Chapter 373: Separation of Immortals and Mortals

Li Brother Yuanping returned to the town, his heart was still anxious and angry. He entered the middle hall with red eyes. All around was dim, and two points of light were like beans, flickering weakly. He dragged his tired body, sat on the highest seat, took a document, but couldn't read it at all, coughed twice irritably, and swallowed the blood.

Dou Yi rushed in busily, climbed the steps, Li Brother Yuanping said in a low voice:

"Grind the ink."

Dou Yi finished grinding the ink honestly, Li Brother Yuanping waved his hand, and he retreated. Li Brother Yuanping picked up the pen, slowly calmed down, and thought carefully for a while.

The position of the head of the family involves balancing the foreign surnames in the clan, managing spiritual fields, and distributing clan salaries. It involves the interests of almost the entire clan from Embryonic Breath to Qi Refining. The rule of single transmission was set when Li Li Xuanxuan became the head of the family and the four lineages were established.

Now that the main lineage of the clan that received the talisman seed is united and suppresses the family, it can naturally designate the head of the family at will, the wise as the king, and the foolish as the order.

But once this precedent is opened, the bloodline of the main lineage that receives the talisman seed will gradually become distant, and they will come from different backgrounds, and their interests will conflict, each supporting a lineage, and then there will be chaos.

"If it reaches that time, the position of the head of the family will become a means for several cultivators who have received the talisman to fight for power and profit and scrape the family..."

"Let alone..."

Li Brother Yuanping's emotions calmed down, his thinking became more agile, and he secretly said:

"Looking at Ming'er's look, he is ultimately a person who cannot be used. If the Li family is handed over to him, how can he suppress the foreign surnames? How can he drive the mountain Yue?"

The hall was left with Li Brother Yuanping sitting high in the upper seat, dim. His gaze stayed on the weak light, his voice low: "In the final analysis, the family lacks great supernatural powers to suppress. Foundation Establishment can be achieved, Purple Mansion is hard to hope for. If it is not for the blessing of great luck, it will inevitably move towards decline or division..."

He stared blankly, the light and shadow of the dawn had slowly risen from the front of the hall. His brother Li Li Yuanjiao stood quietly at the gate of the hall. Li Brother Yuanping thought too intently and didn't notice it at all.

The dawn slowly climbed the steps of the middle hall, Li Brother Yuanping said in a muffled voice:

"The current clan law was made by the great-grandfather. In the past, the family only had a few Embryonic Breaths... How could they think of today's appearance? Blindly inheriting the clan law is probably not a good way."

Li Brother Yuanping then discovered Li Li Yuanjiao standing in front of him. His eyes were bright, and he said in a low voice:

"Brother, if I die, who should be the main position in the family to suppress the foreign surnames, drive the mountain Yue, manage the clan, and cultivate the younger generation?"

Li Li Yuanjiao paused and hesitated:

"The only one who can take on the heavy responsibility at the moment is Li Xijun. Except for him, Li Xicheng is too kind, and Li Ximing is..."

"The Xiyue generation is already so difficult! Several people have high talents, and it shouldn't be that any one of them should be the head of the family."

Li Brother Yuanping continued:

"If this is the case, and the Chengming generation has no hero, what should be done?"

Li Li Yuanjiao vaguely understood something and replied:

"If so, there is no other way."

"Brother, I want to change the clan system."

He stood up suddenly and said: "The power of the head of the family is too great. It was set when Li Xiangping was there, but how many people in the clan can reach him? This method can collect power and profit, but it is too difficult to operate."

"It is impossible for every generation of descendants to produce a branch member with superb political acumen and low talent. This matter with Li Ximing seems accidental, but in reality, it is because our family's current method of governance is no longer sufficient. Sooner or later, something is bound to go wrong."

Li Li Yuanjiao looked at him deeply, didn't say anything, and after a long while, said warmly: "Go ahead and do it, brother will watch for you."

Li Brother Yuanping seemed to have completely recovered from his disappointment with his eldest son, but instead had a low taste, and said in a deep voice: "First measure the spiritual land, make a book and record... divide power!"

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For a noble clan, it is almost impossible to find out the private spiritual fields, and even the Mount Qingchi Sect cannot calculate the spiritual fields of the clans under its rule, and can only roughly collect tribute according to the number of Foundation Establishments.

Nothing else, as long as the illusion array covers it, a small piece of land is inconspicuous in the vast mountains and seas. Unless it is a coincidence, a light sweep of spiritual sense will not find anything.

Although the Mount Qingchi Sect has special secret methods to break the array, it is impossible to check every inch of land one by one, so it can only estimate according to the earth veins and spiritual veins.

This is also the reason why many relics of the sea still exist after the war between immortals and demons. The illusion arrays of these sects are more advanced, and you can't find the entrance even if you break your head.

