I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

But under the promotion of the Holy Lord and the group of monks born into humble and common families, the aristocratic families made concessions.

The aristocratic families gave up 30% of their seats in the Senate, including some important positions. This played a crucial role in reshuffling the power balance between the two factions in the Senate.

A large number of members of the five major families were punished for smuggling tribute, and a considerable number of them had their cultivation abolished and were sentenced to death. Other members with less serious crimes were exiled.

Those who were executed all stated that smuggling tribute was their personal behavior and had nothing to do with their family.

Le, doing this. Do you really take people for fools?

In reality, these sacrificed members were either side branches or marginalized members of the family, or factions at odds with the ruling family. They either volunteered to sacrifice themselves for the family in exchange for the family's future care, or were threatened and used as scapegoats.

This kind of trick is common in factional struggles in the world of immortal cultivation.

Some of the people involved in the case were not descendants of these families, but rather servants, hired cultivators, and ordinary mortal servants who met with misfortune. These people had no background, and although they were accomplices, they were all executed.

The Holy Lord's strike caused a lot of killing, which was definitely intended to serve as a warning to others, but it did not completely defeat the aristocratic family group.

So it can only be a temporary victory.

It seemed like a lot of people had died, but none of them were core members of those families.

However, the content that Zhao Kangping was more concerned about was only contained in one sentence in the announcement released by the holy land.

"The properties of the five major families in Chuanliu City will be taken over by the Holy Land from today and will be auctioned and sold on a chosen day." Mr. Zhao savored these words carefully.

He had studied the intelligence of the five major families, who controlled many important industries in Chuanliu City.

For example, the Wang family controls more than 90% of the alcohol and beverage distribution in Chuanliu City, as well as most of the brothels.

The Shen family almost monopolized the spiritual salt business in the city and also ran several gambling houses.

In addition, the sales of spiritual medicines, spiritual teas, magical instruments and treasures, talismans, and various materials that monks care about are also under the control of these families.

Of course, those big families definitely don’t only have their own businesses in Chuanliu City.

However, without the income brought by these industries, the five major families would certainly suffer heavy losses, not to mention heavy bleeding.

Special mention must be made of the Wang family, as the split is irreversible. The Wang family's losses are undoubtedly the most severe, and they will no longer be ranked alongside other families.

From now on, the largest vassal families of the Holy Land can only be called the Four Great Families.

After Zhao Kangping learned the news, he rushed to find Dongfang Jingrou.

"During the three days I was in seclusion, has anything major happened in the mansion?"

"No, it's just that some small families came to give gifts, and I received them properly."

"Are these the only little things?"

"The Holy Lord came, but I told her you were in seclusion. When she left, she said you would have to make up for those three days when you came out."

Zhao Kangping was about to ask about the three-day portion, but his mind quickly went over it. He understood.

"Ahem." He cleared his throat and said, "Well, the five major families' businesses are going to be sold, and I'd like to buy some real estate that I'm interested in."

Hearing this, Dongfang Jingrou narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, and she said coquettishly, "Are you thinking of buying those brothels?"

"What are you talking about? I want to buy the largest tea plantation outside the city. It seems to have originally belonged to the Qiu family."

Qin Lingxuan had given him a large amount of spirit stones. In addition to preparing for the future succession ceremony, he still had a lot left and was ready to make some investments.

The tea garden he was talking about was naturally not the tea garden used by mortals, but the spiritual tea used by monks.

Spiritual tea helps cultivators enter a state of meditation, and some varieties have additional uses, such as slightly increasing the speed of cultivation, temporarily improving comprehension, or speeding up the recovery of spiritual power.

It has a huge market among low-level cultivators, especially the independent cultivators.

Of course, there are also high-end spiritual teas, but they are also considered luxury goods in the circle of monks and are not suitable for large-scale cultivation. Because the cost is too high, only some sects can afford to grow them.

For example, the tea garden outside the city takes a low-end and people-friendly approach, and is also aimed at low-level monks.

Don't underestimate low-level cultivators. More than 90% of cultivators in this world will never complete the foundation-building stage, and can only spend their entire lives in the Qi training stage.

