Chapter 42: The Moon's Trail As the number of independent cultivators increases, the landlords who rent out spiritual veins will take advantage of the situation to raise prices, and the price of renting spiritual veins will become higher and higher. When the number of homeless cultivators reaches a certain level and the price of renting land veins reaches a certain level, irreconcilable contradictions will arise. When the independent cultivators are almost unable to survive and there is no hope of improving their cultivation, some of them will start to cause chaos, eventually leading to chaos and war. This is the overpopulation problem in the world of immortal cultivation, and it is also an inevitable problem in the world of immortal cultivation. "The clouds of war are getting closer and closer." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, with a hint of solemnity in his eyes. The number of cultivators increases year by year, but the big families are merging spiritual veins, which leads to an increasing number of independent cultivators. War is inevitable. If it were on Earth, such land annexation and population explosion would not be difficult to resolve. All we would have to do is wait for a war to break out and kill most of the population, then overthrow the ruling class and enter the next cycle. But this is very difficult to do in the world of immortal cultivation. The Qinghe Immortal Sect is so powerful that the possibility of it being overthrown by lower-level forces is too low. The final result will be the death of a large number of low-level cultivators, but the Qinghe Immortal Sect will still stand. As a former Jindan cultivator, Ye Linyuan knew too well how to solve the problem of overpopulation in the world of immortal cultivation.
In his previous life, Ye Linyuan’s way of solving problems was to wage war against external forces. During the war, a small number of elites rose from the war and had the opportunity to break through to a higher level, becoming the new rentier class. These people can get a glimpse of a higher realm, can become the ancestors of a clan, or can become landlords who own spiritual veins. Most low-level monks will die on the battlefield, and their blood and bones will become food for their opponents to advance further. In fact, the Qinghe Immortal Sect also did this. Approximately every sixty years, a war between humans and demons would break out in the Qinghe Islands. The war was either initiated by the Qinghe Immortal Sect or by the demon clan who launched a tide of beasts to attack. The end result was a massive reduction in the number of low-level cultivators. The surviving independent cultivators can share the spiritual veins, the family cultivators can also get the opportunity to make further progress, and the Qinghe Immortal Sect will obtain a large amount of resources. The reason why Old Man Ye was able to buy Yejia Island and obtain the Qinghe Immortal Order bestowed by the Qinghe Immortal Sect was because he participated in the war more than 40 years ago and survived. As a result, among his good friends at that time, only he and Jiang Qingyan survived. Even his beloved Taoist partner Su Miaoyan died in the turmoil. From Ye Linyuan's perspective, within a dozen years or so, a war of considerable magnitude will break out in the waters of the Qinghe Islands. Even if there were no demon race, a war would break out with other foundation-building immortal sects. Of course, this kind of war will only be limited to cultivators below the foundation-building stage. The foundation-building ancestors of both sides will not really engage in a deadly battle. Most of them are just pretending to fight because they are wary of each other. There are very few people like Ye Linyuan in his previous life who would launch a war to wipe out a family at the foundation-building and golden elixir levels at will. Getting back to the point, after realizing that the war was approaching, Ye Linyuan felt a little solemn and expectant. In troubled times, human life is worthless, but it is also often the time when heroes emerge. Most people in the world fear war, but there are also people who look forward to war. More people are forced to struggle in troubled times, and in the end only a few will be able to find opportunities for promotion in the current situation. Ye Linyuan believed that many outstanding people in the Qinghe Islands might have been waiting for this moment for a long time. If Ye Linyuan wants to step into the realm of foundation building, he may have to make plans during the turbulent times, and only then will he have the possibility of building the foundation of Taoism. "We have to take it one step at a time. The most urgent task is to proceed step by step."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, then waved goodbye to the Ye family and followed the old man Ye to the sea. They went all the way to Qinghe Xianfang, but not long after they saw dark clouds covering the sea along the way, with a sense of impending storm. "The storm area is ahead, Yuan'er, you must pay attention to safety." Seeing that a storm was about to come, Old Man Ye looked gloomy and immediately pulled Ye Linyuan. Ye Linyuan's expression was slightly tense, but gradually relaxed. The Qinghe Islands were a storm-peaceful area, and huge storms rarely occurred. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many casual cultivators practicing here. Although the wooden boat they were riding on was not built with spiritual wood, it was definitely not comparable to the wood on Earth. They were also monks with a high level of cultivation and would not be easily overturned in the waves. Even so, the two were still very cautious and it took them a lot of effort to cross the storm area. After passing through the storm area, Ye Linyuan suddenly sensed something and looked back at the storm with a serious look. "what happened?" Seeing that he looked strange, Old Man Ye couldn't help but reveal a hint of doubt. Ye Linyuan groaned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "There seems to be something in the storm, but it's not something you and I can touch." "Then let's leave quickly." Old Man Ye's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he drove the boat away with great solemnity. As the boat left, a figure slowly emerged from the storm. It was a three-foot-tall white spirit shell. Its shell is crystal clear, as luxurious as the bright moon in the sky, emitting hazy moonlight. It is obviously a rare treasure in the world. "..." "Moonlight Shell." After leaving the storm area, Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart. Just now in the storm, he felt the breath of the Moonlight Shell. This Bright Moon Clam is a rare first-class spiritual clam, and it is a rare and top-grade bloodline among the demon race. If this kind of spiritual clam is cultivated well, it may even have the potential to break through to the Golden Elixir stage in the future. In his previous life, Ye Linyuan was a powerful Jindan and raised a clan guardian beast, the Red Li Fire Dragon, which was at the Jindan level. Its bloodline was initially at the same level as the Bright Moon Shell. Such a rare and unique demon race is even rarer than the mutated demon race, and is one in ten thousand among the demon races of the same level. The most important thing is that the natal pearl 'Bright Moon Pearl' produced by the Bright Moon Shell is an extremely rare treasure, and it is also a treasure that Ye Linyuan must obtain. Ye Linyuan's Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong can be cultivated into the superior Taoist foundation 'Cang Hai Ming Yue', which is the foundation of the Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong. If one wants to cultivate the Bright Moon over the Sea, one needs to cultivate two core spells, namely the Autumn Water and Long Sky and the Bright Moon in the Nine Skies. After comprehending these two spells to the near-Tao level, and then obtaining rare treasures such as the Bright Moon Pearl, and integrating the mysteries of the two major Tao spells, you can forge the superior Tao foundation 'Bright Moon over the Sea'. Legend has it that after cultivating the Dao foundation of 'Bright Moon over the Sea', and then using it as a foundation to forge the Dao elixir, it is possible to cultivate the legendary Dao elixir of 'Rising Moon over the Sea'. (End of this chapter)