However, Li Li Yuanjiao merely summoned the magic mirror and moved it slightly; every inch of land throughout the entire Li family could be seen clearly. Which of the prominent families had secretly built small courtyards and privately demarcated spirit fields was exposed one by one before his eyes.

"Sure enough..."

This matter was inherently unavoidable; every one of the prominent families under the Li family's rule had privately developed spirit fields. In the wild mountains, on the barren land the Li family deemed unworthy, they had secretly enclosed courtyards, set up illusion formations, and planted rice in private.

This is still considered good. In recent years, foreign surname cultivators have slowly increased, and they have also come into contact with many cultivation methods from rogue cultivators. Not all spiritual orifice children are sent to the Li family. Some foreign surname cultivators even go out to find opportunities and never return.

Li Li Yuanjiao scanned, and even several small sect cultivators of the Xiyue generation participated in it, just sighing silently.

"This land is barren, but it can't stand being free! After all, most of the output of the clan's land has to be handed over, where is it as painful as planting and harvesting by yourself."

These spiritual fields have been checked twice by the family, and the rest are products allowed by the rules. Li Li Yuanjiao slowly drew the atlas and landed back in the hall. Li Brother Yuanping had been writing for a long time.

Seeing Li Li Yuanjiao return, Li Brother Yuanping took the atlas he drew, circled several immortal mountains, pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I have carefully checked the path of Li Xia Prefecture and the current Yuan family, you can see my method."

Li Li Yuanjiao took a look, and the opening was a few big characters: "Clan duality, peak town system."

Li Brother Yuanping's face was pale, his eyes were bright, and he explained:

"Now there are more and more cultivators in the family. I want to separate the clan system and the clan system, the upper clan and the lower clan, the immortals and mortals live separately. Cultivators enter the peak as a clan, and mortals go down the mountain as a clan. Unless they are assigned to eliminate demons, they are not allowed to go down the mountain."

"Once foreign surnames and clan members have spiritual orifices, they will be sent to the main peak Mount Mount Lijing to practice, carefully taught by my family's cultivators. If the talent is high, they will continue to practice, and if the talent is low, they will be sent to other peaks."

"Each immortal mountain establishes a government, disperses the children of the four lineages, and sets up peak masters, inspectors, clan justice... All spiritual fields under the mountain are no longer assigned one by one, but dispatched by each immortal mountain."

Li Brother Yuanping said in a low voice:

"Cultivators of each immortal mountain are rotated and transferred. The spiritual items collected are directly transported to Mount Mount Lijing and sent to the cave dwelling of Mount Mount Meichi. As for the head of the family... only in charge of promotion and transfer, the clan justice inspects the right and wrong in the clan. The family has a Dharma Mirror, and most of the corruption of spiritual items is bound to be exposed!"

His eyes were bright, and he continued: "On the contrary, today, the reason why many foreign surnames and branch cultivators in the clan secretly plant spiritual rice, search for treasures everywhere, transport spiritual items, and go out to seek the Dao is nothing more than that there is no other way to go in my family except planting spiritual rice. Without room for promotion, naturally there is no heart of attachment."

"Now this method can not only let my family not have to work hard to find a direct descendant with no hope of cultivation to govern the family and maintain stability, but also create a series of power classes to absorb these people into my family..."

Li Li Yuanjiao read the detailed regulations in his hand. This is naturally more than just a few words from Li Brother Yuanping, and there are a large number of inspection restrictions, various cultivation restrictions, used to limit corruption and rebellion.

"If so, the manpower of the Clan Justice Court in supervision will have to be multiplied, and various power positions will also have to issue clan salaries to support honesty..."

Li Li Yuanjiao frowned and looked for a while. Li Brother Yuanping's method can indeed win over most cultivators, but it also makes the Li family's governance cost much higher. He estimated the gains and losses in his heart, and didn't speak for a long time.

Li Brother Yuanping smiled confidently: "Cultivating immortals and seeking the Dao is the most greedy thing in the world. My family will soon produce elixirs. As long as it is tied to these power positions, I don't know how many people will flock to it! Let alone power desire is one of the nine calamities, double-barreled, how many people can resist?"

He said in a low voice: "As long as foreign surnames and side lineages climb power positions, they can be used by me. There is no need for every generation to have a hero who can suppress them and drive them. Even mediocre people are enough."

"Even in ordinary days, according to the list submitted by the Clan Justice Court, it is enough to govern the family even in the spare time of cultivation."

Li Li Yuanjiao gradually had a look of excitement, took his words: "In this way, my family doesn't have to pay attention to foreign surnames all the time, just keep an eye on a few outstanding people in time, marry them with clan women, and suppress them with mysterious mirrors, then we can sit firmly on the immortal mountain..."

"Not bad."

Li Brother Yuanping said:

"Even if more clan salaries are issued, so what? Brother is about to break through to Foundation Establishment, and the family will definitely be very different by then."