Maybe the individual consumption capacity is not very good, but considering the huge base, the expected benefits will definitely be a huge number.

"Well, okay. The auction of these properties will take some time, but the competition held in the holy land starts today. Mengyao has already participated. As their master, don't you want to go and take a look?" said the housekeeper.

……

In this battle with Su Yuelin, if Luo Xueqing had not used the talisman, she probably would not have won so easily.

For this reason, she secretly thanked her master for giving her so many talismans and formation plates.

Luo Xueqing returned to the place where Su Yuelin and Gongsun Shu had fought before. She found that the storage rings dropped by those people after their death had not been picked up by anyone.

However, she didn't dare pick up the storage ring from the Purple Sun Holy Land, fearing that something inside could be traced. It would be bad if these people's deaths were blamed on her.

"Su Yuelin's storage ring should have fallen here." But she could lick Su Shengzi's bag, even if he had tracking methods. Whether she took his relics or not, she and his lineage would have an irreconcilable blood feud.

That man was the Holy Son of the Yuhua Holy Land and a representative of their radical faction. Now that he was dead, the Yuhua Holy Land would likely spark a fierce internal struggle to select a new Holy Son. Ideally, a fight to the death would be the best, but she knew that was unlikely.

Top-tier forces like the Four Sacred Grounds must have numerous talented disciples within their ranks. Perhaps some of them have already been designated as backup candidates for the Holy Son. Upon the Holy Son's death, the transfer of power should be smooth.

It was unknown whether the new Saint Child was from the lineage of Taoist Panyan. But no matter who the new Saint Child was, the feud between her and Taoist Panyan was settled.

"Hey, this should be it." She found a broken finger in a crack in the rock on the ground, and there happened to be a storage ring on it.

She took the ring and used her spiritual power to remove the blood stains on it.

After erasing the soul mark on it, she recognized the ring as a new owner.

The things inside almost made Luo Xueqing drop her jaw.

Not only are there mountains of spirit stones, but there are also various elixirs, magic tools and treasures, whose value is immeasurable.

She originally thought that she had spent all her spirit stones and would have to live a tight life for a long time.

Unexpectedly, by killing a Saint of Yuhua, she became rich overnight.

Previously she wanted to be supported by her master, but now she feels that she can support her master.

In the world of cultivating immortals, the quickest way to get rich is indeed to kill and rob.

……

In a deep underground rift, a whale spirit in the darkness emits waves of distant whale songs.

It seems like a creature from ancient times, mysterious, elegant, and full of divinity.

"What is this?" When Lin Ruowei saw the spiritual whale for the first time, she felt a strange fluctuation from it.

She jumped through space and landed above the whale.

The spirit whale seemed to be aware of the approaching danger. It swung its huge tail and dived into the darkness of the valley.

It seemed to be bullying the weak and fearing the strong. When it encountered a cultivator with lower cultivation, it would take the initiative to eat him. However, when it encountered a cultivator like Lin Ruowei who was already in the Nascent Soul stage, it would avoid him as much as possible.

However, there was no way it could escape the pursuit of the Void Refining cultivator.

When Lin Ruowei appeared again, she was already blocking the giant whale.

In the deep valley, the red-dressed sword fairy, her red skirt fluttering, radiated a bright aura that dispelled the surrounding darkness.

The Proud Sword was held in her hand, with the tip of the sword pointing at the huge spiritual whale.

"This thing of yours should be the transformation of the Heavenly Book, or something else related to the Heavenly Book."

Although it was her first time seeing this giant whale, her intuition told her the answer.

This whale looks very similar to the blue whale on the blue planet, and it also happens to be a dark blue spirit, like a ghost from the abyss.

The scent it exudes is very gentle, but don't underestimate it.

The spirit whale wasn't good at fighting, but its special abilities shouldn't be underestimated. It could swallow everything in sight into its otherworldly belly.

In fact, the things it swallows cannot leave by conventional means, which is equivalent to being trapped in its stomach for life.

It is a spirit, but it has no digestive system, so the food it eats will not be excreted.

Instead, it will become part of the world inside its body and remain there forever.

Unless it spits it out on its own.

The whale sensed murderous intent from Lin Ruowei and turned around timidly.

