"You are neither from the Ma clan nor from Xiaozhou Mountain. Are you from other provinces? Passing by here?" The older man continued to cross-examine.
Xue Chen also wanted to find out what the two people just said, so he answered the question very cooperatively, saying that he was an authentic Yunzhou Province native.
"I don't belong to any inheritance. I'm just a loner. I've heard Mr. Qi from Yang'an mention the Gray Immortal Sect before, but I didn't expect to meet him here today."
"You said you...have no inheritance? How is this possible? You have no inheritance. Who taught you how to set up the spirit gathering array?" the young man asked suspiciously.
Xue Chen glanced at this person and said that it was not convenient to disclose this issue.
"Oh, so you know Qi Yunshan?" The older man nodded slightly, and then snorted, "I believe you don't have an inheritance. Even if you do, you probably don't have any elders.
Otherwise, no one will tell you that you are not allowed to enter the territory of other inheritances. It would be taboo at that time, you know?"
"Please tell this gentleman carefully what taboos I have committed, and it is true that no one has told me." Seeing the certainty of this man's words, Xue Chen realized that there must be something wrong, but he just didn't know it.
.
"Xiao Bei, tell him what taboos he has committed and what he has done wrong." The older man ordered.
The young man named Xiaobei stepped forward, faced Xue Chen, and said dissatisfiedly: "Do you know that once a spirit gathering array is arranged in a place and the spiritual energy is absorbed, it will take at least ten years for this land
Can we completely recover as before and become full of spiritual energy? Therefore, each inheritance has its own territory. Only people from this inheritance can set up the spirit gathering array on this land and absorb the spiritual energy here. People from other inheritances can enter
Setting up the spirit gathering array here is crossing the line, breaking a taboo, and is stealing!"
Uh~ Xue Chen immediately understood. It turns out that this was the case. He did not know about this matter. Qi Yunshan had not mentioned it to him. He couldn't help but ask: "So, the entire Yunzhou Province has been controlled by Prince Qi's Mansion and the Ma family.
Clan, Xiaozhoushan is divided between your Gray Immortal Sect?
"You can say that, but it's not entirely true. Xiao Zhoushan has just returned from outside. There was no place for them originally. However, there are only a few people in Prince Qi's Mansion, so they seem to occupy part of the territory of Prince Qi's Mansion." The middle-aged man said.
Xue Chen nodded, but he didn't understand in his heart. Yunzhou Province is such a large area, and there are only four inheritances in total. It should be very abundant. Why are you so unhappy?
When he asked, the middle-aged man refuted: "The land area of Yunzhou Province is very large, but if you look carefully, many places have been occupied by cities, and there are a large number of people living there, and densely populated areas
Spiritual energy is very thin and has been gradually consumed. After excluding those areas, there is not much left. And every time the spirit gathering array is deployed, it will directly hollow out several kilometers or even more than ten kilometers.
It will take ten years to recover. If you don’t use it sparingly, it will be completely consumed in less than ten years.”
The young man Xiaobei also took over the conversation: "Aura is the only resource for cultivation. Without aura, there is no way to practice. And what you just absorbed is the aura that belongs to our Gray Immortal Sect. If my uncle and I hadn't happened to
I also set up a spirit-gathering array nearby, so I wouldn’t notice it yet. I just suddenly felt the spiritual energy being swept away, so I knew someone must be stealing the spiritual energy nearby.”
Although he did not do it unintentionally, it did seem that he had infringed on the interests of the Gray Immortal Sect. Xue Chen was also a reasonable person, so he was not angry at the two people for not giving him a good look. After thinking about it in his heart, he first asked the two
The person apologized.
"I'm really sorry. I didn't know there was such a taboo, so I accidentally came to the realm of your Gray Immortal Sect to absorb spiritual energy."
The expressions of the two people in front of them softened a little, and the middle-aged man said lightly that it is not to blame for those who don't know, just don't let it happen next time.
Xue Chen naturally agreed, and then raised his eyebrows: "But I have another question to ask. Since the territory of Yunzhou Province has been divided up, if another lineage comes to Yunzhou Province, then
What should we do? People of this heritage also need to absorb spiritual energy."
Regarding this question, young Xiaobei probably didn't know how to solve it, so he kept his mouth shut and said nothing, while the middle-aged man answered.
"The situation you mentioned is rare. A lineage often lives in one place for generations and will not easily leave its ancestral home. If you join and leave your ancestral home to live in another place, you must inform other local lineages.
Invite the leaders of all the inheritances together, and then discuss together, each family can give a part of its territory to the new inheritance."
Xue Chen thought about it carefully and immediately asked another question: "Since the land is so important, every family is reluctant to give it away, so how to distribute it and how much each family will give out? If the subsequent inheritance is not satisfactory,
What will happen?”
"Do you still need to ask? Of course, it depends on strength. If latecomers want to get enough land, they must have enough skills. As for how much each local inheritance family can contribute, it depends on each family's ability!"
