In the Eastern Wilderness, there are nineteen nations.
There are seven major cultivation sects in total, namely Huitian Valley, Five Elements Sect, Golden Light Cliff, Divine Wood Sect, Liu Jia Mountain, Shaking Mountain Peak, and Snow Blowing Palace.
Among them, the Five Elements Sect was originally the overlord of the entire Eastern Wilderness. However, fifty years ago, after the only Elemental Infant ancestor passed away, a split occurred in the five veins of inheritance, and Golden Light Cliff and Divine Wood Sect were separated from it.
But even a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, the Five Elements Sect is still the most powerful force in the Eastern Wilderness.
In the entire Eastern Wilderness, these seven major sects monopolize the supply of Foundation Establishment pills. The rest of the individual cultivators or cultivation families, or even the descendants of small sects, if they want Foundation Establishment pills, they have to seek from these seven major sects.
Among them, individual cultivators usually try to directly join one of them, become a disciple of the seven major sects, and after making enough contributions to the sect in the future, they can exchange for Foundation Establishment pills.
The descendants of cultivation families and small sects can exchange for them with precious resources such as spirit stones and spirit medicines.
Every once in a while, the seven major sects will release a batch of Foundation Establishment pills to supply the cultivation forces below.
In addition to the above, there are also markets opened by the large foreign trade associations, which will occasionally leak some Foundation Establishment pills to open up the market in the Eastern Wilderness.
Nanxi Market, located in Yun Country, was previously a subsidiary force of the Five Elements Sect. After the Divine Wood Sect split, it became the border between the two sects. After several battles, the two sects each supported two cultivation families, controlling the mortal forces while slowly harvesting the cultivation resources of Yun Country.
Among them, in order to ensure their absolute position, the two major sects would come to Yun Country every ten years to recruit cultivation seedlings with spiritual roots into their sects.
The Five Elements Sect, being the supreme emperor of Yun Country, has deep roots among the mortals. Every time a child with a spiritual root is measured, the parents will basically send them to the Five Elements Sect instead of the Divine Wood Sect.
The leader of the Divine Wood Sect is also very smart. Seeing that they can't compete with the Five Elements Sect in the secular world, they simply turned their attention to the individual cultivators. The disciples recruited in this way not only have some foundation themselves, but also save a lot of spirit stones in cultivation, and there is no need to waste time looking for needles in a haystack among the mortals.
The only drawback is that the individual cultivators are of mixed quality, not as reliable as the disciples recruited by the Five Elements Sect from a young age.
Of course, this is not to say that the Five Elements Sect does not recruit individual cultivators. It's just that they are very strict, and it is said that individual cultivators who join the sect will go through a heart-questioning and god-examining process to ensure that the people who join the sect have no other intentions.
After Chen Mobai finished reading the introduction of the Divine Wood Sect, he looked at the Five Elements Sect again, compared it with the account book in the Water Mansion, and vaguely knew why Liu Yanpei never returned fifty years ago.
Fifty years ago, the only Elemental Infant in the Eastern Wilderness, the Mixed Yuan ancestor of the Five Elements Sect, passed away. Subsequently, the two major mountains of the Golden Vein and Wood Vein inheritance split from the sect, and there must have been a bloody storm at that time.
Liu Yanpei might have been summoned back to the Five Elements Sect under such circumstances, and then perhaps encountered internal strife and fell victim to a deadly plot.
In the following twenty years, it was a fierce battle between the Five Elements Sect and the split Golden Light Cliff and Divine Wood Sect. This second-order spiritual vein Water Mansion had no value during the war and was naturally forgotten.
"If explained this way, it basically makes sense."
Chen Mobai sat in the Water Mansion, summarizing the information he had read in the past few days, such as "Introduction to the Major Sects of the Eastern Wilderness", "Distribution Map of Cultivation Forces in Yun Country", "Biographies of Cultivators in the Eastern Wilderness", etc., in his mind, forming a timeline and analyzing the reason why this Water Mansion is now vacant.
"But in the past twenty years, the Five Elements Sect has accepted the split of Golden Light Cliff and Divine Wood Sect, and the pattern of the seven major sects in the Eastern Wilderness has been formed. This Water Mansion must be recorded in the internal sect files of the Five Elements Sect. Will they come to take it back?"
Chen Mobai thought of a loophole. The reason why Liu Yanpei came here to raise fish and plant bamboo was mainly to satisfy the appetite of a Golden Elixir ancestor in the upper echelons.
The Five Elements Sect may not care about this small second-order spiritual land, but what if this Golden Elixir ancestor suddenly craves for it and remembers this matter?
Now Chen Mobai can only hope that this Golden Elixir ancestor died in the internal strife of the Five Elements Sect fifty years ago, or was seriously injured and needed to recuperate, forgetting that there is a Water Mansion here for raising fish and planting bamboo.
But after having this thought, Chen Mobai, who originally felt safe in the Water Mansion, suddenly became a little restless.
"After all, this is the spiritual vein of the Five Elements Sect. If they see me, an outsider, occupying it, they will definitely not be happy. Maybe, I should try to join the Five Elements Sect!"
Chen Mobai has developed some feelings for this secret base of the Water Mansion, and it's a bit hard for him to leave.
However, joining the Five Elements Sect is not an easy task. If he is really questioned and the existence of the Earth Elemental Star is exposed, it may cause a war between the two realms.
Thinking of the large number of casualties in the wars recorded in the history books of the Immortal Gate, Chen Mobai felt that it was better to be cautious. To avoid the two realms being devastated and blood flowing into rivers, he should try to join the Divine Wood Sect, which is very broad in recruiting individual cultivators.
"However, before leaving, I still need to find a way to open these two side halls. I wonder what's inside?"Having clarified his short-term goal in the Tianhe Realm, to join the Shenmu Sect, and his long-term goal, to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill, Chen Mobai stood up and turned to look at the two side halls sealed by the thunder method.
The power of these two prohibitions had reached the first-grade superior level, which was the strongest method of Liu Yanpei, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.
It was called the "Ren Water Thunder Method".
This was also the complementary spell of the Black Water Skill, which Chen Mobai learned from the cultivation notes left by Liu Yanpei in the study side hall.
The old man who died in the water mansion might really be Liu Yanpei's disciple, because the complete Black Water Skill on him and the basic records in the cultivation notes left by Liu Yanpei matched, except for this most powerful "Ren Water Thunder Method", which required the ninth level of Qi Refining to cast, and was not taught.
The cultivation notes of the Black Water Skill left by Liu Yanpei in the study also recorded that he once saved a young man who fell into the water nearby. Seeing that he had a spiritual root, in order to free himself from the heavy task of raising fish and planting bamboo, he took the young man as a nominal disciple and taught him the Black Water Skill.
This "Ren Water Thunder Method" is a prohibition formed by drawing the spiritual energy from the water veins. However, it is not connected to the large array, and only needs to persistently attack with spiritual symbols to wear down the power of the prohibition until it disappears.
Originally, Chen Mobai thought that everything in this water mansion would eventually belong to him, so he was not in a hurry. He planned to wait until the later stage of Qi Refining, practice a powerful spell, and slowly crack it.
But now it seems that he has to spend some money to buy some powerful spiritual symbols or magical tools.
In this side hall, Chen Mobai knew that one of them must be planted with jade bamboo, but he didn't know whether it had withered or grown more lush after fifty years of neglect.