Chapter 564: More Secular than Secular

"Really? Brother Zhiwen, have you heard anything?"

Fang Silin replied almost subconsciously, with no strange look in his eyes, as if he was a little surprised. Zhang Zhiwen stared at his eyes for a long time, but Fang Silin's eyes still did not change.

Zhang Zhiwen was also a little confused, because it didn't look like a lying look. He had read countless people and heard a lot of lies, but at this moment, he couldn't see any clues in Fang Silin's eyes. .

Could it be that Fang Silin is not some strange beast? Or maybe he is too worried? Or maybe the aura he felt was caused by some other reason?

"I'm just asking casually. I heard the chief nursing officer talk about this before, and I'm a little worried."

Zhang Zhiwen naturally explained the reason for his speculation, and others heard it and had their own opinions. However, these explanations were obviously random speculations. They had never seen strange beasts, so they could only say that it was their imagination. Anyway, listening to It seems a little funny.

"I don't know anymore. Anyway, I have never heard of such a thing in the three years I have been here. If you hadn't asked about it, Brother Zhiwen, I would have really forgotten that there is such a thing as a strange beast, hahaha, haha... …”

Fang Silin looks very cheerful. Even though his actual age is probably over 200 years old, these rather simple words make him look very innocent. He doesn't seem to look like some strange beast. .

Zhang Zhiwen had to doubt his previous guesses. If this person was a strange beast, it would be so terrifying. Then the facts seemed to prove that Zhang Zhiwen seemed to have overthought it. Fang Silin was a very enthusiastic person and took out I have a lot of things to share with you. According to what he said, he doesn’t have much time in the mine. He can leave this damn place if he finds another mineral point.

There is no good place to live in this place, and the food is not good either. I almost never eat much. Although the golden elixir monks do not need to eat, they only need to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, they are still human beings. He likes to eat something delicious and drink something delicious. He misses the various delicacies on Pengyu Island.

Everyone was a little excited when they said this, and maybe it seemed a lot more optimistic. However, Zhang Zhiwen didn't care very much. Compared with the things to survive, it was nothing, but Fang Silin was indeed much more experienced than him. He After talking about the situation in the mine and Peng Yudao, Zhang Zhiwen listened and roughly summarized something.

The Island of Ten Thousand Immortals is indeed different from the Great Immortal Domain. The Island of Ten Thousand Immortals is more secular, because they are all territories controlled by families. Therefore, the aristocratic families are all united together to form the basis of the order of Ten Thousand Immortals Island. Each aristocratic family is quite As a force, he is responsible for maintaining various local orders, including various taxes and so on.

Wanxian Island has a large number of native people. It is not the sect-based approach of the Great Immortal Domain. Where can sects pay taxes? The four great clans of Wanxian Island are said to be royals. Of course, they are modest and think that they are just The royal family is not a royal family, but in fact there is no difference. The highest military force of Ten Thousand Immortals Island is like an emperor, but the name is a little different. It is called the Island Master of Ten Thousand Immortals Island!

The owner of the island is actually the emperor, and the four great clans are like the four royal families. The owner of the island is actually the four great clans who take turns taking charge. Zhang Zhiwen doesn't care about this very much, because it is useless for him to care about things that are too far away from him. .

Since this place is relatively secular, many things are actually not much different from ordinary people. Golden elixir monks are equivalent to ordinary people, Nascent Soul monks are similar to martial arts masters, and Mahayana monks are top masters. The otherworldly is similar to the mighty one who breaks the void.

With this analogy, Zhang Zhiwen generally understood what was going on. Therefore, Wanxian Island is actually dominated by ordinary people, that is, mainly golden elixir monks. Except for children and teenagers, those are foundation-building cultivation, and the rest They are all at least golden elixir cultivation level.

Therefore, Ten Thousand Immortals Island is more like a river and a lake, rather than a sect-like fairy sect order. The public security must not be very good, and there are also rebellious officials and traitors who do not obey the order. They can also occupy the mountains and become kings, and they can also become bandits. This Nothing surprising.

