Seeing that it was getting late at night, Li Ran directly invited Ye Xing to stay at his home for a few days. Ye Xing thought about it and agreed, then went to the inn to pick up his package and followed Li Ran towards the inner city.
Because he had Li Ran's token, when he entered the inner city, the guards did not ask about Ye Xing's identity. He entered the inner city from the long bridge over the river. Once inside, Ye Xing immediately noticed that the spiritual energy was much stronger than that in the outer city. .
The two walked for a while and arrived at a large mansion in the inner city. Ye Xing found out that Li Ran was still a descendant of the Tang Dynasty royal family, and he should be a relatively high-status royal relative. Li Ran was still the son of the prince, although he had not yet received a title. , but as the only son of the prince, he will at least be a prince in the future.
Li Ran's father, Prince Rui, is the half-brother of the current emperor of the Tang Empire. He had a good relationship with the emperor since childhood and could have lived in the imperial city, but Prince Rui still prefers to live in the inner city, which is more free. .
Li Ran has been cultivating since childhood and is a genius of the royal family. He only rarely appears in the outer city of Tianjing City and is unknown to outsiders. However, within the royal family, Li Ran is the younger generation that all the ancestors of the Li family pay attention to.
Li Ran reached the peak of the ninth level of qi refining at the age of twenty-one, and was also a master of martial arts at the ninth level of innateness. He was a genius among geniuses. He just didn't have a chance to break through for a while. He recently came out of the secret cultivation place in the imperial city and came home for a while. living.
Li Ran arranged a place for Ye Xing to live in his own yard, without any rest at all, because they were all monks, drinking fine wine and eating delicious food, chatting endlessly.
Ye Xing took a look at the luxurious furnishings and exquisite designs here and admired them very much. He also saw the first mate's scenery photos hung on the wall as murals. This was of course something from Tianxing Kingdom.
Because the two had many topics to talk about, they naturally couldn't stop talking. Ye Xing was extremely interested in astronomical and geographical knowledge, and Li Ran was most enthusiastic about the structure of human and natural things.
Ye Xing did not hide his opinions, such as the internal structure of the human body, the origin of life, natural selection, the evolution of life, etc. He generously gave shocking insights and speculations, which were completely different from the claims of God creating man in this era.
Ye Xing firmly does not admit the existence of gods. Anyway, even if he is a master of Yuanying, he is not a god. He is just more powerful. He has never heard of the ancestor of Yuanying who created any life and miracle.
Li Ran asked, "Brother Ye, you said that living things constantly adapt to the environment due to changes in their living environment, thus creating new skills of their own. I agree, but that is just an improvement in skills, and there is no innovation in principle. Yes. You see, the sword is still a sword, and the style of the sword has changed at most from the sword that was fifty thousand years old. The bird is still a bird, and it has not transformed into other creatures. There is no difference in essence."
Ye Xing said, "The knife is still a knife, but the raw materials used to make the knife have changed. This is innovation, right? In the past, bronze was used, then iron, and now iron-copper alloy that does not rust is used. The composition principle has also changed. You The blade is open on both sides, and wrist guards are added. As for the bird, the ability of the bird is still evolving. The bird can also use stones to break open fruits to eat. This is evolution, not created by God."
Li Ran thought silently for a while and said, "What you said makes sense, but isn't this a god guiding the creation of new things and new skills?"
Ye Xing said, "If you have a chance, go to Tianxing Kingdom and see. Countless new things have been created. I heard that Tianxing Kingdom has cars that are faster than horses. That in itself is the evolution of human ability, and of course it is a new skill. , not only is it a change in technique, but the principle is also completely new. Could it be that the gods of the Tianxing Kingdom know these things, but the gods of the Tang Dynasty don't?"
Without waiting for Li Ran to answer, Ye Xing added, "Did you hear that the kind of innovation in Tianxing Kingdom was created by gods and taught to craftsmen? Isn't it the result of countless craftsmen's constant attempts, repeated tests, and continuous improvements?"
Ye Xing pointed to the mural and continued, "This must not have been created by gods, right?!"
Li Ran nodded, took a big sip of wine, paused for a while, and then said, "I still don't know. If our cultivation methods are created by predecessors and continuously improved by future generations, and are not granted by God, then who We created a skill out of thin air all at once, so why can’t we compare with our predecessors? At least I can’t create a brand-new cultivation method. Logically speaking, the descendants should be better than the predecessors! But I have never Have you ever heard of someone who created a new cultivation method?"
