As Chen Cuo's words fell, he reached out and grabbed. The river ahead, mingled with countless Seal Script characters, became a ribbon of light that wound around his left hand!
Then Chen Cuo threw a punch without hesitation!
Ahead, the Golden Light torrent formed from the Jin Dynasty at its height was already upon him!
The torrent looked fierce, with a spirit that could swallow mountains and rivers whole!
Yet beneath it lay something yielding, changeable, and restless. Ripples spread from it, and when they touched Chen Cuo's Immortal Body, the Spirit Light within him took on a nimble, unfettered quality, as though it might slip free at any moment!
“What an unrestrained Dynasty, doing whatever pleased it. To live within it must have felt as though one could cast off all restraint at any time...”
Countless whispers and fragments of scenes surged through Chen Cuo's mind. Yet they had not been forced upon him from outside. They had sprouted, swelled, and evolved from thoughts deep within his own heart!
An urge to indulge himself and throw off every restraint burned in his heart like a Raging Flame!
“Indeed, a Dynasty’s character and style ultimately come from its people. However vast a Dynasty grows, it is still made of people. Their instincts are magnified layer upon layer until they become the temperament of an age. But...”
Chen Cuo clenched his left fist and drove it forward!
The Seal Script character for "Jin" surged out!
At once, an air of decadence, absurdity, and excess erupted!
"Excess is poison! Such excessive freedom might give birth to a second age of the Hundred Schools, but it will also bring about its final destruction! Besides, it is the Literati Clans who live so freely. The true foundation of the Dynasty bears poverty and suffering!"