Section 178 The Old Order

When the strength suddenly becomes stronger, whether it is an organization or an individual, it will take a while to settle and adapt. Xin Yu has read many novels in his previous life, and there are many expressions about this aspect. For example, if an ordinary person suddenly obtains an ability far beyond ordinary people or a particularly bizarre opportunity, if the ordinary person's own psychological quality is not good enough, and the education and growth environment are not brilliant enough, then it is bound to undergo a huge change in personality at the beginning.

Although these are all novelists' words, they cannot be used as examples to prove them. So let's talk about a very simple and very common example in life, that is, the world of Xin Yu's previous life, because of the rapid economic development, the world values of the whole society have become more and more on par with "money", and a person's economic ability is the benchmark of the whole person's ability and social status...... It is in such an environment that many ordinary people and even penniless grassroots have the opportunity to get rich overnight. And these people who became rich overnight are equivalent to suddenly gaining powerful energy, so that they have false self-confidence, and even become conceited, and there are many people who think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.

In this world, the same is true. In Xin Yu's previous life, there were many benchmarks for judging a person's strength and status, but they were nothing more than "power" and "money" in ordinary people's society. And in this world dominated by astrological civilization, talking about cultivation and spiritual realms and the like seems to be a bit general, but in fact, the only benchmark that really determines the class in this world is combat effectiveness. To put it bluntly, whoever has a big fist can be a "superior person".

No matter what kind of intelligent life you are, no matter what kind of cultivation you have, as long as you still belong to the category of intelligent beings, whether you are an individual or a small collective, you will inevitably have "self-motivation...... This is also known as "ambition".

What is the situation in the astrological realm of the entire universe, this is something that few people in the world have seen, even if he has heard Chen Linqiang talk about it, plus there is such an "old ghost" as Xiaoshi, Xin Yu is not very clear. On the one hand, it is because Chen Linqiang's strength is very low after all, even if he has been "wandering" or "traveling" outside for three or five hundred years, the range he can reach is not particularly wide, and his own realm is only from the bottom compared to the entire cosmic astral realm...... To put it mildly, the astrologists in the galaxy realm are only at the middle and lower levels.

In this way, the situation in the astral world that Chen Linqiang can understand will not be so detailed, at least it will not be very comprehensive. As for the small stone, if it is still a small stone in its heyday, maybe the memory in the soul has a view of the entire universe starry sky and astral world, but unfortunately, now the small stone has not only become a broken ghost, but also the memory in the soul is also incomplete, and the information that can be provided to Xin Yu is also limited.

Therefore, for the cultivation world in the entire universe, whether or not combat effectiveness is also determined as a criterion for identity and status, Xin Yu is not clear, but it shouldn't be wrong to think about it, right? After all, only through battle can the strength of a person or a small group be clearly reflected, right?

And in this world, whether it is the world of ordinary people or cultivators...... That is to say, in the astral world, the definition of strength, and even the definition of influence and social status is also based on combat effectiveness. I haven't seen the five top forces, although because of their profound heritage and the support of many seniors in the galaxy realm who are "wandering" outside, they can be recognized as the top handful in the astral world.

However, in terms of strength, these five top forces do have the strength to occupy the top of the pyramid...... Even if there are many large sects that seem to be close to the level of these five major forces, whether it is in terms of comprehensive strength or top combat power, they do not seem to be much worse than the five top forces of the Xue Mo Cui Family, the Tianshan Lang Evil Family, the Spirit Star Sect, the Zhou Tianzong and the Xinghua Sect.

But if you really want to calculate the gap between the large sects and the top forces, whether you are an insider or not, you will not be optimistic about the large sects...... Maybe it's because the top forces have the support of the "old ancestors" of the galaxy realm who don't know where, so when they fight, they will have scruples about the large sects, but whether it is from the power of the inherited astral arts or the tacit understanding of mutual cooperation, there is still some gap between the large sects and the top forces.

And for the astral world, these gaps have opened up their status to each other...... In other words, as long as it is a normal intelligent life or a small collective, it will not be willing to "bow low and be small", right? Therefore, everyone can understand that they are "forging ahead".

Before Xin Yu "invented" the Condensing Pill, the only way for an astrology to improve his strength was by absorbing the soul fragments on the star stone...... Outside of normal practice. Therefore, the gap between ordinary forces and top forces is simply insurmountable. There is an element of whether the inherited astral art is strong or not, but more importantly, in the "wealth" battle between various forces, the top forces are obviously much higher than the other forces.

In addition, in the snatching of the star stone, the top forces are more powerful because of their own power, forming a cycle of "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer", although this polarization is not very extreme, after all, this world is still quite large, and it is not something that one or a few forces can completely occupy. However, relatively speaking, it is a real thing that the top forces have more advantages than other forces when competing for the Star Stone from the sky.

Therefore, in terms of comprehensive strength, the top forces can easily cultivate more high-level astral magicians, while ordinary sects and forces can only concentrate resources on a few people, and the gap is getting wider and wider.

And when the Ning Shen Pill appeared, this situation was broken. Although because the top forces in the Astral Alliance occupy complete dominance, they can allocate more Divine Concentration Pills to improve the strength of the Astral Sorcerers. However, compared to Xingshi, the "cost" of the Condensing Pill is particularly low...... At least the Concentration Pill produced by industrial mass production is far more stable than the way of obtaining Xingshi, which is "relying on the sky to eat".

In addition, Xin Yu himself does not need more wealth...... Because astromagicians and ordinary people have different understandings of wealth, the items used to exchange for condensing pills and other elixirs are not extremely precious to astromagicians.

