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Chapter 112, Mountain-Protecting Formation, You and Your Granddaughter.

"Is this the management system for the salaries of subordinate cultivators in a thousand-year-old family, a family of Foundation Establishment cultivators?"

"Do even more powerful cultivator factions, such as those with Golden Core cultivation, use the same management system to collect salaries from Foundation Establishment factions like the Liu family with Spirit Pill cultivation?"

"Foundation Pill?......"

Mu Yunsheng sat in the seat of honor, listening to Liu Jiangyue describe the hierarchical divisions after the Lingdan Liu family received their salaries, as well as the various benefits they could obtain.

Although he was tempted by the various benefits he could receive from the Liu family after receiving the salary, his mind was more focused on...

The Liu family of Lingdan collects the power of their subordinate cultivators through a salary system.

This is a salary system that looks simple but is actually quite remarkable and can operate for a long time.

Given the strength of the Liu family of Yilingdan, they could indeed forcibly seize the power of their subordinate cultivators and collect their annual salaries without paying anything in return.

However, it is difficult to sustain such a system of collecting salaries indefinitely.

Although cultivator factions need spiritual lands for cultivators to cultivate, the price of obtaining such lands is endless exploitation with no return.

One day, the various subordinate cultivators of the Lingdan Liu family will erupt.

Cultivators are not like wild boars that can be slaughtered at will. Even a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining can run faster than an ordinary horse for a short time by circulating true essence in his body.

Even if they couldn't defeat the Liu family of Lingdan and had to abandon the spiritual land and flee, the various subordinate cultivator forces of the Liu family of Lingdan could still manage it. At worst, they could escape to a Foundation Establishment force that was hostile to the Liu family of Lingdan.

However, they used more profound cultivation methods, spells, and more advanced and comprehensive cultivation techniques, along with spiritual pills, spiritual objects, and various rare spiritual materials that Mu Yunsheng and his subordinate cultivators could not access or produce, as bait.

It would be a completely different story if subordinate cultivators like Mu Yunsheng were to voluntarily contribute their annual salaries.

This salary system not only makes it easier for the Lingdan Liu family to collect their annual salary, but also makes it less likely for subordinate cultivators like Mu Yunsheng to develop rebellious intentions.

They were even more obedient, paying the Liu family of Lingdan their annual salary, just like Mu Kehua and Mu Mengshu at that time.

At the same time, the division of salary ranks linked the interests of the various subordinate cultivator forces with the Lingdan Liu family.

They are more easily manipulated by the Liu family of Lingdan.

The Liu family of Lingdan did not actually contribute much, because the benefits they offered were all obtained through the power of their subordinate cultivators, such as Mu Yunsheng.

Those who reach a certain rank in their official salary can purchase it with spirit stones.

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I just wonder if my Mu family can also use this system to collect spirit stones in the future..."

Looking at Mu Kehua and Mu Mengshu, who were excited and eager to offer their salaries to the Liu family of Lingdan, Mu Yunsheng sighed inwardly.

"Alright, Yun Sheng, tell me the amount of salary you pay to my Lingdan Liu family every year, and what benefits you can get from my Lingdan Liu family after paying the salary."

"I've finished speaking to you. Now I'd like to discuss something personal with you. Would you like a mountain-protecting formation?"

"Although with the protection of my Lingdan Liu Dan, the cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture will not openly target your Caoyang Mu family, it is difficult to guard against villains, especially some outside cultivators."

Liu Jiangyue put down the tea he was drinking, looked at Mu Yunsheng and replied with a smile, his old eyes crinkling like a fox's.

Clearly, this was what he wanted to tell Mu Yunsheng.

"May I ask Steward Liu, how much do you sell your protective mountain formations? What is the price?"

Mu Yunsheng's mind stirred, and he quickly asked Liu Jiangyue if the Mu family indeed needed a mountain-protecting formation to safeguard the sacred land of Mangshan.

The Yun family had never set up a protective formation on the Mangshan spiritual land before, but the Yun family's strength far exceeded that of the Mu family, so even without a protective formation, they could still protect the Mangshan spiritual land.

However, the Mu family is not capable; they lack the power. Otherwise, Zhao Meiyu and the others wouldn't have been so startled the night Madam Cen sent Mu Huilan and Mu Mengshu back.

Ultimately, this is due to the Mu family's lack of strength. If the Mu family had a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator and many mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, they could have stayed in the Mangshan spiritual land.

Zhao Meiyu and the others wouldn't be so easily startled.

"I have three mountain-protecting formations. One is a first-grade low-level formation, the Jade Bewitching Formation, which can withstand the strong attack of at least five mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators for an hour."

"There are no means of attack or countermeasures, it is not a killing formation, five hundred low-grade spirit stones."

When Liu Jiangyue saw Mu Yunsheng asking questions, his aged face broke into a broad smile, and he said with a laugh.

