Chapter 10

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Soning Bing said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiaoling. Suo Lun is so useless, causing you so much trouble."

Lan Ling replied with difficulty, "I, I will do my best. What do these women look like? It would be troublesome if I can't recognize them when I meet them in the future."

Soning Bing said, "Suo Lun is useless in everything except painting. He loves to paint the women he likes, and I can show you their portraits."

Then, after a moment, Soning Bing brought a box and opened it, revealing dozens of scrolls inside.

Opening them, they were all portraits of beauties, each with their own charm and beauty. This scoundrel has such a chaotic private life, but the women he has harmed are all incredibly beautiful, goddess-level beauties by Earth's standards.

And this scoundrel's portraits of beauties are indeed well-drawn. In this world, there is no such thing as realistic sketching; they are all similar to traditional Chinese paintings. It's truly remarkable how he can capture the essence of these women with such simple lines.

Lan Ling carefully examined the portraits of Princess Zining, Guiqin Shao, and Yan Nai'er. The portraits alone were already stunningly beautiful, and one could only imagine how beautiful the real women were. Especially Yan Nai'er, with her voluptuous figure, she was incredibly sexy, with curves that were almost exaggerated, truly a stunning beauty.

This scoundrel's good fortune in love is truly enviable.

"Suo Lun is a mess in both literature and martial arts, but he is very talented in painting," Soning Bing said. "So, during this period, I will teach you painting techniques to avoid being at a loss when it matters."

Lan Ling originally wanted to say that he didn't need it, as he was good at painting. But he said, "Okay, Sister."

Lan Ling majored in art, and his skills were very high. He had painted portraits of his sister Lancou thousands of times, and his skill in figure sketching was almost lifelike, comparable to real photos.

However, having Soning Bing teach him painting would inevitably bring them closer, which was a good opportunity to build a relationship.

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For the first two days, his sister introduced Lan Ling to all of Suo Lun's relationships, accurately speaking, the dozens of ex-girlfriends in the portraits. She also introduced the teachers and classmates at the capital city academy.

Next, he would start to learn the history and basic knowledge of this world.

Thus, Lan Ling saw the books of this new world for the first time and was greatly surprised.

Because the text in the books was the same as Chinese on Earth. Not only that, some of the articles and sentences were also familiar.

Because this world also had classics similar to the Four Books and Five Classics, basic mathematics, and related philosophy. These knowledge systems were all derived from ancient Chinese texts, with some elements from Western philosophy.

Moreover, in music, both the staff notation and the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale coexisted.

So, he quickly flipped through the history of this world, finally solving the biggest mystery since his arrival.

The use of Chinese in this world was not a coincidence. The reason was one person: the Dragon Emperor!

The Dragon Emperor, the most powerful person in this world, a superhuman who single-handedly created the entire Central Land civilization.

Three thousand years ago, this world was chaotic and disordered, with most areas being primitive tribes and a few towns and cities. The world's civilization was in a very primitive state, with dozens or even hundreds of different scripts and thousands of languages.

The people of this world were called descendants of the dragon, and each person had some dragon blood. The higher the bloodline talent, the stronger the martial power.

Therefore, martial power had been the eternal theme of this world for tens of thousands of years, accompanied by eternal wars.

The world was always in conflict, humans fighting humans, humans fighting beasts. There was almost no civilization, no order, and no powerful state organization. The only strong organization was the Divine Dragon Temple.

The Divine Dragon Temple was the most powerful and transcendent organization in this world. It had existed since the beginning of history and was the faith of the world, the representative of the divine dragon on earth.

However, the Divine Dragon Temple was detached from the world, not caring about human affairs and not interfering in the world's wars.

Thus, the Central Land was a wilderness, with bloodshed and chaos happening every year, on every inch of land. Every day, countless people died, and every child growing up was a stroke of luck.

This chaos and disorder ended three thousand years ago.

Because the most powerful human in history was born. No one knew where he came from or who his parents were, as if he was born from the heavens.

By the age of forty, he had become the absolute strongest person in the world.

Then, over the next twenty years, he defeated all the tribes and clans in the world, almost unifying the entire Central Land, and established the powerful Flame Dragon Empire. The Central Land moved from chaos to order for the first time, and he became the first emperor of this world.