Therefore, in terms of cultivating the disciples of the sect and the top combat power, although the ordinary forces still have some disadvantages compared to the top forces, compared to the past, such disadvantages are much smaller. As far as the current situation is concerned, at least in terms of the ascension speed of high-level astral magicians, there is no particularly obvious gap between the powerhouses of ordinary forces and top-level forces. In other words, in fact, the "two" are already on the same starting line.

In addition, the factors that determine the overall strength of a force are also the strength of the collective...... That is, the number of sorcerers. Before Xin Yu researched the Refreshing Pill, the total number of astral magicians in the astral world was very rare. Even if the top forces want to recruit troops, it is very difficult. The only source is the "new ding" with star talent that can only be found occasionally and some loose cultivation that really can't be mixed up.

However, when the Refreshing Pill appeared and was sold to all ordinary people, the number of astral magicians sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and suddenly increased. From twenty or thirty thousand to two or three million, a hundredfold increase, it is not something that any force can easily digest.

In this way, although the top forces are still more attractive to those "geniuses" than ordinary forces, in the face of the sudden increase in the "new generation", although it is not said that the hands are fast and the hands are slow, there is no particularly obvious gap between the various astral forces in the competition to obtain fresh blood.

In this context, the strength of many large forces has increased a lot at once, and the gap between them and the top forces will ...... At least in terms of the number of people on the whole, there is almost no gap between all the forces today.

In other words, since Xin Yu made the Condensing Pill and the Refreshing Pill in large quantities, the astral world has ushered in a stage of reshuffling...... Because the difficulty of obtaining the elixir has decreased a lot compared to the Star Stone, everyone is developing at an extremely fast speed, and the gap between the ordinary forces and the top forces is narrowing, but the status between the two is the same as before. In this way, a contradiction arises, that is, the contradiction of the mismatch between strength and status.

When the pill first appeared, perhaps the gap between the ordinary forces and the top forces was still very obvious, but after so many years, such a gap was not so big, so the ordinary forces would naturally not be satisfied with the status of "being led".

Moreover, just like Xin Yu in his previous life, in a relatively fair competitive environment, there will always be some "nouveau riche" who have sprung up, and the world is also about chance, and the development of some forces may be because the foundation is not as good as the top forces, so when everyone is developing, because the speed is not fast enough, the gap between them and the top forces can be easily measured.

However, some forces, perhaps because of the "sphere of influence" covered by their influence, happened to have the resources that Xin Yu needed, such as a certain special medicinal herb or other mineral resources needed for alchemy. Or perhaps it is because the leaders of certain forces are more flexible and open-minded, know how to "keep pace with the times", and have the mind and vision for development.

For all the above reasons, the speed of development between the various forces in the entire astral world has also become "different from person to person". Perhaps because of the profound accumulation of foundations, the top forces have a greater advantage over ordinary forces...... After all, in order to "recharge" the Divine Stone, Xin Yu still needs the Star Stone. In this way, the accumulation of top forces in this area is much stronger than that of ordinary forces.

However, in the final analysis, the advantages of the top powers are relatively less obvious than in the past. Whether it is because they have special resources or special abilities, in short, the development speed of some ordinary forces in the astral world is even much faster than that of the top forces.

In this way, it is natural that the comprehensive strength of certain forces will appear, and on the whole, they will be infinitely close to the top forces. In addition, because of the sudden increase in strength, some forces have "can't see clearly" their own strength in their hearts, and they "don't invite" their own catties. On the spur of the moment, I have the idea of wanting to challenge the order.

In fact, this is also normal, just like Xin Yu's previous life before the outbreak of the First World War, Germany, no matter what kind of thoughts the Kaiser had at that time, wanted to break the world hegemony of Great Britain. At least at that time, because the development of German industry surpassed that of Great Britain, it suddenly coalesced from the divided German state into a complete Prussian state, and gained great benefits through the struggle against the old stronger than France...... It can be said that it is impulsive, or it can be said that it is too high to overestimate his own strength.

As it turned out, Germany was ultimately unable to defeat Britain...... Although in terms of impact, it is true that it has weakened the strength and world status of the empire on which the sun never sets, but failure is failure, and there is no saying that what percentage of the purpose is accomplished.

And for the astral forces in this world, they think that their strength is enough and want to break the dominance of the five top forces...... In fact, there is a Xin Yu to add, because the ocean country represented by Xin Yu is the sixth permanent member of the Astrology Alliance. However, Xin Yu has always shown the attitude of "benefiting all things without fighting", and the elixir he provides to the entire astral world is an extremely important "strategic resource", so no one rashly looks for this "soft persimmon" to pinch.

Of course, although Xin Yu did not show particularly strong strength among all the top forces...... made a few shots, just to let everyone know that he was not easy to mess with, and there was still some gap between him and the top forces...... However, it is also because although Xin Yu has done everything possible to obtain the permanent seat of the Star Alliance, he has not shown his "ambition" for a long time, and most people regard him as a permanent director of "playing soy sauce".

Excluding Xin Yu, among the other five top forces, the Tianshan Lang Evil Family itself is "numerous and powerful", and has some "relative" relationship with Xin Yu, and generally there will be no forces that want to challenge this former "giant". In addition, because the Cui family in Xue Mo has a big guy like Cui Yunfeng, they want to challenge, and they don't have the top combat power at that level, so they are also excluded.

Then the rest are the Spirit Star Sect, the Star Sect, and the most mysterious Zhou Tianzong. Although these three strengths are also among the top forces, these three sects are much worse in strength than the two major families, so they have become the "target" that everyone chases