Chapter 52: Seven States in the last chapter
However, Song Mingting only drew talismans into ten bricks, and stopped after drawing them. Because drawing talismans into bricks is much more tiring than burning bricks, it takes a lot of energy to consume every time. Even he couldn't keep drawing them and had to rest.
However, even when he was resting, Song Mingting was not idle. He once again took out the stone basin that he used to mix talisman water, and first poured a lump of soil into the basin. The soil appeared a faint blue-purple color, and the faint blue-purple mist steamed in the sun, constantly interpreting various scenes, like a dream.
This is Yunmeng Mud, which was exchanged with the Sun God Needle last time he exchanged for the Sun God Needle. This kind of soil is only available in Yunmengze, which has a strong psychedelic effect. Yunmengze is a lake in Zhongzhou, located in the territory of Changqing Sect.
The world where he lives is called "Shangzhangjie", which was called "Ganlongjie" in ancient times, and it was divided into seven states. These seven states are Zhongzhou, Yanzhou, Jingzhou, Junzhou, Linzhou, Maozhou and Wuzhou.
Among them, Zhongzhou is located in the middle of this boundary and is also the state with the widest region, with a large land and vast resources.
Jingzhou is the second largest state in their previous chapter. It is located in the northwest of Zhongzhou, across the sea from Zhongzhou, and is separated by a narrow and long sea area between them.
Then there is Yanzhou, which is adjacent to Zhongzhou, located in the east of Zhongzhou. There is a huge mountain range between them, which is the third largest state in the Shangzhang Realm.
Next is Junzhou. Junzhou is located in the northeast of Zhongzhou, ranking fourth among the seven states, facing Yanzhou across the sea, and is separated by a wide sea area between them. The Guizang Jiange is located above Junzhou.
Then there is Linzhou. Linzhou is located in the southeast of Zhongzhou, hanging alone overseas, facing Zhongzhou and Yanzhou across the sea. Relatively speaking, it is closer to Yanzhou and ranks fifth among the seven states.
Next is Maozhou, which is located directly south of Zhongzhou, and is separated from Zhongzhou by a huge, dense, miasma-filled jungle, ranking sixth among the seven states.
Finally, Wuzhou is the smallest state among the seven states. It is located in the southwest of Zhongzhou, and is separated from Zhongzhou, Jingzhou and Maozhou by a long distance, truly hanging from overseas.
The ten schools of righteous path, the six sects of the demon path and the two sects are located on these seven major prefectures. Among them, the Changqing Sect, the Taishang Sect, the Ming Ghost Sect, the Gu Shen Sect, the Wan Beast Sect, the Fenglei Sect, and the Danqing Sect are located in Zhongzhou, Bodhi Temple and Qinglian Temple are located in Jingzhou, Chunyang Sect and Dari Temple are located in Yanzhou, Tianqin Sect and the Shechao Sect are located in Junzhou, Niming Sect and the Heijing Temple are located in Linzhou, Poison King Sect is located in Maozhou, and Wuwen Sect is located in Wuzhou. The last dragon ruins are the most special, located in the deep sea.
In addition, there is another characteristic: the righteous sects are almost all located in the north, while the demon sects are all located in the south - above Zhongzhou. Although the Changqing Sect, Taishang Sect, Fenglei Jiange, and Danqing Sect occupy most of the area of Zhongzhou, compared with the Ming Ghost Sect and the Gu Shen Sect, they are all located in the north, so the pattern of "Northern Righteous Way and Southern Demon Way" has been formed.
In addition, there are two temples in the three Buddhist temples above Jingzhou. The Buddhist and Taoist temples are prosperous, so most sects are Buddhist and Taoist schools. Therefore, Jingzhou is also called Fanzhou and is the base camp of Buddhism and Taoism.
These eighteen sects occupy almost the best area of the seven states, and also occupy three-quarters of the area of the seven states. The remaining hundreds of sects of all sizes can only occupy one-quarter of the area. The Guizang Sword Pavilion is one of them, but their Guizang Sword Pavilion was once one of the top sects, and even barely been the largest sect in the Taoist world for about a hundred years. Even if it is not as great as before, it will not be too declining.
Therefore, the area occupied by Guizang Jian Pavilion is not small, it is only smaller than that of the Tianqin Sect, the Shichao Jian Pavilion, which is the ten sects of righteousness, and is more than most major sects with the same level as their Guizang Jian Pavilion.
This is the general pattern of the world today. Yunmengze is a large lake in Zhongzhou, known as the "Eight Hundred Miles Yunmengze" and is located in the Changqing Sect. This lake is very famous and has beautiful scenery. The lake is covered with large areas of light blue and purple clouds all day long. Moreover, the clouds will continue to interpret different scenes and weave huge fantasies. People in it can easily fall into the fantasy. Later, people call the light blue and purple clouds on the lake the clouds, and this magical lake was named Yunmengze.
As for why Yunmengze has such a magical scene? According to legend, this is because there is a mirage spirit living in Yunmengze that has lived for countless years, and the Yunmeng energy is actually the mirage spirit that is swallowed and spit out by the mirage spirit. But this is just a legend, and it is not known whether it is true or false.
The lump of soil he threw into the stone basin just now was the mud at the bottom of Yunmengze Lake. Because it came from Yunmengze, it contained a large amount of Yunmeng energy. This kind of soil was not precious. Yunmengze was everywhere, but because the illusion in Yunmengze was full of, it was very difficult to dig it up from Yunmengze. In addition, the Changqing Sect is thousands of miles away from their Guizang Sword Pavilion, so the price of Yunmengcun has greatly increased.
Therefore, although the cloud mud in front of him was only a small piece, he spent a lot of gold and Tongbao to exchange for this small piece of cloud mud.
After Song Mingting put Yunmeng mud into the stone basin, he pounded it with a stone pestle a few times, then took out a jade bottle and poured some pink water into the stone basin. These waters were also prepared by him a few days ago and were only finished today.
The gouache is like peach blossoms. After passing through Yunmeng mud, a peach blossom face formed. After being pounded by a stone pestle, the face disappeared suddenly. Then Song Mingting put the things aside and ignored them. Then he began to draw talismans into the ink bricks. After drawing talismans into the ten bricks, he stopped, picked up the stone basin next to him, added a new material, and tinted it.
In this way, he kept drawing talismans into the ink bricks. When he was tired, he stopped and then blew on the Yunmeng mud in the stone basin. He added dozens of materials to the stone basin one after another. Some of these materials did not need to be processed, some were processed by the people from Tongbao Pavilion, and some were processed and prepared a few days ago. In short, the whole process was very complicated and harsh.
Song Mingting was doing these two things all day long. However, drawing talismans into bricks consumes much more energy than simply burning bricks. Even Song Mingting couldn't continue to do it, so he just drew talismans into dozens of bricks throughout the day.
Chapter completed!