Fan Daocheng, Dongcheng.

This urban area is the "Daocheng East City" where monks gather, in the urban area, at first glance there is no difference from the outside, it is also a street and two alleys, buying and selling, people come and go, and the river is endless. But when you look closely, you can find that nearly half of the people walking on the street are Taoist priests wearing yellow crowns and Taoist robes, and the other half are dressed as laymen, but they all have some unusual bearing.

On the street of the East Market, there is a huge restaurant, with five floors, carved beams and painted buildings, the decoration is extremely quiet and elegant, there is a name called "Cloud and Sky", it is the most high-end restaurant in this Taoist city to receive monks.

In a private seat on the top floor of the restaurant, Cheng Jun overlooked the entire East Market, looked at the endless street scene, and said: "This is worthy of Yunzhou, although the area of the East Market is not large, but the market is prosperous, which shows the scale." And compared with the East Market near Shengtian Capital, it seems that the planning is a little more flexible and free. ”

"It's a little messy, isn't it?" Chong He said on the side, "Although in terms of the number of monks, Yunzhou is considered to be Shengtian, and even second to none in the Northern Kingdom cultivation world, but after all, most of them are casual cultivators, and the resources are not very abundant. The major sects in the Dao Sect do not have a foothold here, and if you want to talk about the overall level of the monastic world, it can be said that it is outside the gold and jade, and it is ruined. Even if it's not as good as Kyoto, it's far worse than the state capitals where several other major sects are located. ”

Cheng Jun carefully looked at the stalls on the street, so that all kinds of shops, sure enough, felt disorganized, in his impression of Yunzhou, just a place in Shengtian, big and big, the specific understanding may not be able to catch up with the Chonghe in front of him. Turning his head and asking, "Are you familiar with Yunzhou?" Listening to your tone, I should have walked a lot of places in Shengtian. ”

Chong He nodded gloomily and said, "Scattered cultivation, there is always no fixed place to live...... My teacher and I ...... Alas, I have been wandering with my master and brother since I was a child, and I have been to all places in Shengtian. The area around the capital is not welcome to loose cultivation, so the most we come to is Yunzhou. Later, when I went out to find a successor for Master, I also passed through Yunzhou, but most of the time I was still in the south. It's been here all year round. ”

Cheng Jun nodded, Sheng Tian is his hometown, but he is really not familiar with it, he spent most of his time wandering outside in his previous life, and when he came back, this world had already hung upside down, and the vicissitudes of life had already been over. Some of the knowledge he remembered was nothing more than a few words that he had learned from the exchange with Monk Sheng Tian later, and his knowledge of Yunzhou did not have to be many ordinary people.

If according to his original plan, although Yunzhou is good, it is always an outcast in the cultivation world, and it is not in the territory of his layout, and he doesn't need to know anything, but after all, some unexpected things happened in this life, which made him a little curious about Yunzhou, so Cheng Jun asked: "Then you can briefly tell me, what is the situation in Yunzhou now?"

Chonghe said: "Yunzhou...... For decades, it has always been chaotic and mixed. No one can say what is going to happen today or how it will change tomorrow. If you only talk about the big aspect, it is the three-point world. The first one, of course, needless to say, is the Daomen. Although the Daomen deliberately indulged Yunzhou, it caused the current chaos, but after all, the foundation of the Daomen cannot be compared to others, and we don't dare to compete with them after eating the leopard's gall. In the seven counties of Yunzhou, there is no sect in the Daomen, but there are dozens of Taoist temples, not to mention hundreds of pro-disciples, plus the second and third passes, which is also considerable. ”

Cheng Jun said: "I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of monks in Yunzhou, right?"

Chong He said: "If you don't even enter the Dao, and those who have cultivated a few days of fetal breath are also added, there will always be 100,000 people." If we only talk about monks who have entered the Tao, there may not be so many. ”

Cheng Jun said: "That's a lot." Sheng Tian has a population of only tens of millions, and Yunzhou has only a million people at most, and there are one-tenth of the monks, which is even more than half of the monks in the country. ”

Chong He said: "The monks at the bottom account for most of the small, and the monks above the foundation are afraid that there is not one-tenth, and the monks at the top can be ignored." After that, he said in a low voice, "So the Daomen is not afraid of so many monks, no matter how many ants there are, one person will be trampled to death." ”

Cheng Jun said: "This is true. "This is the difference between the ordinary court and the rule of the Daomen, the court is a million lions, and they are afraid of rebellion, although the ordinary people are not as good as the official army, but there are too many people, and they are organized to form a rebel army or even a rogue, and they may not be able to resist. The Dao Sect is different, a real person in the Spirit Heaven and Earth, with a wave of his hand, can make thousands of low-level monks disappear, and the gap between them cannot be made up by quantity. It can be said that as long as the top monks are captured, the rule of the Daomen will be as stable as a rock.

