"The era?"
Jiang Che was taken aback, growing even more confused.
Xu Qingshan stood and walked to the window. He gazed out at the rolling mountains shrouded in clouds and mist, his voice taking on a distant quality.
"Do you know how this world, in the era of True Master Bai Yi and the others, was different from now?"
Jiang Che shook his head.
Xu Qingshan began to speak slowly, a hint of longing in his voice. "In that era, the world's Spiritual Qi was abundant to a degree we can hardly imagine today. More importantly, the air was filled with a mystical substance called the 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism.'"
"This 'Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism,' though formless and insubstantial, could imperceptibly nourish the Divine Souls of Martial Artists, making them more resilient, more pure, and… more able to easily resonate with the Great Dao of the world."
