Chapter 636 Xuanmen
The Qingmu King City is very large, with extremely high and thick walls, engraved with patterns that seem to be from ancient times. It is said that this is made of iron wood that has grown for tens of thousands of years, and is impervious to water and fire, and cannot be broken by swords and weapons.
As for who built the city, it is no longer possible to verify. Even if you ask the most knowledgeable elder here, he can only say that it was built about three thousand years ago, and at that time, the Chu Empire had not yet appeared.
After entering the city gate, there are wide streets and densely packed houses, courtyards and pavilions. The streets are crowded with people, and the sounds of hawkers' shouting, the aroma of food, the stench of rotten garbage, and the smell of livestock are mixed together, just like the various forms of life.
But even in such prosperity, you can still see two landmark buildings at a glance. One is the Chu Palace, located in the northeast corner. It is magnificent, tall and majestic, showing the royal style.
The other is the Three Temples, located in the southeast corner. Although not as tall as the imperial palace, it has a solemn, majestic and mysterious aura.
After entering the city, Liang Jin no longer used any magical powers. He just walked slowly like an ordinary person, looking left and right. When he met old men and women, he would politely give way. Occasionally, he would sit down to have a cup of tea, buy some spiritual fruits and snacks, and was humble throughout.
But this is not because Liang Jin is really in such a good mood, or because he really has a gentle personality, but because there are many seniors on this street, and it is even possible to meet the worldly body of the Taoist Ancestor.
This can be considered as the tradition of the Xuanmen disciples of Tianjian Sect.
What is Xuanmen? In fact, Tianjian Sect does not have such a division. Instead, it is a group composed of all disciples who consider themselves to be the direct descendants of Daozu. They call themselves Xuanmen, which distinguishes them from other Tianjian Sect disciples.
Of course, this must have been tacitly approved by Daozu, and even - Liang Jin didn't dare to think about it.
To enter the mysterious gate, one must seal off all memories and live as a mortal for 50 to 500 years.
This matter is neither good nor bad, but there is one thing for sure without a doubt, the pace of life of mortals is really fast, with wars, disasters, survival, competition and so on. After all, looking back at the previous world of sword immortals, the Taoist has never let mortals live in peace. Although just throwing a little bit of resources can allow mortals to lie on the pile of food and live to old age, what they raise are just rats.
Therefore, there is a change of dynasty every three hundred years, a major disaster every two hundred years, a man-made disaster every one hundred years, a war every fifty years, and a foreign invasion every thirty years. Various emergencies, sudden disasters, and constant disasters occur one after another.
Comfort? Where can I find comfort?
This was the case in the world of Sword Immortals, and it is even more so in this Qingmu world today. After all, in the setting, the Chu Empire was established by the ancestors who overcame all difficulties and established a country 80,000 miles south of the Central Plains overseas. The Central Plains here refers to the world of Sword Immortals.
By the way, the boundary between the Sword Immortal World and the Qingmu World does not restrict the travel of mortals, and even some sword cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage can pass through. In their view, this is all on the same continent, so how can there be a difference between two planes?
When the total number of mortals in these two planes is added together, it has always been maintained at around 5 billion, which may be due to the high mortality rate.
Therefore, in the eyes of Xuanmen disciples, Daozu's intention must be to select the best mortals to join Tianjian Sect, and then select the best among them to join Xuanmen.
In the thousand years since Xuanmen took shape, it has already become a behemoth invisible in the entire world of sword immortals.
A big reason for this is that some Xuanmen disciples really discovered some unpolished gems among mortals when they closed their memories and experienced the mortal world, and some were their own children and descendants. When they woke up from their dream, they would make some arrangements. Those who could join the Tianjian Sect would go to the Tianjian Sect, and then, those who had a clean background and met the training expectations would be accepted by Xuanmen and become reserve disciples.
The Taoist ancestors did not manage these people. He only gave the order directly to the 1,060 Xuanmen disciples.
The entire Xuanmen actually radiates from these one thousand and sixty people.
Among them, the first one hundred are the first disciples of Xuanmen, and they are also the predecessors who initially established the Xuanmen organization. Then, including these one hundred first disciples of Xuanmen, if any Xuanmen disciple makes a great contribution, he or she can obtain the status of Xuanmen elder. There are only ten such identities, and they will be recognized by all one thousand and sixty Xuanmen disciples and will be responsible for managing the daily affairs of Xuanmen.
As for Liang Jin, he is the 39th-ranked disciple of Xuanmen, and also one of the ten elders in charge of Xuanmen.
This identity is much more powerful and cooler than the master of the Central Hall of Earth Vein Control if Xuanmen appears before the world.
Commonly known as a high position with great power.
However, Liang Jin never dared to be complacent, because he knew very well how many hidden talents there were among the Xuanmen disciples.
In Xuanmen, you can appoint people based on personal connections, and you can recommend your descendants, but there is only one rule: you must have extraordinary talent and amazing potential to pass.
So far, in addition to the 1,060 Xuanmen disciples appointed by Daozu, there are still 3,000 Xuanmen disciples and 150,000 reserve Xuanmen disciples.
The former requires the approval of at least fifty first disciples of Xuanmen and five elders of Xuanmen, while the latter requires the approval of at least ten first disciples of Xuanmen and one elder of Xuanmen.
In this defensive battle, only one-third of the participants were from the Xuanmen sect, and they were mainly concentrated in two aspects. One was the earth vein dispatching center led by Liang Jin, which required the secret efforts of the twelve Xuanmen first disciples, 372 Xuanmen disciples, and more than 8,000 reserve Xuanmen disciples. Otherwise, it would be a joke to manage such a huge Cangjian earth vein network with only a few dozen people in the open.
These are all considered to be part of the Liang Jin system, and can also be called the earth vein scheduling school.
Then on the other side, it is led by another Xuanmen first disciple, Pang Di. He is the 72nd ranked Xuanmen first disciple and one of the ten Xuanmen elders. He is responsible for the ancient demon heaven defense system. There are a total of 48 Xuanmen first disciples, 490 Xuanmen disciples, and more than 50,000 reserve Xuanmen disciples participating.
Although on the surface, in this battle, Jiang Rong was in charge of commanding the Ancient Demon Heavenly Realm's defense system, but since they had no idea about the inner core of this system, they could only issue orders from the highest point, while those who were responsible for maintaining the operation and control below were all Pang Di's people.
Outside Xuanmen, the factions represented by Liang Jin and Pang Di are a whole, but within Xuanmen, they are two distinct factions.
Pangdi is dull and stupid in front of others, completely ignorant of the ways of the world, with zero emotional intelligence and an extremely high IQ. But behind others' backs, he is a sinister, cunning, scheming, extremely cunning and calculating old fox.
Unlike him, Liang Jin, who is honest, simple, down-to-earth and hardworking in front of others, a good guy. Behind others, he is also gentle as jade, resourceful, smiling, and friendly. He is a good man who is trustworthy.
(End of this chapter)
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