Chapter 782: Chapter 489: Impoverished Areas, Dynasty Support! [4th Update!]

As the Sect Hierarch of the Black Hawk Sect, Wei Buqun also presides over the vast ’Black Hawk City’ in the Mountain and Sea Realm. The city’s population is in the tens of millions, no less than the Hunxi Territory in the Jinze Region.

However, Hunxi Territory is wealthy, while Black Hawk Territory is barren. Hunxi Territory has nearly ten thousand Innate beings, but in the Black Hawk Territory, aside from the ten local-born Divine Generals, the Black Hawk Sect, despite controlling the territory for many years, has produced only eight Innate beings. Among them, only the ’Purple Robe Dragon King’ Song Ping and the ’White Eyebrow Eagle King’ Yang Wang are true members of the Black Hawk Sect.

Innate!

It’s so difficult!

Wei Buqun felt helpless and said to Yan Chuan, "Although I’m far away in Mu State, I’ve heard many legendary stories about City Lord Yan. I’ve heard that City Lord Yan has recently been giving martial arts lectures in various cities within the Tan Valley Realm, previously conducted martial lectures for the armies in Nanxiong City within Hunxi Territory, and even earlier held public martial arts lectures in Cang Mountain and Jian Province multiple times."

Wei Buqun looked at Yan Chuan, "I suspect, as others do, that this must be a unique cultivation method of City Lord Yan. Hence, I have a proposal which might be mutually beneficial. I would like to invite City Lord Yan to come to the Black Hawk Territory to give martial arts lectures to the three million military civilians. City Lord Yan can cultivate through this process, and the military and civilians of Black Hawk Territory will ultimately benefit, which is advantageous to our Black Hawk Sect. What does City Lord Yan think?"

"That would be perfect!"

Yan Chuan was pleasantly surprised.

This Sect Hierarch Wei!

Went through so many twists and turns!

Should have said earlier!

He should have mentioned earlier that the Black Hawk Sect holds a city, with three million military civilians, and wants to invite him to give martial arts lectures to these military civilians. Yan Chuan would have agreed long ago and would even be willing to help tailor-make, prove the Dao for his daughter Wei Lingshan, even without asking for a Primordial Pill.

Such a big circle!

Yan Chuan was helplessly amused.

Regarding ’Mutual Teaching and Learning,’ he is almost slacking off now, neither admitting nor denying outsiders’ speculations, and it’s impossible to deny it. As Wei Buqun mentioned, Yan Chuan has given far too many public lectures from Jian Province to Cang Mountain, then from Nanxiong City to Tan Valley Realm. Anyone would question his motives, and even though being a ’good teacher’ has its limits, Yan Chuan clearly surpassed that limit and it must be related to cultivation.

But no matter how people guess, they won’t guess ’Purple Mist Palace’ or ’Mutual Teaching and Learning.’ At most, they’ll speculate that it’s Yan Chuan’s unique secret martial art. In this world, there are always fine teachers and reputable teachers who, even without ’Mutual Teaching and Learning,’ can still ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ themselves. They, in the process of teaching and lecturing, review and gain new insights, repeatedly chew it over, continuously ponder, and can settle down their minds to ultimately progress further, even immediately attain the Dao. There are plenty of such cases.

In ancient times, sages had three thousand disciples and through mutual teaching and learning, eventually became sages.

There are precedents for this.

Ordinary people would never imagine some kind of treasure or system-related adventures, and such other things.

In essence—

"My ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ is just a materialization of ’mutual teaching and learning,’ essentially gaining feedback and growth in the process of teaching."

Yan Chuan is not afraid of being seen through or exposed.

... 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Yu Ru, take Miss Wei for a stroll, but don’t go far." Yan Chuan summoned Lu Yuru to follow Wei Lingshan to prevent her from running; she is a walking ’fool,’ so it’s not too much to assign an Innate to watch over. The reason he let Lu Yuru come forward was due to Yan Chuan’s own considerations.

