Ye Zan and others booked a room in the inn, picked up some random things as luggage, and threw them in their respective rooms. After that, of course, everyone did not need to really rest, so they left the inn one after another and went to the city separately to inquire about news.
In fact, Ye Zan didn't have to go to the locals in person to inquire about information like others. As long as a handful of electronic flies are spread out, no matter what secrets are in the city, they will not escape his monitoring. However, you still have to do something about it, otherwise even if there is any news, it will be difficult to explain the source to everyone.
So, Ye Zan and the Lin family brothers also left the inn and wandered around the city.
At this time, high-altitude detectors were still detecting the world and transmitting the detected information back to Ye Zan. Through the detector, Ye Zan gradually gained some general understanding of the world.
First of all, the size of this world is far from comparable to that of the Yu Qing Sect's secret realm. The land area is about 20 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to five times the size of the American continent on Earth in the technological world. Besides the land, there is also a large area of ocean. High-altitude detectors have not yet detected it, but the area is certainly not small.
In addition, the humans in this world seem to be thriving and multiplying quite well. Cities of all sizes are spread all over the continent, and the population must be well over 100 million.
Through high-altitude detectors, we can only see the general situation of the world. If we want to truly understand it more deeply, we still need the exploration of electronic flies. Fortunately, Ye Zan had already thought of this, so those high-altitude detectors were equipped with electronic fly delivery devices.
In the high-altitude detector, after reaching some specific locations, the stealth aircraft flies out from the detector and releases electronic flies into the cities where humans gather. Then, the stealth aircraft will serve as a temporary base station to transmit the electronic fly's signal to the high-altitude detector, and then the high-altitude detector will transmit it to Ye Zan.
Therefore, while wandering on the street, although Ye Zan seemed to be doing nothing, his understanding of the world was constantly increasing little by little.
Soon, Ye Zan learned another important piece of information: there was no Taoist sect in this world. Of course, this does not mean that there are no ascetics. People in this world use another form of inheritance when it comes to asceticism, called Taoism.
This palace is actually in the form of a college, just like an academy. There are county schools, government schools, and Chinese schools in academies, and the same goes for Taoist palaces. Although not every city will have a Taoist palace, county-level Taoist palaces are still widely distributed. The city where Ye Zan and others were located happened to have a Taoist palace.
The disciples in the Tao Palace are just like entering school. After practicing for a period of time, the Tao Palace will assess them. This assessment is not about letting everyone fight against each other. There are many things to be assessed, from the mastery of monastic knowledge to the quality of personal qualifications, etc. Of course, competitions are also indispensable.
Those who pass the assessment will be promoted to higher-level Taoist palaces, such as from county level to prefecture level, and then from prefecture level to national level. The national-level Taoist palace is called the National Protectorate Taoist Palace. Those who "graduate" from the National Protectorate Taoist Palace will become the Protector of the Nation Master.
Therefore, the monastic inheritance in this world is neither like a sect inheritance nor a family inheritance, but has become a national inheritance. It can be said that the vast majority of cultivators are controlled by the imperial power. While serving the imperial power, they will also receive corresponding benefits.
Ye Zan also had no way of knowing whether this special inheritance method evolved naturally or whether Taoist Xuanqing wanted to conduct some experiment.
Of course, there are also those ascetics who disobey the imperial control. Such people will be labeled as evil and will be wanted by Taoist palaces in various countries. In this world, evil ways are just like the evil ways outside. It does not mean the behavior of evil ways, but the status of evil ways. It seems that everyone is deliberately maintaining this inheritance method and does not allow the existence of cultivators who are out of control.
This is a bit troublesome. Ye Zan originally planned to give himself and others the identity of a hidden monastic family. Then he would use this identity to get into the circle of monks in this world, so as to learn more secret information. But now it seems that if he really does that, he and others will become the evil that everyone calls for beating.
It was getting late, and everyone returned to the inn from outside. Ye Zan noticed that Lin Mumu looked a little unhappy, so he asked curiously: "Mumu, what are you thinking about?"
"Brother Ye, do you think there is a possibility that we are no different from them outside. Although the outside world is much bigger than here, who knows whether it might also be a secret realm in the eyes of others?" Lin Mu Mu said a little depressed. Obviously, the situation in this world has touched him a little.