Li Ran's long series of questions confused Ye Xing. He didn't know how to answer for a while. After thinking for a long time, he said, "In the beginning, there was only a set of simple exercises. With continuous improvement and multi-directional evolution, one generation after another After one generation, new exercises are produced, and they slowly become unrecognizable. You may have also discovered that the various vocabulary we use when practicing any exercise is the same, which also explains that the practice of exercises is actually based on the same origin. of"
Li Ran nodded and said, "Maybe! By the way, Brother Ye, what do you think of Tianxing Kingdom?"
Seeing that the other party changed the topic, but did not expect that the other party wanted to talk about Tianxing Kingdom, Ye Xing said directly, "Although I have never been to Tianxing Kingdom, I heard that I only heard about it when I went to Tianjing City. With the use of his skills, he has already innovated If all things are controlled, the country will be strong, the people's livelihood will be prosperous, and the system will be excellent, it will definitely be a powerful country in the future!"
Li Ran shook his head and said, "Brother Ye, you come from a hidden sect and don't understand the real Tianxing Kingdom at all. Tianxing Kingdom is already the most powerful country in the world. To be honest, it surpassed the Tang Dynasty decades ago. Now its national power is It is far above the Tang Dynasty."
Ye Xing said, "I have been out of the Hidden Sect for several months. I have only heard about it. I don't pay much attention to the major events in the world. I really don't understand. Please tell me."
Li Ran said, "Of course, the Tang Dynasty has a lot of fine works in the Tianxing Kingdom. We also know the Tianxing Kingdom quite well. In fact, in addition to countless advanced weapons, the Tianxing Kingdom has a very strong national power and a very wealthy people. Now the population is almost catching up. The Tang Dynasty. Except for the number of senior monks, it can be said that it surpasses the Tang Dynasty in every aspect."
Ye Xing smiled and said, "We have sent a few high-level monks. What use are the powerful weapons? One high-level monk is worth a thousand soldiers!"
Li Ran said, "Wrong! The current weapons of the Tianxing Army are an instant kill for ordinary monks, and senior monks can't stand it at all. Now their guns and firearms are ten times more powerful, and they also have combat aircraft. , combat motorcycles can attack us without any roads at all, and there is no way to resist!"
Ye Xing said, "No way, the Tang Dynasty can't imitate their firearms? Our ten thousand year old empire has countless talents, can't we imitate them?"
Li Ran said, "Of course, we have also counterfeited many firearms now. It's just that production is difficult, and the performance is also very different from the other's. The core technology cannot be stolen, and no one understands it at all."
Ye Xing said disapprovingly, "Won't you kidnap the other party's key personnel?"
Li Ran nodded and said, "Of course we did it. Those who were kidnapped had no way of knowing the real core secrets. They could only talk about it roughly, but they couldn't make the same thing at all. There are thousands of processes involved in a firearm. Not ten or eight people can understand the whole picture, and no one knows the whole picture. It is said that Tianxing Junior High School does not even know about a single high-performance gunpowder formula, and everyone only does one process."
Ye Xing said, "Where is our genius? Can't we analyze it?"
Li Ran said, "I really can't analyze it. Our ancestor, the master of alchemy, personally took action and found nothing! It's not a spiritual weapon at all, but its power is higher than the spiritual weapons we know."
Ye Xing wanted to end this topic and said, "Since Tianxing Kingdom doesn't dare to do anything to the Tang Dynasty, let's talk about Dayuan and Nanman."
Li Ran said, "Yes, we have at least ten Yuan Ying ancestors in the Tang Dynasty. No matter how strong the Tianxing Kingdom is, it doesn't matter. The Yuan Empire is now attacking the Western Regions. It is said that in the past few decades, it has destroyed countless countries and its territory has increased by one." times. In recent decades, they have also changed their strategies and begun to accommodate and accommodate conquered tribes. Their culture and national strength have also continued to grow, and now their national strength and population have caught up."
Seeing that Ye Xing was listening intently, Li Ran said, "The Great Yuan Dynasty has a more pioneering spirit. The Tang Dynasty is too conservative. It just wants to live in the glory of the past and has no ambition at all. In the past few months, I have been going to the outer city every day. The more I learn about it, the less I can believe it. It turns out we are no longer the center of the world.”
Ye Xing groaned, stared at Li Ran's face, and said seriously, "So, where do you think is the center of the world? Does the world really have a center?"
This problem has existed in Ye Xingdi for decades. He has wanted to know it since he was a child, but he has never had relevant knowledge.
