Chương 123: Continent Hierarchy

Nevertheless, Yan Jian's words piqued Long feng's interest.

"What do you mean?" He asked. Yan Jian smiled and explained"The hierarchy of provinces in this Continent is mainly based on the overall strength of the overlord of each province and the number of masters and great sects or families in the province. In that regard, the provinces are divided into three levels. The low ranked provinces are lead by peak Yang level masters or early Spirit level masters.

Jianhai Province's Jianhai clan is among the low ranked provinces because the clan Chief of the Jianhai clan is a rank one Spirit realm master. Although among the low ranked provinces, Jianhai clan is somewhere in the middle, being neither weak nor strong. Some low ranked provinces are led by peak Yang level masters only." Long feng was surprised. This was the first time he was hearing something like this. The Jianhai clan was actually considered to be a weak existence in other places?

How strong were the other powers then?

"How strong is the Blue sky province then?" He asked. Yan Jian grinned.

"Blue sky province is a high ranked province! Above the low ranked provinces are the middle ranked provinces, which are lead by either fourth, fifth or even sixth spirit realm masters! Qiu dynasty province is among the middle ranked provinces. Likewise above the middle ranked provinces are the high ranked provinces! They are led by seventh, eight and peak Spirit realm masters! My Blue sky province's overlord is the Blue sky sect and the sect master is a rank eight Yang realm master!"

Yan Jian's voice and face were filled with respect as he said this. The corners of Long feng's mouth twitched as he stared at Yan Jian in a daze. Yan Jian chuckled.

"As for the Yihua Clan which has stood in the position of overlord for over a hundred years without faltering even when so many other powers exist is because they always have two Imperial realm masters in every generation!" He added. Long feng's jaw dropped. It must be known that Imperial realm masters were legends, but the Yihua Clan actually had two of such legends! Which other great sect in the continent could compare to such frightening heritage? That was how they remained unchallenged even after so many years.

Long feng was simply lucky to have received the inheritance of an Imperial realm master whose tomb was actually the Origin spirit Land, but that was only a dead person. Who knows how many years he had been dead for? Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. Long feng gulped. Before the heritage of Yihua Clan, even Jianhai clan couldn't lift it's head up at all. Yan Jian was elated to see this expression on Long feng's face.

It was high time Long feng was also shocked instead of him endlessly shocking others. Therefore, Yan Jian cleared his throat and continued,"Before, high must've learned that there are only seven provinces in the continent. That's not actually true. There are actually thirteen. But most people don't count the low ranked provinces among them and it stuck, so many only know seven provinces." Long Feng listened in shock. He previously also thought there were also seven provinces.

Who knew that was excluding all low ranked provinces, including his own home, Jianhai province?

"Three are high ranked, four are middle ranked and six are low ranked. The second high ranked province is the Soul Heaven province which is led by the Supreme Soul Pavilion. All the cultivators of the supreme soul pavilion focus mainly on their soul power cultivation and are all experts in that aspect. The soul heaven province is a paradise for soul cultivators. The final high ranked province is the Misty Mountains. Like it's name, this sect is mysterious.

It is rumored that they have one Imperial realm ancestor level master protecting the sect from the shadows. Only the Yihua Clan had the strength to suppress this sect." Long feng was speechless for a long time after listening to Yan Jian. Yan Jian took this opportunity to continue speaking yet again. But this time, he spoke in a whisper-like soft voice"There is a secret regarding the Yihua Clan… Well, it is not really a secret actually. The Yihua Clan is actually made of two different factions or families.

Each of the two families always have an Imperial realm master, and when the two clans came together, the Yihua Clan was born!" He said. Long feng was startled to hear this.

"Really?" He asked to be sure.

"Of course. The two families were originally independent; the Yi clan and the Hua clan. Their first ancestors were brothers, so they came together and dominated the continent. Hundreds of years since the ancestors passed away, Yihua Clan began to have internal fights quite often. The clan Chief is changed every hundred years according to the Clan rules and the time for the new clan Chief nomination is around the corner.

The two clans are already becoming aggressive to each other because they want the clan Chief to be from their respective clans. The current clan Chief who is about to be succeeded is from the Yi clan and the new clan Chief is most likely to be from the Hua clan. Therefore, the whole Continent would soon descend into chaos due to the two clan's fight over the new Clan Chief position. Rivers of blood would possibly flow and if you are not able to protect yourself, You won't even know how you died!"

Yan Jian spoke like he was a mother telling a frightening tale to her child at night. Long feng rolled his eyes.

"When is the clan Chief nomination then?" He asked. Yan Jian shrugged.

"Who knows? Probably next year. Or next two years. Or three. Maybe until after ten years. But the clans are already beginning to show hostility to each other. All the other great sects would choose to support either the younger generation of the Yi clan or those of the Hua clan" he said nonchalantly. Long feng was speechless and had the impulse to tear open Yan Jian's head and see how his brain worked. Why speak at all of there was no actually confirmed date anytime soon?

"Yi and Hua clan…" Long feng murmured. He instinctively thought about Hua Liuli, that young innocent girl whom he met in a certain trial. She didn't seem to think before speaking her mind, but her strength was impressive. At the age of fifteen, she was actually already a rank two Yang realm cultivator! Could she be from the Hua clan? He remembered that her origins were very mysterious even though he was sure that the sect behind her was bound to posses unrivaled power.

Thinking of it now, it wouldn't be surprising even if she was a descendant of the Hua clan. Which sect or clan could raise a fifteen year old Yang level cultivator other than the Hua faction of the Yihua Clan? It completely made sense for Hua Liuli to be a princess of the Hua faction. With that thought, Long feng was awed by the girl's origin. Belonging to a peak level clan or sect was really nice. Your cultivation would increase even if you didn't try to cultivate because of the near endless resources available.

The only disadvantage of that was that the young generations of these top sects would be like flowers in a greenhouse, unable to weather the storm and wind. They would normally fall at the first blow to their hearts in a battle. In that aspect, those who grew by struggling through adversities were naturally more strong willed than the young geniuses of top clans and sects. Of course, nothing was constant. There always exceptions to everything.