"Actually, this is not a real secret."

Li Youzhu chuckled, "People are reluctant to bring it up again, there's a taboo, but many people know about it because the impact was too significant at the time, including our family, which was among the victims."

"Over a hundred years ago..." His eyes revealed a nostalgic look, "No, it was over three thousand years ago."

Ning Zheng silently poured wine.

Over three thousand years ago, Li Youzhu was in charge of managing the Meat Field's Beast Fighting Arena.

The content of beast fighting was very simple.

They would purchase various Ghost Slaves, then place them in the arena, burying them in the Meat Field with flesh, to engage in combat.

These days, travelers liked to watch the excitement.

The tourists would come to watch, place bets, and even some young talents and disciples from major sects would personally enter the arena to showcase their strength.

This was the industry of their Blood Separation Flower Li Family.

The Shi Family had been marrying into their family for generations, were family friends, and provided various slaves caught during tomb raiding for their Beast Fighting Arena.

The business in the Beast Fighting Arena was extraordinarily prosperous.

Like most ancient tombs, the Scaly Gate had a Mortal City Area, rivers, mountains, and naturally ancient Immortal Sects.

In the nearby deep mountains, there was an ancient Holy Land—Primordial Sacred Land.

It was an ancient Great Sect with a long history, periodically holding the Immortal Inquiry Conference, where they would select some Spiritual Root seeds from the city.

The current Primordial Saint Child was called Xu Huan.

"The tomb is fluid; they would alternate new roles while recycling old ones."

"The generation of Primordial Saint Child Xu Huan they introduced was an interesting person."

Li Youzhu smiled and pointed to the distant campfire where Su Yuniang was laughing and chatting with everyone:

"Xu Huan had a unique charm, like that little girl in prison over there; people would instinctively trust him, follow him, and he would become the center in a crowd."

"In those three thousand years, I witnessed him making friends everywhere, seeking out people, even competing in our Beast Fighting Arena."

"Many disciples from external holy lands heard of him and came to communicate with this ancient era's Saint Child, sitting down for Tao Discussion."

"Our arena business thrived during his time because of this local figure."

"Xu Huan wielded his sword across the Jianghu, his adversaries were the Saint Children from various places, and even the newly returned contemporary Scholar, Jian Xin."

"He won, even defeating Jian Xin in three moves."

Ning Zheng understood.

The purpose of the Historical Corridor was precisely this.

To inherit the ultimate skill of the past Saints.

To bring peace for all eternity.

"In these three thousand years, I silently witnessed this scene, where he befriended various heroes in the Beast Fighting Arena."

Li Youzhu's voice was calm, his expression devoid of joy or sorrow,

"Later, I had the chance to communicate with him, he was compassionate."

"He told me he was leading his fellow disciples down the mountain to subdue demons and eliminate evils, and he saw Yunlai Shop, a family shop selling meat, whose couple was burned to death in the square because they secretly planted a Spiritual Root for their daughter who was born without one, labeling them as demons."

"He saw the shopkeeper in Changfeng Tavern, who was charitable and helped the common folk, yet only wished to live a bit longer, secretly awakened his Spiritual Root but was killed by the Immortals high above."

"He heard the cries of couples holding their daughter, saw families dragging the shopkeeper's coffin from Changfeng Tavern, mourning and wailing in the heavy snow."

"He felt sorrow for those people."

"He said he would strive to help us new Immortal Path practitioners so that we wouldn't have to hide anymore; he wanted to make this world equal, children with Spiritual Root would cultivate alongside those who planted them, without discrimination."

"He promised to help us change the discrimination we faced, and in the future, establish a new Sheng Shi."

Ning Zheng remained silent.

Xu Huan was a person from the historical era.

What these descendants witnessed was just the replay of Xu Huan's life trajectory in history.

Xu Huan lived in an era that despised new humans, a time when Saints were leading people to rise, engage in conflicts, hide, and avoid pursuits.

But Xu Huan, despite standing in his camp, did not dislike new humans, and even had an affinity for ancient humans who embraced new humanity.

Even though he had never witnessed true Sheng Shi and peace, he firmly believed in a future era for humanity without distinctions of high and low, noble and humble.

He wanted to pull the human race's conflict out of the mud and chaos of this era, and build a time when both sides could coexist harmoniously.

"We witnessed him wielding his sword, with ideals in his heart, and goals ahead."

"We accompanied him on his journey, Jian Xin, and other families' young talents silently followed him, watching him try to be the floating wood for the common people, helping them bridge this suffering."

"We followed his growth, witnessing a vividly alive ancient history."

Li Youzhu softly murmured.

Ning Zheng was silent, having already guessed the following development.

"The Historical Corridor, it seems so real, this is the allure of this place." Li Youzhu looked at Ning Zheng:

"You must have guessed, a hundred years ago, he suddenly awakened and discovered that this long corridor of history was a shocking hoax; he was nothing but a puppet in the play, and he went mad..."

"He roared and accused the Court of manipulating his destiny, insisting that he was alive."

"He shouted: We are humans! Even if I die, I have successors."

A battle ensued.

No one expected that upon awakening, this existence would be so formidable.

Before all ancient beings could react, he directly overthrew the entire Scaly Gate, engaging in fierce battles with the numerous arriving Ancient Saints.

That battle shook the heavens and earth.

Many people were shockingly killed alive, Blood Separation Flower and Shi Family were right at the center, just affected by the aftermath.

Their two families, along with others, desperately fled, ran for their lives, barely escaping with their lives.

The family consequently declined entirely.

