Starting from the scattered cultivator family, daily intelligence

Chapter 14: Four Families, One Fortress, One Gate, One Sect

"Hey, hey, hey, the Yuqian River is long... it connects to all directions! It connects to all directions! Hey, everyone, hold on tight... hold on tight!..."

On the vast and blue Yuqian River, the shouts of the boatmen pulling the boats upstream on the river bank continue for a long time, and have been singing on the banks of the Yuqian River for hundreds and thousands of years.

The Yuqian River is the mother river of Qianyuan Prefecture. It connects most areas of Qianyuan Prefecture and has nurtured generations of people in Qianyuan Prefecture.

Among these people were mortals pulling boats on the river bank, as well as cultivators like Mu Yunsheng and his group.

Mu Yunsheng and Shui Lin'er were sitting on a large boat that was moving with the current. Because it was moving with the current, there was no need for trackers on the shore to pull the boat.

"Brother Yunsheng, let's not take the boat to Qihe Market next time. We just took the empty boat back to Qihe Market, and they charged us a pound of bitter spirit wheat each. That's too expensive!"

"It won't take long to get to Qihefang Market by land from Sanchaling or by horseback." Shui Lin'er looked at the rapidly receding scenery on both sides of the river bank. There was heartache in Yueyaer's eyes, and she whispered to Mu Yunsheng.

This large ship sailing down the Yuqian River towards Qihefang City was the one that Mu Yunsheng and Shui Lin'er boarded from the Yuchen River beside the Yuxu Lingtian.

Yuxu Lingtian is not only accessible by land through Sanchaling, but also by water.

Every day, two merchant ships arrive from Qihefang City, carrying spiritual fertilizers and various consumables needed for growing spiritual rice. They are then transported from the Yuqian River to the Yuchen River and delivered to the Yuxu Spiritual Field.

Cultivators can also take these two merchant ships to come from Qihe Market to Yuxu Lingtian, or return from Yuxu Lingtian to Qihe Market, but they need spiritual rice or spiritual stones to purchase the boat ticket, and no ordinary gold or silver is accepted.

"It's okay. Just take the boat back to Qihefang City. It's much faster and safer. Xiao Lin'er, if you want to come to Yuxu Lingtian to see me next time, you can also take the boat." Mu Yunsheng said to Shui Lin'er, looking at the word "Xuan" hanging on the sail of the merchant ship.

This is a merchant ship of the Xuanshou Sect, one of the seven top monastic forces in the Qianyuanzhou monastic world. Every disciple in the sect is good at breeding monsters and driving them to hurt people.

That's why they were able to seize two merchant ships from Qihefang Market to Yuxu Lingtian in the world of cultivators in Qianyuan Prefecture. Even the spiritual fertilizers that the Liu family transported to Yuxu Lingtian to grow spiritual rice had to be shipped from the merchant ships of Xuanshoumen.

Few things happened while traveling in Qianyuan Prefecture, and no cultivator dared to cause any trouble.

"Xiao Lin'er understands." Shui Lin'er saw that Mu Yunsheng was giving her serious instructions, so she responded obediently. She also knew that Mu Yunsheng was afraid that she would encounter something like the Miaoshan Bandits again.

"Masters, your food is here. This is the famous Jade-Scaled Black Carp from the Yuqian River. It only lives in the Yuqian River and is delicious and nutritious."

"The Immortal Master of the Mysterious Beast Sect has issued a special order prohibiting mortals from salvaging the food. It is only for you, the cultivating Immortal Masters, to eat. Even the emperor or prince in the mortal world has no right to eat a single bite."

A mortal servant who was serving dishes walked up to Mu Yunsheng and Shui Lin'er, bowed respectfully and said with a smile, then placed the dishes in his hands on the table in front of Mu Yunsheng and Shui Lin'er, and also prepared a pot of green tea.

This is the food provided free of charge by the Xuanshoumen merchant ship to the monks on board. The ingredients are the jade-scaled green carp that can be found everywhere in the Yuqian River below the merchant ship.

