The reports that followed did not stir up any fresh trouble.
After all, the cultivators of the major sects had focused their attention on the academy of the future.
Though they were products forcibly brought forth by the cultivation world's need for power, they were still rational beings at heart.
The key to rationality was clearly knowing what one wanted, and being able to pay the price and suppress one's instincts for it.
Plans for new Gun Foundries, pushing forward the reforging of Heyang City from within, strengthening connections along the railways...
Just hearing about such things made one's head ache. As exalted cultivators of major sects, who would be interested in wasting their brains to earn such trifling money?
Their precious energy was meant for enjoyment and cultivation.
Being able to use their own sects to expand and earn more resources was already the limit.
Such matters needed time to ferment. One report had raised Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's audience to another tier, effortlessly surpassing its initial expectations.
The city residents, meanwhile, began rolling up their sleeves in preparation for the next round of competition.
The Inner City residents were like this. From the barren days when they had nothing and had to carve out a path for themselves, they had witnessed too many examples of companions around them soaring straight into the clouds.
Unlike those people in the Outer City, they did not need some illusory hope to spur them onward.
They merely needed to wait for this opportunity to descend.
And without question, once this new round of plans was released, the opportunity had already arrived.
As for the Outer City.
Many people had yet to realize what earth-shattering changes this seemingly insignificant meeting would bring to their lives;
That was perfectly normal. After all, most people in