Peacock Island!
A rather famous Third-Order Spirit Land in the Wind Flower Region.
It was not large, but it was exquisitely beautiful.
A Golden Core Sect had established itself here, and it too was called Peacock Island.
However, over the past few decades, the sect had been forced to relocate to an incomparably barren ordinary spirit land.
The reason was simple: Peacock Island had once been occupied by the Five Elements Divine Sect.
Only recently had Peacock Island's seven or eight hundred disciples finally rushed back.
"We're finally back!"
The Peacock Island Sect Master stood atop a mountain shaped like a bird about to spread its wings and fly, his tone filled with endless bitterness.
First, their mountain gate had been seized by the Five Elements Divine Sect. Then they had endured the impact of the Beast Tide in the Wind Flower Region. Peacock Island, once considered quite powerful, could not even scrape together a thousand people now.
The only remaining Golden Core elder beside him consoled him. "Sect Master, do not grieve. As long as we remain and the spirit land remains, there will always come a day when we recover."
Hearing this, the Peacock Island Sect Master nodded heavily and forced himself to rally.
"That is right. We absolutely cannot let our sect's legacy decline. We must make it flourish once more."
"I have three strategies. Elder, please offer me some advice."
"First, open the mountain gates wide and recruit large numbers of mortals with Spirit Roots, as well as independent cultivators with clean backgrounds, to replenish our sect's living strength."
"Second, tilt the sect's resources to a certain degree. First reduce the monthly stipends of some Early Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators and concentrate cultivation resources on Xue Xiao and the other seven Late-Stage Foundation Establishment disciples, helping