Chapter 63: Hidden Dragon City
The territory of Yue is vast, and in terms of area, it is hundreds of times larger than Jiang country. Therefore, the Yue Kingdom was not dominated by the Son of Heaven, but by hundreds of vassal states.
Unlike the cultivators of the Jiang Kingdom, who are not contaminated with secular imperial power, except for the dozens of cities directly under the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven, the other vassal states are controlled by large or small cultivation forces.
As the supreme ruler of the mortal realm, the reason why the Son of Heaven is not swayed by the cultivation forces is just a compromise reached by many forces to maintain balance.
Therefore, the Son of Heaven of the Yue Kingdom did not really have any real power, and at best he was only a peacemaker, responsible for mediating differences between the parties, and acting as the spiritual leader of hundreds of millions of people.
Because of the large number of vassal states, although the Yue Kingdom maintains a balance as a whole, small wars still occur all year round due to conflicts between vassal states due to beliefs and territories, resulting in a very strong folk customs, reckless bandits and bandits cut the mountains and forests, and there is a chaotic appearance everywhere.
Rao is like this, the national prayer of the Yue Kingdom has lasted for three thousand years, and the change of royal power in the tens of thousands of years of history of the entire Wanzun Continent is a staggering miracle.
Of course, behind this, there is still a lot to do with the intervention of monks in the secular halls.
Today, it is the Buddhist monks who dominate the spiritual world of the Yue Kingdom, and the Buddhist Gate controls almost the vast majority of the western half of the Yue Kingdom. The vassal states under its jurisdiction all practiced Buddhism.
Buddhism is not just a sect, it is divided by various temples, but in general, Buddhism is the most united because of the concept of practice. It is located in the extreme west and is the most powerful Leiyin Temple.
The demon cultivators who originally fought against Buddhism occupied the southern half of the Yue Kingdom, and their power was weakened a lot by the Buddha and Demon War that began decades ago, but they still controlled most of the areas in the southwest. In the same way, most of the vassal states within the control of the Demon Cultivator enshrine the Ancient True Magic Body that was regarded as a god by the Demon Cultivator.
There are many sects in the Demon Cultivation lineage, and in order to resist the Buddha Cultivation, the Demon Cultivation is led by a super sect called the Holy Demon Sect and forms a super force called the Demon Dao Alliance. However, the demon cultivation is not as united as the Buddhist cultivation, even if they are in the same vein, there are still things that kill each other.
The north of the central part of the Yue Kingdom to the bitter cold land of the extreme north is ruled by the Daomen.
Among the Dao Sects, there is a force called the Shin One Sect that is the most powerful. However, the Daomen has always paid attention to quiet and inaction, neither befriending the Buddha Sect, nor offending the demon cultivators, and has always maintained an attitude of being alone.
In addition, in the northeast of the Yue Kingdom, in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest at the junction of the two veins of the Demon and Dao, there is also a force to be reckoned with - Demon Cultivation.
The system of demon cultivation is very mysterious, the number of people is not large, and it rarely appears in the area occupied by other forces, but the combat power of demon cultivation is very terrifying, and in addition to cultivating in the direction of demon beasts, this vein cultivator can also manipulate and control a large number of real demon beasts as a remote helper.
Therefore, although the demon cultivators were very low-key, no force dared to take the initiative to provoke them.
In fact, Yue Country is vast and rich, and its cultivation resources are far more abundant than Jiang Kingdom, but because of the huge number of cultivators, these resources are slightly insufficient.
In order to compete for resources, cultivators often fight with others, so the methods of fighting are extremely ruthless.
The capital of Yue is called Qianlong City, covering an area of millions of acres.
It is said that in the magnificent and huge palace, the Buddha, the demon, the Tao, and the demon each have a monk in the late stage of the Jiedan who lives in it all the year round as the four major prison states, and under the mutual control of the four forces, Qianlong City has always been the most stable and peaceful place in the Yue Kingdom.
Regardless of whether it is a mortal or a monk, once he enters the Hidden Dragon City, as long as he does not take the initiative to cause trouble, he will definitely not have to fear being chased by the enemy and persecuted by other people.
There have also been precedents in history of unauthorized private fights in this city, but without exception, they were quickly killed on the spot by the monks of the late stage of the Four Veins Jiedan.
With various purposes in mind, more and more mortals and monks continue to pour into the city, making it more prosperous.
After Sun Yi'an left the Jinyang Mountain Range, he finally arrived in Qianlong City after more than seven years of travel.
If it is calculated according to the longevity of a worldly mortal, he is about to enter the age of no confusion. But based on his current longevity of about 300 years old in the early days of foundation building, he is still a veritable young man.
In the distance, at the end of the sky, there was a black line that could not be seen at a glance, and when I got a little closer, I saw this city crawling on the vast land like a wild beast.
Rao is Sun Yi'an's current vision and experience, and he is still deeply shocked by the magnificent scale of this city.
The ancient city wall is more than 100 feet high, giving people an indescribable sense of oppression, and the flow of people queuing up to enter the city under the city wall is like ants, which seems very small.
The city has four gates: east, west, south and north.
The magnificent east gate is a special passage for the Son of Heaven to travel, and it is guarded by strict soldiers all year round, which looks solemn and deserted.
The West Gate is used as a tribute to the envoys of a hundred countries, and there are all kinds of richly decorated carriages frequently entering and leaving every festival.
The South Gate is the most crowded, and this gate is the way for ordinary mortals and merchants to enter and exit goods, and a large number of pedestrian convoys pass through it almost day and night.
As for the sparsely populated north gate, it is reserved for practitioners.
