"The Luo family of Yingzhou was revived during the Jiangchuan era in Yingzhou, with origins tracing back to ancient times. Due to lack of prominent history, it is not traced.
The Luo family was revived by Luo, and has been passed down for 3.17 million years, making it one of the three great overlords of Yingzhou... Soon,
Long Chen found records about the Luo family of Yingzhou. The Luo family of Yingzhou was originally a very small clan, but after Luo emerged, the fate of the entire clan changed dramatically.
Originally, one of the three great powers of Yingzhou was replaced by the Luo family, sweeping away all enemies and even faintly becoming the leader among them.
The power that was replaced by the Luo family was the Chu family. When the Luo family revived, they faced many obstacles and bloody suppressions from the Chu family, but it still could not stop the rise of the Luo family.
Originally, the Luo family's goal was to stand on equal footing with the three major powers, but the Chu family didn't want to give them that chance and wanted to nip them in the bud.
The other two families were smarter and chose to watch from the sidelines. At that time, the Chu family was powerful, extremely domineering and arrogant, while the other two families had always been at the mercy of the Chu family and were happy to see the Chu family fall.
So on the surface, they supported the Chu family, but in reality, they secretly gave the Luo family more backing—a win-win strategy.
In the end, the Luo family rose from adversity, overthrew the Chu family, and forced them to flee Yingzhou, seizing all their assets.
People originally thought the Chu family was severely weakened and would vanish forever, since all the Chu family's elites had been slain in that bloody battle.
But no one expected that over the following thousands of years, the Chu family would go into hiding, flee to Shengzhou, and begin to recuperate. Ultimately, twenty thousand years after the Chu family was overthrown, one day they suddenly erupted and swept away all forces in Shengzhou.
After stabilizing everything, he stopped hiding under a new identity, restored his identity as the Chu family of Yingzhou, and swore to kill everyone in the Luo family of Yingzhou.
But even though the Chu family became the overlord of Shengzhou, after so many years of development, they were stronger than before.
The two great powers fought for countless years, fighting until rivers of blood flowed, but neither could defeat the other. The two sides became mortal enemies, and whenever there was an opportunity, a fight to the death would break out.
The two sides were locked in a sharp confrontation, their hatred deepening to their bones, bloodline, and soul.
However, compared to the two families, the Luo family is still stronger. The Chu family has used countless underhanded tactics but has never been able to shake the Luo family's foundation.
So, in order to take revenge, the Chu family resorted to all sorts of sinister tactics. But the more they acted, the more they were looked down upon. Eventually, the Chu family of Shengzhou became synonymous with despicable and shameless.
Long Chen finished reading Yingzhou's chronicle about the Luo family, but unfortunately couldn't find any records about his mother. But on second thought, the chronicles only recorded major events, so it was impossible to record even the most trivial matters of romance.
Although he hadn't seen any clues about his mother, he saw hope. Once things settled down here, he was determined to visit the Luo family.
But before going, Long Chen must have enough strength. A family has developed for so many years and is so vast that it hardly shows any human warmth.
If you want someone to listen to you, you must have the corresponding strength. The Immortal Realm is even more ruthless than the Mortal Realm, because people here have too many lifespans and countless descendants. Family ties are not the bond of inheritance. The rules here are just that cruel and ruthless. Strength is what matters most.
"Everything here is so important. The elder was right—we need to read more." Long Chen muttered to himself.
History is the lifeblood running through the entire world; it is the foundation of the entire Immortal Realm. The more you know, the greater the benefit for yourself.
But there are just too many books here, and learning them one by one is too time-consuming. Long Chen is very pressed for time.
Fortunately, each bookshelf had a palm-sized array pattern that connected thousands of books on the shelf. If the soul power was strong enough, you wouldn't need to memorize each book one by one—you could memorize the entire shelf together.
"Buzz"—Long Chen's
hand pressed on the rune, and countless runes lit up across the entire bookshelf. Runes rushed toward Long Chen like tadpoles, running along his arm toward his brow.
"Hiss"
When the first tadpole-shaped rune surged into Long Chen's sea of consciousness, he gasped. That tadpole rune contained all the contents of a book—a forced imprint that caused a soul-stirring pain.
While his soul was in intense pain, Long Chen felt his soul power being depleted. As more and more Tadpole Script flooded into his mind, countless messages were imprinted within his soul.
"Whoosh"
After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Long Chen's face turned as pale as paper, dizzy in waves. If he hadn't held onto the bookshelf, he would have almost fallen.
"A single bookshelf consumes almost ninety percent of my soul power. There are at least several million books on this shelf, one a day. It would take ten thousand years to remember all the books on this floor." Long Chen felt a wave of deep helplessness.
Staggering out, I felt my head ache like needles pricking me. Absorbing so much information all at once was an inevitable reaction.
Fortunately, Long Chen's soul power was strong enough. If it were someone else, absorbing information from a bookshelf all at once would severely drain their soul power, causing immediate fainting, and not recovering for at least a year or more.
"Mentor Long Chen, there's a Soul Stone Meditation Room here. You can rest for a day or two, and only leave once your soul power has mostly recovered." Long Chen wanted to leave, but a disciple who looked like a servant reminded him.
It turned out that those who entered the Divine Path Scripture Pavilion absorbed a vast amount of knowledge, which damaged their soul power. To encourage disciples to read more, the Divine Institute established a Soul Recovery Room.
There were soul stones inside the room for disciples to absorb for free, helping to quickly restore soul power. Otherwise, like Long Chen, who consumed ninety percent of his soul power, without external help, it would take at least ten days or half a month to fully recover.
And this good thing, Long Chen thanked the disciple. The servant disciple led Long Chen to the meditation chamber, which had hundreds of rooms, many with people, and some rooms had several people each.
The meditation room Long Chen entered was reserved for mentors, with only Long Chen alone. In the center of the chamber lay a crystal about a foot in diameter.
After Long Chen entered, he felt a sudden shock to his spirit. The disciple activated the formation for him, and a dense soul aura immediately surged forth—this was the best energy for repairing the soul.
Long Chen thanked the disciple again. After the disciple withdrew, the divine gate in his sea of consciousness swung wide, and the Divine Gate Star inside trembled like a whale sucking water, frantically absorbing energy and nourishing his soul.
"Whew."
Two hours later, Long Chen let out a long breath, feeling greatly refreshed, and the soul power he had consumed was completely replenished.
"Truly a divine artifact, recovered so quickly." Long Chen looked at the soul stone, both surprised and delighted. The academy really had many treasures—such a fine item, yet it was free to use.
What Long Chen didn't know was that while others needed soul stones to assist, it would take three to five days to recover, but with the help of the Divine Barrier Star, he was able to devour soul stone power so frantically.
"Continue."
With the soul stone in hand, Long Chen ran into the Scripture Pavilion, picked a bookshef, and began absorbing it again.