317: Chapter 317 Outside the State of Yan

However, as the Golden Core forces of Yan Country also acknowledged it, many factions began to grow restless.

Now that Yan Country no longer restricted them from leaving, they could completely head to other cultivation worlds to seek Opportunity.

Even for the three countries of Tang, Chu, and Zhao, these three cultivation worlds possessed Nascent Soul True Monarchs, which were on an entirely different level compared to countries like Yan Country. It is just that the distance to these three countries was too far for them, unless there was a Formation.

However, if they chose the few nearby cultivation worlds, the resources in those cultivation worlds were also limited, and most were even inferior to Yan Country. Therefore, in the end, they still only had those three choices: Tang, Chu, and Zhao.

However, it was a journey of over one hundred thousand li. Even without accidents, and even if they traveled the entire way without resting, it would still take them half a year to possibly arrive.

However, these were ultimately just theories. The dangers along this road were definitely not few, and just detouring alone would take at least a year or two.

Of course, if it were only these troubles, it would not be enough to dissuade all Cultivators who wanted to advance further.

After all, staying in Yan Country, they might perhaps remain stagnant forever, only wasting their lives away in the Foundation Establishment Stage. But if they could obtain Purple Mansion spiritual items, it might allow them to successfully enter the Zifu Stage. In the future, let alone Yan Country, they could roam freely across various cultivation worlds, and those with a Family would even bring their Family a step higher along with them, just like that Chen Family Old Ancestor.

Thus, a month passed, and almost all ambitious Cultivators had left. Those who remained were either bound by factions or content with the status quo.

Suddenly, the entire Yan Country grew desolate.

On the contrary, the cultivation worlds surrounding Yan Country had no changes.

After all, those cultivation worlds of the State of Wei had just finished dividing up the territory of the four prefectures of Yan Country, so they completely did not need to worry about resource issues for the next one to two hundred years.

As for the two countries of Lu and Wei in the west, their strength was weak, and they had been crippled decades ago. Over these years, they were still slowly recovering their Origin Qi.

The environment where these two countries were located was inherently harsher than other cultivation worlds, and they bordered the Yellow Sand Ridge. Aside from the last invasion of the Wanshou Mountain Range, almost very few cultivation worlds were willing to contact them.

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Qinghe County.

Ever since Chen Changqing and the other left, the Chen Family's Qinghe Alliance had also been making preparations.

As a Purple Mansion force, the Chen Family knew the intentions of Golden Core forces like Yuxu Sect even earlier than those Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining forces.

Otherwise, Chen Changqing and the other would not have left Yan Country a few years ago to head to Tang Country to look for Purple Mansion spiritual items, and by the way, scout out the situation over there for the Chen Family first.

Over these six-plus years, the Qinghe Alliance led by the Chen Family had already built twenty-two Tier 2 spirit boats. Besides that, there was also one Tier 3 spirit boat.

The Tier 2 qingye boat could only be used for transportation and could not transport a large number of Cultivators, but Tier 3 spirit boats could. The Tier 3 spirit boat built by the Chen Family, the Qingyun Boat, consumed four hundred thousand Spirit Stones. Although the cost was high, it could transport up to two hundred Cultivators at once.

However, if the Chen Family wanted to gain a foothold, just these two hundred Cultivators were definitely not enough; a large number of Mortals were also needed. Only when the number of Mortals was sufficient, and enough Cultivators could be born from them, could they truly gain a foothold in that region.

But the Chen Family had also prepared a corresponding strategy.

Although the Tier 3 spirit boat could only accommodate two hundred Cultivators, that was calculated based on the space occupied by Cultivators. Moreover, such large spirit boats generally had special places designated for storing goods.

Therefore, the Chen Family's plan was very simple: clear out the cargo space at the very bottom and let thousands of Mortals live down below.

Currently, the Chen Family had at least one hundred thousand Mortals, with Qingyang Mountain having seventy thousand and Wuyue Mountain having thirty thousand.

And the number of Cultivators had already exceeded five hundred.

