"Lord, please take a seat!"
The old man's house was located in the deepest part of Radiance City. It was also the only brick house in the entire city. It was also the only one that looked decent and had been frequently repaired.
"Lord, please have a taste. This is the Green Grass Tea unique to Radiance City. I've tasted its taste before!"
The old man placed a cup of green tea in front of him. Gu Han picked up the cup and lightly swirled it in front of his nose. He immediately knew that this cup of green grass tea was truly worthy of its name, it was made entirely from green grass. There was a strong smell of grass and soil in it.
This wasn't a taste that ordinary people could accept. However, Guhan didn't hesitate and drank the tea in one gulp.
"I want it too, I want it too!"
When Qingpin saw Guhan drinking the tea, he thought that it was some kind of peerless delicacy. He hugged Guhan's arm and shouted.
The old man faintly smiled and poured another cup of tea for Qingpin. Qingpin only took a sip and instantly sprayed the tea out of his mouth like a fountain.
"What a disgusting taste, it's like eating grass …" Qingpin grumbled in dissatisfaction.
"Qingpin, please keep quiet. Otherwise, you'll have to return to my scabbard first!"
Guhan faintly said to Qingpin. Qingpin stuck out his tongue and obediently entered Guhan's infant pouch.
"Lord, you're really bold. This old man admires you!"
The old man expressed his admiration twice and chuckled. "I believe that Lord must have a lot of questions. Then, allow this old man to slowly answer Lord."
"This old man's surname is Nie, first name Feng Bo, first name Yuande. My ancestral home is Fengyang, Anhui Province. I've lived for sixty years in vain. I've made a fool of myself in front of Lord." The old man first introduced himself.
However, this seemingly simple self-introduction allowed Gu Han to hear a lot of hidden meanings in the words.
First of all, this old man actually had words. One surname, two given names, and three characters were the naming characteristics of Huaxia in the Middle Ages. However, in the Modern Age, characters gradually disappeared, and Huaxia people only had their given names and surnames.
This was something that many Chinese didn't know before the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, words completely disappeared from Chinese customs. Only people like Guhan, who had a deep understanding of history and culture, knew the meaning of words.
Also, if you caught 1,000 people in Yan Jing City and asked them what it meant to live a sixty-year cycle, I'm afraid that not a single one of these 1,000 people would be able to answer the true meaning of sixty-year cycle.
The so-called Jiazi referred to a reincarnation cycle in the ancient Chinese calendar.
Starting from the year of Jiazi, the following years were divided into the year of Yichou, year of Bingyin, year of Dingmao, year of Wuchen, year of Jisi, year of Gengwu … year of Jiawu … year of Wuxu … year of Xinhai … year of Guihai.
I believe that everyone can filter out the years of Jiawu, year of Wuxu, and year of Xinhai which represented the naval battle of Jiawu, year of Wuxu, year of Xinhai, year of Xinhai, year of Jiawu, year of Wuxu, year of Xinhai, and year of Guihai. In total, there was a reincarnation cycle of 60 years.
The Jiazi could also be used to express age. One Jiazi referred to a reincarnation cycle of the Jiazi calendar, which was 60 years.
This old man said that he had lived a sixty-year cycle in vain, which meant that he was currently 60 years old.
From the sparse white hair on his temples, he seemed to be at least 80 years old at first glance. Unexpectedly, he was only 60 years old. He really aged quickly!
From this old man called Nie Fengbo, he knew the meaning of words, and could also use sixty years to describe his own age.
This meant that this old man had a very clear understanding of the history and culture before the apocalypse.
This was something that humans living in large cities had almost forgotten. However, in a world that was isolated from the rest of the world and where most humans were walking corpses, there was only one explanation for this old man's clear knowledge of so much history and culture.
The humans here had come to this dimensional rift before the Cultural Destruction because only humans from before the Cultural Destruction could preserve so much historical and cultural knowledge in this barren world.
At the thought of this, Guhan felt some anticipation. If these humans had really come here before the Cultural Destruction, they might be able to preserve a lot of historical and cultural information.
In that case, they might be able to preserve many historical and cultural materials from before the Great Cultural Collapse. They might even be able to find the novel that contained information about the Qingping Sword that Gu Han urgently needed.
Guhan, who was filled with anticipation, didn't interrupt and allowed Nie Fengbo to continue narrating.
"In 2051 A.D., which is more than 950 years ago, our ancestors had been hiding in an underground air-raid shelter in North Korea. This hiding lasted for more than 50 years.
Later, the food reserves in the air-raid shelter were almost depleted. Our ancestors, who were hiding underground, could only take the risk and climb out of the air-raid shelter in an attempt to find food outside.
