"Here's what we'll do. Let the major factions enter the cities. That way, we can provide them with safety while also having them defend the cities, which will help protect the people."
After Ye Lin finished speaking, the Great Elder stroked his beard and pondered.
"But, Holy Son, the cities under the Azure Cloud Sect simply can't accommodate so many people. Besides, letting these minor factions into the cities will be easy, but getting them to leave afterward will be difficult."
"If we let them move into the cities now, once everything settles down, getting them to move out again will be difficult."
The Great Elder wore a troubled expression.
Why did the major factions forbid people from minor factions from entering the cities? It was largely to reduce their contact with the common people.
That way, they could limit the common people's chances of entering the cultivation world. There were only so many resources to go around—a classic case of too many wolves and too little meat.
If everyone took up cultivation, even the basic supplies would be thrown into complete disarray. With so many commoners embarking on the path of cultivation, resource consumption would skyrocket.
When the resources ran out, the entire region would be plunged into endless slaughter.
It wasn't just this place. The whole world operated this way. Resources were limited, and every bit used meant less left over. To reduce the number of cultivators, they all went to great lengths to keep commoners and cultivators apart.
That was how they curbed the number of cultivators.
"The cities under the Azure Cloud Sect can let them move in. As for the cities belonging to the other major factions, just tell those small sects that our Azure Cloud Sect agrees to let them move into the cities