svetikya Chapter 137 The Past of Light
Chapter 137 The Past of Light
“That’s right, that’s how most beast tides start,” Lei Meng nodded and said.
"Alright, look again." With that, he made another grab out of thin air, this time bringing back a very small peacock feather bird.
“Peacock feather bird,” Qian Yuhan said.
"Wow, Yu Han, you recognize this kind of soul beast too."
“Qian Yuhan said seriously: Yes, my fourth spirit ring comes from the Peacock Feather Bird.”
"I see—this soul beast is indeed a peacock bird, but it's just a newly hatched chick." Lei Meng gently stroked the peacock bird and continued his explanation to the group with a smile:
"Peacocks under a thousand years old are considered juveniles, usually serving as food for other carnivorous spirit beasts. This makes them a consistently rare species. Every 100 years, they grow an additional color of feather, reaching ten colors by the time they are 1000 years old, making them quite beautiful. Of course, their beautiful appearance naturally brings them a lot of trouble—"
"Human capture?" Ouyang Luoxue reacted quickly and asked.
"That's right, exactly! When a peacock reaches a thousand years old, it can be said that it has entered its growth period. After the juvenile and growth periods, when it transforms into a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, its strength will be a leap to the extreme. The growth period is an important period for the development of its tail feathers. The tail feathers of a nine-thousand-year-old peacock can be sold for more than ten thousand gold soul coins - you can imagine why they are so cruel and violent after they break through ten thousand years."
“The endless hunting and trapping by other soul beasts and humans,” Mu Chen said.
"That's right. So, a ten-thousand-year-old peacock feather bird is a terrifying existence. Although it is not as powerful as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear or some of the dragon vein soul beasts from the dragon clan, it is still considered a strong soul beast."
He glanced at Qian Yuhan and said with a smile, "So, Yuhan, you're lucky to have encountered a thousand-year-old peacock. If it were ten thousand years old, it would be quite difficult to deal with."
Qian Yuhan smiled awkwardly: "Teacher Lei Meng doesn't know the age limit of my spirit rings. He thought my fourth spirit ring was a thousand-year spirit ring—"
Mu Chen added directly, "Teacher Lei, you're wrong."
"Oh?"
Mu Chen shrugged and said, "You underestimate the fourth brother. With his abnormal abilities, how could his spirit ring age be of the ordinary type?"
Qian Yuhan's eye twitched: Mu Chen, that big mouth...
"Yes, that's true." With that, Qian Yuhan summoned his martial soul—the Divine Sword of Light. Four dazzling soul rings, one purple and three black, quietly appeared beneath his feet.
"One purple and three black?!" Lei Meng exclaimed in shock, "How is this possible?!"
"Because of my martial spirit, the absorption period of my spirit rings has increased. That's what my father told me."
“Yu Han, you are indeed extraordinary, exceptional… and your martial spirit even makes me feel a little wary—” Lei Meng swallowed hard, then turned his gaze to the dazzling golden longsword in his hand.
"This is my martial spirit: the Divine Sword of Light," Qian Yuhan introduced.
"The Sword of Light, what did you say? This is the Sword of Light?!" Lei Meng kept muttering "Sword of Light" before suddenly snapping back to reality and exclaiming in shock.
"What—Teacher, you know about this sword?" Qian Yuhan asked, seeing Lei Meng's expression.
Lei Meng's expression softened as he suppressed his shock and nodded, saying, "Yes, I know a little. I used to be a bookworm myself, loving books—human ones, soul beast ones, I've read them all—"
"You've even read books by soul beasts?! Written by soul beasts??" Fang Ya asked, her eyes shining.
"Uh—hahahaha, yes, but it's been translated. The history of soul beasts is much longer than that of humans, and there must be some records in the soul beast race."
Lei Meng explained for a moment, then continued, "I have read a lot of their records, from ancient times to the present. The name 'Sword of Light' appears in many of these records, so I have some impression of it."
“Tell me about it—” Fang Ya was always eager to talk about this kind of thing.
Lei Meng smiled and said, "It's probably tens of thousands of years ago before the Dragon Clan became the Supreme Dragon God. Back then, humans lived under the rule of the Dragon Clan, leading a life of captivity, far less fortunate than we are now. Among the human race, there was a most outstanding young man who wielded his martial spirit—a longsword entirely golden—to protect the last remaining piece of human territory. The various spirit beast races couldn't understand how such a powerful person could emerge from the lowly bloodline of humans at that time."
"How powerful is it?" Mu Chen asked curiously.
"Yes, according to records, he was comparable to the Dragon King, the supreme ruler of the dragon race at the time, and their strength was roughly equal."
"Wow—" Mu Chen exclaimed in surprise, then continued to listen quietly to Lei Meng's story:
"This young man, through his day and night hard work and battles, one day his cultivation level finally surpassed that of the Dragon King at that time."
"Then this Dragon King will definitely do something," Fang Ya speculated.
"Clever! How could the Dragon King at that time tolerate such a powerful being emerging from lowly humans? Because of this powerful being's appearance, the human race was showing signs of rapid rise—so the Dragon King secretly disguised himself as a human and, in the name of humanity, instigated a chaotic war between humans and various spirit beasts. That young man fought for the human race for nearly a thousand years, traversing battlefields alone with his sword, pacifying countless battles, resolving countless wars between humans and spirit beasts, and also helping many weaker spirit beast races on behalf of humanity. How could the Dragon King have foreseen this? In the past thousand years, humans and spirit beasts have shown signs of becoming friendly and prospering together, a result far different from what he initially expected."
"And then—" Tang Chen asked, also becoming curious.
"And then there were many versions." Lei Meng shook his head and smiled wryly.
“Some accounts say that the young man fought a decisive battle with the Dragon King, and the Dragon King actually broke through during the battle, perishing together with the young man, leaving only a sword in the world.” Lei Meng told this version with a smile, and then continued, “However, I don’t think this version is very credible.”
"Another version is that the young man finally made peace with the Dragon King, and peace was ushered in between humans and soul beasts—heh, I think that's the most ridiculous."
“Indeed, I also think it’s a bit outrageous,” Fang Ya said, and Ouyang Luoxue nodded in agreement.
"There's one last version: this young man ultimately reached the legendary level of 'god,' breaking free from the shackles of this world. Before leaving this world, he defeated the then-tyrannical Dragon King, leaving behind the weapon that had accompanied him in battle for a thousand years—no, according to this version, it should be called—a divine weapon, known as the 'Sword of Light'..."
"So, according to your final version, the 'Sword of Light' in my hand was left behind by that powerful being back then?" Qian Yuhan asked doubtfully.
"I'm not too sure about that. That sword is his martial spirit. If a martial spirit is left behind, it will definitely be passed down by his descendants and leave a lasting legacy. But there are no concrete records of that. What I just learned was from the faction of soul beasts. Among the humans, there is only one place with a similar name, called 'Bright Valley'."
"Bright Valley?!" Everyone caught this key point; none of them had ever heard of this name before.
"That's right, this place is very mysterious, no one knows where it is located..."
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