In a place like Peng Yudao, the Chen family is like a parent official. The head of the family is actually similar to the county magistrate, and their direct descendants are naturally the yamen. As for the servants and various disciples, they are actually attached to the yamen. There are various personnel among them, and the native people are also divided into servants and various disciples. It is not only the foreign monks who are divided. This time everyone can completely understand.

In fact, the so-called servants and disciples all serve the Chen family, and there must be the Zhao family above the Chen family, and there must be other larger families above the Zhao family, and the so-called family does not mean that anyone can establish it. , it cannot be said that if these handymen want to unite to form a family, they can form a family. They need official recognition, that is, recognition from aristocratic families at the state level.

So what should you do if you want to become a yanei? This seems to be something that everyone is more concerned about, because if it is not the yamen, then it is ordinary people. Even if the ordinary people are powerful, they are just giving people the name of bandits. For example, those who fall into the grass and become bandits are those who have Some organizations that use force but are not recognized by the government will be wiped out by the government.

"If you want to become a member of a clan, there are two ways, one is to serve in the military, and the other is to become a member of the celestial body."

The so-called military service is easy to understand, that is to become a soldier, and the so-called immortal examination is actually a system similar to the secular imperial examination. After passing the examination one by one, these are all members who can become members of the clan.

It is equivalent to the secular imperial examination system and military service system, but the imperial examination here is not as simple as a literary examination, and military service and immortal examination are integrated and are not something that can be accomplished overnight.

The grades are very simple, divided into nine grades. This is the same as the secular system. It is also a nine-grade system, but the name is different. Here it is called disciple, which is the apprentice of a powerful family, which is equivalent to the official system.

The highest level is the first-grade disciples, who are the most powerful existences besides the feudal lords of the four great clans. They themselves are the heads of great families second only to the clan lords. The so-called secular scholar-bureaucrats are nothing more than that.

The lowest one is naturally the ninth-grade disciple. The head of the Chen family is the ninth-grade disciple, and his people are naturally all yamen, enjoying the superior treatment of Wanxian Island.

To become a ninth-grade disciple, you have to take part in the Immortal Examination. If you pass the Immortal Examination, you have to serve in the military. After completing the military service, you can officially become a ninth-grade disciple. Then you will have an island as a foundation, and you will continue to develop on this basis. Improve, improve one product at a time.

You can also go directly to the clan where the eighth-grade disciple belongs to work as a servant, and then upgrade your level.

Of course, these are all cultivations that require the lowest level of Nascent Soul. If you don’t have the Nascent Soul cultivation level, you are not even qualified to participate in the Immortal Games.

When everyone heard this, they were suddenly disappointed. Zhang Zhiwen was not disappointed, because he knew that it would not be easy to become an official. The head of the Chen family was a Yuanying master himself, and even the chief nurse was a Yuanying master. From this, It can be seen that this discipleship is extremely difficult to obtain and extremely difficult to advance.

Of course, fortunately, Fang Silin said these things, which can give everyone a better understanding.

Fang Silin has been here for more than three years, and he really knows a lot about this place. Such a large territory must not be that simple. Just like when Zhang Zhiwen went to Tianshui Wonderland, he didn't know anything at first, but he later learned about Tianshui. There are so many sects in the fairyland, and sects are different from each other. Only later did they come into contact with the highest military organization such as the Immortal Alliance.

The same is true for Ten Thousand Immortals Island. The Ten Thousand Immortals Island controlled by the four gates cannot be understood at once. Now listening to Fang Silin's words, everyone actually feels that Ten Thousand Immortals Island is more like the secular world. , more secular than Feixian City.

Why? Logically speaking, on the way to becoming an immortal through cultivation, one should get further and further away from the secular world, but in reality this is not the case. Zhang Zhiwen suddenly remembered that the secular world often talks about the Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Court. And isn’t the heavenly court no different from the secular court? It is also the major immortal kings who control various aspects of affairs respectively, and mortals are just ants. In their eyes, they may not even be considered human beings. Those who can be regarded as human beings are actually immortals.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Island is so close to secularization, and it seems to be more normal. In the beginning, when cultivating immortals, they will develop towards some sect. They think that they have to stay away from the secular world to become immortals. But in fact, this is not the case. In fact, it seems to be more secular. The more suitable it is for standardized management.

