Chapter 233: Moonchasing Province Agreement, Golden Abundance Pavilion Reopens
With Su Yu Long's temper, he was likely to fight Yan Ling again, but Wang Yu couldn't guess the specifics of how it would unfold.
After all, Yan Ling had already been accepted as a disciple by Mountain Lord of Cold Blood Peak, and her status was truly Different. The things Su Yu Long could do were limited, and it was more likely he would be given an External Assignment to a City.
Or perhaps he would simply remain within the Sect, becoming one of the Inner Sect Elders, and undertake Missions related to Explore the Depths. It was also possible.
In any case.
The visit of Wei Hao's team brought Wang Yu a great deal of Information, also indicating that a true conflict between Cloud Ridge State and Yellow Springs Temple was Very Likely in this area.
According to Passing By Experience, the probability of the Struggle being Limited to the younger generation was high. At least Nascent Soul Cultivators would not Participate, otherwise Wei Hao wouldn't have said something like "fortune and misfortune are unpredictable."
It was both a Crisis and a Fortuitous Encounter.
According to Celestial Corpse Peak's Inheritance, after failing in the Competition, the nine True Inheritor Disciples would become the winner's Subordinates.
Once they Successioned Mountain Lord, they would become the most capable Subordinates at their side. Naturally, they would be Able To Use this to unite the Factions behind them. That True Inheritor Jiang might have indeed pointed out a clear path.
However, this Likewise was a test for Wei Hao. If he couldn't pass, he would only die in this Cloud Ridge Border Region.
Celestial Corpse Peak's Inheritance was Different from the other Nine Peaks. The winner of the Corpse Battle Tournament...
Due to the special nature of the [Corpse King Ritual], by plundering the Origin Source of nine other powerful Zombies and Sacrificial Refinement them, the resulting "Corpse King" possessed considerable Potential.
Even if True Inheritor Jiang couldn't Breakthrough to Nascent Soul, this Corpse King definitely would!
Celestial Corpse Peak's Nascent Soul Seed had an even more stable position, because it symbolized a certain inevitability.
Compared to the Nascent Soul Seeds of other Peaks, they were more easily regarded as Successors. Of course, the position of Mountain Lord would also Inherit a title, such as Frigid Blood, Heavenly Corpse, Savage Ghost… and so on.
It was both Authority and a Bound.
According to what he knew, Mountain Lord Heavenly Corpse was an Early Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator. The Mountain Lords of the Nine Peaks, with the exception of Blood Nether Mountain Lord, were all at this Level. And then looking at the other Nascent Souls of Celestial Corpse Peak...
[Daoist Three Corpses] and [Lord Lei Hou] were both great Cultivators of the Late Nascent Soul Stage. Just based on these two, Even If their Number of Nascent Souls was not as good as Frigid Blood Peak or Five Yin Peak, they were still the second Peak of the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect!
Purely crushing in Combat Strength.
Information on the experts of the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, apart from the Sect Master Lineage's [Blood Demon Hall], was basically public knowledge. The Number of Nascent Soul Cultivators known in the Nine Peaks was also not large.
Only a little over fifty Venerables, and most were at the Early Stage of the Cultivation Realm.
The Five Demonic Sects basically all had this scale, and the Heaven Refining Demon Sect was even the king among kings. It was said they Exceeded a hundred, and even had a Spirit Transformation Honored One overseeing them.
Compared to the one or two Nascent Souls of a Red Kite First-Rate Force, the Five Demonic Sects were Almost overwhelmingly powerful. Comparing them to the Great Lake region, except for the Heavenly Void Sword Sect...
Among the Seven Great Righteous Sects of Taihu, a single Sect was not as strong as any one of the Five Demonic Sects. Their advantage lay in the Sword Sect being Sufficiently strong and Sufficiently united.
After Wang Yu saw Wei Hao and his group off, he leaned alone on a high platform, overlooking the entire Guiling City. He had a feeling of loneliness at the top, perhaps he was getting carried away.
Fighting to Compete for Territory was something even street gangs would do.
For an Overlord Power, it was just a local conflict. The Scale might be slightly larger, but it could also Give Birth To many experts.
