Strange mountains and rivers

But in the past hundred years, the strength of the various clans and families in Hebei has gradually recovered. Although it cannot be said that they have caught up with the Great Zhao and Western Tang, they have still made great progress. The performance of several clans and families such as the Tianhe Sect, Yuelu Sect, Fengyi Sect, and Ning Family is particularly outstanding.

These clans and families also have a characteristic, that is, unlike the Great Zhao, they are willing to hide some of their strength and save it for later use.

As the power of each family is expanding, there will inevitably be a fierce competition for the base resources of the four states and eighteen roads in Hebei.

If Hebei used to be a place with vast land and abundant population, the competition among the clans and families was still in a relatively tacit and tolerant stage, but as the strength of the Beirong people who withdrew from Hebei for nearly a hundred years has recovered recently and began to re-intervene in Hebei, the Great Zhao and Western Tang have both expressed their ambitions for Hebei, and this competition has begun to become fierce.

Chen Huaisheng actually realized that the Da Zhao Dao Palace had some dark ambitions when it forced the Chonghua Sect and Lingyun Sect into Hebei.

The Da Zhao Dao Palace wanted to stimulate the ambitions of the Western Tang, the Northern Rong, and the local sects in Hebei, and let them fight first.

After all, for Da Zhao, Hebei has been out of the jurisdiction of the Central Plains regime for hundreds of years, and it is a bit unfamiliar. The Western Tang has been infiltrating the two states of Jin and Yun, and the Northern Rong people have ruled Hebei for hundreds of years, so their foundations are deeper than Da Zhao. Letting them fight first and causing chaos in Hebei will definitely be beneficial to Da Zhao.

As for sacrificing the two unknown southern sects of Chonghua Sect and Lingyun Sect, it is not worth mentioning.

Now the Chonghua Sect has been operating in Hebei for nearly ten years, but it has not performed very well. In addition, the leaders of the sect prefer to return to Dazhao, which has also made the operation of so many years go down the drain. This has led to the idea that Chen Huaisheng is unwilling to return to Dazhao and wants to take over the invisible assets left by the Chonghua Sect and Lingyun Sect.

Of course, it is conceivable how difficult this first step is. Even the Chonghua Sect, which has several purple palaces, is a little discouraged. Now there is only Gongsun Sheng, who is similar to a guest official, and a few alien cultivators who come and go from time to time. Others, including Chen Huaisheng, are not worth mentioning. Whether they can persist or not, every step may face the risk of destruction.

However, it seems that this first step has been successful.

The Tianhe Sect and the Yuelu Sect are in confrontation. The An family, the only threat to Dahuai Mountain in the central part of Weihuai Dao, has been destroyed. The Cao and Kang families have formed a temporary superficial alliance with Dahuai Mountain. It is uncertain what will happen in the future, but in the past two years, everyone still has to work together.

During the twenty days when Chen Huaisheng was in seclusion, a group of monsters had already invaded Dahuai Mountain, but there were only two red-haired mammoths.

Xiong Zhuang, Zeng Guolin, Jing Zhonghong, Ji Huaijiang, and Xuan Chimei and Bao Que, two ninth-level Qi-refining masters, ambushed the two red-haired mammoths and successfully killed them, and also obtained more than 6,000 kilograms of monster meat for the mountain.

However, the red-haired mammoth meat was too coarse and not liked by everyone.

However, in the case of heavy snow blocking the mountain, the supply of monster meat was indispensable. Even if it didn't taste good, it was the meat of a second-level monster, and it could provide sufficient spiritual power for everyone, including Daozhong, so it still alleviated the need for beast meat in the mountain to a considerable extent.

Hearing Xuan Chimei mention this, Chen Huaisheng couldn't help but frown and shake his head, and his tone also rose a few degrees: "Who doesn't want to eat, then don't eat! There is not much improvement in cultivation skills, but the temper and appetite are even bigger! The second-level beast meat is still complaining about this and that, what do you want to eat? If you have the ability, go into the mountains and hunt by yourself,..."

Xuan Chimei didn't expect that this matter would actually arouse Chen Huaisheng's anger, and hurriedly explained: "It's not that someone dislikes and refuses to eat, but everyone thinks that the meat tastes bad. The spiritual power of the second-level monster meat is much stronger than that of the first-level monster and the ungraded monster. No one is unwilling to eat it, but everyone's evaluation after eating it."

Seeing Xuan Chimei's explanation, Chen Huaisheng calmed down a little. He was not sure whether Xuan Chimei's words were true, or just wanted to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the mountains. Such things are not rare there. With more and more disciples, all kinds of improper thoughts will emerge.

"Chi Mei, we need to nip the problem in the bud from a young age, otherwise it will inevitably lead to a bad atmosphere in the future. Starting tomorrow, send me 100 kilograms of red-haired mammoth meat!" Chen Huaisheng sighed, "Six thousand kilograms may sound like a lot, but there are more than a hundred disciples and Taoists in the mountains now. The second-level monster meat has abundant spiritual power. On average, each person needs three to five kilograms per day. How many days can it last? It will be eaten up in less than 20 days, but how long will it take until next spring? Three months! If there are no monsters attacking, we will have to take the initiative to go into the mountains to hunt, otherwise we will have to rely on spiritual plants and spiritual millet for a living, which will inevitably affect everyone's practice!

