Chapter 427 What do you choose? Do you want to go together?
The fact that the Immortal Sword was trapped in the Chongxuan Sect was unbelievable. Xie Qingxue felt confused and angry. She wanted to get to the bottom of it, but she didn't dare to say such a matter that concerned the life and death of the Tianhe Sect in the communication talisman.
She simply traveled day and night to return to Tianhe Sect, wanting to ask Sect Master Yan in person.
“Qingxue?” Seeing her suddenly return from Jiushan, her face was covered with dust and her eyes were filled with anxiety. Sect Leader Yan’s face immediately became a little nervous, “But Wushuang…”
"Junior brother, nothing's wrong."
When Xie Qingxue met her master, she could no longer hide her confusion.
"Zheng Fa saw the Xianjian Sword!"
Sect Leader Yan was stunned. Although he was somewhat surprised, he was not shocked.
Now, Xie Qingxue immediately understood the truth...
"Master, our sect's Immortal-Trapping Sword..."
"None of the four swords of Zhu Xian belong to the founder."
“…”
Before returning, Xie Qingxue felt that she had prepared herself mentally for the worst.
Who could have thought that just one sentence from her master could nearly shatter her faith?
"Why... why is it so... then who are the four swordsmen in our sect..."
Unconsciously, her voice began to tremble.
Sect Leader Yan looked at her confused look, but his face remained calm. He just pointed at the chair in front of him and said gently, "Sit down and talk."
Xie Qingxue sat in the chair absent-mindedly, staring at Sect Leader Yan, as if she wanted to know the truth.
Sect Leader Yan pondered for a while, as if organizing his words, before he spoke: "Only the Sect Leader should have known about this matter, but now..."
Xie Qingxue was even more flustered.
What the Master had done these days made her feel like he was making arrangements for her final affairs.
"You should know that there is some gap between our Tianhe Sect and other immortal sects in terms of cultivation methods."
"Well... we don't have any fundamental Dharma."
"That's right. The so-called fundamental method is a method that can truly lead to immortality..."
"Then have you ever thought about why our sect is ranked among the five major sects of Xuanwei, and is still quite powerful in this era?"
Xie Qingxue shook her head.
"Because of the four swords of Zhu Xian in the sect."
"Isn't it that the four swords are..."
Xie Qingxue became more and more confused.
"Why is the realm after the transformation of the gods in our Tianhe Sect called the fusion stage?"
Xie Qingxue knew this matter very well. She was a cultivator in the Fusion Stage: "I have merged with the Immortal Sword. The sword is alive and I am alive. If the sword dies, I die. I borrow the power of the Immortal Sword..."
Zheng Fa once said something that Xie Qingxue thought was quite appropriate:
The Tianhe School's martial arts seemed to have the idea of training oneself into a sword spirit.
Therefore, Xie Qingxue was "controlled" by Zheng Fa before.
Thinking of this, Xie Qingxue was stunned.
"The four swords in the sect are also..."
“It’s the four ancestors.”
Xie Qingxue was shocked. What does this mean? The four ancestors are not dead? The Tianhe Sect now has five sects, which are actually the inheritance of the five disciples of the Tianhe ancestors.
But the founder of her lineage, the guardian master, had already sacrificed himself to the sword and died.
Who would have thought that according to what the master said, the four ancestors not only survived, but instead became the sect's treasures?
"But this is not right..." Xie Qingxue thought about it, but still couldn't figure it out, "Since the four ancestors have merged with the four swords, how come the Xianjian Sword is in Hao Rishan's hands?"
"Because after the death of Tianhe Patriarch, the four ancestors handed over the four sword bodies to the four sects..."
These words dealt another heavy blow to Xie Qingxue.
At this moment, she and Zheng Fa had a deep empathy - this can also be sold? This choice is too outrageous.
According to common sense, the Four Swords of Zhu Xian are to the four ancestors as the Qingping Sword is to oneself.
