The Relocation Plan
After listening to the Old Clan Leader's thoughts, Chen Nianzhi pondered for a long time.
He picked up a chess piece and put it down, then calmly said, "Transplanting the Enlightenment Tea Tree is not easy. If it were transplanted to the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness, it would probably suffer serious damage and need a hundred years to recover."
"However, after we transplant it, and then replenish it with three more Hongmeng Purple Qi, it should not only help it unlock the shackles of advancement, but also repair the damage caused by the transplant."
"That's what I think too." The Old Clan Leader smiled as he placed his piece, then sighed and glanced at Peaceful Sun City: "It's a pity that Peaceful Sun City's Spirit Vein were nurtured by the Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Root."
"Once the Spirit Root is transplanted to the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness, the Spiritual Qi here will gradually decrease, eventually causing it to fall to the Tier 4 Spirit Vein."
Hearing this, Chen Nianzhi smiled slightly and said, "This was expected, and it's to be expected."
The Old Clan Leader nodded in agreement. Within the small Yu Commandery, there were already Peaceful Sun City, Qingyuan Mountain, and Spirit Isle Lake, all Tier 4 Spirit Vein.
Normally, the Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Root can transform the earth's energy into Spiritual Qi to form Spirit Vein. However, without the existence of the Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Root, it is very difficult to cultivate high-level Spirit Vein.
Because a Tier 4 Spirit Vein's Spirit-Gathering Formation will gather most of the Spiritual Qi within a radius of 100,000 miles into the Spirit Vein.
There are many Spirit Vein in this world. A single prefecture often has hundreds of Spirit Vein, ranging from low to high. Apart from Spirit Vein formed by special environments and terrains, there are also artificially cultivated Spirit Vein.
These artificially cultivated Spirit Vein are all formed by setting up Spirit-Gathering Formation and absorbing the Spiritual Qi energy of the surrounding world, which also makes the Spiritual Qi in the Great Wilderness quite thin.
A Tier 1 Low-grade Spirit Vein has a Spiritual Qi concentration that is dozens of times higher than that of the Spiritual Qi in the world.
This is also why, apart from the major Spirit Vein, the external Spiritual Qi is so scarce that it is difficult to supply cultivation.
Even cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Root, without the Spiritual Qi provided by Spirit Vein, would likely never be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm in their entire lives, relying solely on the meager Spiritual Qi in the world.
Of course, there are many places where Spiritual Qi Spiritual Qi gathers in the world, often appearing every few hundred miles.
Those places are either high in the mountains, hidden in underground streams, or deep in the valleys.
These terrains can either gather Spiritual Qi, effectively prevent the loss of Spiritual Qi, or even gradually form new Spirit Vein, making them invaluable cultivation sites for Rogue Cultivator.
Getting back to the main point, the Old Clan Leader knew very well that once the Ancient Enlightenment Tea Tree was transplanted, then Peaceful Sun City would no longer be suitable for advancing to the Tier 4 Spirit Vein.
It is only three thousand miles away from Qingyuan Mountain, and has even come into contact with the Spiritual Qi coverage area of Qingyuan Mountain.
Once the Tier 4 Spirit Gathering Formation is set up, it will probably absorb a lot of the Spiritual Qi from Qingyuan Mountain and Spirit Isle Lake immediately.
This is a complete waste of spiritual energy, and it will also cause some of the Spiritual Qi to dissipate, making it a losing proposition.
With this thought in mind, the Old Clan Leader smiled and said, "The Spirit Vein of Peaceful Sun City should be maintained at the Tier 3 High-grade from now on."
"This place is, after all, one of the places where our Lineage rose to prominence; we still need to leave behind a certain number of family members here."
"Okay." Chen Nianzhi nodded, then asked, "How many people are you planning to relocate this time?"
The Old Clan Leader knew the Lineage's situation very well.
He picked up a chess piece, smiled, and said, "The number of ordinary people in Peaceful Sun City belonging to our Lineage has now exceeded forty million."
"In addition, over the past Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness, and their population has now exceeded ten million."
"This time, I plan to leave ten million in Peaceful Sun City and relocate thirty million of them to the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness. From now on, the population of Peaceful Sun City should not exceed thirty million."
Chen Nianzhi took a sip of tea, pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Relocating 30 million people is no small task. Can the Lineage's Treasure Ship be used?"
The Old Clan Leader also gave a wry smile, realizing that relocating millions of mortals to a place tens of thousands of miles away in one go was no small task.
If they were to migrate there on foot, most of them would probably die or be injured along the way before they even reached the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness.
Fortunately, the Chen Clan has Treasure Ship, including Tier 4 War Treasure Ship. These Treasure Ship can carry at least several hundred people, and at most tens of thousands.
With the transport of these Treasure Ship, the clansmen can be quickly transported to the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness: "Currently, the Lineage and the Heavenly Ruins Sect have four War Treasure Ship and a total of thirty-seven third-tier Treasure Ship."
"If Tier 4 Treasure Ship are squeezed together, one Treasure Ship can carry 30,000 mortals, and four ships together can carry 120,000."
"Third-tier Treasure Ship can transport far fewer people. Even with thirty-seven ships combined, they can only transport a little over 80,000 people at a time, and in total, they can transport around 200,000 people at a time."
"Two hundred thousand at a time, wouldn't that mean making one hundred and fifty trips back and forth?"
Chen Nianzhi frowned. Even if it took an average of one month to make a round trip, it would still take fourteen or fifteen years for all thirty million people to be relocated there.
Moreover, setting the Treasure Ship on the move requires a large amount of Spiritual Qi. If measured in Spirit Stone, it would cost 100,000 Spirit Stone Treasure Ship set sail once and fly a round trip to the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wilderness.
This is still without activating any offensive or defensive formations; it's just the minimum cost of flight.
If we calculate it this way, the Spiritual Qi consumed to relocate there, in terms of Spirit Stone, should be worth more than ten million Spirit Stone.
Fortunately, the Treasure Ship can be charged with the Spiritual Qi energy from the Spirit Vein, which is several times cheaper than using Spirit Stone directly, thus reducing consumption significantly.
Seeing Chen Nianzhi's expression, the Old Clan Leader smiled and said, "I've already thought it through. The Spirit Vein of Peaceful Sun City will dissipate sooner or later, so why not make the most of them and use them to recharge the treasure ship?"
"In that case, we should be able to solve the problem of most of the Treasure Ship being consumed."
"That's the only way."
Chen Nianzhi nodded. Such a large-scale relocation of an entire clan of ordinary people was truly no easy feat.
Such a massive project would require a huge investment of manpower and resources, even if the entire Chen Clan clan were to participate.
But there's nothing we can do about it; although Yu Commandery is relatively flat, it's still mostly mountains with few plains.
The mountains in this world are different from those in my previous life; they are often thousands of feet high. This is nothing to cultivators, but to mortals, it is like an insurmountable chasm.
Moreover, there are not many places suitable for cultivation under this kind of terrain. A plain like the Pingyang Ancient Plain, which stretches for more than a thousand miles, is extremely rare in the world.
Without sufficient arable land, it will be difficult to support more mortals, which will limit the future potential of the Chen Immortal Clan.
The Golden Core Immortal Clan was one thing, but once the Nascent Soul Immortal Clan emerged, a lack of sufficient population could easily lead to a period of stagnation.