Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 92: Followers of the Future Sage (7600)

Culture and civilization are indeed complicated things.

As a senior mercenary, he has gone on missions in Jinggeya, the City of Knowledge, and the Empire, and finally chose to settle in the Empire for a long time as a "foreigner". Qing Chao is actually quite familiar with these concepts.

Aside from other things, eating habits alone can clearly distinguish people from all over the world.

There is no shortage of salt or seasoning at Whale Song Cliff. On the contrary, there has been a lack of high-quality sugar since ancient times. In addition, Shanghai people often go to sea to fight. At critical moments, they need to supplement a large amount of food that can quickly provide physical strength. Fructose is always the most common energy fuel, so I developed a habit of eating sweets.

The internal climate of Feiyandi is obviously different, divided into desert and coastal rainforest, but because it is rich in various spices, no matter what kind of food, there will be a lot of spices, the taste is mixed and heavy, fragrant and thick, and because of the development of flour products, there are also some spices. Many special breads and biscuits are unique in Terra.

The capital of learning is an island country in the inland sea, with a lot of seafood, similar to Whale Song Cliff, but it prefers to boil the porridge, and at most add some local special sauces-and the sauces of the capital of learning are extremely developed, basically Each small gathering place has its own unique sauce recipe, with different and different tastes, which is a major feature of the region.

There was a joke that the reason why there are more alchemists in the capital of knowledge than in other places is that they need to learn the ratio and matching of various sauces since they were young, which laid a good foundation for children to learn alchemy. Foundation.

If you use the wrong sauce ratio, you will be expelled from your hometown!

Although it sounds interesting, Qing Chao is also very clear that this can at best identify the place of birth, but not the real culture and civilization.

Empire, for example.

It is so vast that food customs vary from region to region.

The northeastern plains of the empire are also addicted to sugar, and there are even very similar dishes, which make the people of Whale Song Cliff call 'the other me in the world', but other than that, all their other living customs are similar to those of Whale Song Ya is not the same...they are very different.

So... what is the real point of civilization?

Is it clothing? Is it pitch? Is it a ballad?

Or some social customs, some conventional moral codes?

The more he reads, the more confused Qing Chao is about this.

So, he used this question to ask the 'almost omniscient' lord in his heart.

Ask him 'what is civilization'.

As for Bai Zhimin, who was much younger than him, but had a lot of knowledge, he glanced at him, thought for a moment, and announced that a meeting would be held.

Yin En wants to give lessons to this group of young people who are leaders for the first time and who are presiding officials in a locality.

This is actually normal. Yin En often spares some time, in the name of a meeting, to teach his core team some ideas and knowledge.

"Qingchao's question is very interesting."

At the meeting, Yin En, who was the youngest in the audience, pointed at the words on the blackboard and said, "What is civilization? It's a very complicated concept, but its essence is very simple."

"Civilization is not wearing fancy clothes, speaking languages ​​with different accents, and of course not singing songs of different styles, drinking wine made from different types of grains."

"The blood-born people of Feiyan Land respect martial arts and respect righteousness. They will avenge their revenge and repay their kindness. They would rather die than let the enemy benefit. Promise, willing to swing the sword for a moment of enthusiasm, even if you die, you must complete the goal-the customs of the two are similar or even consistent, are their civilizations similar?"

"It's not the same. The warriors of Flameland are silent and decisive, and the warriors of sea descent are bright and optimistic. They can be distinguished at a glance."

"The Far Shore Island and the Capital of Knowledge are both island nations, both of which are dominated by university lords, who rule the country with knowledge and sublimation skills. —but would anyone mistakenly confuse the two?"

"Of course not, the gloomy, class-distinct temperament of Far Shore Island and the enlightened to chaotic, the knowledge capital that admits twenty-seven kinds of self-cognition are fundamentally two extremes."

"The Seven Cities Alliance believes in Huaiguang teachings all over the country, but who is the real visitor from the holy mountain, even the Qingchao, can you tell?"

——Even I can tell what it is, you can tell it at a glance!

Hearing this, the swordsman couldn't help complaining.

Qing Chao didn't mind the lord using himself as an example, after all, he was the one who came to ask questions, and he would indeed be confused by these apparently similar but distinguishable things.

However, the other party's description of Whale Song Cliff made him very appreciative.

Unexpectedly, the lord of his family has never been to Jingsong Cliff, but he has a very good opinion of their sea descendants.

