You Have Science, I Have Martial Arts-Chapter 601 - 271: Went Out for a While, Brought Home an Empress

Chapter 601: Chapter 271: Went Out for a While, Brought Home an Empress

The once mighty Cangyuan Realm was merely an exotic wilderness, inhabited only by beasts and devoid of humans.

Then, the Holy Sword Xuanyuan descended from the heavens, piercing into a magnificent mountain, and its sacred light illuminated the hearts of a group of apes, awakening their intelligence successfully.

Humans began to appear on the earth.

They gathered around the Holy Sword Xuanyuan, constantly kneeling in prayer, absorbing knowledge.

Xuanyuan, being the Holy Dao Sword, inherently possessed the attribute of spreading civilization and establishing order. The sword’s light shone in all directions, continuously spreading the seeds of civilization.

Initially, the early ancestors of the Cangyuan Realm learned to create fire by friction, use tools, make stone spears to hunt beasts, and gather wild fruits for winter storage.

Later, they learned to make bows and arrows, traps, weave nets for fishing and clothing, and even learned to cultivate the land.

Finally, civilization and order were established, and the Central Plains of Cangyuan Realm shared similar geographical features with the Dongji Kingdom of Blue Star, both having two east-west rivers running across.

The rivers periodically flooded, prompting the ancestors of Cangyuan Realm to seek water management, leading to a demand for organized human resource management.

The unified system emerged over the long years, eventually establishing a centralized imperial system based on a system of counties, creating a unified state.

"Is this the civilization evolution history of the Cangyuan Realm?"

Ye Qingzhou watched the ’Shadow of the Past’ in the River of Time, witnessing the history of the Cangyuan Realm, surprised in his heart: "The Xuanyuan Sword descended upon the Cangyuan Realm roughly 200,000 years ago, yet its disappearance on Blue Star is merely five thousand years ago, indicating a time flow difference, nearly a forty-fold variance between the two worlds."

Simultaneously, Ye Qingzhou saw a new ’Shadow of the Past.’

It displayed the population of the Central Plains in the Cangyuan Realm, continuously migrating outward over the long years, moving north into the grasslands, becoming nomadic tribes such as Donghu and Celestial Wolf; crossing the sea to the east, settling on islands, becoming islanders focusing on fishing and hunting.

While some migrated south to the Baiyue Region, accompanied by forests and streams, becoming the Southern Barbarians.

Finally, there was a group that continuously moved west, they not only established the Western Regions Countries but also traveled to the farthest Land of the Setting Sun, becoming the Sunset People.

After leaving the Central Plains, these tribes lost the guiding influence of the Holy Sword Xuanyuan, causing the Fire of Civilization to gradually extinguish, relentlessly falling into the abyss of barbarism.

They became bloodthirsty and brutal, considering ’survival of the fittest’ as the law of existence, devoid of moral constraints, losing their inherent gentleness, turning into beasts in human skin.

Witnessing this, Ye Qingzhou couldn’t help but recall a saying: "If barbarians embrace Chinese culture, they become Chinese; if Chinese embrace barbarism, they become barbarians."

Civilization is never defined by lineage; the Path of Civilization under the Holy Sword Xuanyuan follows the inclusive Saint King’s way: as long as one is willing to accept civilization and order, and the teachings, they are Chinese.

On the contrary, if one wishes to break free from morals and cultural constraints, pursuing so-called freedom and nature, they become barbarians.

"Civilization and barbarism represent two distinctly different ’ways,’ and the emergence of the Holy Sword will inevitably lead to a struggle of paths."

Ye Qingzhou sensed a strong sense of crisis, and through tracing the ’Shadow of the Past’ in the River of Time, he finally learned that the Holy Sword Xuanyuan is atop the Peak of East Divine.

But he also saw that the Cangyuan Realm had more than just the Central Plains; it was a massive ’Pangu Continent,’ all landmass connected, with only a few isolated islands surrounding the ’Pangu Continent.’

Because of the mountains acting as barriers, the continental plates did not directly engage in military conflict.

But the existence of ’Path Struggle’ made Ye Qingzhou realize that with the emergence of the Xuanyuan Sword, a great calamity of heavens and earth will ensue.

With a slight deduction, Ye Qingzhou understood that the current ’Path Struggle’ originated from the Spiritual Realm, and the cause of it all was none other than himself.

"Have I attracted disaster because I opened the Spiritual Realm and founded the Heart Martial Sect, while gaining benefits at the same time?"

Ye Qingzhou felt a bit speechless.

Indeed, there is no free lunch in this world.

...

In September of the Eighth Year of Shenwu, three armies returning from campaigns against Donghu, the Western Regions, and Southern Yue, almost simultaneously returned to the capital, to present captives at the Golden Palace.

Before the Golden Palace, the armor clanged.

"Minister Wang Junfeng."

"Minister Xu Wenshan."

"Minister Xu Biyi."

"Bowing to Your Majesty!"

"Rise."

Ye Qingzhou raised his hand in a gesture, and a force transmitted through the ground lifted the three of them from the ground, making their hearts tremble with secret astonishment: "Master’s cultivation has improved again!"

Then came the presentation of captive nobles from Donghu, Southern Yue, and the Western Regions, most of whom were from the royal families, especially the women with beautiful appearances.

The once mighty Eight Tribes of Donghu could now only sing and dance to entertain, or else the Emperor of Great Qi might become displeased, causing millions of corpses to fall on Donghu lands.

Standing among the captives, Wuya silently wept, for the man sitting on the dragon throne killed her most beloved brother, Wuh Wei.

Yet before departing, her father insisted she serve the Divine Martial Emperor of Great Qi wholeheartedly.

Just as Wuya was wallowing in self-pity, Ye Qingzhou’s gaze landed upon her, his eyes filled with surprise: "Celestial Destiny descends, its color pure blue?"

Wang Junfeng and other five great generals, their fortune was considered prosperous, yet still slightly inferior compared to the young lady before him. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Ye Qingzhou opened the Divine Eye once more, his sight penetrating through the River of Time, catching a glimpse of a hazy ’Shadow of the Future’ on Wuya’s body, seeing a part of future destiny.

"In the original timeline, the future conqueror of the Central Plains, the Donghu Empress, is it? Nie Shixiong has had good luck indeed, venturing far and managing to bring back an empress."

Having found another target to exploit for fortune, Ye Qingzhou naturally felt joyful: "Your name."

"Minister’s daughter Wuya, greets the Emperor of Great Qi."

"Haha, Donghu has already bowed to surrender, your noble status permits you to call yourself minister’s daughter. I ask you, would you be willing to join my sect and learn martial arts?"