Heyuan star field, Minghe star cluster.
The standard for dividing regions in the Taixu starry sky is that below the Immortal Domain is the Star Domain, and below the Star Domain is the Star Cluster.
The area under the jurisdiction of each star cluster varies from large to small, usually covering a vast area of tens to hundreds of thousands of void land masses. The Minghe Star Cluster is such a regular place.
In the deep and dark void, large and small land masses are quietly suspended in the void, at varying distances. Ninety-five percent of the land masses are lifeless and useless land, with no sun shining and no stable atmosphere. They belong to
The restricted area of life.
The remaining half of the land mass basically has a relatively stable atmosphere, a complete ecological circle, rivers, lakes and seas on the surface of the land mass, and its trajectory is close to a certain sun, which can meet the needs of a large number of mortals for survival and reproduction.
Only in places like this can countries and city-states be born, civilizations developed, and massive basic resources provided for the spiritual world.
During the peak period of Yunmeng Tiangong, the Minghe Star Cluster was once part of its sphere of influence, but it was only in a relatively marginal area. Now it has become a marginal area of the Haoyue Sword Sect's sphere of influence, occupied by a large number of vassal forces.
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While they collectively surrendered to this behemoth, their relationship with each other was also intricate, with constant grudges and hatreds, and bloody conflicts would break out from time to time.
The life of these vassal forces is usually not easy. They are exploited and exploited by their masters who are always under pressure. Unless they embrace the lap of a high-ranking member of the Bright Moon Sword Sect, they will live a relatively comfortable life.
Of course, those who are worse off than the vassal forces are the countless casual cultivators. They are at the bottom of the cultivation world, and their status is only slightly higher than that of ordinary people.
In the eyes of high-level bosses, billions of mortals are just livestock leeks raised in their own territories. No matter how large the number is, it will not endanger their own status and interests.
However, rogue cultivators theoretically have the possibility of soaring into the sky and posing a fatal threat to them, as long as they get the right opportunity, even though this possibility is slim.
Therefore, in many cases, casual cultivators are the group that is squeezed the most. Because they have a certain level of cultivation, they can complete many menial and heavy tasks that ordinary people are not capable of, and provide more basic resources for the upper levels.
For example, mining spiritual mines, cultivating spiritual medicines and herbs, raising spiritual pets and war beasts, processing and refining certain materials, etc. These tasks are hard and tiring. Those orthodox monks with good backgrounds and excellent qualifications have no chance to go further.
Willing to do it.
Therefore, these tasks naturally fall to the casual cultivators. Those big forces that have developed to a certain level have secretly recruited large-scale casual cultivators as handyman disciples, and forced them to do such chores with meager remuneration.
, it can be regarded as a sweatshop in the spiritual world.
Moreover, sweatshops are not bad, but what is even more terrifying is the slave monk market. Those casual monks who were forced to become slaves for various reasons have completely lost their freedom and can only work for months and months under strict surveillance.
Even death is difficult to escape.
Because the souls of monks are much stronger than ordinary people, they are very useful for refining certain evil magic weapons and cultivating demonic magical powers. There are many evil Taoist forces specializing in this kind of business in Taixu Star Sky.
Once the soul is controlled by others, it will be impossible even if you want to die. Even if you die, you will not even have the hope of reincarnation, and you will never be able to escape forever.
"...It seems that as long as you are at the bottom, you can't expect to live a prosperous life. This is true in any time and space world!"
Qin Muling looked at the jade slips at hand that recorded local customs and customs, and secretly sighed. In the previous life, the people at the bottom at least had enough food and clothing, but in this grand and vast new time and space, the degree of oppression and exploitation of the bottom is much more exaggerated and cruel.
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After finishing the scroll, Qin Muling put down the jade slips, and a wisp of spiritual consciousness gently tapped on the exquisite jade clock beside the table. The sweet chime echoed inside and outside the quiet room, and the lingering sound lingered.
The sound of gentle footsteps followed, and then the door of the room opened, and a pretty and cute maid in colorful clothes with bright eyes and white teeth walked in. In the huge purple gold tray in her hand, there were two pots of spiritual wine and several exquisite items.
Appetizers.
"Master, please be patient. If you have any orders, just summon your servants."
The maid put down the food and wine, bowed and spoke softly.
Qin Muling nodded and gave her a Yuan Yang Dan as a reward. She was instantly surprised. Although this elixir was a relatively elementary elixir, it was a rare gift for a maid like her. It was enough.
It’s worth a month’s income.
After she left, Qin Muling activated the shielding formation in the room and began to feast.
“Although the place is a bit small, the food and wine are still delicious.”
Qin Muling secretly thought to himself that he was now in a local inn with the highest standards. This place usually entertained casual cultivators with some wealth and status, so it provided good spiritual wine and food, although the prices were not cheap.
The city where the inn is located, as well as the surrounding territory of more than three thousand miles, all belong to the Yang family, and all valuable properties on the territory are controlled by this monk family.
On this landmass with a radius of tens of thousands of miles, there are five or six small sects similar to the Yang family, and they all share the interests of the land.
In fact, the history of the Yang family is not that long, just over a thousand years, and the ancestors of the Yang family are three couples of casual cultivators. It is said that they are only at the seventh or eighth level of the real world. But in this relatively remote and barren area
, can also be regarded as a powerful party.
This situation is common. In order to protect themselves, many casual cultivators choose to join a group to keep warm, establish their own family or sect, or join those ready-made power organizations.
