
A child looked at a burning house, smoke rising high.
The red jago who looks arrogant shows his power to devour every inch of the house.
The house located in a village at the foot of the mountain was the home of a Han imperial noble who resigned from his post.
A nobleman who became a minister who was loved by the people. Famous for his generosity, for his wisdom. Even the emperor was disinclined by him.
Starting from the policy of the emperor who wanted to join the war to expand the territory for resources.
In the end the people are also miserable, high taxes are applied to support the ongoing war.
Years of war seemed endless, the situation was really chaotic.
robbery, extortion and all forms of crime were everyday scenes in every corner of the empire.
This situation then led to disputes between the core members of the kingdom.
The party that maintains the war must continue to do so and the party that wants the war to be stopped.
both groups further aggravated the situation.
Then came the third group, the group who behaved foolishly.
This group calls itself a neutral group but is actually the most dangerous group.
How not, this group under the pretext of being neutral, free to do anything especially accumulate their own wealth would not even hesitate to incite the other party.
Worse yet, dare to sell information to the other party.
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The Shao Empire was located in the Western continent.
In the East there was a Han empire whereas in the North there was no empire, this region consisted of stand-alone sects.
One super sect, three big sects and dozens of medium and small sects.
The Middle Continent, this continent is very rich in resources, ranging from natural energy densities that are twice as large, mining minerals as weapons manufacturing materials to rare herbal plants thousands of years.
High mountains, deep ravines, very dense trees characterize the Central continent.
Initially the three regions were indeed no conflict as each region could enter the Central continent without encroaching on the other regions.
But it is different if you have been or are looking for resources, because the nature of never being satisfied then there are often violations of territorial boundaries and not a few murders occur in the Central continent.
In the wilderness of the Central continent, the strong are kings while the weak will always be oppressed, deprived of their rights.
There is another large landmass, the South continent, which is directly adjacent to the central continent.
Very far and deep, it is considered a wild land because very few people have ever set foot on this land.
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Northern Continent
Located between the Western and Eastern continents made the North continent experience the most severe impact due to the war.
Small areas were destroyed, thousands of residents fled to large areas that could be said to be safe areas.
No exception the leaders of the small sects, all displaced.
This forced them to finally unite to form one empire, the Northern Empire led by Emperor Chu.
Emperor Chu with the new government finally took the policy of stopping and withdrawing from the war.
He then ordered the withdrawal of the entire fleet.
Summoning all the cultivators who were still in the enemy territory, then closing off all access out of the continent and strengthening the defenses of the new imperial territory.
Another policy is to try to retake small, devastated areas that are part of the Northern continent.
Much of this territory was controlled by the enemy.
Only one year since its foundation, all these small areas were finally able to be re-controlled.
Not because the new empire was stable and strong, but because the region had been abandoned. It could be said to be empty.
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Western and Eastern continents
Unlike the Northern continent, the Western and Eastern continents still continued to fight.
The vast area, the abundant resources, the support of the great sects and the large number of combat-ready cultivators for various reasons caused the war as if it would never end.
Do not look at the vastness of a continent and think it will be very difficult to attack and destroy a region.
Not a few areas were destroyed just one night due to being attacked by other parties.
It is the existence of form experts who make this happen.
The vast land became narrow, the long journey was short and bringing in large numbers of troops in an instant would be very easy
the teleportation portal.
Formation experts who are considered very instrumental in this chaos are indeed very much needed even
hundreds of flying artifacts would only be trash, impossible to use without the support of formation experts.
Because it was considered very important, then the position of formation experts was very high.
However, that does not mean the position is safe, in the era of war all things can happen.
The formation experts were eventually hunted, made the main target by each side by forming a team of expert hunters.
Indiscriminately, as long as the person could get a little basic formation, it would definitely be instantly killed.
Not only formation experts, alchemists in charge of concocting medicine, curing injured troops would also suffer the same fate.
Any defeat on the battlefield would definitely greatly impact the empire.
Since not only was his territory taken away, resources were taken but also all the formation experts and alchemists would definitely be killed.
Forming new troops to counterattack was highly unlikely even in its own territory.
This was because of the absence of a connecting portal, the portal guard must have died and the portal was destroyed.
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The war ended up leaving only cries, resulting in seemingly endless suffering.
Thousands and even millions of lives were lost, whether on the battlefield or elsewhere.
Formation experts from the ground level to the high level were mostly killed, leaving only a very few heirs.
The alchemist had no better fate. The alchemist pavilion and the pill house were either completely destroyed in flames or blown up into rubble.
Forging experts could no longer make high-level weapons, only low-grade weapons could be made. Not because of the absence of weapon-making materials but high-level forging experts were no longer around.
High cultivators no longer existed.Cities became like dead cities.
Ten years of war was a short time, involving three continents of all shapes with high-level battle scales.
It is compounded again by internal conflicts in his own country, ranging from robberies to power struggles.
Following the Northern continent, the Western and Eastern continents that continued to fight eventually reduced the intensity of the attacks and ended up not committing any aggression
Who came out as the winner? the answer is no.
All broken, all broken, all that wins is greed.
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The boy who looked at the burning house was surnamed Ye named Chen.
Blood mixed with sweat and dirt made his standing figure look creepy, occasionally he rubbed his reddened eyes.