To honor his achievements, he was enthroned as the Dragon Emperor by the Divine Dragon Temple.

However, this was just the beginning of his achievements. Over the next thirty years, he stopped his conquests and, single-handedly, eliminated all other scripts and languages in the world, creating the Dragon Language as the only language and script.

Next, he created philosophy, art, mathematics, literature, music, and more, almost single-handedly founding the entire civilization.

Of course, even the greatest heroes will die one day. The Dragon Emperor passed away at the age of 129.

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After the Dragon Emperor's death, the Flame Empire continued to follow his path, further developing civilization, producing many scholars and philosophers, writing many brilliant works, and composing countless pieces of music. The world entered an era of cultural prosperity.

However, even the greatest empires will eventually fall apart.

Three hundred years after the Dragon Emperor's death, the Flame Empire had already fragmented. Over the next two to three thousand years, there were constant conflicts, similar to the Warring States period in ancient China.

Until now, the Central Land has been divided into dozens or even hundreds of countries. Among them, the four kingdoms and one empire are the five major powers of this world.

The four kingdoms are the Eastern Li Kingdom, the Southern Nulang Kingdom, the Western Liang Kingdom, and the Northern Feng Kingdom.

The one empire is the Central Flame Empire, the first hegemon of the Central Land and the leader of all nations.

Of course, the Central Flame Empire nominally inherited the Flame Dragon Empire created by the Dragon Emperor three thousand years ago, but in reality, there is not much connection between the two. The relationship between the Central Flame Empire and the Flame Dragon Empire is even more distant than that between the Later Tang of ancient China and the Tang Dynasty.

However, the Central Flame Empire is the most powerful and recognized by the Divine Dragon Temple, making it the central empire of the Central Land. Even so, the current ruler of the Central Flame Empire only dares to call himself a king, not an emperor.

Despite the Dragon Emperor having been dead for nearly three thousand years, he is still the totem of the entire world, with a status almost like a god.

No one in this world knows the origin of the Dragon Emperor, but Lan Ling could see it.

The greatest and most powerful Dragon Emperor in history, like Lan Ling, was a穿越者 (time traveler). Only, he was much more powerful than Lan Ling, unifying half the world, establishing an empire, and founding a civilization.

Lan Ling even vaguely felt that the previous host of the demon star within him might... possibly be the Dragon Emperor. But it didn't seem right, as the demon star had said that his mission in this world was to destroy it.

But the civilization of this world was painstakingly built by the Dragon Emperor, how could he let him destroy it?

Regardless, Lan Ling felt that his arrival in this world was mysteriously connected to the Dragon Emperor.

Then, Lan Ling recalled what the demon star had said about his mission in this world.

Destroy this world?

Thinking about this mission, Lan Ling shook his head vigorously. He wouldn't care about this chaotic mission; he only wanted to protect his sister and her family, nothing more.

"Xiaoling? What's wrong?" Soning Bing asked.

Lan Ling said, "Nothing, Sister. I've learned a lot of the content in these books, so I don't need to start from scratch. After learning from you for a while, I should be able to pass the graduation exams at the capital city academy, except for martial arts."

Lan Ling was being modest. He was a high-achieving student in the art department of a key university. The philosophy and literature of this world, though altered, were derived from Earth's knowledge. Lan Ling had read countless famous works and classics, many of which he could recite backward.

Therefore, as long as he familiarized himself with the writing style of this world, his skills in this area would surpass many people.

"Really?" Soning Bing was pleasantly surprised.

Lan Ling nodded, "Really."

Over the next ten days, Lan Ling's learning progress was indeed rapid. His knowledge in many areas even amazed Soning Bing.

"Xiaoling, you are so much better than Suo Lun," Soning Bing said. "You truly make me look at you with new eyes, and I am amazed."

It seemed that the biggest obstacle for Lan Ling to pass the graduation exams at the capital city academy was martial arts.

In this world, martial power depends on the quality of one's dragon lineage.

As a high-ranking warrior, Ye Jingyu would personally teach Lan Ling martial arts.

So, the key question now was whether Lan Ling's dragon lineage talent was high or low.