Swordholder

"A miraculous elixir from three thousand years ago?"

Chen Yuan was surprised. "What's the use of that?"

Li Taiyi looked at Chen Yuan as if he had seen a ghost.

The same applies to everyone else.

Li Wei coughed lightly and quickly recounted what he, Chen Yuan, and Chen Zhaoning had said.

"What? You're from a reclusive family? Don't your family have Black Sun and Red Moon?"

Upon hearing Li Wei's words, Li Taiyi exclaimed in surprise, "There are places like this?"

"Of course. This world is so vast that no one can explore it all. According to the ancient records left by my family, although this world is called the 'Human World,' it is boundless and endless."

"The place we are in belongs to the Eastern Region of the Human Realm, which has been occupied by the Great Xiang Empire."

Elsewhere, there are many independent regions, or interconnected smaller worlds, that remain unexplored.

Zhong Yue spoke, his head held high.

His words caused all the human prodigies to widen their eyes, as if their horizons had suddenly broadened.

Seeing the shocked expressions on Chen Yuan and the others' faces, Zhong Yue, whose family seemed to possess broader knowledge, smiled slightly and continued speaking.

"Just like the western part of the Great Xiang Empire, which connects with the Eternal Night Continent, where there is no daytime and it is always in darkness, the Night Ghost Clan was born there, and the Night Ghost Clan established the Dark Night Nether Kingdom."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan and Li Wei exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing shock.

"The Night Demon Clan? They're basically the same as the Beast Clan of the Great Xiang Empire, right?"

Li Wei asked curiously.

"yes."

Zhong Yue nodded.

While collecting the profound mysteries of the Purple Mansion floating in mid-air, everyone listened to Zhong Yue's introduction to this human world.

Even Li Taiyi was extremely curious.

Most of the people in the arena were families living in a kingdom ruled by beasts, and they knew very little about the outside world.

Because the Great Xiang Empire monopolized three thousand years of history, and strictly controlled the dissemination of knowledge among all living beings in the vast areas within the empire.

They are altering people's understanding of history; this is the strategy of cultural invasion.

Chen Yuan's mind raced, and he sighed inwardly. If a few thousand years passed, the human race would probably naturally believe that their race had never dominated the world.

Those beasts that rule the world.

Having been enslaved for so long, they instinctively felt like domestic fowl.

Given that Zhong Yue possesses such extensive knowledge, his family must have preserved ancient texts from three thousand years ago.

Even within the family, there are detailed descriptions of this world's civilization.

Zhong Yue continued, "To the south of the Great Xiang Empire lies the Desolate Moon Demon Kingdom."

"As for the east, there is an endless sea, and on the sea there is a kingdom made up of countless islands and pirates, called the Baiyang Demon Kingdom."

Li Wei asked curiously, "What about the north?"

Chen Yuan also looked at Zhong Yue.

"There are no kingdoms to the north. Going north, you will find the Central Divine Continent, a place where many sects and religions, holy clans, immortal sects and Taoist sects exist, and powerful figures abound."

At this point, a longing shone in Zhong Yue's eyes.

"I heard there is a Chaoxia Mountain there, a sacred place in the Central Plains, where the sun just rises. There, you can see the sun's radiant glow and witness the truly magnificent sun."

Chen Yuan and Li Wei were both greatly shocked!

"So, the sun was shrouded in a layer of black mist after it reached this area?"

Chen Yuan asked a crucial question, but then his face fell with confusion: "Shouldn't the sun rise in the east?"

Everyone looked at Chen Yuan in surprise.

"Brother Chen, who told you the sun rises in the east?"

Li Taiyi asked in confusion.

Chen Yuan and Li Wei, "..."

"No, we remembered it wrong."

Chen Yuan smiled, brushing it off, but then a question occurred to him, and he couldn't help but ask, "Are there any kingdoms established by humans in this mortal world?"

