Sending Xiao Zhao to rest, Bai Ya and Wang Peng sat opposite each other in the guest room.

"Brother Wang, what kind of place is the Houli Xue Palace, is it also an Immortal Martial Sect?" Bai Ya asked curiously.

"Have you heard of the Hundred Schools?" the Blood Knife Guest did not immediately answer Bai Ya's question, but asked with a solemn expression.

"Hundreds of Schools, Naturally, I've heard of it!" Bai Ya thought for a moment, then nodded in response.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this world was the same as the ancient China in Baiya's previous life, and naturally there were many academic schools such as Zhuzi Baijia.

However, the turning point in history came when the Qin State destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, and the world experienced a similar fission of heaven and earth, as a result, Shenzhou expanded infinitely, Qin did not unify the countries again, and the Han Dynasty was not established.

Since there is no Han Dynasty, then during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu's "Pushing the Kong Clan and Depressing the Hundred Schools" will also be gone.

What's more, this world is divided into many countries, and there is no unified feudal dynasty in the previous life. As long as there are still disputes among the nations, Bai Ya feels that the hundred schools of thought will not lack the soil for survival, and will even develop more prosperously.

"Oh!" Wang Peng glanced at Bai Ya in surprise, he was just asking casually, but he didn't expect the young man to really hear of the hundred schools of thought.

Contrary to Baiya's assumptions, the Hundred Schools of Thought have indeed not died out, but the way of existence has changed a lot, and it is no longer a purely academic faction. In today's world, nearly 6,000 years since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, few lower-class people like Baiya know about the Hundred Schools of Thought.

"Since you have heard of the hundred schools of thought, then you should have heard of a great academic school in the prehistoric period - Legalism!" Wang Peng said slowly, "The Houli School Palace is a school palace established by the disciples of the Legalists in the Wuxing era, and it is one of the five major palaces in Shenzhou, mainly teaching the doctrine of Legalism and the Legalist Xianwu. ”

"Prehistoric period?Wuxing era?Shenzhou Five University Palace?" Bai Ya listened a little confused, and when Wang Peng said a word, he found that he didn't understand it at all.

Legalism says that he can understand, but what the hell is Legalist Xianwu?

"Brother Wang, that ...... When was the prehistoric period, the Wuxing era, and the Legalist Xianwu ...... "Bai Ya didn't know how to speak."

"You even know the hundred schools of thought, how can you not know the prehistoric period and the Wuxing era?" Wang Peng looked at him in surprise, "The prehistoric period is naturally the history of the fission of heaven and earth, as for the Wuxing era, ......"

"Brother Wang, big brother, you wait!Can you tell me about the Great Fission of Heaven and Earth first......" Bai Ya tried to keep his eyes open, wanting to show his studious cuteness. It's a pity that he is a facial paralysis, and when he stares at his eyes, he looks completely stupid.

"......" Wang Peng looked at him expressionlessly.

"This ...... You know, I used to suffer from soul loss, and I was a coaster, and no one taught me this!" Bai Yamu grimaced, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

"Forget it, I don't have the same knowledge as you!" The Blood Knife Man stretched out his hand and nodded at the white cliff, and said helplessly, "If there is anything else you want to know, let's ask!"

"Let's talk about the great fission of heaven and earth first...... "Bai Ya said more and more embarrassedly.

"......" Wang Peng covered his head and explained as if resigned.

At the end of the Warring States Period, nine years after the Battle of Changping, the Qin State annexed Bashu through more than 100 years of successive expansion, defeated the neighboring Zhao, Han, Wei, and Chu four kingdoms one after another, and occupied a large territory in the eastern part of the Warring States, becoming the largest overlord among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States in one fell swoop, laying the foundation for the national strength of unifying Kyushu.

In the fifty-first year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, which is now known as 1089 years before the history of Shenzhou, the Qin State raised troops to attack Korea, and the troops went down to Yangcheng and Negative Millet.

These two cities were only a stone's throw away from Luoyi, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, and the king of Zhou at that time was greatly frightened, so he conspired with Yan and Chu to unite the countries to conquer the Qin State. But this matter was leaked, and King Qin Zhaoxiang was furious and wanted to destroy the Zhou family.

The Qin general Zhao Tu led the army to surround the Zhou capital Luoyi, but a natural disaster suddenly fell one night, and the Qin camp was struck by thunder, and the earth was fissioned. Since Qin, Zhao mixed with the following 300,000 elite Qin troops were all wiped out, and the west of Luoyi City was thousands of miles away.

This is the beginning of the great fission of heaven and earth in the next thousand years, known as the Luoyi Change.

After that year, the strength of the Qin state was greatly reduced, and the four Kwantung kingdoms once again attacked Qin, and the Chu state recovered the old capital Yingdu and the Great Wall of Chu, and the twelve cities north of Xiangcheng; the Wei state recovered the old capital Anyi, Nanyang, and the land east of the river, and the following year took the original land west of the river; Korea recovered the land of Henan such as Wancheng and Yuanyong; and the state of Zhao recovered the land of Hebei such as Daijun and Shangdang. ”

Wang Peng said and sighed, "My Great Qin has lost Guandong since then, and there is not an inch of Qin land outside Hangu Pass, King Qin Zhaoxiang thought that the country was ashamed, and he vomited blood and died at ......the age of seventy!

"I'll know next!" Bai Ya suddenly remembered that when he was in the inn, he heard the conversation between the two uncles and nephews, "Is it that the land of Shenzhou is constantly fissioning, and the land territory has begun to expand, and it has slowly become boundless......

"It's just that why didn't the nations rule over those new lands, so that they are all wilderness now, occupied by all kinds of brutes and demons?" Bai Ya asked curiously, "Could it be that the nations are busy with wars and don't have the population to develop those lands?"