"I can, boss."

At this moment, Qing Chao replied, and continued to ask: "Why? The two countries are so similar, but the core is completely different... This feels very strange."

"Because these are not the most important features of civilization."

The white-haired lord shook his head and said: "Civilization is the sum of the social morality and habitual behaviors held by a group, from family values ​​to what tableware they are used to, from accents and specific local vocabulary, from urban to rural From architectural styles to local beliefs...these, including all of the above, are just a part of it.”

"But at its core, it's very simple."

"How do 'all intelligent life' in this area exist and continue in 'this land'."

"Is it farming or nomadic? Is it hunting or fishing? To put it bluntly, the essence of a civilization is how a group of people obtain resources and how to allocate resources so that the group can survive and continue to develop."

"Different regions have different methods of obtaining and distributing resources, which catalyze different customs, evolve different action styles, and then have different cultures, and finally form different civilizations..."

So saying, Qingchao saw Yin En staring at him closely, he subconsciously became nervous, and then the young lord asked: "Qingchao, how many civilizations do you think there are on the continent of Terra?"

"Uh..."

Qing Chao thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so he hesitated and said: "A dozen? It feels like every country is completely different... But! There are several similar ones around every big country. Small country!"

Thinking of this, the swordsman felt that he had grasped the key. He patted his leg and said excitedly: "I understand! There are as many great countries as there are civilizations!"

"Just like a great swordsmanship will give rise to dozens of small swordsmanship, civilization will spread!"

"There are so many small countries around Yanjiang, they are all members of the Yanjiang civilization circle in essence! And the Khanates around the Heavenly Royal Court are also like this, they are all carved out of the same mold!"

"There are also many knight principalities around the empire, even Junling Fortress... that's it!"

"Oh? Not bad, Qing Chao, you can think of this level!"

Qing Chao saw that Yin En's face showed obvious surprise, and the other party laughed, looking very harmonious and nice, but the final conclusion was very cruel: "But the answer is wrong."

"Scott, tell me. How many civilizations are there on Terra?"

"One."

Scott, who has been listening quietly, is sitting at the table. He put down his note-taking hand very seriously, and replied seriously: "There is only one. Terra's sublimation civilization, which is dominated by sublimators."

"There is only one main civilization on the continent of Terra, and it is branched out from sublimators of different fifth energy levels, and has derived more than a dozen secondary sublimator civilizations with slightly different structures."

Since Adjutant Tie Zhimin became an Ascendant, he has been using the high thinking speed brought by the 'Thundercaller' to read books, thinking and summarizing the knowledge in them.

It can be said that Thunder is meaningless in Scott's hands. The speed of thinking comparable to lightning is the real priceless treasure of this inheritance.

And his learning results began to appear: Scott can always keep up with Yin En's thinking and understand the meaning of the lord.

Sometimes, Qing Chao is very envious of this kind of person who can quickly understand Yin En's meaning.

He's not really stupid, Yin En can understand where he went wrong before, but someone who knows without saying anything is obviously better.

"Very good. Scott answered very well."

Yin En was very satisfied, he motioned Qing Chao to take notes, and the swordsman started writing quickly.

His handwriting is actually very beautiful. Although Qing Chao has only learned calligraphy for a long time, as long as he regards calligraphy as swordsmanship, he can easily write his own style, which is correct and sharp.

Looking at this scene, Yin En continued: "As I said before, the most important definition of civilization is 'how the collective uses to produce and distribute resources, so that the group can exist and continue'... The empire mainly farms, and The structure of the emperor's nobles and knights allocates resources, Jinggeya mainly relies on fishing, and the loose alliances of the castle masters and grand lords allocate resources, and the Heavenly Royal Court mainly relies on herding... These are all secondary."

"The most important thing is that all civilizations need high-level powerhouses in order to ensure the stability and long-term continuation of their social collectives."

"Without high-level sublimators, natural disasters and mutations would have destroyed everything long ago."

"So, no matter what the specific differences are, there is only one sublimator civilization on the entire Terra continent, and we are also in it."

"And what are the most critical operating principles and points within civilization?" Yin En continued to ask.

The one who raised his hand this time was Gu Ying, and the researcher was also listening to the class carefully, and immediately answered: "Obtaining resources and allocating resources, and their efficiency. Essentially, it is to obtain funds and allocate funds, but it is a little bigger, The purpose has also changed from research and development results to enabling everyone to survive, and even live better, to maintain overall stability."