To Chen Yuan's surprise, Zhong Yue immediately replied, "Yes."

Everyone stared at Zhong Yue in astonishment.

Even Li Taiyi was the same, because he had never heard of a country inhabited by humans since he was born.

Humans, no matter where they are, are always at the bottom.

The light in Zhong Yue's eyes had changed; he looked at the black sun in the void and said,

"The kingdom formed by a group of sword-wielders is called 'Ming'."

Chen Yuan and Li Wei's pupils contracted.

"The Ming Dynasty?"

The two spoke almost simultaneously.

"That's right, the Ming Dynasty, also known as the Great Ming Empire!"

Zhong Yue, who appeared to be a rough and rugged man, was now visibly shaken. He looked up at the sky and solemnly shouted,

"The sun and moon shine brightly, righteous and righteous, dispelling the apocalyptic anomalies of the black sun and red moon, driving away the rampant bloodthirsty demonic energy, restoring the order of purity and turbidity in heaven and earth, allowing day and night to return to their proper order, the sun and moon to their rightful place, and restoring to the world what it should have—clear and bright skies!"

"This is the core philosophy of the Ming Empire, and it is also the lifelong belief and goal of every swordsman who wields the sword for the human race."

Li Taiyi involuntarily took a few steps back.

The same applies to everyone else.

They all noticed.

Zhong Yue is no ordinary man.

To say something like that, one is very likely a remnant of the Sword-wielding clique!

Zhong Yue glanced at the people retreating around him, then looked at Chen Yuan, Li Wei, and Nuomi, who were standing still, and smiled.

"Hehe, it's a pity that there are still too few people who can wield the sword for the human race. The Ming Empire is still in its infancy."

Chen Yuan nodded.

Suddenly, it dawned on me.

It turned out to be the case.

If the Ming Dynasty existed, Lu Chengfeng would definitely tell him.

Zhong Yue looked at Chen Yuan, who had fallen silent, with a serious expression, and continued, "The former Sword-wielding commander once said that in the face of natural disasters, demons and monsters, the human sword-wielders will never back down!"

If those who hold swords all retreat, then humanity has no future; future generations will be slaves for generations to come!

At this point, Zhong Yue's expression exuded a power called faith.

Everyone retreated again.

Only Chen Yuan, Li Wei, and Nuomi remained standing, listening to Zhong Yue speak.

Sword-wielding general?

Chen Yuan was surprised.

This is probably a peerless figure, just like the Master of the Wuxiang Sect.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm the Swordholder, and that I'll implicate you?"

Zhong Yue looked at Chen Yuan and asked with a smile.

"We're all going to die anyway."

Chen Yuan hit the nail on the head.

The people around were stunned for a moment, then instantly understood what Chen Yuan meant.

They came to Xijiang City to die.

What good is knowing this information about the Swordholder?

In the end, everyone dies anyway.

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

Suddenly, most people seemed to have come to terms with it and gathered around again, their faces showing composure.

"Yeah, we're all going to die anyway, so what's there to be afraid of the Swordholder?"

Li Taiyi gave a bitter smile, "I just hope it won't implicate the family."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

To survive in the territory of the Great Xiang Empire, even if they are from a thousand-year-old family, they must keep a low profile.

Li Taiyi, observing everyone's expressions, coughed lightly. "Zhong Yue, you've gone off on a tangent. Brother Chen asked you what's in the central area, and you suddenly brought up the Ming Dynasty that the Swordholder wants to establish? You can't just say things like that."

"Yes, yes, I shouldn't say things like that. I just spoke without thinking. Hehe, you can't take it to heart."

Zhong Yue grinned, revealing his uneven teeth, and stared at everyone.

All the human prodigies felt a chill run down their spines and hurriedly nodded, indicating that they would not say anything more.

Just kidding, how secretive was the Swordholder's establishment of the Ming Dynasty?

If they knew about this, they would definitely think it was related to the Sword-Holding Society.