Eternal Life: I Can Control My Essence Qi-Chapter 107 - 105: Acquiring Goldwater, Advancing with the Momentum (Double-Length)
The next day.
Zhang Yao rode the flying sword, transforming into a streak of blue light, leaving Mang Mountain Marketplace.
Having run his shop for many years, since he didn’t need to spend Spirit Stones or Spirit Pills for cultivation, he had accumulated quite a fortune, and even upgraded his flying sword to a high-grade one.
He headed west, straight towards Huanhe Mountain in the west of Li Kingdom, where a miniature Spirit Vein was located.
"Huanhe Mountain..."
As Zhang Yao sped along the way, his expression showed a thoughtful look.
"I remember the Spirit Vein at Huanhe Mountain was previously occupied by the Fang Family, wasn’t it?"
"Now that it’s changed hands, the Fang Family is probably doomed, met an ill fate..."
Thinking of this, he wasn’t much bothered by it.
The rise and fall in the Cultivation Realm are all too normal, even the Foundation Establishment level forces struggle to endure for long.
"Boom!"
The blue light streaked across the sky.
Zhang Yao intentionally controlled his speed, and after a few hours, he finally spanned over a thousand miles, arriving at Huanhe Mountain in the west of Li Kingdom.
Currently, the Huang Family, which occupied Huanhe Mountain, sensed the movement of the Flying Sword Escape Light, and immediately someone came forward to greet him.
Several streaks of escape light crossed the sky, led by the short and stout elder from yesterday.
"Elder Huang." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
"Master Zhang, you’ve arrived, please come in."
Accompanied enthusiastically by several members of the Huang Family, Zhang Yao entered the Spirit Vein Land of Huanhe Mountain.
The entire Spirit Vein Land of Huanhe Mountain was larger than Wuyin Island, dotted with various palaces and pavilions, many of which were newly built.
The whole Huang Family consisted of dozens of cultivators, both male and female, old and young, led by an Elder who was at Qi Refining Perfection, but currently in seclusion, governed by several family elders.
"The Spiritual Qi environment here is not bad..."
Zhang Yao felt the Spiritual Qi of the Spirit Vein at Huanhe Mountain and nodded silently.
Though it’s just a miniature Spirit Vein, it’s in the Li Kingdom after all, and the overall environment is better, so the Spiritual Qi is naturally much more abundant than in Celestial Capital Mountain or Wuyin Island.
There are about twenty or thirty similar miniature Spirit Veins in Li Kingdom, all occupied by various minor sects and noble families.
"Master Zhang, please take a seat!"
Several elders of the Huang Family specially held a banquet to welcome Zhang Yao.
At the banquet, after enjoying many Pill and Jade Dew, Spirit Fruit Brew, during casual chats, they mentioned the origins of the Huang Family.
"Oh?"
Zhang Yao looked a bit surprised: "So your family is originally from the Wei Kingdom?"
"Yes."
A bearded elder of the Huang Family took a sip of wine and said casually:
"It’s actually nothing much to hide."
"Our Huang Family originally came from the Jingu Sect, and our family’s elder was the Law Enforcement Elder of the Jingu Sect. He was quite prestigious once."
"But now that the Jingu Sect has fallen apart, we’ve had to lead the younger generation to Li Kingdom to establish roots..."
The short and stout elder beside him couldn’t help but sigh and put down his wine cup, saying:
"Who could have imagined a few decades ago that we’d be facing today’s situation..."
Listening to their story, Zhang Yao slowly understood:
A few decades ago, Celestial Treasure Tower’s recruitment order shook the cultivation realm of the Southwest Countries, causing quite a few disturbances.
The upheaval in Wei Kingdom’s cultivation realm started from this.
After Qian Le, several major forces in Wei Kingdom searched for years, eventually, the Independent Practitioner Alliance, relying on its large numbers, found another mortal with Five Spirit Roots.
All the major forces coveted this mortal, and after several tussles, it resulted in a full-blown conflict, leading to an all-out war that spiraled out of control.
After more than a decade of chaos:
The Independent Practitioner Alliance collapsed, Qinglian Sect was destroyed, and the Ouyang Family, Chu Family, and Jingu Sect suffered great losses in Primordial Energy.
Another ten years passed, and the Ouyang Family, which controlled Qingyunfang City, and the Chu Family had internal strife. The Ouyang Family, who had been hiding its strength, suddenly revealed a second Foundation Establishment cultivator at a critical moment, wiping out the Chu Family in one fell swoop.
Thus, Wei Kingdom’s cultivation realm officially entered a state of fierce rivalry between two major powers.
However, this situation didn’t last long, as the casualties in the Jingu Sect during the war were too severe, leading to a gap in the succession of upper-level power.
Half a year ago, the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Jingu Sect died of old age, causing the entire sect to quickly disband and fragment, with various factions and families splitting the sect’s inheritance and fleeing.
"I see..."
Zhang Yao’s expression shifted slightly, and he said:
"I never would have thought that such significant changes have occurred in Wei Kingdom’s cultivation realm..."
The origins of the Huang Family resolved one of his doubts.
Jingu Sect was a Foundation Establishment level Sect, and it was normal for the sect, which primarily practiced the Gold Element Technique, to have a pre-stored supply of Gold Element Spiritual Objects.
And part of these Gold Element Spiritual Objects included the Celestial One Gold Water, which probably ended up in the hands of the Huang Family during the distribution of inheritance.
Zhang Yao pondered for a moment, then said:
"So, currently in Wei Kingdom’s cultivation realm, is the Ouyang Family the dominant power?"
"Not exactly."
Another elder shook his head and said:
"A few years ago, a foreign Foundation Establishment cultivator emerged unexpectedly, regrouped many loose cultivators, small families, and minor sects, and established an alliance."
"This Foundation Establishment cultivator is at the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment, and the Ouyang Family isn’t confident in dealing with him, so currently the two parties are barely maintaining a balance."
Zhang Yao nodded slightly, unsurprised in his heart.
The organizations in the cultivation realm differ fundamentally from those of mortal courts, government offices, gangs, etc.
The former is built around individuals, while the latter relies on circumstances to define individuals.
Apart from families connected by bloodline, some sects and loose alliances are largely personal assets of high-level cultivators, used as tools to aid their own cultivation.