Li Li Yuanjiao finally nodded and agreed, replying: "But in the end, it is our younger generation who are unfilial, difficult to collect power, and divide power and profit to seek stability. I don't know... I don't know what face to see the elders."

Li Brother Yuanping also nodded silently, comforting: "The most profitable is not necessarily the most stable. In the future, the family will gradually expand, and sooner or later it will divide power. It is impossible to collect it in one person... My family cannot afford to lose."

Li Li Yuanjiao chatted with him for a few words, his heart was heavy, he went to Mount Wutuo, preparing to practice for a period of time to stabilize his cultivation, and then go into seclusion to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Mount Mount Yuting.

The snow on Mount Mount Yuting was still clean and bright. Li Li Xijun opened his eyes, spat out a white breath, hit the long sword in his hand, and condensed a thin layer of frost.

"The *Cold Pine Dew Snow Technique* is a third-grade cultivation method after all, with dew and snow on the body, and cold wind under the feet."

His white clothes were fluttering, his cultivation had reached the first layer of Qi Refining, his cultivation was stabilized, and his true essence was as white as frost, flowing around him, combined with the green edge in his hand, dusty and unstained.

In just over two years, the three of the Xiyue generation broke through one after another, adding three direct descendants of Qi Refining to the Li family.

Li Li Yuanjiao and Li Li Qinghong went into seclusion one after another, and the direct descendants and foreign surnames of the family made great progress. There were not many small sects in the Yuanqing generation. The Li family only had many small sect cultivators in the Xiyue generation, mainly based on the uncle and middle lineages, and gradually began to take charge of spiritual fields.

According to the clan law of the Li family, the descendants of Li Li Mutian's concubine brothers in the past mostly gradually changed from small sects to branch lineages because of the scarcity of spiritual orifices, and withdrew from the stage of history.

Due to the two great sects of the Xuanjing generation of the Li family, Li Li Xuanling and Li Li Xuanfeng, restraining their descendants, the four-lineage small sects of the Li family flourished in the third generation, mainly based on the small sects formed by Li Li Xuanxuan's concubine sons and Li Li Yuanyun's concubine sons, taking over the power of the previous generation.

Of course, this matter was too good in Li Li Xijun's view. It wouldn't be that hundreds of mortal elders of the same generation as his father would emerge, and the clan relationship with distant power centers would be closer, and many contradictions could be swept away.

"Young Master."

An Siming came up with a sword, clasped his fists at him, and asked respectfully.

Li Li Xijun had been in seclusion for a year and a half, and suddenly felt that An Siming's spirit was different, as if life had a goal, looking particularly diligent, and suddenly smiled:

"Have you taken a wife?"

An Siming was stunned, waved his hands repeatedly, and continued:

"Young Master is joking, Young Master Li Xicheng is already waiting at the foot of the mountain."

Li Li Xijun drifted and landed at the foot of the mountain. His brother Li Li Xicheng had been waiting for a long time, wearing light armor, looking twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, becoming more and more mature.

Li Li Xicheng was also a Qi Refining cultivator, practicing the *River One Qi Technique*, married a woman of the Tian family, and had many concubines from the An family, so he had many descendants, mostly two or three years old.

Li Li Xicheng was a father, so he grew a beard, wore armor and tied his hair, quite majestic, and greeted him with a smile, saying:

"I haven't seen my brother for a long time."

Li Li Xijun nodded slightly, landed beside him, and the Chongsuo horse snorted, looking at him vigilantly.

Li Li Xijun scanned with his spiritual sense, and both sides were full of cultivators, mainly his concubine brothers and foreign surnames from poor families, standing respectfully on both sides.

Li Li Xicheng loved his brother clan the most when he was young, and made friends with cultivators. Those who had received Li Li Xicheng's kindness in the past now surrounded him in a swarm.

Li Li Xicheng waved his thick big hand, and a group of people retreated one after another. The two paced on the bluestone road, Li Li Xicheng's voice was warm and smiled:

"In these years, you and Li Ximing have been practicing in seclusion, and there have been great changes in the family. The head of the family has reformed the clan system, and it is no longer what it used to be."

So he told the things that happened in the past year and a half one by one. Li Li Xijun frowned, listened to him finish, and Li Li Xicheng said: "This new system is easy to become, most of the positions are still vacant, but Uncle Ping can still manage the family affairs, hanging below people, sooner or later it will be divided, you can take a look."

Li Li Xijun was a bit surprised to see his brother, took it smoothly, and read it carefully:

"Clan duality..."

Li Li Xijun understood the name of the peak town system after reading it, but came back to read the clan duality carefully, silent for a long time, and said in a low voice:

"Clan Uncle... Clan Uncle... disperse the four lineages, mix them into one peak, establish government, this... this is still a family!"

Li Li Xicheng was frightened by his rebellious words and said in a deep voice:

"What kind of words are these!"