The ruins of Soul-Repelling City soon rose once more into a towering city. Compared to the ancient city of old, it naturally lacked the weathered charm of ages past.
Yet the cold gleam rippling across the stone bricks of its gates proved that the spiritual materials used had not been chosen carelessly; they were even far superior to those of the past.
The entire city had been built taller, its interior arranged more neatly and with a greater sense of openness. There were also far more cultivators, including quite a few forces from the Azure-Green Continent and the Immortal Origin Continent.
Vermilion Bird Trench, on the other hand, was not rebuilt.
The Vermilion Bird Trench formation was meant for defense, but this was an offensive campaign. There was naturally no need to set it up again.
There were still many City Guard soldiers and cultivators patrolling the city walls. They still formed squads of ten Nascent Soul cultivators led by a Spirit Transformation cultivator, but compared to the previous City Guard, they were clearly somewhat weaker.
Spirit ships occasionally flew in and landed in the distance. Naturally, just as many departed, and every now and then, an Ancient Wilderness Ark would fly out with an imposing air.
The difference from before was that all the cultivators returning now were brimming with excitement, clearly having reaped plentiful gains.
"The Jade Soul Race has retreated far away. They left behind many treasures, and there are even some special spirit mines inside that those Jade Soul Race fellows simply don't know how to use."
"Not that I should say it, but I think your sect doesn't need to be so conservative. If you don't go now, the treasures in the territories farther back will definitely become much harder to plunder..."
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