Chapter 35: The Four Great Sects

Hou Zuiliu is just a mortal who is obsessed with cultivators, and most of his news is heard from some people in the rivers and lakes, or from the teahouse and restaurant in Wangduli, but he still told Ma Xie a lot, especially about some sects.

The number of sects and states is almost the same on this road, and they are all very effective forms of organization to control mortals and cultivators.

The state generally occupies a large area of land and population, while the sect occupies a large number of cultivation exercises, so generally speaking, the state controls the majority of mortals, while the sect controls most of the practitioners. Between the two, most of them are competitive. For example, the Jin State had strict control over sects. Without the permission of the monarch, no sect is allowed to open a sect in the Jin State, that is to say, all the sects in the Jin State are actually under the control of the Jin monarch. Almost all of the five major powers are like this, and the monarch and the imperial court are actually the largest sects!

The Jin Kingdom is one of the five great powers, and it is impossible for those large sects to live in the Jin Kingdom. Similarly, sects like Haotianmen and Daogong actually control a large number of people and land, and even some medium-sized countries, but the organizational structure of these sects is very different from that of the Jin Kingdom. Sects are better at managing cultivators and don't need a lot of land themselves, but the attraction of sects to mortals is very weak, and it is difficult to prevent mortals from going to other countries in order to survive, so these large sects generally control several medium-sized small countries to ensure the number of mortals in their sphere of influence.

And some medium-sized countries and sects, many of them are cooperative relations, but many times these relationships are not reliable, and there are not a few cases in history where sects interfere in the internal affairs of the country, or the whole country forces to eliminate a sect.

"These sects care a lot about mortals. Qi Nanfeng had a question in his heart: "I thought those cultivators were all high! ”

"How could it be! Mortals are very important to cultivators!" Hou Zuiliu said, "It is said that it is because mortals will bring 'luck' to a country or sect, and only in places where mortals gather a lot will they produce luck and these great forces will be stable. Cultivators do not kill mortals because of 'luck'. ”

At this time, Qi Nanfeng finally understood that it turned out that these forces were competing for mortals, and they were actually competing for the so-called "luck".

Ma Xie didn't care about this, he was more curious about those legendary sects, because Ma Xie also wanted to join one of them, after all, it was difficult for the cultivator's world to move forward without guidance.

According to what Hou Zuiliu said, the number of sects on the mainland is almost as large as that of the state, or even more, because many small sects only have a few people, and some cultivators can start a sect by just finding a mountain.

However, there are ten major sects that are the most powerful: Haotian Sect, Dao Palace, Eternal Life Palace, Leiyin Temple, Shengwu Hall, Burning Soldier Pavilion, Star Flower Sect, Hatredless Valley, and Holy Soldier City.

Among them, Haotian Sect, Dao Palace, Eternal Life Palace, and Leiyin Temple are the four most powerful sects.

Haotian Sect is the Haotian Emperor who once unified the continent was created during his lifetime, "Haoran righteousness, heaven and earth last" is the belief of Haotianmen people, they take Haotian as the name, do righteous things, and have been the leader of the right way in the world for thousands of years, and many mortals in many places regard "Haotian" as a god, they believe that as long as they pray sincerely, Haotian will be resurrected one day, and then lead the human race to kill the strange beasts and become the real master of this continent.

The Dao Palace is the oldest known sect to exist. Before the birth of Emperor Haotian, it was already a top sect, and it has been inherited for hundreds of thousands of years. Even Emperor Haotian of the year did not touch the core areas controlled by the Dao Palace after he unified the continent, but only regarded some of the countries controlled by the Dao Palace as his own. The Dao Palace is also the sect with the most dragon slayers, and someone once said, "There can be no Haotian in the world, but there can be no Dao Sect." "The Taoist Sect has always regarded itself as the orthodoxy of dragon slaying techniques, and many sects have originated in the Dao Palace.

The Hall of Eternal Life is a mysterious sect located in the south, and it is also the sect with the smallest number of the four major sects, it is said that they only seek immortality and have always acted secretly.

Leiyin Temple is the leader of Buddhism in the world, although Buddhism started after the Taoist Palace, but it is also a long inheritance, and it is the only sect that exists in the era of Emperor Haotian and the Taoist Palace.

Although the other sects all dominate one side, they cannot be compared with these four major sects, and the Hatless Valley and the Holy Soldier City are the leaders of the "Divine Weapon Alliance" and the "Thaumaturgical Alliance" respectively, they each occupy a large area, and they also have the right to issue their own "Dragon Slaying Order", which is an existence that is in opposition to the four major sects and the five major powers.

"What about the Heavenly Martial Sect that day?

The disciple is in action. "Ma Xie naturally won't let go of this opportunity to inquire about the information of the Heavenly Martial Sect.

Hou Zuiliu waved his hand: "What is Tianwu Sect, but it is a second-rate sect of the Jin Kingdom, and it has a little power in our north, and it is also forcibly suppressed by Xuanzong Xuanzong, but the backer behind Tianwu Sect is "Xuanyang Gate", and Tianwu Sect has always been considered to be the branch of Xuanyang Gate in the north.

In fact, what Hou Zuiliu didn't know was that the relationship between Tianwu Sect and Xuanyangmen was very deep, and the founder of Tianwu Sect, the old man Tianwu, was a disciple of Xuanyangmen, and he also took root in the north of the Jin Kingdom in order to expand the power of Xuanyangmen.

For so many years, the outstanding disciples of the Tianwu Sect have been selected by the Xuanyang Sect, and the Xuanyang Sect has become the largest sect in the Jin Kingdom by such means, and it is also famous in the entire continent.

Everyone chatted all the way forward, Ma Xie knew more things from Hu Jian and Hou Zuiliu, especially some strange news from the rivers and lakes, and of course there were many things about the wind and snow, every time they talked about this, they deliberately avoided Qi Nanfeng and Aman, but they had to pull Ma Xie up, which made Ma Xie eat a lot of eyes.

Hu Jian is a very talkative person, he not only knows a lot of strange things on the mainland, but also has a lot of stories that he heard from nowhere, and every time he camps in the wilderness, Hu Jian's favorite thing is to tell ghost stories to Aman.

"Aman, I'll continue to tell you stories tonight. Hu Jian began to "trick" the children again: "I still have half a roast rabbit left, do you want to eat it?"

Ah Man looked at Hu Jian tangledly, he had been fooled several times, and every time he would be frightened and his face would be distorted, as if he was crying but not crying, and he seemed to be laughing but not laughing. However, Qi Nanfeng didn't organize Hu Jian, at first she was very disgusted with Hu Jian doing this, but until one day Amen told her that she liked to listen to Hu Jian's story, and once Hu Jian scared Aman so much that she seemed to cry.

Qi Nanfeng finally saw an expression other than "smile" on Aman's face, although it was only for a moment, but Qi Nanfeng's emotions until Aman gradually changed to a normal person, which was what her sister was most worried about, Aman is still young now, Qi Nanfeng hopes that there can be a miracle doctor in Wangcheng who can cure Aman's disease.

In this way, a team of people settled in the wasteland, and Aman finally listened to the story of Hu Jian's "faceless girl" under the temptation of rabbit legs.

(End of chapter)