At the beginning of the establishment of the four major sects, all states and counties were still in a state of chaos and disorder, and they were terra incognita.

The three major chambers of commerce therefore spent a large amount of spiritual stones to buy a lot of land from the four major sects in Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, and Yizhou near the Cangming Sea.

Many chambers of commerce, large and small, were established and those territories were included in the sphere of influence of the chamber of commerce.

At that time, the four major sects had just been established, and their bases were in Tianyuan Holy City.

He didn't care much about the "barbaric lands" in other states and counties. Since the three major chambers of commerce were willing to spend a lot of money to buy it, they naturally sold it to them.

Later, the three major chambers of commerce expanded their influence to the entire Tianyuan and purchased many jurisdictions in various states and counties.

As more and more Xuanmen are established in various states and counties, the friction between Xuanmen and the Chamber of Commerce is also increasing, because many places have been bought by the Chamber of Commerce and fall under the jurisdiction of the Chamber of Commerce.

The local Xuanmen didn't care about that. They were ordered by the four major sects to establish Xuanmen, and naturally they took everything under their jurisdiction into their own hands.

Naturally, the two sides will inevitably have frictions, arguments, and even conflicts.

At this time, the four major sects realized that something was not quite right, and a lot of resources were occupied by the Chamber of Commerce.

It seems like a big loss...

So the four major Taoisms went to negotiate with the Chamber of Commerce, and it took many years to finally reach a unified opinion.

The Chamber of Commerce will return those important resource producing areas and will not occupy jurisdiction near the main city, but each "pavilion" will be given a portion of the territory to them.

In the territory under the jurisdiction of each "pavilion", they took 15% as the area under their own jurisdiction, which is now a territory of 15,000 miles in radius of each pavilion.

This pattern has been constantly changing during millions of years of development. Due to Xuanmen's arrogance and recruitment restrictions, some casual cultivators spontaneously formed groups and joined chambers of commerce, gradually forming a business alliance system.

The Merchant Alliance replaced disconnected pieces of jurisdiction with local Xuanmen, and obtained many complete and huge jurisdictions, and established chambers of commerce in these places.

These chambers of commerce are managed by merchant alliances and have their own set of procedures and rules. Since the territory is their own, the chamber of commerce is not restricted by Taoism.

In this way, the business alliance grew stronger and stronger until it is where it is now.

So far, the Chamber of Commerce has always adhered to its original philosophy, maintained a neutral attitude, and never participated in any wars.

Whether it is the struggle between Xuanmen and Xuanmen, the struggle between Xuanmen and Demon Sect, or the struggle between human race and monster race, they have always stayed out of the matter and ignored it.

After talking about business alliances, we have to mention another important force in today's world, the Cultivation Family.

In ancient times, their predecessors were human monks from various tribes. Later, they joined the Jinshui Alliance. After the human race gained an overwhelming advantage, they separated the territory and divided the territory where the tribe lived.

Until later, a war broke out between Xuanfa and Holy Law. Some of these tribes practiced Xuanfa and joined the Xuanfa camp, while some practiced Holy Law and joined the Holy Law camp.

When the Xuanfa lineage was victorious, those tribes that turned to the Holy Law lineage were naturally killed and wiped out.

After the four major sects were established and the territory was divided, these tribes were naturally indispensable. They had autonomy and autonomy.

These tribes gradually evolved into today's practicing families.

Unlike the Chamber of Commerce, which is a completely independent faction, the spiritual family and Xuanmen are interdependent.

Between the two, there is me in you, and you in me. It is complicated, but each has its own system and management method.

Each generation of the cultivating family has a large number of disciples who join Taoism at all levels and hold important positions, and both parties influence each other.

For example, in Taixuanzong, as we all know, there are three most powerful forces within it, one of which is the aristocratic family force. The current head of Xuande Hall in Taixuanzong is a big shot from the Jiang family.

