Noble Family Disciples Defect
Outside Xin'an, along the ancient road, a group of 20 people dressed in black robes, riding tall horses, were leisurely making their way towards the city.
Some people were exhausted and clearly couldn't withstand the long journey; some of the boys simply lay down on their horses.
Seeing this, Huizhou, who was at the front, was immediately furious, her face turning red with anger. "We're almost at the city! Look at yourselves! Do you still look like cultivators? The horses haven't even complained of being tired, but you're already exhausted?"
"Brother Zhou, it's not their fault. They're traveling over 6,000 kilometers, and they're not allowed to fly. They have to hide from everyone the whole way. It's exhausting, both physically and mentally!" Huijun advised from the side.
"Hmph!" Huizhou turned her head angrily, then her expression immediately returned to calm.
The art of managing people is to have one person play the good cop and the other the bad cop. This technique, which I learned online, turned out to be surprisingly useful. After traveling such a long distance of 6,000 miles, no one complained and no one fell behind!
Of course, it's also because of cell phones that you can't even walk three kilometers on foot.
But if you're playing on your phone while walking, forget about three kilometers, even thirty kilometers will be a piece of cake.
"According to the map, there are no rebel armies in Southern Forest —no, I mean the western region of the Ming Dynasty. We can start an uprising here!" Huizhou said excitedly. "I'll be the General of Heaven, and you'll be the Heavenly General!"
Huijun was speechless. None of her family members understood. Her own companion was a Zhang Jiao fan, and she was completely speechless!
Zhang Jiao evolved from a commoner into a great and virtuous teacher, the leader of the Great Peace Way, who ignited endless wars, led countless righteous armies, and slaughtered countless Aristocratic Clan.
While some people hate him, there are far more who admire him.
After all, what man hasn't dreamed of conquering the land and overturning the world?
To put it Zhang Jiao, just look at these pictures online, paired with AI voiceovers like "The Blue Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise; the year is Jiazi, great fortune for the world, may the Thunder God help me!" and they can easily reach millions of views!
That's the charm of Teacher Zhang!
However, those who generally admire Zhang Jiao are either ordinary people or the demons of the Myriad Saints Alliance. He has accomplished things that even the Myriad Saints Alliance could not do, so Teacher Zhang is extremely popular there!
As a scion of the Aristocratic Clan, and a direct descendant at that, Huizhou is truly the first to idolize Zhang Jiao to the point of becoming a devoted fan!
The Huijia Family is one of the Tai Heng Twenty Families, and they are responsible for flower cultivation and planting within the sect.
Don't be fooled by the fact that this profession may seem low-class, not as prestigious as weapon crafting, alchemy, or even managing a power transmission hall. The prestige of a profession isn't determined by its image, but by its income!
Huijia Family is a typical example of a company that quietly makes a lot of money, because every mountain needs flowers to embellish its scenery, and different mountains need different flowers.
Flowers are very delicate and can easily die if you're not careful.
These are special varieties cultivated by the Huijia Family. They don't consume Spirit Plant techniques; only the Huijia Family's inherited methods can keep them alive.
Therefore, every mountain and peak would invite the Huijia Family to come and plant and cultivate flowers. And because the Huijia Family was very good at boasting, everyone thought that growing flowers was a very difficult technical profession, so the salary paid to the technicians was naturally not low.
Of course, it's also possible that everyone is pretending not to know, after all, the Huijia Family's ancestor is a true master of the Spiritual Law Realm and a member of the elders' council.
"Xin'an County, how magnificent!" Looking at the city in the distance, which resembled an ancient behemoth lying on the ground under the morning light, Huizhou was very satisfied with his future capital!
Huijun, however, sensed something was amiss. "Brother Zhou, don't you find it strange? How could a mere county town build such a magnificent city wall? We've seen quite a few cities along the way, but even the prefectural capital wasn't this tall!"
"What's so strange about that!" Huizhou said dismissively, "Perhaps the officials and landlords here don't like repairing bridges and roads, but prefer building city walls?"
Huijun was speechless. Your words were so outrageous that they actually seemed somewhat believable!
After exchanging ideas, the two decided to first set up camp outside the city, and then send a member of the Huijia Family into the city to gather information.
After a while, the Huijia Family members, who had eaten and drunk their fill in the woods and even taken a nap, received the news.
"There are indeed no rebels in this area now!" Huisun was the scout; she was quick-witted and capable, an elite member of the Huijia Family.
"That's good!" Huizhou nodded.
"However, they are not leaderless; they take orders from a man named Yang Guo!" Huisun continued.
"Who is this Yang Guo?" Huizhou asked.
"He's a local from Qingyun Town. He lost both his parents at a young age. He has a wife named Little Dragon Girl and a maid named Mochou. They're both from Qingyun Town!"
"Qingyun Town?" Huizhou pulled out a map and searched for a long time. "Where is it?"
"Here!" Huisun pointed to the edge of the two cities. "It's not marked, but it's roughly around this location!"
Huizhou's face immediately turned blank. "I thought he was from some kind of powerful Lineage, but it turns out he's just a good-for-nothing orphan from a small town. How could he possibly become the boss of more than a dozen cities in the west?"