But it was too big, and the turning movement seemed so clumsy and slow.

"Still want to escape." Lin Ruowei felt that she must teach this beast a lesson.

If it is a magical weapon with spiritual power, then it needs to be beaten until it submits.

A light curtain appeared behind Lin Ruowei, with many spirit swords emerging from it, creating ripples on the curtain. It looked like the King's Treasure from an anime.

The next moment, swords flew out like rain from the light curtain. Each flying sword was formed by light. Each of them contained immense power and could split mountains and rocks with ease.

A dense rain of swords bombarded the giant whale. Although it was a spirit, these flying swords could still cause effective damage to it.

The spiritual whale is about several hundred feet long and looks like a small mountain. Balls of light keep exploding from its surface, illuminating the dark underground as if it were daytime.

Lin Ruowei's saturation attack caused the whale's body to twist continuously, and it emitted extremely shrill wails from its mouth.

The whale spirit swung its long tail again, and its figure suddenly disappeared. When it reappeared, it was already two or three miles away.

It could actually jump a short distance, but this distance was nothing to a Void Refining cultivator. She could catch up with it in just one flash.

However, the space of this underground rift is really large, and even such a huge whale does not seem crowded when cruising in the rift.

Palace Master Lin appeared in front of the whale, and her beautiful eyes reflected the whale trying to escape.

The surface of its spirit body had already been cracked by the rain of swords she had just struck.

The whale once again let out a long, mournful and desolate song, and the sound echoed in the dark valley for a long time.

Then, its counterattack began.

It opened its abyssal mouth and exhaled heavily.

A violent wind from the depths of the earth blew out of its mouth. Not only did it have an astonishingly huge thrust, but it also gushed out a turbid current that seemed to have come from the ancient times.

A large amount of breath mixed with rocks, dust and floating islands was emitted from the whale's mouth.

Even Lin Ruowei was forced back by the mountain-like pressure. Huge rocks kept exploding on the shield in front of her, raising large amounts of invisible dust.

This breath was like a giant rolling mudslide, and just one breath was enough to submerge a city as big as River City.

Lin Ruowei now understood why this underground rift was so spacious. This whale must have been eating soil, or rather, the rock formations here.

The whale's breath lasted for about twenty breaths, and Lin Ruowei's vision was filled with dust clouds.

"Is that all you can do?" She had wanted to see what the other party was capable of, but the result disappointed her.

At this moment, the whale's belly felt like a churning sea.

Many floating islands in the sky are moving rapidly in one direction, but due to the different sizes of the floating islands, their flying speeds are also different.

This caused many floating islands to collide with each other, which was a disaster for the residents of those islands.

Violent earthquakes struck all the floating islands, causing land masses on some islands to break away from the main body of the islands, and the residents living there were thrown into the void.

I don’t know how many lives were lost in this incident.

"Ah!~~"

Luo Xueqing screamed. She seemed to be pulled by a powerful suction force and was dragged backwards.

At this time, several disciples of Jianya Palace were dragged out like her.

Gongsun Shu regained some mobility after taking the elixir, but her serious injuries left her with very little fighting power.

"Look, that person seems to be Luo Xueqing." Gongsun Shu pointed in a certain direction and said to the fellow disciples beside her while flying backwards.

However, no one could hear what she said, as her voice was completely drowned out by the torrent of earth and rocks.

The howling wind carried a large number of floating islands and huge rocks past at an extremely fast speed.

They seemed to be stuck in a turbulent flood, unable to control themselves and could only be swept away and drifted aimlessly.

Luo Xueqing spun in the air, smashing several huge rocks with her body.

The world was spinning, and her blood was rushing up. She didn't know how much blood she had vomited out.

Unexpectedly, she was not so embarrassed in the battle with Su Yuelin, but now she was seriously injured.

She wanted to take out the protective talisman from her storage ring, but the scene was too chaotic. During the backward flight, she was hit several times, and the pain was so severe that she couldn't control herself and couldn't make any extra movements.

Just like that, she was ejected from the whale's huge mouth, along with other disciples from the Sword Cliff Hall.

But in a blink of an eye, these disciples were buried by a huge amount of earth and rocks.