The barrenness of the North Sea made the sects more willing to gather the scarce resources. This way, the sects would be able to concentrate their advantages and increase their strength to the greatest extent possible.
Zhenling had a legacy of ten thousand years, but this kind of legacy could not be compared to the likes of the Profound Sky Sect. The Profound Sky Sect had a legacy of nearly twenty thousand years, but it had at least thirteen to fourteen thousand years of history to become a large-scale sect.
Zhenling's so-called legacy of ten thousand years was only able to become a large-scale sect six thousand years ago, when Tai Shen Laozu became a true spirit. Before that, it had been lingering between the small and medium-sized sects.
In the end, because of the lack of a strong foundation, although Tai Shen Laozu became a true spirit with his own talent, it had only been a thousand years since he left, and Zhenling had returned to the ranks of the middle-sized sects. However, with Tai Shen Laozu's influence, Zhenling was able to maintain its status as a middle-sized sect in the five thousand years after Zhenling left, and did not fall back to the ranks of the small sects.
Therefore, even though Zhenling had a long history of inheritance, after ten thousand years, the number of large-scale spirit veins that formed in the entire Tian Ling Mountain did not exceed three or four.
If the foundation island was like this, the situation of the other islands could be imagined.
Zhenling had thirty-six middle-sized islands. Other than a few islands that were located in strategic locations that maintained the scale of a middle-sized spirit vein, the other islands were only at the level of a few small spirit veins.
For the other small islands, being able to use small spirit veins to maintain the island's protective formation was already considered rich. As for the other small islands, there was no need to mention them.
Among all of Zhenling's subsidiary islands, only Huang Li Island, which was managed by Lu Ping, could be considered a special case.
Zhenling had always had a tradition of using the spirit veins of the subsidiary islands to supplement the main vein of Tian Ling Mountain. Usually, when the spirit vein on an island had accumulated to a middle-sized spirit vein, Zhenling would use a formation to draw it to the main peak of Tian Ling Mountain and fuse it with the main vein, raising the quality of the main vein.
The quality of Tian Ling Mountain's main vein was also formed through this method after several generations of Tian Ling Mountain's cultivators over tens of thousands of years of accumulation.
On other islands, the formation of a medium-sized spirit vein was often the result of several cultivators guarding the Zhenling Spirit Vein. It took hundreds or thousands of years and generations of effort to gradually take shape. This was not something that could be accomplished overnight.
Because of this, when Zhenling wanted to reclaim the spirit vein, no matter how unwilling the cultivators guarding the island were, they couldn't stop him. This was because the spirit vein was the result of several generations of hard work and not the work of a single person. The true ownership of the spirit vein belonged to Zhenling. There was no doubt about this.
Huang Li Island was a special case. From the establishment and management of Huang Li Island to the current Huang Li Island, which was not even the size of a small island, the time taken to condense a mouth-watering medium-sized spirit vein was too short. Moreover, there was only one person who managed to do all of this, and that person was Lu Ping.
Therefore, even though Huang Li Island was prosperous and was almost like a monster that swallowed and spat out spirit stones and cultivation resources, none of the Laozu of Zhenling had the idea of taking everything from Huang Li Island to Zhenling. Even though there were a few Core Forging Cultivators who coveted Huang Li Island, in the end, they couldn't make any waves.
It wasn't that the Laozu of Zhenling looked down on it. On the contrary, the prosperity of Huang Li Island was something that even the Laozu of Zhenling were envious of. It was because none of them could ask for it.
Everyone in Zhenling knew that Huang Li Island was the result of Lu Ping's independent development. Lu Ping had spent a lot of energy to develop Huang Li Island, so they couldn't help but respect Lu Ping's achievements. Therefore, Huang Li Island, which was like an exotic miniature island, stood as the most important stronghold of Zhenling in the open sea with a medium-sized spirit vein.
To be honest, it wasn't easy for Lu Ping to accumulate this fortune. Most of it was obtained through battles of life and death. Therefore, in order to guard against the Demon Clan's surprise attack, Zhenling sent Tian Lin Laozu and Tian Qin Laozu to Huang Li Island. These two Laozu did not use the spirit vein on Huang Li Island to cultivate.
This situation lasted until Tian Shu Laozu returned to the top of Tian Ling Mountain to cultivate in seclusion because of Tian Qin Laozu. Tian Shu Laozu, who had just entered the Transcendence Stage, naturally took over Tian Qin Laozu's position.
When Tian Shu Laozu arrived at Huang Li Island, the first thing he did was to announce that he was going to take over the medium-sized spirit vein on Huang Li Island.
Although Hu Lili, Chen Lian and the others tried their best to resist, they were no match for Tian Shu Laozu's strength. Most of the main spirit vein under Lu Ping's cave abode was drawn to his cave abode by Tian Shu Laozu. Only one branch of the spirit vein was left in Lu Ping's cave abode, which was barely enough to maintain the island's protective formation.
After that, the island's patrol team that Lu Ping had promoted were all dismissed or transferred away by Tian Shu Laozu. The patrol team that was reestablished were made up of Tian Shu Laozu's disciples, Perfected Xuansu, Perfected Xuanzhan and the others' fourth generation disciples, as well as second and third generation cultivators.
That was not all. Many of the shops on Huang Li Island were opened by Lu Ping and many of his friends. After Tian Shu Laozu took control of Huang Li Island, his disciples naturally had to set up shops on Huang Li Island.
However, the area of Huang Li Island was limited after all. If one wanted to get a piece of the pie from the saturated Huang Li Island, then they would have to drive away the original merchants and squeeze out a group of them. Huang Li Island was like a hen that laid golden eggs. Otherwise, it would not have been coveted so much.