"Five hundred low-grade spirit stones!" When Mu Kehua, Mu Mengshu, and the others heard the price Liu Jiangyue quoted for the mountain-protecting formation, their expressions faltered, and their desire to set up a mountain-protecting formation for the Mangshan spiritual land vanished.

Although they also wanted to set up a protective formation for the Mangshan spiritual land, the price of five hundred low-grade spirit stones made them feel that the Mangshan spiritual land did not necessarily need a protective formation.

Anyway, the Yun family didn't set up any protective formations for the mountain, and the Liu family of Lingdan was also taking care of it.

Ultimately, this is because Mu Kehua and Mu Mengshu are still low-level cultivators with the mentality of independent cultivators. They are unwilling to spend extra spirit stones unnecessarily and try to save as much as possible.

Although Mu Kehua and Mu Mengshu had a lot of experience surviving in the cultivation world, they were only low-level rogue cultivators with limited experience in the cultivation world.

They focused more on protecting themselves and avoiding danger, lacking experience in managing cultivator forces, understanding the overall situation, preventing comprehensive and long-term risks.

"We cannot launch an attack or counterattack; we can only defend..."

Mu Yunsheng pondered, unaffected by Mu Kehua and the others. He was not satisfied with this first-grade low-level jade bewitching array, and asked Liu Jiangyue for more information.

"Manager Liu, besides this jade bewitching array, what are the mysteries of the other two arrays, and how much are they priced?"

"The other two sets of formations, one is also a first-order low-grade formation, and the other is a first-order mid-grade formation," Liu Jiangyue said with a smile on his aged face, without even glancing at Mu Kehua and the others, and continued speaking to Mu Yunsheng.

"A first-tier, low-grade magic array called the Profound Gold Arrow Rain Array. It is a killing array. Once you step into the array, the Profound Gold Qi transforms into spiritual arrows, and ten thousand arrows are fired at once."

"Even a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator who breaks in will die on the spot. However, it will take two quarters of an hour before they can launch another attack, and they will need spirit stones to replenish their energy."

"Price: 800 low-grade spirit stones."

"A mid-grade first-tier magic array, named the Xuanhuang Six Jia Yi Soldier Array, is a composite magic array that can both attack and defend."

"It can condense six or eighteen Xuanhuang Yi soldiers at the late stage of Qi Refining, or even the middle stage of Qi Refining, to live endlessly within the formation. As long as the formation remains unbroken, the Xuanhuang Yi soldiers will not die." "Ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who enter will have no chance of escape. They will perish within a short time. Even if a Qi Refining Perfection stage cultivator enters, they will not be able to break out of the formation in a short period of time."

"Price: Two thousand low-grade spirit stones."

After Liu Jiangyue finished explaining the mysteries of the other two magic arrays in his hand, as well as their selling prices, he smiled at Mu Yunsheng with his aged face and asked.

"Young Yun Sheng, what do you think of these two magic formations? Which one catches your eye?"

"Reporting to Steward Liu, Yun Sheng thinks both sets of magic formations are quite good." Mu Yun Sheng replied with his hands clasped in a fist salute, but then fell silent.

He thought both of these mountain-protecting formations were quite good, whether it was the first-tier low-grade Xuanjin Arrow Rain Formation or the first-tier mid-grade Xuanhuang Six Jia Yi Soldier Formation.

They especially favored the first-tier, mid-grade Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation. Once it was set up, it would mean that the Mu family would have six late-stage Qi Refining cultivators or eighteen mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators on the sacred land of Mangshan.

They are still immortal and indestructible. As long as the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation remains intact, the Xuanhuang Yibing that is formed can keep resurrecting.

However, the price of two thousand low-grade spirit stones that Liu Jiangyue mentioned left Mu Yunsheng with no direction to strive for.

This is equivalent to the salary that the herdsmen will receive for the next five years and the following four years.

In the council hall, Mu Kehua, Mu Mengshu, Shui Lin'er and the others also looked bewildered. If it were a few hundred spirit stones, they would still have a reaction, knowing that it was a lot of spirit stones, and would think about whether it was worth buying.

However, two thousand low-grade spirit stones far exceeded their understanding of spirit stones. This included all the cultivators in the Mu family, from their ancestors to Mu Yunsheng's generation.

All the spirit stones I've obtained combined don't even amount to two thousand low-grade spirit stones. I've never even seen one before. Imagine what it would be like to have two thousand low-grade spirit stones piled up together.

"How about it, Yun Sheng? If you purchase the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation, I can also have my Lingdan Liu family's spirit array master perform for you free of charge."

"Connect the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation to the spiritual veins of the Mangshan spiritual land. In this way, your Mu family will not need to use spirit stones to maintain the normal operation of the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation every day."

"We must further protect the sacred land of Mangshan and the safety of your herdsmen."

Seeing Mu Yunsheng remain silent, Liu Jiangyue, his aged face unchanged by a smile, continued speaking.

