Xuantian 1: Ancient Xuandongtian

Chapter 229 Theory of Cosmic Collapse and the Outer Ring 37
1. Six gets true love.

Although he had learned the bad news of the impending war early on, Mu Hanchan had no way to do anything.

The occurrence of war is like the lava inside a volcano, which cannot be changed by external forces.

It won’t be because of one person.

He also cannot change sects because he is not yet fully grown.

And those who truly have status in the immortal world all care about loyalty.

Poor monks,

When you cannot change the status quo,
Always expect a war to come and reshuffle the cards.

But they ignored the chaos and trauma to the fairy world caused by the war, which was even greater than what they were currently suffering.

In fact, they don't crave killing and fighting.

They just want to escape from their suffering and the injustice they have suffered.

It's like those who shout slogans to fight and those who actually participate in the war.

Sometimes you are not the same kind of person.

Some people just talk, some people just do.

As for Mu Hanchan, he naturally did not want a war to happen.

Rich people tend to fear war more because it destroys what they have.

The poor have nothing, so they have nothing to fear.

Mu Hanchan is somewhere in between.

However, he does not like war because he is a peace-loving person.

Moreover, he has assets, a manor, thousands of living spirits, a basic status in the sect, enlightened parents, heavenly-level skills, and a childhood sweetheart.

His life is bright and the bright path is clear.

If he had married Lin Mengge when he was young, then at the age of 20, he would have reached the peak of an ordinary person and achieved the great perfection of life.

2. Sect taxation and personal integrity.

"Old Ji, have the new round of disciples' tax returns been prepared?" A green-clothed elder who was over fifty years old asked a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was dressed gorgeously, but his aptitude was poor and his cultivation was only at the Lingyuan realm.

"not yet?"

The middle-aged man said, "Many of these Condensation Realm disciples cannot meet the tax standards, and even if they do, they will try their best to hide it and not pay taxes to the sect. Instead, they will enjoy the sect's various benefits for free."

"This is understandable. It's human nature."

The old man in green clothes said, "They all come from ordinary backgrounds. Some of them fight monsters desperately to get some materials in exchange for a few meager spirit stones. They are not like you who come from the ancestral hall and are exempt from tax for life."

"Ah, everyone says we have privileges, but our privileges were earned by our ancestors at the cost of their lives. If our ancestors planted trees but our descendants cannot enjoy the shade, then why did our ancestors plant trees?"

"this…"

"By the way, Elder Xu recommended a disciple before. What is his tax situation?"

“All submitted on time.”

……

There was silence.

"Old Ji, you said our sect is in this situation. Actually, my clan ancestral hall has also thought of a solution, but it doesn't work."

"The sect is poor and practices hardship. This cannot be solved in a short time."

"Yes, there are actually only three things we can show off. The first is the Qianwu Spirit Mine, the second is the natural resources in the central and western parts, and the third is the combat effectiveness of our grassroots monks."

"Didn't someone ask your family's top leaders to discuss the development and mining rights of the Qianwuling Mine? Why did this matter fall through?"

“The price they offered was too low.”

"how much?"

"60 million spirit stones in 3000 years." "Isn't that enough? Thirty million is enough for us to fill our stomachs. Thirty million spirit stones can allow three thousand peak Condensation Realm cultivators to break through to the Spirit Pill Realm.

"If these spiritual elixir-level cultivators can establish a school and teach disciples over time, our sect will have more and more cultivators, and we will become stronger, right?"

"That's true, but with so many Spiritual Pill Realm cultivators appearing all of a sudden, can our sect accommodate them?"

"Ugh…"

The old man sighed and said, “According to our sect system, let alone three thousand Spiritual Pill cultivators, even thirty thousand or even three hundred thousand Spiritual Pill cultivators can be accommodated.

(After the demise of the Yunyang Sect, Luo Qinghe reoccupied the Three Clouds and made the newly born Yun Sect continue the system of the original Yunyang Sect, becoming a giant sect in the early ancient times, with more than 300,000 spiritual pill cultivators.)
Do you care about whether it is tolerated or not?
Are you afraid that if there are too many cultivators in the Spiritual Pill Realm, your family will lose or even have its status diluted?

So you try your best to weaken the middle-level monks in the sect,

Only in this way can we better control the direction of the sect, right?"

"..."

The latter was speechless.

"After all, you still love your family more than this sect.

This is also the reason why the grassroots monks are complaining."

3. A gentleman is born in a small country.

The Yunyang Sect has eighty-eight thousand cultivators.

Among them, there are 50,000 cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm.

Among these fifty thousand Nascent Soul cultivators, thirty thousand are in various menial offices, receiving the sect's daily tasks, surviving on the rewards from the tasks, and maintaining the normal operation of the sect.

Fifteen thousand were selected to enter the Zongzhan Hall.

In other words, through his own efforts, he entered the sect's war hall and became a combat cultivator, stationed in various important locations of the sect, maintaining the stability of the sect and guarding the sect's core assets.

Another three thousand were promoted and selected to become registered disciples of Lingdan realm cultivators.

Mu Hanchan belongs to this category of people.

There are 20,000 Lingyuan realm cultivators in the Yunyang Sect.

Among them, five thousand are combat cultivators.

There are eight thousand cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm, and only one thousand of them are combat cultivators.

In fact, up to this point, everything is normal.

There is no problem with the ratio of monks of different classes.

The problem lies at the Lingdan Realm level. There are only over 500 Lingdan Realm cultivators in the Yunyang Sect.

This ratio has shrunk significantly.

Although the probability of advancing from the Condensation Realm to the Spiritual Pill Realm is only one in ten or even less,

However, when one reaches the Lingdan realm, very few people die from breaking through the realm.

The mortality rate in the Ningling Realm is very high, while the mortality rate in the Lingdan Realm is very low.

Nine out of ten cultivators who died from breaking through a realm all died at the Spirit Condensation Realm.

Therefore, cultivators in the Spiritual Pill Realm will accumulate.

And their average lifespan is 1800 years.

The lifespan of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm is just over six hundred years.

In summary,
The normal ratio of cultivators in the Condensation Realm to those in the Spiritual Elixir Realm is 3:1.

But the ratio for Yunyang Sect is 8000:500.

That is 16:1.

This directly led to the weakness of the sect's middle-level monks and the weakening of the sect's combat effectiveness.

This situation has laid hidden dangers for the future, but also brought opportunities to Mu Hanchan.