Cultivation: Being Immortal - Chapter 210

Heavenly Wall Divine Kingdom, city of Changhe County.

Mu Ying was discussing Lin Jiang’s matters with three fellow cultivators. She didn’t know much, but the main information came from Li Muyang’s letter. However, with a solemn vow, Mu Ying already believed about sixty to seventy percent of it.

“Junior Sister trusts others too much. More and more cultivators have surrendered to the Divine Kingdom over the years, causing heavy losses for our Immortal Alliance. We need to be cautious.”

“Senior Yao is right. Mu Junior Sister was too careless.”

“Senior, I am aware of the heavy losses suffered by the Immortal Alliance. Precisely because of this, we need to recruit more cultivators and leave this cursed place. Cultivators are our allies. Do we really have to rely on mortals like Li Muyang?”

Mu Ying said in a low voice. She naturally knew that many cultivators had become minions of the Divine Kingdom. When they saw no hope of escaping from the Divine Kingdom, they became desperate and betrayed the Immortal Alliance in exchange for fame and fortune.

But the Immortal Alliance also needs the help of cultivators. Cultivators are their natural allies. This cursed place despises cultivators and accuses them of being monsters. It’s almost a kill-on-sight situation. Without spiritual energy, cultivators have no room to exert themselves here. They are desperate to leave this place.

“Regretting now is useless. Since we are all here, let’s see how things go. We came here with the resolve to die if necessary. We can fight with them if need be.”

“Yes, Senior.”

The few of them said in a solemn voice. Changhe County is extremely dangerous now. They came here with great determination, and the most likely outcome is a bloody battle.

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“Taoist Friend Xiao”

“Taoist Friend Yi”

A few days later, Yi Zhibai, who was the leader among the cultivators, found Lin Jiang. Lin Jiang knew that this person used to be a powerful Nascent Soul cultivator and had been in the Divine Kingdom for hundreds of years. Now, he was responsible for recruiting cultivators in the southern region of the Divine Kingdom.

“Friend Taoist Little, after our Immortal Alliance’s decision, we agree to let Friend Taoist Little join our Immortal Alliance.”

“Thank you, Friend Taoist No. 1, for trusting me.”

“As cultivators in the Divine Kingdom, we are natural allies. This world is extremely unfriendly to us cultivators. We have only one goal, which is to leave the Divine Kingdom.”

“I know. For countless years, cultivators have never been able to leave the Divine Kingdom.”

“Yes, as far as I know, a senior cultivator who had achieved the Void stage was forcibly kept in the Divine Kingdom until he died. The Formation Spirit there doesn’t allow any cultivators to leave.”

“Even the Void Achieving cultivator died from staying there. It’s truly terrifying.”

“But Taoist Friend, don’t worry, we have seniors here who have been here for many years and already know the weak points of the Formation Spirit, so we will definitely be able to escape.”

“Can you please tell me a little bit? My cultivation level is low, and I know very little about the Divine Kingdom.”

“Taoist Friend Xiao, do you know that outside the Divine Kingdom, in Bing State, there are no more spiritual veins surrounding the Divine Kingdom?”

“I know, when I came here, I noticed that the spiritual energy is extremely thin within a radius of a thousand miles. It all relies on the spiritual energy dissipated by the distant spiritual veins.”

“That’s right. I don’t know if it was intentional or unintentional in the cultivation world, but this method causes great harm to the Formation Spirit. In order to maintain the rule of the Divine Kingdom, the Formation Spirit requires a large amount of spiritual power. However, the internal spiritual veins of the Divine Kingdom have gradually withered after years of use. The seniors have sensed that the Formation Spirit has already started to weaken. It’s much weaker than a thousand years ago…”

“Is Taoist Friend Yi telling the truth?”

Lin Jiang was shocked. He didn’t know all this because he was still young, only a few hundred years old.

“Of course it’s true. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have formed an alliance to resist. And we have tested it. We have done many things in the Divine Kingdom. If it was in the past, that Formation Spirit would have killed us long ago. But now, he doesn’t even react. It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but he can’t.”

“After hearing what Taoist Friend Yi said, I have even more confidence. So what are we doing in Changhe County?”

“We have many things to do. The first thing is to gather more cultivators. Every cultivator is our ally. The more people, the better. Second, we need to manage the secular forces to protect our survival. Third, we need to incite mortals to rebel.”

