Greenwood Epoch, western plains.
As Jiang Shan slowly descended, he surveyed the unfamiliar surroundings.
Although he had been born in the Greenwood Epoch, he had never possessed the ability to explore the entire Greenwood Epoch back then.
Thus, a large part of the Greenwood Epoch remained unfamiliar and unknown to Jiang Shan.
However, Jiang Shan's confusion did not last long. He quickly formulated a preliminary plan.
Conflicts between factions differed from conflicts between cultivators. Struggles between factions could never be counterbalanced through mere individual bravery.
Therefore, his first step should be to establish a small faction of his own.
And the fastest way to complete this primitive accumulation was through robbery. More conveniently still, the Greenwood Epoch never lacked small bands of bandits and robbers.
Greenwood Epoch, Dragon Gate City in the east.
As he looked over the cultivators and mortals around him, Bai Ze, who had resumed walking on all fours, complained.
"Why do I feel like I've returned to an era from hundreds of thousands of years ago?"
"Look at the layout here—it's chaotic and disorderly. Cultivators with even a little strength are practically gathered in heaps."
"If they encountered an enemy attack, I'm afraid half the cultivators in Dragon Gate City wouldn't survive twenty breaths."
"Even more speechless, why do the cultivators here release their auras?"
"Are they afraid their enemies won't be able to find them, or afraid others won't know their exact strength?"
Facing Bai Ze's complaints, Chen Changsheng smiled faintly. "You can't judge this place by the standards of the Chang Sheng Epoch."
"A cultivator distribution like Dragon Gate City's is quite effective at preventing large-scale enemy invasions."
"The reason they haven't made corresponding upgrades is that no one here has developed long-range attack methods."
"Back then, didn't the Chang Sheng Epoch and