At least for now.

Cheng Jun nodded and said, "You go on." ”

Chong He said: "Although the number of Daomen is not large, firstly, he is the commander of the world's monks, and secondly, there are several major cultivators in charge - how many people are there, and what cultivation is not something I can know, so we still think that he is the number one force in Yunzhou." Even so, the authority of the Daomen has weakened a lot, because in other places, no one is worthy of mentioning the word 'power' in front of the Daomen. The second major force below is the large and small families and gangs. ”

Cheng Jun said: "The word "gang ......" is connected with monks, which is quite funny.

Chong He said: "It is a group of monks who are not related by blood. It stands to reason that the orthodox destination of the monks should be a sect, but in Shengtian, a sect that is not recognized by the Dao Sect is not a sect, but can only be called a gang. In my opinion, it is more appropriate to call it a gang, but the monks are always high-minded and do not use ordinary names. ”

Cheng Jun said: "What is the difference between one word? The Teng family must be a family." ”

Chonghe sighed: "Yes--it's still a big family. Most of the big and small families in Yunzhou are cows, and if a family has three generations of four or five people who are also monks, they dare to say that they are families. can survive for more than a hundred years, and there are more than 100 monks, and they can be ranked in Yunzhou. The Teng family has a history of 500 years, with more than 300 monks in nine generations. In Shangtai County, except for Daomen, it is probably his home. ”

Cheng Jun nodded, he knew the situation in the cultivation world, the unit of the family was too far behind the weight of the sect on the stage of the cultivation world. Because the family uses blood as a bond, although it is strong, the vitality is too poor, and the room for material selection is too limited, so it is easy to lose the green and yellow. In addition, when the monks reach a certain level, the family affection will fade over time, and after the direct kinship is gradually severed, they will find that the support of the master is far more reliable than that of the family, so they would rather attribute their sense of belonging to the sect, and the status of the family will be even more insecure. As for the monsters that claim to be the family of ten thousand years, most of them are just a group of sects that have changed their species, and various surnames are mixed in them, and the family has long been no longer maintained by blood. It is only at the bottom of the monastic world, which is closely connected with the world, that the concept of family is still deep-rooted, and in a sense, this can be regarded as a group for warmth.

Cheng Jun said: "In a family like this, there should be several foundation building monks in charge, I don't know if there are real people?"

Chonghe shook his head and said, "There shouldn't be ...... Actually, I don't know, but I don't think so. The real people in Yunzhou can count with their fingers, and there may be one or two hidden in which family, but who is sure who it is? It may be the Teng family, or it may be the Cheng family, it is possible. ”

Cheng Jun nodded and said, "Since the Cheng family in Shangyang County has a family relationship with the Teng family, it seems that they are a family of the same grade." ”

Chonghe hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know." However, when the patriarch of the Teng family and I mentioned the first-class family in Yunzhou, there seems to be no Cheng family. He didn't know why Cheng Jun was interested in the Cheng family, but since they were all surnamed Cheng, it was normal to guess that they were related to each other, so he said it politely.

Cheng Jun smiled and said, "I see." Is Shangyang County far away?"

Chong He said: "This is Shanghuai County, and it is only a few days away from Shangyang County. If you want to go, I can take you. ”

Cheng Jun raised his eyes and looked at him, Chong He's face turned red, he also knew that Cheng Jun didn't need to be sent, but what he really meant was that if he could stay by this senior's side for a few more days, he might be able to get a little more guidance. Although Cheng Jun only instructed him in two spells last time, he has benefited greatly from his travels this year, and he feels that his strength has increased by more than a star and a half, so he is more and more convinced that Cheng Jun is a senior who has cultivated to a high level. Now he is being hunted down by the Teng family, although this time the Teng family brother is dead, but this beam will only get bigger and bigger, and his situation will become more and more unfavorable.

In his heart, there was a deep thought - maybe one day, she would come to him, and if he could not protect her, it would be a lifelong regret.

Cheng Jun smiled when he heard this, and said, "In that case, let's go buy two cranes in a while, let's go." ”

Chong He was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "Yes--didn't you just seize the two cranes of the Teng family brothers? Why do you want to buy them again?"

Cheng Jun said: "Those two guys, it's also suitable to keep them for rations, but if you use them as a mount, they're too fat." ”

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