Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone

Chapter 837 660: The Weak Ten Great Sects (Part 3)

The Lu Family is continuously growing, their territory is constantly expanding, resources are steadily increasing, and the proportion of cultivators among mortals is on the rise. The number of cultivators is continuously increasing. As of now, Golden Cores are everywhere, Nascent Souls are as numerous as dogs, only at the Divinity Transformation level can one stand out, and Void Refining is considered an ancestor.

The limits of many cultivators are being repeatedly broken.

Yet geniuses remain a minority, with most just being ordinary people.

Among the grandsons, great-grandsons, great-great-grandsons, great-great-great-grandsons, and so on, those cultivators with average aptitude mostly succumb to time.

As of now, the Lu Family has over five million Golden Core cultivators, three hundred thousand Nascent Soul cultivators, but merely over a thousand Divinity Transformation cultivators, and only twelve Void Refining cultivators.

The lack of top-tier high-level cultivators is the dilemma facing the Lu Family, as well as many emerging clans who find it difficult to maintain a steady succession of talents.

On the other hand, those long-established clans continue to produce some Void Refining Great Powers every generation, gradually accumulating a considerable number of Void Refining cultivators, an extremely astonishing number.

Lu Fan laughed and said, "Father, it's just luck!"

Lu Xuanji smiled and replied, "Luck is a kind of fortune. Fortune is very important. Back in the day, your brother..."

Thinking of his son Lu Xian, Lu Xuanji felt a twinge of melancholy.

Once, he was proud of this son, as his son Lu Xian inherited his Pure Yang Dao Body, in combination with the Fire Spirit Root, and had great expectations.

Unfortunately, the world is unpredictable, and all kinds of accidents tend to happen.

Lu Fan said, "Father, please take heart, I think we'll surely find their reincarnated selves."

"Hopefully!"

Lu Xuanji sighed.

Nascent Soul cultivators can reincarnate, but after reincarnation, they have the enigma of the womb and may not awaken memories of their previous lives.

Reincarnation and rebirth come with too many contingencies and uncertainties.

Seeing his father's state, Lu Fan couldn't help but change the subject, saying, "Father, lately the situation has been somewhat unfavorable. Recently, the invasion from Feiyu World has lessened significantly. Those Outer Realm Evil Demons seem to be busy with other matters, not launching attacks on us in Chu Country. Instead, some forces have demanded we increase the amount we pay in tribute."

"This is because there have been great losses outside, and they've come to harvest us like leeks!" Lu Xuanji said. "What are their demands?"

Lu Fan said, "Here are their demands,"

Speaking, he took out a document with the resources for tribute listed on it.

In the Cultivation Immortality Realm, it's always been the big fish eating small fish, and small fish eating shrimps.

In the past, cultivation clans set up various marketplaces to reap the bottom-level loose cultivators, and also established a variety of regulations prohibiting murder and treasure-snatching, providing spirit fields, free cultivation techniques, and even low-level alchemy and low-level spirit plant techniques. This isn't because those cultivation clans are kind-hearted, but because they want to harvest leeks, thus at least they need to let the leeks grow fat.

If the policies are too harsh, squeezing loose cultivators hard, they will vote with their feet, leaving some areas and moving to another region.

If the leeks all run away, how can they be harvested?

In Chu Country, the Dan Yang Sect, Celestial Spirit Sect, and Thick Earth Sect have also established rules, protected small weak cultivation clans, and established stable order to better cultivate leeks, so they can be better harvested.

In the Purple Mansion World, the Ten Great Sects dominate everything, occupying some fertile lands and gaining high profits; for some remote areas, it's enough just to collect some tribute.

Chu Country is considered barbaric lands and needs to pay tribute to Jin Country with some resources.

The Lu Family is rising, replacing the three great sects, becoming the dominator of Chu Country, but they still have to submit tribute.

The amount of these tribute resources is not large, but just suitable.

If the tribute resources are too few, they fail to harvest leeks, allowing them to grow strong;

If the tribute resources are too many, it could cause turmoil in some areas, and the leeks might revolt.

Top powers all pursue stability, where stability prevails over everything, not wanting chaos and war within their territories, which could affect profits. Yet the current amount of top tribute resources, has reached a level where it's begun killing pigs instead of harvesting leeks.

Lu Xuanji looked over the document, noting the upper grade spirit stones, Black Profound Iron, Creation Fruit, Five Elements Fruit, etc., an increase of three layers compared to the past few years.

Though these resources aren't high in grade, their quantity is substantial, and the Lu Family can afford them, but they would hurt internally.

Lu Xuanji said, "They're probing us!?"

"Yes, they're probing, and it's like cutting meat with a blunt knife!" Lu Fan said. "Resisting has its costs; if they make harsh demands for rare resources, we in the Lu Family could just abandon Chu Country and run. Then concentrate our power for an attack, they'd suffer tremendous losses!"

"But if they put forth low demands for tribute, we might find resistance not worth it, having to grudgingly accept, leading to them continually probing and increasing their exploitation on us!"

Lu Xuanji said, "Son, a chaotic era has arrived. If it were a time of peace, any resistance against the established order would be jointly suppressed by the Ten Great Sects. Our Lu Family's resistance would be as if ants, easily crushed. But now the Undying Demon Monarch has struck, destroying the Infinite Sword Sect, Joyful Union Demon Sect, and Myriad Treasures Sect, severely wounding the other seven great sects too."

"Their control over various regions is weakened to the extreme; it's time for us to make a move."

"Paying tribute to Jin Country is unnecessary, instead, we should act, seize Jin Country, Qi Country, and expand our own territory."

Lu Fan said nervously, "Jin Country, but it's under the protection of the Infinite Sword Sect, this would be a provocation..."

Lu Xuanji laughed, "Is the Infinite Sword Sect still around?"

Lu Fan was silent.

The Infinite Sword Sect, was long destroyed by the Undying Demon Monarch, and the survivors were licking their wounds, having no time to care about these trivial matters.

Lu Fan said, "The Infinite Sword Sect has been destroyed, but other great powers might step in!"

Lu Xuanji laughed, "It's possible that the remaining seven sects might step into Jin Country. But these seven sects are also heavily injured, how much strength do they have left to focus on Jin Country! As long as we act swiftly, we can turn some situations into facts. Those great powers can only grudgingly accept!"

"Unless they send a Harmonization great power or Tribulation Crossing big shot to wipe out our Lu Family!"