Chapter 10: The Pattern of the Eastern Continent and the Preparation for Leaving Home
In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng went down the mountain and went home, and it had been a month. During the month, except for practicing the Qiankun Mind Method every morning and evening, other martial arts techniques were not practiced much, but they were only practicing occasionally improvised while accompanying the little ones. Therefore, in the past month, in addition to the internal qi cultivation, two more points have been opened, reaching three hundred and eleven. The other martial arts techniques have not made much progress, and besides, with Qin Feng's current cultivation situation, the progress of martial arts techniques must be based on a major breakthrough in internal qi cultivation.
This is also the reason why Qin Feng did not deliberately practice swordsmanship, boxing, and body techniques during the day. In his spare time, Qin Feng usually finds some books about the human geography of the Azure Continent to read to make up for his lack of knowledge of the outside world.
The Azure Continent is divided into two parts, east and west, separated by the vast Tianshui Ocean in the middle, because the Tianshui Ocean is too vast, and there is no tool to cross the ocean on the eastern continent for a while, so the two continents have always intersected very little. Therefore, Qin Feng mostly looked at the situation of the Eastern Continent.
The entire eastern continent is vast and boundless, with countless mountains and rivers, poor mountains and bad waters, and many areas that have not yet been touched by human beings. These areas are either undeveloped or have a harsh environment that is inaccessible to people. In the known human area, the Dongxing Dynasty occupies 28% of the territory, which is the largest and strongest dynasty in the Eastern Continent, and the only ones that can barely match it are the Shengtian Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Shengtian Dynasty accounted for about 25 percent of the territory, while the Great Zhou Dynasty accounted for 24 percent, and the remaining 23 percent of the territory was occupied by a few small dynasties. The reason why those small dynasties have not been embezzled is, first, that most of the areas occupied by small dynasties are relatively barren, and second, these small dynasties are not powerless to fight back, after all, everyone has cultivators in the realm of internal qi, but the number of people is different, and if they can't be defeated, it's still okay to destroy them. Therefore, the three major dynasties did not have the idea of destroying these small dynasties, mainly because the gains outweighed the losses.
However, the conflicts between the three dynasties were relatively frequent, and the respective regions of the three dynasties, such as mining, animal husbandry, manufacturing, etc., were very diverse, which could be described as rich and prosperous. Otherwise, mining and plantation can be said to be a very important strategic industry.
These minerals mainly include gold concentrate, silver concentrate, copper concentrate, iron concentrate, and some rare metal ores with higher value. In addition to iron ore and rare metal ores, gold essence, silver essence, and copper essence are not only used to make some equipment and weapons, but also can be used as circulating currency.
As for the planting industry, it is mainly divided into the cultivation for daily life, mainly various food products, and the cultivation for cultivation, which mainly cultivates various medicinal materials, and has higher requirements for geology. Therefore, the three major dynasties also wanted to expand their territory and obtain more industries to enrich the various needs of the court.
Since a hundred years ago, through a number of large-scale wars, the respective territories of the three major dynasties were established, and the eastern continent also ushered in a hundred years of relative peace, and most of the conflicts and disputes between each other were controlled in a small area, and large-scale dynastic battles never happened.
The five major sects respectively control the five central areas of the Dongxing Dynasty, the Heavenly Sword Sect is in the south, the Heavenly Sword Sect is in the north, the Heavenly Refining Sect is in the west, the Tiandan Sect is in the east, and the Heavenly Array Sect is in the middle. The seven sects and twelve gangs are distributed around the five central areas, which is equivalent to the subsidiary forces of the five major sects, and while developing themselves, they must also hand over thirty percent of the annual income to their respective affiliated sects, and under the seven doors and twelve gangs are the various small sects and family forces, these small sects and families alone or several families unite to manage one or more cities, and half of the income must be handed over to their respective subordinate forces every year.
The four major families of Yinshan City belong to several families who have joined forces to manage the city, and it is said that it is a big family relative to Yinshan City, a remote city in the southwest, in terms of the tower-like distribution of power in the Dongxing Dynasty, the power of the four families of Qin, Chen, Li and Liu is at the bottom of the tower, and Yinshan City is only a small city among the dozen or so cities managed by the Anode Gate, and the Lieyang City where the Anode Gate is located is at least as big as five in Yinshan City.
If Qin Feng wants to go to the Heavenly Sword Sect, he definitely needs to determine the location of the Heavenly Sword Sect and determine the route. Therefore, the map of the Dongxing Dynasty has been turned over and over by Qin Feng to see it many times, from Yinshan City to the Heavenly Sword City where the Heavenly Sword Sect is located, you first need to reach Lieyang City, and there are more routes from Lieyang City to Heavenly Sword City, but no matter how you choose the route, the distance from Yinshan City to Heavenly Sword City is not less than 60,000 miles.
