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Chapter 324, The Development History of the Great Jin Dynasty
Whether the opportunity to become an emperor is possessed only by the native beings of the four continents or also by the beings of the central continent, neither Yan Zhenzhen nor Jing could answer that question.

It's not that I don't want to answer, it's that I don't know.

Hua Changxi had only asked the question casually, and seeing that the two did not respond directly, he smiled and put the question out of his mind.

Soon, the three arrived outside the Dixiu Temple camp.

"Master."

Master Guiyi was reading Buddhist scriptures when he saw Jingle leading Hua Changxi and Yan Zhenzhen into the tent. He smiled and asked, "Have those people's demonic energy been purified?"

After Jingle led Hua Changxi and Yan Zhenzhen to pay their respects, he shook his head and said, "It's only been temporarily suppressed."

Master Guiyi looked surprised: "Has something unexpected happened?"

Although those people were all Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, the monks sent by Xiangguo Temple and Dixiu Temple were no less powerful than them, and were all well-versed in Buddhist teachings.

Logically speaking, it should be possible to purify the demonic energy they inhaled.

Jing Liao's expression turned solemn: "Their bodies are all ignited with Yin Flames."

After hearing this, Master Guiyi sighed and then asked no further questions.

Hua Changxi looked at the two of them and asked, "Is there a big difference between igniting the Yin Flame and not igniting the Yin Flame?"

Upon hearing Hua Changxi's question, Master Guiyi looked at Hua Changxi, and Jingle also looked over: "Master, Benefactor Changxi has come to see you this time because she has been unable to ignite the Yang Flame."

Master Guiyi smiled and said, "It seems that young friend Hua doesn't know much about the magic lamp and the Yin-Yang Flames."

There's no point in hiding it, Hua Changxi nodded in admission: "Yes, much of what I know about the magic lamp and the black and white flames comes from hearsay, and I'm still confused about many things."

Master Guiyi then looked at Yan Zhenzhen: "Young friend Yan, do you know anything about the magic lamp?"

Yan Zhenzhen: "I did read about the story of the falling of the divine lamp in the library of the Array Saint Sect."

Hua Changxi: "."

If it weren't for the Shennong Cauldron and Shennong's alchemy inheritance, she probably wouldn't have had the chance to get to know Jing Liao, Yan Zhenzhen, and others.

Even without considering others, she has fallen far behind in terms of information.

Information asymmetry is, to a large extent, the key to success.

Master Guiyi nodded and looked at Jingliao: "Jingliao, why don't you tell young friend Hua about the magic lamp?"

Jing nodded and looked at Hua Changxi: "Speaking of the magic lamp, we have to mention the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty."

"More than a thousand years ago, at the end of the previous dynasty, a massive earthquake of unprecedented magnitude occurred in Shenzhou, the central continent. That earthquake was caused by the falling of the Divine Lamp from outer space."

"At that time, the previous dynasty's royal family had reached its end, the princes were in chaos, and various forces rose up in rebellion. One of these forces was the Chu family army led by Emperor Taizu of Chu."

"Among the many forces vying for supremacy, the Chu family army was not particularly powerful. However, Emperor Taizu of Chu was lucky; he found a two-foot-tall divine lamp burning with black and white flames."

"With the help of the magic lamp, Emperor Taizu of Chu was as if he had encountered a divine intervention, attracting various forces to follow him. In just a few years, he quelled the war and founded the Great Jin Dynasty, which lasted for nearly a thousand years."

At this point, Jing paused for a moment: "The story of Emperor Taizu of Chu finding the magic lamp was not kept well secret. After the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, many legends about the magic lamp began to circulate."

"It is said among the powerful figures in various places that whoever obtains the magic lamp can rule the world."

"It is said in the martial arts world that whoever obtains the magic lamp can master unparalleled martial arts and dominate the martial arts world."

“If it were just some vague rumors, that would be fine. They would disappear over time. But…” Jing sighed, and Yan Zhenzhen continued, “The magic lamp really does possess the divine power that mortals dream of.”

"Because of their frequent worship of the divine lamp, the martial prowess of Emperor Taizu of Chu and the Chu family army that had always followed him in conquering the world increased dramatically."

