Chapter 1097: Uninhabited Land Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Emperor of Heaven Reverse"s shadow was gone. Lu Li was still deliberating about these words. The last part of Emperor of Heaven Reverse"s words shocked Lu Li.
Lu Li remembered when he first came to the Demon-slaying City. Emperor of Heaven Reverse"s statue glowed, and divine energy was going to be pa.s.sed onto Lu Li. However, the silver dragon mark rejected. Eventually, Emperor of Heaven Reverse"s divine energy and legacy were inherited by Jiang Qiling.
That was to say, Emperor of Heaven Reverse noticed the silver dragon mark the first time he met Lu Li and recognized the value of it.
Emperor Zi said that the silver dragon mark was a seventh rank Enchanted Soul, something powerful. Lu Li"s curiosity toward the silver dragon mark grew.
How powerful was Lu Ling"s family? They must be very strong or else they wouldn"t have given such a piece of treasure to a newborn. Not even Emperor Zi had seen many seventh rank Enchanted Souls. Why else would he be so surprised?
On second thought, Lu Li believed that Lu Ling"s family"s strength was a good thing. It would make it easier for him to look for her in the Divinity.
If Lu Ling had returned to her family and was living well, he would not bring her back. Lu Li just wanted to make sure that she was sound and well. After all, n.o.body could say for sure whether she was brought back by her family or abducted.
"Cultivate, harder!"
Lu Li shook those matters out of his mind. He went and chatted with the Patriarch of Law Enforcement, Jiang Tianshun, and others. But Lu Li did not reveal any part of Emperor of Heaven Reverse"s words.
Then, together with Jiang Qiling and the twins, Lu Li returned to the Prison of Wood. He resumed cultivation. He had one last diagram to learn and he could not wait.
In the Transcendent State, Lu Li studied fast. A diagram would only take him several months. Lu Li wanted to press on to the finish without stopping and finish it in one round of cultivation.
Learning the 11 diagrams meant Lu Li had mastered 11 Profound Meanings, all related to wind.
Those were Feather Wind castle, Feather Wind weapons, Traceless Twister, Wind Wisp, Willows in Wind, Shadows of Wind, Forces of Wind, Blade of Wind, s.h.i.+eld of Wing, Storm of Wind and Reels of Wind.
Some of the Profound Meanings were of great use while others were not. Some could not enhance Lu Li"s abilities. Even so, he did not mind. He believed the immortal"s body was stronger than the Profound Meanings.
Lu Li wanted to see the moment he could integrate the 12 diagrams together and master the Origin Fundamental Principle that was the skill for an immortal and that would be incredibly strong.
Lu Li was cultivating, and the Heaven Reverse Universe was at peace. Though many Lu Family disciples had moved back to the City of Mystic Armor, no one was up to any monkey business. The worst thing they did was to treat themselves with good food and wine wherever they went, leveraging their ident.i.ties. At the moment, Lu Family disciples were quite popular. Whether they were with the immediate family or a branch of the Lu Family, the Lu Family disciples would be treated grandly whichever family they visited…
Last time, when Fang Rui and the others invaded the Great Land, warriors of the Palace of Heaven"s Roars, Red Lunar and the Palace of Immortal"s Inquires surrendered. Later, powerful warriors of those forces were all executed by Patriarch of Law Enforcement. Many regions in the Great Land now was without an owner.
Lu Zhengyang"s original plan was to divide the regions up among Lu, Ye, Jiang, and Kong Families, which could give a boost to their powers. But, upon discussion with the other patriarchs, Patriarch of Law Enforcement decided to give up the land where the old Pavilion of Blossoms was at and moved to the territory of the Palace of Heaven"s Roars!
In this way, the center of the Great Land, which was occupied by three forces before, were not connected together and uninhabited.
Patriarch of Law Enforcement issued an announcement on behalf of the Demon-slaying Hall, stating that the territories of the Palace of Immortal"s Inquires, Red Lunar and Pavilion of Blossoms were now in no one"s hand. Any force could come and fight for the cities and resources. Battles were allowed. That being said, there was one rule, no killing civilians.
This was a decision made after a careful discussion—it was inevitable that the Lu Family was the strongest of all. Even after Lu Li ascended to the Divinity, Lu Family would still maintain the advantage for a long time.
Jiang, Kong and Ye Families would be second only to the Lu Family while the other families would enjoy less status. The landscape of the Great Land could not be changed. In this case, many families might have lost motivation for development because no matter how hard they worked, they would forever be under the four families and those that violated the four families" interests would face brutal doom.
Now, there was a piece of unoccupied land where the four families would not govern. This gave many families hope.
Humans were born to be selfish, which led to compet.i.tion and then progress. Pressure was where the motivation came from. That was how talents and powerful warriors could grow.
An unoccupied land would witness many battles, which could result in hatred. Hatred, in itself, was another strong impetus for warriors to become powerful.
If a major family could rise in the unoccupied land, Lu, Ye, Jiang and Kong Families would be given pressure, and this would be a red flag for them.
Death comes from ease and pleasure. That was a wise saying.
In addition, per the discussion between Patriarch of Law Enforcement and the other patriarchs, some civilians and smaller families were going to be relocated to the Feather Land of the West and Ocean Land of the East. More lands would be available for other families to fight over. This way, there could be new major families.
The emergence of new families could pose a threat to the Lu, Ye, Kong and Jiang Families. It was likely that after hundreds of years or thousands of years, the four families would be gone. That being said, this could be beneficial for the Heaven Reverse Universe, especially at a time when warriors of the Heaven Reverse Universe could go to the Prison of Primordial Chaos.
The Heaven Reverse Universe would see more warriors and Lu, Ye, Kong and Jiang Families would be facing constant pressure and challenges. That was how the future generations of the four families would be pressed to work harder or face death.
Talents of a superfamily would relax when unchallenged. They would be arrogant and corrupted.
When most disciples of a superfamily were corrupted and degenerated, any outside force could collapse the family like a mountain with many punctured holes.
When the officials of an empire were corrupted, they would not mind the livelihood of the civilians. The armies would not worry about battles but collecting wealth and enjoying themselves. Any invasion of such an empire could destroy it.
Similarly, say disciples of the Lu Family only cared about pleasure with each and every one of them supercilious, bossy and making enemies everywhere.
Maybe, within a short period of time, Lu Family could fight off their enemies. But what to do when the old generation pa.s.sed away? The living would only be good-for-nothing. There might still be some powerful warriors in the family but in the end, the Lu Family would be wiped out.
It was possible that Lu Li could ascend to the Divinity soon!
Patriarch of Law Enforcement had a sense of danger because of this fact. Lu Li had made too many enemies on his way to the top. He could take a clean sweep of his enemies before he ascended to the Divinity. However, decades or hundreds of years later, those enemies would rise up again. What would the Lu Family do, faced with strong enemies, then?
Patriarch of Law Enforcement wanted to set a foundation for the Lu Family while Lu Li was still here. Any voice of disagreement could be held down and any rules could be formulated. Those that were unwilling could talk to Lu Li…