Kongdao Lin is located within the Liushuang Empire, and Li Dai doesn't know much about this empire.
However, through the experience of constantly teleporting across the city, Li Dai has a deeper understanding of Cangyun Continent. It turns out that on Cangyun Continent, there are not only families and sects, but also many countries, strong or weak. Of course, those who can What can be called an empire naturally belongs to a relatively powerful country.
These countries are unevenly distributed in Dongling, Nanling, and Western Plains. Except for the North Icefield, which only has one or two countries, there are many countries in the other three regions.
Some of these countries are large, some are relatively remote, and some have more mortals and fewer monks. Some have more monks and more cultivating families.
In Dongling, tens of thousands of cultivator families coexist with these countries. There may be one or dozens of cultivator families that geographically belong to a certain country. However, in countries with many cultivators, the royal family has no control over cultivator families. There is not much control power, not to mention those large and small families or countries, they are all attached to a certain large sect according to the specific geographical location of Dongling. Therefore, in Dongling, the sect has the most power overall and the family has the most power. There are many, the country and the family coexist, and it has a certain binding force on the family but is not strong.
As for who is stronger and who is weaker, it depends on the strength of the family and the royal family after they unite.
Yes, for the country in its geographical location, many large and small families do not want the royal family to be too powerful, but those families in the royal family do not dare to offend easily, because although the royal family's control over the cultivating families is not strong, But its control over the mortals in its territory is very strong, and its prestige is still very high.
And in any cultivating family, it is impossible for 100% of the people to have spiritual roots. For those children without spiritual roots, if no children with spiritual roots can be born within three generations, then all the people in that branch will be exiled. , the place of exile is naturally a place where mortals from this country gather.
The family did not dare to offend the country to death, naturally because of the exiled children, and the family did not completely ignore them. Maybe the descendants of the children without spiritual roots would become geniuses again.
Then there is hope of being moved back.
As for the exiled children of many families, they also hope that even in places where mortals in their own country live, they can stand out, be crowned kings and prime ministers, and enjoy a lifetime of glory.
Therefore, in Cangyun Continent, the relationship between the country and the family is complicated. Although they are all affiliated to a certain sect, in many areas, the sect is too far away from them. It can be said that affiliation is just a name. The sky is high. The emperor is far away, and the sect can't control that much.
Unless the country within its territory is robbed by other sects, and the territory and resources are occupied by other sects, the sect will not come forward.
As for the Liushuang Empire, it can be called an empire only if the cultivators of the royal family of that country can completely crush the cultivating families on its territory, can control the cultivating families, and have the true royal power. Only then can it be called an empire. .
As for the Li family in Panlong Town, it is located in the southernmost place on Dongling land and is also under the jurisdiction of a small country. There are very few royal cultivators in that small country, so there is no restriction on the cultivating families in its land. force.
But overall, Dongling is pretty good. At least some empires can crush the cultivating families in their country, but this won't work in Nanling.
There is no sect in Nanling, and it is originally ruled by the family. Therefore, most of the country in Nanling really only cares about mortals. For the cultivation families in the country, the royal family is just a decoration.
As for the country in the Western Plains, Li Dai didn't understand it even more.
Along the way, Li Dai took more than a dozen teleportation arrays and passed through dozens of countries, large and small, before arriving at the Liushuang Empire.
Although she has been on the road in the past six months, Li Dai's knowledge has really increased a lot. Thinking about these countries, Li Dai can't help but think of the competition between Qu Shiyou and Ning Shiya during the competition at the setting sun peak. At that time, Du Chuan said that Qu Shiyou and Ning Shiya were both from the Northern Jing Kingdom, but Ning Shiya was the princess of the Northern Jing Kingdom, and Qu Shiyou was the daughter of the Qu family of the humerus family. At that time, because of Ning Shi King Ya's father was so good to Qu Shiyou that Ning Shiya hated Qu Shiyou and wanted to take her life, so she saved her herself.
But there is no point in talking about that. Ning Shiya is dead anyway. Now that she thinks of this paragraph, it makes Li Dai realize that there are indeed many countries in Cangyun Continent. She only thinks of family and sect. The understanding is wrong.
