Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 157 0156: Intermediate Crystal; Royal Family Intelligence
In the evening, it gets dark.

My own main room.

The family had just finished dinner, and the little girl ran out to play with her brothers and sisters.

Perhaps because he knew that his elder brother was very busy, or perhaps because of his mother's teachings, he didn't stick to Cheng Zongyang that much these days.

This made Cheng Zongyang feel helpless, but he was also happy to see the girl playing with people of the same age. Even though she was only four years old, she could speak and walk very steadily.

As for Cheng Zongliang's performance, he was quite surprised.

He actually went back to his room to study!

"Mom, what's going on?"

In the kitchen, Cheng Zongyang asked his mother curiously.

Cheng Zhou smiled and said, "Your father scolded him a few days ago. He said that as the only male in the Cheng family, he couldn't be lazy and would have to help you with things in the future. Then he became like this."

Cheng Zongyang was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry, but he did not stop it.

Just as his father said, the Cheng family has few male descendants. Whether he is in charge of the Cheng family in the future or not, his brother is destined to be a mediocre person. Unless he can give birth to several capable sons in the future. To the extent that the father cannot do it, the son can do it.

He has the wilderness world, and it is destined that he will not be able to deal with the affairs of the clan all the time in the future.

He will get married and have children, and have many children, but who will be the second-generation or even the third-generation patriarch will have to be decided later. After all, his father is still very young.

However, the children of the Cheng and Zhou families all have foundation-building medicinal baths, so their future achievements in martial arts will not be low, this can be guaranteed.

Cheng Guanghai did not stay long after dinner and went to deal with other things. Cheng Zongyang was also not idle. He turned around and went to the mountains, ready to take a look at the wilderness world first.

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As soon as he appeared, the sudden reminder sound made Cheng Zongyang's face light up and he quickly looked towards the counter.

Sure enough, there were three relatively round thumb-sized red crystals on the counter!
A total of 1400 points for one crystal, Cheng Zongyang was willing to buy it. He didn't know whether it was related to the note he left, or other reasons, as long as he could buy it.

He quickly went over to pick it up and started reading it, and the information appeared.

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[Intermediate Soul Crystal]

Introduction: A special crystal from the Valley of the Dead in the wilderness world. It will automatically gather and collect souls within a radius of 200 meters. When all souls are collected, the crystal lights up and a complete soul can be released. When the soul is released, it will inherit and fuse one of the memories and condense into a physical body, and become a soul slave of the releaser, absolutely obedient.

Special: The soul slave condenses into a physical body, and the releaser can shape its appearance and grant 20 four-dimensional attribute points, which can be used for one of the four attributes of body, energy, strength, and agility and cannot be changed or increased.

Restrictions: Soul slaves can only move within the wilderness world. Soul slaves condensed by intermediate crystals can improve their copied skills.

Progress: 0/2000
Quantity: 1 (piece)

Points: 1200
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Looking at the mid-grade soul crystal, Cheng Zongyang looked at it carefully and knew the difference.

First of all, the absorption range has been expanded. Low-level soul crystals only have a range of 100 meters, and mid-level soul crystals have a range of 200 meters, which greatly increases the absorption range. Even if the radius is only increased by 50 meters!
The second is to increase 10 attribute points. Although it still cannot be changed or increased.

The third one is a soul slave reshaped by a mid-level soul crystal. After copying his skills, his skills can be improved!
The fourth point of soul progress increased by 1000 points.

But relatively speaking, Cheng Zongyang feels that the third point is the most important!

Compared with soul slaves reshaped by low-level soul crystals, mid-level soul slaves are naturally more promising.

However, he does not have many skills, except for his specialized archery and pharmacy.

Although they can learn pharmacy, they don't need too much, so they need other skills.

This is the only way to maximize the use of mid-level soul slaves.

"Take advantage of this time to learn a few skills. As long as you reach the entry level, the soul slave can improve himself."

When he looked at the Soul Crystal again and used it, the prompt appeared.

However, when he saw that the number of corpses required had also been changed, he was speechless.

"They actually want three bodies!"

Now, one of the soul crystals has to be put aside.

Instead of dwelling on what was already doomed, Cheng Zongyang could only collect them first, and wait until a few days later when he sent the rice seedlings to the county town, he would send them to the mass grave and slowly collect them.

With the soul crystal, Cheng Zongyang prepared to go to the cave to check and make sure there were no accidents.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the entrance of the cave with torches lit.

There were sounds of quarreling inside, probably because they couldn't get out.

Cheng Zongyang was not in a hurry to go in. He would not seek death if he could survive. Hearing their loud voices, it proved that they were in good spirits. It was just that their hands and feet were disabled. Whether they could walk or fight, he didn't think too much about it at the moment.