With Tian Shu Laozu's actions, there was naturally a debate within Zhenling. There were many who supported Lu Ping but not many who opposed Tian Shu Laozu. No matter what, the matter of Huang Li Island involved Laozu, the disciples in the sect would have to listen to the opinions of the few Dharma Phase Laozu.
However, at this time, the movement of the upper echelons of Zhenling was strange!
Currently, the first generation of cultivators of Zhenling did not participate in the specific affairs of the sect. Tian Xiang Laozu naturally would not worry about such a small matter. Tian Xue Laozu was in charge of the spirit stone mine on Frost Island. Tian Fan Laozu did not show up. Tian Kang Laozu went to Huan Yu Island. Tian Lu Laozu had nothing to do with the world. Ever since Tian Lin Laozu brought back a damaged treasure from Ying Tian Dojo, Tian Jiang Laozu had been thinking about how to repair this damaged treasure. No one dared to disturb him at this time.
The second generation of disciples of Zhenling had settled down, but Tian Lin and Tian Qin Laozu were in secluded cultivation. Tian Feng Laozu and Tian Cheng Laozu were nowhere to be found. Tian Shan Laozu had been away for more than ten years. After returning to Tian Ling Mountain, he lived in seclusion and became very mysterious. This huge Zhenling was now supported by Liu Tianling Laozu, who was the sect master.
At this time, many people finally understood that Tian Shu Laozu had chosen a good time. There were only two Laozu left in Zhenling, and these two Laozu had never been on good terms. Some well-informed cultivators used the information they had heard from the old cultivator of Zhenling about the grudges between the two. In a short period of time, the news of the internal instability of Zhenling had spread all over the place.
However, Liu Tianling Laozu was the sect master of Zhenling. He had been impartial all these years and had managed to make Zhenling prosper. The prestige of the sect master had allowed Liu Tianling Laozu to gain the upper hand. Originally, Tian Shu Laozu was no match for the current Liu Tianling Laozu, be it in terms of strength or influence.
However, Tian Shu Laozu had chosen Huang Li Island, which was a controversial topic within Zhenling. Moreover, he had grasped the crux of the problem.
Whether or not Huang Li Island still needed to be in Lu Ping's hands was the problem!
Everyone knew that Lu Ping was the last disciple of the sect master of Zhenling, and he was also the disciple she was most proud of. From this point of view, it didn't matter if Liu Tianling Laozu was doing it for the sake of justice or not. If she made a decision in favor of Lu Ping on the issue of Huang Li Island, the other Laozu in the sect wouldn't be able to do anything. Then, Liu Tianling Laozu would have to bear the reputation of shielding her own disciple and stealing the sect's property.
This was what Tian Shu Laozu had planned a long time ago. It was a method to fight against Liu Tianling Laozu's prestige as the sect master.
As long as he could restrain Liu Tianling Laozu, then why would Tian Shu Laozu care about the remaining voices of opposition? Who would be able to stop him?
There wasn't a single Zhenling cultivator who would deny that Huang Li Island was the result of Lu Ping's advocacy. There wasn't a single Zhenling cultivator who would deny that the prosperity of Huang Li Island was the result of Lu Ping's painstaking efforts.
However, all of these were inseparable from the rules, the traditions and rules of Zhenling for thousands of years.
It was true that Huang Li Island was developed by Lu Ping alone, but this couldn't be a reason for Lu Ping to occupy Huang Li Island, let alone become his private property. Not to mention, without Zhenling's support, without the sect's strong support when the demon beasts besieged Huang Li Island, and without the three Laozu's coming to Huang Li Island to hold the fort and deter the demon beasts in the North Sea, how could Huang Li Island still be as stable as a mountain when it was isolated in the sea?
Of course, the sect naturally had to compensate Lu Ping in other aspects when they took over Huang Li Island. This was the right thing to do, and Zhenling would naturally not treat those who contributed to the sect unfairly.
In fact, Tian Shu Laozu's plan was carried out very smoothly. On Huang Li Island, Tian Shu Laozu easily took complete control of Huang Li Island. Other than Lu Ping's lover, Xuan Chen's disciple, Xuan Hu, who fought to the death, none of Lu Ping's scoundrels who opposed the change of Huang Li Island's guardian jumped out to make things difficult for him.
This made Tian Shu Laozu secretly proud of the success of his plan, but at the same time, he also felt slightly uneasy in his heart.
From the beginning to the end, Liu Tianling Laozu didn't say a single word about Huang Li Island. It was as if he had been watching coldly as the foundation his disciple built was easily taken over by Tian Shu Laozu. This also made it so that Tian Shu Laozu didn't fall into the trap of protecting his own disciple and dividing the sect's public property.
As for the third generation disciples who supported Lu Ping, they didn't show up. This made Tian Shu Laozu feel that he seemed to have forgotten something. He didn't forget that when Zhenling was still a Core Forging Sage, Xuan Shu Laozu, because of Yin Xuanchu's transvestite bloodline, he was ordered to capture him. It was under Lu Ping's leadership that a dozen or so third generation disciples didn't hesitate to go against the sect's orders to stop him from capturing Yin Xuanchu. In the end, Lu Ping even fought with him to cover Yin Xuanchu's escape from the North Sea.
It was that battle that allowed Lu Ping to step on Sage Xuan Shu's shoulders and build his reputation as the "Water Sword Deity."
At this time, Tian Shu Laozu was shocked. He finally knew where the uneasiness in his heart came from. It was from the dozen or so third generation disciples who had stopped him from capturing Yin Xuanchu.
Now, among the third generation disciples of Zhenling who had the potential to advance to the Dharma stage in the future, about half of them were gathered among the dozen or so disciples from back then.
He had won now, but who among Zhenling's future disciples would be able to beat him?
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