Li Chengfeng had returned to Green Mountain City, and naturally, the Southern Six Sects had not been left behind.
As the six strongest sects in the entire southern martial world, they possessed influence even within Green Mountain City.
Outside Green Mountain City, the fort lord of Zhang Family Fort was a registered disciple of the Southern Heaven Sword Sect.
With that identity as their backing, the people of the Southern Heaven Sword Sect had naturally all moved into Zhang Family Fort, keeping their doors shut as they devoted themselves to cultivation.
For that very reason, their arrival had not caused much of a stir among the city's common folk, but Zhang Family Fort was bound to be swept up in tremendous upheaval.
How they would elevate and cultivate Zhang Family Fort, forging it into an impregnable stronghold, was unknown—but they themselves would have to develop no matter what.
Therefore, upon learning that the Southern Six Sects had arrived at Zhang Family Fort first, neither Sun Qing nor Li Chengfeng had any intention of meeting them.
After careful discussion, they even decided to develop themselves first, waiting until their own foundations were firmly laid before going to meet them.
As for what foundations they needed to establish, that was obvious:
First, they needed to continue expanding the production of Treasure Fish, using it as the cornerstone of their power.
Second, they needed to build a massive fortress by East Lake as the Green River Gang's base in Green Mountain City. With such a base, when the Third Prince's people arrived in Green Mountain City in the future, no matter how they acted, the Green River Gang would have sufficient ability to respond.
Third, Li Chengfeng himself needed to cultivate personnel and forge his own iron guards.
As a fourth-rank martial official,