Along the way, Sun Yi'an has long had a preliminary understanding of the most basic information of the country. So he didn't delay much, and flew directly towards the north gate.
There are not many monks entering this city today, and because of the rules of this city, everyone lined up in an orderly manner to be checked by the guards.
Sun Yi'an's divine sense swept away, and he saw that except for himself, the rest of the people were all low-level existences in the Qi refining period.
His heart moved slightly, and he quietly ran the Divine Gathering Decision, which had just cultivated to the peak of the second layer not long ago, and disguised his cultivation to the level of the middle stage of Qi cultivation, ranking at the back of the line.
"Thirty spirit stones, let's go in!"
The two mortal guards only asked about the identity of the verifying process monk, and only collected the spirit stones and let them go.
"Stop, your spirit stone is not enough, you have to pay fifty yuan to enter!"
Suddenly, the guards drank a young monk with a white face and a scholarly dress in front of Sun Yi'an.
"Why is it that he is thirty dollars, and by the time I get fifty dollars?"
The scholar was not convinced, and asked with a frown.
"Because he is in the middle stage of Qi cultivation, you are only in the early stage, so naturally you need fifty spirit stones to enter, this is the rule of this city!"
The guard guard explained with a blank face.
The young monk's face alternated red and white, and his eyes showed a look of anxiety and embarrassment.
"If you don't have enough spirit stones, get out of here, don't get in the way here!"
As a mortal, the guard did not have the slightest respect for the monk, and shouted at the young monk impatiently as if he was scolding a mortal.
"You...... Isn't it just fifty spirit stones, I'll give it to you right away! ”
Suddenly, the young man turned around and looked at Sun Yi'an behind him.
"This brother ...... Fellow Daoist, I beg you to lend me thirty spirit stones first, once you enter the city, within three days, I will definitely double the return! ”
"I don't know you before, why do you lend you so many spirit stones for nothing? Your Excellency, find someone else! ”
Sun Yi'an replied with an expressionless face.
The young monk looked behind Sun Yi'an, and saw that there was no one behind him, and he hesitated with an anxious look on his face:
"Uh...... Then I will first mortgage this top-level spiritual artifact silver quill pen to you, and I will definitely redeem this treasure within three days of entering the city, and I hope that Daoist friends will make it convenient for you......"
Sun Yixin was a little amused, with his experience, he could see at a glance that this young man was a disciple of a famous sect who was not deeply involved in the world.
Although I don't know why, he can't even take out fifty spirit stones on his body. However, it was impossible for an ordinary Qi cultivation early stage cultivator to easily take out a top-level spiritual weapon in exchange for a mere thirty spirit stones.
"Hmm...... Okay, I'll trust you for a while. ”
Sun Yi'an pretended to groan, stretched out his hand to take the young monk's top-level spiritual weapon, turned over his hand and took out thirty spirit stones and handed them over.
The young man was overjoyed when he saw this, and his mouth was full of thanks. Then he threw fifty spirit stones in front of the guards, and said proudly:
"Whoa! Isn't it just fifty spirit stones, count them carefully! ”
Sun Yi'an smiled dumbly, and then handed the thirty spirit stones he had prepared earlier to the guard, who took out a strange magic weapon in the shape of an original disc and swept it over Sun Yi'an. Seeing that he really had a mid-stage cultivation of qi refining, he accepted the spirit stone and happily let it go.
Sun Yi'an glanced at the disc a few more times, and it was the first time he had seen a magic weapon that could allow mortals to identify the cultivators' cultivation.
When he stepped into the huge passage in the city, he inadvertently released a sweep of his divine sense, and his spirit instantly tensed.
No wonder the guards were so fearless, and in the gatehouse above the huge city wall, there was actually a monk in the middle of the foundation building!
As soon as the young man entered the city, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, slowed down and came to Sun Yi'an's side and said:
"Oh, thanks to my brother just now...... With the help of Taoist friends, I can enter the city smoothly! My name is Zhang Liang, I don't know what to call you? ”
"Hehe, in Xia Sun Yan, it's just a gesture, besides, Brother Zhang, didn't you mortgage that silver pen to Zaixia!"
Sun Yi'an smiled and said.
As soon as Fang stepped into the territory of the Yue Kingdom, he killed five demon cultivators, including one in the middle stage of foundation building. Later, he hijacked the Buddhist monk who was also in the middle of the foundation building. So he has always called himself a homonym for Sun Yan.
"Hehe, it's just a top-level spiritual artifact...... If it weren't for the fact that we encountered a group of demon cultivators on the way to this city and were unfortunately separated from a few elders, how could I not even be able to take out a mere fifty spirit stones. These guards are really low-eyed! ”
Zhang Liang changed his words, and complained about the difficulties of the guards.
Sun Yi was more sure of his guess about this person, nodded slightly, didn't say much, and slowly walked towards the city.
Zhang Liang casually glanced at Sun Yi'an's empty left sleeve, and then spoke:
"I look at Sun ...... Fellow Daoist, you are not like the people of this city, you must have come here to watch the ceremony of the change of the prison state three years later, right? ”
Sun Yi'an is a little familiar with this Zhang Liang, who is a little familiar but speaks awkwardly:
"Hehe~ Brother Zhang, you can call it in the lower brother platform or brother, you don't need to be a long Taoist friend! It's true that it's not from this city, but I really don't know what kind of ceremony Brother Zhang said. ”
"Haha! When I saw that Brother Sun was just like me, he was a cheerful person! But I really didn't expect Brother Sun, you didn't even know about this grand ceremony?! ”
Zhang Liang laughed and immediately changed his name, and then looked at Sun Yi'an in surprise.
"What, is there anything special about the grand ceremony that Brother Zhang said?"
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