Chapter 11: The Eagle Palace
Of course, although the cultivators in the Ghost Dao are divided into six sects, like the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the human world, countless sects have been derived under each gate, such as the Ghost Vulture Palace, to which the Venerable Master Mo Qi belongs, is good at exorcism and Gu techniques, but to say that these two methods are the best in the world, then it is really the Venerable Master Mo Qi boasting about himself, at most in the realm of His Royal Highness the King of Qin.
There are a total of thirty-six "official" sects that can be called ghosts, and they belong to the command of the ten kings, and the Ghost Vulture Palace is naturally one of them, which can be regarded as the "famous and upright" in the ghost road. There are also many sects, such as the Bunu Temple under the Buddhism Gate, although the strength of the disciples is not weak, at most they can only win the position of a "guest secretary", and things like treatment cannot be compared with the official sect.
In fact, in the Ghost Dao, the main forces in the cultivator realm are not composed of these official sects, but many families!
This is completely different from the Tao of the world, there are naturally a lot of cultivator families in the Tao of the world, the descendants of these families rely on the shadow of their predecessors, and they have one or two hands that are unique things, but they can't become too big a climate, they belong to the second and third rate forces, and the disciples of the family either need to go honestly to the twelve heavenly gates to continue to practice, or they will be classified as scattered cultivation, if the inheritance is the Taoism of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, it is fine, if it is a family that practices other exercises, it will be directly defined as the side door and the left way, The status in the cultivator world is almost the bottom of the existence.
But here, the family power is the real wealthy lord, for example, the families of the ten kings are all ten super-first-class cultivator families.
Originally, Xiao Lang also wondered why the Ghost Vulture Palace would obey the orders of a mortal prince, even if it was really for enjoyment, he could make King Qin a puppet, wouldn't it be easier to get what he wanted. After listening to Mo Qi's narration, he realized that the royal family behind His Royal Highness King Qin could completely explode the entire Ghost Vulture Palace, and with this gap in strength, he couldn't help but be disobedient to the Ghost Vulture Palace.
As for the prime ministers, eunuchs, imperial historians, etc., under the command of King Qin, they are also from first-class cultivator families. Representing the interests of their respective families, in comparison, a sect like the Ghost Vulture Palace is more like a thug of these cultivator families. The status is really not high, for example, the palace master of the Ghost Vulture Palace, and his official position under the command of King Qin is just a general of the left.
This is the family in the ghost road, this is the power that the family can control, if the family in the human road is dependent on the sect and exists, then the sect in the ghost road is dependent on the family in order to survive.
And even if it is a sect, it is actually formed by several families, and almost all of its descendants are family children, such as Xiao Lang "outsiders". It is almost impossible to become a descendant disciple of the Ghost Vulture Palace, unless you show enough talent and then marry a woman from a sect family before you can be included in the heirloom lineage.
But fortunately, these sects also accept disciples with different surnames, and it is not impossible for disciples with different surnames to climb up. Anyway, in the human world, it is impossible for a disciple's strength to be passed on, and compared to it, those families are completely inherited by blood, even if you are extremely talented and become a son-in-law and join the family, you are just a guest elder. At most, the younger generations have the opportunity to change their surnames and join the family, but this has nothing to do with you.
In short, the cultivators of the Ghost Dao had already attached importance to bloodlines to the point of being harsh, and in Xiao Lang's eyes, they were completely unreasonable existences, and fortunately they were discovered by the Venerable Master Mo Qi in the Xudu City, otherwise. Just because Xiao Lang and Su Youbai want to worship the entry sect, it is really difficult to ascend to the sky, people will not be like the various sects of the human world, they have to send disciples in major cities every few years, for fear that the good seedlings will be robbed by other sects.
Hear here. Xiao Lang then asked the Venerable Master Mo Qi, "Then I don't know which branch of the Venerable Master's family belongs to the Ghost Vulture Palace, and whether he is practicing the method of exorcism or Gu cultivation?" ”
Master Mo Qi blushed when he asked this, but there was no way to hide this kind of thing, so he had to say embarrassedly: "I practice the method of medicine and demon gate, and I am the daughter of the Hua family. ”
Xiao Lang suddenly realized, no wonder he was so interested in Su Youbai, he dared to love because he thought that Su Youbai's state of being a demon cultivator was very suitable for being a demon cultivator.
As for him himself, it seems that he belongs to the kind of woman who is originally a disciple with a different surname, but his own strength is good, and he married a woman from the Hua family, so he was included in the inheritance, otherwise a job like coming to the capital city is obviously very oily and watery, and it will not be sent to outsiders.
However, it is obvious that the position of Master Mo Qi is still very embarrassing, the Ghost Vulture Palace is good at exorcism and making Gu, but he has cultivated the method of medicine and demons, and obviously he will not get too much attention from the Ghost Vulture Palace in the future, after all, even if Master Mo Qi wants to learn, he will not be able to get more resources in the Ghost Vulture Palace.
After a day of talking, everyone came to the outside of the Ghost Vulture Palace, during which Master Mo Qi told Xiao Lang a lot of things, which he would say later.
No matter how big or small the sects in the human world, they like to "contract" an inaccessible mountain as a station. For example, the Burial Sword Villa, there is a Lutai Mountain that is not famous but the feng shui spiritual vein is still first-class, and the small sect is not enough to occupy a mountain, you can also choose the valley mountain stream, even if it is Emei, Qingcheng This kind of heavenly gate, the reputation of the mortals in Dalian knows, and they will also lay a large array to cover the gate of their own sect, isolating the eyes of the world.
But whether it is a famous mountain or a valley stream, it doesn't matter whether the spiritual veins of heaven and earth are abundant for the time being, but they are all inaccessible places, and the picture is a quiet place, how can it not be like the Shaolin Wudang in later generations, and no matter how beautiful the place is, it is also filthy.
But the sects of the ghost road are different, completely different, and they are directly built in the city, or the city is originally dependent on the sect and exists, and the ghost vulture palace is built in the middle of the ghost vulture city, as if the palace is as grand, and even the ghost vulture city is far larger than the capital city.
Naturally, the guards at the city gate were not ordinary soldiers, but disciples of the Ghost Vulture Palace, and when they saw Master Mo Qi coming, they saluted respectfully.
Master Mo Qi really had the "demeanor" of being a senior, and he had no intention of returning the courtesy, so he led everyone inside.
This Ghost Vulture City is actually no different from the Xudu City, there are many shops in it, inns, restaurants, tea shops, of course, there are some scattered cultivators, they also do business here, and the objects they sell are almost useless to real cultivators, but they are good treasures of great value to ordinary people.
There are also many loose bazaars spontaneously formed by cultivators, called ghost stores, and nine and a half of the ten items sold in them are fake, but there are always people who come to the ghost store to buy for that half.
Originally, Xiao Lang thought that Mo Qi would take them back to the Ghost Vulture Palace, but before he thought about it, he stopped outside a courtyard near the wall of the Ghost Vulture Palace, obviously, this was his home.
Although he is not qualified to live in the Ghost Vulture Palace, after all, this place is close to the Ghost Vulture Palace, the environment is quite quiet, and the construction of the house is also elegant, but because it is close to the wall of the Eagle Palace, it is not allowed to build a two-story building.
On the gate of the courtyard, there are three big characters of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, "Moqi Mansion", this text Xiao Lang can barely recognize, it is a Taoist text.
But before Master Mo Qi could enter, a woman walked from behind everyone and came directly to Master Mo Qi with her hand outstretched.