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Even Xiong Ba, who was hailed as the number one man in the Han Dynasty, couldn't make it onto the list of the most powerful figures.
If someone else said it, no one would believe it; they would think it's nonsense.
But since this is what the Celestial Immortal said, it's different; it's absolutely reliable.
This put Xiong Ba in an awkward position.
This is a slap in the face!
In the past two decades, who has been more famous than him?
Wherever he goes, he is respected by everyone.
Now Su Chen is publicly saying that Xiong Ba can't make it into the top ten of the Great Han Dynasty's most powerful list. Isn't that a slap in the face?
If he hadn't known how powerful Su Chen was, Xiong Ba would have already lost his temper.
Even so, he was furious and, barely suppressing his anger, asked:
"Is what the Celestial Immortal said true? With my strength, I can't even get into the top ten of the Great Han Dynasty's Unparalleled Ranking?"
As soon as Xiong Ba finished speaking, an extremely terrifying aura suddenly erupted from his body, instantly enveloping the entire area.
Suddenly, everyone felt the sky darken, as if a huge stone was pressing on their hearts. They were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they all showed expressions of disbelief.
This overwhelming pressure alone is enough to show that Xiong Ba has at least reached the peak of the Divine Realm.
Judging from his expression, this seemed to be just a casual release of his aura, far from his true full strength.
Only at this moment did everyone fully understand that Xiong Ba's strength truly deserved the title of "Number One Jianghu Figure of the Han Dynasty".
Even Li Hanyi on the white jade platform looked solemn.
As a half-step Divine Realm expert, she could feel the terror of this pressure the most, even more so than Baili Dongjun at his peak.
Xiong Ba's cultivation level is at least that of a quasi-earth immortal, and he may have even reached the realm of a terrestrial immortal.
Despite such a high level of cultivation, he failed to make it onto the list of the most outstanding cultivators in the Han Dynasty.
This shows just how many hidden masters the Han Dynasty had.
Li Hanyi frowned, feeling increasingly insignificant.
On the white jade platform, Su Chen looked at Xiong Ba, whose face was flushed red, and secretly found it amusing.
This slap in the face was indeed very effective.
That's exactly the effect he wanted.
Only by causing enough shock and disbelief will people be willing to spend a lot of money to have their fortune told.
When the atmosphere reached its peak, Su Chen slowly opened his folding fan and said calmly:
"Generations come and go in the martial arts world, with new faces replacing the old."
"Most of the famous masters in the martial arts world have only emerged in the last twenty years."
"But don't forget, the powerful figures of the past didn't die; they just went into seclusion."
"There are many more reclusive masters who do not value fame and fortune and have never shown their faces in the martial arts world."
"The world of martial arts is vast and boundless, and the number of hidden masters far exceeds the imagination of ordinary people."
"Therefore, it is perfectly normal for even the most powerful people in the martial arts world not to be on the list of the most powerful."
"For example, the secret of immortality is unknown to anyone in the world."
"But in reality, every powerful dynasty had several immortal people."
"Some have lived for hundreds of years, witnessing the rise and fall of dynasties."
"Some have lived for thousands of years, witnessing the changes of the world."
"Some people have even lived for ten thousand years!"
"They witnessed firsthand Fuxi drawing the Eight Trigrams and Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs."
"They witnessed firsthand Yu the Great's flood control, King Wu's conquest of Zhou, and the story of the beacon fire that summoned the feudal lords."
"They witnessed firsthand the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, as well as the rise of various schools of thought, including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism."
The entire Dengtian Pavilion fell into a deathly silence.
Chapter 41 Human History
Everyone stared wide-eyed, as if frozen in place, their heartbeats seemingly stopping.
Their minds went blank, their thoughts echoing with Su Chen's words.
There are indeed many reclusive masters in various martial arts worlds. Some retire to the mountains after achieving fame and fortune, while others do not value fame and fortune and have never shown their faces in the martial arts world.
Everyone has already experienced this in the Beili champion rankings.
But what Su Chen said next was hard for them to accept and digest.
These words completely overturned their understanding and shattered their worldview.
The Immortals—the beings that drive the entire land of Kyushu mad—actually exist within the various dynasties.
