My Synthesizer Has Talent
Chapter 60 - 58: The Official History of Zhengxuan City
It was like a modern world.
Except, in this so-called city...
you rarely saw anyone with a frown on their face.
Most people were smiling.
There were shop owners lounging inside their stores with faint smiles.
There were also many children, constantly playing.
Even the weary laborers weren’t downcast.
’This place seems pretty nice.’
Su Qing continued to stroll around.
He wandered aimlessly, and the sights were truly pleasant. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
White stones could be used as currency, followed by paper money, electronic transactions, and so on.
Su Qing saw a storefront that looked like a bookstore and walked inside.
Upon entering, he found a woman at the front desk. She wore light makeup, with delicate willow-leaf eyebrows, a fine nose, and a pair of peach-blossom eyes that seemed to have a soul-stirring charm.
After she glanced at him, Su Qing felt as if the woman was trying to seduce him.
"What kind of book are you looking for, sir?"
Liu Rumei looked at the unusually handsome young man before her, dressed in clothes that were not from Zhengxuan City.
"Do you have any books for translating the script of the Great Yu Dynasty into the script of Zhengxuan City?"
Su Qing stated his need.
"The Great Yu Dynasty?"
Liu Rumei raised an eyebrow as she looked him over.
His clothes already marked him as an outsider, not to mention his long hair.
At first, she thought he was just someone with a unique style, but it turned out he was a foreigner.
As the owner of the bookstore, she knew that the so-called Great Yu Dynasty was a very, very long way from the Zhengxuan Sect.
’He’s not an Immortal, so he’s probably just an ordinary person.’
With that, Su Qing’s identity was practically revealed.
’An Immortal’s attendant. No wonder he wants to learn about Zhengxuan City.’
Thinking of this, Liu Rumei looked at Su Qing with envy.
It was as if Su Qing was destined to soar to success.
"Yes. I was wondering if you had such a book." Su Qing nodded, tacitly confirming her assumption.
"We do. The Great Yu Dynasty is also under the jurisdiction of the Zhengxuan Sect. No matter how remote, we’ll have related books."
Liu Rumei came out from behind the counter to help Su Qing pick out a book.
She pulled out a volume titled *Great Yu Dynasty’s Translation of the Continental Common Language*.
"Here, this is the book you’re looking for."
"It contains a one-to-one character correspondence between the Great Yu Dynasty’s script and the Continental Common Language."
"If you’ve never used one before, then I’m sorry, but this is a bookstore. We don’t teach people how to read."
Liu Rumei’s voice wasn’t like that of a typical woman who might soften her tone; it had a certain solid, robust quality.
"No problem. How much is it if I want to buy it?"
Su Qing asked.
"Money?"
"If you’re paying with silver, it will be three taels."
Fortunately, Su Qing had brought some silver with him. It wasn’t much, but it was enough.
Pretending to take the money from his chest, Su Qing produced three taels of silver and gave it to her.
"Thank you."
"You’re welcome. You’re my customer."
"But you’d better not use silver next time. I’m only accepting this currency because you’re new to Zhengxuan City." Internally, Liu Rumei added, ’If I didn’t find you easy on the eyes...’
’Who would even bother with you?’
The transaction was complete.
Su Qing wasn’t in a hurry to leave.
"Am I allowed to sit here and read?"
Liu Rumei nodded. "That’s right."
’Just like a bookstore from my previous life. Could there really be other transmigrators here?’
Su Qing muttered to himself inwardly.
This Zhengxuan City was far too modern.
Or perhaps, it was almost futuristic.
Su Qing opened the book and began to learn the characters.
It was a tedious and frustrating task.
It gave Su Qing a splitting headache. Learning characters this way was truly dull, and the key issue was that even though Su Qing was powerful and had a quick mind, he still found himself forgetting what he’d learned.
By the time Su Qing had looked at over a thousand words, his jumbled memories began to torment him again.
Su Qing glanced at the nearby bookshelves again.
He then asked Liu Rumei, who was reading her own book, "May I look at other books?"
"Of course. As long as you don’t damage the pages or write on them."
"Thanks."
Su Qing picked up a book on the history of Zhengxuan City.
If he wanted to understand how Zhengxuan City came to be, this book should have the records.
Zhengxuan Calendar, Year 3653.
Zhengxuan City was established.
The City Lord of Zhengxuan City was Situ Ling, a disciple of the Upper Profound Nascent Soul True Man...
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Zhengxuan Calendar, Year 4596.
