"Understood." Zhu Shiya lowered his head and replied, "But..."
He was not some ignorant boy who knew nothing about these rules and regulations. Just listen to him continue to say: "The sect also has regulations. If the inheritance of the monk family is cut off, as long as the heirs are still there, these spiritual veins, spiritual mountains and other immortal cultivation resources can still be retained for twelve years. If seeds of immortal cultivation appear again in the family during this period, then The resources are still owned by the family..."
"That's right. Brother Zhu is indeed a great steward who has been in charge of the family for many years. He is also very familiar with these regulations of the sect!"
It was Yu Zhuke who said this, and he praised him repeatedly. It seemed that Zhu Shiya knew that these regulations were in line with his wishes.
"But... what if this heir gives up the inheritance?" he asked slowly.
Zhu Shiya's heart tightened. The sect did have this rule. Mortal descendants could choose to give up inheriting the resources for cultivating immortals. If they do this, the sect will often reward and protect them.
After the resources are returned to the sect, whether they are auctioned or sold, or even just held in hand, the sect will benefit. The sect is naturally happy to give these mortals some rewards and protection.
What this involves is the game between the sect and the family that has lasted for several thousand years.
Xu State has a vast territory. In the past, there were many sects and schools in this land. However, with the rise of Yunxiao Sect, these forces have disappeared. Those stubborn sects have become the dust of history in the face of the absolute strength of Yunxiao Sect; the remaining sects who are good at adapting to the wind and wisely protecting themselves give up the sect's foundation and choose to continue it in the form of a family.
Under such a background, the family and the sect are naturally full of all kinds of overt and covert struggles. During these long years of changes, in order to limit the development of the family, the Yunxiao Sect has successively issued a series of regulations, such as not recruiting children from outside the clan at will, limiting the number of guests and elders to worship, etc., which are all as they should be.
However, compared with resources such as spiritual veins, spiritual mines, and spiritual mountains, those can only be regarded as side effects. What truly affects the development and growth of a family or a sect are the immortal cultivation resources and population attached to the land. That is the cornerstone of the family and the sect. This principle is the same in the mortal world. In any country, land and population are the foundation.
Therefore, the sect strictly manages transactions involving spiritual minerals, spiritual veins, etc., and will never allow or recognize any private transactions. These resources are equivalent to real estate and can only be publicly auctioned by the sect.
In this case, in order to obtain more resources, the family will adopt a method of abandoning the name and gaining practical benefits, just like the relationship between Tian Gu and Tian Pi in the dynastic society on earth. They used various means such as leasing, mortgage, and even coercion to obtain the actual use rights of these resources, while the ownership remained in the hands of the small cultivating families.
These methods are not only being done by the Zhu family, but also by the Zhao family, and all large and small families in the Xu Kingdom are doing it. It's just that some of them are ugly and some have mild methods. The sect doesn’t have a good solution to this either. Those small families insist on letting others use their resources, how can you stop them?
However, the sect will not watch these families act unscrupulously and misbehave, and will also think of various ways to restrict them. Among them, preventing mortals from inheriting the resources for cultivating immortals is a means to prevent those big families from "eating out their families".
Just imagine, if there were no such regulations, those big families would become vicious and ruthless, and they could completely cut off the inheritance of many small families, leaving a few mortal descendants at their disposal. Now that this is in place, these families must at least leave some cultivating seedlings to others so as not to fetch water from a bamboo basket.
Since you can't do absolute things, you will be much more restrained in your actions.
There are countless micro-immortal cultivating families like the Yang family in the Xu Kingdom. It can be said that it is because of this that they can continue to this day.
From this point of view, the Zhu family had no murderous intention towards Jin at that time, they just wanted to capture her and force her to submit.
As for the last twelve-year retention period, it was a compromise made by both parties in the game between the family and the sect.
Twelve years is the time from birth to when a child may manifest his spiritual roots. With these twelve years, many things can be manipulated. For those families facing the severance of inheritance, if the heirs born during this period or the adopted sons they recruit manifest their spiritual roots, they can regain these resources and allow the family to continue.
In short, some systems that may not seem reasonable at first are the final result of the changes over the years and countless struggles and concessions.
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Don’t talk too much.
As for Zhu Shiya, after hearing Yu Zhuke's question, he turned his attention to Yang Zhen. Whether the Zhu family can continue to use that spiritual vein or not, the choice lies in the hands of this child who he hates.
Yang Zhen could tell from the side that she had to decide this matter by herself?
He thought slowly for a while and said loudly: "Uncle Zhao, I have a few questions here. Please help me answer them."
He does not call Taoist priest or immortal master, but uncle, also to show his closeness.
Over there, Zhao Liyu responded kindly: "My friend, please tell me."
Yang Zhen: "The first question is, if I don't give up, how long can I keep this spiritual pulse?"
Zhao Liyu: "If you cannot manifest your spiritual roots in the future, you can keep this spiritual vein for twelve years from now on. After twelve years, it will belong to the sect."