Those cultivating families control a large number of important positions within Xuanmen, forming a powerful force that can naturally influence Xuanmen's decisions. If Xuanmen wants to make decisions that are not conducive to the cultivating families, it will definitely be difficult to pass.

On the contrary, Xuanmen also has a great say in the internal affairs of the spiritual family. Taking the Jiang family as an example, when the previous generation head of the Jiang family was about to pass away, the Jiang family was divided into two factions.

One faction supports Jiang, the eldest son of the Jiang family, and the other supports the supreme elder of the Jiang family. If the matter is not handled well, it may trigger a split in the Jiang family, thus affecting the stability of the entire Qingzhou.

In the end, the matter was resolved perfectly without any conflict or chaos, which was the result of Taixuanzong's mediation.

Therefore, when the Mubei Demon went south to Qinghai, there were a large number of members of the Taoist Alliance from practicing families, but the Chamber of Commerce remained motionless, sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers and tigers, adhering to their usual neutral attitude.

The internal structure of the practicing families in Qingzhou's interior is completely different from the so-called practicing families in Xingang.

Strictly speaking, those cultivating families in Xingang cannot be regarded as real cultivating families.

Most of them are the emergence of several monks in a family, and then through reproduction, those with spiritual roots among the relatives are selected to teach and practice, and through several generations of development, they become a local force.

To say that they are a practicing family is a lack of accurate adjectives.

There is one word that is often used behind their backs to describe them, that is, local tyrants.

The composition of a true spiritual family is by no means limited to relatives of the same clan, but also includes a large number of people with foreign surnames.

These people with foreign surnames are also an important part of their spiritual family and will play very important roles in their family. Of course, the head of the family must be a monk from the same family.

Taking the Jiang family as an example, there are a large number of non-Jiang family members in the family. Many of these people have been serving in the Jiang family for generations, working for the Jiang family, and holding important positions within the Jiang family.

His loyalty to the Jiang family is not even lower than that of his relatives with the original surname of the Jiang family.

In addition, the Jiang family will also recruit some young children with spiritual roots to teach them how to practice and work for them in the future.

These people merged together to form the entire Jiang family.

"As expected of a large sect, it is indeed extraordinary." Tangning saw that he looked complacent, so he followed suit and praised him.

Tian Qingzhi smiled and said: "Compared with several other sects in Yuanxian County, it is okay. If we look at the entire Qingzhou, it is not worth mentioning."

"Like the Mirror Moon Sect, Cang Ming Sect, and Shangyuan Sect, they occupy a lot of beautiful places in the sky. A mere sixth-level spiritual vein is actually nothing. It just happened to be within the county, so it was taken by our sect.

Later, a sect was established here.”

While the few people were talking, the Tianling Ship moved forward, and a huge light curtain was faintly visible in the mountains.

"That light curtain must be where the Guizong Mountain Gate is!" Tang Ning said.

"good."

"If I have the chance, I really want to see it. I have never seen such a high-level spiritual vein! I don't know what it is like to practice in it. I'm not afraid of your jokes. When I was in Xingang, I couldn't even connect a second-level spiritual vein.

I have never seen any spiritual veins.”

"Isn't this easy? The next time you come back, I will take you for a tour around the mountains. It is not easy to bring outsiders inside the sect. Aren't you allowed to sleep wherever you want outside the mountains?" Yuan Ye said.

Tangning smiled and said nothing.

The Fengling Ship roared past and soon sailed away from the vicinity of the Yuanlong Mountains. A day later, it sailed out of the county and came to the front of a city.

On the top of the city are written the three characters Yuanxian Pavilion. The entire city is about one or two thousand miles long and a hundred feet high. There are people coming and going in and out of the city. Although it is not as good as Yuanxian City, it is still quite prosperous and lively.

This is the "main city" of Yuanxianting.

Below the city outline, two rays of light flashed and went straight to the warship, revealing the figures of two men.

The cabin door opened, and a figure flashed out from inside and exchanged a few words with the two of them.

The two returned to the bottom of the city wall, and not long after, a group of monks came out, guarding both sides of the Wind Spirit Ship, and slowly moved inward.

