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Hearing Chu Zhuang's words, Yu Wenlei suddenly had an idea, and he said with a happy brow: "Uncle Chu, if you put a summoning talisman on me, how good it would be to summon me when I get to Chongyang Temple, so that I don't have to run away with you!"

Chu Zhuang laughed and said: "Stinky boy, you can be clever, let me tell you the truth, my space technique at this time can only summon things below eight taels at most, and it can't be a living thing." Don't you see that I can't even summon an inkstone?"

Yu Wenlei was disappointed, and pouted: "This is really a chicken rib technique." ”

Chu Zhuang ignored him anymore, laid out the paper, and wrote on it with a pen. But there was no ink in the cabin, so he picked up a brush and dipped it in the river water to write.

It's strange to say that the words written with the brush dipped in water are as black as ink. Yu Wenlei looked at it and said, "Huh?", and was about to ask what was going on.

I saw Chu Zhuang writing and saying: "Since I can't summon an inkstone, I started an article on this paper and made a paper that will turn black even if I write on it with water." ”

Yu Wenlei let out an "oh" and said in admiration: "Uncle Chu, what you do is really well thought out. ”

After that, Chu Zhuang rolled the written letter into a bunch and put it on the table. He took out a skull from his sleeve again, Yu Wenlei was puzzled and asked, "Uncle Chu, what's going on, how can you have the weapon of Yuxian Zhenren?"

Chu Zhuang stuffed the letter into the mouth of the head skull, and then threw it out, and the head of the skull flew away like a bird. Then he put the pen on the rune paper, and as soon as he pinched the trick in his hand, the pen suddenly disappeared, and he should have returned to meditation.

After doing this, Chu Zhuang explained: "That skeleton is a letter skeleton sent to me by Yuxian Zhenren, as a means of contacting him in case of emergency. ”

Yu Wenlei said with a smile: "I see. Then Uncle Chu, why don't you use the transmission note to contact him, but you still have to go to great lengths to use this more troublesome method?"

Chu Zhuang said: "Anping City is one hundred and twenty miles away from Qingluo Mountain, and we are now setting off in the opposite direction of Qingluo Mountain, and we have walked no less than fifty miles. And the distance of the transmission note is only eighty miles at most, and we have long passed the range of using the transmission note. ”

Yu Wenlei didn't expect that the transmission note was such a shabby charm, he was puzzled: "Uncle Chu, this kind of transmission note and the summoning charm you used just now are obviously very useful, why don't people develop a more useful technique?"

Chu Zhuang said with a smile: "Didn't I explain it to you when I was meditating? The most basic technique like the Sound Transmission Spell is a technique that everyone can use, and this kind of technique can be used as long as it is infused with true qi, and of course the effect is much worse.

If you want to learn the Thousand Miles Sound Transmission Technique or the Advanced Summoning Technique, there are all restrictions, either the number of stages that require spiritual energy is extremely high, or the level of spiritual power has reached level six or above, and some are secret arts, and even more forbidden arts. This kind of theoretical learning, when you get to the Chongyang Concept to let the head teach you, he is the best at it. ”

Yu Wenlei was disappointed, it was really troublesome to learn so many techniques. Thinking about it again, I want to learn the most powerful technique, and it is better to learn less if I don't use this kind of useless technique.

At the same time, he thought to himself, it seems that my future master is likely to be an old pedant, it can't be the very strict kind of master. Oh yes, I heard that he hasn't received a disciple yet, is it because he is strict, so no one wants to learn from him? If that's the case, I'd better follow Uncle Chu, at least Uncle Chu won't be so dull.

Chu Zhuang looked at Yu Wenlei and saw that he was stunned, his little face was happy for a while, and sad for a while, and he knew that he must have turned countless thoughts in his heart.

So Chu Zhuang faked a cough and said: "Don't worry, with your qualifications and talent, under the guidance of the master, you will definitely be able to learn extremely powerful techniques in the future, not to mention any thousands of miles of sound transmission, even thousands of miles of sound transmission is possible."

