Lou Xiaoyi didn't have much to prepare. All his belongings were in his storage ring. Perhaps preparing more materials of the five elements and sword embryos would give him something to do when he was bored while guarding the town. However, he was limited by the fact that he didn't have much money, and the town was within Xuanyuan's sphere of influence. It wasn't too far away, and it wouldn't take too much time to make a trip back.
Walking out of the cave, he saw a figure floating in the air. It was Gu Gang! He really went to the Sword Qi Rushing Heaven Pavilion, but as expected, he gained nothing.
This was the reason why he came here. He had to make himself feel at ease.
"I have collected three years' worth of resources for you. This is already the maximum number of years I can withdraw! When you go there, don't forget to cultivate. Only cultivation is the foundation of your survival! "
A storage ring was thrown over. Lou Xiaoyi probed it with his spiritual sense. Three hundred top-grade spirit stones were neatly arranged. This was equivalent to three thousand middle-grade spirit stones. One thousand spirit stones a year, which was much more than the two hundred spirit stones a year he stayed in the sect. This was the benefit of going out on dangerous missions.
The risk was always proportional to the benefit.
"Thank you, Martial Uncle! I want to know if there is a limit to guarding a town like this? "
Gu Gang smiled bitterly. "There is no specific rule! In the past, the Xuanyuan sword cultivators who were sent to guard the cities were usually old and weak, with little hope of reaching the upper realm. Some of them stayed in the dome to take care of specific matters, just like your Senior Brother Gu Bei. Some of them were more willing to go out, because it was more beneficial for them to establish their own mortal families.
Of course, the time to establish a family cannot be too short. Later, the sect acquiesced to their wishes and gave them as much time as possible instead of a fixed ten or twenty years! "
Lou Xiaoyi was startled. This was worse than he had imagined. "Until they die of old age? Is this a punishment? "
For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator who was fifty or sixty years old, this might be a blessing. But for a cultivator who was forty or fifty years old, this was driving them out of the mainstream where the atmosphere of cultivation was the strongest! In the hundred years when one had the most potential, one would lose the support of the sect. This included various spiritual gatherings, the opportunity to be apprenticed to a master, the sparring between fellow disciples, various competitions, the most up-to-date information, the various secluded exploration teams, and so on.
Although in theory, the resources allocated to the sect were not less, or even more, the loss of many things could not be compared to the loss of resources. Actually, Lou Xiaoyi did not care about other things, but he could not go to the Bo 'ao Tower and immerse himself in the sea of books all the time. This was his greatest loss.
However, Gu Gang did not directly answer his question, "You still have many opportunities to leave that place. For example, the upper realm Jin Dan? Large-scale rotation within the sect? Are there other people who are fond of that town? Make meritorious contributions?
I will keep an eye out for you and inform you of possible opportunities. But you have to understand that in the next ten or twenty years, it will be very difficult for you to have a chance … "
"You have the right to return to the sect at any time! As long as the place you're guarding doesn't cause any trouble, these are all minor details. The sect won't force you in these aspects!
You only need to remember one thing, cultivation is the foundation! As long as you are outstanding enough, anything is possible! If you degrade yourself, then no one can help you! "
Lou Xiaoyi nodded. He now also knew that the order to transfer him did not come from the Ascension Hall, but from a higher level. The Ascension Hall was nothing more than a relay. It held great authority in the hearts of many low-level Foundation Establishment Cultivators, but in reality, it was nothing more than countless branches of the Sword Qi Soar to the Heavens Tower.
Gu Gang was a Hall Master with a sense of responsibility. Unfortunately, his realm was too low and he could not do anything!
"Are all the cities under Xuanyuan's rule managed by the External Swords? Didn't the Internal Swords say that wherever there is danger, they will be there? Now it seems that they don't live up to their name? "
Gu Gang smiled bitterly, "You have too little contact with the Internal Swords, so you don't understand! They are indeed responsible, but generally, after an accident, you are lucky to be alive. If you die, they will avenge you!
Their biggest characteristic is that they are not willing to lock themselves in a certain position, because they prefer to come and go freely … "
"Maybe they know that they have made too many enemies, so they are not willing to become fixed targets!" Lou Xiaoyi always hit the nail on the head when looking at problems.
Gu Gang said solemnly, "Don't underestimate the External Swords, and don't think that the Internal Swords should naturally be superior to the External Swords. This may be the truth of Xuanyuan for tens of thousands of years, but I believe that it will not always be like this!"
Lou Xiaoyi bade farewell and left. He only partially accepted Gu Gang's words. He did not think highly of the Internal Swords, but he would not think highly of the External Swords either. The only thing he thought highly of was his own sword!
With the External Swords' current cultivation method, wanting to suppress the Internal Swords one day was harder than ascending to the heavens!
He did not tell anyone about his trip this time. Of course, Lord Jiu was not human.
This was his first trip out of the mountain after twelve years, and it had been a long time, so he did not feel anything in his heart.
Along the way, he went on a scenic tour. Only when he encountered natural dangers did he use his cultivator's methods to leap over them. This was a relaxing trip, and he liked this kind of journey where there was no time limit. As for what to do when he reached his destination, he would think about it when he got there.
From his point of view, the current Five Rings was not in a state of civil war. Everyone was living under the same framework. As long as you did not place too much importance on the name of Xuanyuan and protected it in everything, then things would not be too complicated.
The worst thing was that everything was done in the name of Xuanyuan. The other orthodoxies were all different and had to submit. Overbearing methods would always attract the dissatisfaction of others, and that was how trouble would come.
In the three large domains of the Five Rings, there was no weak domain. The Western Domain was led by Xuanyuan, the Southeastern Domain was led by Supreme, and the Erhai Domain was led by the Three Pure Ones.
In terms of the distribution of territories, among the many top powers in the Western Domain, Xuanyuan's position leaned towards the center and the west. Their sphere of influence and the natural barrier of the three domains, Wolf Ridge, were very small. The ones that were really close to Wolf Ridge were Jia Lan and Wan Jingliu.
The small area was in a relative sense. For the Wolf Ridge that stretched for millions of miles, a few hundred thousand miles was indeed very small. However, for a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it was very big! If it was big, he could only move around the place he was guarding. It would be a time-consuming and laborious task to go to places that were further away.
On the side of the Western Domain that was close to Wolf Ridge, there were countless big and small towns at the foot of the mountain. Countless ordinary people lived there. Of course, Xuanyuan could not leave cultivators to guard all the towns. If he did so, even if he sent out tens of thousands of Foundation Establishment cultivators from the dome, it would not be enough for the cities under Xuanyuan's control.
Most of the places were maintained by the cultivators of the small sects. They followed Xuanyuan's orders and acted in unison in order to obtain opportunities for their own development.
However, in some of the more important locations, Xuanyuan Swordsman had to leave people behind. They had a common characteristic, and that was that the Wolf Ridge that they were close to was relatively narrow. It was more suitable for cultivators to travel back and forth.
Of course, this was only suitable for the large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators. The Wolf Ridge was as narrow as ten thousand miles. It was not a minefield that ordinary people could cross. For Jin Dan cultivators, this kind of isolation was meaningless.
Xuanyuan had to use this kind of location as a basis for deploying cultivators. They needed to know the general situation of the foreign cultivators entering and leaving.
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