Chapter 238 A place full of "freedom"
Luling City is one of the 17 giant cities on Chongyang Star.
More than 3,000 cities and towns around it, as well as villages and towns, are all under the jurisdiction of Luling City, and there are countless people under its rule.
This power is much greater than that of the emperor on Daozhou Star.
And the controller of this power is the Luling Li family, a huge family with a heritage of more than 20,000 years.
Even among the 19 most powerful families on Chongyang Star, the Luling Li family ranks high.
The fundamental reason for its prosperity is that they firmly hold on to the thighs of Jiusi Tianmen.
Human, material, financial resources, etc., as long as Jiusi Tianmen thinks of it, the Luling Li family will give it everything, and it can be said that they are obedient.
Moreover, they often sponsored the poor disciples of Jiusi Tianmen, helped them buy the elixirs they needed for martial arts training, and even gave weapons to some of the stronger ones.
Although most of these disciples were mediocre, there were very few who really achieved success.
These people not only became highly skilled, but also held some powerful positions in Jiusi Tianmen.
As a result, the relationship between the Luling Li family and Jiusi Tianmen became extremely close.
These people also knew how to repay their gratitude, and often took care of the Li family's relationship. Under the premise of not damaging the resources of the sect, they would try their best to benefit the Li family.
The key is that the Li family itself is also strong.
The number of Golden Immortals has been stable at more than 30 for a long time. Although the number of Wuji Golden Immortals is not large, usually only one or two, but it has never been interrupted.
At its most glorious time, there were even four Wuji Golden Immortals at the same time.
This also made Jiusi Tianmen very fond of the Luling Li family, thinking of them as confidants. Once there was any family benefit, they basically wanted to let the Luling Li family get it first.
Especially after the incident eight thousand years ago.
Eight thousand years ago, a young man who was born in poverty and could only rely on the funding of the Luling Li family to cultivate, rose at an astonishing speed, shocking the entire Chongyang Star and even the entire Wujing Realm.
This young man was called Wei Cheng.
The former head of the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect, now the Grand Elder, the Saint of All Laws, the Supreme Being of the Sixth Realm of the Immortal Realm.
Since then, the relationship between the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect and the Luling Li Family has become closer. They
can even be regarded as one family.
This situation reached its peak seven thousand years ago.
Li Fa, who was born in the Luling Li Family, joined the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect and showed excellent qualifications. Although Wei Cheng could not directly accept Li Fa as a disciple due to his status, he still took Li Fa with him and taught him personally.
If Li Fa had not died unexpectedly later, causing Wei Cheng's attitude towards the Luling Li Family to gradually become cold, the Li Family would probably have already secured the position of the largest family in Chongyang Star.
After Li Fa's death, as the generation that sponsored Wei Cheng gradually died, the relationship between the Luling Li family and the Jiusi Tianmen returned to its previous normal state.
But even so, the Li family is still one of the families that Jiusi Tianmen relies on and cares about the most.
Especially after Li Cheng and Li Wei broke through and became Wuji Jinxian, the Luling Li family was more valued.
After all, there are only 20 to 30 Wuji Jinxians in the entire Jiusi Tianmen.
Moreover, these are two Wuji Jinxians who are more than 700 years old.
It is expected that all things will return to one in the future!
However, in the past ten years, something is wrong.
The relationship between Jiusi Tianmen and the Luling Li family suddenly became distant, and even the people of Jiusi Tianmen often made trouble for the Li family.
There seemed to be some kind of conflict between the two parties, but it was not too tense.
Only the people of the Li family in Luling knew why the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect did this.
In the meeting hall of the Li family,
the head of the family, Li Quan, sat at the top.
He was a golden immortal for many years and the father of Li Cheng and Li Wei. He had a very high prestige in the family and his words were final.
There were six people sitting on both sides. They were also golden immortals and were the heads of the various branches of the Li family.
"The Nine Deaths Heaven Gate is closing in step by step. Our days will be very difficult in the future. What do you think?" Li Quan frowned and said in a deep voice, "If he doesn't get the news about the Zi Yang Secret Realm from us, I believe Wei Cheng will not give up."
"Brother, what exactly is in the Zi Yang Secret Realm that is worthy of their concern?" Li En, the head of the second house, puzzled, "Could it be an opportunity to break through to the peak of the unity of all things?"
"How should I know, I haven't been there." Li Quan smiled bitterly, "I have also told you about the matter of the Zi Yang Secret Realm. It was that twenty years ago, a saint suddenly came to me.
"He imprinted the information about the Zi Yang Secret Realm in my mind and warned me that I could explore it by myself, but never tell anyone, otherwise my entire Li family would be wiped out.
"But who knew that the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect got the news from somewhere and was certain that my Li family had the information about the Purple Sun Secret Realm, and they have been interrogating us for almost ten years."
"Brother, why don't you explore it yourself?" Li Qiang, the head of the Fourth House, said in a deep voice, "Since the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect cares so much, there must be a great opportunity inside.