Entering the Liushuang Empire, you can clearly feel that both the monks and the mortals in this country have their own characteristics. They like to wear hats. Both men and women wear hats with various characteristics on their heads.
Li Dai followed the Romans and bought a hat to wear. Of course, she bought it in a city with many monks. Naturally, it was not an ordinary hat. This hat was a bit like a general's hat, covering the whole head. It belonged to A top-grade magical weapon with strong defensive properties and can protect the head.
Li Dai dressed herself up like a member of the Liushuang Empire, and then asked about the location of Sky Island Forest. Sure enough, when she asked here, everyone knew that Sky Island Forest was a place like this.
Li Dai went to Tenglong City, Kyoto, Liushuang City based on what others said.
After passing through Tenglong City, the black sign was shown, and they were allowed to enter the Jiulong Mountains under the control of the royal family. It was another long journey. Li Dai walked for a long time, but still did not see where Sky Island Forest was.
In the Jiulong Mountains, the spiritual energy is rich, but there are not many monsters. However, with some spiritual awareness, Li Dai also understood that there are so few monsters in the Jiulong Mountains, which is as big as a hundred thousand mountains, precisely because it is completely. Those who exist like a hunting ground for monks and those who want to gain experience in killing monsters can apply to enter the Nine Dragons Mountains.
Of course, if someone comes from out of town and is not from the Liushuang Empire like Li Dai, the management must be stricter. Without that black sign, they may not even be able to enter the Jiulong Mountains, which is as big as a hundred thousand mountains.
It can be seen that this thing is very rare, and I don’t know how Shen Xiaoyun got it.
Of course, the Kowloon Mountains was also the largest mountain range that Li Dai had ever seen. He didn't even finish the journey in a month. He encountered many teams hunting monsters along the way. Li Dai had a strong sense of consciousness and avoided them all.
However, because she had never been to Sky Island Forest, even if she entered the Kowloon Mountains, Li Dai did not know where its entrance was. Therefore, she might not have walked in a straight line, thus wasting time.
But despite this, Li Dai felt that the days spent on the road were fulfilling.
Feeling that it was almost done, Li Dai also planned to ask someone to ask. Presumably the monks from the Liushuang Empire could often enter the Sky Island Forest, so they should be familiar with it.
Li Dai was thinking like this when she heard the fierce sound of fighting again. Thinking of her plan, she had had enough of visiting the Nine Dragons Mountains, a hundred thousand miles away, so she did not avoid the monks this time and headed towards the sound of fighting.
Far away, Li Dai heard a boy's weak voice.
"How can you do this? You can't do this."
Immediately, another voice rang.
"Ha, Ao Qiyong, you loser is still so naive. If we dare to kill you here, no one will find out. Don't you know? Your people have been transferred away by us for some reason. I'm afraid it will be a few days before they come back after completing what you ordered, right? Do you think you can still survive until that time?"
Then another female voice sounded.
"That's right, he is obviously a waste with five spiritual roots. Why did the emperor give him so many resources and even gave him the opportunity to enter Sky Island City? In order to get a chance to enter, we competed again and again. Dou, there are only a hundred places for the entire Liushuang Kingdom to enter every year, and 90% of the places are allocated to hundreds of families in the country, and our royal family only has less than ten places."
"Hundreds of royal family members have to compete for these ten spots. It's so difficult for everyone to compete. Why do you get it in vain? You don't have to do anything?"
The female voice finished speaking, and then a cold male voice spoke again.
"Trash should have the awareness of trash. The emperor gave you so many n resources, but the result is that you can't even reach the third level of Qi refining. You got everything without fighting for anything. Why should we want to win? You are the child of the imperial father, aren’t you lucky because you have a dead mother and your father is hanging on to you?”
"Today's royal father doesn't know that we killed you. Even if he knew, he would kill several of our royal family's future hopes for a loser like you."
"go to hell!"
"go to hell!"
With the sharp sounds, Li Dai immediately understood Ao Qiyong's situation and why he was killed by his brothers.
"No, you can't kill me. At worst, I will secretly give you all the resources in the future. I don't want to die. Wow, I don't want to."
"Hmph, as expected, you are still such a waste, weak and cowardly. Except for that face, you look nothing like the child of the emperor."
