Chapter 160: Residence (1)

Translator: Daoist6fubtiW

Hearing this.

Zhou Mubai shook his head.

“Although the zombie tide on Lotus Island isn’t that strong, the one who is lurking in the dark is the real problem. In addition, we don’t know if he has left any backup plans.

It’s not a good idea to attack Lotus Island rashly.”

“But according to our previous investigation, there should only be two perfected Zifu Disciples and three early-stage Zifu Disciples on Lotus Island.”

“It’s not that simple,”

Zhou Mubai said as he walked,” Did you notice? Those three early-stage Zifu Disciples were all cultivators of the Wu and Zhao Clans when they were alive.”

“You mean…”

Chen Daoxuan was shocked.

After all, the Wu and Zhao Clans didn’t have any Zifu Disciples. In other words, those two early-stage Zifu Disciples had been raised to Zifu level after their deaths.

However, how long had it been since they died?

Even the Wu Clan cultivators who had been dead for the longest time had only been dead for a few months, and the Zhao Clan cultivators had just died not long ago!

In such a short period of time, he was able to forcefully refine the corpse of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator into a Zifu Disciple. This meant that Daoist Shenjue could mass-produce Zifu Disciples.

Thinking of this…

Chen Daoxuan felt his hair stand on end.

If the Qianyuan Sword Sect wanted the cultivators of Guang ‘an Prefecture to lure Perfected Shenjue out, the cultivators of the entire Guang’ an Prefecture might be wiped out!

Regarding this situation.

Of course, the Guang ‘an Prefecture cultivators were unwilling to be the first to do so.

Therefore, the Zhou Clan thought of a way to evacuate all the cultivators from Lotus Island near Guang ‘an Prefecture.

Fortunately, the people living on these islands were all itinerant cultivators and disciples of small families. There were very few spirit veins.

However, there were many mortals.

In order to transport these mortals, the Zhou family worked with the Yang family and spent a lot of effort to transfer these people to the spirit vein within ten thousand miles of the Spiritual Shell Island.

After moving away these mortals and low-level cultivators.

Zhou Mubai was going to set up a few strong defense lines on the islands that were connected to the Wu and Zhou Families on Lianhu Island to prevent the zombie tide from spreading to Guang ‘an Prefecture.

This way…

Sensing the pressure exerted by Guang ‘an Prefecture, the zombie tide was likely to spread in the opposite direction.

The opposite direction from Lotus Island to Guang ‘an Prefecture was the direction of Cangzhou Immortal City.

There…It was the ancestral land of the Ye family, the number one family in Azure Continent.

This was also the true plan of the Guang ‘an Prefecture Coalition Army-to divert the disaster.

As for whether the Ye Family chose to block the zombie tide like the Guang ‘an Prefecture or directly send cultivators to eliminate it, it had nothing to do with the Guang’ an Prefecture.

Zhou Mubai only needed to firmly hold the line of defense in Guang ‘an Prefecture.

As for the Ye family being in trouble, Zhou Mubai couldn’t even wait to applaud. Why would he send an army of cultivators to help them?

Moreover, Zhou Mubai didn’t believe that the Qian Yuan Sword Sect would remain indifferent when the Ye Family was in trouble.

Hearing this explanation, Chen Daoxuan and Zhou Mubai smiled at each other.

The Ye family had too many enemies.

The Zhou family and the Ye family had a feud, so did the Chen family and the Yang family.

In Gang Prefecture, perhaps there were not many families that did not have enmity with the Ye family.

In the following days.

After Chen Daoxuan selected the soldiers from the western defense zone, he brought them back to Redwood Island.

This time, in order to support the western defense zone, the Zhou family borrowed a total of ten Spirit Void Battleships.

At this moment.

Each Spirit Void Battleship carried 100 Building Foundation Stage Cultivators.

In total.

There were a thousand Foundation Building cultivators stationed in the western defense zone, and this did not include the ordinary soldiers in the Refinement Stage.

The entire western sector had nearly a hundred thousand cultivators.

This was only the smallest defense zone.

There was no other way. In order to deal with the zombie tide and Daoist Master Shenjue, the cultivators of Guang ‘an Prefecture had no choice but to unite.

These 100,000 people were temporarily just cultivators, not including the number of mortals.

In Guang ‘an Prefecture, behind every cultivator was a large group of mortals serving him.

Regardless of whether they were clan cultivators or itinerant cultivators, they were basically the same.

The cultivators of the clan naturally had a large number of clansmen behind them.

There were also a large number of slaves behind the sectless cultivators.

Under the protection of the itinerant cultivators, these slaves would even build cities and reproduce.

After several generations, the descendants of slaves would no longer be slaves and would automatically become ordinary civilians.

At that time.

These commoners might be able to embark on the path of cultivation under the guidance of itinerant cultivators.

This was also the biggest source of itinerant cultivators in the Infinite Star Sea.

Clan cultivators used their bloodline as a link to reproduce and nurture their descendants.

The advantage of doing this was that the clansmen were united and had a strong sense of unity.

On the other hand, itinerant cultivators supported themselves with ordinary civilians or slaves.

It was possible that before he died, he would take in a few disciples and pass down his mantle.

However, because the disciples did not have deep feelings for each other, they would often slowly become passersby in the future.

If the itinerant cultivator who left behind the inheritance was powerful enough, such as the orthodoxy left behind by a Mahayana True Immortal, then it would be different.

Such an inheritance would often evolve into a sect in the end.

It would not disappear after one or two generations.

