Chapter 427 Scattered Branches (1)
Jiao Jue, who had been singled out by Ji Rong, knew that those who had taken the money were short-sighted. He squinted and exhaled, then led the Mountain and Water God to the back hall.
"Haha!" Seeing Jiao Jue retreat, Ji Rong immediately raised his head confidently and said loudly to Qing Pingzi, "Senior brother forgot again. That was what you were supposed to give to Master."
Ah, back when you were following your master, you ate and used the best things. When your master had free time, he would even refine meat pills for you to eat.
I heard from Senior Brother Guanshan that many of the senior brothers and sisters' cultivation levels were boosted by Master using precious materials.
Since you accepted me into the sect on behalf of Master, how can you keep thinking about those material possessions? Besides, I've made a lot of money for our Jade Void Palace, but most of those treasures were earned by my junior disciples and didn't end up in your pocket, senior brother.
When my senior brother saw my knowledge, he called me the Precious Tree; now that my trunk has become a stump, he's starting to regret the treasures he'd squandered.
Seeing that Bird Junior Sister seemed to trigger a mechanism as soon as she mentioned treasure, Qingpingzi lost his sentimentality, lest Bird Junior Sister start talking non-stop.
He immediately sat down, then changed the subject, saying, "Junior Sister, there's something important I need to discuss with you. Since ancient times, it's been difficult to manage a large territory. Our Jade Void Palace is just like that because we have so many cultivators."
Now that you've reclaimed three mountain ranges, how do you plan to manage them from here on out?
Ji Rong retracted his proud head, spread his wings, and tucked them back into his body. He frowned and said, "Is Jade Void Palace difficult to manage? Didn't we already send our disciples who have attained immortality and our nephews to establish their own sects?"
Qingpingzi shook his head and said, "There have always been more people who voluntarily leave than who come in. Originally, the Jade Void Mountain Range was not enough to accommodate everyone, but the Array Valley and the Weapon Pavilion jointly built many cave dwellings, which absorbed batches of junior cultivators."
Your land is just sitting there empty anyway, why don't you allocate some to them for temples and shrines?
Ji Rong tilted her head, observing Qing Pingzi's appraising gaze, and said seriously, "Are senior brothers and sisters so passionate about teaching disciples?"
Qingpingzi shook his head, his face resembling that of an old beast that had spawned many offspring but had little territory. He said, "They don't really have any ideas; it's mainly their disciples and grand-disciples who take them in."
"They can choose any land they want, except for these three mountain ranges."
However, this would mean that Jade Void Palace would have to completely split into separate sects, and none of these sects could continue to use the name of Jade Void Palace. Ji Rong said, "But we must obey the call of Jade Void Palace."
Qingpingzi then asked, "Sect?"
Ji Rong replied in a deep voice, "Yes, a large tree branches out, and a large palace branches out into different lineages."
Senior brother, now that you mention it, it seems that Jade Void Palace is currently the only dominant sect; the more cultivators there are, the more internal strife will naturally occur.
Among the Nine Provinces, there are few powerful sects. So, when you are powerful and influential, send out all the cultivators above the Emperor level from Jade Void Palace.
In this way, the local area will be balanced by the sects and the mountain and water deities. The Jade Void Palace will govern the sects, and the Mountain and Water Deity will govern the deities. This will allow me and Lord Jue to focus on our business.
Brother Wanfa, you have no desire for power, and your greatest love is teaching. Then let us leave only those who are willing to share your passion for teaching and quiet cultivation, turning Jade Void Palace into an academy, solely for teaching the Dao, detached from worldly affairs. This way, we will not fail our master's trust. What do you say?
Qingpingzi nodded slightly and said, "This is naturally good for us."
But what if the mountain god colludes with the sect and turns against you?
Ji Rong said, "So, besides giving a lecture once a year, Senior Brother also has to teach some of my children."
