Several years passed in the blink of an eye.
Ever since Zhang Qingyuan returned to the Moon Liên Islands, no other unexpected changes had occurred during his brief period of seclusion.
Everything had remained steady and peaceful.
This was hardly surprising.
After all, because of what had happened with Yang Yuntian, Zhang Qingyuan had sailed out from Zhoushan with a single sword and crushed the will to resist of more than a dozen Lineages hostile to the Moon Liên Islands. He had forced them into submission, gathered them under his command, and turned them into forces he could direct.
Under such circumstances,
even when Demonic Beasts occasionally attacked, or pirates and Rogue Cultivators caused trouble, the joint defense of those Lineages could naturally wipe them out with ease.
One thing was worth mentioning.
As the years passed,
those Lineages that had originally harbored hidden hostility had, after being subdued by Zhang Qingyuan, actually turned disaster into blessing.
Because the powers throughout the Zhoushan Area had essentially been unified,
a basic order centered on the Moon Liên Islands had been established across the Zhoushan Area.
As a result, the chaos of conflicts and struggles among the various Lineages within the region had greatly diminished, and even public security in the surrounding area had improved.
With basic order in place, Rogue Cultivators and cultivators from the outside world became more willing to come to the Zhoushan Area to make their fortunes.
Especially as the Moon Liên Islands' advanced management concepts began to spread, other Lineages learned one thing or another from them. This gave the low-level Spirit Essence Realm Rogue Cultivators from the outside world, formerly like duckweed without roots, more paths to rise in the Zhoushan Area.
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