It is almost like one’s own spiritual treasure, the root of one’s life.
How can I give four?
Xie Qingxue's mind was in a mess, and she knew in her heart that there was probably only one explanation for everything: the reason for the Tianhe Rebellion that year.
"Master, back then...why did the ancestors betray Patriarch Tianhe?"
Sect Leader Yan took a deep look at the Qingping Sword on her waist and said bluntly:
"Because of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian."
This was another answer that Xie Qingxue did not expect.
"The Four Swords of Zhu Xian..."
"Back then, Tianhe Patriarch unified Xuanwei and wiped out all the major sects. His strength was so strong that even the four major sects today could only hide in the dark."
"The ancestor is so powerful that he has collected all the spiritual materials and magic weapons in the world."
"Forge the Four Swords of Zhu Xian."
Xie Qingxue was also excited and proud when she heard this. She couldn't help but ask, "How... could this make the master so deserted by his friends and relatives?"
"You should understand now that during the catastrophe of spiritual energy decline, ancient immortal gods descended into the world."
Xie Qingxue nodded.
"The Four Swords of Immortal Execution were made by the Grandmaster in order to stabilize the Mysterious World and were handed over to the four great disciples to wield."
"If these four swords are completed, their power will be unrivaled in ancient and modern times. According to historical records, they can overturn the heaven and earth and make immortals and gods surrender."
"Xuanwei will be stable soon."
Xie Qingxue was even more confused.
"Is there a problem with this?"
Sect Leader Yan laughed, and it was a strange laugh, as if he was mocking himself.
"But the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords can... not only kill the ancient immortals and gods?"
"Not just..." Xie Qingxue murmured these four words, and suddenly a guess came to her mind. She felt her heart slowly, slowly tightening.
"Yes, the Four Swords of Zhu Xian are aimed at all people with cultivation... that is, all immortal cultivators."
"The indiscriminate killing of innocent people will lead to death."
"He who bullies the weak will die."
"In fact, the ancestor even had an idea to refine the Four Swords of Immortal Execution according to the Shinto method..."
Sect Leader Yan's tone became colder and colder, and there was some fear in his expression when he said this. Xie Qingxue listened to him slowly say something that she could not imagine: "If so, these four swords can rely on the incense and mind power of all living beings to kill immortals and gods."
"Whether you are an ancient immortal or an immortal cultivator, who would want to have four more immortal swords on their heads that would put them in danger every day? Who would be willing to give their life to the common people?"
"I see……"
Xie Qingxue lowered her eyes, not knowing what to say.
Can she say that the master was wrong?
It seems that there is no problem. The ancestor does not want to kill all the immortal cultivators, but wants to set rules for the immortal way, quell the ancient immortal disasters, and create a mysterious world in his own mind.
But could she say that the Four Veins Patriarch’s choice was unreasonable?
What is the purpose of cultivating immortals...
There is nothing better than longevity and freedom.
It is only too normal for the founder to be deserted by his friends and relatives.
“Therefore…the four ancestors who merged with the four swords conspired with the four sects to start the Tianhe Rebellion.”
"After the chaos, the four swords were split into two. The sword embryos are in the hands of the four sects, and the four ancestors are in the Tianhe Sect."
After Xie Qingxue heard this, she was still a little confused and asked:
"Why bother?"
"The Four Swords of Zhu Xian are extremely powerful, so the four sects are naturally unwilling to give them to our sect."
"Although the four ancestors can control the four swords together, doing so may cause the ancestors to revive... Secondly, they are unwilling to be bound by the four swords and want to find a way to transcend."
"Therefore, the four sects are required to suppress or even refine the four swords."
"My Tianhe Sect has a secret agreement with the four sects."
After listening to this, Xie Qingxue had a preliminary understanding of the situation:
After the Tianhe Sect rebelled, the four sects and the four patriarchs were wary of each other and each took what they needed.