Although small sects and small families are not doing well, they are still better off than individual cultivators. And these small forces are dependent on the medium forces, and above the medium forces there are large forces, and finally there is the giant of the Haoyue Sword Sect.
A super-level existence.
Qin Muling has been out for more than a month and has traveled all around the Yunmeng Fairyland. After repeated comparisons and weighings, he finally decided to choose this place as his temporary residence.
"After you've eaten and drank enough, let's go for a walk and see if you have any fun."
Qin Muling made up his mind and said that since he came to this time and space, he has never gone out for fun. After all, his strength does not allow it. Now that he has the cultivation level of the real person, at least he can walk sideways here.
After a while, a beautiful young man with eyes like paint appeared on the street. He was dressed in green clothes and wore a sword at his waist. He was as tall and handsome as jade. He was walking leisurely, attracting the attention of many young girls and young wives in the shops along the street.
Pay attention. There are female cultivators and mortals inside.
Looking up, an orange-red sun hangs in the sky. It is the source of vitality for several floating floating land in the surrounding void.
After tens of thousands of years of development, the floating land under our feet has been transformed into countless mortal dynasties and kingdoms. Now it is running in a prosperous and prosperous manner, with everything it should have. Billions of mortals can still live and work in peace and contentment.
The bloody turmoil among the monks would not affect them under normal circumstances.
Qin Muling took a stroll and turned the corner and saw a gambling shop with a rather gorgeous facade. Standing on the steps were two rows of tall, round-waisted martial artists, as well as a group of garish maids with bright smiles to welcome guests.
After a moment of hesitation, Qin Muling walked up the steps.
These maids were pretty and pretty. Qin Muling felt it casually and found that they all had a Qi Refining Realm background. They were relatively high-status women in this place, but they were used to do the work of welcoming guests. It can be seen that the secret behind the gambling house was
The Dong family is quite powerful and should be controlled by the Yang family.
Seeing Qin Muling approaching, several girls looked at him without leaving a trace. After seeing his attire and handsome, sculpture-like face, friendly and charming smiles appeared on their faces. They came over to bow and salute, and spoke warmly.
Greeted softly.
A casual cultivator who seems to have the strength of the Dan Condensing Realm? He must have a lot of money. In their eyes, he is certainly a distinguished guest worthy of hospitality.
Soon, Qin Muling was welcomed into the VIP area, where there were already more than ten casual cultivators, having a great time in front of the large gambling table.
Every monk is followed step by step by one or two beautiful and boldly dressed women. Moreover, the spiritual wine, tea and food provided here are the best that can be found locally. Of course, the prices are very low, and they are all customers anyway.
We pay the bill, and the wool comes from the sheep.
"Well, please help me exchange 10,000 high-grade spiritual stones for chips first!"
Qin Muling said to a maid beside him, took out a prepared storage bag and handed it to her.
As for valuable resources such as spiritual crystals, it is impossible to bring them out on such a small occasion, otherwise those old guys from the Yang family might consider turning against them directly, killing people and taking wealth.
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment, we will get it done for you right away!"
The maid responded enthusiastically.
In a moment, a thousand exquisite and small bright yellow jade chips were placed in front of Qin Muling, which attracted the attention of the casual cultivators. For them, this was a huge sum of money.
Most of the chips in front of them were only worth a few hundred high-grade spiritual stones in total, and the most were only worth one or two thousand high-grade spiritual stones.
A big fat sheep came?
The casual cultivators present all had this thought in their hearts. They exchanged subtle glances with each other, as if they were planning to join forces later.
Beside the gambling table, six monks with the strength of Enlightenment Realm and Dan Condensation Realm, wearing uniform black robes, stood upright, with experienced and shrewd eyes patrolling those monks from time to time.
At this moment, there are several casual cultivators sitting around the gambling table, five men and three women, with cultivation levels ranging from the Enlightenment Realm to the Transformation Infant Realm. They all seem to have a small fortune, otherwise they would not come to this place to have fun.
"Everyone, can we start?"
A tall and thin middle-aged male cultivator said in an indifferent tone: "I will bet fifty yuan of high-grade spiritual stones. If you are willing to follow, please feel free to do so."
He threw out a handful of chips and scanned the crowd with flickering eyes. With Qin Muling's keen sense, it was not difficult to figure out that his real target was for him.
At the same time, there were five or six other people who glanced at Qin Muling with vague and malicious eyes. Who made him look the richest?
The living environment of the casual cultivator group is generally harsh, and there are many desperadoes among them. There are also endless cunning and gloomy characters who can transform into greedy and bloodthirsty wolves at any time when they meet the right opportunity. Qin Muling knows this very well and does not move.
He was visibly prepared to flip over the table.
"Same, fifty pieces of high-grade spiritual stones."
As Qin Muling spoke, he threw out five jade chips and started drinking tea calmly, turning a blind eye to the beautiful maid sent next to him.
"Okay then, we'll give you a hundred high-grade spiritual stones."
A pair of female nuns who seemed to be sisters looked at each other and threw out their chips, and then the rest of the men and women also placed their bets, ranging in number from thirty to fifty to one hundred and two hundred.
The dice used by the monks on the gambling table are naturally different from those in the secular world. They are specially refined magic weapons and are of a high grade. Even casino veterans have no chance of cheating.
It didn't take long for the results of the first round to be finalized.
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