Although Jianchen had sensed the old man's strength, he did not reveal anything on his face. He silently nodded and gently acknowledged the old man's words. Afterward, he passed by the old man and made his way to the corridor on the left.
When he arrived at the end of the corridor, the light before Jianchen's eyes suddenly brightened. He had already arrived in an extremely spacious room. The light there was extremely bright, no different from the daytime outside. There were many neatly arranged bookshelves in the room. A large number of books were placed on them. If all the books in the room were added together, there would probably be over a thousand books.
Jianchen raised his head slightly to look at the ceiling. He knew that the reason why the light was so bright was all because of the ceiling. He did not know what the ceiling was made of, but it actually gave off a gentle light. Although the light was intense, it was not blinding.
Although he was extremely curious about the ceiling, Jianchen did not waste any time on it. He directly arrived beside a bookshelf and carefully selected a book. In the end, he took out the book he needed the most and began to read it.
The book clearly recorded the description of the entire continent. It was not thick, so Jianchen finished reading it in six hours. At the same time, he gained a rough understanding of this foreign world.
This continent was known as the Tian Yuan Continent. It was extremely vast and contained countless countries of various sizes. Within the territories of these countries, there was a large number of people.
There were all kinds of cities of different sizes. The largest of these cities were called Super Main Cities. Each of these Super Main Cities was very large, and the highest ruler of these cities was the City Lord. They had millions or even tens of millions of City Guards.
However, there were only a total of seven capital cities on the Tian Yuan Continent. They were controlled by the three most powerful empires. The Karl Empire and the Felicity Empire each controlled two capital cities, while the Holy Emperor Empire controlled three capital cities.
Below the Super Main Cities were the Royal Cities. However, Royal Cities were much smaller than Super Main Cities, and they were much more numerous. Almost every Kingdom had at least one Royal City with over a million City Guards. Below the Royal Cities were the First Class Cities with 800,000 City Guards, Second Class Cities with 400,000 City Guards, Third Class Cities with 200,000 City Guards, and Third Class Cities with 100,000 City Guards. Below the Third Class Cities were the Towns with 100,000 City Guards. Below the Towns were the villages of various sizes, and the City Guards were all formed by the villagers themselves. However, the total number of soldiers in each village did not exceed 50,000, and their strength and equipment were also much weaker.
Everyone on the Tian Yuan Continent cultivated a type of energy called Saint Force. When their Saint Force reached the tenth grade, it would condense into a Saint Weapon according to their master's thoughts. Saint Weapons came in all sorts of shapes, and their specific shape was completely based on their master's thoughts.
Since Saint Weapons were completely condensed from the Saint Force within a person's body, they were connected to their master's mind once they were formed. As for those with outstanding talent, the moment their Saint Weapons were formed, they would possess certain attributes. These attributes were Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Light, and Darkness. Among them, the Light and Darkness elements were extremely rare, and at the same time, extremely powerful.
Light elements possessed extremely powerful healing abilities, and people who possessed light elemental Saint Weapons were known as undying people on the Tian Yuan Continent. This was because once they were injured in battle, they would quickly recover through their healing abilities. If they were not killed in a single strike in a battle of the same level, it would be very difficult to kill them.
Darkness elements possessed powerful corrosive properties. Not only were they extremely troublesome to deal with, they were also the most troublesome people to deal with. In particular, in the night, they would come and go without a trace. They were known as the Kings of the Night on the continent. The night was their world.
The other four elements also possessed their corresponding abilities. The strength of the abilities depended on the user's strength. Of course, on the Tian Yuan Continent, less than one in ten people possessed elemental Saint Weapons. There were even more people who possessed Saint Weapons that did not possess any elemental Saint Weapons. In a battle of the same level, people who possessed elemental Saint Weapons would often be much more powerful than people who did not possess any elemental Saint Weapons.
Saint Weapons were the most powerful weapons of every person. During battle, they could instantly summon the Saint Weapon from their body to assist their master in battle, allowing the master to unleash their greatest strength. At the same time, the Saint Weapon was connected to the master's life. Once the Saint Weapon suffered any great damage, it would also cause some damage to the master. If the Saint Weapon was broken, the master would also suffer a fatal blow. In severe cases, the master could even die.
However, Saint Weapons were extremely tough. Unless someone was several times stronger than the master, they would not be able to cause any damage to the Saint Weapon.
After the Saint Weapon was formed, the method of cultivation in the future was to absorb the spiritual energy of the world to make the Saint Weapon even more powerful, thus increasing the user's strength.
After the Saint Weapon was formed, one would become a "Saint". On the Tian Yuan Continent, the strength of a Saint was divided into nine levels: Saint, Great Saint, Saint Master, Great Saint Master, Earth Saint Master, Heaven Saint Master, Saint Ruler, Holy Emperor, and Holy Emperor. Every level was further divided into three sub-levels: early, mid, and late.
On the Tian Yuan Continent, there was a huge mountain range that practically traversed the entire continent. This mountain range was called the Magical Beast Mountain Range. There were countless magical beasts within, and the deeper one went, the more powerful the magical beasts became.
The magical beasts were divided into a total of nine levels. A level 1 magical beast was equivalent to a human Saint, a level 2 magical beast was equivalent to a human Great Saint, and so on. A level 8 magical beast was equivalent to a human Holy Emperor, and a level 9 magical beast was equivalent to a human Holy Emperor.
