After arriving at the boundary of the provincial capital, we did not stop and continued to move in one direction. After a while, we sensed a familiar wave coming from the front.
At Kangqiao's signal, we all descended one after another, following the breath and falling quickly. As the distance continued to increase, the scene below gradually became clearer.
Below is a vast yard, surrounded by plants that can grow in winter. Many figures can be vaguely seen walking below. One of them, a man with an amazing aura, is standing below and waving to us, and his face is also there. It becomes clear with our rapid approach
This man is Sun Zimo.
Before coming to the provincial capital, Su Liuliu greeted Sun Zimo and asked us to come to Sun's house directly. In other places, you have to avoid the public, but when you go to the vast Sun family, you don't have to worry about it. There are all cultivators inside, so there is no need to avoid it.
The five major families in the provincial capital each guard one side of the provincial capital and protect the safety of the provincial capital all year round. Therefore, the five major families have a high status in Yang Province not only because of their strength, but also because they have paid a lot.
The Sun family is located on the east side, the side closest to Yangcheng.
As soon as we landed, Sun Zimo came up to us, looked at Kang Qiao in confusion, and said in surprise: "Are you in the middle of the second-star stage?"
Kang Qiao had just made a breakthrough last night, and the news hadn't spread yet, and Su Liuliu hadn't told Sun Zimo, so when Sun Zimo sensed Kang Qiao's surge of aura, he was naturally surprised.
Hearing this, Kang Qiao's expression suddenly shook and his eyes lit up. He had been beaten down by people in the Ghost Exorcist Association for a long time, and he urgently needed a proof to soothe his wounded heart. So Kang Qiao shook his head with what he thought was a cool hairstyle, looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and said sadly: "Oh, I accidentally broke through to the mid-two-star level. I originally wanted to keep a low profile, but my strength is not good." Allowed!"
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Seeing Kang Qiao looking like he didn't deserve a beating, Sun Zimo felt hurt. I want to refute it, but I can't because I haven't broken through to the mid-two-star level yet.
So Sun Zimo had to resist the desire to beat Kang Qiao, and silently recited three times in his heart that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Then he looked at the rest of us and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for half a month. You two have reached the second level of perfection." Ah, that’s great, Director Chen is happy this time, maybe Yang Province can get a good ranking.”
"Brother Mo, I can quickly break through to the second level of perfection. Speaking of which, I have to thank my friends."
After hearing this, my eyes lit up, and I immediately introduced Lin Huai and Xiao Yuting to Sun Zimo. This was a good opportunity for both parties to get acquainted with each other.
Sure enough, the names of Lin Huai and Xiao Yuting were very resounding, even to Sun Zimo. And like Xu Xuan, Sun Zimo, who had never seen anyone from outside the world, immediately had a strong desire to get to know the two.
"Your friends are our friends. Let's go. My Sun family has no habit of neglecting guests. Since you are here at my Sun family, come and sit at home!" Sun Zimo said with a smile.
In fact, this was my first time to visit the Sun Family. The first feeling I had about the Sun Family was that it was big, the second feeling was that it was a big place, and the third feeling was that there were so many people.
Along the way we saw many people, both men and women, old and young, of varying abilities. They range from ordinary people to the early, middle and late stages of one-star, but we haven’t seen two-star ones yet.
However, judging from the faintly powerful aura coming from the front, there are still two-star strong men, and there should be quite a few, but they are all inside, not outside.
It can be seen that Sun Zimo is quite popular in the Sun family. Many people are saying hello to Sun Zimo on the street, and Sun Zimo responds with a smile one by one.
Looking at Sun Zimo's smile, I seriously suspected that there were actually some people who couldn't even name Sun Zimo, and they might not even know him, because there were so many Sun family members. I roughly estimated that there must be thousands.
I got tired of looking at the Sun family for a while, and then I started looking at the buildings inside. The further you go in, the denser and more prosperous the buildings become. The layout inside is similar to that of the Spiritual Adjustment Bureau, with everything including a training ground.
It is worth mentioning that many of these buildings have an ancient flavor. Just looking at them, you can feel a sense of tranquility and history.
It is said that the ancestor of the Sun family lived for more than 200 years and was born during the Qianlong period, so some buildings were built in this style.
"Our Sun family has actually been established since the late Qing Dynasty, and we have been living here for generations. Unfortunately, during the Anti-Japanese War, many buildings were blown up. These were actually built according to my grandfather's wishes. ." Sun Zimo introduced us as he walked.
"Anti-Japanese War?"
Hearing this, I suddenly became interested and said: "Powerful practitioners, not to mention guns and missiles, can't be harmed. At that time, practitioners should be the ones who controlled the country's power, right? But why are they said to be blasted away by guns and cannons?" The country has entered the country? Are the cultivators produced by our great China not as good as those of the small Neon Kingdom?"
"I don't know the specific situation, but I once heard a few words when chatting with elders. They once said that the cultivation world in China and even the world only developed in modern times, only thirty or forty years ago.
Before this, ghosts were rare, let alone cultivators.
Later, during the Anti-Japanese War, although there were a very small number of cultivators, they could not control the overall situation, and cultivators also had cultivators to fight against, so at that time they mainly relied on firearms such as guns and cannons," Sun Zimo replied.
"Did it only develop in modern times?" I asked in surprise: "Such a powerful cultivation world has only developed in the past few decades? I thought the cultivators had been passing on it for hundreds or thousands of years."
"That's true. It's not just the words of the Sun family. It should be around the time of reform and opening up. Cultivators began to spring up like mushrooms after a rain. Before that, the whole world was actually working hard to produce science and technology. But after that, they started to grasp it with both hands. "Yes." Kang Qiao nodded and said: "But I don't know the reason for this, not even Su Liuliu. But it is indeed a fact, otherwise the historical data in the past would not be so pure, even a little bit of the cultivators' No more information."
"That's right, even our elders don't know the specific reason, let alone us juniors. Maybe grandpa knows, but he keeps silent about this past event. Maybe even he doesn't know about it." Sun Zimo shrugged road.
Hearing this, we were all a little confused. In fact, I had always thought that the cultivation of Taoism and immortality passed down in ancient times should be somewhat related to cultivation. However, I did not expect that cultivation only emerged in recent decades.
What happened in the middle? ?
What happened that caused the sudden rise of cultivation?
Not only me, but Ye Yuyou also looked confused, but Lin Huai and Xiao Yuting were thoughtful at the side.
After pondering for a moment, I couldn't help but ask: "Brother Mo, you just said that although there were very few practitioners in the past, there are still a very small number of them, right?"
"Yes, that's what the elders in the family said. At that time, due to some reasons, maybe people had just come into contact with cultivation, or maybe cultivation had not yet become popular, so the number of cultivators was not only small, but also very weak. Otherwise, China would not be able to do so. Will we be reduced to this in those years?" Sun Zimo sighed. As a member of China, when talking about those dark years, he would sigh.
"That's it." I nodded slowly. They were all guesses, but they were quite reasonable. I didn't know why.
But I always feel that things may not be that simple, because since China can defeat the opponent, it shows that the pattern of the world's cultivation world was not much different at that time, and there were not too many or too strong cultivators in other countries.
So here comes the problem. It can be explained that China is new to cultivation or that cultivation has not yet become popular, but it is a bit strange that the whole world is like this. Could it be that cultivation is like technology, which only starts to explode after a certain era?
Having said that, even in terms of technology, different countries are very different at the same time, right? It stands to reason that there should be considerable differences in the process of cultivation in different countries.
Am I just being paranoid, or is there really something wrong?