"However, our ancestors were unlucky. The moment they came out, they encountered the battle between the Qilin and the Black Tortoise … The Qilin and the Black Tortoise were both sacred beasts of the human world!
A casual strike from these two sacred beasts could shatter an entire mountain … Almost all of our ancestors who came out to adventure died tragically under the attacks of the Qilin and the Black Tortoise. Only the seven of us survived. They fled all the way and finally escaped into a cave. There, they discovered this mystical world and finally settled down in this world.
"In the beginning, life in this world was pleasant. There was water, grassland, and some animals that our ancestors brought over … Thus, the seven of us slowly multiplied.
Later on, the goddess who lived in Daming Lake also accidentally entered this world. However, everyone lived very harmoniously with the gods and were very happy.
"Just like that, after more than 100 years, under the efforts of the seven ancestors, they formed a tribe of over a thousand people.
Just when the ancestors thought that they could live peacefully and peacefully here, an accident happened. "Hearing Nie Fengbo's words, Guhan couldn't help but have an urge to ridicule.
From seven to a thousand in 150 years, this was equivalent to the population doubling every 15 years. Perhaps the lives of the survivors here were really dull. Apart from * * *, there wasn't any entertainment. That was why they were able to satisfy such a high intensity of population growth.
Of course, there was something even more interesting. Even if the seven ancestors were a combination of three men and four women or four women and three men without any blood relations, when they started multiplying, no matter how meticulous the calculations were, it was inevitable that there would be siblings or cousins.
Thus, it seemed that the entire Radiant City was the product of close relatives.
Of course, in such a critical moment, the reproduction of humans became the most important thing. As for ethics and blood relations, they could be temporarily tossed aside.
After all, according to the legends of humans, all humans relied on Nuwa and Fuxi to reproduce, and all humans were also the product of inbreeding.
Although he wanted to ridicule in his heart, Guhan chose to keep his mouth shut and listen to Nie Fengbo's narration.
"Our ancestors will always remember that day. Two demons suddenly tore through the sky of this world and crashed into the Norland Prairie. The dust they raised covered the entire world, and the sky was covered in haze for an entire month.
After a month, when everything calmed down, the two fireballs completely disappeared, leaving only two huge pits in the Norland Prairie. "
"But from that day onwards, this world underwent a monstrous change.
The land that was originally able to grow fertile rice gradually began to change, and the land began to become worthless.
Apart from weeds, no other crop seeds could grow in it. After a few days, when the seeds were dug out, they discovered that they had turned into hard stones. "
"At first, only the land near the two pits underwent this change. But gradually, like a contagious disease, with the pits as the center, the rest of the land gradually became unfarmable.
Our ancestors began to fear and prayed to the gods day and night, hoping to heal the scars of the land.
But it was to no avail. When more than half of the land in this world could not be farmed, another three gods invaded this world.
These three gods launched an unparalleled battle, and in the end, one of them was sealed under the earth, while the other two were seriously injured. They were rescued by us humans and arranged for them to recuperate in the tribe. "
"After the injuries of the gods were healed, our ancestors offered their most precious possessions and knelt in front of the gods, hoping that the gods could save the damaged land and make it suitable for humans to farm again."
"The gods accepted our request, and the two gods went to investigate the two huge pits. They told us that there were two most terrifying demons hidden in the deep pits, and that these two demons could completely destroy the entire world with just a puff of air.
Fortunately, these two demons had sealed each other, and even after tens of thousands of years, they wouldn't be able to break out of the seal, so we didn't have to worry about these demons hurting us for the time being. "
"However, these two demons were simply too powerful. Just a bit of their aura was enough to pollute the entire land, and gradually, all of the land would become unfarmable.
As such, the gods advised us to escape from this space. There were already very safe cities built by our compatriots outside, and as long as we could enter those cities, we would be able to live a stable and peaceful life. "
"Unfortunately, our ancestors were so frightened by the outside world that they didn't dare to leave this safe place, and still chose to live here.
At the same time, the gods began to summon this huge Radiant Amusement Park in the place where the other god was suppressed, and told us that this amusement park could use the power of the gods to create fragrant powder in the air, and then taught us a set of Qi Channeling Method … As long as we keep practicing this set of Qi Channeling Method, we can transform the fragrant powder in the air into the energy needed by our bodies, and we can continue to survive even without relying on food. "
"But there is a price to pay. The price is that humans who have been using the fragrant powder for a long time will lose their emotions and humanity, and can only rely on the last animal instinct to survive." With Nie Fengbo's explanation, the history of this world gradually unfolded in front of Guhan.