Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 125 Ancient Civilization

"This place is so luxurious! It's practically a modern villa!" Guo Shiyi couldn't help but exclaim. Next to her was a chair carved from pear wood, covered with snow-white rabbit fur, which looked exquisite.

Apart from the chairs, the house, built of bluestone, is filled with all sorts of exquisite furniture: beds woven from bird feathers and animal fur, cabinets inlaid with gemstones, silver goblets and wine jugs, long tables made of pure white jade, and so on. It can be said that there is nothing in this house that is not a luxury. Except for the lack of some modern appliances, this house can be described as a villa.

Of course, due to the passage of time, many things here have weathered away. For example, the furs that look exquisite on the surface actually turn to ash the moment you touch them with your finger.

Qin Xiaochuan stared in disbelief at everything before him, unable to comprehend that life thousands of years ago had been so affluent, with living conditions far surpassing those of most people in modern times.

"What about those dilapidated thatched huts at the foot of the mountain?" he asked, unwilling to give up.

"It should be quite obvious," Han Kexin said calmly. "Back then, there must have been a very strict hierarchical system, which was reflected in their position on this hillside. The further down the mountain people went, the lower their status and the poorer they were, while the further up the mountain people went, the higher their status and the richer they were. If I'm not mistaken, the leader of the witch tribe should have lived on the top of the mountain. We should have been able to see even more luxurious houses on the top of the mountain, maybe even a magnificent palace."

"The Imperial Palace!" Guo Shiyi's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Then we must go and take a good look, to see just how wealthy the ancient times were."

"But the gap is too big and too obvious," Qin Xiaochuan said speechlessly. "It's like the African refugee camps and the Golden Palace in Dubai. Two completely different living conditions are located on the same mountain. Is this really okay? Aren't those rulers afraid that the people at the bottom will rise up in rebellion because of their dissatisfaction?" He felt it was unbelievable and couldn't understand how such a situation could exist in the world.

"When unreasonable situations persist in front of people, the unreasonable will become reasonable." Han Kexin couldn't help but sigh. "Although society at that time was richer than we imagine, it should still be in the slave society period. In the eyes of slave owners, oppressing and exploiting slaves was a perfectly normal thing, and in the eyes of slaves, being oppressed and exploited was indisputable."

Han Kexin paused for a moment and then continued, "Even if there are some people with high aspirations, they would not think about how to fight for their own equal interests, but about how to become slave owners to oppress and exploit other slaves. This is the kind of dog-eat-dog society at that time, and it is also the unchanging human nature that has remained unchanged for thousands or even tens of thousands of years."

Listening to her words, Qin Xiaochuan felt incredibly depressed, wanting to say something but unable to think of a single word.

"Not only that," Han Kexin suddenly looked at him coldly, "Didn't you realize?"

"What?" he asked her, puzzled.

"Those statues along the road."

Before he could speak, she continued, "If I'm not mistaken, those statues were specially built by the upper-class slave owners to flaunt their glory and wealth to the lower-class slaves. Perhaps it was a trend at the time: the upper class flaunted their wealth to the middle class, the middle class flaunted their wealth to the lower class, and the lower class flaunted their wealth to the lowest-class slaves. If they didn't live together, how could they demonstrate their status?"

He was truly speechless; that era was simply too insane.

After walking around the stone house, they walked out silently. Although most of the furniture inside was rotten, the sturdy stone house still had a beautifully decorated kitchen and luxurious silverware, making it a suitable place for them to have dinner. So he called Zhou Bin in to help him tidy up the kitchen.

The pots in the kitchen had long since rotted into a pile of rust. The stove, however, was somewhat similar to their gas stove. The iron pots were placed on a rack, with a stone underneath that could continuously release spiritual energy. As long as spiritual energy was input into the stone beforehand, and a fire skill was cast on the stone, the stone would burn continuously until the spiritual energy inside was exhausted. It was very convenient to use.

Feifei returned less than fifteen minutes later with a goat, two rabbits, and two pheasants. Zhou Bin prepared a sumptuous dinner for them at the long jade table.

After dinner, everyone took a shower and changed their clothes in the bathroom, as they had been walking for two days straight and felt terrible.

That night, they spent the night in the stone house, and the next morning they got up from their sleeping bags and continued their journey to the top of the mountain.

"Oh dear, it's already Sunday." Qin Xiaochuan stretched and yawned at the brightest part of the sky.

"Yes, it seems we won't be able to go back before tomorrow." Guo Shiyi frowned, looking quite worried.

"What's there to be afraid of? It's just skipping a few classes," he said nonchalantly. If they found out he hadn't gone back, Ma Qichao and Gao Xiang would definitely answer for him.

"Ah, no, that's not right." He suddenly realized something very serious.

"What's wrong?" Guo Shiyi asked him, puzzled.

"My two terrible roommates," he said speechlessly, "They play games until the early hours of the morning every weekend, and then I have to attend their classes on Mondays. This time, our whole dorm is going to be wiped out." He shook his head helplessly, knowing that his participation grade for the semester would inevitably be reduced.

"You look so relaxed, you must skip class all the time." Guo Shiyi grabbed his backpack straps with both hands and looked at him meaningfully. Although she said that, she didn't really care.

"No, not at all." He shook his head. "This is only the second time I've skipped class. They skipped because they weren't interested in the courses, but I'm quite interested in mine."

"Really?" Guo Shiyi nodded, then frowned. "But this is my first time skipping class, and I'm a little nervous."

"Of course I'm a little nervous the first time, but it's okay, you'll get used to it," he said with a chuckle.

"This habit doesn't seem quite right," Guo Shiyi said speechlessly.

Qin Xiaochuan smiled but didn't say anything, constantly looking at the statues and houses on both sides of the avenue. Along the way, the houses became larger and more luxurious. In the end, almost all the houses were made of jade, and the windows were made of crystal glass. Although they were covered with vines, they could not hide their brilliance. They could see the light reflected from the houses from a distance, not to mention the exquisite decorations around the houses. They had become high-end villa complexes.

They walked uphill for another hour and finally saw the view from the top of the slope. Just as Han Kexin had predicted, it really was a magnificent palace.

Although they were still far away, they could still deeply feel its grandeur and magnificence. Even without the direct sunlight, it was still glittering with golden light, and they could imagine its magnificence.

At this moment, they became increasingly curious about what kind of world those noble-blooded witch people lived in during the ancient times thousands of years ago.