Tiger Roars in China

Chapter 15 Shenzhou Continent

Bai Jie glanced at her sister Bai Mei and said to Li Meng, "Sir, let me introduce you."

Li Meng nodded and said, "Okay."

Li Meng knew clearly that once a person had doubts, it would be like a crack, which would magnify all doubts infinitely.

What Li Meng has to do now is to quickly mend this rift and make the sisters Bai Mei and Bai Jie trust him absolutely. Otherwise, he will be unable to move forward!

So Li Meng continued to accept the service of the two women with peace of mind, as if he had forgotten that he was in a prison cell.

From Bai Mei and Bai Jie, Li Meng finally had a preliminary understanding of the world they lived in.

This world does not exist in any dynasty in history, but is a foreign continent.

It is said that this continent was created by the gods, so it is called the Shenzhou Continent.

At the beginning of the Shenzhou continent, humans, demons, and beastmen coexisted.

However, compared to the powerful demons and ferocious beasts, the human race is too weak and can only become food for them.

In order to allow the human race to reproduce and avoid extinction, the gods divided the Shenzhou continent into nine states for the human race to live in, and drove the demons and beasts to other wild areas.

The nine states of the Shenzhou continent are Zhongzhou, Shengzhou, Yuzhou, Yuezhou, Haizhou, Youzhou, Yuanzhou, Cangzhou, and Liangzhou.

Among them, the largest state is Zhongzhou, which is located in the middle of the entire Shenzhou and is surrounded by the other eight states, becoming the center of the entire Shenzhou.

Moreover, Zhongzhou has the largest territory, occupying almost two-thirds of the entire Shenzhou, making it the largest state among the nine states.

Perhaps, the original purpose of the gods dividing the country into nine states was to allow the other eight states to serve as a barrier for Central China to resist the invasion of demons and beasts.

It is not enough to just have territory, the human race must also be able to fight against the demons and beastmen.

Therefore, the gods taught humans to practice to improve their physical fitness and combat effectiveness.

Since humans learned how to practice cultivation, they have become strong and can fight against the demons and beasts.

Because most of these strong men use swords, they are respected by humans as sword masters.

The entire Shenzhou Continent is full of martial arts, and almost everyone wants to practice and become a strong person. However, only those with special physiques can cultivate internal strength.

Only with internal strength can one further cultivate sword energy and swordsmanship.

Of course, even if one can cultivate sword energy and swordsmanship, one may not necessarily become a swordsman, because to become a swordsman, one must have a sword heart.

Only a sword heart can make the sword energy leave the body. Those without a sword heart cannot use the sword energy.

In the Shenzhou continent, only those who can cultivate internal strength before the age of fifteen have the opportunity to become a swordsman.

It will be very difficult to develop internal strength after the age of fifteen.

The difficulty of cultivating internal strength determines that sword masters are very rare in the Shenzhou continent. Being able to become a sword master is a very respectable profession.

Of course, sword masters are also divided into different levels. The Sword Hall divides the levels of sword masters into four major realms: Swordsman, Sword Master, Great Sword Master, and Sword Saint.

Among them, swordsmen, sword masters, and great sword masters are further divided into three levels: elementary, intermediate, and advanced.

Sword Saints should also be divided into levels, but in the Shenzhou continent, Sword Saints are extremely rare. As Sword Saints, they are god-like beings and have long since jumped out of the category of human beings. Therefore, no one knows the level of a Sword Saint.

The sword masters on the Shenzhou continent are divided into ten levels: junior swordsman, intermediate swordsman, senior swordsman, junior swordsman, intermediate swordsman, senior swordsman, junior great swordsman, intermediate great swordsman, senior great swordsman, and sword saint.

Among them, swordsmen can only be regarded as apprentices, not real swordsmen, because the swordsman's sword energy cannot leave the body.

In fact, above Sword Saint, there is the highest level, Sword God. However, since the Heavenly God, there has been no Sword God.

The human race gradually became stronger in the battles with the demons and beasts. In order to expand the ranks of sword masters, a sword hall was established.

The Sword Hall was established at the foot of Tianshen Mountain in Zhongzhou. Its main purpose was to train and teach sword masters, classify sword masters into different levels, and award them medals of different levels.

This medal is not an ordinary medal, but a catalyst used to break through to the next level when one level reaches a bottleneck.

Of course, in addition to the Sword Hall headquarters in Zhongzhou, branches of the Sword Hall have also been established in the other eight states.

Since the establishment of the Sword Hall, it has been the largest force on the Shenzhou continent.

As time went by, the Shenzhou Continent experienced countless dynasties and countless wars, but the Sword Hall remained standing.

However, with the rise and fall of various forces, the once powerful Sword Hall was slowly marginalized and gradually became a certification agency for swordsmen.

Legend has it that the Sword Hall was established by the gods. Even if the Sword Hall declined, its influence still remained. No force dared to deal with or annex the Sword Hall.

After thousands of years of competition and annexation, the kingdoms on the Shenzhou continent perished one after another, and the territories of various states gradually fell into the hands of some powerful gangs, eventually forming ten stable major forces, eight of which controlled the eight surrounding states respectively.

The largest Zhongzhou is jointly controlled by the two major forces of Jianzong and Longmen.

The other eight forces are: the Holy Church which controls Shengzhou in the north of Shenzhou; the Wanhua Tower which controls Yuzhou in the south of Shenzhou; the Moon Worshiping Sect which controls Yuezhou in the west of Shenzhou; the Sea Shark Gang which controls Haizhou in the east of Shenzhou; the Haotian Sect which controls Youzhou in the northeast of Shenzhou; the Tongji Society which controls Yuanzhou in the southeast of Shenzhou; the Tianlang Gang which controls Cangzhou in the northwest of Shenzhou; and Maoshan which controls Liangzhou in the southwest of Shenzhou.

Although the Sword Hall still exists in various states, it is outside of these ten major forces.

In fact, among the nine states of Shenzhou and the ten major forces, only four have Sword Masters.

However, although the other major forces do not have the Sword Saint to back them up, they all have top swordsmen who are only one step away from the Sword Saint.

These four sword masters are the Sky-Splitting Sword Master of the Sword Sect, the Flying Dragon Sword Master of Longmen, the Flower Rain Sword Master of Wanhua Tower, and the Evil Moon Sword Master of Yuecheng.

Youzhou, located in the northeastern corner of the Shenzhou continent, can only be regarded as a small state among the Nine States.

Because the nine states of the Shenzhou continent are also divided into levels.

The first level, of course, is the largest Zhongzhou.

The second level is Haizhou, Yuezhou, Yuzhou and Shengzhou, located in the east, west, south and north.

The third level is Youzhou, Cangzhou, Yuanzhou and Liangzhou, located in the northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest.

Youzhou is backed by the Great Snow Mountain and faces the bay. It also has virgin forests such as the Black Forest and Snow Birch Forest. It is wild and vast, and was once a paradise for beastmen.

However, after the establishment of Haotianmen, Youzhou has become a front line in the fight against the beastmen.