If someone is talented, senior brother, please take them as your disciple and let Niu Fen manage them.
For those who aren't naturally gifted, Niu Fen will find them a mentor to teach them. Once they're older and can find some work to support themselves, that will be fine.
These lessons won't be taught in vain; you'll have to work to repay the debt you incurred while studying.
In less than twenty years, I will have hundreds of disciples and followers. Once these disciples have grown up, I will send them to remote areas of Kyushu to teach knowledge and magical skills and eliminate the vagrants.
By the time they came of age, sects large and small were flourishing everywhere.
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi asked, "Will this work?"
Ji Rong nodded and said, "It will work, it will work, Senior Brother, just trust me."
As long as you, senior brother, are alive, the disciples of our Jade Void Palace will not dare to rebel.
If you are no longer here, the rules and knowledge I spread to the world will have penetrated to the grassroots level, and they will not be able to resist them.
If we are all gone in the future, it doesn't matter if they want to rebel. There is no eternal and unchanging way in this world. In the end, everyone will die. Let them rebel if they want.
Where oppression is too severe, there will be resistance.
As for what happens in the future? That's not something I need to consider. After all," Ji Rong said with a sly smile, "I will only be the ruler for two thousand years."
My only wish as the supreme ruler is that lower-level cultivators be freed from their fate of being flesh and slaves, and that they may share in the fortune of immortality and have a more convenient life.
The rest is up to those who come after.
Seeing Ji Rong so carefree, Qingpingzi said with satisfaction, "Good, good, junior sister, you are indeed most like your master."
He pointed to the wooden books and jade tablets on the table and said, "Let Lord Jue handle the affairs these days. Let's go back to the palace and settle the matter of dividing the clan."
“Alright,” Ji Rong said. “Once the Jade Void Palace is separated, we will conquer all the provinces. We can then see which Jade Void disciples want to establish their own sects in the provinces. They can then go with the army.”
Qingpingzi efficiently handed over the unfinished matters to Jiaojue.
Ji Rong then instructed Shan Wu and Zhan Shi to lead the troops in training, urging them not to slack off. Afterwards, she, along with Shan Shui Shen Jun, Qing Ping Zi, Qing Guan Zi, and other cultivators from the Jade Void Palace, flew in a grand procession towards Jade Void Mountain.
In recent years, the Danxue Mountain Range and the Yuxu Mountain Range have interacted closely, and in fact, they have exchanged goods and services in everything from ley lines to trade and even cultivators.
At Yuxu Palace, on the Cloud Cliff, more than two hundred immortals and cultivators gathered in the clouds, making the usually cold and desolate Cloud Cliff feel warm and cozy. They had been informed beforehand that today was the day Yuxu Palace was to split into two sects.
Separating into different clans meant having land and hills, and no longer having to live crammed into one place.
There are many places to choose from this time: Buzhou, Hezhou, Xizhou, Liangzhou, Juzhou, Canglan Mountains and Waterways, Mangshen Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Chijian Mountains, Fulu Mountains, Lianyun Mountains, and Guangyang Mountains.
The prices vary depending on the size and density of the spiritual energy flow in these places.
Originally, Ji Rong didn't want wealth; she wanted the disciples of Yuxu to become rich and pay tribute annually based on their harvest. However, Qingpingzi said, "Junior sister, if so much is distributed at once, how will you manage it all?"
Let's make a pact; whether things turn out well or badly is up to fate.
With Qingpingzi in charge, the division of Yuxu Palace went very smoothly, and all those of the Qing generation were willing to stay in Yuxu Palace to teach.
The names of "Great Wind Sect" and "Refining Sect" had already spread throughout Jade Void Palace. Most of the cultivators of Gu Lin's generation, except for those who were already too old to go out and take charge, such as Gu Lin and Jin Xi, were willing to go out and make their own way. Those who were unwilling were all "forced" to go out and establish their own sects and become their ancestors.
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