"Gee, I can forgive you, but you have to learn to behave better in the future. Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't think about what you shouldn't think. Otherwise, I'll hit you!" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mei started talking about her little fist. Then he hit the other person in the face. Although it was just a show, it also made the deacon disciples complain again and again.
After getting the new "Identity Token", "Elder Token" and "Cave Mansion Token", Li Mei happily put the things away, while not forgetting to weigh the two large "storage tokens" in her hands. "bag", which contains various cultivation resources that the sect uniformly distributes to "elite disciples" for one year.
These include two sets of "standard robes" for each person, an ordinary "flying sword" of the "low-grade magic weapon" level, two bottles of "elixirs" suitable for the "elixir formation period", three "high-level talismans" and a One hundred "medium grade spiritual stones". In addition, the new "identity token" contains 1,000 "contribution points" rewarded by the sect.
"Cave Mansion Token" comes with "Zongmen Map" and "Cave Mansion Restrictions" opening methods. The former facilitates sect disciples to move freely within the sect, while the latter helps each disciple to understand the "original prohibitions" of his own cave home. Upgrading and transformation, after all, "Zongmen" only provides the most basic "forbidden law and prohibition".
The so-called "forbidden law and prohibition" is to prevent birds, animals, mortals, monsters, etc. in the mountains from accidentally entering the "mist" or "phantom formation". It is not harmful in itself, but only traps the "intruders" and slowly guides them. By walking out and leaving, it can also force the "intruder"'s spells and magical powers to malfunction.
As for some "outer disciples" who exclusively serve the "inner disciples", since their cultivation is only in the "qi refining period", they will also be trapped once they stray into the "forbidden law restrictions", unless they carry with them " "Transmission Note" can be picked up, otherwise it will still be trapped. Therefore, "forbidden laws and prohibitions" are also important.
In fact, when receiving the "Cave Mansion Token", the cave home of each "Alchemy Monk" is automatically forced by the "Sect" to be equipped with thirty servants, who are mainly responsible for cleaning, living, managing the medicine garden, and raising spirits. Beasts, running errands and other chores, and these "servants" are all descendants of the "inner disciples", because once the descendants of some "immortal cultivators" do not inherit the "spiritual roots", they cannot gain a foothold in the sect unless they voluntarily Apply as a "servant".
In the same way, the "Foundation Building Monks" are the lowest-status "inner disciples", and each of their "cave houses" are also uniformly arranged by the sect with at least ten "servants". Just like the situation in the "cave" of the "Copyright Monk", these "servants" are men, women, old and young, and they all exist in a "family" situation.
Half of the income of these "mortals" (including cultivation resources) comes from the sect's regular and fixed amounts of distribution, and half comes from the daily rewards and alms from the "cave masters" they serve. At the same time, these "servants" will not be expelled by their masters as long as they do not make any serious mistakes.
However, if the "cave master" abuses these "servants" and is discovered by the sect's "Law Enforcement Hall", the "cave master" will be punished, ranging from salary deductions and fines to confiscating the "cave house" and being expelled. After leaving the sect, he was demoted to serve in foreign institutions. Therefore, "servants" cannot be easily offended.
However, there are also some "monks" who like to be quiet and do not need "servants", so they can only pay the "reverse head tax" to the sect, which is usually calculated as one low-grade spiritual stone per person per month, such as for a certain "knot" If Monk "Dan" wants to be a "bare commander", he must hand over at least 360 spiritual stones to the sect every year.
The "Spiritual Stone" handed over at this time was euphemistically called "Dongfu Rent", but it was actually used by the sect to settle the descendants of those "inner disciples" who had no support. However, if the entire family of these "servants" cannot give birth to a "spiritual root owner" within a period of time, the whole family will be exiled to the "outer door".
In other words, these "mortals" can only work as servants for the "outer disciples" at this time, helping them farm fields, carry water and chop firewood, wash and cook, sleep with and have children, and guard shops and other tasks. Especially if a female mortal can give birth to an offspring with "spiritual roots" for a monk in the "Qi Refining Period", her status will increase dramatically!
However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. When some "servants" serve the "outer sect" for several generations but fail to give birth to a "spiritual root owner", as long as the time exceeds two decades, they will be brutally kicked out and become a worldly person. Mortals have no chance to become immortals!
Therefore, in the world of cultivation, low-level disciples below the "qi refining stage" are the most "involved", and sometimes they have to "roll" together with "mortals", all kinds of "rolling", "rolling" to despair! However, women always have an advantage over men because they have the opportunity to sleep with the "immortal cultivator" and it will be better once they have a baby!
These are also the various "hidden rules" Zhou Jun saw from the "Dongfu Token". Fortunately, Zhou Jun had the foresight to deliberately place "Zhao Zhenyan" and "Li Mei" next to his own "cave mansion" when selecting "cave mansions" to facilitate development and management, because each "cave mansion" occupies The place is hundreds of miles round!
Relatively speaking, within the sect, the "cave mansion" of the "foundation-building period" disciples generally only covers an area of ten miles, and can only reach a maximum radius of thirty miles, while the "cave mansion" of the "alchemy monk" does not have so many restrictions. , but no more than a thousand miles in radius at most. After all, the total resources of the sect are limited.
Zhou Jun thought to himself that since he alone occupied the quota of three people, he would have at least ninety "servants" under his command. It would be good to use them to run errands and do chores for him. The key is that once he concentrates on "alchemy" , "refining weapons", "making talismans", there must be a supply and marketing to turn over.
So, Zhou Jun followed the sect's map and turned into a ray of light and flew near his "cave". This is a large valley "closed by mountains and rivers", and it is also where several "small spiritual veins" meet underground. The "cave mansion" is located halfway up a mountain, and the large valley below is a supporting "medicine garden".