In fact, in the technology world, there is a similar conjecture. Although humans have immigrated to the interstellar world and begun to struggle in the universe, there may be a pair of eyes watching humans from above. Just like humans observe ants in a glass box, the vast and boundless universe may be just like an ant box.
But now it seems that the people in this small world in front of us are like an ant box compared to existences like Xuanqing Daozu, or compared to the people in the big world outside. People in this small world may no longer know that the world they live in is just a secret realm for others. Then the people outside the Shenhua Realm must know that their own world is not someone else's secret realm
This kind of question is actually quite boring, because you can never find the final answer. Jump out of the small world, jump out of the Shenhua Realm, then the world you are in must be the final world? Who can be sure whether there is another world outside, and whether there is another world outside that world
Therefore, there is no ultimate, only more. This kind of problem is like a ray emitted from a point, which never has a real end point.
However, Lin Mumu's words also aroused the thinking of several others, as if they all suddenly turned into philosophers. The atmosphere in the room was a bit dull. Lin Miaomiao finally couldn't help it, and struck her brother hard on the head again, saying in a hateful voice: "What are you thinking about? Does it have anything to do with you?"
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room changed, and several other people couldn't help but laugh. Lin Mumu's words almost made them stunned, but Lin Miaomiao's words pulled them out again.
"Okay, let's talk about some situations in this small world." Ye Zan attracted everyone's attention, and then briefly explained some of the situations he learned to everyone, selecting those that were easy to explain.
What Ye Zan said was mainly about the problem of Dao Palace and their identity. After all, judging from the current situation, if everyone's identity is exposed and they cannot explain their origins, 99% of them will be classified as evil.
"Brother Ye, I didn't expect that in this day, you seemed to have learned so much just by hanging out with us!" Lin Mumu said in great surprise. During this day, he had been following Ye Zan. He basically knew what Ye Zan had done, so he was so surprised.
However, Lin Mumu did not expect that this sentence would annoy her sister again. As a result, Lin Miaomiao once again put another meat bag on her brother's head with a hand chisel, and said bitterly: "What do you mean we are just hanging around!"
"Uh..." Lin Mumu also realized how he had told the truth. Everyone went to inquire about the news, but I just wandered around for a whole day. This seemed a bit inappropriate.
Of course, no one seemed to care much about the issue of "hanging out". After all, compared to the information Ye Zan obtained, what everyone found out during the day was actually just like wandering around.
"So, we must find a way to find a suitable identity, otherwise we will not be able to contact our colleagues in this world." said a grand master of Tianfu Sect.
"Yes, once it is recognized as an evil path, what we have to face are the ascetics from all the Taoist palaces in this world." Ye Zan also said helplessly.
The key is that although this world is relatively backward in messaging, it does not yet have high-tech things like Qianli Transmission. However, due to the way the Taoist palace is managed, almost all monks are registered, making it difficult to create false identities.
And, more importantly, even if they are not afraid of the monks in this world, how can they get information about the mission once they become opponents.
"Isn't it said that there are still some evil ways? We don't have to deal with people from the Dao Palace. Can't those evil ways know some information?" Shi Yingjie said suddenly from the side.
"I'm afraid this is not good. After all, we are all members of the righteous path, and those evil paths are more like the devil's path..." When the masters of several other sects heard Shi Yingjie's words, they immediately expressed disapproval.
The master's family is a monastic family, so even though they are very close to the righteous sect, in fact, their views on the two paths of good and evil are not so black and white. However, the other sects are all serious and righteous sects. Although they do not shout about killing demons and defending the Tao all day long, they are still quite repelled by dealing with demons.
However, at this moment, there was a noise outside the inn.
At the same time, Ye Zan also had a hint of amusement on his face, and said helplessly to everyone: "Fellow Taoists, it seems that this time we have no choice but to do evil."
"Why do fellow Taoists say this?" someone asked strangely.
"Someone should have exposed their identity during the day. Now they are surrounded by people from the Dao Palace outside. I'm afraid they are waiting for me." Ye Zan said, stood up, and opened the window of the room.
"Hiss, actually... why didn't I notice it before?" Everyone looked out the window and saw that the inn was surrounded. Outside the inn, a large number of soldiers were holding torches, and a dozen monks in sword robes stood in front of the soldiers, seeming to be considering whether to rush into the inn. (To be continued.)