Changsheng: I, Cao, can see the prompt

Chapter 454 Bloodline

Upon hearing the words of reckoning spoken by the ancestor of the Qian family, all the Jindan masters present fell silent.

After a long time, one of the three golden elixir monks from the Zheng family sighed:

"What I don't like the most is that these Taoist friends with ordinary backgrounds are in high positions. They act casually and don't always like to play their cards according to routines. In the future, each of our families should calm down a little. When I am young, I will be with you. I have dealt with Zi'an several times, and his new ancestor will never push him to death."

"After all, he has no capable subordinates in the sect right now. If he wants to sort out the many complicated affairs in the sect, he has to rely on us in the end. Everyone, the matter at the Sihai Palace will only last a few decades. The golden elixirs of our various clans In the later period, all the elders were killed in the battle. I advise you not to have other thoughts. This ancestor was able to escape from that bloody millstone. He is not a soft-hearted person. While he is still consolidating his realm, we have already If we show some goodwill, we can still have a decent relationship with each other."

Speaking of this, the woman looked at the spiritual light shield spreading over the sect. After seeing that it was about to take shape, she stood up and walked towards the big red coffin erected behind her.

She patted the coffin body, and the coffin lid slowly opened, and an old woman in white clothes and green skin, with a skinny figure and a haggard appearance walked out. She was the true form of the Jindan woman of the Zheng family.

After Jin Dan, surnamed Zheng, walked out of the coffin, he couldn't help covering it up with his hands and said in a hoarse voice: "I haven't been out of the coffin in nearly ten years. The sunshine outside is still so vicious. Changpeng, Changshuang It’s time for us to think about retreating.”

Hearing this, the two younger members of the Zheng family, a man and a woman who were in the early stages of the Golden Elixir ceremony, nodded slightly, then stood up and directly carried the big red coffin placed behind them.

I saw three people fleeing towards the sect.

Seeing this, the other golden elixir monks from other families present also sighed softly and followed him away.

If it were in a secular dynasty, aristocratic families such as theirs would control the court, control the army, and extend their tentacles to the lower levels. From top to bottom, everyone would be their own people.

In this case, the emperor sitting on that high throne was nothing more than a clay puppet.

However, this kind of thing will not work in the sect. The Yuanying Ancestor himself has the ability to overturn the chess table. If they don't want to spend energy and time sorting out the dense human connections in the sect and balancing the interests of all parties, If you want to benefit, you will choose to use cleaner and more efficient methods to cut through the mess with a quick knife.

Since the current problem cannot be solved, then just send the monk with the problem directly to the west.

It's just that the Elder's Palace strictly prohibits private fights among Yuanying members of the clan, and the highest sectarian disputes can only reach the level of Jindan Zhenren.

Within the rules, territorial frictions or other competitions within the sect's territory can only be ended by Jindan Zhenren, while Yuanying Ancestor can only stand behind the scenes.

If there are not enough Jindan Zhenren and foundation-building monks, the Nascent Soul Sect will not have enough manpower to control a territory of hundreds of thousands of miles.

It's just that once there are monks in the sect who form alchemy, their own family will multiply and grow, and then tend to inertially create a monopoly in one or more industries, accumulating a massive amount of spiritual objects for cultivation, far exceeding their normal number. required.

But even so, this trend will not stop and is getting bigger and bigger like a snowball.

The reason why these Jindan families have accumulated a huge amount of wealth is because the Jindan ancestors in the family are cultivating themselves so that they can one day break through to the Nascent Soul, even if they only use a large number of spiritual objects for cultivation.

But the true king is the true king. If nothing else, the lifespan of at least the early stage of Yuanying is two thousand years, which is far beyond the eight hundred years of the golden elixir stage.

As long as you have enough longevity, everything is possible.

Secondly, these Jindan families also want to maintain a strong enough position in the process of the decay of the spiritual roots of the family, and at the worst, they can make a comeback one day.

Originally, a large part of the meaning of the sect's existence was to protect these cultivating families through their own period of weakness. This was a good intention, but the human heart was inherently elusive.

Once these family leaders have tasted the taste of power, it is difficult to truly let go.

Furthermore, some practicing families will develop the concept that a sect is a sect and a family is a family, causing a natural rift or even opposition between the two.

But once these Jindan families have other escape routes, it will no longer be possible to advance and retreat together with the sect.

