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Thirty years had passed, and to a Qi Cultivator of the Cultivator Way, such a period was not considered fast, for with a lifespan of several hundred years, it seemed that only one-tenth of it had elapsed.
But to mortals, thirty years was enough time for the young and strong of the past to become old, for children to grow into adults, and then to bring the next generation into the world.
The once bitter pains, over the span of thirty years, had also gradually diminished. Although stories of the cruelty and exploitation by those of the Demonic Path were still passed down in schools and private tutorings, and from the mouths of adults, hearing about them was quite different from experiencing them firsthand.
In Zhili, things were fairly good. The former Land of Daqian had become Zhili, and the three Dao territories were reorganized into one state. This area had been under the oppression of the Demonic Path, so the memories of the elderly remained.