"Even if you, brother, can't become a saint, you can also let Cheng'er or Wei'er get a great opportunity. They are both Wuji Golden Immortals. Maybe they can directly become saints by unifying all things?"
"Yes, as long as they become saints, the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect will not dare to do anything to us." Li Tong, the head of the Fifth House, nodded and said, "This Chongyang Star is still a place where the strong are respected."
"But there has been no news about Cheng'er and Wei'er for a hundred years. "Li Feng, the head of the third house, frowned and said, "The giant shuttles that left with them from the major families and immortal gates have not returned, so even if we want to find them now, we have no clue."
"Alas..." Li Quan sighed, "I have always wanted to explore the Purple Sun Secret Realm in person, but that place is far away in the Five Scenes Realm, separated by thousands of stars.
"All the teleportation arrays outside the Five Scenes Realm are controlled by the three major immortal gates, and with my ability as a golden immortal, it will take at least two hundred years to drive an ordinary shuttle there. The time is simply not enough."
"I really don't know what the mysterious saint wanted to do back then. He brought my Li family to this point in just a dozen years. What is his purpose!"
“Brother, why don’t we directly give the information of the Purple Sun Secret Realm to the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect.” Li Enwei said, “Exchange the information of the Purple Sun Secret Realm for the protection of the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect. I believe that the mysterious saint will not dare to directly become the enemy of the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect.”
“But will the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect become the enemy of a saint for us?” Li Quan glanced at his second brother and sneered, “That’s the saint who has unified all things. He can destroy our Li family with just a breath.
“Now that we have the information of the Purple Sun Secret Realm, Wei Cheng will kill us as long as he wants to get it. Moreover, our Li family has followed the Nine Deaths Heaven Sect for tens of thousands of years. If he really takes action, it will be embarrassing.
"Facing the pressure from the Nine Deaths Sect, we may still have a chance to survive. At least before Wei Cheng's deadline, he won't go too crazy. But if we face that mysterious saint, that may not be the case.
"Do you understand? ! "
As soon as these words came out, the whole council hall fell silent.
Everyone looked at each other, and saw the despair in each other's eyes.
Li Quan had just analyzed the situation very clearly.
The Li family now has only one choice, and that is to fight hard.
Try to find a way to break the deadlock before Wei Cheng takes crazy actions when his deadline is approaching.
Of course, if they are lucky, Li Cheng or Li Wei will break through to the realm of all things returning to one and become a saint, then all crises will not be crises.
Bang bang bang!
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the council hall, breaking the deathly silence.
However, this abrupt knock on the door immediately aroused everyone's anger, and it was about to become their emotional outlet.
The council hall is an important place for the family and it is absolutely not allowed to be disturbed.
"Master, the eldest young master is back! "The old housekeeper's voice came from outside, and the anger in the hearts of those people inside disappeared instantly.
Li Cheng is back!
"Quick, take me to see them!" Li Quan jumped out of his seat excitedly, rushed out the door in an instant, and pulled the old housekeeper outside.
The rest of the people also hurriedly followed.
For the current Li family, Li Cheng can be said to be the last straw.
...
Cui Heng did not go to Li's house with Li Cheng.
Instead, he took Pei Qingshu and Hui Shi to walk around Luling City and observe the local customs and people.
This was also an exploration of the unknown for him.
The overall layout of Luling City is a typical ancient city layout, but it is many times larger in size, and the humanities are also very different from those of Daozhouxing.
Since there is no national political system, there are no local administrative officials, and the nominal managers, families, clans, etc. Jurisdiction is rarely exercised.
So the people here are very "free".
Basically, it can be understood that, except for things that are contrary to the principles of heaven and human ethics that cannot be done openly, everything else is left to its own devices.
There are almost no rules here, and there are no etiquette to follow.
Everything is "free".
However, in Cui Heng's view, this kind of freedom is actually a kind of chaos.
Unlimited freedom will gradually breed bestiality and will gradually destroy the part of people that belongs to human beings.
"Qingshu, you have managed the people. What do you think of this situation?" Cui Heng pointed to the somewhat chaotic street ahead and asked Pei Qingshu.
"The people here are more bestial than human. They are just a group of advanced monkeys. "Pei Qingshu shook his head gently and said, "From the situation of Li Cheng and Li Wei, the big families still have rules and etiquette, but ordinary people don't."
"In other words, the management method here does not treat ordinary people as human beings." Hui Shi nodded and said, "The families and immortal gates here are really 'nurturing' the people. Hmm? Sir, something seems to have happened in front..."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of commotion in front.
Then, the people who were lying on the road drinking all got up with a start, then knelt down in front, kowtowed respectfully, and shouted in unison.
"Welcome the immortal master of the Nine Deaths Heaven Gate!"
"Welcome the immortal master of the Nine Deaths Heaven Gate!"
(End of this chapter)