I wanted to ignore it for now, but when I thought about the Thirteen Royal Families, it seemed that they were the only ones who knew more.

Therefore, Cheng Zongyang walked in with a torch.

Or maybe you hear footsteps coming from outside the cave, and the voices of the six people inside suddenly stop and are replaced by a series of sharp shouts:
"who is it?"

"Who is coming?"

"Who are these thieves? How dare they... wuwuwu!"

As a result, one of them didn't even finish his words before a "wuwu" sound was heard as his mouth was covered.

Cheng Zongyang walked to the end of the cave with a smile on his face, holding the torch high. Through the faint light, he saw six people gathered together. Two of them were covering one person's mouth, with vigilant looks on their faces.

"It seems there are still smart people." Cheng Zongyang glanced at them and said, "Don't be nervous, this is my territory. I believe you all understand the environment you are in and the condition of your body."

"So, Li Lu's joining us was fake, but he was trying to harm us. Which family are you from?"

"What is your purpose?"

"How can we be released?"

After listening to their words, they didn't intend to say anything more harsh, and nodded slightly, all very tactful. "Don't bother with the family. The reason I didn't kill you is because you are still useful.

If you still want to leave here, then answer my questions. Otherwise, I don't mind leaving you here and taking away the food and water."

After I finished speaking, I saw that they were silent and no longer making noise, so I knew they had listened to me.

Cheng Zongyang didn't even bother asking their names, and said, "Since you have no objection, let's get started. One, two, three, four, five, six, I'll call you that. Any problem?"

The six people knew that they were now in a state where even walking or exerting a little force on their wrists would hurt, let alone cooperating to subdue the other party. Their injuries had not yet recovered, so they could not resist. They could only remain silent.

"That's fine, since there's no problem, let's get started. Line up side by side, one person facing forward and one person facing backward, facing my..."

Cheng Zongyang arranged their positions, and the six of them could only hold back their anger and walk slowly, keeping a half-meter distance between them, one facing Cheng Zongyang and one with his back to him. Then he assigned them numbers.

Cheng Zongyang did not speak directly, but fell silent. At the same time, he put the torch on the ground, and the light was extinguished by 80%, and it became pitch black. It gave people a psychological sense of oppression.

This made the six of them a little confused, but gradually, they felt a little worried and frightened.

It was fine just now, why did it suddenly stop? It was just that Cheng Zongyang was holding her hostage, so she could only wait anxiously.

"First question!" At this time, Cheng Zongyang's voice suddenly rang out: "What is the battle situation of the Thirteen Royal Clans on the front line? Number Three will answer."

This random inspection method, coupled with their position, meant that even if they wanted to do something, they could forget about making eye contact or anything like that.

The second person facing Cheng Zongyang was number three. He seemed to have not yet reacted, and in his nervousness he quickly said:

"I, this. On the front line, what I know so far is that the royal family is preparing to gather people to capture Beiding and Luoyang! As for the rest, I don't know much. I'm just in charge of logistics."

After hearing this, the cave became quiet again.

After about thirty breaths, Cheng Zongyang continued to ask:
"Besides attacking Beiding and Luoyang, what else will the Thirteen Royal Clan plan to do next? Answer, number five!"

As a result, the man remained silent for a long time without saying anything. Cheng Zongyang walked over, grabbed his left wrist with his right hand and squeezed it hard, instantly crushing his hand bones! As the other party screamed, Cheng Zongyang said in a grim tone:

"If you don't want to live, you can tell me, otherwise I will torture you. It must be painful, right? Now, No. 5, tell me!"

Being called out by Cheng Zongyang again, the man had to endure the severe pain and said in a trembling voice:
"I, I know, but not much! We are in charge of logistics. The higher-ups just told us to go to the rear to collect food!"

Cheng Zongyang didn't care whether what the man said was true or false, and changed the question:
"After the Thirteen Royal Clans capture the county seat and towns, how will they be managed? Number Two, answer!"

"These are all self-governing families. The royal family will only send one person from the family to guard each city. As long as each family pays enough tribute every year, the thirteen royal families will not interfere in the management and development of the subordinate families."

Hearing this, Cheng Zongyang's heart moved, and he continued to ask: "Aren't the Thirteen Royal Clans worried that the affiliated forces will swallow up the other family forces and develop stronger?"

"No! Because no matter how strong they are, they are not as strong as the royal family! Secondly, if you dare to provoke the royal family, the royal family will directly send out soldiers who can wipe out the entire clan in one go. They will not give you a chance to provoke them, and will not leave anyone alive!"

Cheng Zongyang frowned: "Is it possible that this kind of family will never rise to prominence? They can only be inferior to the royal family forever?"

