Chapter 107 Nine surnames and twenty-four families, the immortal class has a fixed quota
Linjiang Pei family?
Cui Heng was stunned when he heard this.
Isn't this the family Pei Qingshu came from?
Da Zhou... is the country where he and Li Mingqiong are from.
It turned out to be them.
"I don't know how the two kids are doing now." Cui Heng was a little dazed, "The martial arts I taught them back then, and what level have they cultivated to?"
One hundred and fifty years ago.
Pei Qingshu and Li Mingqiong fell into his novice space.
And received the martial arts he taught.
In fact, in Cui Heng's heart, he has always regarded these two people as "more predestined".
Far less important than Hong Fugui and Jiang Qiqi.
But after such a long time, he suddenly heard the relevant news, and it was inevitable to sigh.
However, he did not interrupt Wang Donglin's narration, and still listened quietly.
As Wang Donglin described, the general situation of Tianxu Realm gradually emerged in his mind.
It was also a world controlled by aristocratic families and sects.
But it was different from the Dajin here.
First of all, there are the nine major immortal gates and the three Buddhist temples that are high above.
With the power of heavenly beings and great bodhisattvas, they dominate everything.
Secondly, there are the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Linjiang Pei Family, and the Daoyi Palace, all of which are top forces with heavenly beings.
These three major forces are allied with each other and are not under the jurisdiction of the nine major immortal gates.
Those who are truly governed by the nine major immortal gates are those top aristocratic families.
That is, the nine surnames and twenty-four families.
The nine surnames are aristocratic families, and the twenty-four families are wealthy families.
This is clearly distinguished, representing different status, different privileges, and different resources.
The most important point is the number of "immortals".
The number of "immortals" in the nine surnames and twenty-four families of the Immortal Gate is clearly stipulated.
The nine surnames are allowed to have eighteen human immortals and five earthly immortals.
The twenty-four wealthy families are only allowed to have nine human immortals and one earthly immortal.
The Wang family of Jiangdong is one of the nine surnames.
There are now three earthly immortals and seventeen human immortals in the family, of which nine are Wang Donglin's peers.
"How is this restriction on the immortal class implemented?" Cui Heng couldn't help but frowned and asked.
At the same time, he also thought of the situation that Li Mingqiong had said at the time, that the method of immortal martial arts was controlled by the immortal gate, and there was a road to immortality ahead, but the world could not enter.
The situation described by Wang Donglin can correspond to this.
But how to implement this restriction?
Even if the Immortal Sect prohibits the nobles and wealthy families from privately teaching the method of becoming an immortal, it is meaningless.
As long as time goes by, it will be difficult to prevent the skills from being spread out.
Once the skills are spread out, the upward channel will be opened, and the strict limit on the number will no longer exist.
"Through the Three Yuan Immortal Pill, only by taking the Three Yuan Immortal Pill can you be listed in the 'Immortal Class'." Wang Donglin explained, "This kind of immortal pill is only available in the Immortal Sect. "
I heard from the elders in the clan that the effect of the immortal pill is very strange. As long as you swallow it, you can become an immortal on the spot, or break through from a human immortal to an earthly immortal."
"Swallow the immortal pill to become an immortal on the spot?" Cui Heng frowned and said, "Do they know how they broke through?"
"I don't know." Wang Donglin shook his head, "After swallowing the immortal pill, you will become an immortal on the spot, without a breakthrough process."
"...Hmm. "Cui Heng was stunned when he heard this, then nodded slightly, "Go on."
"Yes, yes!" Wang Donglin nodded hurriedly, "Every ten years, the aristocratic families will first select suitable candidates for promotion from within, inform them of the new promotions to the three realms of the Divine Realm and the Immortal Realm, and let them bring enough Sky Dew Crystals to the Immortal Gate.
"The Immortal Gate will select those who meet their requirements from these promoters and give them immortal pills. If a person is promoted from the Divine Realm to the Human Immortal Realm, he will be given the Human Yuan Immortal Pill. If a person is promoted from the Human Immortal Realm to the Earth Immortal Realm, he will be given the Earth Yuan Immortal Pill."
Cui Heng fell into deep thought.
According to what Wang Donglin said, the so-called nine surnames and twenty-four families simply did not master the method of breaking through the realm.
Everything is controlled by the Immortal Gate, and there is not even the slightest room for resistance.
Moreover, taking elixirs to break through the realm is definitely not a normal method of cultivation.
It is likely that the nine major immortal sects came up with a special method to facilitate their control of the aristocratic families.
"Do the nine major immortal sects need to take elixirs to break through themselves?" Cui Heng chuckled.
"I don't know, but I heard that it is... not necessary." Wang Donglin also understood what Cui Heng meant.
This is indeed very frustrating, but this is the fact that must be faced.
"So that's it." Cui Heng nodded lightly, basically confirming his previous guess, and then he asked again, "Do the Great Zhou royal family, Linjiang Pei family, and Daoyi Palace also take elixirs?"
If Li Mingqiong and Pei Qingshu passed down the martial arts he taught, then the Great Zhou royal family and Linjiang Pei family should be able to break through the realm just by practicing.
Daoyi Palace is essentially an outsider in Tianxu Realm. It does not stand with the nine major immortal gates, nor is it under their jurisdiction, and most of them do not take immortal pills.