A distance of 60,000 miles, if you ride a Black Wind Horse that travels 5,000 miles a day, it will take at least 12 days, obviously, horses and people cannot stop all the time. The Black Wind Horse can be said to be the fastest mount in the Eastern Continent, but there are not many of them, and most of them are in the hands of big forces and armies, and the entire Yinshan City is less than a hundred, compared to the population of more than 10 million cities, it is a luxury to have a Black Wind Horse.
Of course, each of the four major families has a dozen Black Wind horses. Qin Feng didn't plan to use the Black Wind Horse to rush away, because, before parting with his master Lao Xiang, his own master explained that he had to experience a lot, deal with different people more, and have the opportunity to meet opponents with comparable cultivation, so he also had to learn more and see different martial arts techniques, so as to test his cultivation results, so as to go further on the road of cultivation. Therefore, I plan to choose a slower white green horse to hurry, the white green horse is also a common mount in the Eastern Dynasty, and it can travel three thousand miles a day, although it is not as good as the black wind horse, but it is not slow.
The day of departure was set for five days later, and in these five days, Qin Feng compiled the ethereal footwork, the Falling Leaves Colorful Fist, and some of his own cultivation experiences into a book and handed them over to his father Qin Huai'an, hoping to increase the strength of the family. Then he asked the family to collect a batch of medicinal materials in Yinshan City, refined some pills that were useful for cultivation and left them at home, and of course, he also specially refined a few bottles of Yangyan Pills for his mother Chen. Chen knew that his young son was leaving home again, so he was naturally very reluctant.
In the past month, in fact, Qin Feng has not communicated much with the people in his family, after many years of penance after leaving home, the young man does not know how to express his feelings, and his father and several brothers are busy with family affairs, so it is impossible to accompany Qin Feng every day, just take the time to chat with the young man about family life and ask for martial arts.
Although his mother Chen had time, she didn't have too many topics to communicate with Qin Feng, so she had to cook various delicacies for Qin Feng from time to time, and then watched the young man sweep away the food he had made with his own hands, which made him feel warm. Fifth sister Qin Yu, although she has more time than her father and brother, the twenty-second daughter's family, seeing that her younger brother, who is five years younger than herself, has invested more time in cultivation in order to open up a lot of herself.
So during this time at home, the most time spent with Qin Feng is a child of five ages, a child, who spends more time with, who will be close to him. Although Qin Feng played the role of an elder and half a master among the children during this time, because Qin Feng himself did not feel that it was boring to play with children because of his superb cultivation, but because he lacked the fun that he should have when he was a child, he did his best to guide and take care of the five children, and his attitude was also amiable, so the five little guys were even closer to Qin Feng, knowing that Qin Feng was about to leave, they all pouted and begged Qin Feng to stay, which made the young man really at a loss, saying that he was leaving to find his own master, and he would often come back to see everyone in the future。 And asked the five children to insist on cultivating, and the martial arts techniques they handed over to them by themselves, and they would test the results one by one when they came back in the future, and the five children immediately responded that they would definitely work hard to cultivate, and they would be as powerful as Qin Feng in the future.
Five days passed in a flash, and in the early morning, Qin Feng stood in front of the Qin Mansion and said goodbye to his family one by one, his parents and brothers showed a look of reluctance, and his mother Chen had tears in her eyes. Qin Lan, Li Yuanhua and his wife also came to say goodbye, followed by Li Yuanqing, who had not been seen for many days. The girl changed her shyness in the past, said goodbye to Qin Feng generously, and thanked Qin Feng for his guidance and help in her martial arts cultivation, hoping that she would have the opportunity to consult Qin Feng again in the future. The boy responded modestly, learned from each other, and as long as he returned to Yinshan City in the future, the girl was welcome to come and ask for advice at any time.
Qin Feng looked at a few children again, and the five little guys immediately ran over, some held Qin Feng's thighs, some held Qin Feng's hands and plackets, one by one, they were reluctant, Qin Feng had no choice but to persuade the little ones again, and promised them that they would come back to see everyone often, and after speaking, they picked them up one by one, and told them not to patronize and have fun, but also to study and cultivate hard, and strive to defeat themselves in the future, the little ones also held their little fists one by one to ensure that they would work hard to cultivate.
After comforting the five little ones, Qin Feng walked up to his mother Chen and said some words that were close to himself, such as not being too tired, and the tears in Chen's eyes couldn't help but stay, and he comforted his mother Chen. Next, it is relatively easy to say goodbye to his father and brother, and take care of each other, Qin Huai'an also told Qin Feng not to be reckless in trouble, to be calm and careful in everything, and not to get into danger easily.
The servants at home had already brought a majestic white green horse, with the luggage and baggage that had been prepared at home on both sides of the horse, and the long sword that Qin Feng had accompanied since childhood was also hung aside, and the young man hugged his family, turned over on the horse, waved his hand again, and turned the horse's head towards the direction of Lieyang City.