Zhongzhou was the center and the most powerful state among the twelve states of the Dingzhou Dynasty.
Thousands of years ago, the "Controversy in the Central Plains" that went down in history took place here, also known as the "Chassis in the Central Plains" between cultivators!
It is said that more than 500 forces were involved in that battle, with seven top forces being the main ones, creating a situation of "seven heroes competing for hegemony".
You must know that among the seven top forces at that time, each of them had ancestors with huge backgrounds and god-like existences in the God Transformation Realm.
So what kind of magic power does Zhongzhou possess that actually attracts these top forces, as well as gods, gods and monsters to compete for it?
Now let’s talk about the resources for cultivating immortals.
As we all know, in this world of cultivating immortals, everything is inferior, only cultivating immortals is high.
The imperial power of the Dingzhou Dynasty was based on the fact that it had many powerful cultivators in the past.
But as those powerful cultivators established sects and "proclaimed themselves kings," the imperial power was gradually eclipsed.
The emperors in the emperor's family for generations were either mortals with no cultivation, or "mediocre" with low qualifications who could not break through the Qi Sea realm in their lifetime.
The reason is that such emperors can have better control and let the emperor do things for them honestly.
As for why no top power established its own court and became emperor.
hehe.
In this world of immortality where the strong are respected, the imperial court is nothing in the eyes of most practitioners.
What is the responsibility of the court and the emperor? It is to govern the country.
To put it more clearly, don’t let all mortals starve to death, otherwise the major cultivating forces will recruit “social beasts”... Oh, no, they will recruit disciples.
Regardless of the fact that cultivators who have cultivated to a high level can live a long life, that is if they do not encounter any accidents.
How many cultivators in the world of cultivating immortals die of old age?
Not all of them are fighting for the resources of cultivating immortals, fighting to the death... and most of them have become cannon fodder for the major cultivating forces.
Therefore, for this part of the loss, one has to be selected from a hundred, one from a thousand, or one from a thousand mortals, and those with cultivation qualifications must be cultivated and replenished.
Therefore, no cultivator force is willing to do the "chore work" of the court and the emperor.
To sum it up:
In the eyes of the cultivator forces, mortals without cultivation qualifications are just stupid dogs.
In the eyes of the cultivator forces, those with some cultivation qualifications can at best be regarded as social animals.
Those with better cultivation qualifications will have the opportunity to be upgraded to "senior workers".
Only very, very few people with outstanding talents can establish a sect and join the ranks of cultivators.
As for the court and the emperor, they can be regarded as herdsmen in the "animal husbandry" industry.
The above only represent the three views of individual cultivators. Most of them are powerful forces and top forces.
It can also be said that the more intensive cultivation resources are in a place and the more powerful forces are concentrated, the more serious this phenomenon will be.
For example, the cultivators in Jiangnan Prefecture are much more powerful. They have deeply realized that all living beings are equal.
If you treat others like an ant today, someone may treat you like an ant tomorrow.
And those powerful forces who are in a place rich in cultivation resources and have always been aloof, they have not realized this yet...
After Wang Liang and Ling Yuyan stepped into the territory of Zhongzhou, they deeply felt what class separation was.
This is just a small city on the edge of Zhongzhou, but here, you can see everything;
Except for the cultivators who were wearing silk and satin, there were only ordinary people left in scantily clad clothes.
Even while eating in a restaurant, I heard this conversation among a group of practitioners at the table;
"Recently, there have been a few new disciples recruited into the sect. We almost have no one to deal with."
"Well, that's not caused by the fact that ordinary people are not living up to their expectations, and fewer and fewer people have the qualifications to practice."
"If it weren't for the fact that the essence of us cultivators can't be leaked easily, I would even want to do it myself and let those watery-looking mortals get pregnant with my babies, hehe."
"Actually, I feel that it's not that the number of children with cultivation qualifications is getting smaller and smaller... it's that the number of ordinary people is getting smaller and smaller, and they seem to be unwilling to give birth."
"Are we putting too much pressure on them? They can hardly afford to eat, wear clothes, or live in a house..."
"Superficial! If the pressure is too high, they will be motivated to work harder. If the pressure is too little, they will lose the motivation to work hard."
"Yes, we are putting pressure on them. It is for their own good. Think about it, only when they are not doing well can they think about having more children, and then one of them is qualified to practice. Wouldn't it be a turnaround?"
"Haha, yes, you are absolutely right. If they don't give birth, it only means that the pressure is not enough, and more pressure must be applied."
"Tsk tsk, when it comes to experts, it has to be you..."
Listening to the roar of laughter at the table, Ling Yuyan, who was disguised as a man, was so angry that she broke the chopsticks in her hands.
Wang Liang quickly sent a message to her;
"Senior sister, don't be impulsive. This is Zhongzhou. The forces are complex and more dangerous than other states."
No one was killed at the scene, so although Ling Yuyan was angry, she was still able to control it, and she gritted her silver teeth and sent a message back;
"The cultivators in this place are really bad! If ordinary people can't live any longer, what else can they do to have children?"
Wang Liang sighed and said again:
"Sister, this is what I told you, the joys and sorrows between people are not the same."
"From the moment they were born, these cultivators had a silver spoon in their mouths. How could they really understand the suffering of ordinary people?"
"But they have become the ones who rule the common people, using their self-righteous views to make some unrealistic instructions."
"I think there were some so-called experts in my hometown. When someone asked him for advice, how to make poor people no longer poor."
"Those experts boasted that it would be easy to make poor people no longer poor. They could become rich by renting out idle houses and using private horses to pull carriages."
"Haha, but he doesn't know at all that how can poor people get rich by the method he mentioned when they don't have a house to live in or a horse to ride on?"
"Sister, do you think this kind of person is ridiculous?"
Hearing this, Ling Yuyan's anger turned into a smile.
But after just smiling a little, her face darkened again;
"Mortal people are really suffering too much. People who say things like why not eat minced meat are not only ridiculous, they can also be killed!"
Wang Liang shook his head;
"Sister, killing one person like that won't change the world. Killing a hundred of them will have the same effect."
"If we really want to change this world, we must first become extremely powerful. The truth will always only exist within the range of magic."
Hearing this, Ling Yuyan nodded;
"You are right, to be strong, we must become stronger..."