Spring gave way to autumn, and a hundred years swiftly passed.
Central Heaven Continent, Ten Thousand Gourd Forest.
Several decades ago, Ten Thousand Gourd True Man and several other Spirit Transformation cultivators had joined forces to wipe out the high-rank poisonous insects of Thousand Spider Forest. Thousand Spider Forest was renamed Ten Thousand Gourd Forest, and the Han Clan cultivators settled down here.
The Han Clan cultivators uprooted most of the poisonous trees and flowers, planted vast numbers of Gourd Vines, and established a market.
At the northwestern corner of Ten Thousand Gourd Forest lay an enormous valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. Outside the valley stood a cyan stone stele over thirty meters tall, engraved with three vigorous, powerful golden characters: "Ten Thousand Gourd Valley."
This was a market jointly established by the Han Clan and the Wang Clan. Eighty percent of its profits belonged to the Han Clan, while twenty percent went to the Wang Clan. This was confidential, and outsiders knew nothing of it.
Ten Thousand Gourd Valley primarily sold pills, and the Ten Thousand Gourds Merchant Association had also relocated here. However, the Han Clan maintained personnel in multiple markets to gather cultivation resources.
Central Heaven Continent was abundant in cultivation resources, and the Han Clan developed rapidly. The Han Clan's low-rank cultivators married and had children while also recruiting rogue cultivators. There were now over five thousand cultivators in the clan, eighty percent Han Clan cultivators and twenty percent cultivators of other surnames.
Han Changming had extensive connections. After Ten Thousand Gourd Valley was established, the Wang Clan sent many experts to take up residence there and opened weapon shops selling magical artifacts and treasures. The Wang Clan also persuaded their in-laws and old friends to do business in Ten Thousand Gourd Valley. Out