“In the past, martial artists were at most just a little stronger and knew some tricks, making them only slightly better than ordinary people; the strongest were those who had mastered their fist and foot techniques to the extreme, capable of taking down ten people at most.”

"But with the magic lamp, the Chu family army can easily fly over rooftops, break stone tablets, and split rocks. Most importantly, they have also cultivated true qi and internal strength, and can release true qi to control objects and protect themselves."

“At the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the border was still somewhat unstable. During a battle with the Xiongnu in the north, the general in charge at the time, in order to save a prince who came to supervise the battle, smashed a stone mountain with one punch while escaping the Xiongnu’s pursuit.”

"After that, the rumors about the magic lamp could no longer be controlled, and the covetousness of the magic lamp from all sides continued to accumulate in the dark."

Hua Changxi listened with great interest. According to her understanding, after having the magic lamp, under the catalysis of the magic lamp's power, the Great Jin Dynasty advanced from the low-level martial arts stage to the high-level martial arts stage.

Jing continued, "Seeing that the fact that the magic lamp possessed divine power could no longer be concealed, Emperor Taizu of Chu went all out and directly designated the magic lamp as the national treasure of the Great Jin Dynasty, enshrining it in the Wuliang Hall of the palace."

"The magic lamp is in the hands of the royal family. No matter how much outsiders want it, they have no power to take it away from the royal family. They can only spy on it in the dark."

"For five hundred years before the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the divine lamp was enshrined in the imperial palace, until..."

"In the five hundredth year since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, a group of priests who called themselves the protectors of the divine lamp appeared outside the palace."

"The emperor at the time received them and allowed them to stay in the palace."

Yan Zhenzhen interjected: "Someone left notes saying that the group of priests were cultivators from outside the capital. The emperor at the time detained them to inquire about matters of cultivation."

Jing nodded: "At first, the royal family and that group of priests got along quite well, but in less than a year, the royal family and that group broke out into an earth-shattering war over the ownership of the magic lamp."

"It was during that battle that the magic lamp was destroyed, and its seventy-two lotus petals shattered and scattered in all directions."

Hua Changxi asked in confusion, "Since those priests are cultivators, how could the royal family possibly be their match?"

Yan Zhenzhen: "Because of the restrictions of the interface, at that time, cultivators from the outside world were unable to use their spiritual power when they entered the Four Spirit Realms."

"Because of the magic lamp, the royal family has cultivated a large number of grandmasters. These grandmasters can not only fight against cultivators who cannot use spiritual power, but can even suppress them."

"It is said that only a few people from that group escaped alive."

"Although the magic lamp was destroyed, the royal family obtained the cultivation manual from those priests and began their cultivation journey. At the same time, the royal family also issued a secret arrest warrant to hunt down those who had escaped."

"That group of people was never completely hunted down, and they even founded a sect, the famous Shura Sect."

"After the Shura Sect was established, it specifically opposed the royal family and assassinated many members of the royal family."

Jing Liao waited for Yan Zhenzhen to stop before continuing, "The fragments of the magic lamp were scattered in all directions, some were picked up by people, and some fell into the mountains and forests. From then on, they completely changed the entire Great Jin Dynasty."

"For mortal beings, even a single petal of the Divine Lamp Lotus possesses unparalleled divine power!"

"Those in the imperial court who obtain the lotus petal of the magic lamp can control others; martial artists in the martial arts world who obtain the lotus petal of the magic lamp will have their martial arts skills greatly enhanced and become invincible; wild beasts in the mountains who obtain the lotus petal of the magic lamp will have their strength greatly enhanced and their size greatly increased, advancing to become ferocious beasts."

"After that, the Great Jin Dynasty ushered in a period of unprecedented martial arts prosperity, as well as an era of turmoil and chaos caused by ferocious beasts."

Yan Zhenzhen interjected again: "The elders of the Holy Land have deduced that the fragments of the Divine Lamp scattered in all directions have had a far-reaching impact, which to some extent has loosened the seal on the interface and promoted the revival of spiritual energy."

Hua Changxi nodded knowingly. The destruction of the magic lamp and the scattering of its fragments directly advanced this realm from the high-level martial arts stage to the immortal cultivation stage, accelerating the revival of spiritual energy within the realm.

(End of this chapter)