Over the next few days, the alliance between Konoha and the major cities proceeded in an orderly fashion. However, there was no mass defection from all the cities, because under the current circumstances, while Konoha was powerful and filled them with hope, the Supreme One Clan remained the Sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's heads.
Such an alliance was bound to affect the Supreme One Clan's interests. Yet, to many people's surprise, several days passed without any apparent movement from the Supreme One Clan. However, according to cultivators in Supreme One City, the situation within Supreme One Palace was not as calm as it appeared from the outside. They seemed to be brewing something.
The unclear situation left many people unwilling to make their final decision at this point. They could only take things one step at a time.
Meanwhile, Konoha took in quite a few cultivators during this period. The city's population easily surpassed twenty thousand, and their strength was quite respectable as well.
Beyond that, people from the various cities gradually began moving into the areas allocated to their respective cities. This caused the number of cultivators in Konoha City to rise rapidly. Altogether, there were already nearly a hundred thousand of them.
As for these people, unless they chose to join Konoha, they could not absorb spiritual energy to cultivate within Konoha, nor could they obtain the pills refined by Lin Chuan. Overall, their treatment was naturally a tier below that of Konoha's own people.
Within the estate behind the mountain.
"How is the formation of Root coming along?" Lin Chuan asked.
Over the past few days, he had been off enjoying himself with Bu Lianshi, dumping most of the work onto Qin Lang, Yang Yongxin, and the others. He was a complete hands-off boss.
"It's still