“The Great Zhou royal family and the Linjiang Pei family both have their own unique methods of immortal martial arts, which do not require elixirs.” Wang Donglin said with some envy: “As for Daoyi Palace, not only can they break through without elixirs, they also have the means to refine elixirs.”
Speaking of this, he paused, and said: “Because of this, the nine major immortal gates have always wanted to destroy Daoyi Palace. This time, within a hundred years, our Wang family received an order from the immortal gate to overthrow Daoyi Palace in the lower realm.
“The upper realm should also take action. It is said that after a hundred years, the immortal gate Buddhist temple has recovered from the impact of the immortal catastrophe, and they plan to wipe out Daoyi Palace, the Great Zhou royal family, and the Linjiang Pei family in one fell swoop.”
“The immortal catastrophe a hundred years ago? "Cui Heng raised his eyebrows slightly and sneered, "You mean the siege of Xianxia Sect?"
"Yes, yes." Wang Donglin knew that he had hit the key point and couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
"Why siege Xianxia Sect?" Cui Heng said in a deep voice.
This was also what he had been wondering about. Was it really because of the different ways of cultivation that they had to fight to the death?
However, from the information Wang Donglin had revealed before, he had already made a rough guess.
"Yes, it was because..." Wang Donglin's mind was spinning rapidly, and he quickly organized his words. "A hundred years ago, the Great Zhou Dynasty was not ruled by a female emperor, and the Linjiang Pei family was still among the nine clans.
"At that time, apart from the Xianmen Buddhist Temple, the only place in the world that could break through the realm without the need for elixirs was Daoyi Palace, which was why Daoyi Palace was always targeted.
“But during that hundred-year period, an Arhat from Baolin Zen Monastery discovered in the lower world that the Xianxia Sect did not need elixirs to become immortals, and even had several human immortals and one earthly immortal.
“This was much more powerful than the Daoyi Palace in the human world, so Baolin Zen Monastery immediately united with the two major immortal sects and led the three surnames and twelve families to encircle and suppress the Xianxia Sect.”
“It turned out to be so! "Cui Heng's face was as cold as frost.
He had guessed the reason before, but he still felt angry after hearing the answer.
This was a completely unprovoked disaster!
In order to maintain their own ruling status, those immortal sects and Buddhist temples wanted to overthrow the Xianxia Sect and put Jiang Qiqi to death.
Hateful!
Rumble!
At this moment, the originally silent void around suddenly rang with thunderous rumbles.
Groups of light circles and light bands that seemed to be countless colors blended together emerged, and in the blink of an eye, this place became a strange place.
This was because Cui Heng was angry, and his emotions moved the surrounding laws and Taoism, and immediately produced drastic changes in the sky.
It was not obvious at this height of 30,000 feet.
It was different below.
At this moment, the sky above the 19 counties of Langya County has become full of lightning and thunder, thick dark clouds are rolling, tornadoes and rainstorms are raging wildly.
Moreover, this drastic change in the sky is still continuing, and there is a trend of spreading to the rest of the counties and even the entire Yanzhou.
Countless people knelt on the ground, bowed to the sky and prayed.
Such a scene is like the end of the world.
It's so terrifying.
Although Wang Donglin couldn't see the strange phenomena below, he knelt in front of Cui Heng.
The great terror he endured can be imagined.
He now felt that his whole body was tense, the blood was about to stop flowing, and the whole person was about to faint.
However, Wang Donglin soon felt that this terrifying pressure disappeared.
"Go on." Cui Heng's indifferent and calm voice sounded again, "What about the Empress of the Great Zhou you just mentioned, and the Linjiang Pei family, who were still among the Nine Surnames a hundred years ago?"
"Yes, yes..." Wang Donglin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after calming down a little, he said, "The Empress of the Great Zhou is the empress who now rules the Great Zhou, and is also one of the founders of the current situation.
"Seventy years ago, the Linjiang Pei family produced a strong man comparable to a god, who announced his separation from the ranks of the Nine Surnames, and formed an alliance with the Empress of the Great Zhou and Daoyi Palace to join forces to resist the oppression of the Xianmen Buddhist Academy.
"Although the Empress and the Linjiang Pei family also mastered the method of breaking through without the need for elixirs, the Xianmen Buddhist Academy at that time no longer had the energy to take care of it.
"In the two great battles of the Immortal's Fall, a great Bodhisattva, three Bodhisattvas, two Earth Immortals, thirty Arhat Human Immortals, three Bodhisattva jade bones, and two Earth Immortal relics were destroyed.
"Baolin Zen Temple and the two major immortal sects were all seriously injured, and the three surnames and twelve families were almost destroyed... The number of immortals at that time was only half of what it is now. "
A hundred years ago, the number of immortals was very small. Aristocratic families could only have nine human immortals and three Earth Immortals at most, and wealthy families could only have three human immortals, and not even one Earth Immortal was allowed.
"In order to cope with the influence of Daoyi Palace, the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Linjiang Pei Alliance, sixty years ago, the Immortal Sect finally increased the number of immortals of our nine surnames and twenty families.
"But if you want to use the newly added number of immortals to become immortals, you need to offer twice as many Tianlu crystals to the Immortal Gate. This is a treasure that can only be obtained once every hundred years. How can there be so many..."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but complain.
It was obvious that he was dissatisfied with the Immortal Gate on weekdays.
"What is Tianlu crystal?" Cui Heng said in a deep voice. He noticed this key word. Wang Donglin also mentioned it when he talked about the situation of the immortal pill just now.
(End of this chapter)