One had to know that the cultivation resources within the Eastern Phoenix Kingdom were far more abundant than those of the remote Floating Cloud Mountain Range.
Even Liangzhou, the smallest of the thirteen provinces, had no fewer cultivators within its borders than the entire Cultivation World of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range combined.
To govern an entire province, the tribute Spirit Stones collected each year alone would amount to no small sum.
For the rapidly developing Carefree Sect, this was truly like adding flowers to brocade. For the next two hundred years, they likely would not need to worry about Spirit Stones at all.
At this thought, Song Qingming felt a measure of excitement. He quickly asked the two men before him about the details of selecting territory.
To his disappointment, however, the Top Ten Sects were to choose their respective territories according to rank.
The Carefree Sect had placed ninth in this Sword Assembly. They could only make their selection from the final two provinces after the first eight sects had chosen.
No wonder sects such as the Heavenly Dao Sect had taken the initiative to challenge the sects ranked ahead of them while competing for the Top Ten Sects. There had been a struggle for benefits involved as well.
Song Qingming had not known these details before, so he had not chosen to challenge any other opponents.
After all, in the Cultivation World of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, no sect had entered the ranks of the Top Ten Sects for thousands of years.
This was Song Qingming and the Carefree Sect's first time entering the top ten. No one had expected beforehand that the Carefree Sect would ultimately be selected as one of the Top Ten Sects.
Otherwise, given Song Qingming's relationship with Lu Yue, the latter