“Rebel?”

“Yes, once mortals rebel, the Divine Kingdom will experience a change of regime. Many people will die, and their resentment will be strong. In the cultivation world, this resentment is not a problem as it dissipates on its own or can be dispelled by cultivators. But here, it is different. The resentment will impact the Formation Spirit and weaken its power.”

“Will that work?”

“This is what the seniors of the Immortal Alliance instructed us to do. We must follow their orders.”

“I understand.”

“Taoist Friend Xiao, don’t you think this is cruel? For our freedom, millions of people have to die.”

“Taoist Friend Yi, you underestimate me. In a secular country, most people are slaves and their lives can be taken away by the nobles at any time. In such a nation, killing all the nobles would not be an injustice. Besides, even if we don’t act, the Divine Kingdom will still initiate numerous wars.”

“Oh, how can this be said?”

“This involves a population issue. I asked around and it seems like there won’t be any major disasters in the Divine Kingdom, right?”

“Yes, the Formation Spirit controls everything here, just like the natural laws. Massive floods or droughts are impossible.”

“Exactly. For the people, it’s called favorable weather conditions. But are favorable weather conditions always a good thing? In the short term, yes. But in the long term, the population keeps increasing and there will come a time when it surpasses the carrying capacity of this land. Then, there will either be epidemics, wars, or everyone starving to death.”

Lin Jiang said. The Divine Kingdom has been around for countless years, but it still doesn’t have modern civilization or technological advancements to increase productivity. The population this land can sustain is limited. Once it reaches its limit, there will be a need to reduce the population.

Blue Star used to reduce its population through major disasters like floods, droughts, locust plagues, which ultimately led to famine or epidemics. But the most effective method was war. Every change in dynasty resulted in the deaths of countless people, starting from the Three Kingdoms period.

Moreover, in the case of Blue Star, it could expand its territory outward. However, the Divine Kingdom’s territory is fixed. Such a situation is unavoidable. Every change in dynasty in the Divine Kingdom has the same reason behind it, but because of the Formation Spirit, it doesn’t allow outsiders to take over the Divine Kingdom.

“Friend Taoist Xiao’s words make sense. No one had thought about this before.”

“If you read enough books, you’ll understand. That’s why I, Xiao, have no mercy towards anyone.”

Lin Jiang said. If such a situation were to occur, the main culprit should be that Formation Spirit. He can just release the cultivators and get it over with. In this powerless place that no faction cares about, he insists on killing everyone. Don’t blame everyone for resisting. Can’t just sit and wait for death, right?

“That’s great! We were afraid of encountering someone who can’t make decisions. We lost many taoist friends because of such people.”

“Haha, next time we meet someone like that, let’s defeat them first and then decide what to do.”

Lin Jiang laughed loudly. For their own mother goddess, they should defeat her in respect. As for the enemy’s mother goddess, they should protect her well.

“Taoist Friend Xiao is right. Let Taoist Friend Xiao familiarize himself with the situation first, then we will arrange things for him to do.”

“Okay, let’s ask Taoist Friend Yi for help again, to help me find someone.”

“The news has already been sent back to the Immortal Alliance headquarters. The Immortal Alliance will send someone to help.”

“Then, thank you very much, Taoist Friend Yi.”

Lin Jiang bowed, he didn’t hide anything from Lin Batian. He did so many things just to establish a connection with the organization, so that the organization could help him find people, which was much faster than doing it alone.

In the following month, Yi Zhibai and the others slowly told Lin Jiang about the things they had done. They had cultivated many people in Changhe County, including people from the royal family like Li Muyang.

The Li family from the Divine Kingdom had too many people, so they couldn’t support them all. As a result, the royal family members from the fifth generation onwards gradually lost their privileges and were constantly demoted. Many of them ended up becoming slaves.

However, these people who were used to enjoying privileges were not willing to accept this. They selected certain individuals to be trained, allowing them to regain their privileges and develop ambitious goals. There were always people interested in rising to power in Jingdu City.

At the same time, this also helped avoid a direct attack from the Formation Spirit. This was because if a rebellion occurred, it would be led by descendants of the Li family. They had already tried numerous times, and the Formation Spirit allowed for a change of dynasty within the Li family.

Yi Zhibai’s task given by Lin Jiang was to teach and train the fallen members of the royal family. He taught them martial arts, knowledge, and nurtured their ambitions.