351 Zhuo Shuisheng's little abacus
Not long ago, everyone speculated that the Devourer wanted to intercept the power of the wishes of all living beings, and the power of the wishes of all living beings included the power of faith.
The faith of a monk is no nobler than that of an ordinary person, but a monk is able to do more to promote the power of faith and can develop believers at a faster rate.
This will speed up the Devourer's ability to intercept the power of wishes and prepare for its arrival in the Tiancheng spiritual world.
Moreover, mortals know little about the world of cultivation and are more easily brainwashed by the academy's theories.
The cultivation level of these mortals with pseudo-spiritual roots will not be too high, and they are likely to give birth to offspring. Their offspring will be influenced by their family from an early age and will also become believers of the "World Tree".
There is also a theory that mortals with pseudo-spiritual roots are more likely to give birth to offspring with natural spiritual roots than pure mortals.
A monk has done an experiment on this, and his experimental data showed that it is indeed true.
However, due to ethical issues, this experiment was soon stopped by all the major dynasties, and it is impossible to prove whether this conclusion is an isolated case or a common situation.
If this is an isolated case, the academy will develop pseudo-spiritual mortals as believers anyway, so it is not a loss for them.
If this is the general situation, then the academy can directly harvest a large number of children with natural spiritual roots. These children have a bright future. If a few of them become high-level monks, the academy will make a fortune.
"Although Xuanlin Village is remote, the border has always been a focus of attention for all countries. Why have you been able to hide under the nose of the Great Zhou for so long? Didn't General Zhuo Shuisheng, who is guarding this place, discover you?" Lin Yan asked.
Yao Hengtai shook his head: "Although Xuanlin Village is located on the border, it is under the jurisdiction of Wucheng County. General Zhuo's border patrol area is still far from here. We have the Wucheng County Governor to cover us, so we will not be exposed."
These words made several careful people in Lin Yan realize that something was wrong, including Jiang Xin.
[That's not right. General Zhuo has placed a ban on us, only allowing us to wander around in his jurisdiction. How could he let us wander to Xuanlin Village? 】
The little guy frowned and asked Yao Hengtai: "Are you lying?"
Yao Hengtai pointed to the sky and swore: "I am telling the truth! I have become a traitor to the academy. If I don't want to die, I won't lie to you about such a small matter. You are disciples of the immortal sect, and you can easily ask about the major administrative regions of the Great Zhou. Why would I lie to you about this?"
That's true.
"I'll ask a clerk." Chu Linfeng said as he took out the communication jade token, intending to contact the clerk at the nearby Ke Siyunlai Trading Company.
Soon there was a reply, confirming that Yao Hengtai was telling the truth.
This is even weirder.
Zhuo Shuisheng would definitely not make a mistake in remembering his jurisdiction, and he would not accidentally designate a few hundred miles of extra exercise area for Jiang Xin and the others.
Unless... he did it on purpose.
Jiang Xin couldn't understand Zhuo Shuisheng's motives, so she simply stopped thinking about it: "Don't worry about it. Anyway, the letter of certification from the Palace Master of Kunlun Palace is coming soon. We can just take these evil believers back to the border."
"What about the other people in the academy?" Jiang Xiao asked.
"Tie them all up." Jiang Xin waved her hand, and Chu Linfeng and his men rushed out and tied up all the people in minutes.
They sent half of their people to stay in the academy to guard the prisoners and the evidence of fake spiritual roots in the underground palace, while the other half quickly returned to the border building to find Zhuo Shuisheng.
Zhuo Shuisheng was carefully coloring the doll of the Fairy Hehuan, which was a limited edition peripheral that he had spent a lot of effort to buy.
Suddenly, the wooden door was opened with a "swish", and he was so scared that he almost crushed the puppet in his hand.
"Who?" He asked angrily. Just as he was about to throw away the wolf-hair brush in his hand, he saw Jiang Xin's brothers and sisters standing at the door. He became even more angry, "Do you disciples of Tianshui Sect have manners? Don't you know to knock on the door?"
"Do you think it's reasonable for you to slack off during work hours?" Jiang Xin asked back.
Zhuo Shuisheng's face flashed with embarrassment. He quickly put away the Fairy Hehuan peripherals on the table and said pretentiously: "This general is practicing a secret method. You don't understand. Didn't you go out to play? What are you doing back?"
"General Zhuo, do you know Xuanlin Village?" Lin Yan asked straight to the point.
Zhuo Shuisheng's serious expression relaxed a little, but he didn't say anything: "Isn't this just a small border village?"
"Did you deliberately let us pass because you discovered something?" Jiang Xin asked.
Zhuo Shuisheng's movements stiffened slightly for a moment.
After looking at Jiang Xin's brothers and sisters for a moment, he raised his hand and used his spiritual power to close the door, motioning for them to enter the house: "What did you find?"
"You speak first." Jiang Xin said softly.
Zhuo Shuisheng thought for a moment and gave in: "Okay, I'll tell you first. Xuanlin Village is located in a remote area, not near the main road, and it is difficult for outsiders to find it. I came across it by chance when I was traveling, and found that the spiritual energy there was abnormally rich. I was confused and secretly investigated it."
At this point, he showed dissatisfaction, "There are many things going on at the border, and I don't have time to investigate in detail, so I handed it over to the governor of Wucheng County. After the governor investigated, he only said that a secret treasure appeared in the world, which led to the rich spiritual energy in the village. After he handed over the secret treasure, the spiritual energy in Xuanlin Village became much weaker."
"Not long ago, the county magistrate's family died tragically. I remembered this and went to Xuanlin Village again. I found that the spiritual energy did not disappear with the passage of time. I suspected that this place was related to the death of the county magistrate's family. But too many people were watching me. It was not convenient for me to go there to investigate in person, and I couldn't find anyone I could trust. Just when I was worried, you came."
Zhuo Shuisheng looked at Jiang Xin and the others with an approving look in his eyes. "You guys have clean backgrounds, are strong, and have good brains. I guess you can find out the problem of Xuanlin Village. Even if you can't find it yourself, you can report it back to the sect and let the people of Tianshui Sect investigate."
Jiang Xin was flattered: "You trust our Tianshui Sect so much?"
Zhuo Shuisheng was silent for a moment, then sighed, "The result of the investigation by the governor of Wucheng County was that the secret treasure had appeared, but he later died, and I couldn't ask him for more information. I don't know if it was because he was incompetent or was bribed by someone..."
His face turned even worse when he said this. It was obvious that he was more inclined to the latter conclusion and suspected that the county magistrate had defected.
"The court officials nearby are not trustworthy, and I don't want to alert them. Just when I was thinking about how to investigate this matter, I felt it was difficult, and then you came."
Although the disciples of Tianshui Sect have some biased styles of doing things, there has not been a single traitor since the sect was founded, and it enjoys a good reputation in the world of cultivation.
Therefore Zhuo Shuisheng was willing to believe them.
At this point, seeing Jiang Xin and the others coming to question him, Zhuo Shuisheng knew that his bet was right: "What did you find there?"
Lin Yan handed him a storage bag.
Zhuo Shuisheng glanced at it casually, not quite understanding: "Why did you give me so many fake spiritual roots?"
"This was searched out from the underground palace of the forbidden imperial palace in the academy at the back mountain of Xuanlin Village. The false spiritual energy of Xuanlin Village came from here." Lin Yan said.
As a cultivator in the Fusion Stage, Zhuo Shuisheng quickly understood what Lin Yan meant by "fake spiritual energy". His expression changed slightly: "Why are they hoarding so many fake spiritual roots? Also, where do they get so many fake spiritual roots?"
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