"Stop talking nonsense and do it."
After saying that, the girl in the apricot fairy dress pulled out a long scarlet silk ribbon and wrapped it around Ao Qiyong's neck, strangling her tightly.
Several other people also attacked the injured boy on the ground one after another.
"Well"
In an instant, the face of the seven-year-old boy on the ground suddenly turned purple, tears fell heavily, and he was trembling all over, obviously extremely frightened.
It's really novel for a group of older brothers and sisters to bully such a younger brother. Seeing that the child is about to die, thinking about what those people said before, the boy is obviously going to enter the Sky Island Forest this time, so he either knows Routes are either mapped.
Therefore, when the child was desperate, suddenly, a strange strong wind rose from the ground, blowing the fallen leaves like knives, making it difficult to open the eyes.
"Ahhhhh"
Then there was a burst of screams from men and women, and the strong wind blew away all the people who wanted to kill him.
Feeling that he could breathe, the child touched his neck, looked at his missing brother and sister, and finally got up the courage to get up.
Seeing that there was no one around, the little boy in the glazed clothes blinked his red and swollen eyes, and shouted with hope: "Mom, mom, is it you? You came back to save me, Yeah?"
"Wow wow wow"
"I miss you so much!"
As he spoke, he burst into tears, looking pitiful and helpless.
Li Dai felt ashamed. The child was indeed well protected. After what he had just experienced, now he only wanted to cry and didn't know how to run away. He was not afraid that his brothers and sisters who wanted to kill him would come back later.
In addition, the child's father Huang was also careless and did not realize that his other children had murderous intentions for the child.
Li Dai rescued the child not only because she wanted to find the entrance to Sky Island Forest, but also because the person who encountered all this today was still a child.
She has always been soft-hearted towards her children.
Thinking that when I was seven years old, I had to be taken care of by ancestor Chixiao and my grandfather, who gave me so many n resources. Now that my cultivation level is high, I don't mind showing some kindness to children within my ability.
But the boy thought that his mother had saved him, so Li Dai felt ashamed and walked out.
"Kid, stop crying."
Ao Qiyong's eyes lit up when he saw Li Dai. She was really the most beautiful sister he had ever seen. When he realized that it was his sister who saved him and not his mother, Ao Qiyong quickly wiped away his tears and bowed politely to thank Li Dai:
"Sister, please save me, I will definitely do something for you!" the child said seriously.
Li Dai became interested and raised her eyebrows: "Oh? You are now at the second level of Qi Refining, but you are still a little kid who can't lift your shoulders or lift your hands. How do you want to repay me?"
"I, I" the child looked at a loss, looking really weak and cowardly. He only asked a question, but he looked panicked.
However, although this kid was a little timid, Li Dai liked him anyway, so she didn't embarrass him.
"Well, how about I give you a chance to repay you now?"
The little boy's eyes lit up as expected, "Sister, tell me."
"Well, I'm about to enter Sky Island Forest. You can lead the way."
The little boy found it incredible that such a powerful sister could not find Sky Island Forest? Although it was his first time to enter the Sky Island Forest, he also knew that the entrance was at the head of the Nine Dragon Mountains. This was common sense known to everyone in the Liushuang Empire.
However, the little boy did not dare to despise his sister for being stupid. He just thought that his sister was what the palace people often called a fool, so he happily agreed.
"I know how to go, sister! I also have a map!" Although it is clear that the entrance to Linkong Island Forest is Jiulongtou, which is the place where the nine dragon heads at the highest point of the Jiulong Mountains chant together in the sky, for the sake of safety, the emperor's father I still prepared a map for him. This time when he entered the Jiulong Mountains, he was escorted by the guards sent by Huang's father. Unexpectedly, he met his brothers and sisters who came in for training. The brothers and sisters asked him to ask his guards to help them pick dragon pearl fruits. , which is the product of the most dangerous place in the Jiulong Mountains. He agreed without much thought and ordered his guards to do it. The guards did not dare to disobey him and left. Then the scene just happened, where he was brutally killed by his brother and sister. scene.
Ao Qiyong still can't figure out why his brother and sister, who usually love him so much and are so kind to him, want his life.
