Chapter 190 Lao Liu's Idea

It was already the second night when Yan Mei arrived at his residence in Dajing District.

Although he had only been in Xifeng City for two or three days, for Yan Mei, this process was truly too rich.

From being an ordinary person to controlling the entire West Wind City, this is hard to believe.

His father hoped that he could become a disciple of a Taoist sect and become an immortal in the future.

But now he is fighting for territory in a mortal city. Will his father be so angry that he vomits blood when he finds out?

However, strictly speaking, Xifeng City is not a mortal city. It is close to the Taoist sects and many Taoist monks come here.

“Brother Huan, I didn’t expect you to even kill Xue Bu. Now as long as Lao Liu is with me, I guarantee that West Wind City will only move in the direction we expect.”

It was the first time that Yan Mei took control of a city, even though it went against his father's wishes.

The sixth one is like a fish in water. He is the strongest one in West Wind City...except Brother Huan.

Forget it. Brother Huan isn’t going to West Wind City to show off anyway, so it’s not wrong that it’s the strongest.

Ding Huan took out a book and handed it to Yan Mei and said:

“After West Wind City stabilizes, your main task will still be cultivation. This is the Luoshi Sutra, the technique I’m practicing.

Take a look. If you think it is possible, you can change to practicing Luoshijing. It should be much stronger than your Zhengyang Jue."

"Thank you, Brother Huan." Yan Mei quickly took it.

Ding Huan didn't want the fact that he had divine consciousness in the Qi Refining Stage to be leaked, so he didn't use jade slips to engrave his martial arts techniques.

As long as one has the intention during the Qi Refining Stage, one can view the contents of the jade slip. However, the intention is different from the divine consciousness; these are two different things.

But to carve the content onto the jade slip, it is not enough to have the mind, it must have divine consciousness.

Yan Mei thought that the martial arts that Ding Huan practiced must be extraordinary, otherwise how could he have killed the three overlords of Xifeng City?

Ding Huan took out two storage bags again and handed them to the sixth old man Yan Mei:
"This is a storage bag, and there are some simple magic tools in it. As for the crystals, as long as you control West Wind City, there are plenty of crystals."

When they heard that it was a storage bag, both Yan Mei and Lao Liu grabbed it excitedly.

Stroking the storage bag, Yan Mei couldn't help but sigh:

"Among those who went to the mortal world to recruit disciples, except for the elders and deacons, most of the disciples did not have storage bags. I didn't expect that I, Yan Mei, had a storage bag before I even joined the sect."

Ding Huan's tone turned serious:

"Yan Mei, Lao Liu, you must remember what I said today. First of all, we may not stay in Xifeng City for long. If I don't find the way to build a foundation after a long time, I will leave.

Also, if anyone from the Great Star Sword Sect or the Burning Star Lordship comes, we will also leave. As for the Twin Soul Sect, they should not be able to find us in a short time."

"Don't worry, Brother Huan. I'll take care of it." Yan Mei had thought about this problem a long time ago.

After informing Yan Mei and Lao Liu, Ding Huan immediately entered the room and began to retreat to deduce the path to foundation building.

His room was arranged with a first-level defense formation and a first-level attack formation.

The main reason was that he didn't want to be interrupted at the critical moment of deduction.

……

As Ding Huan's understanding of the levels of cultivation deepened, he became more and more aware of how shallow his foundation was after he had cultivated to the ninth-level genetic cultivator.

Laying the foundation is just a general concept. To put it simply, it means laying the foundation for cultivation. For cultivators, it means laying the foundation for the Tao.

Just like how tall the house is in the end depends on how solid its foundation is.

Before, Ding Huan knew about the four stages of Taoist practice: refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into Dao.

But he was completely vague about what he did in each specific stage.

The reason why he knew these stages was because he saw them in the vernacular novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

There are also records of this in the Taoist texts written by some Chinese cultivators in the post-spiritual era on Earth.

Before, he always thought that these were just myths and legends, and most of the Taoist scriptures were just nonsense. It was not until he saved Lao Liu that he realized that immortals and gods really existed.

The four stages of refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into harmony with the Tao also really exist.

Moreover, in the Three Heavens Star Land, it seems that these four stages are also practiced.

He is now in the stage of refining essence into qi.

If you want to build a foundation during the stage of refining essence into qi, there are endless possibilities.

For example, some people can build a foundation after tempering their bones and cultivating their internal strength to the extreme. This is the foundation building of a warrior.

Some people can build their foundation when they connect the meridians throughout the body, which is the stage of opening the meridians during the period of refining essence into qi.

Some disciples of large sects not only temper their bones, but also open up their meridians, and finally cultivate their breath to the ninth level of Qi training before they begin to build their foundation.

The foundation built by disciples from large sects is obviously much stronger than that of ordinary people, and they have much more potential for development.

Therefore, the disciples of large sects are much stronger than the independent cultivators and family disciples.

He has no spiritual roots, but he has fused his genetic spiritual roots, and then he practices the Luoshi Sutra.

Do you also need to temper your bones first, open up your meridians, and then cultivate your breath to the ninth level of Qi training before building your foundation?

Let's not talk about whether he can accomplish these as a casual cultivator, and whether he has passed the stage of tempering bones and opening meridians. Even if he can accomplish these, does that mean he is the strongest foundation-building cultivator?
Just like a house, the stronger the foundation, the higher the house can be built.

but……

As long as the foundation is fixed, no matter how solid it is, it can even be the first foundation of the universe.