Huisun said, "We've never heard of this Yang Guo, but he's quite famous online. He planted two pea fields in front of his house and, based on the appearance of the peas, discovered the laws of genetics!"
"What is that?" Huizhou asked.
"That's right, some genetic things. For example, black hair is a recessive gene. If both parents have black hair, then the child's hair will definitely be black as well. If both parents have single eyelids, then the child will definitely have single eyelids as well, because single eyelids are also a recessive gene!"
Huizhou was speechless. "So what does this have to do with his ability to govern such a large area?"
"It's incredibly important!" Huisun exclaimed. "He used this genetic law he discovered to cultivate plants, and he grew peas with short seedlings but high yields, wheat that was insect-resistant, lodging-resistant, and high-yielding, and many other vegetables that were high-yielding and sweet!"
"Huh?" Huizhou was taken aback. "Is that so?"
Logically speaking, since Huijia Family started out growing and cultivating flowers, they should be quite familiar with this kind of thing.
But that was the Huijia Family of the past. Now the Huijia Family has long become a prominent Aristocratic Clan, so who would still grow flowers? Naturally, they hired servants to do such lowly tasks.
For a direct descendant like Huizhou, who had never even touched a flower since childhood, fearing that he might prick his hand on a thorn, he was even more unfamiliar with such things.
However, being able to increase grain production certainly makes someone a very capable person in the eyes of ordinary people!
"Because of this, he was always treated as an honored guest wherever he went, and his reputation in this area was that of a living immortal!" Huisun continued, "And so, when other places were engulfed in war, the powerful Aristocratic Clan and landlords here put him in the position of leader, and he was the one who ordered the construction of this city wall!"
"I see!" Huizhou frowned. It wasn't a problem that this place had an owner, but the owner's reputation was too high, which was a big problem.
Because of Hengming's supervision, these scions of the Aristocratic Clan had to keep a low profile.
If you can raise a rebel army and unify the world on your own, then you're impressive, since you've at least followed the rules of the game.
But if you rely on your high cultivation level to assassinate mortals...
Someone did this before; he applied to be Dong Zhuo's strategist, but actually intended to assassinate him.
Before he could even succeed, a golden light descended from the sky and obliterated him completely.
Huizhou looked annoyed, then took out his phone, found a short video, and handed it to Huisun, asking, "Wait, doesn't this say that there's no leader in the western part of Daming, but there hasn't been any trouble either?"
"I know that perfectly well!" Huisun said, "It's a lie!"
"A lie?" Huizhou asked in astonishment. "What do you mean?"
"This area is not as developed as the south or the eastern coastal areas, so the population is sparse. Now that food production has increased, they naturally need to recruit a large number of people to cultivate the land. In addition, they need to protect their fertile fields and crops, so they also need to recruit people to guard the farmland. And that's not all the advertising they've done!"
Huisun clicked on a tag, and then tens of thousands of videos appeared!
"Come to the western part of the Ming Dynasty, and you'll be given a wife as soon as you arrive!"
"In the western part of the Ming Dynasty, everyone has land to cultivate and everyone has food to eat!"
"Great fame in the west, earn 30,000 a day, you deserve it!"
Huizhou's eye twitched slightly. How should I put it?
He was influenced by some videos and came here, never expecting to be a scammer?
"What do we do now?" Huizhou asked.
We've already come all this way, we can't just go back now!
The key is that other Lineage have been on their way for a long time, while they have spent a lot of time traveling.
If we have to turn back, then all that time will have been wasted!
Moreover, even if they were to return, they wouldn't know where to go.
There are many righteous armies in the world, but some of them are clearly not going to live long, so you should not join them.
Take Dong Zhuo and Hong Xiuquan, for example. Before they even accomplished anything, they married a hundred wives. That's hardly the sign of someone who's going to succeed!
Some also possessed the qualities of a great ruler, but even they were betrayed after joining forces. For example, there was a man named Sun Ce, who was young, strong, highly skilled, and insightful, and was initially favored by many.
As it turned out, the boy actually took a few people out of town to hunt, only to be ambushed and killed by his own family!
Declaring oneself Wang Ye is not as simple as it seems.
Soldiers in other places have ideals, dignity, and are even given land.
However, these righteous armies formed by the Aristocratic Clan could not distribute land, because they were part of these Aristocratic Clan were their supporters. You can't just cut off your own flesh to give to the soldiers.
Moreover, the scions of the Aristocratic Clan are used to being high and mighty and do not treat soldiers as human beings at all. They beat and scold the soldiers and humiliate them in every way. As a result, the soldiers do not perform their duties on the battlefield and often desert, showing no respect to the cultivators.
It has been more than half a year since the Qu Family decided to get involved, and none of them have succeeded.
Online comments say that these scions of the Aristocratic Clan are only suited to assisting others, lacking the qualities of a leader.
Huizhou wholeheartedly agreed with this theory, so when he realized he couldn't be the leader, he immediately considered defecting to someone else. But the problem was, who should he defect to?
He glanced at Huijun, Huijun glanced at him, and then they both looked back at Xin'an City.