It is imperative that we rush back to Chongyang Temple as soon as possible, and three years later it will be the 800th anniversary of the founding of Jinwu City, the guardian city of Chongyang Temple. ”

"Guarding the city?" Yu Wenlei was stunned for a moment, he suddenly thought that when the city lord of Zhao had just died, Uncle Chu and Yuxian Zhenren were discussing who should inherit the position of the city lord. At that time, I thought it was very strange, wasn't the position of the city lord hereditary from generation to generation, why did the Wanshou Palace intervene in the management? Besides, what is the relationship between this guardian city and the city protector sect?

At that time, the city lord of Zhao had just died violently, and everyone was busy with the funeral, so Yu Wenlei didn't have a chance to ask Uncle Chu for advice, and now he actually talked about this topic again, so he could just ask.

Chu Zhuang crossed his knees, thought for a while and said, "The topic you asked is actually very big, and if you want to explain it clearly, you have to start from the beginning." Do you know the name of this continent we're on?"

Yu Wenlei shook his head and said: "I grew up in the hidden village since I was a child, although my grandfather taught me to read and write, and taught me survival experience, he didn't reveal a little about the outside world. This is my first time out of the village, so I still don't know anything about the continent we are in. ”

Chu Zhuang bowed his head and said: "Then I will tell you that the continent we are in is called the Sumeru Continent." Because it is in the middle of the five continents, it is generally called the Central Continent. ”

Yu Wenlei was full of interest, and he asked hurriedly: "Uncle Chu, do you mean that in addition to our continent, there are other continents?"

"That's right, there are other continents! When we were in the dungeon, we were hiding among those death row prisoners, didn't you hear Yuxian Zhenren say? He said that the black-robed man's technique came from the Southern Yan Continent, and the Southern Yan Continent was another continent south of the Central Continent, across the South China Sea from us. Chu Zhuang reminded Yu Wenlei.

Yu Wenlei thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes, he said it at the time." Looking at this, could it be that there is still the North Continent, the West Continent and the East Road?"

Chu Zhuang saw that Yu Wenlei was tireless in learning about this matter, so he continued: "In the north of the Central Continent, across the North Sea, is the North Yu Yue Continent, and the West Sea is separated from the West Sea by the West Juni Continent, and from the east of the continent across the East China Sea to the East Fu Po Continent. And what surrounds these five continents is the vast sea and the islands dotted with the sea. ”

"Wow!" Hearing Chu Zhuang's detailed description of the Liuhe of the world, Yu Wenlei couldn't help but exclaim, although he couldn't get there, he longed for it.

He asked with a dance, "Uncle Chu, when can we go to other continents for a while?"

Chu Zhuang smiled slightly and continued: "Do you know how big the Four Seas are, how far apart the continents are from each other?

I might as well tell you that there are three dynasties on our Middle-earth continent, namely the Swift Wind Dynasty in the north, the Priest Dynasty in the west, and the Fengyi Dynasty blocked by the Tiewei Mountain in the east.

These three dynasties were all composed of city-states, and the city-states were large and small, the big ones stretched for thousands of miles, and the small ones were less than a hundred miles.

Anping City is in the power territory of the Fengyi Dynasty, and a radius of about two hundred miles is the jurisdiction of the city, which should be not small. However, it was only a medium-sized city-state in the imperial dynasty, and the Fengyi dynasty had no less than 800 city-states.

Let's regard the size of Anping City as 'one', because it belongs to a medium-sized city-state, so the area of the Fengyi Dynasty is roughly eight hundred, and the Hurricane Dynasty, which is about the same size as it, is also eight hundred, and the Priest Dynasty with a slightly smaller territory is six hundred, and finally plus the wild swamps in the south of Central Continent, there are about three hundred Anping City jurisdictions.

Do you calculate, how many Anping City jurisdictions are equivalent to in the entire Central Continent?"