In order to ensure that the Jade-Scaled Green Carp, a mere mortal fish, could be worthy of the identity of a monk on a merchant ship, the Xuanshou Sect even ordered that mortals along the Yuqian River were not allowed to catch and eat it.

This meant that even though this was just a common fish, the Jade-Scaled Black Carp, it had a different status. It could provide free food to ordinary cultivators like Mu Yunsheng aboard merchant ships, without costing the Xuan Beast Sect a single spirit stone, and it would also earn them a prestigious reputation. Just like the boatmen pulling the merchant ships from Qihe Market, couldn't the cultivators force them to sail upstream?
Yes, whether using magic, formations, or even some puppetry, the monk forces to which the merchant ship belongs can easily make the merchant ship go upstream.

However, this requires spirit stones, or at least the help of monks' spells, so they chose mortal boatmen who are cheaper and only need some ordinary gold, silver and food to solve the problem.

However, this also supports most of the poor mortal families living along the Yuqian River.

"Thank you very much, thank you for your trouble, young man." Mu Yunsheng replied casually. Although he has been in this world for twenty-three years, Mu Yunsheng would occasionally use some of the little habits he developed in his previous life.

"Thank you, young man!" Shui Lin'er agreed politely. Having been with Mu Yunsheng for a long time, she didn't look down on ordinary people.

"Masters..." The servant's eyes were red with tears streaming down. He quickly wiped the tears from his face and said in a panic yet happy voice, "I am just a mortal who cannot practice cultivation. I don't deserve your gratitude. This jade-scaled black fish was caught on the boat this morning and is no longer fresh. I will go and exchange it for a fresh one for you two masters."

After saying this, the servant's face turned red with excitement. He smiled happily and quickly took away the jade-scaled green fish that Mu Yunsheng and the others had prepared on their table. He walked towards the kitchen under the boat. When he was about to step down the ladder, he looked back at Mu Yunsheng and Shui Lin'er and said.

"My two immortal masters, my name is Han Ergou, Han from Han Village!"

"Hua~Hua~" The merchant ship with a three-story attic was sailing on the water, and the water flowing under the merchant ship made a rapid sound.

Han Ergou brought up another serving of jade-scaled black carp. Mu Yunsheng and Shui Lin'er tasted the jade-scaled black carp, which was known as the best dish in Yuqian River, drank tea, and watched the changing scenery outside the boat.

Before we knew it, we arrived at Qihefang Market.

From afar, a pier is built between the mountains, and further away, a small town with scattered attics and courtyards is half hidden among the mountains. The archway as you enter the town is inscribed with four big characters "Qihefangshi".

There was a flickering spiritual light, and the whole town was shrouded in a magic circle. Mortals who did not practice cultivation could only see the mountains full of fog and could not enter the market, and could only see the pier that was not covered by the magic circle.

In the center of Qihefang City, there are seven signs of different images. These are the signs of the seven monastic forces that founded Qihefang City. They are also the seven top monastic forces in the monastic world of Qianyuanzhou.

Qihefang City was named Qihefang City because it was jointly founded by these seven forces of cultivators.

They are the Liu family of spiritual pills, the He family of spiritual talismans, the Qu family of spiritual incense, the Zhou family of spiritual weapons, the Longsai of Gudao, the Xuanshoumen of spiritual beasts, and the Yiqi Chaoyang Sect.

It is called four families, one barrier, one gate, and one clan.

The shortest sect in Qianyuan Prefecture has a history of a thousand years, while the oldest has no history at all. Each sect has a cultivator in the foundation-building stage in charge.

During the thousands of years of inheritance in Qianyuanzhou, the tradition has never been interrupted, and it has always been in a leading position in the world of cultivators in Qianyuanzhou.

"I wonder when my Caoyang Mu family can become a cultivator family like the Qi family, which has been passed down for thousands of years." Mu Yunsheng looked at the Qi family sign standing in the center of Qihe Market and whispered with envy in his heart.

(End of this chapter)