Gusu.
As the Cultivation World with the strongest overall strength, largest permanent population, and greatest influence in the southwestern borderlands, it had always been synonymous with prosperity and stability. This was the heart of the Southwest.
Before the Song Clan opened the Spatial Tunnel leading to the East Sea, this place had always been the first choice for Southwest Loose Cultivators.
Because it was stable and prosperous, with opportunities everywhere. It also had Wanlong, a major merchant association that made supplies readily available.
Yet in recent years, they had gradually discovered that the Gusu Cultivation World no longer seemed to be the place that could bring them peace. Ancient God Pavilion and Xuanling Sect had been locked in an unending contest, while the Wanlong Merchant Association, which should have mediated between them, had chosen silence.
Now, problems had even arisen within the Wanlong Merchant Association itself. The Peng Clan and the other Outer Clan Elders were fighting for power and profit, with the shadows of Xuanling Sect and Ancient God Pavilion faintly visible behind them. It had already begun to affect supply channels.
The vast majority of Golden Core forces in the Southwest relied heavily on Wanlong Merchant Association's supply channels, and under such circumstances, the impact was plain for all to see.
Thus, more and more Loose Cultivators began seeking other paths. Their first choice was naturally the Great Qi Cultivation World—not merely because Great Qi had developed at a breakneck pace in recent years, but more importantly because it possessed the Southwest's only publicly open Spatial Tunnel that led directly to the East Sea.
The East Sea was filled with limitless opportunities. In recent years, anyone who returned alive from the East Sea had made a fortune, their bowls filled to the brim and their basins overflowing. After