"Manager Liu, you know perfectly well that Yun Sheng doesn't have that many spirit stones. Even if I sold the entire Mu family of Caoyang, I still wouldn't have enough to buy the two thousand low-grade spirit stones needed for the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation."

"Yet you keep recommending the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation to Yun Sheng. What does Yun Sheng need to give in return? Please just tell me."

Upon hearing Liu Jiangyue's laughter, Mu Yunsheng's handsome face also broke into a smile, and he replied with a laugh.

"Haha~ You really are a clever fellow." Liu Jiangyue laughed heartily on his aged face, then glanced at Mu Kehua, Shui Lin'er and the others in the council hall, and continued speaking.

“Young Yun Sheng, what I’m about to say is not convenient to be told. Would you please ask your elders and your family to leave first?”

"Alright, Manager Liu, please wait a moment." Mu Yunsheng pondered for a moment, nodded in agreement, and then got up and walked towards Mu Kehua and the others.

“Yun Sheng…” At this moment, Mu Kehua and the others, upon hearing Liu Jiangyue’s words, also stood up from their seats and looked at Mu Yun Sheng, wanting to say something.

However, because Liu Jiangyue was present, he dared not say anything more to offer advice.

"Uncle, Second Uncle, don't worry, Yun Sheng knows. You should go and rest for a while." Mu Yun Sheng said with a gentle smile, and then said to Shui Lin'er and the other three girls, "Little Lin'er, Mei Yu, you accompany my mother to see Lin'er."

"Yes, Brother Yun Sheng." Shui Lin'er and the other three girls replied with concern in their hearts, accompanying Mu Kehua, Mu Huilan and the others as they walked out of the council hall.

"go with!"

After Mu Kehua and the others left, Liu Jiangyue took out a boundary talisman and sealed the council hall to ensure that no sound could be heard.

Liu Jiangyue turned to look at Mu Yunsheng and said.

"I heard that Master Zhu possesses a secret recipe for preparing spiritual cuisine that can increase a cultivator's chances of establishing their foundation..."

"Bang!" Mu Yunsheng stood up abruptly, ignoring the noise of the tables and chairs he had knocked over in his haste to get up, and ignoring Liu Jiangyue's words, he quickly focused and said.

"Manager Liu, I cannot agree to this matter. I also do not want the mountain protection formation. Let's pretend I never heard of this."

After saying that, Mu Yunsheng walked out of the council hall without looking back. Although two thousand low-grade spirit stones were a lot, he did not want to cut off his future path, nor did he want to die.

Mu Yunsheng knew very well that everything he had now was actually closely related to Zhu Daochang. Without Zhu Daochang's attention, he was nothing.

Although Zhu Daochang had never openly helped him except for killing Tian Yaozi and obtaining the Mangshan spiritual land, as long as Zhu Daochang's gaze was on him...

For Mu Yun Sheng, this was the greatest help.

Moreover, this was a scheme to harm a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Mu Yun Sheng wasn't so arrogant as to be ignorant of his own limitations. Even if he requested the order to kill Tian Yao Zi, he told Zhu Dao Chang the truth.

"Yun Sheng, boy, don't be in such a hurry. You don't think I'm asking you to scheme for Master Zhu's secret recipe for making spiritual food, do you?"

"Even if you give it to me, I won't make it. What use would it be to me? My Liu family doesn't have any elixirs to offer, and I certainly wouldn't offend Master Zhu just for a secret recipe."

“If I were to do such a thing, even without Master Zhu’s intervention, my Lingdan Liu family would be the first to take me down and make me apologize to Master Zhu.”

Seeing Mu Yunsheng turn and leave, Liu Jiangyue, with a look of both laughter and tears on his aged face, quickly offered an explanation.

"So, Steward Liu, what do you mean...?" Mu Yunsheng was stunned. He stopped and turned to look at Liu Jiangyue, asking in confusion.

"What I mean is, now that you are following Master Zhu and cultivating the art of spiritual cooking, you might be able to learn the secret method of making this spiritual dish from Master Zhu in the future."

"As long as you agree to sign a high-level soul imprint spiritual contract with me, and learn the secret method of making this spiritual dish in the future, you can make a portion for my granddaughter."

"Then I can sell you the first-tier mid-grade magic array, the Xuanhuang Six Jia Yi Soldier Array, at a price, without you having to pay two thousand low-grade spirit stones at once."

Seeing that Mu Yunsheng had finally stopped, Liu Jiangyue said angrily, "Do you really think he has any guts to plot against a Foundation Establishment stage, second-tier low-grade spiritual chef?"

Moreover, he had long since given up hope of achieving foundational cultivation.

Mu Yunsheng pondered, looking at Liu Jiangyue's aged face. Still unsure whether what he said was true, he asked.

"Manager Liu, you have a granddaughter?"

(End of this chapter)