The Banquet

Banquet

More than half a month later, Liu Shiyuan, Zhang Yanhua, and the others finally emerged from the Qushan Secret Realm. Meanwhile, Zhang Xi had arrived in Five Lotus County and met Zuo Wuming. Zhang Wushuang had gone into secluded cultivation in the mountains.

At present, there was not much left for the Zhang family to contribute on any front. All that remained was the pressure of logistical support.

The workshops needed to upgrade their Artifact Forging before they could produce weapons, so they were still slowly feeling their way forward.

The output of the spirit fields and Spirit Trees had already stabilized considerably.

The Yellow Spirit Pomelo in particular had been developed into several decent medicinal pills by several cooperating lineages, and the annual profits were quite good. After years of cooperation and mutual benefit, with everyone earning money together—and with the Zhang family's strength growing faster than theirs—the enclave of Gaoyou Town was temporarily fairly stable.

However, as long as this chaotic age did not end, the risks there would remain extremely high.

They had been constantly updating their emergency evacuation plans, which were known only to some of the core garrison personnel. Zhang Mingshu had just finalized the newest version.

Liu Shiyuan and Zhang Yanhua then entered.

They had not been given advance notice that they were coming out, and no one had been specially sent to receive them.

After Zhang Yanhua entered the study and gave a general account of the new changes they had discovered in the secret realm, along with the growth conditions of the various spirit herbs, Zhang Mingshu carefully read through the thick stack of new materials.

Zhang Yanhua had led people in collecting and organizing all of it over more than two months.

Liu Shiyuan had mostly assisted her son from