Chapter 849: Chapter 27 Pu Yan History_2
Ah Dai said, "Prophet Pu Lin, I still don’t quite understand what you mean. Are you asking us to help your Pu Yan clan with something?"
Pu Lin replied, "You could say that, of course, I wouldn’t let you help us for nothing. First, listen to me tell the whole story, and then I will tell you what kind of help our Pu Yan needs. Whether within the Federation or across the entire continent, our Pu Yan can be called one of the civilizations with the most ancient history. We are among the earliest humans to appear on this continent. The history of our Pu Yan clan can be traced back more than ten thousand years. However, the three great empires and the Federation only formed a thousand years ago, after the first Pope, the Savior of that time, sealed away the Demon God." Pu Lin walked over to the cave wall and pointed at a mural there, saying, "Look at this."
Ah Dai and Xuan Yue followed where he pointed, and under the unsteady light cast by the gemstones, saw that the colors on the mural had flaked off in many places. What remained was a depiction of many people wearing clothes made from animal pelts, brandishing the most primitive of weapons and seeming to rush towards something. Among them, a particularly burly man with long, brown hair cascading untidily behind him had an excited look on his face as he raised a javelin, as though he were shouting something. Pu Lin said, "This is our Pu Yan clan’s most intact mural from ancient times. These wild people in the painting are our ancestors. This giant man is the Pu Yan clan’s first Clan Leader. I’m not clear on exactly how long ago this mural dates, but it should undoubtedly be at least ten thousand years old. Our ancestors lived in the most primitive way starting from then, and since that time, our Pu Yan clan has always been the race that loves nature the most."
Pu Lin stepped forward a few paces and pointed to the second large mural, saying, "This is probably what things looked like a thousand years after the first mural."
In the second mural, a valley was depicted with stone caves in the mountain walls, and people of the Pu Yan clan wearing cloth garments were constantly entering and leaving these rock dwellings. Pu Lin explained, "After a thousand years of evolution, our Pu Yan clan had begun to develop its own civilization. Although still living in caves, the Pu Yan people had started to practice agriculture." Without further explanation, he stepped a few paces more and pointed to the third mural, where countless Pu Yan people, wearing neat leather armor and holding long-handled Battle Axes, stood in orderly ranks with a fierce air about them. Pu Lin spoke, "This represents what our Pu Yan people looked like about five thousand years ago when our Pu Yan was developing towards its most powerful state. You might find these warriors familiar. Right, they are the prototypes of the Tilu fighters you saw in the Temple. Now, look at the fourth mural."
The fourth mural showed just one person, a strong man with bulging muscles. He wore common cloth pants on his lower body and was bare-chested. His hands were raised, holding a Long-handled Battle Axe as if he were roaring loudly about something, his whole body emanating a dazzling yellow light. A reverential look shone in Pu Lin’s eyes as he sighed and said, "The person in this mural is our Pu Yan clan’s greatest hero, the Tilu God of war; it was he who led our Pu Yan clan to our most glorious days. The Tilu Temple was built to commemorate him. Under the leadership of the Ti Lu God of war, our Pu Yan clan’s territory expanded many times over. Within thirty years, three-quarters of the continent fell completely under the dominion of our Pu Yan clan, and at that time, the continent could essentially have been called the Pu Yan Continent. Our clansmen, scattered in various places, intermarried with some local primitive tribes, and that’s how the myriad of skin colors among humans on the continent today came to be. With the exception of the southern tribesmen, whose history is as long as ours, you could say our Pu Yan clan are the ancestors of today’s human beings on the continent. Oh, you might not know that the present-day Empire of Huasheng is the descendant of the southern tribesmen. Unlike our Pu Yan clan, the southern tribesmen didn’t covet expanding their territory; they were a race fond of peace. Although they occupied only a small portion of the continent, they earned the respect of our clansmen and were always able to coexist peacefully. As it turned out, the southern tribesmen were smarter than us; at least, they still hold nearly a quarter of the continent’s land."
As Pu Lin spoke about the time when the Pu Yan clan ruled three-quarters of the continent’s territory, a look of pride and excitement appeared in his eyes, as if he himself had once been a part of it. Especially when he looked at the Ti Lu God of war in the mural, his eyes filled with veneration and admiration. Ah Dai and Xuan Yue were deeply moved by his story, listening quietly to Pu Lin’s narration, completely immersed in the story of thousands of years ago.
Pu Lin moved to stand before the fifth mural, the largest in the cave, occupying one-fifth of the cavern wall. The scene in the mural resembled the Pu Yan clan’s current settlements, with stone houses everywhere and every face of the Pu Yan people brimming with happy smiles. Everyone was busy with their tasks, depicting a prosperous golden age. Pu Lin sighed and said, "Our Pu Yan clan’s zenith lasted three thousand years. During those years, we became the absolute rulers of the continent. This is what it looked like at the time, with similar clans spread in every corner of the continent."