Of course, it is inevitable that other races will secretly cause harm and disrupt the cohesion within the human race.

Nowadays, the income from the land and industries owned by the Cao family can support the four golden elixirs in the family as well as the foundation building and Qi refining monks, and can also generate a surplus of tens of thousands of high-grade spiritual stones every year.

A Qi Refining monk who has reached the late stage of foundation building will only need more than a thousand high-grade spiritual stones.

And this situation is still under the suppression of Qingxia Sect, which does not allow the Cao family and other Jindan aristocratic families to extend their tentacles into all walks of life to suck blood.

It's just that this was when the sect was in a period of strength, so it had such a deterrent effect.

This is true for the Jindan family, let alone the Yuanying family. The sign that most sects have turned from prosperity to decline is that successive generations of Yuanying True Lords were born in the Jindan family, completely cutting off the upward path for lower-level disciples. .

However, at this point, Tao Huiyuan, the third generation ancestor of the Qingxia Sect, learned from the lessons of other sects and set a good tone.

Although this ancestor was only in the early stage of Yuanying throughout his life and did not achieve much during his tenure, as a member of a family of practitioners, he did not put the interests of his family above the sect and set the goal of Yuan Ying. Jindan Zhenren in the Ying family is not allowed to fulfill the rules of high-level positions in the sect.

Later, the Tao family experienced ups and downs just like the Fang family in Wuyin Mountain. When the family was at its weakest, it was difficult to even have a foundation-building monk, and in the end there were only a few Qi-refining monks left.

However, after thousands of years of trough, the Tao family is now full of vitality. In this generation, Tao Zheng, the golden elixir master, was born.

It's just that this requires the courage of the current Yuanying ancestor, and it also requires the maintenance of the subsequent successors to set an example.

Once the ancestor of Yuanying takes the lead in pursuing personal interests, it is no wonder that the Jindan family forms an alliance with each other and forms a rentier class, further suppressing the sect disciples with ordinary backgrounds to come forward, so that a fault line is formed between Jindan and Ji Zhu. .

Under this situation, Nascent Soul monks will only be born from these Jindan families. From now on, no matter how the interests in the sect are distributed, they will only be limited to each family. The practical benefits are difficult to flow to the lower levels of the building. Basic, Qi refining monk.

In this way, due to the shortage of cultivation resources, these low-level monks will fight for their own cultivation, making the overall hostility worse, until one day it is like a volcano erupting. Of course, if the Jindan family can continue to produce a Nascent Soul Lord from generation to generation, maintain absolute suppression, and maintain stability, then the sect will not be in danger of survival.

It's just that the existence and quality of a living being's spiritual root is a matter of destiny. No matter how the Jindan family reproduces, the number of monks in this family tied by blood will eventually have a big limit.

Moreover, if a Jindan family has been multiplying for a long time, most of the monks in the family will lose their enterprising spirit. In addition, the spiritual roots of the new clan members will become increasingly inferior, making it difficult for new Jindan or even Nascent Soul monks to emerge.

However, in order to ensure its own strength, the Jindan family would only choose to increase investment in the training of those members of the clan with lower qualifications, while further suppressing those disciples with higher qualifications from secular backgrounds in the sect.

If this vicious cycle is not broken, the sect will solidify, then decline little by little, and then be taken advantage of by foreign enemies.

However, after one or two thousand years, this situation will improve, showing an overall ups and downs trend.

In response to this situation, there are several speculations among various tribes. One is that the rules between heaven and earth are like this, one is that families with high-level monks will continue to degrade the blood of their descendants, and another is that the body possesses If monks of the same bloodline gather in the same place for a long time, the probability of new tribesmen having spiritual roots will become increasingly low.

In the more than 200,000 years since the Great Wilderness and Desolation, almost all ethnic groups have conducted research on this problem, but no party has succeeded in completely eradicating this hidden danger.

However, they found that if different families intermarry with each other and introduce new bloodlines, this situation can be effectively delayed.

But each clan also discovered that there was an exception in this Xuanjie, and that was the clan.

Instead of introducing new bloodlines, these ancient clans pursued intermarriage to maintain the purity of their own bloodlines.

The outside world speculates that the practice of these ancient clan members is not limited by spiritual roots, but they cannot sneak into the secret realm where the clan is located, so there is no conclusion yet.