Chen Huaisheng had to take it seriously.

If you don't run a household, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Only when you run this household, you know the difficulties inside.

Just talking about the consumption of beast meat, it is not a simple matter every day.

If ordinary Dao seeds want to maintain a good physical condition, three to five pounds of beast meat are necessary every day. Of course, this refers to the meat of ungraded monster beasts. If it is the meat of first-level monster beasts, it can be reduced as appropriate, two to three pounds will be enough. For Dao seeds, the meat of second-level monster beasts is about one to one and a half pounds.

There are about thirty Dao seeds in the mountains now, and they only consume about forty pounds a day.

It doesn't look like much, but after a winter, it is about four thousand pounds, which is not enough for a red-haired mammoth.

Therefore, in fact, in winter, many sects basically reduce the supply of animal meat to Tao species by half, or even stop the supply when times are difficult, and only ensure basic food such as millet, jade and wheat.

Of course, if this is the case, you can't expect Daozhong to do all the hard work for you in winter as usual.

For disciples in the early stage of Qi refining, the demand for monster meat is much higher than that of Taoist disciples. For example, the demand for the meat of non-grade monsters or first-level monsters is basically five to eight kilograms. The meat of second-order monsters can be reduced by half, three to four pounds. Just pound.

At present, there are more than forty first-stage Qi refining disciples in the mountain, and the daily consumption of second-level monster meat is about 150 kilograms. After one winter, under normal circumstances, it takes 15,000 kilograms, five heads The red woolly mammoth is gone.

Therefore, unless a sect is particularly outstanding in the first stage of Qi Refining, it is impossible to guarantee the full amount, and it still needs to be halved or even reduced to 30%.

In the middle stage of Qi refining, there are about twenty people in the mountain. Each person consumes the meat of second-level monster beasts every day, which is about five to six kilograms. Twelve thousand kilograms in one winter, four red-haired mammoths are enough.

The demand for high-level Qi refining disciples will increase a lot. The daily demand for second-level monster meat is more than eight kilograms. Foundation builders basically need more than twelve kilograms a day. Of course, other spiritual plants can be used for this. To get some discounts, it also requires comprehensive matching, but in general, the demand is quite large.

Monsters such as red-haired mammoths with sufficient spiritual power and heavy weight are really hard to find. More often, they are the most common iron-maned wild boar, azure giant ox, arrow deer and big-horned sheep. The weight Six to seven hundred kilograms to one or two thousand kilograms, but the spiritual power content is much lower. These animal meats are the main supply of the sect.

The least cost-effective ones, such as the Black Leopard and the Moyun White Eagle, weigh only two to three hundred kilograms, and are even more dangerous to hunt.

In fact, almost no sect can always maintain an adequate supply of animal meat and spiritual plants for all its disciples, which in disguise means that the disciples' practice will be affected.

This is also very common among sects.

Only those disciples whose talents and talents are recognized by the sect's senior leaders, or whose family background is extremely good and can bear the burden on their own, can obtain sufficient spiritual food guarantee. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that the poor, rich in literature and martial arts, cultivate immortality.

So what Chen Huaisheng likes most now are third-level monsters like Aolong, which are not the strongest but are heavy enough. An adult Aolong weighs more than 10,000 kilograms. Even if the bones and skin are removed, it weighs seven to eight thousand kilograms of muscles. There are some, and the taste is better than the red-haired mammoth. As a third-level monster, it has stronger spiritual power. One can hold up to five or six red-haired mammoths.

It's a pity that most third-level monsters like Aolong live deep in the mud beside swamps. It can't be said that there are none here in Dahuai Mountain, but there are very few. For example, Tongtianbo and the banks of the Yellow River are the habitats of this kind of Aolong. land.

It turns out that this kind of third-level monsters are not common in Hebei, but since the wave of monsters the year before last, Aolong has often appeared in the sights of monks everywhere.

"In fact, everyone has been preparing for these since early summer. There are still quite a lot of rank-free and first-order monsters around Dahuai Mountain. Almost every time we go hunting, we can get dozens of them, but they are all in the form of first-order monsters. Mainly beasts and gradeless monsters,..."

Xuan Chimei has learned a lot about the details of the mountain in the past few months, and is also well aware of Chen Huaisheng's worries.

"As long as you save a little, you can still get through this winter. If it doesn't work, it's normal to reduce the quota appropriately. Whether it's Wolong Ridge, Chongyang Mountain, or even in our Jiulian Sect, no one We should be able to ensure sufficient animal flesh spiritual plants, spiritual millet, spiritual rice, and corn and wheat all year round. As long as they are in place, it will be worthy of everyone. Dahuaishan has done a good enough job in this regard. "

Chen Huaisheng shook his head: "Chi Mei, what you said is common sense, but we are different. People are following us. Now people's hearts are not solid. The huge losses in the monster wave the year before last have made some people confused. Fortunately, I came to Dahuaishan last year to catch up. The monster tide ebbs, we show strength, so we can barely stabilize the situation. The situation this year at least in Hebei will not be too bad, so it is more reasonable for us to give everyone an impression of stability and abundance and stabilize people's hearts. Otherwise, if there are other changes next year, we will not be able to That’s easy to say,…”