The position of Zhengxuan City’s City Lord was passed to Situ Ling’s disciple, Ou Mingjie...
During his tenure, because City Lord Ou Mingjie had a fondness for Artifacts, he engaged in Artifact Refining, creating all sorts of outstanding Magical Artifacts.
...
Zhengxuan Calendar, Year 4600.
City Lord Ou Mingjie created the first-ever reusable Spirit Stone Crystal.
A great revolution in Magical Artifacts began in Zhengxuan City!
Zhengxuan Calendar, Year 4621.
City Lord Ou Mingjie created the Spirit Storage Crystal. The alarm for another Magical Artifact revolution sounded throughout Zhengxuan City. The new school’s advancements terrified the old school, whose Magical Artifacts lost most of their value.
Zhengxuan Calendar, Year 4622. City Lord Ou Mingjie was attacked. The Upper Profound Nascent Soul True Man was furious, and the suspected old-school Artifact Refining factions were almost instantly annihilated.
...
Zhengxuan Calendar, Year 4673. City Lord Ou Mingjie once again developed the Soul Storage Spirit Crystal. The Zhengxuan Sect was overjoyed and ordered Zhengxuan City to be placed entirely under Ou Mingjie’s command.
...
Zhengxuan Calendar, Year 4699. City Lord Ou Mingjie launched a massive city construction project, using a million Magical Artifacts to build the great Zhengxuan City around the Zhengxuan Sect, spanning several thousand li.
...
Zhengxuan Calendar, Year 5133. City Lord Ou Mingjie’s lifespan was running out. Troubled by the heavy shackles of his mortal flesh, he shed his physical body and, using the Soul Storage Spirit Crystal as a foundation, constructed the first-ever Magical Artifact body. With this, his lifespan was extended to that of his soul, granting him ten thousand years of life. Many Elders of the Zhengxuan Sect were delighted and bestowed a Pocket World upon Zhengxuan City, eliminating any worries about Spiritual Qi.
...
...
Su Qing was already having a hard time recognizing the characters, but as he read on, he saw that much of the text was about how Zhengxuan City was founded and how powerful the Zhengxuan Sect was.
It detailed how Zhengxuan City developed into its current state.
It was all because of that Ou Mingjie.
Ou Mingjie was a research genius in the world of Immortal Cultivation, and an exceptionally talented one at that.
He was also the first person with a Golden Core Cultivation to achieve a ten-thousand-year lifespan. The history book even recorded a Nascent Soul Master from the Zhengxuan Sect who lived for just over 9,000 years before dying of old age.
One could only imagine how, after this great breakthrough of the shackles on lifespan, the entire Zhengxuan Sect seemed to have changed. Most of the following records were about the sect’s research into Immortal Cultivation and how to extend one’s life.
Looking at the last page of the book, he saw: Breaking Realm Publishing House, published in the year 5320 of the Zhengxuan Calendar.
Su Qing knew then that Ou Mingjie was still alive.
"Holy crap, that’s seriously impressive, seriously powerful."
"I never would have thought one person could have carried the entire Zhengxuan Sect."
"And not just the Zhengxuan Sect, but the whole of Zhengxuan City, which covers a thousand-li radius."
"No wonder it took that van so long to fly here from the Great Yu Dynasty."
Su Qing’s current mood was indescribable. Looking at the descriptions from the Zhengxuan Calendar, he felt as if he had returned home.
Because the facilities and construction in Zhengxuan City were just so damn amazing.
A journey of a thousand li could be completed in half a day. The transportation was just incredible.
Not to mention, reading further, he saw that Ou Mingjie seemed to have also created a powerful computational system.
This meant that the entirety of Zhengxuan City, aside from private residences, was within Ou Mingjie’s field of vision.
"The development is so fast. He’s such a genius."
Su Qing even wondered if this Ou Mingjie was a transmigrator who also possessed a Golden Finger.
Su Qing gazed at the official history of Zhengxuan City, lost in thought for a long time.
’What a talent.’
’Ou Mingjie is truly incredible.’
’This is the powerful combination of Immortal Cultivation and technology.’
Su Qing then recalled the words of the male Cultivator he had killed.
...
"It seems you have no idea what you’ve missed out on."
"With your limited perspective and vision, you probably see our Zhengxuan Sect with the same narrow-mindedness."
Recalling that man’s smug face, Su Qing finally seemed to understand what he had missed out on.
’Damn it, isn’t this supposed to be traditional Immortal Cultivation?’
’How could a bug like Ou Mingjie even exist?!’