At this moment, Li Chenglong stood on the podium, holding a blackboard stick in his hand, tapping on the desk, looking very stylish.
"classmates!"
The fat boy started to give the lecture. He didn't seem nervous at all and was very calm. It seemed that this was not his first time doing this job.
"It's Teacher Li's class time now. You can enjoy your recovery while listening to my class. Remember to pay attention. Teacher Li can't read faces, nor can he tell who wins or loses. Especially he can't brag... I'm just an ordinary student, an ordinary student who knows a little more than everyone else..."
As soon as the fat boy finished speaking, a low laugh suddenly arose from below and lasted for a long time.
The corners of Zuo Xiaoduo's mouth twitched.
This guy deserves a beating. He is clearly taking revenge on me for bringing him down just now!
You make fun of me as soon as you get on the stage. That's really not generous of you!
But you probably don’t know how ungenerous Mr. Zuo is!
Let you make fun of me, just wait.
"Let's get back to the point."
The little fat man seemed to have become a different person in an instant. Not only was his demeanor calm, but he even had a bit of a profound and majestic aura: "Speaking of history, we must first introduce our continent. Our Xinghun Continent has a long history that is no longer traceable. Simply dividing it by years is a kind of blasphemy. Therefore, we can only rely on the countless clues left by the sages to speculate what happened in each period. Of course, these are too difficult, too complicated, and too profound for you, but for a genius like me, it is easy and can be easily said."
The little fat guy boasted a little, and before the boos from the audience started, he continued, "Now, let me tell you in detail. Zuo Xiaoduo, don't think that you can glare at me just because you beat me today. Although you are older than me and have better fighting awareness, do you believe that I can drive you out with just one word? Now, right now, smile at me with a flattering expression!"
The whole room burst into laughter.
Zuo Xiaoduo was confused, but he tried to cooperate and put on a fawning expression, nodding and bowing: "Hello, Teacher Li, you have worked hard, Teacher Li is awesome, Teacher Li is a little cow who is a sword fairy, flying across the four seas and eight wastelands for hundreds of thousands of miles... "
Li Chenglong nodded modestly: "Sit down and listen to the class carefully. This is a good child who is making progress every day. Teacher Li will give you a verbal praise. Zuo Xiaoduo, you have been held back for five years and have probably not received much praise, right? Are you feeling a little excited?"
The whole class burst into laughter again, laughing so hard that they fell over.
Zuo Xiaoduo smiled wryly: "Yes, my heart is surging with emotion. Teacher Li, it seems there will be a qualifying match tomorrow."
Li Chenglong shuddered and glared: "Start the lecture!"
Qin Fangyang nodded secretly.
Even if Li Chenglong can hardly make further progress in his cultivation in the future, he is definitely a good material for being a teacher. The way he warmed up the atmosphere with his opening words and attracted everyone's attention is already extraordinary, not to mention that he would specifically point out someone to cooperate with him afterwards, and they complement each other, which is really wonderful.
Of course, this harmonious atmosphere is also thanks to the cooperation of another person. It is rare that Zuo Xiaoduo is older than all the students in the class, but he has no airs and the cooperation is seamless.
If a class warms up to this extent, the following content will definitely be remembered very clearly, and it is not surprising to say that it is unforgettable for a lifetime.
"The Star Soul Continent is vast, and no one knows how big it is." The little fat man's voice became serious.
"In ancient times, there was a powerful being whom we call Father God. Father God opened up this space, which is the so-called creation of heaven and earth. Then he created life out of nothing, and even created everything on the Star Soul Continent. This is also the original origin of the Star Soul Continent."
"After Father God created the world, he left here to pursue the way of heaven, leaving behind only a primitive era. However, it is impossible to know how long this era lasted. It is an era without any traces, so I will not elaborate on it here. After the primitive era, there is the legendary prehistoric era."
The little fat man paused and said in a deep voice: "Although it is impossible to verify, based on my research, I have come to a conclusion that during that period of time, humans must have struggled to survive and huddled together for warmth. Then, strong people appeared, and sects appeared, and then various powerful people appeared..."
