Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Forty percent of the jurisdiction is equivalent to a radius of 40,000 miles, which is slightly larger than Xingang. The entire Xingang is only 30,000 miles in size, but there are three D-level Xuanmen stationed there.

This shows that the D-level Xuanmen in the Qingzhou inland is much more powerful than the D-level Xuanmen above Qinghai.

Take the Qianyi Sect as an example. The land under the jurisdiction of the Chu Kingdom is thousands of miles in diameter, but there are countless cultivating families, large and small, in a palm-sized area. The real area under the direct jurisdiction of the Qianyi Sect is only two to three thousand miles in size, and the rest of the territory is It is controlled by various large and small cultivating families, and they only pay half of the harvest tax to the sect every year.

In addition, Xingang's resources are poor, so there has not been a Nascent Soul monk for thousands of years.

As for Xuanmen, which is stationed in Tingcheng in the interior of Qingzhou, the 40,000-mile radius area under its jurisdiction is completely under its direct jurisdiction. There is no interference from any other forces. In addition, the cultivation resources are rich, enough to support the sect's Nascent Soul monks. .

Therefore, basically all D-level Xuanmen in the interior are headed by Yuanying-level monks, and a very few very powerful D-level Xuanmen even have god-transforming monks in charge.

As for those practicing families, they are fundamentally different from Qinghai's practicing family.

To put it bluntly, the cultivating families in Qinghai are more like affiliates of Xuanmen. Xuanmen is equivalent to a landlord, and those cultivating families are the long-term tenants of the landlords. They help the local Xuanmen manage their properties and pay half of the tax every year.

However, these cultivating families in the interior are completely on equal footing with Xuanmen. Both parties have an equal cooperative relationship, just like the Chamber of Commerce. However, their relationship with Xuanmen is even closer. They have me among them, and you among me.

The Cultivation Family has its own territory and also recruits monks from non-original clans. In fact, these monks who are not from the clan even account for the majority. Their organizational structure is similar to that of a secular dynasty. The head of the family is the emperor and is always a member of the clan. The monks serve.

Other senior members of the family, similar to ministers under the emperor, assist the family head in jointly managing the entire family industry.

Some of these people are family members, and some are monks with other surnames.

The inland cultivating families do not pay taxes to Xuanmen, they are only responsible to the higher-level cultivating families.

Take the Sima family as an example. They have to pay taxes to the Liu family in Donglai County every year in order to obtain the protection of the Liu family.

The Liu family also has to pay taxes to the Jiang family in order to obtain the Jiang family's protection.

The entire system structure of the Cultivation Family is built layer by layer in this way, forming a common interest body that stands in tandem with Xuanmen and the Chamber of Commerce.

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The two drank and chatted. Tang Ning was new to this place and didn't know everything, so she naturally asked for advice carefully, and Xu Mengyuan also told her everything she knew.

One day passed in the blink of an eye, and the next day, the two of them boarded a wind spirit ship owned by the Sima clan and traveled for more than ten days to arrive at Qianyuan City.

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Tianyuting City has a radius of about two thousand miles. It is located in the center of Tianyuting City. There is an endless stream of people coming and going inside and outside the city walls, and merchant ships come and go from time to time.

On the four city walls, there are huge cannons displayed and many armor-piercing monks standing there.

There are many roads and alleys inside.

In front of the majestic attic of the Qianxuan Chamber of Commerce, a ray of light shot out, and a man appeared. It was Tang Ning who came from Xuantang City.

"Senior, what are your orders?" In the carved attic, a woman dressed in the Qianxuan Chamber of Commerce costume came up and asked.

"Please help me check Gu Yuanya's residence."

"Senior, please wait a moment." The woman turned around and walked to the desk, saying a few words to the man sitting next to her. After a while, she returned to Tang Ning and said, "Fellow Taoist Gu Yuanya is in Room 10 of Chunfeng Courtyard. "

"Please take me there."

"Senior, follow me." The woman took the spirit stone in his hand and led the two of them through the hall to a backyard. She pointed to a room on the right and said, "Fellow Daoist Gu is right here."

Tangning pushed the door open and entered. The room inside was about four to five feet in diameter. There were incense candles all around, and a faint fragrance lingered in the room. It was decorated quite elegantly. In addition, there was an exclusive training room made of black soundproof stone in the corner.

Gu Yuanya was not in the room. She must have gone out, so Tang Ning waited here until evening, when footsteps could be heard outside the courtyard, and then the door was pushed open.

Gu Yuanya's face was filled with joy. She walked quickly to Tang Ning and took his hand: "Master, you are finally here. Come with me."

Seeing her hurried and impatient look, Tangning shook her head: "What's wrong with you?"

"Hey! Master, you will know if you come with me." Gu Yuanya took his hand and walked out.

Tang Ning had no choice but to follow her out of the room and all the way away from the inn. The two of them jumped up and headed southwest.

"You can talk now! What happened?" After walking for about an hour, Tang Ning asked after leaving Tingcheng.

Gu Yuanya looked around and saw that there was no one around. She turned her hand and took out a black talisman. She squeezed it gently and the talisman disappeared, turning into a light curtain that enveloped the two of them.

Seeing her cautious expression, Tang Ning felt a little solemn.

"Master, I found a treasure." Gu Yuanya said softly with a mysterious look.