"Hmm. Although the example is a bit problematic, it is true."

Yin En nodded, and he looked at the people present: "How to allocate limited resources to the most suitable fields, and then create the greatest results, is the managers, that is, what we need to do."

"For the current Terra countries, if they want to maximize the utilization of resources, they need to invest resources in sublimators. The more talented the sublimator, the better."

"This is the core logic of the sublime civilization."

Yin En's words, Qingchao can understand - or rather, this is the underlying logic of Terra Continent.

Basically everyone took it for granted, so they couldn't understand why Yin En said such a thing in a serious manner.

Yin En obviously doesn't care about the doubts of Qing Chao and others, he is just talking about his thinking and purpose: "10,000 thalers are used for municipal construction, how many streets can be rebuilt? How many houses can be rebuilt? If you let Ordinary people go to work, although 10,000 talers are a lot, they can't do much."

"Just to buy the tools for ordinary people to rebuild the city, it will cost more than half."

"But 10,000 talers, in my hands, can produce two first-level earth system sublimators. And I can drive them to rebuild the entire Xiahui City within three months Some."

"Three months, 10,000 talers, without the use of sublimators, it is impossible to rebuild the city anyway."

"This is the most efficient use of resources."

When Qing Chao heard this, Yin En emphasized his tone: "At the same time, this is where the problem lies."

"Because the technical content behind the sublimator is too high, the resource utilization rate is too high, so that many basic constructions and the popularization of basic knowledge are ignored, and even deliberately suppressed-this is not wrong, because if resources are wasted In a place that is not as good as a sublimator, it will cause a reduction in national strength, giving the enemy an opportunity to put their own national civilization in danger."

"It's like our Xiahui leader - if it's not because I am a second-level sublimator, it's not because behind us there is Xiou of the third level, the king of the mountain of the fourth level, and me Comparable to the super-giant magnetic storm coil of the third energy level, does it make sense for us to invest so much money in urban construction and new agricultural development?"

"It doesn't make sense. Others can **** it if they want, and destroy it if they want to. Xiahui Ling can succeed only because I am a genius, and all of you are also very good. This cannot be reproduced. "

"But next, the road we are going to take is not a hurdle that can be crossed by a few geniuses. We need to use all the technologies from beginning to end, and we cannot ignore any seemingly useless basic knowledge."

"What I want to do is to try to create a new civilization superior to the 'sublimated civilization', so not only we have to learn it, but also other people in the territory, so we need to popularize education and knowledge."

"This is my core plan, only you know it, and it requires your full cooperation."

"Its name is 'Abstract Pathway', or 'Practitioner Civilization'."

"A truly great cause."

"The first step in this undertaking is to equip everyone with the 'qualification for cultivation'... Artificial souls and Spiritualism are the top priorities, and they are also the points that we need to be most cautious about in our next plans."

Next, it's not a lecture, but a real caucus.

At the meeting, Yin En explained the many preconditions and technical requirements of the Arcane path, and Qing Chao and others were surprised to know that whether it is artificial souls or their recent The practice of 'meditation' is all part of this path.

What a grand plan...

But to be honest, Qing Chao didn't fully understand the "great cause" that Yin En said next.

He just felt a little unbelievable, and a little dazed.

——I said, the question I raised at the beginning does not need to be discussed at a meeting... The relationship boss used my question as an introduction to talk about his plan!

That makes more sense!

Qing Chao knew from the very beginning that Yin En was someone who wanted to do great things.

How do you say it? In those knight novels and legends, there will always be a sage who can change an era...

Most of them are the background of the story, and they have brought about tremendous changes to the world. It can even be said that the world where the protagonist lives in adventure is created by those great sages.

The weapons they created can defeat the devil after thousands of years; the skills they created can still inspire wisdom after a long time; Admiration and even nostalgia.

Whether it is the logic of life, the background of the story, the order of the entire world or the stage itself, all are created by sages.

When Qingchao was a child, when he heard these stories and legends from his father, he always thought about this matter in his heart.

"Compared with these sages, can the protagonist really be the protagonist?"

He would ask his father like this at that time.

【Silly boy】

And the father who has not passed away due to old injuries will mess up his hair, and reply with a smile: [How do you know that those sages are not the protagonists of the past? 】

[They will also have their own adventures and legends, but this book does not tell his story]

【How do you know that the protagonist of this novel will not become a sage in the future? 】

These memories were once dim and gray, Qing Chao thought he would never remember them in his lifetime.