The four ancestors have the strength to activate the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, but this thing might be related to the Taoist fruit of Tianhe Patriarch, so it can only be used as a desperate measure.
On the other hand, they were unwilling to be controlled by the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, and the Four Sects naturally did not feel comfortable leaving this thing in the Tianhe Sect - they were afraid that they would go crazy.
Therefore, the four swords were taken away by the four sects to suppress them respectively, while the four ancestors stayed in Tianhe Sect to seek a way to transcend.
"How can I transcend..."
Xie Qingxue couldn't help but ask, the same was true for her relationship with Qingping Sword.
But the master who had frankly told me such a secret kept his mouth shut at this moment and changed the subject:
"Right now, Haori Mountain is either suppressing the Xianjian Sword or refining it..."
"Refine?"
"They have been researching the Xianjian Sword for an era, and they are the number one weapon refining sect in the Xuanwei Realm. Maybe they can find some methods..."
"Then why did they place this Xianjian Sword in the Baixian League?"
Sect Leader Yan shook his head slightly: "I don't know about that."
Knowing that the Four Veins' ancestors were still alive and even in the sect... As Tianhe's number one traitor, Xie Qingxue didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly said goodbye to Sect Master Yan.
When she was leaving, she suddenly heard Sect Leader Yan ask her a question: "If you were one of the five ancestors...how would you choose?"
Xie Qingxue was shocked and turned to look at her master, only to find that Master Yan had closed his eyes and was no longer looking at her.
…
When she returned to Jiushan Realm from Tianhe Sect, Zheng Fa was in Tiangong Palace, holding a jade tube in his hand and reading it carefully.
When he saw her come back, he just said hello to her, as if he didn't have time to pay more attention to her.
Xie Qingxue was surprised. She could understand that he didn't care about her, but she had brought back the news of the Xianjian!
What was in this jade tube that made Zheng Fa give up even this? A magical skill or secret method?
New weapon refining secret?
After a while, Zheng Facai looked up with a hint of unsatisfied interest. Seeing her curiously staring at the jade tube in his hand, he smiled and explained, "This is the Hundred Immortals Alliance Census Report sent back by Uncle Pang."
“So soon?”
Xie Qingxue was stunned for a moment.
"This is a rough survey, mainly focusing on the various cultivation sects and the reserves of spiritual materials."
Xie Qingxue also understood.
She also knew about the Jiushan Sect's census, and even knew how detailed the data Zheng Fa wanted: According to Zheng Fa's idea, it would be better for Uncle Pang and the others to find out the data on the mortal population, occupations, income, etc.
This is naturally a very time-consuming task.
But now, if this preliminary report only involves the major immortal cultivation sects and spiritual materials, it would be different.
Compared to mortals, the number of immortal cultivators may be one in ten thousand, or even one in a million.
The reserves of various spiritual materials are easy to talk about - spiritual materials are rare after all.
"Uncle Pang was thinking that we would do business with the major sects, so he investigated this data first."
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Xie Qingxue nodded indifferently at first, then suddenly thought of something, bit her lip, and stretched out her hand to Zheng Fa, saying, "Can I... take a look?"
Zheng Fa was slightly stunned, then he readily handed the jade tube to her and said with a smile, "This is not a secret."
When Xie Qingxue sank her spiritual consciousness into the jade tube, she discovered that this investigation report was written in a very unique way, probably taught by Zheng Fa.
The content of the jade tube has a big title, called "Investigation Report on Immortal Cultivators of the Hundred Immortals Alliance".
It is divided into four major parts:
The first part is an overview of the Baixian League, which includes the geographical environment, area, large and small forces and surrounding forces of the Baixian League.
Xie Qingxue also understood this, but the data here was more detailed.
She only looked at it for a moment and then skipped it.
