Giant Carp,' and other materials…" 

"Prepare a list. This Majesty will carefully deliberate on it later. These materials are all very precious…" Su Mian recalled Chen Mo's Northern Dipper. She wanted to delay Yuan Tiangang's matter.

How could she have expected that Dong Zhongshu would slowly answer: "Due to the importance of this matter, Your Servant has already taken initiative to open the Central Treasury, the ‘Little Huang Fairyland,' and retrieve them."

"What?? You opened the Little Huang Fairyland on your own without This Majesty' approval?" Su Mian was furious. "Dongzi, will you enter This Majesty's Caiwei Pavilion as you please next time, then."

Dong Zhongshu was unflustered. She calmly cupped her hands: "Because this could not be delayed. Your Majesty was also in the Primordial Chaos Star World, so Your Servant took initiative."

Su Mian grit her teeth and recovered her cool: "Never mind this time. Next time, you are not to act on your own without my permission.

"Your Servant is aware of her fault."

"En, the Literary Excellence Convention will begin soon. This Majesty shall prepare to attend this time." Su Mian shook her head. "Make the Seven Sages Of The Bamboo Grove prepare."

"Has Wanyang arrived?"⁶ Su Mian then asked.

"Last time, the ‘Peerless Star Hero'⁷ nearly won the ‘Hundred Sages Simultaneous Cry.⁸ This time, it can surely win first prize in the Literary Excellence Convention. The Central Star Field shall have another Worthy. Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"Now is too early to tell." Su Mian shook her head.

"Then Your Servant shall disturb you no longer."

Su Mian grunted.

After Su Mian left, Dong Zhongshu gazed at the tall Xi Yue Tower. Beyond the Xi Yue Tower was a towering mountain that loomed over the clouds. This mountain was said to be a pillar supporting Heaven, a height that even the best Star Generals were unable to touch.

"Soon, my Star Name will finally enter this mountain eternal with the others and become a name immemorial, surpassing this world!" The Master Of Heaven And Man muttered to herself.

She then shut her eyes. In her mind, the delicate figure of a woman like water appeared.

"Chuli Ji!⁹ Go send word to Yang Guang, have her use this chance to thoroughly eradicate the foundations of Mount Hua's Daoism. I cannot rest easy if Mount Hua is not wiped out."

The Chuli Ji woman faintly grinned and vanished like a chime in the wind.

Dong Zhongshu opened her eyes. She strode down the terrace as if nothing had happened.

…

The Sea Of Bitterness Divine Boat passed through the void sea of stars, saving a lot of time to arrive at the "Yixia Star Field," which was one of Yu Juluo's six Star Fields. Star Fields were a type of feat incarnate for Star Generals. To be able to become the master of a Star Field demonstrated one was able to augment the merits and achievements of a Star Name, to promote it regardless of Realm or other aspects, that this Star Name would be even stronger than before when it was reborn henceforth.

The Divine Boat stopped over a boundless sea.

In the middle of the sea was a man standing on water. His head was lowered to watch the silver sharks swimming and hunting prey.

Yang Su was all too familiar with that figure.

Perhaps using Mount Tai, the head of the Five Moons, was not a sufficient description of this figure's strength. He stood on this endless ocean, but he nevertheless gave off a feeling that the entire ocean under his feet was miniscule.

This to cultivate the Black Turtle's spirit to practically the highest kind of Realm.

The Black Turtle was categorized as water, capable of following any source of water.

In just a few short days, this man's Realm had surprisingly increased drastically and was even more formidable than during the competition. Recalling her sorry state the past few days, the humiliation she went through, Yang Su's heart was endlessly bitter.

To think she actually was unable to hold a candle to him.

"Chen Mo, what trick are you playing at!!"

Yang Su growled. A wisp of Confucian Noble True Qi gathered. Even with her Realm was greatly debilitated, she summoned a bit of power.

The calm seas suddenly surged under voice. The ocean churned and raised a sky-shocking wave.

The woman standing beside Chen Mo faintly glanced over as if with the gaze of a caring mother. She had the warmth and beneficence of Heaven. The sea immediately calmed under her gaze.

"What?"

Yang Su was speechless.

1. He really did name them after his wives… ↩
2. Seems all of his wives helped raise her. ↩
3. 風行草偃 ↩
4. TL taken from James Legge https://ctext.org/analects/yan-yuan?searchu=%E5%90%9B%E5%AD%90%E4%B9%8B%E5%BE%B7%E9%A2%A8%EF%BC%8C%E5%B0%8F%E4%BA%BA%E4%B9%8B%E5%BE%B7%E8%8D%89%E3%80%82 ↩
5. 天尊星『天人之師』董仲舒 ↩
6. 宛央 ↩
7. 無雙星豪 ↩
8. 百聖齊鳴, This will probably change. ↩
9. 樗里疾 ↩