"Treasure land, what treasure land?" Tangning frowned slightly.

"Three months ago, I passed by a remote valley and saw a faint light coming from below. It was not like the light produced by monks fighting magic, so I immediately went down to investigate. After several days of searching, I found a Hidden cave, all the way down the cave, there is a magic circle blocking the way. "

"I think this may be some kind of monk's treasure trove. I tried my best to attack, but the magic circle didn't move at all. I was worried that the strange noise would attract the attention of the monks passing by, so I temporarily withdrew from the cave and returned to the inn to wait for you to come and go together again. Treasure hunt.”

"But you haven't come yet, and I'm worried that that place will be discovered, so I go to explore it once a month. This time I went out to explore the cave. Fortunately, you are finally here."

"Cave?" Tangning pondered for a while: "Can you tell the level of that formation?"

"I don't understand the art of formation, so how can I know what the formation is, but I think the formation must be some years old. The faint light I saw that day should be that the formation was in disrepair for a long time, and there was a burst of fire inside. The light produced by the spiritual power.”

"You take my teacher to have a look first."

The master and the apprentice fled all the way. A few days later, they came to a remote valley. It was late at night and everything was silent.

The entire valley is in the shape of a concave, with high mountain cliffs on both sides, a deep stream in the middle and a small waterfall on the left cliff.

"Master, there is a large cave hidden under this waterfall." Gu Yuanya looked around and said softly, but there was no light coming or going.

The two of them escaped from the light and fell straight down to the bottom of the waterfall at the bottom of the valley. They sank forty or fifty feet and saw a large-scale cave.

Keep moving forward along the cave, the water flow gradually decreased, only submerged to the chest of the two people.

Tang Ning looked around. It was pitch black inside the cave and he couldn't see his fingers. However, with his eyesight, he could naturally see everything around him clearly.

You can tell at a glance that this cave has existed for many years. The stones on the rock walls on both sides have signs of weathering, and there are many bats clinging to the rock walls.

The cave is narrow at first, and the entrance can only accommodate two or three people walking side by side. But the further you go, the wider it becomes, and there are even many forks in the road. It can be said that there are nine twists and turns, like an underground maze.

The two of them walked for about a few miles, then turned around a narrow passage, and their eyes suddenly opened up, and they saw a huge light curtain standing in front of them.

"Master, this is the magic circle." Gu Yuanya pointed at the cyan light curtain in front of her and said.

Tang Ning walked around the light curtain. The entire light curtain was about several miles in size. It looked like it had been there for many years, because the light curtain had been slightly distorted in several places. It was probably due to the rot of the array, flag, and altar inside. The imbalance of the magic circle caused by badness.

"Master, how are you? Can you see the mystery of this magic circle?"

Tang Ning shook his head. Although he had some experience in alchemy, as the saying goes, formations and alchemy were completely different things, and he knew nothing about it.

"Have you visited the entire cave? What about other places? Is there anything special about it?"

Gu Yuanya said: "I have been there. Except for a magic circle here, there is nothing special about the other places. The size of this cave is about twenty or thirty miles, which is similar to the size of this valley. This is one of the largest caves in the cave. One, it is also the central area of ​​the entire cave.”

Tangning nodded, turned her hand, and a square black turban swelled up in the wind, hitting the deformed part of the light curtain.

There was a loud boom, and the entire cave wall shook slightly.

The Xuanyuan Scarf hit the cyan light curtain, activating the formation mechanism. More than ten large golden runes appeared on it, attacking towards the Xuanyuan Scarf.

The two struck each other frequently, and the golden runes bloomed with light. The mysterious light and the golden light intertwined, and the Xuan Yuan scarf shook violently. Under the attack of the golden runes, the light became weaker and weaker.

Seeing this, Tang Ning formed a seal with both hands, and a huge palm appeared with five hook-like fingers. The palm was covered with densely packed five-color symbols, which was the hand of the Five Yuan Xuanling.

The giant palm grabbed those golden runes, and the densely packed five-color runes on them wrapped around the golden runes.

At the same time, Tang Ning uncovered another pagoda with shining golden light. It was the "Golden Light Pagoda" that was taken from Wang Xuan.

This tower has three floors, and each floor is a separate space with three magical powers, namely gold, fire, and water attributes.

One is the giant golden net composed of golden spiritual sand, the second is the black flame that refines the monk's body, and the third is the blood that can corrode spiritual power.

The golden light tower burst into flames, spinning, and black flames wrapped the golden runes.

Various rays of light intertwined in one place, and as time passed, the Five-Yuan Xuanling Hand was the first to be broken by the golden runes and dissipated into the air.

With Tang Ning's continuous supply of spiritual power, the Xuanyuan scarf and the Golden Light Tower persisted for about half an hour. Under the attack of the golden runes, the light became weaker and weaker, and they were also on the verge of collapse.

Tang Ning frowned, seeing that the golden runes on the light screen were very powerful, and there was no way to go on like this. He made a move with his hand, and the Xuan Yuan scarf and the golden light tower were shot back.

Without the intruder, the golden runes on the light screen gradually disappeared.

This kind of defensive light curtain formation can only be used for passive defense. The runes condensed on it will only be activated when the formation is attacked, and will not leave the range of the formation to actively attack the enemy.