mesbooks Chapter 2154 - 2143: Canglan Empire
Chapter 2154 - 2143: Canglan Empire
Although the magic's rank is low, all these spells have been personally improved by Vivian, with faster casting speed, lower magic power consumption, and greater magical power.And Ning Fan led his disciples onto the ice to break the ice.
Three days have passed, and the effect of Thousand Miles of Frost is still there, with the ice surface as solid as a rock.
Without a double-layered strike, the ice surface remains unmoved.
Except for the young boys, adults can generally exhibit a double-layered strike.
The complete cultivation technique of Sky-Splitting Nine Transformations, Ning Fan has already imparted entirely.
But with Sangganda's insistence, the only one to receive the complete technique is Lum; the others have only the fourth layer of the technique.
Originally, Ning Fan did not agree with this withholding behavior, but a few words from the old village chief dispelled his persistence.
Sky-Splitting Nine Transformations is too fierce, with high requirements on battle aura and physique.
This art has no shortcuts, and can only be honed through diligent cultivation step by step.
The old village chief was worried that someone would not be able to resist the temptation of power and forcibly overstrain themselves by stacking power, which would only lead to physical collapse.
Ning Fan thought about it, and Sangganda's words indeed made sense, so he agreed to teach systematically, and he wasn't worried that Lum would hoard the knowledge.
This generation in Hill Village would not cause a conflict over benefits.
As for future matters, Ning Fan shook his head, that wouldn't concern him anymore.
Although engrossed in cultivation, Hill Village hasn't forgotten the tradition of fishing.
It's just that recently the yield has been declining, with the fishing boats returning earlier and earlier.
Under the fist strength of Crumbling Mountain and the bombardment of magic, the frozen ice surface was finally broken.
And by then, a month had passed in a flash, yet the merchant ship Ning Fan was waiting for hadn't appeared as scheduled.
Ning Fan said he didn't care about this outcome.
On Earth, various means of transportation are often late, let alone in this dangerous alien world, a delay of not just a day, but ten days or half a month is understandable.
However, there was someone more anxious than Ning Fan.
Of course! It wasn't pressing him to leave quickly.
For Sangganda, if Ning Fan and Vivian were willing to stay in the village and lead the villagers, he would be willing to die at that moment.
"Mr. Ning, I apologize."
This was the fifth apology in three days; Ning Fan knew the old village chief was feeling guilty.
After all, he had earlier guaranteed it with his chest, but now it had been delayed for several days.
"Let it be as it is."
Ning Fan really wasn't anxious; during this time, aside from leading the villagers in martial practice, he often chatted with Sangganda to understand the Green Continent.
If Vivian hadn't accidentally let it slip, Ning Fan would have never known that this pitfall had left Middle Earth nearly three hundred years ago.
Three hundred years, how outdated her information must be.
When Vivian came to Middle Earth, the Green Continent was still in the era of warlords.
Several duchies, countless small countries, fought fiercely to claim sovereignty over the Green Continent.
But three hundred years later, those countries disappeared without a trace.
The Green Continent had been unified by an empire named Canglan.
The Canglan Empire divided the Green Continent into five major districts based on southeast, southwest, north, and central.
The capital of the empire, Canglan City, was located in the central administrative district, all part of the Royal Territory.
The other four districts each govern four administrative provinces.
And in each province, besides the central provincial city belonging to the Royal Territory, the rest of the province was all noble land.
For instance, Kuyesheng Administrative Province, its central city Kuyesheng City, belonged to the empire's direct Royal Territory,
while all other areas belonged to the Duke's territory.
And then the Duke would reward the townships, towns, villages, and estates in Kuyesheng Administrative Province to other ennobled marquises, earls, viscounts, and other nobles.
After hearing the administrative division of the Canglan Empire, Ning Fan instantly understood the intricacies within it.
An empire actually has sixteen dukes who obey orders but not decrees, which is unimaginable.
Rather than saying the Canglan Empire completed the great cause of unification,
it would be better to say there was a giant hand behind the scenes that woven the scattered Green Continent together.
These sixteen Grand Dukes, one could imagine, were the former rulers of the warring duchies.
The King of Canglan Empire is not like the centralized imperial power of Ancient Huaxia.
The empire only has taxing rights over these four provinces, as for other administrative rights, there's no need to think about it.
Moreover, the amount of tax had to be negotiated with the dukes, and wasn't solely decided by the King.
Furthermore, the laws of the empire were ineffective against these nobles.
The only institution that could adjudicate nobles is the Elders' Council of the empire.
All nobles who are granted titles by the empire are members of the Elders' Council.
The King needed to go through a hearing by the Elders' Council even to punish a noble.
Five districts, sixteen administrative provinces.
The only places the Canglan Empire's Royal Family could truly influence were the central administrative district that belonged directly to the Royal Territory, and the sixteen central provincial cities.
As for other places, they were all controlled by various noble forces, even allowed to openly build their armies.
It can be seen that the Canglan Royalty is merely a nominal leader of the world.
"Such a system will eventually lead to trouble."
Ning Fan secretly pursed his lips, a bit curious about who was the force behind it all.
The situation is obvious, all countries fought for so many years; if they had the ability to unite the Green Continent, it wouldn't fall into the laps of the Canglan Royalty for nothing.
Before all this, no one had even heard of the Canglan Royalty.
And the Green Continent had never even seen a country called Canglan.
In the subsequent narration of Sangganda, Ning Fan had already guessed some truth.
Sangganda went to Kuyesheng Administrative Province sixty years ago; the ruler then was Canglan IV, but now it should be the fifth inheriting the throne.
The founding of the Canglan Empire could not have been possible without the help of the Church of Light.
The Church of Light became the undisputed national religion of the empire.
Every king's accession required the Pope's coronation.
The Church of Light mushroomed and developed rapidly in the empire.
Except for places like Hill Island, far from the mainland.
In any village on the Green Continent, regardless of size, a church of the Church of Light can be found.
"Once again, it's the Church of Light. Seems they're the ones who facilitated the unification of the Green Continent."
After all, the one who benefits the most is usually the most suspect.
But it's not to say the Church of Light is unrivaled.
In this world where miracles are possible, other religions with True Gods also exist.
It's just that the Church of Light, with the support of the empire, has become the most influential and rapidly growing faith.
As for other more specific information, Sangganda, with limited knowledge, doesn't know.
The only big city he has visited is Kuyesheng City.