Words That Woke the Dreamer
A single word awakened me from my dream.
That's right, there's no way to use any offensive methods here. Whether you're Golden Core cultivator or Nascent Soul, what can you do against them?
It would take at least six years for headquarters to provide assistance. If they were to hand over the little cultivation resources they had left, it was uncertain whether most of these low-level cultivators would even survive until headquarters provided aid. After all, most of those sent to the Mortal Realm were already quite old and had no hope of advancement.
If their cultivation level regresses, who knows how much lifespan they will lose? They have never encountered a situation where their cultivation level regresses due to a lack of Spiritual Qi.
Giving up your Cultivation Resources now might mean you don't survive until headquarters sends you to safety. But if you disobey orders now, you might at least be able to hold out until you're rescued.
By then, there will be over ten thousand low-level cultivators. Would the headquarters really kill all ten thousand of them just to vent their anger?
Therefore, it's impossible for them to hand over their Cultivation Resources. At worst, they'll fight. Even if their Golden Core and Nascent Soul physiques are much better than their Foundation Establishment Qi Refining, they outnumber them. What's there to be afraid of? Let's just fight!
Thinking that this might be a rare opportunity for them to fight high-level cultivators head-on without fear, many low-level cultivators were actually looking forward to it and eager to try.
As a result, none of the 1,001 high-level cultivators, led by Venerable Guijia, obeyed their orders this time, and they failed to collect any resources.
This phenomenon stunned the 1,001 people.
They never dreamed that these low-level cultivators, who usually cowered under their command, would dare to unite and openly defy their orders!
This situation made the high-ranking cultivators feel that their dignified status had been seriously challenged.
If we allow them to disobey orders from their superiors like this, what will become of us? How will they manage their subordinates in the future? How will they maintain their authority and command respect?
Severe punishment! They must be severely punished!
But how can we severely punish them?
For a moment, these high-level cultivators were all in a dilemma.
This place lacks Spiritual Qi and cannot be used for any offensive means; any attempt to attack will result in a backlash. Normally, such a backlash would simply require some Spiritual Power and time to repair, but right now, Spiritual Qi is their greatest need. How can they afford to use it carelessly?
Having no better options, they could only gather everyone in the square and give the group of low-level cultivators a stern reprimand.
However, less than half of the low-level cultivators who were summoned to the square for training did not show up this time; most simply stayed in their rooms and ignored all the orders from the high-level cultivators.
After all, they had already disobeyed their orders, so whether or not they went to this summons didn't seem so important anymore.
A small number of people went because they still had some of their old fear of these high-level cultivators. They thought that since they had already disobeyed orders regarding handing over resources, they should just go along with them a little on this small matter to avoid them losing face and getting angry, which would not look good.
It can be said that from this point on, Myriad Connections's organization in the Mortal Realm had almost completely collapsed.
Their internal conflicts continued and intensified day by day.
A month later, the group of imprisoned informant monks were finally reunited with their captors.
Liao Pantu did not intervene directly, but instead entrusted the matter to one of his apprentices, Yuan Jinsheng.
Before joining the Lingxian Sect, Yuan Jinsheng was a cultivator in the Mortal Realm. He should have a good understanding of these informant cultivators. Moreover, he is now the manager of Xiushui City, making him the most suitable person to manage the affairs of the Cage Compound in Xiushui City.
As for Liao Pantu, he felt that it was enough for him to come up with ideas to control these informants. He was too lazy to do things personally. He would rather spend that time consolidating his cultivation or doing more for the sect and teaching the Azure Cloud Peak disciples.
This area of fifty buildings actually has a name; it's called Cage Compound.
Lin Xiao originally planned to develop the vast wilderness behind the North Mountain Range, so he specially built this staff dormitory when building the city.
Who would have thought that Wanwantong would happen so Myriad Connections, and Xiushui City would directly gain so many strong laborers.
The Spiritual Qi concentration in Cage Compound can be directly adjusted in the city lord's mansion of Xiushui City. Of course, the maximum value can only be equal to the Spiritual Qi concentration in the city.
A few days ago, Liao Pantu directly communicated with Lin Yun and asked him to adjust the Spiritual Qi concentration here to zero.
Sure enough, these informants fell out within a few days.
This made the young members of the Lingxian Sect admire Liao Pantu immensely.
A month later, Yuan Jinsheng appeared at Cage Compound. He didn't make a big fuss or shout anything, but instead had his two assistants set up a small stall at the entrance of Cage Compound.
A sign hung next to the stall, with only two words on it: "Hiring".
Many observant monks, or those who happened to be taking a walk, saw them and came over to ask who they were and what kind of work they were recruiting.
Of course, some people also asked why the Spiritual Qi here suddenly disappeared, when it would recover, and whether it could recover at all.
Yuan Jinsheng answered them all meticulously.
He first explained why there was suddenly no Spiritual Qi here, "As you all know, Spiritual Qi is scarce in our Mortal Realm. Since you are not from our Mortal Realm, it is naturally not right for you to absorb our Mortal Realm Spiritual Qi for no reason, right? We didn't hold it against you for absorbing Spiritual Qi in our Mortal Realm before, but now we have to stop this improper relationship. Do you agree?"
"Furthermore, as you all have probably noticed, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in our Xiushui City is much higher than elsewhere. Such a rich Spiritual Qi environment is certainly not something you can simply enjoy for free, so we've cut off the Spiritual Qi to this Cage Compound."
Logically speaking, given Yuan Jinsheng's straightforward and rough personality, it would have been impossible for him to give such a detailed explanation, but his master, Liao Pantu, had written a script for him beforehand and insisted that he read it aloud.
This explanation left the spies unsure of what to say; it seemed to make sense, yet something also felt off.
Yuan Jinsheng ignored them and quickly patted the recruitment sign next to him. "We're hiring! We're hiring! Reclaim wasteland. One Spirit Stone for every ten acres of good land. No pay for non-good land."
"Are you crazy? Who would go for just one Spirit Stone?" a spy among the cultivators complained.
Yuan Jinsheng pinpointed the person who had spoken and coldly snorted at him, "Go if you want, don't go if you don't."
After saying that, he stopped talking and just sat there with his arms crossed, pretending to doze off.
One of the quick-witted informants thought for a moment and immediately stepped forward to ask Yuan Jinsheng in a low voice, "Fellow Daoist, if we were to work here, would the place have any Spiritual Qi?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Jinsheng didn't open his eyes, only scoffing, "Those who do manual labor can barely be considered half- Mortal Realm, so they naturally possess Spiritual Qi."