The second part was about the distribution of the Hundred Immortals Alliance's wealth, which she looked at very carefully: "All the spiritual fields are controlled by the major sects... 90% of the top-quality spiritual fields are in the hands of sects above the Golden Core stage."
"More than 80% of the magic weapon elixir market and the spiritual talisman market are monopolized by Yuanying sects."
"More than 95% of the output of the major spiritual mines will flow to the Yuanying sect?"
Xie Qingxue said softly.
She looked back at the first piece of information about the Hundred Immortals Alliance, where Master Pang had written very clearly that after the demonic calamity, there were more than 1,600 sects or families of all sizes in the Hundred Immortals Alliance.
Among them, there are only five Nascent Soul forces, including Jiushan Sect.
There are only thirty-one Jindan forces, excluding duplicate counting.
The highest combat power of other sects or families is just the foundation building stage.
If these forces are not related, they cannot be listed in the Hundred Immortals Alliance...they can only rely on one sect in the Hundred Immortals Alliance.
Only divided by the number of forces.
Eighty percent of the wealth in the territory of the Hundred Immortals Alliance may be in the hands of less than one-fiftieth of the sects or families.
The third piece is a cultivator structure, which makes Xie Qingxue frown even more.
In the Hundred Immortals Alliance, excluding the Chongxuan Sect, including the Jiushan Sect, there are now thirty-two cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage.
There are a total of two hundred and eighty-six Jindan cultivators.
As for the total number of cultivators, this data given by Master Pang is an estimate of about 80,000.
In other words, if the wealth is divided by individuals, there are only more than 300 cultivators above the Golden Core level, accounting for less than 21% of the total number of cultivators.
But the resources they occupy are probably far more than 80%...
You know, other small forces also depend on them for their survival.
As for the fourth section on the income and expenditure of the monks, Xie Qingxue also read it carefully.
It is stated that 50% of the income of each foundation-building cultivator must be handed over to the sect or more powerful cultivators.
There are even more Qigong practitioners.
She only read it roughly, but it proved an idea in her mind: any cultivator with high cultivation level possesses resources that are difficult for others to obtain, and the more they practice, the more resources they need, and the more harshly they plunder the lower-level cultivators.
What disturbed her was...
This is just a monk.
Cultivators are the individuals in the Xuanwei world who are most capable of controlling their own destiny.
That mortal...
She didn't even need to read the investigation report to understand that the plunder suffered by mortals was a hundred times more than that of monks.
Every monk either understands this or does not understand it, but they have become accustomed to living under the control of mortals.
Under such extremely contradictory circumstances, they were forced to hand over their lives to mortals...
Who would be willing?
Who dares? So when the master refined the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, even his disciples betrayed him.
Thinking of this, Xie Qingxue felt confused.
The question her master had asked before reappeared in her ears——
How would you choose?
She didn't know the answer, or rather, she knew the answer but didn't want to think about it deeply.
…
Zheng Fa seemed to see the confusion in her expression and asked curiously, "But is the matter of the trapped immortal sword very troublesome?"
Xie Qingxue shook her head: "I don't know why the Xianjian is in Chongxuan Sect..."
She repeated to Zheng Fa what Sect Leader Yan had told her.
After listening to this, Zheng Fa also frowned.
"No wonder the Feiyun Sword I refined could trigger the Xianxian Sword's unusual movements..."
Zheng Fa had guessed before, and now that it was confirmed that the black sword was the Xianjian Sword, he naturally confirmed his idea -
Perhaps it was because he had used some of the Tianhe School's sword-making techniques that the Xianjian Sword had some sensitivity.
Xie Qingxue reminded him again: "My master said that although Hao Rishan seems unable to control the Xian Xian Sword now, the power of the Xian Xian Sword should not be underestimated... They put this sword in Chongxuan Sect, I am afraid they have some ulterior motives."
“It should not be taken lightly.”
Zheng Fa certainly understood this.
It can be said that this Xianjian Sword has changed the situation in the Xuanwei Realm and even caused Venerable Tianhe to fall. This shows how powerful it is.