Yu Wenlei squinted. Concentrate and calculate: "Two eight hundred plus one six hundred, plus one three hundred, so that the total should be two thousand five hundred the size of Anping City." Uncle Chu, it seems that there is no concept of size like this!"

"Don't worry, it'll be there right away. Chu Zhuang said with a smile: "It is equivalent to 18,000 miles from east to west, and 18,000 miles from south to north." This is still only counting the straight line of the bird flying through the sky, not the distance of the broken line over the mountains. ”

"Eighteen thousand miles! In this way, a bird flies from the coast of the East China Sea to the west coast of the mainland, flying a thousand miles a day, and it will fly for a full eighteen days day and night. Yu Wenlei sighed sincerely. This Middle-earth is so big!

"I've heard your ancestor say that in terms of size, Zhongzhou can only be ranked third!" Chu Zhuang continued.

"What?" Yu Wenlei's jaw was about to fall to the ground: "So, there are bigger ones on other continents!"

"Yes, the northern continent is the most extensive, about the size of two middle continents, but even so, it is less than half the size of the South China Sea, and you know that the South China Sea is the smallest in the four nautical miles. ”

Yu Wenlei calculated quickly in his mind, and finally, he stammered: "Uncle Chu, according to what you say, we will never want to go to other continents, the distance between continents is more than 108,000 miles at will, how can we get there, even if there is a wind control talisman, it may not be easy to use!"

"It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to travel across continents, but it is easy for peak cultivators. I once heard Master say that two hundred years ago, there was a female charmer in our Middle-earth Continent who had traveled all over the world, so she was revered by the world as an 'immortal'. ”

Yu Wenlei nodded and said, "Female charmer, it's really amazing!Okay, if someone can do it, then I can do it too!"

Chu Zhuang changed the topic and said: "However, I have seen in ancient books that due to the barrier of the sea, each continent has its own unique customs and customs, and even the path of cultivation is very different. Take the Southern Yan Fuzhou, which is the closest to Central Continent, for example, where the cultivators are more adept at summoning techniques. I think other continents should also have their own specialties, and so on.

I know almost all about the Eight Desolate Lands, and that's all I know about it, and it's up to you to work hard to explore the future realm.

Now back to the beginning, you just asked me what Protectorate and Guardian City are. To put it simply, in the Middle-earth continent, each city is an independent kingdom, and the city lord is also the king with secular power in this kingdom.

But there are also sects of cultivation all over this continent, and these sects are composed of spell masters and spirit weapon masters. Later, the city-state gradually formed an alliance with the Xiuzhen sect within its borders. The cult is responsible for eliminating the demons and demons that threaten the city-state, keeping a city safe, and defending against assassinations sent by other city-states.

In return, the city-state provided services to the cult and, if necessary, helped to select qualified personnel for its sphere of influence.

In general, the relationship between the two sides is mutually beneficial, but in the long run, the denomination is relatively more advantageous.

They stationed men in the city to serve as guards, and these gatekeepers could influence the decisions of the city lord at all times, and even support new agents, but under normal circumstances, the sect had no right to intervene in secular affairs, which was called the Protector and the Guardian of the City.

Without the support of the sect in the territory, it would be difficult for the city lord to gain a foothold. So I discussed with Yuxian Zhenren at that time that Zhao Tianlin would succeed him as the city lord, because Wanshou Palace was the guardian sect of Anping City.

Although this model of one city and one religion is very common in the Middle-earth continent, it is not absolute. In some big cities, there may be two or three sects in the territory, and in some small cities, it is estimated that there is not even a single guardian sect. However, like that kind of city-state that does not have a guardian religion, either the city lord family itself is a powerful cultivation family, or it is short-lived, and it will not last long before it is destroyed by Lincheng. ”

Yu Wenlei was puzzled: "Uncle Chu, aren't they all under the jurisdiction of the imperial dynasty, why can they still violate each other?"

Chu Zhuang smiled and said, "The so-called Fengyi Dynasty is just a loose alliance formed by these eight hundred city-states, and there is no real unity. The law of the jungle has been an eternal truth since ancient times. ”