"A storm is brewing…"
In the following three months, True Disciples from the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect visited successively. Some Wang Yu had heard of, while others were new to him.
Five of the newly appointed City Lords of the Nine Cities arrived. Each and Every One of them brought a large group of elite Subordinates, obviously having made Preparations, unlike when he took office in Guiling City, when he was alone.
They could more or less all draw a Relationship to the Family Clan of the Reverse Spirit Third Master. City Lord Wang had always been amiable, so Intelligence was Almost given to Manpower.
As for the four new City Lords who didn't come, it didn't really matter. It was their loss.
Guiling City's geographical Slots were very important. The new Nine Cities were to the east of the [Eastern Pole Capital]. Only by bypassing these Ancient Ruins could one reach Guiling City.
Once a conflict gave birth to, the pressure on the Nine Cities would be immense.
Only Guiling City would be Able To Use provide Support in the first instance. The other two Directions, whether north or south, were too far away. After all, the Nine Cities Territory was shaped like a crescent moon.
Enveloping the [Eastern Pole Capital], Guiling City was located symmetrically at the tips of the crescent moon. Whether for Support, logistics, or communication, it was difficult to bypass.
Given this strategic Slots, Wang Yu found it hard to imagine what those four were doing. Could it be they had other transportation Channels, or Wilderness post station nodes?
However, these were no longer important.
What Wang Yu could do was no more than continue to Increase Expenditure on the City Guard, and Reserve more consumable Talismans and Magic Artifacts.
In this regard, the migrating Population from Three Hairs City played a major role. Everyone knew how to make Talisman Paper, and there were also Not Few First Tier Talisman Masters, Almost expanding Talisman production several times over.
There were faint signs of it becoming the second Three Hairs City.
On this day.
Jin Miaoshan, who had disappeared for a while again, sent him a Voice Transmission. In addition to Compensation for the losses caused by Grandmaster Tian Shui, she also told him about the [Deep Sea Sunken Silver] Mineral Deposit.
-- Something had happened!
Golden Abundance Pavilion and Yellow Springs Temple had come face to face. The matter had come to light, and as expected, it had caused the other party's rage. They had been tricked and felt their Face/Prestige had been greatly damaged.
They vowed to retake the ceded Nine Cities. Nascent Soul experts from Cloud Ridge State and You Prefecture had fought fiercely. After one round, there were no casualties.
Thus, the Struggle Belonging To the younger generation began.
With a Period of twenty years, an Intense competition would unfold around the Nine Cities. This crescent moon-shaped Territory was designated as a War Zone and renamed -- [Moonchasing Province]!
No matter who it was, once they entered Moonchasing Province, they could freely kill and conquer. After the twenty-year Period ended, whoever Occupied the Nine Cities would possess the Finally Belong To Authority.
Both sides Factions had made a Promise: whoever could become the Finally winner would be exempt from five hundred years of Sacred Tribute and possess the Highest Autonomy.
This was Equivalent To a fiefdom.
After Jin Miaoshan brought this News, she also told him that Golden Abundance Pavilion would reopen in Guiling City, also with Third Grade as the upper limit, and she herself would personally oversee it.
As expected, she was coming to make war fortunes.
Due to the Limitation of the Struggle Range in Moonchasing Province, Guiling City's already excellent strategic position was further enhanced. Those new City Lords who had taken office in the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect Almost all needed to pass through his transit station.
However, City Lord Wang's interest in Participating was still not high.
How much profit could be made in this wave entirely depended on Guiling City's production Ability. Moreover, those True Inheritor Disciples with Backgrounds would definitely be more inclined to mobilize Resources from Within the Clan.
Taking the Guiling City route was Equivalent To an open route.
It would be better for Core Formation Cultivators to carry large-capacity Spatial Equipment and take a hidden route using stealth. It would be less prone to attacks, and strategic Resources could be Able To Use with more Rest Assuredness.
Therefore, the Moonchasing Province Struggle, while seemingly capable of generating great wealth, would actually only earn a little money. After Heavenly Treasure Pavilion and Golden Abundance Pavilion intervened, Guiling City would be Able To Use earn even less.