However, this statement is not groundless, mainly because the most basic function of spiritual roots is to feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, this spiritual energy between heaven and earth was born when the ancestors of these ancient clans reorganized the pure and turbid air. There is a connection between them. Clear time points.

But no matter what the reason is, the highest cultivation level of the monks among the various races in the outside world is only the transformation of gods. It is difficult to touch the secrets of that level, let alone solve them.

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Lingyan Peak Hall.

This place is different from other sects. The whole body is built with dark wood, and its layout is more like a secular Yizhuang.

There are rows of benches on both sides of the hall, and between the two benches there are three big red coffins.

There were bowls of rice placed on the high stools in front of the coffins. Yu Tianzhang turned over and took out three sticks of incense. After lighting them, he fanned out the flames on the incense sticks and then inserted them into the rice bowls.

Wisps of green smoke were seen floating up, like snakes, and submerged into the coffin.

After finishing this, he picked up a piece of white cloth and wiped the coffin body slowly, and asked slowly: "Rao Ying, Hua Qian, what do you two mean?"

Rao Ying casually picked up the fruit on the high stool, then jumped on the coffin lid and sat down cross-legged.

While biting the spirit fruit, she said in an indistinct voice: "Just do it with him."

On the other side, Guan Huaqian nodded lightly and said slowly: "I thought that fellow Taoist Meng was just a casual cultivator, but unexpectedly, he had already given birth to a baby and became an ancestor of the sect. Now this old man Zu is not from a noble family, so it may be an opportunity for us.”

"In that case, let's make a decision like this. The most taboo thing about this kind of thing is to look forward and backward. No one will like it." Yu Tianzhang said slowly.

As soon as he said these words, a voice of inquiry rang in the hall: "Have you considered it?"

Upon hearing this, the three of them bowed slightly, nodded and said, "Back to my ancestors, this disciple has already thought about it carefully."

"From today onwards, Lin Qingqian will step down as the head of the clan, and you, Tianzhang, will take over. When it is time to stop, the sect's original property will be returned. As for the one spiritual stone earned by each clan within the rules. , 40% goes to the sect, 60% goes to you, I recognize it; 70% goes to you, 30% goes to the sect, I recognize it; if you still want to get more, then I will not tolerate you, you guys Let's discuss it carefully in the main hall, and hope to give you a satisfactory answer." Meng Zian said calmly.

These words were transmitted from the sect formation to the ears of Yu Tianzhang and the others, as well as the twenty-four family Jindan monks who were more than 30,000 miles away.

The expressions of the Jindan masters of these families suddenly changed, but they did not dare to refute, but they headed towards the main hall of Lingyan Peak and dashed away.

And in the blessed land of Linghu, after Meng Zian handed down the decree, he turned to Cao Wei and shouted in surprise: "My lord, look at the way we place our gods in the sect's formation. With just one thought, the gods can reach us tens of thousands of miles away." The mind has been strengthened more than ten times, no wonder no Nascent Soul cultivator dares to cause trouble in other people's lair."

"This is just your misunderstanding. When we focused on the formation, we only expanded the detection range of our spiritual thoughts, but did not strengthen it. But in a moment of thought, the Lingyan Sect's "Taiyin Formation" suddenly arose. As long as I am standing there In the sect, you can draw on the power of heaven and earth with a radius of more than 30,000 miles, and you will not be afraid even if the great monks attack you."

"But I, aren't you? Is it possible that we really want to purge the Lingyan Sect? If this large sect that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years can eradicate its stubborn diseases, the potential it can unleash cannot be underestimated. It will definitely go out again by then. Expansion." Meng Zian shook his head lightly.

Cao Wei, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon with his eyes closed and concentrating, said softly: "Yuan Ling is already a great monk. This great monk with the magical power of teleportation is much more troublesome than other great monks. This method can't stop him. The other party. Furthermore, if we don’t take any action after taking over the Lingyan Sect, it will only make other forces suspicious!"

"It's up to you. Anyway, when the Lingyan Sect takes full advantage, it will either expand to the north and compete with the Danyang Sect, or it will go south to the Shiwan Mountains, touch the ghosts in Fengshan Mountain, and then head towards the Hehuan Sect. You have to think carefully about the certainty of this, otherwise the Qingxia Sect will be unhappy!" Meng Zian said casually.

"You don't need to think about this, I have my own sense of discretion!" Cao Wei said in a calm tone.

(End of this chapter)