Jiutai Mountain is still a distance from Qingshi County, Ye Tongxuan hurried with all his might, and it took two hours to reach the boundary of Jiutai Mountain.

The terrain here is relatively gentle, and more than ten acres of spiritual fields have been opened up in the surrounding area. Most of the monks of the Ye family were stationed around the Lingtian for protection.

At the foot of Mount Jiutai is a small market, but due to the lack of monks on Mount Jiutai, it is not possible to maintain order every day.

As a result, this market in Jiutai Mountain can only be opened twice a month.

At the foot of the mountain, there are also some mortals who settle here, about more than 300 households, and the area of Jiutai Mountain is very large, which is more than enough to accommodate these more than 300 mortals. But after all, Jiutai Mountain is close to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, and the Ye family has not sent strong monks to garrison it, and there are not many mortals who have settled here.

Most of the mortals still settled in Qingshi County, which is subordinate to Jiutai Mountain, after all, there are city walls to guard, and for them, they have a greater sense of security.

The strength of the monks stationed in Jiutai Mountain is not high, only the sixth layer of qi refining, and they are Ye Shoujing of the Ye family.

The Ye family, who guarded the words, paid a lot for the family, and Ye Shoujing took a few monks to guard here, guarding the Ye family's land with difficulty.

Jiutai Mountain is close to the edge of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, so it is necessary not only to be vigilant against the attacks of demon beasts at all times, but also to guard against the invasion of nearby scattered cultivators.

The difficulties are only known to Ye Shoujing and the others who are stationed here.

"Nephew Tongxuan, you've finally arrived." Seeing Ye Tongxuan, Ye Shoujing said with some joy.

Ye Shoujing is sturdy and looks powerful. At this moment, he was looking at Ye Tongxuan with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Thirteen, passing through Qingshi County, some things have been delayed." Ye Tongxuan explained.

"I know everything about Qingshi County. The family has drastically reduced its garrison over the years, and there are indeed big loopholes in defense. Ye Shoujing said.

Qingshi County encountered a demon beast, Ye Shoujing, as a monk stationed in Jiutai Mountain, naturally knew about it as soon as possible.

For such a situation, he is also very helpless, after all, there are only a few monks under him, and the situation in Qingshi County is just helpless.

Ye Tongxuan said modestly: "My nephew will be stationed in Jiutai Mountain in the future, and I hope that Uncle Thirteen will take care of him." ”

took Ye Tongxuan into Jiutai Mountain, and Ye Shoujing introduced him to the specific situation of Jiutai Mountain.

There are a total of seven monks in Jiutai Mountain, and among these seven monks, except for the cultivators in the middle stage of Qi refining in Iron Mountain, the rest of the monks are all in the early stage of Qi refining. Among them were two Lingzhifu.

Jiutai Mountain is not defended by a spirit array, and coupled with its proximity to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, demon beasts come to make trouble from time to time. Although the probability is very small, when encountering a higher-grade demon beast, Ye Shoujing and the others have no choice but to ask Ye Shoushan for help.

Demon beasts are still a relatively minor problem faced by Jiutai Mountain, and the most important problem is the infestation of scattered cultivation.

In the early years, due to the prestige of the Ye family, the surrounding scattered cultivators did not dare to attack the idea of the Ye family's assets. But now is different from the past, as the Ye family's control has shrunk, many casual cultivators have begun to stare at the Ye family's surrounding assets.

These loose cultivators are like mosquitoes, sucking a mouthful of blood from around the Ye family from time to time. Although it is not fatal, it is very troublesome to the Ye family.

It's not that the Ye family didn't think about concentrating on exterminating a part of the scattered cultivation to achieve the effect of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger. But the Ye family's several sorties did not have much success.

After several rounds of encirclement and suppression, only some small fish and shrimp were harvested, and the overall situation of the Ye family did not change much.

The Ye family has always suspected that behind these loose cultivations, there are other forces operating in secret, but they have not found relevant evidence and cannot use the topic to play. After several actions, the Ye family gradually lost the motivation to encircle and suppress.

Faced with the intrusion of scattered cultivators, the family could only rely on the local monks stationed in the village to find their own way. The most important thing for the family now is to face the pressure from the Shen family.

For these scattered cultivators who often come to intrude, Ye Shoujing is helpless. I only have the cultivation in the middle stage of qi refining, and I have more than enough to keep and not enough to develop. In the face of the intrusion of loose cultivation, he still focuses on passive defense.

Even when he encountered a monk with a higher cultivation, he could only wait for the Ye family's reinforcements to arrive, and by that time, these scattered cultivators had already fled.

Especially in the past few years, the Ye family's income has become very unstable, and the Ye family's income has fallen by nearly thirty percent compared with previous years.

"The family's predicament is far more serious than expected." Ye Tongxuan muttered to himself.

I had expected the family's predicament before, but I didn't expect it to be difficult. As a result, the burden on one's own body will become heavier and heavier.

There are more than ten spiritual fields on Jiutai Mountain, and each mu of spiritual fields can bring a net income of fifty spirit stones to the family every three years. This piece is the most important income of Jiutai Mountain.

In addition to Lingtian, the two Lingzhifu of Jiutai Mountain also cultivated other elixirs, but this income was not very stable, and the annual income was about thirty to fifty spirit stones.

Coupled with some other miscellaneous income, Jiutai Mountain was able to hand over about two hundred spirit stones to the Ye family every year. This spirit stone is really not enough for the Ye family today.

The potential of Jiutai Mountain is far more than this, there are still many places around Jiutai Mountain that can be developed, but the Ye family has no extra manpower, so they have to let it be abandoned. Now that Ye Tongxuan is being sent here, he also hopes to increase the income of Jiutai Mountain.

Those casual cultivators, in fact, also took a fancy to the potential of Jiutai Mountain and wanted to take it for themselves. But Jiutai Mountain, after all, is the place under the jurisdiction of Ye Shoushan, and for Ye Shoushan, a foundation-building monk, these scattered cultivators are still very afraid.

The family has great hopes for Ye Tongxuan, but he has no bottom in his heart now. If Jiutai Mountain wants to increase its income, it is mainly necessary for people to live here for a long time, whether it is a mortal or a monk, as long as there are more people, the potential of Jiutai Mountain can be developed.

However, this premise is that the monks stationed in Jiutai Mountain have sufficient strength in order to stabilize the scattered cultivators recruited. Otherwise, when the time comes, the anti-guest will be the main thing, and I am afraid that Jiutai Mountain will change hands.

Before coming to Jiutai Mountain, the family told him that Ye Shoujing was trustworthy. In other words, to develop Jiutai Mountain, Ye Tongxuan will not fight alone.

In addition to equipping Ye Tongxuan with a right-hand man, the family also promised that as long as Ye Tongxuan made reasonable requests, the family would try their best to meet them. That is, he was able to get some help from the family.

On the one hand, he has to face the problems of demon beast infestation, scattered cultivation and looting, these problems are like mountains, blocking the way forward of Jiutai Mountain and even the Ye family.

On the other hand, if Ye Tongxuan manages Jiutai Mountain well, it will not only benefit him, but even benefit the entire Ye family.

Therefore, the appointment of Jiutai Mountain is both an opportunity and a challenge for Ye Tongxuan.