Yang Zhen: "In the past twelve years, can your spiritual veins be at my disposal?"
Zhao Liyu: "No. This spiritual vein was inherited from your mother. Naturally, you have to abide by the mortgage agreement she signed at that time. What you inherit is only the ownership of this spiritual vein. How to use it in the past twelve years is still Good luck to the family!"
Yang Zhen: "If I give up the inheritance, do I still need to pay back the spiritual stones my mother borrowed from the Zhu family?"
"Of course not." Zhao Liyu said with a smile: "Your mother has mortgaged her spiritual veins, how can she pay back the spiritual stones again?"
"But isn't this contract going to be voided?" Yang Zhen was still a little confused.
"That's right! It was the sect that declared it void, not you yourself. The Yang family did not breach the contract. When your mother mortgaged the spiritual veins, the contract was already in effect, and the loaned spiritual stones no longer need to be repaid."
Zhao Liyu explained with a smile.
Yang Zhen finally understood that this was the sect’s method! Specially punish those families who arbitrarily usurp resources. This sentence is invalid, and all their previous arrogance has become a joke.
"If that's the case, then what do I need this spiritual vein for? I..."
Yang Zhen was about to give up when she heard Zhu Shiya shouting: "Wait a minute! Little boy of the Yang family, your mother is a monk, and you are very likely to become a monk. Why not keep this spiritual vein and have more resources for future cultivation!"
Yang Zhen ignored him, but looked at Zhao Liyu and continued to ask: "Uncle Zhao, if I manifest my spiritual root, what should I do with this spiritual vein?"
"Of course it still belongs to your Yang family. As long as there are monks in your family, this spiritual vein will always be yours. However, for the past ninety years, it will continue to be used by the Zhu family according to the contract."
"Can't you redeem it early?"
"It depends on how the contract was signed at the time, but I think it won't be that easy to redeem, right?" Zhao Liyu glanced at Zhu Shiya and said coldly.
Zhu Shiya laughed dryly and didn't explain, so he acquiesced.
Yang Zhen was determined, and he said loudly: "I declare that this spiritual vein..."
This time, before he finished speaking, Zhu Shiya interrupted again:
"Little boy of the Yang family, if you don't give up that spiritual vein, I would like to give you another thirty... no, forty spiritual stones every year! We will give you as long as you have the spiritual vein!"
Yang Zhen remained silent. He looked around and found that Yu Zhuke and Zhao Liyu were both smiling proudly.
It turns out that this is their purpose. After acting for a long time, isn't it just to continue killing people?
Today, I cut Zhu's body twice, and the third time I cut him, he stretched out his neck to ask them to cut him! Is there anything more fun than this?
Yang Zhen looked at her grandma. She also had a smile on her face and could hardly control herself from laughing out loud.
Yang Zhen was silent.
"Forty-five spirit stones!" Seeing that Yang Zhen didn't answer for a long time, Zhu Shiya added five more spirit stones.
Yang Zhen seemed unaware.
"Fifty! No more. For a first-class low-grade, even in a county town, the annual rent is only sixty at most. Your spiritual veins are in the countryside! You don't have to worry about it. The Yang family's child, with this spiritual stone , whether you are cultivating or becoming a mortal rich man, it will be enough."
Yang Zhen looked at him coldly and suddenly smiled brightly: "You give me one hundred..."
"What! Yang family doll, don't be too greedy!" Zhu Shiya's eyes widened angrily, and an uncontrollable pressure rushed towards Yang Zhen.
"Be bold!"
boom! A ray of blue light hit his chest, and Zhu Shiya instantly stepped back ten feet and fell to the ground.
"Poof!" A mouthful of blood spurted out!
"What? Is this how the Zhu family negotiates business?" It was Grandma who took action. She put her hands on her hips and said in a stern tone, "If that's the case, let's make a show of it!"
Zhu Shiya got up from the ground. He vomited blood and had to admit his mistake: "I was just angry for a moment, and I had no intention of hurting Little Friend Yang. I, I am willing to apologize to Little Friend Yang."
After saying that, his head bowed deeply.
"Oh? What kind of compensation?"
"This," Zhu Shiya gritted his teeth: "Just follow what Yang Xiaoyou said, one hundred spirit stones every year! The extra amount will be considered as an apology from my Zhu family!
"Okay, enjoy it!" The two officials and officials clapped their hands and applauded.
Auntie didn't care about herself, she said lazily: "In that case, then prepare to sign and pledge."
"Yes." Zhao Liyu took out another deed with a "swish", his movements were extremely skillful.
"Mommy! Uncle Zhao!" Yang Zhen said suddenly: "I haven't finished what I just said. What I want to say is, even if he gives one hundred spiritual stones every year for this spiritual vein, I don't want it!"
"I don't want any number of spiritual stones!"
"I - give up - this spiritual vein!"
As soon as Yang Zhen said this, everyone looked at him in disbelief.
You picked up the spiritual stone for free, but you don’t want it!
Zhu Shiya even raised his head and stared at Yang Zhen, his eyes shining with hatred.
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