Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 130 Fengdong's Situation

Qu Tengfei was a talkative and outgoing person. Qiu Ci had some experience in dealing with such people, so she deliberately guided him with a few words. The other party told her all the information she wanted to know like pouring beans. Qiu Ci finally understood some of the situation in Fengdong Continent.

In general, this is a continent controlled and exploited endlessly by the four great families and several major sects. The path to upward mobility is completely blocked, and those at the bottom have absolutely no chance of rising. All of this continent's resources have long been monopolized by these families. For ordinary people to survive, they must pay a price, such as working for these families and sects. Therefore, most of them become property of the families from birth.

But the strange thing is that it is very easy to start practicing here. There are even introductory Qi-refining techniques everywhere in the streets. There are techniques that can be practiced in any small village. However, such techniques can only be practiced to the foundation-building stage at most. Once they reach the foundation-building stage, it is time for them to repay their debts. The aristocratic families or sects can arrange their whereabouts at any time. Unless their cultivation reaches the golden elixir stage, they can temporarily escape from their control.

However, the cultivation methods for the Golden Core stage were rare, and only by paying a great price or encountering a chance could one achieve a Dan. The Yuanying stage was even more unimaginable for ordinary people, and only those who were extremely cunning or had connections with aristocratic families could achieve a Yuanying stage by chance.

As for the Spirit Transformation Stage, basically no commoner can reach this level. It only appears among the direct and side branches of each family, or among the direct disciples of the sect. Ordinary people cannot even see the skills.

Qiu Ci was originally curious. It was understandable that aristocratic family techniques were not passed on to outsiders, but why didn't ordinary people choose to join a sect? After becoming a sect disciple, there would always be someone with extraordinary talent who could inherit the inheritance. However, after asking carefully, he realized that this was really impossible.

Because these so-called sects don't accept disciples at all. No! To be more precise, they don't accept disciples from outside. Although these are called sects, they are completely different from the sects that Qiu Ci has in mind. Each sect is controlled by a few top-level families, and they only accept descendants of these families and do not recruit disciples from outside.

Although they are called sects, they are actually just another kind of aristocratic families that stick together. Therefore, aristocratic families will always be aristocratic families, and the lower class will always be the lower class.

"What about the realms above the Spirit Transformation Realm, such as the Tribulation Transformation Realm, the Fusion Realm, or even the Mahayana Realm? Is it true that no ordinary person can reach this level of cultivation?" Qiu Ci couldn't help but ask.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, this is not something you can talk about!" Qu Tengfei's face changed, and he quickly signaled her to lower her voice. "Everyone knows that in the entire continent, only the bloodlines of a few major families have the potential to break through the shackles of heaven and earth and cultivate supreme immortal methods. It's a miracle that people like us can reach the Divine Transformation Stage."

Qiu Ci was stunned. What did this have to do with bloodline? But he couldn't ask directly, so he could only ask indirectly, "Are there many people in the various sects who have cultivated to this level of cultivation?"

"Of course not many." Qu Tengfei shook his head and said, "I heard that as long as you reach the Tribulation Crossing Stage, you can become the lord of a large city. For example, the Lianshen Sect controls more than ten large cities. As for powerful beings above the Tribulation Crossing Stage, every sect and family has at least twenty. However, once the cultivation level reaches the Fusion or Great Perfection stage, they must guard the sect all year round and can no longer leave at will."

"Is there such a thing?" Can't go out after reaching the fusion level? What about the dean and pavilion master of Shuangxing Academy who always drag her out to show off? A street urchin?

"Right!" Qu Tengfei gave her a look that said, "How come you don't know this?" "I heard that it's because cultivators who have reached the fusion stage will have a sense of connection between heaven and man. If they are often outside, it will cause many abnormalities and affect the state of mind of lower-level cultivators. That's why they can only retreat in the sect."

"Really?" Could it be that Fengdong Continent and Lanru Continent have different heavenly rules?
"Why else would the elders be looking for people to be 'walkers'? Aren't they just trying to train us to be their leaders and handle sect affairs on their behalf?"

"..." Qiu Ci was stunned, vaguely feeling that something was wrong with this matter. The so-called walking was very likely a big pit, but there were some key issues that he couldn't figure out.

"Well, I think it's getting late. We should hurry up and practice." Seeing that they had almost finished talking, Qu Tengfei turned his head to look at the sky outside, and said while meditating, "There is only one month left. Maybe the elders have been secretly observing us for a long time. We must hurry up and practice." "..." No, don't tell ghost stories.

Qiu Ci's heart tightened, and she inexplicably felt that the surroundings were a bit gloomy. However, the other party reminded her that she could not use her spiritual sense casually in the Lianshen Sect, otherwise she would likely be discovered. However, she still had the subroutine of the dog system, so she let the system scan the situation near the yard in her mind.

Fortunately, there was nothing unusual nearby, and no one's spiritual sense was spying on this place, proving that this place is safe.

She was relieved, but Qu Tengfei beside her had already started practicing and drank the bottle of spiritual spring water. He seemed to really want to become a so-called walking being and was working hard to improve his cultivation.

However, Qiu Ci could tell at a glance that he was only in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, and the technique he was practicing was not a good one, and it was not even compatible with his spiritual roots, so his foundation was somewhat weak, and it would be difficult to make a breakthrough in a short period of time if he continued to practice.

Seeing that he had entered a state of meditation, Qiu Ci did not want to intervene. After sensing that all the monks in the room had entered a state of meditation, he stood up and left the room, looking around the courtyard.

The courtyard looked large, but aside from the dozen or so rooms and a large spirit gathering formation, there wasn't anything special about it. She walked towards the gate, but was stopped by the barrier at the entrance.

Only then did Qiu Ci realize that the restrictions in this courtyard were actually the opposite. They were not preventing people from coming in, but preventing people from leaving.

what's the situation?
Are they... imprisoned?
She frowned, and the strange feeling in her heart became stronger. She suddenly remembered what the old man from Juanshan had mentioned to her main body, that all the Fengdong monks who died after leaving the secret realm were Nascent Souls and Golden Cores that had been possessed by other bodies. Her guesses became more and more solid.

Restraint, possession, walking...

Could it be that the so-called walking of the Lianshen Sect is also related to possession of another's body? They recruited these Jindan and Yuanying cultivators just to find an opportunity to possess their bodies?

But there has been no news recently about any elder of the Lianshen Sect being seriously injured?
Moreover, Qu Tengfei had told her that this so-called "walking" was a tradition of various sects and families. A group of people would be selected every ten years or so, and every family and sect was like this, and it had been going on for thousands of years.

If they were brought here just to take over someone else's body, there wouldn't be a need to do it every few years, right?

Unless something went wrong when the other party took over the body, and they needed to change it frequently, but is that possible? It would be fine if only one family had problems, but the key is that every family is like this, which is a bit strange.

Furthermore, those who need to find a "walking" body are all cultivators in the sect's fusion and Mahayana stages. Logically, their cultivation has reached this level, and it is impossible for them to abandon their original bodies unless it is absolutely necessary. Frequent possession of other bodies will also cause damage to their souls.

Could it be that she was overthinking it, and these powerful people simply wanted to train someone for themselves?