I couldn't figure it out and didn't want to think about it anymore. Although I was sad, my dear Ao Qiyong immediately forgot about the unpleasant things just now and happily took out the map.
Three days later, two people, one large and one small, arrived at the highest point of the Jiulong Mountains. Here is a flat mountain top with nine rock-shaped dragon heads forming a large circle. It should be such a spectacular scene as Jiulong Yintian.
"Sister, the emperor said that after arriving at Jiulongtou Peak, just take out the sign."
The child was the first to take out the sign.
Li Dai also took out the black sign.
Take this out, and a magical scene happens
But she saw Jiulongtou's mouth suddenly started to spit out clouds and mist, and a vague road appeared. Li Dai was pleasantly surprised and took the little boy onto the misty path.
Li Dai only found out after walking on the path, but it turned out that the scene at the peak of Jiulong Yintian was all an illusion, and the black sign was the key to breaking the illusion. After breaking through the prohibition of illusion, the two of them arrived at a place where birds were singing and flowers were fragrant.
Compared to the aura and environment outside, the place inside this illusion is simply heaven.
The spiritual energy here is the strongest she has ever seen on the Cangyun Continent, and it is even stronger than the spiritual energy of the main cave of the Tianyan Sect's Shinto Transformation Cultivator.
"Sister, we have entered the Sky Island Forest!"
the little boy cheered.
Li Dai was also surprised by the beautiful scenery and aura of Li Dai.
Sky Island Forest is really a paradise for monks.
It is said to be a forest, but it is not like a forest at all. The plants inside are very short and the terrain looks like undulating islands. There are many spiritual flowers and spiritual plants.
It turns out that this is Sky Island Forest!
It is indeed an unusual feeling.
Moreover, Li Dai also discovered that the monks in the Sky Island Forest did not randomly pick the spiritual flowers and plants on the island. Even the large and small monsters were in harmony.
Ao Qiyong relied on Li Dai and they walked all the way and finally met another group of people.
This was already the third wave of people they encountered when entering Sky Island Forest.
The Sky Island Forest was full of monks and there were no ordinary people. However, among the third wave of people they met, some people actually came up to say hello to Li Dai.
"Fairy, are you also going back to the city to hand in a mission? How about we go together?" said the male cultivator who came up to chat with Li Dai.
Li Dai thought that neither she nor the child knew which direction Sky Island City was, so it would be nice if someone could lead the way, so she nodded.
The male cultivator was very happy and immediately took Li Dai to meet the people in their team.
Moreover, Li Dai was also very interested in the assignment mentioned by the male cultivator.
After getting familiar with each other for a while, Li Dai understood all the seven people in this business.
The male cultivator who invited him was named Meng Ran, and the other three men and three women were all members of the wealth-seeking team. Of course, they would gather together because they were too poor and eager to obtain more resources to exchange for high-quality elixirs from the mall. Breakthrough, so in order to achieve this goal, they have been doing tasks for a long time, and their name is also crude, called Qiu Fu Squad.
Regardless of whether the monks who can enter Sky Island Forest are capable, no matter how wealthy the monks are, they will be poor once they enter here.
Because there are so many good things that can be bought in the seven major chambers of commerce in Kongdao City, including high-grade elixirs, top-grade magic weapons, countless heavenly and earthly treasures and overall materials that have never been seen outside.
As for the talisman array disks, there are many excellent ones.
Still all good stuff.
So the monks wanted to buy everything they looked at, and there was no way they could save the spiritual stones.
Therefore, seeking wealth in Sky Island Forest is not only the pursuit of Meng Ran and others, but also the pursuit of many other monks.
It can be said that the monks in Kongdao Lin are so poor that they have nothing, and the rich are so rich.
Of course, apart from those who are members of the seven major chambers of commerce, most of the rich are monks with special skills, such as alchemy or talisman making and weapon making.
Of course, whether it is refining alchemy, making talismans or refining weapons, what is produced must be of high quality, so that you can get a high price when you buy it to the Chamber of Commerce, otherwise you will not be rich.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Li, you just entered Sky Island Forest and haven't joined any team yet, right? How about joining us to do tasks to earn spiritual stones?"
Captain Meng Ran extended the invitation. twenty one
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