After all, this was the Cultivation World. One couldn't look at it with the perspective of a previous life. Guiling City didn't even have the Qualification to enter the field, so how could Wang Yu get excited?
It would be better to think about how to ensure his painstaking efforts were not destroyed. Jin Miaoshan's arrival had both good and bad aspects. The good aspect was naturally that the Market was about to become active, and he would be fighting a second round with Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
And one of the many bad points... was Jin Lin!
He was certain that once Jin Miaoshan arrived, this die-hard pursuer would cause trouble again in his Guiling City. He had to guard against it in advance.
As News spread, Guiling City began to enforce martial law.
Han Jia also ran to the City Lord's Mansion from time to time, hoping to get some policy support from him. After all, this time he was facing Jin Miaoshan, not trash like Ye Qing.
Wang Yu refused outright. Friendship was Friendship, but he never intervened in this kind of benign Competition. This kind of thing was only a Benefit to Guiling City.
Another month passed.
Wang Yu, True Person Qing Yang, Granny Jin Hua who was stationed at Gui Ling Market, along with a group of City Guard soldiers in majestic armor, all arrived together at [Capital Gazing Gate], one of the City Gates on the east side!
In response to Jin Miaoshan's request, she had given a large sum of Spirit Stones, asking City Lord Wang to cooperate with her in building momentum for Golden Abundance Pavilion, so he had come to welcome her.
Secretly.
Han Jia of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion complained via Voice Transmission to Wang Yu.
"City Lord Wang, didn't you say you wouldn't intervene in the Competition between us..."
Wang Yu immediately smiled awkwardly. After discovering Han Jia's Position, he then replied via Voice Transmission, "Brother Han Jia, Daoist Jin gave three hundred thousand Spirit Stones just to have me give her a welcome reception. What a cost-effective business!"
Han Jia: "... What a sucker!"
Wang Yu smiled and said, "How about—Brother, you also do it once? For three hundred thousand Spirit Stones, you can also enter through [Capital Gazing Gate], and I, Wang, will welcome you together."
Han Jia immediately fell silent. This kind of Expenditure was really unnecessary, so he refused, saying, "Heavenly Treasure Pavilion has been stationed in Guiling City for so long already. Doing this would easily make us a laughingstock."
"How could that be?!" Wang Yu patted his Chest loudly. "Just say you're returning from purchasing goods from outside, and the City Lord Guiling personally welcomes you. Very prestigious."
Han Jia sighed quietly and didn't reply further.
Wang Yu, on the contrary, didn't regret the failed Trade. He still stood at the City Gate, as if nothing had happened.
Due to the gathering of this group of people, it naturally and spontaneously attracted even more onlookers. At least a thousand Cultivators gathered, and they began to discuss amongst themselves.
"That... is that City Lord Guiling?"
"Seems so."
"Who are they waiting for? Such Extravagance. That Core Formation Golden Flower True Person from the Market Town is also here."
"Guiling City's number one Enshrined Expert True Person Qing Yang is also here. It can't be they're waiting for a big shot from the Saint Sect, right? Recently, many strangers have come to Guiling City."
"Tch, you don't know about this? I heard that an alliance of the Saint Sect's Nine Cities has been established to the east, and the place name has even been changed to Moonchasing Province."
"Are they going to fight Yellow Springs Temple?"
"It should be. I heard they made a twenty-year Agreement. When the deadline arrives, whichever side holds the Cities will keep them."
"Is there such a thing?!! If I Occupied them..."
"-- They Belong To you!"
"Independent Cultivators too?"
"Naturally."
Wang Yu listened with his ear to the side. He really didn't know some of the News inside. He hadn't expected a passerby's News to be so well-informed, even Independent Cultivators could Compete.
This made things potentially difficult. Although Independent Cultivators were generally weak, there were also powerful figures among them, though their Number was extremely rare.
Just then, in the distant sky.
A golden and glorious Canopied Treasure Carriage was stepping through the air and approaching. Directly in front were four Jin Lin unicorns, four-legged beasts resembling Qilins, pulling the carriage.
These were [Jin Lin Beasts]!
Rumors said they had a trace of True Spirit Qilin Bloodline, but it was already too thin to allow them to revert to their ancestors.
"Be vigilant."
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