"It's quite laughable, isn't it?"

Li Youzhu said indifferently:

"Without magnificent experiences, just the impact of the aftershocks destroyed countless nearby families; we were merely insignificant participants."

"Our Meat Field Beast Fighting Arena thrived because of him, and our family was also destroyed because of him."

Ning Zheng remained silent.

Everyone is the protagonist of their own life, yet merely a supporting role in the world.

Someone always has to be the affected family, the roadside merchant, the starving beggar.

So why shouldn't that person be you?

Li Youzhu said:

"After Xu Huan's awakening, the aftermath still lingers a hundred years later. I've heard that the Scaly Gate has been affected by unknown forces, and the probability of awakening is significantly increasing here. The Court is also troubled by this..."

Ning Zheng understood.

Xu Huan is probably an ancient god from a bygone era.

However, because he awakened, the damage caused is immense.

And his awakening might affect the cognition in this area?

Li Youzhu said, "However, they should be troubled by another matter now, the recent escort to the capital."

Ning Zheng stood up, bowed, and said, "I understand."

Li Youzhu waved his hand, letting Ning Zheng leave.

Ning Zheng also received additional information on the Blood Separation Flower family's destruction a century ago.

As he had thought, they were affected by the aftermath.

However, Li Youzhu must still be hiding something.

...

The players have been very excited these days.

Because the shop map has been opened up, and the spirit pet from the mine vein — Gao, has burst onto the scene, sparking many discussions.

The mine has been personified, transformed into a spirit pet, making many girls exclaim how cute it is. They want to carefully nurture the little girl battered and bruised, raising her to be healthy and plump.

As expected from the Fairy Tale Dessert Mansion, the mine personified into a mine girl Lolita!

As long as they nurture the little Lolita, this mansion will continue to expand, grow, and even elevate the terrain!

It's incredibly cool, and so in line with the fairy tale aesthetic.

Some male players couldn't help but complain: "Are you sure this is aesthetic? Her head is right there; this is an ancient majestic holy being!"

Many Money Lolitas countered:

"Anyway, the ending is aesthetic; the Mountain God Gao is adorably silly, a bit scheming and muddled, super interesting."

"A public pet, eh? I want to feed her."

"Cute, cute."

...

Xinyi Continent City, shops.

Business has been booming recently, earning thousands of Spirit Stones daily, making Embers Jiucai Rong as shopkeeper mad with money-counting with laughter.

However, with prosperity comes competition.

The Changfeng Tavern down the street.

It's the indigenous hotel Shopkeeper Lu mentioned, which looks down on New Humans.

According to the secret investigation by Su Yuniang, Changfeng Tavern caters to cultivators with various spiritual dishes.

And behind it is a behemoth, the outer sect industry of the Primordial Sacred Land, with outer sect disciples stationed there.

"They recently sent people to mess with us again," Su Yuniang slammed the table angrily.

"They dare not openly come, just disgust us," the Medical Fairy fumed.

"They love commercial warfare, huh?" Jiucai Rong fumed, "We'll teach them a hard lesson."

"How are you preparing for commercial warfare? Price cutting?" Everyone looked at this capitalist.

Jiucai Rong sneered, "Pour hot water on their money tree; we'll send people to occupy seats, order a few small dishes, and eat there all day."

High-end commercial warfare always seems so simple and unpretentious.

"This task, leave it to you, Gao." Jiucai Rong looked at Gao, "Don't you have a group of beggar friends?"

Gao's eyes lit up at "food and drink for free."

His hungry buddies would be thrilled.

Jiucai Rong continued, "I'll use murder mystery techniques here to steal their free vinegar and meat."

"People stay in their second-floor guest rooms, right?"

"We'll draw cat faces on their guests, make them ugly, then leave depicting a closed room scene, making their guests unsatisfied and sue the shop."

The Medical Fairy looked shocked.

Using Detective Conan's closed-room murder techniques without actually killing people?

Creating pranks and then making them into a closed room mystery?

Breaking into the kitchen, pulling off a closed-room vinegar theft case?

"Murder is illegal though."

Jiucai Rong asserted, "When in Rome, they're just waiting for us to disrupt the rules and commit murder."

Those ghosts revive after being killed.

But random murder in the city will cause big issues.

Outside the city, these aren't restricted; native Tribulation Cultivators there pillage and restore local customs.

But in the city, sticking to rules is best.

He doesn't want to see this era's authorities and famed captors.

Such matters, if investigated, will definitely lead back to them, resulting in their shop being shut down, imprisoned, and compensation pay-offs.

Why let the other side have its way?

They can't let this shop collapse in the commercial competition, or else it'll dishonor the mansion's young blacksmiths.

"Why bother with closed-room pranks?" the Medical Fairy found it unnecessary.

"You don't understand; this world is the Immortal Cultivation Realm; they would never expect us to use physical closed-room methods."

"When they find themselves in a closed room situation like this, they will think their tavern is haunted, and we'll spread the word, then no one will dare visit."

Su Yuniang gave a thumbs up, quietly cursing their wickedness.

Promoting superstitions?

But in this era, it's not superstition; they actually believe it.

We never imagined that the methods of urban evil cultivators, closed-room murders described by our adoptive father, would be used now.

"Gao, come here, I'll teach you how to create closed rooms, there are over a hundred plans."

"Dizzy, Erya, you guys also prepare to start researching, stealing vinegar in closed rooms to secretly bring them down."

"Let them know high-end commercial warfare isn't as simple as hiring hoodlums to cause trouble in the opponent's shop."

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