Qingyun City is the capital of Chen State. The reason why I got this name is because of the towering city walls of Chen State.

The original Qingyun City was a lonely peak. Later, after the founding of the State of Chen, it took hundreds of years to build this capital on the mountain. Unlike ordinary mountain cities, Qingyun City was not built on the side of the mountain. It winded up from the foot of the mountain and built a pyramid-shaped city.

Then, a circle of city walls as high as this mountain were built with bluestone on the outside of the city. Therefore, outsiders can only see the huge city walls towering into the sky from the outside, and Qingyun City is named after it.

Qingyun Palace on the top of the mountain is the royal palace of the State of Chen, and the point below is the residence of the Chen prince, which is completed in a circle around Qingyun Palace.

Next circle is the duke's mansion of the famous five great dukes. These five great dukes are called the five pillars of Chen and are the most backbone of Chen's power.

The rule of Chen State is very interesting. The king is Chen Xuanming. There are five principalities below. The five major kings guard one side. Only the area near Qingyun City is the territory of the king Chen clan.

These five major priests divided the remaining land of Chen State. Among them, Qi Bolie, the Duke of Qi, who guarded the northeast, had the greatest influence, and he occupied almost one-third of Chen State's land. However, the greater the strength, the greater the responsibility. The Duke of Qi Family is adjacent to the Tongtian Sect and the Tang State, and also independently supported the defense of Chen State's northeast region.

The Qi family must guard against the attack of the two great kingdoms alone. You must know that these two families are both countries with Dharma principles in charge! If the Chen State was too weak, no matter who did, these two families would have destroyed the Chen State long ago. Therefore, it can be seen that the strength of the Qi family cannot be underestimated.

The remaining northwest belongs to the Duchy of Chu family. Chu Zhongcai actually borders the Tongtian Sect, but the Holy Mountain Haotian Mountains lies between the Duchy of Chu and the Tongtian Sect, becoming a natural barrier between the two countries.

Since the Haotian Mountains have special significance to the Tongtian Sect and are the holy mountain in their minds, the entire Tongtian Sect will not be close to the Haotian Mountains.

Therefore, although the Chu family has the largest territory, it is equivalent to being in the hinterland of Chen State. Apart from the public security under its rule, there is no defense task. Therefore, the entire Chu State has fertile land and peace and stability. It is the large granary and hinterland of Chen State. Of course, it naturally becomes the richest principality among the five major states.

To the northwest is the Duchy of Yan Family. To the southwest of Yan Shuping, Duke of Yan State, there are many mountains and rivers, strong people, and there are many indigenous people who do not accept the royal world. It is the smallest and poorest among the five major countries. However, the Yan family has been operating here for generations, and even the destruction and fighting have also subdued all the indigenous peoples of Yan Duke. The emperor lived a leisurely life with high mountains and high emperors.

The West is the Duchy of Wei. Wei Ji'an occupied another plain besides the Duchy of Chu, and was another piece of grain-producing land in Chen, and lived a very comfortable life.

The richest one is in the southwest. The reason why Ma Menggang, the Ma Duke of the Ma Family, is so rich is entirely because he occupies a very good geographical location. He connects to the west to the southwest to the only sea outlet of the entire continent. There is a magical mountain range on this entire continent, that is, the Haotian Mountains.

The entire Haotian Mountains are all towering into the clouds, and birds are hard to cross. Moreover, it winds around the mainland and circles a circle, except for a piece of it that is hidden inwards from Chen State, and a Chen State is circled.

People from Tongtian Sect say that the Haotian Mountains are holy mountain and mortals are not allowed to enter. People outside the Tongtian Sect also believe this because the Haotian Mountains are too magical.

The entire mountain range is towering into the clouds. After surrounding the mainland for a week, there is no short mountain pass to pass. Only a section of flat ground is cut off from the State of Chen, which is like a city and a large city gate is opened. The current Duchy of Qijia is guarding there.

This can only be explained in one way. This is a wall of ancient sages and powerful men created this continent. There are many ancient classics in the Tongtian Sect, and some have been deciphered. The ancient text confirms this statement. The ancient monks called this mountain the Haotian Mountains, saying what was built to resist the underworld army.

The State of Chen is equivalent to the suspension bridge on the moat outside the gate of the city of the entire continent, and the Principality of the Ma family occupies the other end of the suspension bridge.

The Ma family's Principality is a channel connecting the fiefdom of the Hai family, Linhai County and Chen State. The Hai family made a fortune through Hai Trade, but the Hai family lacked grain and rice. Linhai County was bitter and salted, so they had to buy grain from Chen State. The Ma family connected to the Wei family's grain-producing plain. Every grain of rice bought by the Hai Family had to pass through the Ma family, and every item of goods obtained by the Hai Family must pass through the Ma family to enter Chen State.

Therefore, the Ma family's Principality had nothing to do, and just eating the money passing by the Hai family was enough to make a fortune.

Speaking of this, many people don’t understand it anymore. It sounds like the five major priests rule the Chen State. Why do you still have to worship the Chen family as the lord of a country?

Here I have to admire the wisdom of Chen Zhang, the ancestor of the Chen family who founded the Chen State.