Therefore, thousands of Mortals were actually not much, but if they wanted to gain a foothold in Tang Country, they would at least need to transport them several times to meet the most basic requirements. Furthermore, once these Mortals left Yan Country, it would be impossible for them to ever return to Yan Country in their lifetime.

Currently, the Chen Family had collected the wishes of a large number of Mortals. Fully one-fifth of the one hundred thousand Mortals were willing to leave their homeland and head to the distant Tang Country.

In fact, the main reason these Mortals were willing to leave Yan Country was because the Chen Family was willing to provide them with settlement allowances. Whoever was willing to go to Tang Country could directly receive one hundred taels of silver. If immortal sprouts were born over there, rewards would also be given based on contribution.

For many not-so-wealthy families, now that there was an Opportunity to get rich overnight, why not go?

Moreover, they were provided with good food and drink.

However, not just anyone among these twenty thousand people could go; the Chen Family would first select one thousand people.

As for the other Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County, they would have to wait for a while longer.

As for the departure time and the selection of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, they also had to wait for Chen Changqing and the other to return.

After all, they had already explored the route and knew it much better than them.

As for the other four Purple Mansion forces in Taihe Prefecture, such as the Xuantian Sect and the Song Family, these two Purple Mansion forces still held quite a bit of territory themselves, and they only had one Purple Palace Cultivator left. For the next decades and centuries, they wouldn't need to worry about the resource issues of their territory.

As for the Giant Sword Sect and the Jiupo Sect, they were outsiders after all, and the territory they controlled was even worse than the Chen Family's.

Moreover, the three Purple Mansion forces led by the Xuantian Sect intentionally or unintentionally ostracized them, so their situation was not very good.

At least, if they didn't want to obtain resources outwardly, these two Purple Mansion forces could at most support one Purple Palace Cultivator.

"Tenth Uncle, do you still remember the people from the Wen Family asking us for help before?" Chen Changyue came to the peak of Qingyang Mountain and said to Chen Yuanwen.

"Hmm, that would be the Wen Family that wanted our Chen Family to step in and help back then, right?" Chen Yuanwen said thoughtfully.

"Correct, I have already investigated. The Giant Sword Sect indeed wants to make trouble for the Wen Family, and the reason is very simple: the Wen Family controls the manufacturing method of Tier 3 spirit boats. However, it is unknown how the Giant Sword Sect found out, only that when the Giant Sword Sect made a move, it was precisely for their Tier 3 spirit boats."

Chen Changyue paused for a moment and continued, "Some time ago, the Wen Family failed to get help, and finally the Family decided to hand over the Legacy of the Tier 3 spirit boat to the Giant Sword Sect to seek self-preservation. Sure enough, once the Giant Sword Sect obtained the manufacturing method of that Tier 3 spirit boat, they no longer troubled the Wen Family."

"It is just as I guessed," Chen Yuanwen said.

He had previously guessed why the Giant Sword Sect would make a move against the Wen Family.

Making a move against the Ning Family was because of the Ning Family's Lingyun Technique, but what about the Wen Family?

The Wen Family was good at refining Magical Artifacts, and the entire Family rose through Artifact Refining from humble beginnings. In the hands of such a Family, besides the Artifact Refining Legacy, what else was worth the Giant Sword Sect's attention?

It was nothing more than those few kinds, such as Tier 3 Artifact Refining.

Combining the situation of the Giant Sword Sect and the recent rumors spread by major Golden Core forces in Yan Country, he deduced from this that the Wen Family most likely had the manufacturing method for Tier 3 spirit boats.

Aside from this, the Giant Sword Sect would definitely not target the Wen Family.

After all, except for the Xuantian Sect and the Song Family who didn't need to worry about resource issues these years, factions like the Jiupo Sect and the Giant Sword Sect both faced a certain degree of pressure. Their Chen Family had the Wanshou Mountain Range, which could somewhat alleviate resource problems, but these two families did not, so they would inevitably have to leave Yan Country and head to other cultivation worlds to acquire resources.