"It's not worth mentioning to simply deduce this, it's natural, but I also deduced that these people should have huddled together to keep warm, against the sky, against the earth, against the monsters and wild beasts, against the living environment, and even against all the cruel atmosphere, but in the end they had disputes. It is also because of this that the primitive era evolved into the prehistoric era. There must be another reason for this, but this reason is still difficult to verify due to the long time interval, so it can only be limited to speculation."
"But we don't have enough time to finish these speculations. So I won't say it."
"Next, let's talk about the prehistoric times. Humans in different regions gave themselves ethnic titles and names. Then, they had leaders, strong men, and the strongest men were called... saints!"
"Several saints led their own tribes, occupied one side, regulated the world, set rules, recuperated, and developed their own schools of thought. Although there were disputes on the continent for a while, it was still peaceful. It can be regarded as the golden age after the primitive era."
"Then came the period of immortals and gods. Powerful men emerged from various schools, and their ambitions grew. They intended to get involved in other territories and other ethnic groups. So they started fighting. One founded the Heavenly Court, and the other founded the Underworld. One governed the heavens, the earth, and the people; the other governed the reincarnation of the souls. Well, there were other organizations that also appeared and fought. After a great war of the century, both sides were defeated and licked their wounds and recuperated. That was why the period of immortals and gods finally came to an end."
Li Chenglong said: "We will keep it brief here. There must be too many grievances, hatreds, power struggles, etc. But that battle was too brutal, causing both the heaven and earth to suffer heavy losses and unable to continue!"
"According to ancient books and legends, one of the more reliable statements is..."
The little fat man pondered and said, "… probably after the battle that year, the eight huge inherited sects were unwilling to share the same continent with each other, so the strong men in the clan joined forces and forcibly split the continent, using their own bases as the source point, drifting away in the starry sky, and disappeared without a trace."
"But there is another version that says that a powerful person suppressed all the sects with great force. However, after a series of battles, that powerful person had a short life span. Fearing that there would be another wave of trouble after his death, that powerful person used up his remaining life span and burst out with power beyond his own limits, splitting the continent and expelling all the eight inherited sects that were fighting each other. He left them to wander in the starry sky and was not allowed to return."
Everyone listened attentively.
Zuo Xiaoduo was even more shocked.
He knew some of this knowledge, but it was far from being as systematic as what the fat man said.
"This is probably the biggest turning point in the ancient history of the entire Star Soul Continent!"
The little fat man sighed and continued, "With the end of the Age of Immortals and Gods, the next is the so-called Dynasty Age, the low-level martial arts period of cultivators. Because of the great war between immortals and gods, the people suffered and their lives were in misery. Countless factions and sects were wiped out, and all the strong men were killed or injured. After the eight giant sects left, there was almost no systematic practice inheritance left in the world."
"When warriors have no higher mental methods, they turn their training to physical training. However, even if this kind of training is taken to the extreme, at best they can defeat ten thousand enemies. But if they do not cultivate their spirits and souls, it is difficult to achieve immortality; their life span is at most a few hundred years."
"During this period, some people who had a glimpse of immortals and gods' heritage appeared from time to time. These people often claimed to be immortals and left many traces in history. However, from the perspective of modern people, they are nothing but a joke."
"During this feudal dynasty, the strength of practitioners was unprecedentedly low. However, the change of dynasties, the rise and fall of illusions, the long separation will eventually reunite, and the long reunion will eventually separate, providing a stage for countless heroes to show themselves."
The little fat man Li Chenglong had a distant look in his eyes and said softly, "After the dynasty era, it was the technological era that is closer to us. The so-called technology is familiar to everyone. The mobile phones, telephones, computers, airplanes, trains, etc. in our hands can all be called unique products of the technological era."
