"Is the Emperor's dynasty a country without a sect to protect it?"
Ye Feng somewhat understood the relationship and asked.
"It's not that simple."
Nangong Yun sighed and then said:
"The Wudang Sect is indeed a small sect to the four great immortal sects, but to the mortal world it is a towering existence. The country under its protection is naturally a giant in the mortal world.
What Wudangmen protects is the Tianyuan Empire, and it is the lord of the Tianyuan Empire. The Tianyuan Empire controls several small vassal states, and the Emperor Dynasty is only one of them.
The Sin Domain is surrounded by the Land of the Dead on three sides, forming a natural barrier. The Emperor's Dynasty exclusively occupies it and has a special geographical location.
The only place bordering the Dayan Dynasty is also guarded by a barrier. Mortal legions from the outside cannot enter at all, but their legions can go out.
It seems that they are an isolated land, but they are the safest in troubled times. They are not affected by external invasion and war at all, and are extremely conducive to development and growth.
Thousands of years ago, the Emperor Dynasty launched a war, annexing the three kingdoms of Dayan, Dajiang, and Shangyu in one fell swoop, and took the victorious army to attack the Tianyuan Empire.
In an emergency, Wudangmen sent immortals to join the battle, but they did not kill the mortals in the Sin Domain. They only attacked the immortals, and they were only evenly matched with the Emperor Dynasty. In the end, the superior immortals joined the war and defeated them, encircling and annihilating them all.
Immortal.
However, due to the special nature of the Sin Territory, it cannot be completely occupied and can only be surrendered and monitored by members of the Tianyuan Empire and the Wudang Sect.
The so-called supervision is actually to control the growth of their strength. Once someone from the royal family is found to have outstanding qualifications, they will be required to be sent to the Tianyuan Empire to be used as a hostage.
For thousands of years, the Imperial Dynasty's resources have been massively plundered, its talents suppressed, and its national power has become increasingly weak.
A large number of monks from the Tianyuan Empire and its vassal states continued to infiltrate and develop, which gradually became a trend, and finally gained a certain degree of suppression, making it difficult for the Emperor's dynasty and royal family to become a trend.
Thirty years ago, the situation changed. Fengyuan City was reopened. Although the output was basically mid- to low-grade source crystals, it was definitely a major resource. If it was allowed to be owned by the Emperor Dynasty, its strength would inevitably grow by leaps and bounds.
The Tianyuan Empire, under the instruction of Wudangmen, plundered 90% of it, but in the end it was still uneasy. In addition to the constant surveillance by the Tianyuan Empire, Wudangmen would also send people to review every ten years.
There is only one purpose, which is to control the changes in its strength at all times and never let it grow to the point of threatening it."
"So that's it!"
Ye Feng thought of Feng Ling's previous attitude and finally understood. From this, it seemed that the Emperor's Dynasty was really suffering, and a grudge could last for thousands of years. It was really incomprehensible to an earthling like Ye Feng.
Nangong Yun has such rich social experience. He understood the meaning of Ye Feng's simple words and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said:
"Immortals focus on inheritance, but don't particularly care about blood relations. In addition, with their long lifespans, it is normal for a grudge to last for thousands of years, but once it involves a fight for resources, it is even more impossible to reconcile.
As for the struggle for imperial power among mortals, in fact the influence of immortals is huge, and most of the time they are involuntarily. The so-called dynasty regime is just a puppet behind the scenes.
It would be best if you, Daoyou Ye, have nothing to do with the Emperor's royal family. If you are involved, you can tell us. You are a great favor to us. In three months, we will end this supervision mission and will leave the criminal domain and return to the sect, taking you away with us.
It shouldn’t be a big problem.”
"I have nothing to do with the Emperor's dynasty, so fellow Taoist Yun can rest assured."
Ye Feng was also a little depressed. He really didn't expect that he would almost get involved with the Emperor's Dynasty unintentionally. Now it seems that he should thank Nanjun Wang.
Of course, he was also a little touched. He could understand that it would be extremely difficult for the royal family of the Emperor's Dynasty to leave the realm of sin. Nangong Yun was actually willing to help him. It was definitely not as simple as he said, and he was afraid that it would take a lot of risks.
risk.
This time it was just a normal transaction, no kindness at all, but they remembered the kindness of others and were obviously grateful people, which made Ye Feng like it very much.
"We naturally trust Daoist Ye Ye. The surname Ye is also a common surname. There is a Ye family in the wilderness. It is a famous family. It is said that they are the descendants of Emperor Ye Tian. It is also said that Emperor Ye Tian has already become a real immortal and ascended to the immortal world.
Thanks to the blessing of Emperor Ye Tian, the Ye clan is extremely powerful. Even a sect like our Wudang clan does not dare to provoke them, so the surname Ye is still very respected in the wilderness.
However, the Tianyuan Empire or Wudangmen are afraid of the Emperor Dynasty from ten thousand years ago, and are afraid that they will rise again, so they strictly control those who leave."
"Understood, this is a bit interesting. A high-grade source crystal ore was indeed discovered in the Cursed City, and more than 3,000 high-grade source crystals were eventually polished. Nanjun believes that after paying tribute to the Tianyuan Empire, he can get ten
year's respite.
It seems that this is just wishful thinking, the Tianyuan Empire will not reduce or reduce its taxes and tribute at all."
"Definitely not. The annual tax tribute is not fixed in the first place. The Tianyuan Empire's supervisor in the Emperor's Dynasty determines the amount to be collected based on the output of the Cursed City. The output has been relatively stable in these years, so the tax tribute has not changed much.
, maybe they misunderstood.”
"To be honest, using child labor to mine source crystals in the cursed city is indeed a bit cruel. It is definitely a huge torture for the Emperor's dynasty."
"Everyone knows that this is a method of destroying humanity, but they just can't stop. The reason is very simple. If there is no buying and selling, there will be no killing.
Immortals and monks need Source Crystal to practice, and mortals also need Source Crystal as energy. Driven by huge demand, for the sake of profit, it is impossible to ban it even if you want to.
In fact, the Emperor Dynasty's mining of source crystals was never a threat from the Tianyuan Empire or Wudangmen. It was completely voluntary, because for the past thirty years, they only had to hand in the source crystals every year, and other resources were exempted.
The Emperor's Dynasty has benefited the most from mining the Source Crystal, because the Cursed City is extremely special. People who were not born in the Sin Realm cannot enter at all, and will surely die if they go there.
Therefore, no matter how they monitor it, it is impossible to accurately count their source crystal production. There will always be fish that slip through the net. This is an absolute temptation for the Emperor's Dynasty. Moreover, even if they are counted, there are still 10% of low-grade source crystals left.
In the past thirty years, because of the large number of Source Crystals, the Emperor's Dynasty has become much more calm in the face of the insect famine that occurs once every ten years. Casualties and losses have become smaller and smaller, the population has grown extremely fast, and it has become a lot more prosperous, and its national strength has been greatly improved.
Big recovery.
In just thirty years, the team of monks in the Emperor's Dynasty has grown tremendously. The war monks in the mortal world are the absolute backbone, so they will never give up mining."
Hearing this, Ye Feng's expression became serious.
He knew that what Nangong Yun said was absolutely true. After all, Feng Ling was young and had limited information.
Or maybe what she knew was deliberately passed on. She had a special constitution, and maybe she was just being taken advantage of.