abnabooks Chapter 2357 The Past of Changfeng Valley
Chapter 2357 The Past of Changfeng Valley
Chapter 2357 The Past of Changfeng Valley
Furthermore, even with the current long-distance teleportation technology, it is only suitable for small, lightweight items like paper; it cannot even deliver heavier items like stones.
Obviously, it's not so easy to fleece the big pot.
But He Lingchuan wasn't in a hurry. The laws of heaven and earth were changing rapidly; who knew when the Great Pot might relent?
He Lingchuan opened the first letter that Du Shan had delivered.
The note was only two fingers wide, but when unfolded, it was as large as the newspaper He Lingchuan was reading in another world, and it was covered with tiny print.
This is some information about Mother Earth.
After He Lingchuan heard from Shuangye that the Heavenly Demon was looking for the "Yangguan Road," he ordered people to search for relevant information. However, because it was so long ago, it took quite a while, and Liu Qingdao even used his connections in Lingshan to dig some things out of Lingshan.
These materials were originally gathering dust in a neglected corner of the Lingshan Library. Only with the appearance of the Earth Mother did they have the chance to see the light of day again.
Du Shan then compiled them into a document and sent it to He Lingchuan.
The Earth Mother was originally the guardian spirit of the ancient sect "Changfeng Valley".
This great sect flourished eight thousand years ago, long before the invasion of the celestial demons into the human world. The convenience of storage space for later immortals and sects is all thanks to the original invention of Changfeng Valley. It is most skilled in constructing various spatial spells, and even the concept of "cave dwelling" was proposed by it. Before that, immortals cultivated in deep mountains and valleys, and only the lucky ones could encounter natural miniature worlds.
Changfeng Valley's contributions to the cultivation world are so great that it deserves its prosperity.
At its peak, Changfeng Valley had 170,000 members, ranking among the top three in the world in terms of the number of disciples. Its sect was located amidst towering mountains and beautiful scenery, exuding an aura of immortals.
Its territory was also very vast, comparable to one-fifth of the size of present-day Bega. For a sect, this territory was truly outrageously large, and it ruled over tens of millions of people.
With the resources of tens of millions of people supporting this one event, the abundance of resources in Changfeng Valley needs no further explanation.
Occupying the best feng shui location and enjoying the best resources, the disciples of Changfeng Valley have lived up to expectations, with many outstanding talents emerging, further boosting the sect's prestige.
The human world is so vast, but even the wild demons and immortals deep in the primordial wilderness had heard of the name of Changfeng Valley.
However, Changfeng Valley was a paradox in ancient times; despite making significant contributions to the cultivation world, it was always criticized within the cultivation community.
It has a bad reputation.
His disciples were known for their opportunistic and ruthless nature, using any means necessary to gain an advantage in the world.
In the grand competitions between immortal sects, members of Changfeng Valley would bribe and cheat, or even stab their opponents in the back, all to win rankings and rewards, without any conscience. If anyone died in such a competition, Changfeng Valley would be implicated in two or three out of ten times.
Not to mention the appearance of rare and precious materials in the world; if Changfeng Valley finds out, tsk tsk...
Whether you're a disciple of a celestial sect or a wandering cultivator, you should always be wary of those from Changfeng Valley; avoiding them is the best course of action. This is because dozens of inhumane and heinous crimes have been exposed in the cultivation world, even drawing the attention of the most ferocious demons, and the masterminds behind these crimes all point to Changfeng Valley.
Changfeng Valley scoffed at all the accusations from the outside world, because it was powerful enough.
Cultivating immortality, cultivating immortality—how does one cultivate to become an immortal? Do you just find a mountain forest, dig a hole, and squat down? Don't be ridiculous! Every mountain in this world with spiritual energy already has an owner!
If you don't compete or fight, what's the point of cultivating immortality?
This philosophy applies not only externally, but also internally.
Changfeng Valley upholds the principle of "the capable are respected" and encourages competition within the sect, providing tiered incentives.
The strongest, most ambitious, smartest, and most promising disciples will be allocated the best resources, the most beautiful Daoist partners, the strongest magical artifacts, the most effective elixirs, and the most spiritually rich cave dwellings by the sect...
If you're even slightly worse off, your treatment will plummet.
If things go even worse, the pay will plummet.
The difference in benefits and resources between the top and second-tier levels is like an insurmountable chasm.
Those who lack ambition, talent, or luck will only slip down the ranks, eventually being assigned to the most menial and menial jobs, with no hope of ever rising above their circumstances. Those with even worse luck might simply disappear without a trace one day.
Not only among disciples, but also among elders, peaks, and temples, there is a struggle for power.
The strong take all, while the weak get nothing.
Given the intense competition, it's inevitable that some people will have ulterior motives and resort to unfair means. After all, it's difficult to break through one's own limits, but it's relatively easier to break through one's own limitations.
Once one person's methods are effective and profitable, hundreds or thousands of people will follow suit, going further and further astray.
The disciples of Changfeng Valley not only bury themselves in cultivation, but also rack their brains to harm others for their own benefit.
What does "self-centeredness" mean? It means that everyone else, except myself, is a pig or a dog, a lowly creature, a tool that can be used, despised, or sold out without any psychological burden.
The strong can only be surpassed by me; the weak can only be trampled by me.
By the time Changfeng Valley realized something was amiss, the disciples had lost all enthusiasm for anything other than improving their cultivation, including for Changfeng Valley itself. Interpersonal relationships were characterized by utilitarianism and indifference, and the sect's internal strife had become deeply entrenched and difficult to reverse.
Other immortal sects always secretly curse the people of Changfeng Valley for cultivating the "path of beasts," saying they only cultivate techniques and not virtue. But Changfeng Valley has indeed gradually climbed to the top by relying on this method.
Disciples trained in this way are indeed the best of the best, each one outstanding.
Three major sects once joined forces to seek revenge against it. Each of them was a renowned figure at the time, whose influence shook the entire cultivation world.
And the result? The result was a crushing defeat with heavy casualties; hundreds of immortals perished in those battles.
However, Changfeng Valley on the other side also suffered a pyrrhic victory. They were severely weakened and lost key members in the battle. Especially in the later stages, there were signs that many disciples were deserting and unwilling to live or die with the sect.
Fortunately, the opponent couldn't hold on any longer and retreated.
However, this great battle became a turning point in the fate of Changfeng Valley. After that, the sect went downhill, and the higher-ups tried everything they could to reverse the decline.
Its former glory is gone forever.
Several years later, the internal strife in Changfeng Valley intensified, splitting into three factions due to the death of its leader.
These three factions fought and vied for power, developing countless tales of love, hate, and grudges that could be told for days and nights.
Finally, one faction used the Earth Mother to eliminate the other two enemy factions, thus ending this protracted sect division.
But before it could even rejoice, it suffered a backlash from the Earth Mother. This guardian spirit beast, having been influenced by the environment of Changfeng Valley for many years, had probably been corrupted as well, eating its former master without any guilt and even exclaiming how delicious it was.
(End of this chapter)