The young man Xiaobei blurted out.
"That's it, I understand." Xue Chen understood clearly in his heart. To put it bluntly, he still spoke with his fists, simply and directly.
"Okay, let's go. Remember, you are not allowed to cross the line again, otherwise we won't be able to talk so easily next time." The middle-aged man looked serious.
Xue Chen asked one more thing before leaving, that is, the division of Yunzhou Province among these inheritances and the specific boundaries. The middle-aged man briefly talked about it, and he quickly sketched a rough outline in his mind.
map.
Excluding Xiaozhoushan who just returned to Yunzhou Province, there are only three inheritances left. In proportion, the three inheritances of the Ma family, Pinghe Huixianmen and Prince Qi's Mansion each have a larger territory for absorbing spiritual energy.
At the smallest level, the area of the Ma family is almost twice that of Prince Qi's palace.
"Qi Yunshan said that the Ma family whose ancestors came from Longhu Mountain is the strongest. It seems true. It seems that of these three inheritances, Prince Qi's Palace is also the weakest."
Xue Chen knew the map of Yunzhou Province very well, and soon discovered something was wrong. Yunzhou Province has several mountain ranges next to Gannan Province. It should be regarded as the most sparsely populated area in Yunzhou Province, and the spiritual energy should be abundant. However,
It seems that it is no longer within the boundaries of these three inheritances.
"What's going on with the Baiyun Mountains to the west of Pinggu City? It doesn't seem to be within the boundaries of the three families you just mentioned."
When he raised this question, the expressions of the two people from Huixianmen in Pinghe City became slightly unnatural, and they did not speak for a while.
"Don't you know Qi Yunshan? Then go ask him, Xiaobei, let's go."
Xue Chen stood there and watched the two people from the Gray Immortal Sect turn around and leave. He realized that something was strange. Logically speaking, the area over the Baiyun Mountains was not small, and it was the most sparsely populated place in the entire Yunzhou Province.
The best place to lay out the spirit gathering array and absorb spiritual energy, but how could it not be within the boundaries of the three inheritances?
There was no signal for mobile phones in the mountains. After getting out of the mountains, Xue Chen wanted to find out the problem, so he called Qi Yunshan and first told him what he had experienced today.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you about this. This is indeed the case. That's good. In the future, you can go to the realm inherited by our Prince Qi's Mansion to absorb the spiritual energy. Fortunately, the person you met is not from the Ma family.
Generally speaking, the people of the Gray Immortal Sect are pretty good people, but the people of the Ma clan are not easy to talk to. If it were them today, they would inevitably be in more trouble."
Xue Chen was very grateful to Qi Yunshan for his generosity in letting him use his land, but he had other ideas in mind, so he did not answer the question. Instead, he asked about the Baiyun Mountains. When he asked,
Qi Yunshan also remained silent for a while.
"Sigh." Qi Yunshan sighed deeply, "Speaking of this matter, our three inheritances in Yunzhou Province are really useless. The territory that should belong to us has been occupied by outsiders. What you said
Based on its geographical location, this place is the best place for spiritual energy in Yunzhou Province. The same spiritual energy gathering array can gather twice as much spiritual energy as other places! Unfortunately, it has been snatched away by an inheritance from Gannan Province.
Already."
Taken away? Xue Chen, who was sitting in the car, was stunned and suddenly realized. No wonder the faces of the two people from the Gray Immortal Sect just now were not very good-looking. It turned out that they felt ashamed.
"The most prosperous spiritual practice inheritance in Gannan Province is called Yulong Cave. It is said that the ancestors of the Yulong Cave heritage once rescued a seriously injured white dragon in a cave. Therefore, they received a gift from the white dragon and were able to enter the path of spiritual practice and practice in that cave.
After thirty years of success, the inheritors of Yulong Cave now live at the junction of the two provinces. Not only do they occupy a large area of beautiful scenery in Gannan Province, but almost ten years ago, the people of Yulong Cave also took away the area of the Baiyun Mountains.
The right to use the cave originally belonged to the three of us, but we couldn’t afford to offend the Jade Dragon Cave, so we had no choice but to agree.”
After understanding why, Xue Chen stopped talking about this matter. After all, it was not a glorious matter, and he remembered the inheritance of Jade Dragon Cave in his heart.
Xue Chen already regarded Qi Yunshan as his friend, and he also knew that the competition at the end of the month was of great importance, so he cared about it.
"The people in Xiaozhou Mountain have also been displaced over the years. Although there are more people than us in Prince Qi's Mansion, there are no powerful figures. If we, the inheritors of Prince Qi's Mansion, can unite and work together to compete, Xiaozhou Mountain will not be able to occupy anything.
Cheap……"
Xue Chen thought to himself, even so, the question is, are the two people willing to work together? He also realized that Qi Yunshan and his wife are likely to suffer in this competition. (To be continued)