The Village Chief's Visionary Decree
"Village Chief, you're awake!"
This was the first thing Yuan Jian heard when he woke up.
He looked bewildered. "What Village Chief? Who is he??"
"You are the Village Chief! You are the Village Chief!" A gentle and melodious voice rang out in front of Yuan Jian, and then Yuan Jian felt a pair of soft little hands help him up.
"Uh..." Yuan Jian looked around blankly and asked, "But isn't the Village Chief Lin Qing? Where is Village Chief?"
"Village Chief has been assassinated and has unfortunately passed away!" the voice continued. "Now the Mountain Stronghold is leaderless, and you are the only one with the cultivation of the True Immortal Realm. After discussion, we have unanimously agreed that only you can lead us to continue!"
Yuan Jian nodded, his eyes instantly shifting from blank to clear, and then sharpening in the next instant.
"You didn't even manage to subdue me while I was unconscious?"
No one found Yuan Jian's change strange; on the contrary, it seemed perfectly natural.
After all, Yuan Jian is an ascended being, and which ascended being in the lower realms didn't become a Buddha or an ancestor, dominating a region?
His previous bewildered demeanor was merely a facade; perhaps what he's revealing now is his true nature.
"A master who can reach the True Immortal Realm in just three months after ascension is worthy of our following!" A woman came before Yuan Jian and knelt on one knee. "Wen Xu, I am willing to serve you as my master! From this day forward, my life and death depend on you, and my fate is my destiny. Heaven and earth bear witness!"
"Zhao Lin, I am willing to serve you as my master! From this day forward, I will obey your every command, my life and death, my destiny is mine to follow. Heaven and earth bear witness!"
"Wang Shicai, I am willing to serve you as my master! From this day forward, I will obey your every command, my life and death, my destiny is mine to follow. Heaven and earth bear witness!"
One by one, figures knelt before Yuan Jian, uttering vows and threads of cause and effect emanating from their bodies, attempting to connect with Yuan Jian.
The connection method is simple, as long as Yuan Jian agrees.
Moreover, this dependency relationship is absolute; they not only have to serve Yuan Jian, but their loyalty, their bodies, and even their dignity are all given to Yuan Jian.
Even if Yuan Jian were to lift Wen Xu's chin now and try to sleep with her, she wouldn't refuse.
This is humiliating.
But this is the realm of immortals, where humans are the weakest race.
The weak submit to the strong, and groups stick together—this is a thought that has been firmly imprinted in the minds of all Myriad Spirits of the Immortal Dao over the past 300,000 years.
If a human tribe cannot unite firmly around the strongest, and instead harbors disloyal thoughts and rebellious intentions, then this tribe is destined not to last long and will sooner or later be invaded by monsters.
This wasn't just the case among the people in the Mountain Stronghold; it was the same for humans in other places as well.
This is true not only for humans, but for every race.
Regardless of whether this system suppresses human nature or imprisons freedom.
When granaries are full, people know etiquette; when people are well-fed and clothed, they know honor and shame. The economic base determines the superstructure.
Talking about freedom and human rights when even the survival of one's race is in question is a real luxury.
"Get up, I accept!" Yang Ning didn't resort to the trick of offering and declining three times; as mentioned above, it was too extravagant.
Wen Xu was overjoyed upon hearing this, and the other immortals also breathed a sigh of relief.
True immortals, while not necessarily able to survive anywhere, certainly have a very high probability of survival.
Without the protection of true immortals, they are like withered bamboo in the wind, and death could come knocking at any moment.
"Don't all kneel here. Those who need to cultivate should go back to cultivate. Wen Xu, stay here. Also, take these corpses with you and bury them!" Yuan Jian said.
"Yes!" the crowd responded, and then disappeared from the venue within ten seconds.
Including the thirty-three corpses of earth immortals.
Yuan Jian nodded; his ability to act was still acceptable, but...
"Have they always been like this, a disorganized mob?" Yuan Jian asked. "No division of labor, no specific departments, just a bunch of people rushing in whenever something happens?"
"Is there a problem?" Wen Xu blinked. She thought Yuan Jian was keeping her around for dual cultivation, but she didn't expect him to ask such a question.
"Isn't this a good idea?" Yuan Jian asked. "At least someone needs to keep watch, otherwise no one will even know if someone sneaks in to assassinate us!"
Wen Xu was taken aback. Was that so?
