Chapter 12: Fondusai

From Shuangta Mountain to Jueshui City, one needs to cross Dongzhou, Yuzhou, and Shunzhou. From the east to central and southern China, it will take nearly three months even at the speed of the Leihu flying boat.

After the initial brief conversation with Lin Xiao, Jiang Yi stayed in his room to practice and contemplate. The chanting sound that seemed to come from the endless void seemed to help him understand the Taoist knowledge more easily. In less than two months, he had a new understanding of fire-based Taoism.

At this time, the flying boat also entered Shunzhou and docked at the Yanyu Terrace in the southern city of Fengdusai.

Speaking of Fontusai, it has a very interesting history.

When the three realms were initially integrated, the Sword Realm invaded from Lingzhou, and the Chongming Realm was caught off guard. The Lingzhou front was almost collapsed, and hundreds of millions of lives were sacrificed. Even Tiandu Mountain, one of the top ten sects, was destroyed, and the holy land of Tiandu Mountain was turned into Tiandu Lake.

The top leaders of the major forces frequently contacted each other, and even made the worst plan, building a fortress in Shunzhou behind Lingzhou to build a second line of defense. Once Lingzhou was completely lost, they would retreat to Shunzhou. Fengdusai was the main project of this plan, jointly funded by various forces. After that, 20 to 30 war fortresses would be built on the border of Lingzhou to encircle the entire Lingzhou and block all the ways forward for the Sword Domain. It could be called the Great Wall of the other world.

But what was dramatic was that before Fengdusai was half built, the situation on the mountain and sea battlefield reversed, and warriors from all sides fought back vigorously. Only three people were left in the Three Saints Sect, which was only considered a first-rate force at the time. These three people grew rapidly in the war, and one of them was Qi Xiangnan, who was revered as the ancestor of the revival by the Three Saints Sect and became one of the symbols of that era.

In that counterattack, Qi Xiangnan was like a man of destiny, and he still holds the record for the fastest martial artist realm improvement. During that period, the Three Saints Sect rose rapidly under the leadership of Qi Xiangnan, and eventually replaced the destroyed Tiandu Mountain and joined the top ten sects.

The Lingzhou front was stable, and with the Three Saints Sect in charge, Qi Xiangnan had already become the pinnacle of the era at that time. Was there any need to continue building Fengdusai?
No!

All forces transferred all the resources originally prepared for this plan to Lingzhou, and Fengdusai became an unfinished project.

Among the twelve states of Chongming Realm, except for Shunzhou in the south-central part and Shazhou in the northwest, each of the ten sects of the upper clans occupies one state. Shunzhou's Ruyi Sect has a long history, but it has never been able to cross that threshold. It is the absolute top among the first-class forces. With such a dramatic development, Ruyi Sect took over the largest unfinished project in the history of Chongming Realm.

However, Ruyimen’s financial resources could not support the original construction plan, and it could only fill in the existing framework. All forces converted their initial investment into land.

Over the years, Ruyimen did not rise because of Fengdusai. Instead, a lot of its energy was diverted because of the entry of various forces. It is really ironic.

The Mengshen Sect has five streets of properties in Fengdusai, which is very rich. There are more than 2,000 disciples managing these properties. This time, the Leihu flying boat sent a group of rotating disciples along the way, and with some trivial matters, the flying boat will stay in Fengdusai for five days.

Fengdusai was the last stop on their journey, and Jiang Yi also planned to take this opportunity to exchange some materials in Fengdusai and try to refine equipment. The use of flames in the process of refining equipment can further help him comprehend the fire-related Taoist arts.

On the Misty Rain Terrace, a woman with a purple flower pattern on her forehead and wearing a sky-blue palace dress said with a faint smile, "You all have come all the way here, thank you for your hard work. I have ordered someone to set up a welcoming banquet at the Yaoyue Tower."

"Manager Wu, you are too kind. If riding on the Thunder Hound Flying Boat is considered hard work, then traveling around the world on foot can only be considered exile."

"Deputy Hall Lan is still so humorous." Jiang Yi had no idea about these local management matters, and they were not mentioned in the social manual given by his mother. Before going down the mountain, Lin Xiao, who was repeatedly told by his master to take good care of Mr. Jiang, whispered in his ear with a somewhat lazy tone.

Manager Wu was a person with a miserable life. When she was young, her parents both died in the battlefield of the Northern Molten Hell. The sect focused on training her in recognition of her parents' merits, but her talent in martial arts was really average. She went through three halls in a row and comprehended the inherited holy objects no less than ten times, but she still could not reach the threshold of martial arts.

She had no hope of becoming a first-rank official, and after wasting years in the mountains, she was transferred by the sect to be the business manager of Gulou Street in Fengdusai, a position she held for thirty years.

Positions like business manager, which do not require any real ability but have a lot of benefits, are often used by the sect to reward the useless descendants of meritorious people. In this regard, the ten sects have not yet become corrupt enough to take advantage of all the benefits, and all kinds of benefits and compensation for the disciples are in place.

"There has been some unrest in Fengdu recently. Vice-Hall Master Lan, please restrain your disciples from going to sparsely populated areas."

"What's going on?" Lan Qushang dropped his polite tone.

"There may be a lot of Sword Territory spies lurking in Fengdusai. There has been quite a stir recently."

"Ruyi Sect can't handle it?"

"That's not the case. So far, those who have been exposed are just abandoned pawns. They are weak, and the strongest are not as good as second-grade warriors. But these people seem to be controlled by some kind of evil magic. There is no abnormality on weekdays, but they are extremely crazy when they attack, without any rationality, and they may even self-destruct. The most troublesome thing is that these people have legal identities in Fengdusai. Ruyimen has been investigating for nearly two months, but there is not much gain." Wu Luomei briefly summarized the recent situation in Fengdusai.

"Could it be that the Sword Domain wants to cover up the experts sneaking across the mountain and sea battlefield again?"

The stronger the strength, the stronger the rejection from the world's will will be when crossing the border. The person will be marked by the world's will for a long time, like a human-shaped lighthouse. Even ordinary people can clearly feel the aura of being rejected by the world emanating from the person. However, this mark will slowly dissipate over time.

In the long history of the Three Realms, these have long become common knowledge, and all kinds of lurking and underworld are common. And every time a strong person sneaks across, they need to create chaos in various places in advance to attract attention, delaying enough time for the infiltrating strong person to wear away the world's mark, but it may really be just a simple destruction, who can tell the truth?

Jiang Yi has never understood why the war has lasted for thousands of years. There must be more than just simple hatred. According to his understanding, integration is the trend!
"Ruyi Sect also speculated the same thing, and had already passed the news to the Three Saints Sect a month ago."

"That's good." Lan Qushang turned around and said to the disciples behind him, "You have heard it too. You are not allowed to run around for the next five days. Just walk around the main street of South City."

These young disciples had never experienced war, and had no experience in dealing with such things. After all, this was the sphere of influence of Ruyi Sect, so it was inconvenient for them to intervene too much. The spies from other worlds who had infiltrated the rear did not have the power to overturn Ruyi Sect.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)