At this moment, Zhou Jun, covered in white robes, appeared silently in the air. Seeing that the "cave" and "medicine garden" below were shrouded in a layer of white mist, he ducked and flew into it, but was unexpectedly blocked by the "forbidden law" , so he took out the "Cave Token" and input mana to open a passage in a flash.
"Eh? I would like to ask this 'Master Immortal', are you the new 'Palace Master'? I am the 'servant' assigned here by the sect..." Just as Zhou Jun stepped into the void and slowly descended. At this moment, an old man in light clothes and short sleeves like an old farmer came up with a group of men, women, old and young, booing and asking questions.
Zhou Jun didn't know how to answer, so he had to take out his "cave token" and "identity token" and throw them over for them to check. I saw the old man and several middle-aged men holding two "tokens" turning over and over in their hands. After looking at them for a while, they confirmed that they were genuine, and then they all knelt down to pay their respects.
"Haha, sir, everyone, please get up. Zhou is indeed the 'owner' of this new cave." Zhou Jun smiled and helped a few people up, and then said with a smile: "You have a large population here. I’m afraid there are two or three hundred people, right? How come there are so many? Didn’t you say thirty people?”
"Hey, I'm reporting this to the 'Palace Master'. The 'Coal Formation Monk' cave you mentioned only has thirty people? That's just the minimum. Sometimes there are nearly a thousand people! Hehe." The old man and a few middle-aged men Seeing Zhou Jun's surprised expression, the young man smiled and explained, "Our family has been here for fifty-six years!"
"Fifty-six years of guarding? What do you mean?" Zhou Jun was very confused, but he glanced at the men, women, old and children around him, and they were all filled with strange joy.
"Ahem, Lord Palace Master, you don't know something. If you come here five years later, our whole family will have to move collectively to serve in the 'Outer Sect'! What's the 'pain'? Ugh..." The old man started crying as he spoke. Suddenly he thought of something and burst into laughter again: "But there is no need to move now!"
"Oh? No need to move? That's great!" Zhou Jun suddenly felt strange when he saw the crowd gathered around him with friendly faces, especially when he saw some girls, especially young women, pointing at him from a distance. Dot giggled again, and suddenly understood what these mortal women were thinking.
"Uh... This is good, but... in this case, half of the elixir produced in this medicine field must be owned by you, and half of our income must be borne by you, because the sect has no medicine. If we have all the income from the fields, we will pick a mule and not give everyone in our clan a guarantee.”
"Oh? That's it! That's all a trivial matter. The key is where do so many of your family live? What do you usually eat? What do you drink?"
"Hey, you don't know this, right? 'New Palace Master', haven't you seen that the hundreds of miles outside this 'medicine field' are all our family's territory? Farming fields, damming rivers to raise fish, raising fish, etc." Chickens and ducks, pigs and cows, self-sufficient, connected by streets, chickens and dogs hearing each other, never interacting with each other until old age and death, hehe."
"Oh? This is a 'paradise'!" Zhou Jun couldn't help but sigh with emotion after hearing this: "Logically speaking, your family should have a rapid increase in population, but how come there are only more than a hundred people in just a few decades? Besides, there is only so much heaven and earth in this place. The spiritual energy is so rich that even mortals can live long, so it stands to reason that this shouldn't be the case?"
"Uh...this...to be honest, in order to facilitate the management of various 'ownerless caves', the sect has strictly ordered us and other 'servants' in adjacent caves not to marry each other to prevent the population from exploding and leaving no room for resettlement. Otherwise, once If someone breaks the rules, the whole clan will be expelled from the sect, so we have to marry among close relatives."
"Uh...how could this happen? In this way, wouldn't it be easy to cause 'genetic defects'?" As soon as Zhou Jun thought of this, he quickly released his mental power, covering an area of three hundred miles in an instant, and was able to kill two nearby people. Part of the "cave" is also covered, and it's true!
I saw that among this group of people, many children had cleft lips, crooked lips, and slanted eyes. Few of them felt normal! Some of them are either deaf-mute or have dementia. They smile all day long when they see strangers. They ask them to go home for dinner but they don’t respond for a long time. It seems that they are hopeless! The sect is also ruthless!
After Zhou Jun looked around at the crowd, he saw that everyone was looking at him eagerly. He thought he had nothing to explain, so he asked them to go home first. However, just when Zhou Jun turned around and flew to the gate of the cave, and was about to use the "token" to open the door, he was stopped by the old man and a few middle-aged people.
"Master, please wait! Let these girls serve you tonight." As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged men each led two or three young girls up, and said as they walked: "The sect has regulations. , if the 'servant' wants to have a secure life, he must take the initiative to establish a good relationship with the 'new palace master'!"
"This... what kind of rule is this? Why don't I know?" Zhou Jun couldn't help but look serious after seeing this and said: "I am a 'cultivation person', how can I join in the same trap with you ordinary people? Why don't you retreat quickly? Do you want me to drive you away?" As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to leave without looking back.
"Immortal Master, wait a minute! The little old man has something to say!" The old man was anxious, leaning on his crutches tremblingly, and fell to his knees with a plop, kowtowing his head and crying: "We are born as members of the sect, and we die as members of the sect. The ghost of the sect! Today, the 'immortal master' is here, and you should be loyal to the 'master' in exchange for the family's chance of survival!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the stubborn old man took out a dagger from nowhere and stabbed himself in the heart, then spurted blood and fell!
"Dad! What are you..."
"Grandpa! Grandpa! Woo hoo..."
"Great-grandfather! You can't die!"
"Uh... what's going on? How could this happen?"