He watched Lu Yuru leave with Wei Lingshan and turned to explain to Wei Buqun, "Around last year’s Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, Miss Wei’s strength even surpassed Little Lu Fairy, but in the past year, Little Lu has made significant progress, and while below Innate she doesn’t dare claim invincibility, there are really very few in the Mountain and Sea Realm who can steadily defeat her."

Lu Yuru follows Yan Chuan daily, showing no signs yet except for ’Wisdom Eye,’ Yan Chuan hasn’t even needed her to act.

But she should not be underestimated because of this.

In fact.

Lu Yuru cultivates the ’Three-Point Sword Technique’ tailored for her by Yan Chuan, integrating the Three Great Swords, all the while closely following Yan Chuan in the North Mansion, listening to him giving martial arts lectures to millions in Tan Valley Realm, the Independent Practitioner Alliance in Danhu Realm, and thirty thousand Tan Valley soldiers, among others. Through mutual teaching and learning, Lu Yuru’s martial arts accomplishments have seen improvement to varying extents, with her swordsmanship advancing steadily each day. As of now, even if she hasn’t reached the Seventh Realm Peak or the Seventh Realm Late Stage, she at least sits in the Mid Seventh Realm.

Seventh Realm Mid-stage Absolute Skill!

Steadily scoring seven hundred points in Heavenly Ladder City.

But Lu Yuru is more than that.

Compared to swordsmanship and martial arts, what Lu Yuru excels in is her physique strength. Yan Chuan had given her three Fire Bud Crystals and infused into her a ’Divine Light True Seed’ to forcibly refine the Fire Bud Crystals. After several months, Lu Yuru has arduously refined one, her physique is extremely strong, able to withstand a full-strength attack of an Innate First Layer.

Postnatal Realm?

Peak State?

Lu Yuru has long been in an invincible position!

Her swordsmanship is exceptionally strong.

Her physique is exceptionally strong.

Furthermore, Lu Yuru possesses dozens of exotic treasures, practically making her a ’multi-treasure maiden.’

Such a Lu Yuru, even ten Wei Lingshans couldn’t compete, couldn’t escape from Lu Yuru’s Five-Finger Mountain.

"Letting her see the prowess of contemporaneous Heavenly Prides to temper her character is beneficial, City Lord Yan is indeed thoughtful." Wei Buqun realized Yan Chuan’s intention and became more certain that he’s found a good mentor for his daughter this time.

Wei Buqun understood Wei Lingshan; his daughter is not weak in the Peak State.

But Yan Chuan believes that the Lu Yuru he trained can easily suppress and defeat Wei Lingshan.

So, just how strong is Lu Yuru?

Will Wei Lingshan reach that kind of strength in another half a year?

Wei Buqun looked forward to it; he glanced out the door and saw Wei Lingshan attempt to rebel, trying to run, yet be chased down by Lu Yuru in two steps, Wei Lingshan tried to retaliate, only to be subdued single-handedly by Lu Yuru.

The difference in strength was on a completely different level!

"A great teacher produces outstanding students! This Little Lu Fairy might be City Lord Yan’s next Proven Dao Heavenly Pride disciple!" Wei Buqun exclaimed, "If she were to participate in this year’s Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, she’d surely sweep through."

Indeed!

Sweep through!

This year’s Cang Mountain Sword Discussion offers no challenge to Lu Yuru, which is why she isn’t attending, believing that listening to more martial arts lectures from Yan Chuan might be more beneficial.

Yan Chuan chuckled lightly, not dwelling on Lu Yuru much further, his curiosity piqued instead: "There are only a dozen Innate beings within Black Hawk City?"

Only a dozen Innates, how could they maintain the qualification of a city?

As the City Lord of Tan Valley Royal City, Yan Chuan is very familiar with the city assessment criteria—

Black Hawk Territory!

Something is peculiar!

...

"City Lord Yan knows only the half, not the whole," Wei Buqun explained, "The Black Hawk Sect is situated in the Northwest Pasture State, corresponding to the Black Hawk City located in the Western Continent of Mo Yin Region. The Western Continent had once been subjected to fierce battles amongst Heavenly People, causing heaven and earth to crack, primordial qi to disperse, the environment to deteriorate, and demons to breed. It’s only within the northwest corner of the Western Continent that scattered Human Races survive. Therefore, the city assessment standards of this place differ greatly from the other three continents of the Mo Yin Region, as well as the other twelve regions, with much lower standards."