Moreover, each dynasty had more than one immortal being.
This is shocking enough!
What's even more terrifying is that among these immortals, those like Li Changsheng and Xie Zhize, who have lived for two hundred years, are just the "juniors."
In other dynasties, some people actually lived for thousands of years.
The number is frightening to even think about.
Our human history, from the very beginning, dates back to the time of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Back in the time of Fuxi and Shennong, people were still in a primitive tribal era, without even a written language. They could only pass on knowledge by drawing pictures on walls and tying ropes together.
Therefore, there are very few records about the time of Fuxi and Shennong; most of it is made up or imagined by later generations.
It's less like history and more like a myth, which is impossible to verify.
The truly documented history of humankind begins with the time of the Yellow Emperor.
After the Yellow Emperor defeated the demon god Chiyou and unified the nine provinces, he wrote the first history book of the human race, and civilization was passed down.
From the time of the Yellow Emperor to now, it has only been a little over seven thousand years.
This means that if someone lives for more than three thousand years, their lifespan is equivalent to half of human history.
But that's not the most shocking thing.
What truly shocked everyone and left them speechless was that someone had actually lived for over ten thousand years!
Is this what is going on?
Even searching through the entire history of humankind, we can only trace it back to seven thousand years ago.
Further ahead lies a desolate wasteland, where humans are merely one of many wild beasts.
But now Su Chen tells them that in that barbaric era when humans and beasts were almost indistinguishable, there were already people who had mastered the method of immortality and have lived to this day.
How is this possible? !
How could there be immortal beings in this world who transcend the entire history of humankind, or even far exceed this era?
At that moment, everyone felt their worldview collapse.
I learned from childhood that human civilization has only existed for seven thousand years, but now that belief is starting to waver.
Some well-informed people had a bold idea pop into their minds.
That is, human civilization may have existed before the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
This idea is too crazy, too terrible, and completely contradicts the records of human history.
But if that's not the case, how do we explain those who have lived for over ten thousand years?
Fear, shock, confusion... all sorts of emotions spread through the Heavenly Pavilion.
Su Chen's words seemed to unlock a shackle, a mental shackle.
Some people have a vague feeling that
Something's wrong with this world!
The history of the human race is also not right!
It seems as if an unseen force has distorted the past and obscured the traces of time.
After an unknown period of silence, someone finally came to their senses, and the murmurs grew louder:
"My God! Is the Celestial Immortal joking? Are there really immortal people in the great dynasties and the martial arts world?"
"I had long suspected that there might be other immortals in the world besides Li Changsheng and Xie Zhize, but I never expected there to be so many."
"The world is so vast, and who knows how many secrets it holds? I used to think I was pretty amazing, but now I realize I was just a frog in a well."
"Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying! Living for several hundred years is already a long time, longer than many dynasties, yet there are still people who can live for thousands of years!"
"A lifespan of several thousand years, that's truly earth-shattering. The history of the human race is only seven thousand years. Such beings are too ancient; it's impossible to imagine how strong they are."
"Living for a few hundred years is one thing, living for a few thousand years is barely acceptable, but living for tens of thousands of years is too exaggerated, isn't it? Does anyone have a lifespan that is longer than the history of humankind, spanning the entirety of history?"
"This is not just spanning the history of the human race, but even the history of the human race has not been as long as he lived. Even a ten-thousand-year-old tortoise would have to admit defeat."
"Impossible! Human civilization began with the Yellow Emperor, how could there be a way to achieve immortality in the earlier barbaric period?"
"My mind is a complete mess right now, and I can't see through this world anymore."
"If what the Celestial Immortal said is true, the secrets of this world are probably far beyond our imagination."
"I'm starting to doubt it now. Is the history of the human race really only seven thousand years?"
"Could there be someone in this world who can rewrite the entire human civilization? No, such a being can no longer be called human."
“That’s right. If there really is an existence that can distort everything and conceal the secrets of time, then it is already a god.”
In the fourth private room on the south side of the fourteenth floor.
Sun Xiaohong was completely confused and could only look at Sun Baifa beside her, asking with a puzzled expression, "Grandpa, are there really people in this world who have lived for thousands or even tens of thousands of years?"