Until meeting Yin En and witnessing his actions along the way, the dusty memories in Qing Chao's mind reappeared.

—He is such a sage.

There is no reason, or there are too many reasons, and there is no need to look for them.

Qing Chao believes that Yin En will be the one in all storybooks, who will create the foundation of all future stories, contract the cornerstone of all legendary adventures, and change the entire world order.

Moreover, it's different from what those stories say.

Yoon is not the backdrop.

Yoon is what is happening, the 'now' while it is in progress!

He is a sage who exists in the present and in the future!

And myself, Qing Chao, is the follower of the future sage, a member of his future legend!

Just this point made him feel surging.

Even if it is just for this point, Qing Chao will study hard, keep up with Yin En's pace, not let himself fall behind, and try his best to witness the scenery that Yin En will create in the future.

It's not that hard.

By practicing the experimental version of the "primary meditation method" taught to them by Yin En, recently, the second energy level has been stabilized, and the green tide of the soul has begun to gradually condense, and the memory has already greatly improved strengthening.

This also makes his learning efficiency higher and higher.

Don't look at him being often teased about his slow learning speed and lack of quick thinking, but you also have to look at who his opponent is!

Story aside, the mysterious top alchemist, genius researcher, who is at the same level as Boss Yin En, is born to be at the top of Xiahui's IQ despise chain.

Old Farr is also a character who is old and mature, Qingchao respects the old, if you don't compare with him, you are not afraid, you understand and don't understand!

The rest, Roland is a high-achieving professional student, his diploma is crushed, how can he compare with a country swordsman? This is a matter of birth, it doesn't count!

As for Scott?

A lunatic who can teach himself advanced mathematics for Yin En is naturally incomparable!

All in all, it's not that I can't do it, it's that the classmates and opponents around me are too evil!

The only thing Qingchao is more puzzled about is one thing.

"Why are you teaching us this?"

After the meeting, Qing Chao, who will serve as a bodyguard tomorrow and follow Yin En back to Port Harrison, stands beside Yin En, and follows Yin En back to the laboratory to sort out the equipment.

On the street leading to the laboratory, the swordsman asked a little puzzledly: "Boss, I'm not saying that it's not good to teach us——After you said this, I feel that my views on all the forces in the entire Terra continent are different." It has become clearer, and the field of vision has expanded a lot.”

"Even, I have a deep understanding of the causes of the conflicts between the Heavenly Royal Court and the Empire, and various local conflicts are essentially geopolitical derivatives... But these things, other lords will hide them and only teach them To your own children, instead of telling us everything in detail like you, as if you are afraid that we will not learn..."

Speaking of this, Qing Chao couldn't help clenching his hand.

In the continent of Terra, knowledge, especially knowledge that can develop ideas and influence thinking systems, is far more precious than pure money.

And Yin En developed and taught them the knowledge, inheritance, various meditation methods and sublimation skills recently, and the value alone exceeds hundreds of thousands, or even millions of talers.

That's how precious it is.

What they have learned, even if it is only a corner, if it is given to other sublimators, it will all be secrets that are not passed on.

"I'm afraid you won't learn it."

Then, Qingchao heard Yin En's calm speech: "I can't wait to teach you everything I know, so that you can have the same way of thinking as me."

"But unfortunately not, you can't do it... Fortunately, you can at least inherit some of my ideas."

"Guying can inherit my research ideas, Scott can understand my governance philosophy, and they can even do better than me in this regard, I believe this."

"And you, Qingchao."

Yin En emphasized his tone: "Your practice of meditation is faster than everyone else. I guess you will be faster than them in practice in the future. You can inherit the 'new' I want to develop Practice system'."

"Besides, Old Farr is really old, but he has a high probability of cultivating newcomers who are also eager for the starry sky, and at worst Roland can understand my engineering design ideas, he will understand The importance of a complete industrial system.”

"As for Isengarde who is farther away... I have been sharing my alchemy manuscript and ideas with him. He has my full set of ideas and plans. If Xiahui leader fails, then in the future, he may be able to Restart this reform elsewhere."

"Although I don't know if there is enough time...but I always believe in hope before total failure."

"Failure?!"

