The residents of Chang'an in the Great Tang Domain were herded by the Five Elements Banners warriors led by Cecilia into a square before the imperial palace.
There were fewer than a thousand of them.
Under normal circumstances, Chang'an had twelve to thirteen hundred residents, but the officials and nobles with even a little strength had already fled through teleportation gates to seek refuge in other territories.
These were, of course, not all the people of the Great Tang Domain.
The Great Tang Domain had nearly ten thousand people in total. Only a little over a thousand could live in Chang'an, making them "first-class citizens"; another two thousand or so lived in villages and towns outside Chang'an as "second-class citizens."
There were also more than five thousand slave laborers, working in underground mines under the overseers' supervision in exchange for basic living supplies.
Standing beside Bai Xiaowen, Cecilia said quietly, "The spiritual energy density in the Great Tang Domain seems even higher than in our territory."
Bai Xiaowen said, "Only around the imperial palace. The Great Tang Domain built a Spirit Force Convergence Array that gathered the spiritual energy of the entire territory into a radiation zone centered on Chang'an... The core area near the palace has Level 4 spiritual energy density, but the rest of Chang'an only has Level 3. Outside Chang'an, most areas have only Level 2 or even Level 1 spiritual energy density. Overall, it is still far inferior to the White Phoenix Fief."
Cecilia nodded in understanding.
The White Phoenix Fief came from the high-difficulty Three Kingdoms Plane World, where spiritual energy was already abundant. In addition, Bai Xiaowen's Grand Unification contribution was extremely high, giving it an initial Level 3 spiritual energy density.
Most newly established territories began with Level 1 spiritual energy density. Only