"After thousands of years of development, human wisdom has become higher and higher. As the martial arts tradition has become extinct, more and more people have begun to find new ways to fight. As a result, there are fighting methods other than cultivation, and there are also various machines that can replace the power of powerful warriors. The so-called moving mountains and filling the sea, and transmitting sound thousands of miles away are all trivial matters..."
"This is the age of science and technology! We call it the age of science and technology, an age of eliminating weapons! Why? There are certainly important reasons for this."
"Because in this technological age, martial arts training is useless."
"With the continuous development of science and technology, and the emergence of airplanes, cannons, and even more powerful weapons, ordinary warriors simply cannot withstand a blow from ordinary people holding guns, let alone dodge the absolute speed of guns. As a result, the number of warriors has become increasingly weak. The occasional practice of martial arts is reduced to strengthening the body. The martial arts are becoming increasingly weak!"
"As the technological age progressed, the situation gradually evolved into a situation where everyone abandoned martial arts, and martial arts gradually became a legend."
"Also in the technological age, the earlier period of immortals and gods, the primitive period, has transformed from legends into myths, which are becoming increasingly untraceable, unreliable, and untraceable. No one would believe that humans can fly in the sky on their own, no one believes that humans can move mountains and fill the sea, and no one believes that humans can live forever!"
"Everything related to the advanced practitioners has been overturned!"
"The power of technology can allow people to travel around the world without any effort! It can also knock down a martial arts master with one shot without any enemy attack! Then what is the point of practicing?"
"In that era, humans had long forgotten that their enemies were never humans, but the heavens, the earth, the universe, and the laws of all things!"
"So, we now call the technological era... the era of eliminating weapons!"
At this point, the little fat man took a few breaths, and then said sadly: "Then, the ecological resources of the continent were consumed bit by bit, and finally exhausted. A large amount of natural environment was destroyed, making it difficult for this continent to bear... In the end, it finally reached the era of destruction."
"In the period when science and technology developed to its peak, the whole land was full of tall buildings and cities. At that time, there was no such thing as urban suburbs. The spiritual energy of the Star Soul Continent was also becoming increasingly thin, and cultivation was like a fantasy."
"But at that time, one day, a meteor suddenly appeared in the sky, and countless planets in the universe exploded; countless meteors hit the Star Soul Continent day and night."
"A fist-sized piece of meteor debris, falling from the endless sky, can instantly destroy a village; not to mention a meteor as big as a hill, falling from the sky like an entire mountain..."
"That meteor shower lasted almost non-stop for three hundred years. Three hundred years in total."
"If it was an ordinary meteorite, it wouldn't be a problem with the technological strength at that time. But with the might of heaven and earth that covered the entire continent, it was completely powerless. And the ordinary people on the entire continent didn't have the strength and physique to resist. One shock was enough to kill millions of people instantly!"
"In the end, only one of the tens of billions of people on the entire continent survived. The continent withered and it became difficult to find life."
“This is the era of destruction!”
Li Chenglong took a long breath and said, "Finally, God has mercy on us and cannot bear to see human civilization completely extinct. He has left a chance for humanity to rise again. The era of spiritual energy revival has arrived."
"After the apocalypse, the human population had already become sparse to an outrageous degree. It was common to see uninhabited areas for thousands of miles. The meteorite catastrophe not only wiped out countless people on the entire continent, but also caused a devastating blow to the environment and economy. It became a difficult matter for humans to survive."
"Fortunately, at this time, people discovered that the environment of the continent was very different from before. The spiritual energy that was originally extremely thin became rich. It turned out that the meteors falling from the universe were all wrapped in abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Many of them contained star spirit stones, which were constantly emitting spiritual energy. They were wonderful items to assist practitioners."
"And those Star Spirit Stones can be found almost everywhere, all over the continent, in all the oceans and lakes. After all, they have been pouring down for three hundred years. If they were missing, it would be a miracle. Well, these Star Spirit Stones are probably what we now call Star Soul Stones."
When the fat man said this, Zuo Xiaoduo nodded slowly. It turned out that this was the origin of the Star Soul Stone.