Staring at the flames as if they were about to swallow him, his little hands seemed to clench.
Slowly he bowed for a long time and slowly sat down and prostrated himself facing the house which was about to burn down for a while.
"Dad, Mother, accept the prostration of your son. Forgive your son who cannot take care of you. Calm down there, wait for me to avenge all this heartache.. "
He then stood up, a faint thin smile in his mouth, I don't know what this smile meant.
"Young master..! " an old man seemed to run over.
"Young master! Thank goodness you survived, I'm sorry I couldn't do anything to save you and your lady"
"A. kiu..?" in his view he still remembered this figure, he was a local who often came to help take care of his home.
"Young master, it's me" said A Kiu
"What's uncle?"
"Don't come here, come with me" continued A Kiu
"Young master, take this" A Kiu handed a storage ring to Ye Chen.
"This...?"
Silently for a moment, A Kiu sighed then said.
"Young master, this is the last message from the great master. The great lord already knew this incident would sooner or later definitely happen. Sir said, if something happens, then this ring should be given to you."
"Well do I accept, then did my father and mother say anything? "
"he advised the young master to leave this village, go to the South and do not live in the imperial area"
Then A Kiu handed over a book.
"I know young master doesn't like to practice science but to open this storage ring, young master must have soul power. This book teaches you how to practice building soul power, it's just a basic level but it's more than enough to just open a storage ring."
The storage ring was an artifact that cultivators used to store luggage. Formed by a forging expert then a formation expert using the laws of space within.
The material making these artifacts is a special mineral and has a level.
The wider the storage dimensions of a ring, the higher the level of a storage ring and the higher the quality of the material.
"Young master, I'm sorry I can't accompany you, I have a lot of things to do. I hope you can take care of yourself.
Go south like the great master's message, and this is just to keep yourself."
"Thank you for your uncle's attention, then I'll excuse you."
"Sir wait a minute." Ye Chen stopped his steps hearing A Kiu's voice.
"Young master, you should wear this ring around your neck, I'm afraid there will be a lot of problems if anyone sees this on your finger."
"All right." Ye Chen then draped his ring around his neck while saying "Uncle, I'd better leave now, Uncle didn't follow me, take care of uncle's business and be careful, oh yes give my regards to the others, someday I'd like to hear from you."
"do you think the young master knows who I am?" muttered A Kiu.
Ye Chen only smiled looking at the expression from A Kiu's face, then stepped away to the South.
"I hope the young master can take care of himself." A Kiu said in his heart.
"General, will the young master be fine? or else let me and some comrades escort him" said a man who emerged from the darkness.
"No need, I think the young master can take care of him, have you forgotten? the young master was very different from children his age, his gaze was very far ahead. I myself sometimes ask could it be that the young master is a reincarnation of a god.. "
"But General..."
"Alright, escort it from afar, just make sure the young master is safely out of this empire. After that hurry back there are still many tasks waiting for us. Next, let fate determine the course of his life...."
"Good General." The man disappeared into the darkness, followed by some other shadow.
"It's a pity that young master is unwilling to become a cultivator, even though his talent is rare. It has pure Heavenly bones and an intelligent brain." the General murmured with a sigh.
Ye Chen was indeed famous not only as the young master of the Ye family, but was also famous for being very fond of reading.
Various kinds of books devoured him, once read must be instantly memorized and understood.
But somehow this Ye Chen did not want to become a cultivator when He was very talented, plus He memorized various styles.
It was not really Ye Chen who was not interested in becoming a cultivator, several times he tried to gather natural energy but always stuck, the accumulated natural energy suddenly dispersed as if his dantian was rejecting this energy.
This was one of the reasons why Ye Chen later became more fond of reading.
The formation books and alchemy were devouringly exhausted, various formations from the low to high levels He memorized out of his head.
But it was a pity that he could not practice it because a formation required a certain amount of Qi to activate it.
In contrast to alchemy, although it could not make a pill because it required Qi and soul force, it could still concoct in the form of a powder that could be drunk or an ointment for external wounds.
Ye Chen who was walking suddenly stopped then turned his body, as if he was waiting for something.
After a long wait, he finally said, "Uncle, in front is the outermost region of the empire, uncle already does not need to escort me. Go home and say my greetings to uncle A Kiu, Thank you for all.. "
"Okay, I beg you, young master please be careful not to trust others too much." Said the mysterious man without revealing himself.
Smiling "I'll remember uncle's advice."
"Young master's smile is very mysterious, I even find it difficult to interpret. The general seems right, I'm too worried" he said in his heart.
"We're back." He then gave orders to take his friends away.
Ye Chen continued his journey. By nightfall, he entered a village that seemed to have just experienced war or perhaps more precisely attacked.
Some of the houses were still burning, others were reduced to ashes. No more signs of life in this village.
Looking up at the sky and sighing, this was all he could do.
Ye Chen stepped down the village, his goal was only one looking for a place to spend the night and if he could find something to eat.
"hm.it seems like this is quite good "Ye Chen entered one of the former inn buildings.
Luckily there are still a few foods that can be processed.
Before long, there was a regular sound of breathing in one corner of the room.
If anyone sees this, they may be surprised.
How not, a ten-year-old boy was happily sleeping without the slightest worry on his face, as if this was his own room.