Purple Mansion Su Jie!

With the destruction of Tide Watching Pavilion, the leader of Qing Province's Righteous Dao Sects, Ghost Ridge Palace had ascended to the pinnacle of Qing Province and brought the Righteous Dao under its control. Qing Province's development began to enter an entirely new phase.

The first to spring into action were the disciples of Ghost Ridge Palace.

The disciples of Ghost Ridge Palace, who had once been able to live only in desolate mountains and wild forests, came down the mountains one after another, entering the major cities of Qing Province to establish special offices and purchase all kinds of industries.

Moreover, four flying dharma boats were dispatched separately, carrying a group of elders and inner disciples to garrison various parts of Qing Province and intimidate the entire region.

The forces of the various Righteous Dao Sects were also organized. According to Ghost Ridge Palace's plans, they provided people, money, and labor to assist Ghost Ridge Palace in transforming Qing Province.

Ghost Ridge Palace had made no effort to conceal its actions, and such a major undertaking could not be concealed anyway.

The outside world was deeply curious about the changes in Qing Province. Ghost Ridge Palace's methods had already exceeded the boundaries of a sect and resembled an imperial dynasty's rule over a region more closely.

Sects generally managed the common people under their control in a loose and broad manner. They cared only about recruiting disciples and maintaining various resource-producing lands. As for whether ordinary people lived or died, they basically paid no attention. That was the government's concern.

But Ghost Ridge Palace had done the opposite, instead devolving power to the grassroots and managing every aspect of life.

Qing Province was the Great Li Dynasty's major grain-producing province, and its population was considerably larger than that of