The ancient land of the deserted city is extremely empty and the environment is harsh, but it produces some rare magical objects that are still of decent value.
However, if it was just because of the divine object, there would be no need for humans to build a base there and fight to the death with the monsters there.
The reason why the human race held on to the ancient land of the deserted city was because Confucius had once issued a sacred oracle, and the ancient land of the deserted city had a unique location. Once it was occupied by the monsters, it would most likely become a springboard for the monster world to reach the Holy Yuan Continent. Defending the ancient land of the deserted city was to protect the Holy Yuan Continent.
Many people were talking about the Chen family, the Zong family, and the ancient deserted city below the chapter.
Some people expressed surprise. Since the divine objects in the Ancient Land of Desolate City were only average, far inferior to those in the Ancient Land of Ten Colds and the Ancient Land of Confucius, or even inferior to the Ancient Land of Blood Mang, the Chen family might as well give up. Anyway, the Ancient Land of Desolate City was a desolate city everywhere, so they could just occupy it.
More and more people supported this view. After a full hour, a scholar from a semi-saint family finally solved the mystery.
It turned out that after the first battle between the two worlds mountains, the saints of the human race discovered that not only did ordinary scholars lack a sense of crisis, but even the disciples of the saints' families had lost their enthusiasm for expanding the territory and the most important spirit of exploration.
In order to inspire the human race, the saints not only implemented the most well-known measures such as paying attention to war poetry and increasing practical classes, but also formulated a new system for the saints' families based on the list. That is the system for changing the positions of the saints that only the children of the families know about.
The holy temples of the human race enshrine Confucius, the six sub-saints and all the semi-saints.
Confucius lives in the deepest part of the Temple of Saints and is undoubtedly the number one person in the Temple of Saints.
The six sub-sages are lined up in a row, standing below the statue of Confucius, also in the middle.
The statues of the other saints are on both sides of the Temple of Saints, like military ministers attending court.
The initial ranking of the saints was based on the order in which they were canonized. Even so, there is still controversy among the various families. Many people believe that they should be ranked based on their merits, while others believe that some semi-saints should be given preferential treatment and ranked higher.
After the first battle at the Two Realms Mountain, the Holy Academy examines the contributions made by the holy families to the human race every three years, including the number of geniuses in the family, the number of new generations of Jinshi, the results of the holy way obtained, and the military merits of slaying demons and barbarians.
Among them, military merits accounted for the highest proportion, reaching 70%.
The ranking of the positions of the saints was changed to be based entirely on the amount of meritorious service the family had achieved in the past three years.
The ranking of the positions of the saints aroused strong opposition from various families, but the saints joined forces to implement it, and the saints' families had to accept it.
The military merits of the ancient deserted city basically account for 15% to 20% of the total merits of each family.
If either the Zong family or the Chen family loses an ancient deserted city, it will affect the position of the saints.
Now the Zong family is at its peak. Even if it loses the ancient land of Huangcheng, the ranking of Zongsheng will only drop back a dozen places. However, if the Chen family of Jingguo loses the ancient land of Huangcheng, it will fall into the list of the bottom 20 families.
If you enter the bottom 20 families, you will be punished. The further back you are, the heavier the punishment will be.
On the contrary, the higher the position among the saints, the more benefits the families will gain, and the greater the power of the children of the families in the Holy Academy.
The position among the saints of the Zongsheng family is the fifteenth.
Not counting the imaginary saints, there are a total of ninety-eight statues in all the holy temples, including Confucius and six sub-saints.
If these seven families are not counted, the Zongsheng Family would rank eighth among the Semi-Saint Families, which has always been the pride of the Zong family.
During the heyday of Chen Guanhai, the Chen Sheng family was able to rank among the top 20 of all saints. However, after he was injured in the battle of Liangjie Mountain, he seldom cared about the Chen family, which led to the rapid contraction of the Chen family's power and their continuous retreat in the position of all saints.
The Chen family tried their best to have the statue of Chen Guanhai placed in a more forward position, but as Chen Guanhai did not show up for a long time, the Chen family was on the verge of decline, and Chen Guanhai's position in the holy temples was increasingly moved to the back.
Especially in the past two years, the Chen family has been on the verge of collapse. If they lose the ancient city of Huangcheng, the consequences will be disastrous.
Now, a scholar from the clan family is speaking to the Chen family in an aggressive manner.
Under this article, several old scholars in the clan pretended to scold, thinking that the author of this article was too presumptuous. How could a mere Jinshi degree holder demand debts from the Chen Sheng family
At first they spoke in a serious manner, but later several clan members gradually revealed their true intentions. They first criticized the clan scholar who wrote this article, but later added, "The Chen Sheng family is famous all over the world, how could they be as dirty as you think? If they lose, the Chen Sheng family will definitely hand over the deserted city to the Zong family, so you don't need to say anything more!"
The Zong family members sang the same tune under Zhang, constantly squeezing the Chen family, and even occasionally mentioned Fang Yun, implying that Fang Yun was incompetent and made the Chen family lose the bet.
At the end of the chapter, someone mentioned the Xun family and the Meng family, because the Meng family bet on a frost-patterned iron mine in the ancient land of Shihan, betting that Fang Yun could do it, but at that time the Xun family was in chaos and most people were against Fang Yun, so they bet on Bingmu Lake, betting that Fang Yun could not do it.
Whether it is Frost Vein Iron Ore or Ice Wood Lake, its value is no less than that of an entire state, so it caused a sensation among the human race.
However, the two families quickly responded that the bet between them had been cancelled long ago and they could not ruin their relationship over a joke.
The Chen family did not reply to the Zong family's Jinshi chapter, so the Zong family and some scholars who had old grudges against the Chen Sheng family or the Jing Kingdom began to mock and attack under the chapter.
However, anyone with a discerning eye could see that those people's attacks on the Chen family were false, and their real attacks were on Jingguo and Fang Yun.
Soon, someone responded.
"The Chen family will definitely solve this matter within this year, so you don't need to worry about it. If the Chen family can't solve it, then this saint will personally go to the ancient land of the deserted city to capture a city, and then hand it over to your clan!"
The respondent was Fang Yun.
The discussion became even more lively, and many scholars began to discuss Fang Yun's words.
Fang Yun’s official seal was soon filled with letters, as many people wanted to know the inside story.
Fang Yun put down his official seal and left the discussion board. Just as he was about to deal with public matters, he received a letter from Chen Mingding, the head of the Chen family.
"We in the Chen family were originally planning to handle this matter coldly. No one would care about it in a few days, but you actually spoke up before the Chen family did, making the matter even bigger."
"It's just a small matter, not worth your attention. I just don't like the look of the Zong family."
"A deserted city is no small matter. I won't turn a blind eye to it."
"How are you going to deal with this matter?" Fang Yun asked.
"Actually... just after the New Year, we in the Chen family discussed this issue. At that time, our attitude was to compensate the Zong family with other property instead of the deserted city. However, after months of negotiations, the Zong family still disagreed, and we in the Chen family had to give up. It takes too long to leave a deserted city, and... I admit that some of us in the Chen family were reluctant and hoped for the best, so we deliberately slowed down our departure from the city. As a result, you saw that the Zong family became impatient and started to attack."
"I see. You don't need to wait for a few days, so don't move for now. Wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival is over, and then deal with the matter of the deserted city."
.(To be continued.)