Chen Jing entered the study and looked around curiously.
The study was filled with exquisite swords, covering most of the walls. The only empty space was occupied by a newly hung calligraphy scroll, which read in bold strokes:
Even thieves have their code of honor!
"What strange characters..." Chen Jing thought to himself, but said nothing more. He turned to Pan Fengyu and said:
"Mr. Pan, I am..."
Pan Fengyu stared at the sword on Chen Jing's back:
"You don't need to say anything, I know you're here to learn the written language."
Chen Jing nodded like a chick pecking at rice. For some reason, he felt that the old man's gaze was a little strange.
"Who forged this sword? It's quite well made, about the same level as mine. Hmm, it's made of black iron, the hardest metal..." Pan Fengyu said casually.
Chen Jing breathed a sigh of relief and replied easily, "Replying to Mr. Pan, it was a gift from my master."
Your master gave it to you... Your master took it from me, no, stole it, no, robbed it! Pan Fengyu continued to feign a kind expression: "It's a good sword, does it have a name?"
Chen Jing replied respectfully:
"The Lonely City".
After a moment of silence, Pan Fengyu smiled and said:
"Well done, what a beautiful name for this isolated city! What a wonderful name!"
His gaze toward Chen Jing softened, because he knew that Chen Jing's master could not have chosen such a name.
"He only knows how to name things like 'Mysterious Iron Straight Sword'!" Pan Fengyu thought to himself.
He said, “You can come to me anytime to learn to read. As long as I’m free, you can look through all the books and dictionaries in my study.”
“Each time you come, you need to pay the gatekeeper 1 Blue Sun Coin, and I will give you a 25-minute lecture when I have time. You can study on your own for the rest of the time.”
One Blue Sun Coin... Chen Jing's first reaction was, "That's expensive!"
In Ash City, a person can only earn 1 Blue Moon Coin after doing hard labor all day!
Even members of the hunting party earn around 2 Blue Moon Coins a day.
Chen Jing used to have to work five days to be able to attend one class here!
But Chen Jing immediately thought of the other party's identity and the exorbitant price of one-on-one tutoring before his transmigration. He gritted his teeth and accepted.
“Today’s lesson is free.” Pan Fengyu took out a thin book: “Today’s lesson is based on this book. Read it carefully and tell me which words you don’t know. I need to know your approximate level first.”
Chen Jing looked closely and saw that the book's title read:
Myths and Legends
He opened the book, and the layout from right to left and from top to bottom still made him feel quite uncomfortable, but there were relatively few uncommon characters. He would ask questions from time to time and guess from the context, so it was not difficult to read.
This book introduces:
When intelligent beings first appeared, the whole world was a sea of lava and fire, and those beings lived in the sea of fire; they were called gods and demons.
Among gods and demons, there are strong and weak, tribes and races. It is not different from now, but gods and demons are mostly violent, indifferent, and inhuman.
The earliest and most powerful gods and demons were six. The first two were golden crows, Zhu Rong and Xuan Nu, sworn sisters and the true suns. When they flew into the sky and fought in broad daylight, the gods and demons on earth could witness the wondrous sight of three suns in the sky. The third was a god and demon born from rock, Fei Lian, the "Mother of Wind." When he toured his territory, he was always accompanied by tornadoes filled with poisonous gas and flames, and lifeless rocks stood before him like servants. The fourth was a god and demon named Kunpeng, who roamed the ocean of magma. When he rose from the sea, tsunamis of magma engulfed the land, and flames surrounded him, like an emperor clad in golden armor. The fifth deity is named "Shi Huang". He has no physical form and wanders in the dreams of other deities and demons. He guided his people to invent the oldest writing system. These characters were written with claws as pens and rocks as paper, carved on stone sculptures. This writing system is composed of dots and strokes and is the earliest form of pictographic writing.
From the moment the sun rose three times in the sky until the creation of characters by the Imperial Historian, the end of the previous era of gods and demons was marked by the return of the Kunpeng from the heavens, and the falling rain from the vast sky. The Kunpeng was constantly troubled by the intense heat of being surrounded by flames, and even in the sea of fire or in the void, it was in great pain. One day, while flying outside the heavens, it saw rain and discovered that it helped cool it down. It was very excited and decided to bring this wonderful thing back to share with other gods and demons.
Rain and ice extinguished the world of flames, bringing a bone-chilling cold. The flames hid underground, and oceans and rivers appeared.
Such a blow destroyed the divine and demonic civilization established by Shi Huang and Feng Mu, an ancient dynasty called "Ancient Xia Dynasty" (there is also a note next to it, the reason for the name Ancient Xia Dynasty is because there is a modern dynasty with the same name Xia).
Because gods and demons rely on fire to survive, their power and life force would decline if they were separated from fire. However, the vitality of gods and demons is so tenacious that new generations of gods and demons continue to develop without stopping!
At this moment, the sixth god-demon was born. He was an ally of Kunpeng. When Kunpeng brought destruction to the world of fire, Zhurong and Xuan Nu abandoned their disputes and chased after Kunpeng to vent their anger.
The sixth god-demon, representing the power of water, cold, and death, is Gonggong!
The war was fierce. Gonggong's sea curtain destroyed the sky, and the neutral Wind Mother was forced to face the destructive rain pouring down from the sky. The rain could not harm her, but it killed her followers. Gods and demons begged for her protection, and the merciful Wind Mother slaughtered those gods and demons who followed Kunpeng and Gonggong, such as the black dragon and the giant tortoise, using their corpses to fill the sky. But Gonggong and Kunpeng ambushed her! They laid an ambush on the Wind Mother and killed her when she was building the sky.
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