Dragon Boat

Xiahou Dun replied:

"It wasn't just Pan Feng and Zhao Zilong's family. Almost all of Wang Yue's followers and Tong Yuan's disciples left too."

"A whole huge crowd of them."

Xiahou Yuan sighed:

"We're losing far too much talent! If this keeps up, our Great Wei Empire will face an even worse shortage. Before long, many of its cities will surely be stretched to their limits."

"Indeed."

Cao Hong had come too, and now chimed in from the side:

"Fortunately, travel to and from the Immortal Realm is unrestricted. Those who go up can still come down. Our Great Wei Empire only needs to maintain good relations with the Immortal Realm. That way, even if we lack talent, we can still deter petty troublemakers. After all, the Prince is our Great Wei Empire's guardian deity, Great General, and One-Worded Equal Rank King!"

"Well said!"

Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and the others exchanged glances, then stroked their beards and nodded with smiles:

"With the Prince here, we have nothing to fear!"

At that point,

they too began to feel tempted:

"Why don't we all move to the Immortal Realm?"

"Let's send someone to scout it out."

"Let Li Dian go."

Cao Hong said:

"He reached Ultra-First-Rate not long ago, and he's exceptionally fast. He's just the man for the job."

They reached a decision.

Then they sent Li Dian up the Dragon Ladder to the Immortal Realm.

Compared with the Sky Ladder,

the Dragon Ladder was drastically less difficult.

Thus, Li Dian completed the round trip in just seven days and brought back important news.

"The concentration of spiritual energy in the Immortal Realm is a hundred times higher than in the Lower Realm!"

"And in the Heavenly Court, it's far more than a thousand times higher! One day of cultivation