Chapter 249 - Changes in the Yue Kingdom (3)
Chapter 249: Chapter 249 – Changes in the Yue Kingdom (3)
“I don’t really know how to do anything else…” the little girl shook her head.
“Then you can only go mining,” Liu Yang said as he shook his head.
The number of disciples in the Flowing Cloud Sect was growing quickly, and the easy jobs for Odd Job Disciples were few in number. All of them required great competition to obtain, and ordinary disciples like Liu Yang had no qualifications to get them.
As ordinary disciples, if they had nothing special about them, and they would have to go and do the most difficult and tiring jobs.
Mining was one of them.
“If you think about it, mining is not too bad,” Liu Yang turned and patted the girl’s shoulder as he said comfortingly, “I heard that there are many Senior Apprentice Brothers at Foundation Building who came from mining, and if we work hard, there will be plenty of spirit stones and spirit pills. It’s just a bit tiring.”
“Since it’s like that, why don’t you go and mine?” the girl looked at Liu Yang bitterly.
“Err about that…” Liu Yang hurriedly changed the topic.
After talking, they went their separate ways.
After decades of growth, the Flowing Cloud Sect had become very big, and it could compare to some cities.
This was the best evidence of the Flowing Cloud Sect’s growth.
Walking within the Flowing Cloud Sect, Liu Yang almost felt lost.
Fortunately, there were signs everywhere, making it easy to find where he wanted to go.
There were even maps of the Flowing Cloud Sect in many places, which helped Liu Yang not get lost.
Around him, there were many other disciples looking quite at a loss; they were also new disciples like Liu Yang.
In terms of recruiting disciples, the Flowing Cloud Sect was much different than before.
Before, even though they only recruited disciples once every three years, they would only take in at most 200 people each time.
After all, they were limited to finding disciples from cultivation families.
However, things were completely different now.
After unifying the Yue Kingdom and setting up spirit formations all over the Yue Kingdom, the Flowing Cloud Sect’s recruitment had greatly expanded.
The number of mortal disciples far exceeded those from cultivation principles.
After all, putting aside all other factors, just the number of mortal families and cultivation families had a great gap.
After having the ability to check the talent of mortals, the Flowing Cloud Sect would take in thousands of new disciples every year.
These disciples came from all over the Yue Kingdom, and they became the new blood of the Flowing Cloud Sect, providing great contributions.
If any outsiders came to the Flowing Cloud Sect, they would be awed by just the sheer number of people here.
Liu Yang was the same.
He was the only person from his little mountain village to join the Flowing Cloud Sect.
No matter how humble he was, he still felt quite proud.
However, looking at the busy crowd of people hurrying about, he could not help but sigh in awe.
The small amount of pride in his heart naturally evaporated.
Following this, he organized his thoughts before continuing onwards.
Soon, a voice called out and he stopped.
“Little sir,” a voice sounded out.
Hearing that voice, Liu Yang paused and looked over, and he saw a very pretty woman.
Her looks were quite delicate, and she looked both spirited and charming.
She wore a red dress, which made her look even more alluring.
Behind her were some followers, who were all young people, and they all looked extraordinary.
Standing there and looking at this woman, he could not help but stare.
Having come from a small town, he had never seen such a beautiful woman, and he was immediately stunned.
Only when he heard some coughs did he come back to his senses.
The young men behind the woman looked at him in displeasure.
Only then did Liu Yang realize that he had been rude, and he hurriedly bowed and said, “What does this miss need from me?”
“We came from outside and would like to ask for directions,” the woman smiled as she looked at Liu Yang, seeming quite gentle.
She asked Liu Yang for directions, and after he pointed out the way for her, she thanked him before leaving.
Standing there, Liu Yang was still thinking about her looks.
“They came from outside; are they not the Flowing Cloud Sect’s people?” he thought to himself.
Elsewhere, the woman and her followers were walking about.
“What a good place.”
As they walked, the woman’s looks attracted many people’s attention, but no one came to disturb her and only looked from afar.
The woman looked at the roads and structures around them and said in amazement, “Recruiting thousands of disciples in one recruitment; the Flowing Cloud Sect is truly rich and powerful. In the future, it might even be able to rival our sect.”
Hearing the woman’s words, a few young men felt quite displeased but most of them still nodded in agreement.
“Let alone in the future, even right now, it is not to be underestimated,” a middle-aged man next to the woman shook his head and said, “The scenes we saw as we walked through the Yue Kingdom to reach here were quite terrifying.
“Within the Yue Kingdom, we did not see any beggars, nor did we see any bandits. All families are abundant in food, and there are many prosperous families. It is truly admirable.”
Thinking back to the scenes he had seen, he could not help but sigh in admiration.
“So what?” one of the young men said, “Even if there are many mortals, they are just ants…”
“Ants?”
Before that person could finish speaking, the woman laughed, “Weren’t we all once ants?
“Even if mortals are ants, there are good seeds among them, and they can gradually become dragons that can soar in the sky. Were our ancestors not the same?
“Within the Yue Kingdom, commoners are able to live safely and happily, and many places are prosperous. They will be able to double in number every few decades, and if that is the case, what about the seeds from the mortals?”
Standing there, she spoke softly.
On the way here, she noticed this.
Compared to other places, the commoners within the Yue Kingdom lived much safer and happier lives.
The Yue Kingdom had been unified many decades ago, and the Flowing Cloud Sect had sent out cultivators to change the terrain of many places, making those places more suitable for agriculture. They had also used their magic energy to make the crops more abundant.
By now, mortals’ living conditions were no longer a problem, and at the very least, no one starved to death.
Because of the Flowing Cloud Sect, the Yue Kingdom’s government gave aid to commoners; not only were orphans taken in by the government, but mortals who had many children were also given rewards.
Because of these various measures, the Yue Kingdom’s mortal population grew quickly, and it had doubled in just a few decades.
And this was just the beginning.
To cultivators, a few decades was nothing.
For mortals, this was enough for them to reproduce many generations.
Moreover, the more mortals there were, the more seeds suitable for cultivation there were.
The Flowing Cloud Sect would take in more and more disciples, and the sect would become more and more powerful.
Thinking to there, the woman could not help but lightly sigh and feel admiration.
“After going back, we should try to convince the Sect Master to learn from the Flowing Cloud Sect,” she thought to herself.
In actuality, it was not just her; everyone else had the same thoughts.
The reason why they had come here, apart from trying to convince the Flowing Cloud Sect’s Sect Master to join the Daybreak Sect’s side, was that they also wanted to observe just how the Yue Kingdom had become so powerful in just a few decades.
Those changes had aroused the Daybreak Sect’s curiosity, so they had sent ambassadors.
This woman was one of the most prestigious figures in the Daybreak Sect, and she had status similar to an Elder.
“What a beautiful scene,” the Daybreak Saintess thought to herself.