Affairs Hall. Large numbers of cultivators streamed in and out while more than a dozen deacons handed out assignments.
Wang Yingjie stood before an Azure-Robed Elder, his expression respectful.
"Yingjie, have you truly decided to select a cave dwelling on Profound Moon Island?"
"Yes. I ask that Eleventh Grand-Uncle grant my request."
The Wang Family now had vast lands but few people. Every clansman received a considerable amount of spirit fields; the higher one's cultivation and the better one's aptitude, the more spirit fields one would receive. Wang Yingjie was only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, with poor aptitude and low cultivation, so the area of spirit fields allotted to him was naturally limited.
Aside from Azure Lotus Island, the Wang Family controlled quite a few smaller islands. To encourage clansmen to garrison these islands, cultivators stationed on small islands were granted more spirit fields. Of course, they did not own them permanently—once their term ended, the fields would be reclaimed by the family.
If Wang Yingjie remained on Azure Lotus Island, he could have thirty mu of spirit fields. If he stationed himself on a remote small island, he could receive more than fifty mu.
The Profound Moon Island he had chosen possessed a First Rank High-Grade Spirit Vein and lay more than a hundred thousand li from Azure Lotus Island, practically at the edge of the Wang Family's territory. There were tens of thousands of mortals on Profound Moon Island and over a hundred mu of spirit fields, requiring a Qi Refining Cultivator to guard it, mainly to protect the mortals. Azure Lotus Island, Golden Lotus Island, and other islands all needed cultivators stationed there. The Wang Family simply could not spare more cultivators, but fortunately, Profound Moon Island had no important Cultivation Resources.
If he guarded