After entering the city, the Wind Spirit Ship stopped on a wide flat land.

The hatch opened, and a figure walked out and said, "We have arrived at Yuanxian Pavilion. Fellow Taoists who want to disembark here, come here."

The sound reached everyone's ears clearly. On the deck, everyone's figure flashed, and dozens of figures came to him, handed over the number plate, and left the ship.

Less than half an hour after the "Qingling" stopped, a Xuanling ship came slowly and stopped near the Fengling ship.

Many monks on it jumped up and came to the deck of the "Qing Ling". They took the stone boxes off the platform one by one. After working for about a quarter of an hour, the Xuan Ling ship took off and left straight away.

"Fellow Daoist Tian, ​​is this "Yuanxianting City" managed by Xuanmen, or was it established by the Chamber of Commerce?" Tang Ning asked, because he couldn't help but be curious when he saw that the people standing under the city walls were all members of the Chamber of Commerce.

Logically speaking, this kind of city outline that occupies an important geographical location and is an iconic city should be managed by the local Xuanmen, just like Yuanxian City, which is controlled by the local Xuanmen.

Tian Qingzhidao: "Theoretically, it is managed by Xuanmen, but many "Ting Cities" will rent out their places to chambers of commerce in order to collect high taxes."

Tang Ning wondered: "Why is this? "Pavilion City" is the center of the entire "Pavilion". It is located in a strategic location and is the traffic artery of the entire "Pavilion". The flow of people should be very large, and the profits must be high.

Why was it handed over to the Chamber of Commerce?"

Tian Qingzhidao: "This reason is difficult to explain, and I can't explain it clearly in one or two sentences. To put it simply, the local Xuanmen does not have the ability to do it well. You have to know how to manage a large-scale area involving a hundred thousand miles.

A "large-scale market" involves relationships in all aspects."

"Some things here are very complicated, and the people stationed in the "Pavilion" are all D-level Xuanmen. Some sects are small and weak. They don't have the strength and ability to deal with the complicated relationships here, and they have to invest a lot of manpower and financial resources."

"Instead of doing this, why not just leave it to the business alliance to manage it? As long as they charge a certain amount of tax, isn't it much better than doing it yourself?"

Tangning still couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "Forgive me for being stupid, but what does Fellow Daoist Tian mean by the complex relationship? Can you give me a lesson?"

Tian Qingzhi pondered for a while, as if he was organizing his words: "Let's use an analogy! You also know that this "Yuanxian Pavilion City" is the center of the entire "Yuanxian Pavilion" and is connected in all directions."

"In addition, it is also an important stronghold connecting Yuanxian County to Yingyang City. Basically, all the people coming and going, and the merchant ships transporting them all follow this route and must pass through this location."

"Then here's the problem. This is a way to make money. The monks from a hundred thousand miles away all take transport ships from you to other cities and pavilions."

"All transportation items have to pass through this stronghold. With your strength as a D-level Xuanmen, can you guard this way of making money?"

"Without the presence of high-level monks, any merchant ship can carry items worth billions or tens of billions. A casual cultivator can come here to plunder without any scruples, let alone some forces with ulterior motives."

"This is a matter of hard power, rather than a relatively simple one, and more of an issue of interpersonal resources."

"For example, if a merchant ship passes by here and encounters a breakdown, it needs energy supply and repairs at your place. Do you, a D-level Xuanmen, have the strength to do these things?"

"Due to its special geographical location, this "Ting City" is not a simple city, but an important stronghold connecting all parties. All aspects of the relationship cannot be properly resolved by a D-level Taoism."

Tangning seemed to understand and nodded: "Then why not hand it over to your Canglang Sect! Instead, hand it over to the Merchant Alliance?"

Tian Qingzhi said: "Even if it is handed over to the Canglang Sect, there must be a merchant alliance to settle in! Without a merchant alliance to settle in, isn't it just an empty shell?"
To be continued...