Chen Rui and Mu Yuan just stood and stared at each other for a long time.

"I'm from another world. Chen Rui finally spoke softly.

Mu Yuan was stunned, he had also guessed Chen Rui's origin countless times, especially after every prediction of the future.

Chen Rui is linked to hope, so Mu Yuan attaches great importance to Chen Rui.

"There is a very different human civilization in that world. There is no complicated magic or martial arts, but humans are still the masters of the world. ”

"Mankind uses its own wisdom as a weapon, possesses scientific technology, and can defeat the strongest beasts, and when I came to this world, the people of that world were still exploring the mysteries of the world because of their intellectual curiosity. ”

"Don't you wonder what is above this sky? the mighty sun, the bright moon, the prosperous stars...... What is their essence?"

Mu Yuan gradually held his breath, as cautious as if he was listening to the secrets of the world, what Chen Rui said was something unheard of, even beyond the scope of his comprehension to a certain extent.

"The maximum altitude that magicians can reach through the wind flight magic is 10,000 meters, but we are still far from the sky, where the gods dwell above the gods in myths and legends, where he watches over the earth. ”

"Although I don't know much, I can tell you unambiguously that above the sky, there is the universe. ”

"Cosmic ......" Chen Ruizai carefully recounted what he knew, about the knowledge gained by the exploration of the starry sky by the pioneers of mankind in the original world for thousands of years.

Although Chen Rui had tried his best to speak in an easy-to-understand manner, it was still difficult for Mu Yuan to digest such a huge amount of information at once because it involved a large number of unheard of terms.

However, it is not difficult for Mu Yuan to feel the truth of the world in his mouth through Chen Rui's description, the magnificent world, and the yearning journey of exploration...... Everything was great.

Without the protection of the gods, human beings can also find a bright path by relying on their own wisdom.

“...... I seem to have digressed......" Mu Yuan's full emotion was interrupted by Chen Rui's slightly embarrassing words.

He himself was stunned, and then remembered his purpose for looking for Chen Rui.

"I remember that your question is ...... opinion of this empire," Chen Rui recalled very seriously, and immediately put on a contemplative expression.

In the ten years in this world, his time was not all spent studying the novel magic theory, he also had some clear understanding of the world and the empire through all kinds of anecdotes, adventure stories, myths and legends that Murong Ling told him.

The Xingzhu Empire is in a social structure similar to that of the feudal monarchy, but because of the extraordinary power of the professionals here...... It is very different from the feudal empires of the original world.

The royal family of the Xingzhu Empire is indeed the supreme ruler, but as long as the aristocratic class here unites, it can easily overthrow the rule of the royal family.

This uprising is the best proof of this.

It is difficult to centralize power here, and the real power is scattered among the nobles at all levels, and it will not be like the original world, where the emperor's will can purge the entire court.

"Your reforms will not succeed. Chen Rui finally came to the conclusion, "No matter what power you have, those nobles will not hand over the power in their own hands to you, it doesn't matter if they die, their descendants will take over the power from them...... They are the most important part of keeping this empire running, and they are the worst sore that restricts the growth of the empire. ”

Mu Yuan was stunned again, obviously he didn't expect Chen Rui to say it so thoroughly and so straightforwardly.

Indeed, Mu Yuan has now entered a dilemma, although he successfully persuaded the people of the four major families of Xingzhu City to hold the entire Xingzhu City tightly in his hands - it stands to reason that the process of centralizing power should be very simple, and Mu Yuan also specially formulated a long-term plan to disintegrate all the power of the aristocratic class step by step...... But I didn't expect the first step to be so difficult.

"I despised the nobles, and I despised them. Mu Yuan sighed.

"No, that's not your most important mistake. Chen Rui shook his head.

"Huh?"

"You don't understand what is going on. Chen Rui said softly. "Reform is the complete shattering of the existing order, and only in this way can the new order be successfully established...... You don't have that determination, you want peaceful reforms. ”

Mu Yuan was stunned, and seemed to understand something, but after thinking about it, he shook his head helplessly, "As you said, there are too many powerful people in our world, and the entire aristocratic class has ten times the number of professionals in the royal family, once the fierce reform begins, a full-scale civil war is inevitable, and we may not be able to really defeat those nobles." ”

"The determination lies with you, and it is up to you to decide how far you can go on the road of reform. ”

"......" Mu Yuan was silent, he admitted that he had been taught a good lesson today.

"If there is nothing else, can I leave?" Chen Rui asked softly, he didn't want to participate in the reform of the Xingzhu Empire, this was destined to be a history of blood and chaos of war, and once he was involved without the slightest supernatural power, he would be doomed.

His only interest in coming here was to delve into the theory of magic.

“...... I have something I want to get rid of you. Mu Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still spoke, "I want to ask you to help me investigate, and I will let Hua Wuwu protect you the whole time." ”

“...... What is the world like?" Chen Rui was stunned.

At this time, Mu Yuan's face resurfaced with that imperial smile, that look as if everything was under control.

"Don't you really want to know about the empire?"

“......”

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The first time Murong Ling stepped into the bustling streets of the imperial capital, the wide and clean streets, the retro blue tiles decorated the entire long street, at this time it was the world with the best climate of the year, and there were all kinds of novelties on the stalls, Murong Ling was a little overwhelmed.

The streets were full of people, and it seemed that the news of the rebellion and war in the Northwest did not affect the mood of these people shopping.

Murong Ling walked expectantly, there was a clown-like man on the left who performed magic tricks, a large group of children gathered around to watch the excitement, and a little farther away there were people playing Jiangshan chess on the table on the side of the street, and there were many people around who watched the master's moves attentively.

A little further afield, there are some very cute juvenile monsters that are sold as pets, and the breeze rabbit is very low aggressive, and it is beautiful and cute enough to be very popular with aristocratic ladies.

Murong Ling also looked distracted, and he didn't pay attention to the road ahead...... Finally, he accidentally bumped into the body of a thin old man......

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Murong Ling apologized repeatedly, but the old man was not knocked down, his withered and thin body stood there like an indestructible mountain.

"It's okay, the little girl will pay attention to herself when she walks in the future. The old man smiled kindly, but when he turned around, he saw the pendant hanging around Murong Ling's neck, but his face suddenly froze.

It was a very tattered pendant, with a hanging tag on it, and the sign seemed to have a word engraved on it, but now it was too blurry to be seen.

"Little girl...... Where did you get this pendant from......" The old man suddenly had a smile on his face, but he didn't know why, Murong Ling saw this kind smile that was obviously the same as just now, but he felt a little chill behind his back.

“...... A friend sent ...... "Murong Ling was a little cover-up.

"Little girl, don't be afraid, I am Qin Xuanran of the Qin family, and the pendant around your neck may have belonged to a descendant of our family who was lost a long time ago, you see. After speaking, the old man took out an identical pendant from his spatial ring, but it looked much newer than the one in Murong Ling's hand. "That friend of yours could be our long-lost family!" Do you know where he is now?

Qin Jia...... Qin Long......?

Murong Ling stood there stunned, and then said a little dullly, "I don't know where he is......

"Then can you invite the girl to sit down in our people, there are prophets in our people, and maybe you can find your friends through this nameplate. The look of pity on the old man's face flashed away.

"Uh-huh......!"

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