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#801 - Talisman civilization!

The River of Time flows, year 6212~

Liang Yue broke through his own realm, successfully advancing to the Great Vehicle stage. At the same time, he completed a preliminary analysis of the Time Barrier outside his town, gaining a rough understanding of the power of time.

Furthermore, he could now use talismans to set up simple time formations, mostly used to accelerate the growth of various medicinal fields and spiritual plants.

After entering the new realm, the small tree of Dao Fruit within Liang Yue's body did not revert to its origin as expected, returning to a Dao Fruit seed, but continued to take root in his dantian.

However, driven by the autonomous spirituality of this small tree, it successfully expanded Liang Yue's dantian into an independent small world.

With the small tree as the center, it radiated outwards for about a hundred li. The roots of the small tree were rooted in the rippling energy of the water vapor.

And in the lower layer, there was a piece of fertile purple-black soil formed by the laws of the earth.

Above the sky and around the boundary were patches of gray mist, faintly tinged with deep purple qi walls.

This is not a simple means of using the power of space, but the prototype of a truly independent small world!

Liang Yue tried to sow a piece of spiritual medicine and spiritual plant seeds in it, and as a result, they quickly took root and sprouted, growing into a land full of spiritual energy.

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The River of Time flows, year 7982~

In this year, Liang Yue's cultivation successfully broke through to the Tribulation Transcending stage.

Although he himself had not cultivated much during this period, focusing only on studying the Time Barrier and nurturing the small world in his dantian, his cultivation was still steadily improving under the autonomous growth of the Dao Fruit small tree.

At the same time, being in a higher realm, he also felt many mysteries and subtleties that he had never experienced before. This was a manifestation of Liang Yue's own existence being in harmony with the laws of heaven and earth, and the further improvement of his affinity and cognitive ability.

In this year, through the observation and analysis of a special magic weapon, Liang Yue successfully found a very special combined talisman Dao pattern in it.

This group of Dao patterns was very mysterious and profound. Even with his current understanding of the Dao of Talismans, he could only see a corner of it, but even so, he still benefited a lot from it.

Subsequently, after careful screening, Liang Yue finally decided to copy and form one of the Dao patterns and imprint it on the void of his dantian world.

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The River of Time flows, year 10,000~

The barrier covering his village and town finally disappeared, and the upgrade of the stronghold world came to an end.

Outside, a full ten thousand years had passed, but only a week had passed inside the town.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scene opposite him, for a time, Liang Yue couldn't help but feel a sense of being in another world~

Well, it really feels like another world, after all, it has been ten thousand years since he left the village~!

Although the village was still the same village, and the people inside were basically still the same people, his current sensory experience was completely different from that of himself ten thousand years ago.

This was not only a matter of cultivation and perspective on things, but also a difference in life experience.

Although in these ten thousand years, most of Liang Yue's mind had been on seclusion, and almost all of his mind and body had been devoted to polishing his own cultivation and studying the Dao of Talismans.

But occasionally, in his spare time, or when he was upset, his eyes would also linger for a moment on those countries, forces, families, and individuals in the stronghold world that had already branched out.

From their daily lives, cultivation struggles, human relationships, talented scholars and beautiful women, market life, and love and hatred, Liang Yue, even as a mere bystander, could invisibly gain a lot of extra emotional accumulation.

For him, this was definitely a valuable asset~

In addition, the fact that civilization and countries had emerged in the stronghold world was also a pleasant surprise.

After thousands of years of development, this country had formed a stable development and succession system.

Just like the dynastic changes in ancient China.

From the initial ambition at the beginning of the dynasty's establishment, through reforms, wealth redistribution, and a steady rise in development to reach its peak, and then inevitably decline, until the operating system failed, various contradictions intensified, and a new dynasty was established after fierce confrontation.

In the process, some people succeeded in reaching the top, while others left in disappointment.

Those who reached the top held high positions, while those who were frustrated left in decline. Over time, the population was divided, forming a central empire and many surrounding small countries.

The empire occupies the most beautiful territory in the world~

Of course, this beauty generally refers to being close to the World Tree Valley, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is abundant.

Those small countries are relatively weak in terms of cultivation resources and spiritual energy resources, but they are not without the power to fight.

Because the countries and people in the stronghold world generally cultivate and have a relatively mature cultivation system, the time of dynastic changes is generally much longer than in real China.

Generally, it lasts for seven or eight hundred years, and stronger ones can last for more than a thousand years.

After nearly ten thousand years of development, a civilization with a cultural heritage and an unusually developed cultivation atmosphere has formed in this world.

The architectural style, under the deliberate guidance of some people, is mostly similar to the classical period of China, but due to the addition of cultivation elements and transcendent power, the style is more varied.

Various high-rise buildings, pavilions, fortresses and cities suitable for monks to fight and live in are available.

Moreover, due to Liang Yue's selfishness~

In order to make this civilization more convenient to cooperate with his deduction of the cultivation system of the Dao of Talismans.

Under his deliberate guidance, even after nearly ten thousand years of development, the countries still focus on cultivation and have never developed any large-scale technology.

However, based on talismans, the application of various mechanical creations, Dao pattern magic weapons, and magic treasures is very developed and has begun to penetrate into all levels of the country.

At least in terms of people's livelihood, it is not inferior to the technological society in reality.

While observing the development of this civilization and country, Liang Yue will also extend an olive branch to some cultivators who have played an important role in the development of the times or have excellent qualifications, giving them the quota of aborigines.

To put it bluntly, this civilization in the stronghold world is now his testing ground and an excellent talent selection base.

For this reason, Liang Yue has spared no effort to influence the development of this civilization many times in the past ten thousand years, helping them establish a complete talent selection mechanism.

Just like the imperial examination in ancient China, every once in a while, local agencies at all levels will regularly conduct tests and selections on eligible people from the people under their rule.

As of now, the number of aboriginal quotas in Liang Yue's hands is almost running out.

Fortunately, with the further strengthening of his control over the stronghold world, especially after the end of this world upgrade, many corresponding permissions can be granted by Liang Yue's will even without quotas.

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