At the same time, there was an extremely popular occupation on the Tian Yuan Continent, and that was being a mercenary. According to the books, there were many mercenaries on the Tian Yuan Continent. They practically covered the entire continent. These mercenaries usually earned money by completing various missions. However, even more mercenaries entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range to hunt magical beasts and obtain monster cores to earn money.
Although the danger was very great, the profit was also very great. This was because the price of a Monster Core was very high in the Tianyuan Continent. The higher the level of the Monster Core, the more expensive it would be. Some high level Monster Cores could not even be measured by money.
Monster cores were items that almost everyone on the Tian Yuan Continent needed. Monster cores contained extremely pure and powerful energy. This kind of energy could be directly absorbed to rapidly increase one's strength. It was several times faster than absorbing the Qi of the world to cultivate. However, using monster cores to cultivate was not something that ordinary people could afford.
In addition to this, Jianchen also understood from the books that this world was extremely cruel. There were battles almost everywhere. It was much more dangerous than the Jianghu in his previous life. If one did not have great strength, it would be very difficult to survive in the outside world. Moreover, everyone on this continent cultivated. However, there were many people with mediocre talent who could not cultivate the Saint Force in their body to the tenth layer in their entire life. From there, they could condense a Saint Weapon within their body. If these people did not have any backing, they would often live at the lowest level of the Tian Yuan Continent. They were equivalent to farmers in poor villages.
After reading all this information, Jianchen finally had some understanding of this foreign world. Saint Weapons, elemental energy, magical beasts, monster cores, and mercenaries. All of this was so new to Jianchen. At the same time, Jianchen's heart began to surge. This was a yearning for the outside world. He could not wait to immediately leave Changyang Prefecture and explore the outside world.
However, Jianchen knew that at least for the next few years, he would not be able to achieve this wish. Not to mention that his parents would not allow a child who was not even three years old to go out and explore the outside world, even if he really did go out, he would not have the ability to protect himself.
PS: Actually, Saint Weapons are very similar to a cultivator's Life Bound Magic Treasure. Everyone can understand it this way.
In the following period of time, Jianchen cultivated even more diligently. Aside from eating and doing some daily activities, he basically locked himself in his room to cultivate. Currently, he had not completed the most basic part of the first stage of the Azure Sword Codex, so the Qi of Heaven and Earth that he had absorbed into his body had all fused into every cell in his body, including his organs, limbs, and bones, strengthening every part of his body.
When his body reached a point where the Qi of Heaven and Earth could no longer strengthen him, Jianchen would then proceed to the second step, which was to cultivate his Zhen Qi. So until now, other than possessing a physique that was far stronger than normal people, Jianchen's Dantian was completely empty. There was not the slightest bit of Zhen Qi.
In his previous life, Jianchen only took a year to complete the first step of the Azure Sword Codex. But in this world, the Qi of Heaven and Earth was many times stronger than in his previous life. So even though he had not completed it in two years, in terms of the strength of his body, it was definitely much stronger than in his previous life.
Regarding Jianchen hiding in his room all day and not coming out, his parents did not reveal the slightest bit of strange expression.
This was because in Changyang Prefecture, every child who had just turned two years old would be taught a basic breathing technique orally by their parents. Then, they would be allowed to cultivate for a year. When they turned three years old, they would undergo the Saint Force test. This was used to evaluate their potential and aptitude. Similarly, when Jianchen had just turned two years old, his mother, Bi Yuntian, had also orally taught him the most basic breathing technique. However, regarding this breathing technique, Jianchen had directly thrown it to the back of his mind. This was because to him, this thing was no different from an adult playing with a child's toy.
Therefore, when Jianchen shut himself in his room all day and did not come out, outsiders would think that Jianchen was cultivating the breathing technique and did not have any suspicions in their hearts.
The next morning, Jianchen ended a night of cultivation. Today was his special day because today was his third birthday. At the same time, today he would undergo the Saint Force test that every three-year-old child in the Tianyuan Continent had to undergo.
After accompanying his mother, Bi Yuntian, to the dining hall for breakfast, Jianchen was led by his mother to the Conference Hall of Changyang Prefecture.
Changyang Prefecture occupied a very large area. The area where Jianchen lived was only a small courtyard in Changyang Prefecture. Walking on the road, Jianchen constantly looked at Changyang Prefecture. In the past three years, Jianchen had spent most of his time in his room diligently cultivating. He rarely walked around Changyang Prefecture.
In Changyang Prefecture, groups of armored guards shuttled back and forth in every area patrolling. A pair of bright eyes constantly swept back and forth in secret places. Even though it was daytime, they still did not relax at all.
When Jianchen passed by a wide martial arts practice field, he was attracted by the sound of a young child shouting. He saw dozens of children under the age of ten practicing martial arts under the guidance of a middle-aged man.
Jianchen knew that these children were the direct descendants of Changyang Prefecture. There were more than a thousand people in Changyang Prefecture. Other than half of them being the family guards and servants, the other half were the direct descendants of Changyang Prefecture.
After passing through the martial arts practice field, Jianchen finally arrived at the Conference Hall in the center of Changyang Prefecture under the guidance of his mother, Bi Yuntian.
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