The Chen family led by Chen Zhang was a cultivation family and was also a Dharma monk. He led the people of Chen State to fight for many years, and finally forced the Tang State to sign the city alliance and gave the entire continent to Chen Zhang to establish the Chen State.

The reason why Tongtian Sect was not mentioned was that there was no Tongtian Sect at that time!

Then, Chen Zhang enfeoffed the five aristocratic families who followed him to make great achievements into the priesthood, calling them the five pillars of the founding of the Chen State, and imparting land to them according to the size of the merits. This is also the origin of the five major states, also known as the five pillar states.

Near Qingyun City where he built his capital, only two hundred acres of land were left for the Chen family.

When he was in power, he had a high level of cultivation, and he was granted the title of these major priests, so there was no war. What is surprising is that after his death, these five major priests did not have any great achievements in the masters and came to seek the founding of the Chen State. The reason was that he wisely enfeoffed the five pillar states.

The power of these five pillars is not evenly matched, and the geographical environment causes those with food to have no soldiers, those with soldiers to have no wealth, and those with wealth to have no food. Therefore, the five pillars have formed a delicate balance.

The Chen family declined more and more after Chen Zhang's death, but the five pillars did not dare to move, because overthrowing the Chen family was easy to turn against, but overthrowing the Chen family could not cooperate with the five families. Because there was only one throne, no matter who overthrew the Chen family, they would face the joint backlash from the other four families, and even the Qi family, the most powerful, would not dare.

If the five families can form an alliance, they can only recommend one to sit on the throne. This country cannot be universally allowed to be universal, so who will sit on the throne?

If everyone doesn’t sit, what’s the difference between it and now? Then why rebel?

The clever Chen Zhang saved the throne he passed down by showing weakness, which has to be said to be a different way. Here we have to admit that none of the guys who can establish a kingdom are fuel-efficient!

The nominal monarch of Chen State was Chen Xuanming, but his actual power was in the hands of the five major priests. The monarch of Chen State was just able to receive filial piety from the five major priests every year and become the King of Taiping.

From this point of view, the Hai family is actually the son-in-law of Chen State, but the one who really needs to curry favor with the Ma family Principality, which is adjacent to him. So now, Princess Linhai Chen Ying is in the mansion of Ma Guo Ma Menggang, and is talking with the Duke of Guo’s wife.

But at this time, Ma Ma did not act like a Duke's wife, but sat side by side with Chen Ying, holding Chen Ying's hand, and said to Chen Ying with a sincere look: "If the health platform is really effective, my Meng'er will be really saved. Princess Chen, you are really the benefactor of my Ma family!"

Chen Ying smiled and said, "There must be a function. The Taiyi God Sect comes from the world and is full of the magical powers passed down by the Golden Immortals. The things they created will not be wrong. But one thing is that this is not considered salvation. This health platform can only prolong life, and it only lasts for a hundred years.

If I regard myself as the benefactor of the Ma Kingdom because of this kind of favor, it would be too ignorant of the current affairs."

Mrs. Ma sighed and said, "A hundred years is already good! Meng'er was diagnosed by the imperial doctor a few days ago and her life span has not passed two months, so Lao Ma went to ask the king to have a baby-taking banquet. Now she can have a hundred years of life span out of thin air. Isn't that a life span?"

The so-called "Baby Feast" has been around for a long time in the Lingtong Realm. Because the inheritance of the Lingtong Realm has been cut too much, the methods are not sound, and the chances of becoming an infant are very small. This is a natural disaster, not the kind of man-made disaster caused by Qin Shanhe and Li Cheng, but the results are the same.

It is difficult to become the Nascent Soul, so when the life span of the Golden Elixir monk is approaching, he will gather all his relatives and friends to hold a baby-taking banquet, which is actually equivalent to a life sacrifice.

Because the Nascent Soul is a life-long life, not to mention that many golden elixirs are not perfect in the end, and they cannot meet the conditions for rushing to the baby. However, no matter whether they can rush to the baby or not, they will hold a baby banquet. This is just a kind of good blessing from people. I wish the monks can successfully rush to the baby and become real people from now on.

The baby-taking banquet in the Principality is a bit different, because the Principality is hereditary, and Duke Ma is now in full swing in the Spring and Autumn Period, but he also needs to establish His Royal Highness early in case of any accident.

If there is no biological heir, you have to choose an excellent inheritance title from the five major families or Chen's family. Although the prince in the past had a surname, it actually had nothing to do with Ma Menggang.

Ma Menggang has been having a hard time, just such an only son, who is weak and sick. Finally, he finally built a foundation with countless spiritual medicines. After nearly a hundred years of hard work, he finally got the golden elixir.

However, this golden elixir is innately deficient. It is not the complete golden elixir that gathers three souls and jumps out of the cycle of reincarnation. Shortly after he becomes the golden elixir, the golden elixir becomes dim.

At that time, someone asserted that even if this child had the golden elixir, he would have been there for ten years. Sure enough, after nine years, he was almost gone.

And the health platform given by Chen Ying at this time is really a life-saving straw!
Chapter completed!