There is a limit to the height of a house built on this foundation.

This limit is imposed by the foundation; the height of the house cannot exceed the bearing capacity of the foundation.

In other words, anyone, as long as they have established a foundation.

In the future, there will be a certain level of cultivation waiting for him. When he reaches this level, it means he has reached the end.

At this moment, Ding Huan was in deep conflict. He wanted to follow the footsteps of the ancient Chinese immortals, but he was worried that even if he built the strongest foundation, he might not be able to reach the heights of those immortals.

Besides, he was cultivating genes, fusing his genes with his spiritual roots. He had neither tempered his bones nor completed the meridians...

……

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

In just ten days, West Wind City could even be described as brand new.

Because Ding Huan had been in seclusion, Yan Mei expanded the number of patrolling city guards to two thousand.

Whether inside or outside the city, the bullying, fighting and random killings that occurred before are no longer seen.

Anyone doing business in West Wind City needs to pay taxes and management fees.

As long as you live in West Wind City, you still have to pay part of the management fee.

At the beginning, most businesses could only swallow their anger and look for a way out. Once they found a way out, they would move away immediately.

Soon these merchants noticed the difference.

The patrol guards only collected these two fees, and no other fees existed. These two taxes also included cleaning the streets for them.

Moreover, as long as they are in West Wind City, only the city patrol guards can collect fees. Any other person or organization who dares to collect fees or bully merchants in West Wind City will be killed immediately.

Because the business is comfortable, customers do not need to be cautious when buying things, and they do not need to worry about being robbed on the street.

The business volume on the major streets of West Wind City skyrocketed in just a few days.

Some organizations and alliances, after losing their source of income, immediately tried to establish good relations with the City Guards.

They thought that as long as they had a good relationship with the city patrol guards, they would be able to walk around the streets as they did before and make a fortune easily.

Therefore, in recent times, countless people have come to the City Patrol to give gifts, including merchants, individuals, and more are some groups and alliances that Ding Huan had not destroyed before.

The practice of the city patrol is to accept everyone who comes.

No matter how much you send, the City Patrol Guards will never think it is too little and will take it all.

The city guards had to use two empty rooms to display the various gifts.

Some alliance members who had donated crystals to the City Patrol Guards thought they had their protection and began to rob customers and vendors on the streets again.

They soon discovered that it didn't matter whether they gave anything or how much they gave.

Anyone who violates the laws of the City Patrol in West Wind City will be killed.

In just a few days, more than half of the various alliances in West Wind City were gone.

These people secretly cursed the city guards behind their backs, calling them bastards. When people gave them gifts, they would accept them no matter how much.

Once they commit a crime, there will be no mercy at all.

Sending their stuff to the city patrol guards is like throwing meat buns at a dog, never to be returned.

After the initial wave of gift-giving, no one sent anything to the City Patrol anymore, and West Wind City became more peaceful and lively.

A group alliance with no future can either do business well or move away.

Yan Mei, who was working in the City Lord's Mansion, watched the rapidly improving atmosphere in West Wind City recently, and patted Lao Liu with satisfaction:

"You, Old Six, really have a good idea."

Lao Liu was very proud. It was his idea to accept gifts but not do the work.

Yan Mei waved to the guard at the door:
"Go and call Gu Bin."

Compared to Lao Liu and Yan Mei, Gu Bin has been more successful recently.

He controlled thousands of patrolling guards at the gate of West Wind City.

Who wouldn’t respectfully address him as Lord Gu when seeing him now?

He never thought that he could turn his life around after just chewing on twigs of joy and waiting to die.

The only thing that he could not tolerate was the Joy Branch. The captain had expressly banned the use of the Joy Branch, and he also tried hard to restrain himself from thinking about it.

But sometimes, he just couldn't control himself.

So every time when the torment became unbearable, he would stab himself a few times.

He has been used to this kind of life. If he were to go back to the way he was before, it would be better to kill him.

Compared with the others, he understood Ding Huan's thoughts and actions better.

He was sure that as long as he dared to violate the rules of the city patrol and continued to chew the joy branches, Ding Huan would definitely drive him away even if he didn't kill him.

"Sir Gu, Deputy Captain Yan wants to see you." A guard came to report.

Hearing that it was Yan Mei who invited him, Gu Bin rode his unicorn back to the City Lord's Mansion as fast as he could.

"Captain Gu, I have to go back to seclusion for a while. Please appoint someone to replace you. As for my current job, you can help me with it. Remember not to make any mistakes."

Seeing Gu Bin coming back, Yan Mei stood up and explained.

Ding Huan has been in seclusion for more than ten days and has not come out. He also has to work hard.

If he just wastes his time on the management of West Wind City all day, Brother Huan will definitely be disappointed in him.

"Don't worry, Deputy Captain Yan. I promise to complete everything you ask me to do." Gu Bin immediately saluted as a city guard.

"Very good. If there is anything that cannot be solved, come to Lao Liu. If there is something that Lao Liu cannot solve, come to me." Gu Bin gave another instruction before turning around and leaving.

"Sixth Brother, I'll be in trouble later..."

Lao Liu didn't wait for Gu Bin to finish his words, and rolled his eyes:
"You are disrespectful. From now on, when Brother Huan is not around, you must call me Sixth Brother."

"Yes, Sixth Brother." Gu Bin was definitely a flexible person. It was nothing to call a monster like Lao Liu Sixth Brother. When he was patrolling the city, he called everyone he met Brother.

(Today's update ends here, good night friends!)
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