"Also, why build such a luxurious Mountain Stronghold? With all that material, why not use some Immortal Stone to build Spirit Gathering Formation?" Yuan Jian asked again, "The concentration of Immortal Qi on this mountain is far too low!"
"However, Spirit Gathering Formation are considered immortal structures and are not allowed to be built!" Wen Xu said.
"Who forbids it?" Yuan Jian asked.
"The Myriad Spirits of the Immortal Dao Decree!" Wen Xu said, "Three hundred thousand years ago, the Immortal Myriad Spirits of the Immortal Dao Decree."
"Such a thing is true?" Yuan Jian frowned.
He was certainly aware of this matter, but the fact that he could break through to True Immortal after only three months of ascension could still be explained by his genius.
But no one has ever mentioned the Myriad Spirits of the Immortal Dao Decree, so it would be unreasonable for him to claim that he knows it.
Although Yuan Jian believed that it wouldn't matter if he exposed himself, as no one would dare to question him, logical problems were naturally the fewer the better.
"That's right!" Wen Xu nodded. "That's why the former Village Chief always wanted to participate in the Qingyuan Martial Competition. As long as he won the Qingyuan Martial Competition, he could become the City Lord of Qingyuan City. Then we could move into the city to live and cultivate, and we wouldn't have to stay on this desolate mountain anymore!"
This decree is quite interesting.
There are many places outside the city with high concentrations of Spiritual Qi energy, but without exception, these places are all occupied by powerful clans.
Outside the city is Disorderly Lands; if you want a place rich in Spiritual Qi, just rob it.
The existence of the Disorderly Lands provides a battleground for fierce and warlike races. As for the outcome of the battles, that will be entirely governed by the Principle of the jungle: whoever is strongest will prevail!
The orderly Immortal Qi within the city, abundant in celestial energy and blessed with Human Dao Fortune, along with the guarantee of order, ensured the stable development of races that dislike fighting and cherish peace.
The former are often carnivorous demons, while the latter are often herbivorous demons.
The existence of this Disorderly Lands ensures that both carnivorous and herbivorous demons can live, thrive, reproduce, and develop peacefully on this land.
The decree prohibiting the construction of new immortal buildings outside the city ensured that the Disorderly Lands were not encroached upon by the orderly lands.
After all, as long as one lives in an orderly place, where cultivation speed and safety are guaranteed, the rate of strength growth will definitely be faster than in Disorderly Lands.
Moreover, orderly lands have cities as their foundation, and these cities are numerous, with each city capable of accommodating many different races.
How can a Disorderly Lands, disorganized force possibly defeat a large, walled community?
As one side gains and the other loses, the Disorderly Lands will inevitably be encroached upon by the orderly land.
When the Disorderly Lands were invaded, the carnivorous demons were either killed or forced to enter the city and become residents of the orderly city.
How can there not be problems when carnivorous demons and herbivorous demons live together?
Then even a land of order will become Disorderly Lands!
The existence of this prohibition ensures that no matter how powerful the Orderly Land becomes, it cannot affect the Disorderly Lands, thus guaranteeing the development of the creatures in the Disorderly Lands.
The existence of this ban also serves as a restriction for the residents of the orderly land.
Because no matter how many people reproduce, the city is only so big, and there are only so many households and houses. If you don't want your family to be crammed together, then you can control your reproduction rate, or throw your children outside the city and let them become part of the disorder.
It also indirectly controlled population growth in orderly areas.
Key point: Control population growth!
You must understand, no matter how vast the Immortal Realm is, the lifespan of the beings there is also very long!
Furthermore, cultivating immortality does not affect marriage and having children, and becoming powerful does not lead to a decrease in the birth rate.
If left unchecked, the immortal realm will eventually be overcrowded.
However, this decree directly restricted the population of the orderly city.
As for the Disorderly Lands, it is filled with slaughter, and its population is already limited!
Judging from the current situation, the effect of this control is quite obvious. Previously in City of Ten Thousand Yuan, even rabbits like Zhu Bai, who reproduce extremely quickly, stopped getting married and lived alone in such a large house, which is clear evidence of this.
"The person who formulated this decree is wise!" Yuan Jian exclaimed.
"Wisdom?" Wen Xu blinked. She didn't sense any wisdom; instead, she felt a bit resentful. This decree was clearly restricting human development!
"That's right!" Yuan Jian nodded. Of course, it's wisdom!
However, the person who formulated this decree, or perhaps a deity, failed to consider one thing.
Humans!
Humans and Demon Race are fundamentally different.