Of course, in the cultivation world, it was not surprising for sects to decline and eventually disappear.

For example, the Qianyuan Sword Sect was a legacy left behind by a Mahayana True Immortal, and then slowly developed to this point.

There were also powerful cultivation clans that were no weaker than sects.

Actually, in this world.

No matter which cultivation force it was, they all had their own strengths and weaknesses.

The advantage of a cultivation force like a clan was that the clansmen were united enough. The disadvantage was that it was inevitable for them to be selfish.

On the other hand, cultivation forces like sects were much more tolerant than clans.

As long as they were talented cultivators in their own territory, regardless of their bloodline, they would be accepted into the sect to be nurtured before a certain age.

In this way.

In terms of the scope of disciples to choose from, they were naturally much more powerful than their families.

In addition, their inheritances were not weak. Generally speaking, the sects in the cultivation world were more powerful than the families.

For example, the Qian Yuan Sword Sect, the Profound Sun Sect, the Qinghui Daoist Sect, the Qianji Palace, and so on.

However, there was a drawback to the development of a sect’s power. The system was not perfect. After it grew to a certain extent, it had to rely on the power of the family to rule the territory under it.

This way, it would definitely cause instability in the governance.

Although the Qian Yuan Sword Sect’s control over the Infinite Star Sea was extremely firm, it was under the premise that its reputation was unparalleled.

When the Qian Yuan Sword Sect showed a slight decline, the major families in the Infinite Star Sea would inevitably obey its orders.

It was not only the Infinite Star Sea, but also the families and forces under the jurisdiction of other sects in the Celestial Cloud Continent.

Some people might say.

Since that was the case, why not completely abolish the clan system and bring the entire territory under the rule of the sect.

It could only be said that this idea was beautiful, but in reality, it was impossible.

This world was somewhat similar to the ancient society in Chen Daoxuan’s previous life, but it was completely different on the inside.

The biggest difference was that this world was a world where power belonged to oneself.

Humans were the most contradictory creatures.

They might be willing to sacrifice their lives for their ideals and the forces they belonged to, but they would also do everything for their descendants.

If the Qian Yuan Sword Sect had completely wiped out all the families when they unified the Infinite Star Sea.

What would happen next could almost be foreseen.

Would the higher-ups of the Qian Yuan Sword Sect have descendants?

Of course they would. Would they choose to stay in the Qian Yuan Sword Sect or chase them out?

Generally speaking, in order to maintain the long-term stability of the sect, the sect rarely poured resources into the children of the higher-ups.

Because this way.

After a few generations, the sect became a union of several families. After a few generations of fighting, it finally became a family.

Naturally, the higher-ups of the sect would not sit idly by and watch this happen.

As a result, the descendants of the sect’s higher-ups would often go out and establish their own cultivation families.

In this way, the problem returned to its original point, and the cultivation clan was born again.

Therefore, it was not that they did not want to abolish the family system, but that they could not do so.

On the deck of the Spirit Void Battleship.

Chen Daoxuan looked at Zhou Mucheng and Zhou Siliang who were standing beside him and smiled.”Uncle Zhou, Brother Si Liang, you will have to start all over again if you follow me to Redwood Island.”

“Haha, I’m already very satisfied to be able to keep my life. Moreover, I’m now under your command. Do you think you can mistreat us?”

Zhou Mucheng laughed out loud.

“That’s not necessary.”

Chen Daoxuan smiled.” However, Brother Siliang probably won’t be used to Redwood Island.”

“Brother Chen, don’t scare me.”

Zhou Siliang’s expression was a little condescending.” It can’t really be some desolate place, right?!”

“Not to the extent of being in the wilderness. It’s just that there’s no place to have fun!”

“That’s good!”

When Zhou Mucheng heard this, he couldn’t help but clap and laugh.

Hearing this, Zhou Siliang immediately put on a bitter face.

Everyone was chatting and laughing.

Behind him, an armored cultivator walked over and cupped his hands.”Commander, we’re almost at Redwood Island!”

Hearing this.

Chen Daoxuan looked at the red island below and nodded. “”I understand.”

“Yes, sir!”

Lei Zhen cupped his hands and retreated.

This late-stage Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator named Lei Zhen seemed to be convinced by Chen Daoxuan and followed him to Redwood Island.

Although there were as many as 1,000 foundation establishment cultivators here this time.

However, most of them were early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators. There were not many mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

As for the late-stage Foundation Establishment realm, there were only Zhou Mucheng and Lei Zhen.

One of them was at the seventh layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and the other was at the eighth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm. They could be considered experts among the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

Compared to Zhou Mubai from the eastern sector, this bit of strength was simply too shabby.

However, the main role of the western defense zone was to patrol. It did not require them to fight in the front line. This little strength was more than enough to patrol.

If it wasn’t for Chen Daoxuan, the Zhou Clan would have been able to handle such a small matter by themselves. There was no need to establish a western defense zone.

However, the Chen family’s Shuanghu Island was here.

For the sake of the harmonious relationship between the two families, the Zhou family naturally had to plan the sphere of influence of both sides in advance to prevent future conflicts.

This western defense zone was not so much a defense zone as it was the Chen family’s sphere of influence.

In other words.

Now, with Shuanghu Island as the center, the area of more than ten thousand miles would be under the Chen family’s influence.

Compared to the time when they could only roam freely on the nearby islands, the Chen family’s sphere of influence had expanded by more than a hundred times.

However, even though their sphere of influence had expanded, the Chen family still faced a problem.. They were short of manpower, and it was a serious shortage!