"After the catastrophe, the surviving humans rose from the ruins and resumed production and life. Some continued to study science and technology, but others discovered by chance that the spiritual energy emitted by the Star Spirit Stone could nourish the body. Some martial arts inheritors used it to help them practice martial arts."
"However, the utilization rate of the Star Spirit Stone was not very high at that time. Even if it was occasionally used to practice martial arts, it was difficult to achieve much effect due to the decline of martial arts heritage. After hundreds of years, human society has returned to the track of the technological era. The newly developed technology can already resist the still-unending meteorite bombardment... Another earth-shaking change is coming unexpectedly!"
"Two of the eight continents that separated in the early years suddenly returned from the starry sky and reconnected with the Star Soul Continent. This huge change shook the entire continent. The sea turned over and huge waves surged. The entire continent was shaken. Countless high mountains even turned into the seabed in an instant. Human civilization suffered a heavy blow once again!"
"The two sects that returned existed as two opposing sects back then."
"One faction feels that the existing humans have occupied their original territory, and they want to exterminate all the Star Soul humans and recreate their former glory. To put it bluntly, they are just jealous of this spiritual realm that has been baptized by countless meteorites."
"Humans used high-tech weapons to resist, but found that the so-called guns were useless in front of these people. The so-called weapons of mass destruction were destroyed before they could be used."
"It was at that time that mankind finally realized that no power was more reliable than the supreme power that one possesses within oneself!"
"It turns out that the power of one person can really fight against natural disasters, earthquakes, volcanoes, and even tsunamis..."
"Fortunately, there were two factions that returned together. One faction showed its ambition to completely destroy the local humans as soon as it arrived. The other faction might have had the same intention at first, but its overall strength was not as good as the former. So they chose to join forces with humans, pass down the seeds of martial arts, and start a long and desperate battle with the other faction."
"stop!"
When the little fat man got to this point, Qin Fangyang, who had been standing next to him, suddenly interrupted and said calmly, "Cut out the rest of this paragraph. Your current cultivation level is not qualified to know more in-depth things."
The fat boy nodded.
"Well, this is the embryonic stage of our current era. Well, or maybe it's the second embryonic stage."
"Then we have reached the high martial arts period where we are now. We have inherited the cultivation from one of the returning sects, and after years of development, many masters have emerged, and we have gradually embarked on a new path to becoming strong. We attach equal importance to martial arts and technology, or we can say that we have adopted a cultivation path assisted by technology. For example, the white mist that was cast on you just now to heal your injuries and restore your physical strength is based on the energy of the Star Soul Stone, supplemented by mechanical adjustments, and is controlled to suit everyone's current state."
Li Chenglong said solemnly: "My friends, now you know that we are still on the brink of survival! The strength of the enemy is beyond our current level."
"Countless strong men are guarding the border day and night, or on the top of the snow-capped mountains, or on the islands, or in the waves, or..."
The little fat man pointed to the top of his head: "... above the nine heavens!"
"Perhaps, one day, when we wake up, the city we are in no longer exists! Or, one day, when we fall asleep, in our dream... everything will be over!"
"This is our high-level martial arts era! There are extremely powerful enemies outside, unimaginably strong forces, or they have infiltrated us... or, they are right here in our homes!"
"Moreover, right now, meteors in the starry sky are still falling non-stop!"
"Of the eight exiled continents, only two have returned so far. The others may not have perished in the starry sky. Who knows, they may return someday."
"By that time, it will still be a world-destroying catastrophe!"
"Our city is only safe because of the protection of the strong who divert the falling meteors away and into the wasteland!"
The little fat man said this and glanced at Qin Fangyang.
Qin Fangyang nodded slightly.
Li Chenglong stood up straight. "This is all Teacher Li is going to say to you. Do you have any questions? Zuo Xiaoduo, do you understand?"
Zuo Xiaoduo raised his right hand: "Teacher Li, I understand."
Li Chenglong nodded with satisfaction: "If you understand, it means everyone understands. The teacher is very pleased and happy!"
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(End of this chapter)