Chapter Ninety-One: Something Strange Must Be Happening
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After everyone finished greetings, Tie Wanshan and Zhi Jiangyun walked side by side towards the preparatory venue outside Luobao Town.
The two men are old friends, having bonded decades ago when they were young.
In fact, Jingnan is not small, but it is not big, especially the elite children of Jingnan Thirteen Castles, most of whom are acquaintances.
Especially in Yangtian Lake and Tieshan City, one is a sword cultivation sect, and the other is a refining family, so this business is naturally indispensable.
Moreover, these two are a bit maverick in Jingnan.
Yangtian Lake's sword cultivation is a sword in hand, almost without pretense, their cultivation and pursuit is only essence and sincerity, the so-called proficient in the sword, sincere in themselves. Because of this, they don't get much involved in worldly things, and they are more isolated from other sects.
And Tieshan City is also incompatible with other sects in Jingnan, because they are mainly engaged in iron tools, not traditional agriculture, and there is a big backer behind them, so there is no need to huddle with others to keep warm.
Heroes cherish heroes, and heterogeneous respects heterogeneous, the relationship between these two families is quite close, and they can be regarded as quasi-allies.
At this time, several groups of people came out from inside, most of them were small sects here in Jingnan or famous or unknown loose cultivators, they saw Tie Wanshan, the city lord of Tieshan City, come here in person, so they were not in a hurry to come forward to make a familiar face, wouldn't it be in vain to come to this trip, and let down this treasure conference.
Those who thought they had an identity or had a little friendship with the Tie family came forward to salute Tie Wanshan, and the scene suddenly became lively.
Tie Wanshan was muttering in his heart while saluting everyone in return.
This situation is not right, in addition to their own Tieshan City and Yangtian Lake, there are three more families here in the Thirteen Forts of Jingnan, namely Shennong Valley, Tianxin Pavilion and Wuling Gate, and the other eight have not yet arrived.
As mentioned in the previous document, the Thirteen Forts of Jingnan are actually the node hub of the Great Array of Thousands of Rivers, Thousands of Mountains and Gods Destroying Gods established three hundred years ago, after hundreds of years. These sects also began to gradually diverge, with three, six, nine and so on.
The status of these three families in the Thirteen Castles of Jingnan is also somewhat special, but they are the opposite of Tieshan City, they are quite miserable, and they can be regarded as the sects that have fallen now.
Shennong Valley is considered to be the lower gate of the Tiandan Gate, and Li Zisheng's Pill Medicine Daoist Leng Baiyi Leng Physician was born in this sect, but although they are proficient in the art of Qihuang. However, he can only heal people, not strengthen himself, and the cultivation methods of the people in the Dan Dao are too neutral and peaceful, and the entry is very slow, so although the medical skills of the cultivators in the valley are commendable, their own cultivation is very ordinary.
This sect has not appeared in Qi Refining Human Immortals for several generations in a row. It has almost become synonymous with "medical school". Now it can only be regarded as a second-rate sect in Jingnan, and it is even more inaccessible in Zhongzhou.
Tianxin Pavilion was established by the disciples of the Heavenly Calculation Gate, one of the Eight Heavenly Gates, but now the Heavenly Calculation Gate is gone, only the Divine Calculation Gate, which means that this sect is no longer one of the Eight Heavenly Gates.
In fact, neither "heavenly calculation" nor "divine calculation" is simply "fortune telling", looking at the past and predicting the future. Instead, use mathematics and physics, such as Jiugong, Bagua, Hetu, and Luoshu, to deduce the origin of the Great Dao. It can be regarded as a unique way, and it is a convenient way to reach the sky in one step.
It's just that this method of cultivation attaches great importance to personal qualifications, and if it is not for a cultivator who has an innate intuition for mathematics and physics, it is impossible to achieve anything at all. Therefore, the current Divine Calculation Gate and Tianxin Pavilion have declined, and the children who are miserable can only make a living by telling fortunes to mortals, measuring faces, and looking at feng shui, which can also be said to be a joke in the fairy gate.
The origin of Wulingmen is somewhat special, and there are some human cultivators who are tired of or have no courage to participate in the battle of man and god in the battle of the sky, and they have found a place in Jingnan that is rarely visited. It is a valley deep in the mountains, and only underground culverts can lead to the outside world. These "anti-war" people settled in the valley and carved out their own paradise.
It was only after the end of the war that they appeared in front of the world, but they were probably used to being "home", so the people in this door have always lived in a deep and simple place, no more than the outside world. However, there was a small vein of metarite at the bottom of the valley. It is also self-sufficient.
On the surface, the Iron City Lord greeted everyone with a pleasant face, but his thoughts turned sharply, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Whether he came too early, or was he suspicious of a dark ghost. Is he really old and timid?
He naturally knew about the "food shortage" led by the Jingnan Grain Association a few years ago, and the purpose was to squeeze the Tiantongmen grain stamps out of Jingnan. The Jingnan Grain Society, which can have such a "feat", is naturally not alone, behind it is not only the Hengyang faction, but also other forces, mainly the "local faction" in the Thirteen Forts of Jingnan.
These sects are neither as dedicated to cultivation as Yangtian Lake, nor are they as corrupt as Shennong Valley and Tianxin Pavilion, nor are they deaf to things outside the window like Wulingmen, they have become the de facto rulers of the place where they are located, just like Tieshan City.
However, due to the limited conditions, they cannot become the iron center of Jingnan like Tieshan City. Fortunately, thanks to the natural conditions of Jingnan, the undertakings of these sects were mainly focused on the production and trading of grain and other crops, but unfortunately they were one step slower than their counterparts in Yangzhou, and did not change from agricultural capitalists to financial capitalists in a timely manner, and compared with Tiantongmen, they were too far behind in the financial field.
Up to now, not only has the power of money been handed over to others, but even outsiders like Tiantongmen have controlled the grain market, which can directly affect grain prices.
This is also the reason why Liu Guanshan, the master of the Hengyang faction, will take the lead, and the local forces in Jingnan will respond to every call.
In fact, if you really want to talk about it, these sects joining forces to expel the food stamps can be regarded as a kind of self-defense. After all, they are the real ruling force here in Jingnan, so why should other forces dominate the financial and grain markets?
It's a pity, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind.
Tianqimen and his own Tie family took this opportunity to make their own currency-iron coupons, and obtained the right to money in Jingzhou, and at the same time, it also made the sects behind the Jingnan Grain Association that speculated on grain suffer a big loss.
Tie Wanshan naturally also knows the saying that cutting off people's financial means is like killing his parents, and he has offended so many forces at once, and Rao is someone behind him has the backing, which is always a little worried.
The real reason why he personally went to the Luobao Conference this time was to take this occasion to ease relations with the passage in the Thirteen Castles of Jingnan.
But now, a few days before the official start of the Luobao Conference, on August 15, the "coincidental" thing is that none of the other eight sects led by the Hengyang faction has arrived.
No, it's definitely not a coincidence, there must be something strange about it.
When the Iron City Lord thought of this, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead......
At this moment, he heard someone next to him blurt out in surprise: "Ah?!How can this be?!"