In Black Marsh Commandery, among the blessed lands and spirit fields newly formed across the vast marshes, although Liang Zhaohuang had used the Lotus Dharma Body to suppress Jiang Mao, further consolidating his family's prestige and power in Liu Province—
The cultivators from the commandery and county clan families gathered around, as well as those from the Imperial Academy and the royal family sent to establish new County Academies and commandery academies, all turned to look at him. Clearly, they wanted him to make the final decision.
Just as Jiang Mao had said, establishing new County Academies and commandery academies was an edict from the Human Emperor, a policy vigorously promoted by the Immortal Dynasty's central court and the royal family. Liu Province had dragged its feet for three years without making any progress; it truly could not be delayed any longer.
The conflict between the commandery and county clans on one side and the Imperial Academy and royal representatives on the other had even resulted in casualties. If the delay continued, the struggle and the situation would likely spiral further out of control.
And in the end, it would be the Liang Family that suffered the consequences.
Liang Zhaohuang swept his gaze over the crowd and said in a deep voice, "The spirit-awakened lands throughout Liu Province were all created through more than twenty years of hard work by the Liang Family's geomancers, who traveled every corner of Liu Province, painstakingly regulating the earth veins and linking the water veins!"
"And since the Liang Family is the great clan of Liu Province, these spirit-awakened lands should, by rights, belong to the Liang Family."
"The commandery and county clan families, as well as all of you cultivators from the Imperial Academy and royal family, need not fight one another to