Zhang Zhiwen doesn't understand many of these things, but he vaguely thinks so, and secularization is much simpler. Everyone also understands what's going on, that is, you have to be an official. If you don't become an official, you will have no future. To become an official, you have to take the imperial examination, but there is no imperial examination here, only military service.

"War is unavoidable. Although there are rules among the powerful families, there are actually differences. The main ones are the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest, which divide the big forces. The four heavenly kings refer to the four powerful families. Lord, they are actually princes. For their own interests, as you know, they will definitely fight and plunder each other, and wars often occur. The island owner is at large and does not actually care..."

As Fang Silin talked, everyone had a deeper understanding of the world. This world seemed to be a secular world, and it was divided into four big countries. The four big countries seemed to maintain peace and tranquility on the surface, but in fact they often fought wars.

Because Wanxian Island is such a big territory, everyone wants to grab more territory. The more resources, the better. And resources are actually land. In this vast sea, land is a priceless thing. Only with land can there be a population. With population, there are more resources.

Since it is difficult to become an official, it must be an ordinary person. However, ordinary people also have to survive. This way of survival is not much different from the secular world. They can participate in corvee work and run businesses, which is equivalent to obtaining various benefits. As a channel of resources, farming can also support oneself. For example, planting elixirs and the like can get good rewards. With the rewards, you can improve your cultivation strength, and then you will have the opportunity to participate in the Immortal Examination and participate in the military service. .

Of course, ordinary people can also serve as soldiers, but this kind of soldiering is not for the test of becoming an official, but for pure military service. Military service that has not participated in the immortal examination is ordinary military service, and you can also obtain military merits, and with military merits Various resources are also available.

In addition, there are naturally various tasks, such as family bounty tasks, etc., which can also get more resources. There are also current prospecting tasks, where you can also get rewards and improve your status.

Therefore, Ten Thousand Immortals Island is actually very hierarchical and has a mature system. After Fang Silin said this, everyone has a deeper understanding of Ten Thousand Immortals Island.

"Of course, I have been here not long ago. In fact, I don't know many things. I also heard what others said. Now we are just servants, so that's all we know. When we are promoted to outer disciples, it will definitely be different. , As for the disciples, that kind of thing is too far away from us. We can only think about it when we reach the level of Nascent Soul."

Fang Silin said, and everyone agreed, yes, you should advance to the outer hall disciple first, otherwise you will stay in this poor place all your life as a handyman, and the handyman can only be a farmer farming or something.

Sure enough, no matter where you go, working as a coolie is the occupation that pays the most and gets the least, and this is no exception.

Zhang Zhiwen also thought about it. He originally planned to eat and drink here for a while and get to know the situation here. Now it seems that it is still wise. Otherwise, he will become a disciple of the outer hall for no reason, and he may not know what happened. something.

But it would definitely not work here for the rest of his life. Sure enough, Fang Silin continued.

Zhang Zhiwen understood now that it was actually not easy to stay in this mine. The fight at the bottom was also quite fierce. In order to advance to the outer hall disciples, everyone must be fighting fiercely. After the mine has been excavated for so many years, the new There are fewer and fewer mineral spots. If no mineral spots are found after a long time, they will be sent to remote places to prospect.

The so-called remote places are actually places close to the formation of Ten Thousand Immortals Island. In those places, thunderstorms are rolling, the wind and clouds are changing, there are many monsters, even many strange beasts, and there are also all kinds of extremely vicious thieves and savages who have turned into bandits...

Speaking of this, everyone was a little frightened. Even Zhang Zhiwen knew that this situation was not good. It was not the same as being exiled.

"This is actually no different from the kind of exile we see in the secular world, and you may not be able to come back. The journey is extremely long..."

"When we came here, we were teleported directly to Peng Yu Island after passing through the formation. We were lucky, but it was something that was bound to happen when entering the formation, but it's different now..."

Fang Silin continued speaking, and everyone clearly felt the tremendous pressure.

"Actually, it only takes a few years. Anyway, more and more new people are coming. Those of us who came here earlier will definitely be sent away unless we complete the mission."