Qing Chao couldn't help but said in amazement, he quickly realized his gaffe, and couldn't help asking a little too much: "But Boss, why do you think we will fail?!"

The white-haired lord glanced at his personal guard, and he couldn't help sighing: "Before thinking of victory, think of defeat first. What's more, our future is more dangerous than imagined."

"I may die before you in the future, or I may leave you. Although the probability of this is very small, I need to be vigilant."

"And no matter what my final result is, some things always need to be passed on—the views on civilization, culture, views on the world, and expectations for future development, these things all need to be passed on. "

"This is Tinder."

The swordsman saw that his lord took a step forward. He stood in the middle of the intersection of roads. The clear moonlight sprinkled the entire city, and also covered him with a silver cloak.

Yin En didn't look back, but his tone was calmer: "Qingchao. If it is said that people's intelligence can be graded, you are not low, at least you have the potential of the third and fourth grades."

"The stupidest people can only live the life others want them to live, the second-class people can live the life they want to live."

"The third class of people can imagine the existence of a better world, but they don't know how to create it; while the fourth class of people have ways to create a better world, but they can't implement it, and they can only pretend to be in the hands of others."

"Finally, fifth class people - they can make a better world."

"With their own hands."

"I consider myself fifth class, but wish there were more."

"The reason why I work so hard to teach you, teach you, and improve you is that I hope you can truly understand me and become my true followers, not just subordinates."

"If one day I leave, I also hope that you can continue my will, continue to advance this path, and teach more people like you and me."

"At the very least, we must pass on this knowledge and ideas."

True understanding...

The swordsman fell silent.

It is indeed difficult to truly understand a sage.

The next day, Qing Chao followed the convoy led by Yin En and Xiahui and embarked on the road to Port Harrison.

Until this moment, he still couldn't guarantee that he could really comprehend Yin En's spirit and figure out what he wanted to do.

Create a new civilization so that everyone can practice?

To do such a big thing, there must be a big purpose...

Could it be that Yin En wants to rule the world? !

No, not this ordinary thing...

If it was the Qing tide in the past, it would definitely feel that ruling the world is a big thing.

But after such a long time, as he gradually understood the operation logic of a regime, a country, and even a civilization, he began to feel that even ruling the world is not a big deal.

In the final analysis, isn't it still part of the sublimator civilization?

This does not bring about fundamental changes, creating a new era.

Just a boring and uninteresting repetition.

What Yin En wants to do must be to create a more lively, energetic, curious and enthusiastic world.

Qing Chao can't imagine such a world—he is not the material in the final analysis, let him imagine what kind of method the future practice system should use to fight, he might be able to give some advice, but what will the future world be like? How... how can he have that ability.

But he will try.

Become a follower of the future sage.

Terra 774, March 25th, the last trace of winter cold has dissipated, under the clear sky, the brilliant golden sun shines on the land of Nanling.

A convoy carrying a large amount of alchemy potions and professional equipment is heading south along the wide road.

The two places along the way are green grass, and the lush forests are also blooming new buds, showing great vitality.

"Boss can change the world."

Qing Chao rode a horse and followed the convoy. Looking at the brand-new territory, he couldn't help recalling the chaotic and desolate look he saw when he first came to Xiahui Territory half a year ago, and he couldn't help being more certain of this point: " Rather, only the boss can!"

But Yin En didn't know that he had an increasingly stalwart image in the hearts of his subordinates.

If he knew, Yin En would definitely not be emotional, but would try to turn this stalwart image into a sample of the internal propaganda of the 'Chongling Sect'—a future sage? Although it sounds a bit weird, it should be a good name, stronger than the prophet who descended from thunder.

It's just the current Yin En, although on the surface he is still sitting on horseback with a serious face, sitting in the center of the convoy.

But in fact, his mind had already drifted to the great labyrinth of the South China Sea.

"Shasha said that the dragon egg hatched, but there was an accident with the dragon egg, but the dragon egg was fine."

Using the 'Great Labyrinth Authority' to perceive information from afar, Yin En frowned and fell into deep thought: "This silly shark talked nonsense and wandered around for a long time without letting me see what's going on with the dragon egg—— I saw that the top part of the eggshell was broken, but the whole thing is still intact, and it is quite alive, which proves that the little crystal dragon is not dead, and is even alive very well."

"But why does it come out of the eggshell? House dragon?"

"What happened to the dragon egg of the ether crystal dragon?"