In brief.

Due to being on the Western Continent, Black Hawk City is considered a ’poverty-stricken area’ with ’national support.’ The ’Imperial City Bureau’ of the Yu Fang Dynasty lowered the assessment standards for the western continent, allowing Black Hawk City to retain its city qualification as long as the population standard is met, despite having few Innate beings.

"However, Black Hawk Territory is unstable, and being an isolated land, it’s surrounded on all sides by demons that have been corrupted by underground evil qi, who have a taste for people and often attack Black Hawk Territory. The fortress towns of the territory engage in annual major battles, with the fires of war constantly raging. Occasionally, great demons either storm or sneak into the territory, plundering and eating people, resulting in disasters."

Wei Buqun shook his head.

Trying to occupy a real city with the strength of the Black Hawk Sect is utterly wishful thinking, encountering a place like ’Black Hawk City’ is already a stroke of luck.

There’s nothing to criticize!

But to retain the city, to develop the resources within Black Hawk Territory, to grow the Black Hawk Sect requires defending it steadfastly, enduring the endless assaults of external demons coming from outside—

Can’t increase population!

Can’t cultivate high-level masters!

Black Hawk Sect!

Black Hawk Territory!

Is a complete predicament or even a dead end!

If things continue, they’ll be dragged to death, making it fundamentally challenging to develop.

This explains why during the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion the previous year, Tan Yunqing told the ’White Eyebrow Eagle King’ Yang Wang that the ’Black Hawk Sect struggles hard for a city, defending it with difficulty, managing it poorly.’

Tan Yunqing wasn’t wrong.

The truth is harsh.

Not only for the Black Hawk Sect but also for other major sects occupying a city, including those cities occupied by the court, are mostly operating poorly, incomparable to cities like Hunxi Territory or Danhu Territory.

No War God.

No Sixth Grade.

Few Innate beings, exceedingly weak and impoverished.

For many years, it’s been hanging by a thread.

But the court is integrating resources, leveraging the unique advantage of the Star Gate, and preparing to develop stronger. By transporting external resources through the Star Gate to the impoverished cities they occupy, going in and out, development can accelerate greatly, once powerful enough, it will snowball.

The court is on the right path.

A few major sects, led by the Six Great Sects, who hold cities are also conducting similar self-rescue and development plans.

As long as they can survive the most difficult period ahead, once the Trading House becomes systematic, the future promises to be bright.

For instance, the Black Hawk Sect, their self-rescue and development plan are twofold: one is cooperating with the court. The Black Hawk Sect lacks the Star Gates, which can only maximize the development and utilization of the resources within Black Hawk Territory through cooperation with the court. The other is actively exploring the Black Hawk Territory in hopes of sooner linking with other cities and human settlements. Only by expanding the territory and population can they achieve better and more development.

Both hands must catch, moving forward side by side.

Finally, there’s Yan Chuan.

...

The three million military civilians of the Black Hawk Sect are yearning for Yan Chuan to give lectures soon.

On Yan Chuan’s side—

The millions of military civilians in Tan Valley Realm have already been ’harvested’ once by him. After many days of lectures at the Independent Practitioner Alliance in Danhu Realm, the feedback has also stabilized. Yan Chuan now has time to tour Black Hawk Territory and give lectures.

Coincidentally, several of Yan Chuan’s absolute skills are about to break through to the Peak of the Eighth Realm—

[Wave Riding Micro Steps: Eighth Realm Peak (85)]

[Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar: Eighth Realm Peak (86)]

[Holy Fire Order Divine Skill: Eighth Realm Peak (89)]

The three million military civilians have not heard Yan Chuan’s lectures before, fresh feedback is bound to allow these three absolute skills to break through to the Peak of the Eighth Realm.

Peak of Eighth Realm!

Fifth-rank Peak!

Yan Chuan is really not far from Sixth Grade!

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