"I don't really know this, but I heard that if you want to stop the attack of the royal family, you have to take action from other royal families, but the cost is extremely high. Besides, it is almost impossible to develop to the level of the royal family's power."

"Why?"

"Resources! A steady supply of resources to train no less than ten perfect innate masters, and no less than twenty ordinary innate masters, not to mention hundreds of upper third-grade warriors, thousands of middle third-grade warriors, and tens of thousands of lower third-grade warriors! Even tens of thousands of people preparing to enter the ranks.

Once needed, these tens of thousands of people can basically enter the rank within one to two months! They are all personnel who have undergone long-term training. Even if they have not yet entered the rank, they are as strong as people weighing three or four hundred pounds!

Let me ask you, apart from the dynasty, which family can afford such resources? Even the aristocratic families can hardly do so. This is the foundation and confidence of the royal family! Ordinary families want to surpass the royal family, but they are just dreaming! "

At this point, Cheng Zongyang was silent.

The resources required to train such a number of powerful people would be astronomical!

To train such experts, the royal family can only do so by relying on the offerings of a large number of subordinate families. Ordinary families, forget it.

Now, he also understood why Daliang could not stop the combined forces of the thirteen royal families!
How could Daliang resist a war of this magnitude when it had to guard against the Jin State in the north? No wonder they had to recruit warriors from the public!
Cheng Zongyang also found that No. 2 knew a lot of things, so he continued to ask more questions.

Gradually, Cheng Zongyang learned from these people some things concerning the Thirteen Royal Families, and also learned the rules that the families under his rule should abide by.

Most of the information was learned from No. 2.

For example, if the annual offering is not turned in, the income will be increased by one-third in the following year. If it is not turned in in the third year, then there is no need for it to exist.

This is the rule of the royal family. Even if there is a merger between the lower-level clans under their rule, the royal family will only intervene according to the situation. They have already classified the clans under their rule.

The higher the family level, the more offerings they have to pay, but they can also gain the attention and protection of the royal family, and even exchange or purchase some precious resources, and they will not be swallowed up by other forces at will.

The way the thirteen royal families rank the families under their rule is the same as in martial arts. The strongest martial artist in the family determines the rank of the family.

Basically, the royal family will not interfere with the lower three rank families and will leave them alone, but they still have to pay tribute.

Only families above the third rank can be favored by the royal family, and they will not allow such families to be swallowed up at will.

But it won't be casual, which doesn't mean they will really intervene. Once the annexation is completed, as long as there are reasons, means, and offerings, the royal family will still not interfere. But if a family finds someone from the royal family to deal with it before it is destroyed, they will not watch it being destroyed.

Families above the third rank are vassal forces of the royal family and belong to peripheral forces. The royal family will not allow such families under its rule to privately annex or start a war.

Only the family ruled by Xiantian is defined as a large family, and belongs to the core power family under the rule of the royal family.

Of course, there may be families that hide their strength, but this concealment will not last long, and the royal family will also investigate. Once discovered, there are only two results: either help you become a family of the corresponding grade! Or disappear!

Only as you move up higher will your family foundation become more solid.

The six people he captured belonged to two different families under the rule of the royal family, the eighth-rank and seventh-rank families, which belonged to the lower third rank. They were families that were not in the eyes of the royal family.

This type of lower third rank family is basically the result of doing logistics and joining the army. As for the families that divide the county town, only the middle third rank families are eligible. The county town belongs to the upper third rank, and the prefectural town belongs to the royal family!

A family of the lower third rank like them could only carve up some of the town's resources at best, and if they were lucky they might be able to plunder the county's scraps. They came here just to do the hard work of collecting food and fodder.

The last time Yufeng County was captured, it was a team from Linchuan, belonging to a third-rank family. They also consulted with other families to avoid conflict.

In the future, if Daliang really abandons Xiangyang, then Yufeng County will belong to the territory of the families below the third rank. That is, the families that occupied Yufeng County last time.

Now his family is also considered a middle third rank family, and he is the strongest, but the Cheng family's family background is too low, and it is impossible for them to act high-profile in the county. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are lower third rank.

Therefore, even if the family sends people to settle in the county in the future, they will start from the lower third rank family. Even if they swallow up other lower third rank families, it will not cause any disturbance!
Chengjia Village will only become a family behind the scenes, forming a resource exchange and talent transfer between the county town and the mountain families.

The lower three-grade warriors who signed the contract were sent down the mountain, and the good seedlings from the county were sent into the mountain, thus forming a continuous development trend.

Through this information, Cheng Zongyang has understood the overall situation and has gained more confidence in future development plans.

(End of this chapter)