Not to mention, for an era, Haori Mountain has been unable to do anything about this Xianjian Sword.
It's definitely not something you can do recklessly.
"In this case, we still have to find out what Hao Rishan and the others are going to do..."
On the other hand, Haori Mountain would never throw away such a peerless treasure as the Xianjian Sword.
There must be a purpose for being thrown into Chongxuan Sect.
even……
Can Shi Nandang's seven gods be able to refine this thing?
Zheng Fa didn't quite believe it.
Therefore, this Chongxuan Sect might have something special about it.
Zheng Fa was calculating various possibilities in his mind, and he saw that Xie Qingxue was absent-minded, as if there was something difficult to solve.
"Thank you, fairy?"
Xie Qingxue slowly came back to her senses, looked at the Qingping Sword on her waist, dodged her gaze as if she had been electrocuted, then smiled bitterly and said, "I just realized today... If I were the ancestor of the Four Veins, I would also..."
Zheng Fa nodded as a matter of course and said, “Out of a hundred cultivators, maybe ninety-nine of them… are the same.”
"Um?"
"Venerable Tianhe, maybe you are right, but... you are too hasty..."
Zheng Fa sighed softly and said to Xie Qingxue: "He is surrounded by traditional Xuanwei cultivators... They are never the same kind of people."
“You can imagine the choices that can be made.”
Xie Qingxue was stunned for a moment, and keenly caught a new concept in Zheng Fa's words: "Traditional...Xuanwei cultivator?"
"Oh, look, this is a report that Senior Sister Zhang gave me."
Xie Qingxue took the account book from Zheng Fa's hand out of curiosity.
"After the textile factory was established... the variety of goods in the clothing market increased tenfold, the average price dropped by 30%, and the export income..."
"The food processing plant... the daily food share of the Twelve States City has increased fourfold."
"The number of newborns in Jiushanjie increased by two times last month, and the mortality rate is less than 90% of last month."
"The average household wealth has increased by 50%, and every household has enough food for half a year..."
This is the change in the mortal world of the Nine Mountains Realm after the initial development of trade by the Hundred Immortals Alliance.
Zheng Fa had always felt excited when he read it before - the rough combination of immortal cultivation methods and modern technology might not be that powerful, but it was very effective in changing the fate of mortals.
When read together with the Hundred Immortals Alliance survey sent by Uncle Pang, the gap becomes even more obvious.
The simplest change is what the monks have brought to this world.
"We have to admit that the power of the cultivators belongs to themselves. What they pursue is their own strength. This is an unchangeable fact." Zheng Fa also looked at the report in her hand and said softly, "Venerable Tianhe's idea is actually very good... to establish a Xuanwei Realm that checks and balances each other."
"The problem is, maybe he really has the ability to kill immortals, but he can't change people's hearts..."
"I don't have the ambition that the Venerable has..."
Zheng Fa laughed at himself. A coward like him did not have the confidence to stand against all the monks.
"So you chose... to change the relationship between monks and mortals?"
"Thank you, Fairy. In the past, the wealth of this world was distributed based on strength... I was wondering if it could be distributed based on contribution in the future?"
Xie Qingxue stared at Zheng Fa blankly.
Comparing with the ancestor, she naturally understood what Zheng Fa meant - the fact that cultivators possess powerful strength cannot be changed. What Zheng Fa wants is to find a way to benefit all living beings with this powerful strength.
What if monks and mortals were no longer in conflict?
What if mortals become richer because of monks, and monks become more powerful because of mortals?
Zheng Fa tilted his head, looked at Xie Qingxue, and said with a smile:
"Thank you, Fairy. This path may not be any easier than the path of Tianhe Patriarch..."
Another question came to Xie Qingxue's ear: "Do you... want to come together?"
...Master, I may have found the answer to your question.
(End of this chapter)
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