"No, on the contrary, after the fission of heaven and earth, the nations stopped fighting one after another, and did not launch a large-scale war for more than a thousand years. Wang Peng smiled slightly and continued, "It's just because although the fission of heaven and earth is unpredictable, there are certain laws......

It turned out that at that time, the heaven and earth were full of life aura, and the mountains and forests and cities with stable aura were relatively small. If a large number of creatures appear in a short period of time in the barren wilderness plains, it is very easy to trigger the aura storm~, which will attract thunder and earth cracks.

As a result, the great powers were unable to assemble large armies for war, and were unable to move large numbers of people to exploit the newly added lands in the wild.

"However, although China could not be unified at that time, it does not mean that there is no more turmoil in the world......," Wang Peng sighed.

In 778 years before the history of Shenzhou, marked by the severance of Shu Road and the re-independence of Bashu annexed by Qin, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States gradually expanded their territory, and each ushered in a wave of splitting the territory and sealing the territory.

The various vassal states that were originally annexed by the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period in the Spring and Autumn Period have erected flags and become independent.

Among them, the larger ones are Bashu annexed by Qin, Lu, Wu and Yue in Chu, Wei annexed by Wei, Zheng annexed by Korea, Song by Qi, Chu and Wei, and Zhongshan State, which was established by the Xianyu tribe of the Di tribe and sandwiched between Yan and Zhao.

Of course, in addition to these stronger vassal states, there are also some small vassal states with relatively weak strength and territory, such as: Zhou, Xu, Chen, Cai, Tan, Ju, Qi, Zou, Teng, Ni and dozens of other small states, as well as some fiefdoms of former great powers.

This is the inevitable result of the sudden expansion of land, but the difficulty of adapting to the flow of people and the transmission of information. In order to cope with the division of the country, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States restored the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty at the cost of the recognition of their suzerainty by the vassal states within their borders.

At this time, although the Zhou Dynasty still retained Jiuding, it was nominally no longer the co-lord of the nations, and became a small vassal state on an equal footing with other countries.

"During this period, because the Terrans were unable to carry out a large number of population migrations, they basically stayed in densely populated settlements and cities. As a result, the number of other life species in the wilderness skyrocketed, and under the catalysis of the rich aura, they gradually evolved into spiritual intelligence. ”

Wang Peng said with a wry smile, "Plants have evolved into spirits such as flowers and trees, and animals have given birth to brute beasts, fierce beasts, demon beasts and divine beasts with various talents. Even some living beings are nourished by the Yin attribute aura after death, and their bodies or souls have become demons and monsters that originally only existed in legends. ”

"Could it be that the Terrans have not been aware of it all this time?" Bai Ya's face changed slightly, and he blurted out, "What ......about it?" These foreign objects can attack the Terrans in the future!"

"Of course, there are, brute beasts or demons and monsters each have powerful natural powers, and they regard the human race as food. Wang Peng said blandly, "During that period, they slowly spread and invaded human settlements, the connection between cities was severed, and all parts of Shenzhou became isolated islands closed off from the country. ”

"So we have the Great Post Road and the Airway, and the ...... Teleportation Talisman Array?!" Bai Ya's eyes lit up, and he suddenly thought of something.

"Hehe, the Great Post Road was indeed the contingency strategy of the Terrans at that time, but the airway and the teleportation talisman array were a long time later. Wang Peng said with a smile, "The human race didn't pay attention to those brute beasts and demons at first, but then a big incident happened......

In 122 years before the history of Shenzhou, the beast tide in Bishan broke through the big city at the junction of Wei and Han for the first time, Yiyi, and devoured more than 500,000 humans in this area. After the beast tide receded, the city of Yiyi was full of white bones, and the suburbs were full of ghosts and fires, and birds and beasts were hidden.

This incident shook the entire land of Shenzhou, and the princes of the major countries finally put aside their old grudges under the threat of racial crisis, and began to unite with neighboring countries to send a large number of small-scale demon hunting teams to clean up and expel the wild beasts and demons that occupied the lifeline of transportation, and drive them back into the uninhabited wilderness and forests.

In the process, the kingdoms began to build special post roads and post passes between the major cities, and used cavalry and domesticated beasts to patrol these post roads and passes.

For example: The Li Dragon that White Cliff saw a few days ago is one of the Rui beasts guarding the river!

"These primitive post roads and post castles, after a long time, have been slowly replaced by floating building ships, flywheel treasure ships, and long-range teleportation rune arrays. "At that time, however, they still played a vital role in trade and connectivity across China......

From 1089 to 778 years ago, in the more than 300 years when the fission of heaven and earth was the most frequent, and from 122 years before history to the first year of the Shenzhou calendar, the brute beasts and demons and monsters were the most wreaking havoc for more than 100 years.

After nearly 11 centuries, the world suddenly looked back, and the entire territory of Shenzhou had almost expanded to the point of indifference, and from the Western Zhou Dynasty of Hebei, And, Yan, Henan, Qing, Yang, Jing, Yong, You and other nine states into the thirteen states period.

The original Qingzhou was separated from Xuzhou, Yongzhou was divided into three states, Si, Yi and Liang, and the southern part of Yangjing and Jingzhou was placed out of Jiaozhou.

Later historians called the prehistoric period more than a thousand years between the year when the Qin State attacked the Zhou Dynasty, the year when the first thunder struck the world, and the completion of the first post road from Xianyang to Luoyi. And the year when the first big post road was built is called the first year of the Shenzhou calendar!"

Wang Peng said with some fascination, "In that era, there were many heroes in demon hunting, and there were many singing and crying deeds. It's a pity that we haven't seen it in person!"