First, Put Forward a Concept!

"I'll discuss the issues with these organizations with you privately after the debriefing meeting!"

Zhang Yang reminded Jiang Zhiqiu of something, signaling Jiang Zhiqiu to continue reporting on the other points.

Jiang Zhiqiu nodded, then continued reporting on the other matters, "Financially, Azure Cloud City has spent a total of about 1.7 billion Spirit Stone in the past five years, and currently has a surplus of more than 500 million Spirit Stone. The current planning of Azure Cloud City is basically completed, and there are very few places to spend money. At present, there will be no other financial problems."

Another situation is that Azure Cloud City is currently fully cooperating with Fourth Uncle, and the defensive formation they built independently has already begun to show results.

Fourth Uncle had conducted a simple assessment and concluded that Azure Cloud City's current defensive array could withstand the impact of three to five Dao Integration Realm without any problem.

Since the topic of formations had come up, Biling Zi chimed in, "The formation is not yet perfect; I'm still working on improving it. According to my plan, once the formation is complete, it should be able to withstand the attacks of about ten Peak Dao Integration Realm experts."

As for the Tribulation Realm... because the power level of the Tribulation Realm is already different, I currently have no good way to measure it."

At this point, she glanced meaningfully at Azure Cloud Master and said, "If Eldest Senior Brother were willing to cooperate with me in researching the power of the Tribulation Realm, perhaps we could get an accurate assessment."

Azure Cloud Master's expression stiffened, then he hurriedly said, "It's alright, I'll put in some effort to assess it later."

"Then it's settled." Zhang Yang didn't let the topic continue.

He wasn't oblivious to the tensions between the elders, but he would absolutely not get involved in such troublesome matters.

"Junior Brother Jiang, are there any other questions?" Zhang Yang asked.

Jiang Zhiqiu flipped through the booklet in his hand and replied, "There's another issue. Recently, many ordinary people have come from afar from other places, intending to settle in Azure Cloud City. The population that has gathered so far exceeds 30,000."

If we agree to let these 30,000 people enter Azure Cloud City, it will inevitably attract even more people to Azure Cloud City.

Another issue is that entering Azure Cloud City requires paying a tax, and they currently cannot afford the five Spirit Stone required for the city gate tax. Therefore, this group of people can only remain outside Azure Cloud City.

We don't have a good solution for dealing with this group yet, and we hope to get some advice from our Eldest Senior Brother."

Zhang Yang frowned. The siphon effect of Azure Cloud City had already begun, but absorbing all the population from other places into Azure Cloud City was not his original intention.

These people all belong to the Cloud Mountain Empire and the Cloud Soaring Empire. Absorbing too many people will inevitably have an impact on the two empires.

It seems we need to think of a solution.

Zhang Yang replied, "I'll think about this issue first and then get back to you. We'll address it together with the organizations in Azure Cloud City. Are there any other issues to report?"

"There is none left!"

After Jiang Zhiqiu sat down, Zhang Yang looked at Qingxu and gestured, "You should also report on the research progress of the various weapons and Law Treasure!"

Qingxu initially felt he had nothing to report, but since he had been called upon, he stood up and said, "In the past five years, we have developed Invisible Flying Ship that can evade the detection of the Dao Integration Realm's Divine Sense."

After a moment's hesitation, he continued, "Research on the Second-Generation Space-Based Weapon and the Second-Generation Destroyer has also yielded good results."

We have already begun developing Third-Generation Weapon.

At the same time, we have made even greater progress in the research of guns and cannons."

In reality, these things are all just a concept.

The concept was initially proposed and announced to mislead other sects.

Although this was a debriefing meeting, Qingxu decided not to reveal the truth.

To fool other sects, you must first fool your own!

In any case, only two or three people know about this; it's best if everyone else is kept in the dark.

Zhang Yang was, of course, fully aware of the progress in the development of these weapons, but he spoke with an air of seriousness and earnestness, "These weapons are our guarantee against other sects in the future. We not only need to develop third-generation weapons, but also fourth-generation and even fifth-generation weapons. Junior Brother Jiang, after the summary meeting, have Junior Brother Liu Ming spread the word in the Azure Cloud Gazette to enhance our sect's reputation."

"Eldest Senior Brother, I understand!" Jiang Zhiqiu nodded excitedly.

Huolingzi, standing nearby, was getting annoyed. The second generation hadn't even appeared yet, and the concept was already at the fifth generation?

However, he remained silent.

Qingxu gave a brief reply and then sat down.

However, his report gave many people present a shot of adrenaline, making them incredibly excited.

Even the Cang Song were excited.

He never imagined that his apprentice would even deceive him...

Zhang Yang looked at Zhang Changshan, Wang Baole, Liang Yi, and the others, and instructed, "It's your turn."

Zhang Changshan stood up first and said, "The Blue-Clad Army camp still hasn't produced any Nascent Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators, but it already has over 1,700 Nascent Soul Realm and 5,700 Golden Core Realm cultivators. We're still a bit short of our target."

The target set in the previous five-year plan was that the percentage of people reaching the Nascent Soul Realm should reach 5%, and the percentage of people reaching the Golden Core Realm should reach 20%.

The number of people who have met the standard is still some distance from that figure.

Although Zhang Changshan felt some regret, he couldn't report false figures.

Wang Baole then said in a deep voice, "No one at the Primordial Spirit Realm has appeared in the Red-Clad Army camp, but there are already over 1,900 at the Nascent Soul Realm and over 5,000 at the Golden Core Realm. We are still some distance from our target."

Liang Yi continued, "The situation at the Yellow-Clad Army camp is slightly better. Two disciples have already broken through to the Nascent Primordial Spirit Realm, there are over 1,200 Nascent Soul Realm, and over 8,000 Golden Core Realm cultivators. The number of people at or above the Golden Core Realm exceeds half of the total number of people."

After analyzing the situation, I realized it was because all the people in our main camp were recruited from the Sect Alliance.

Many people naturally possess talent for cultivation, and some disciples were originally from other sects; they simply chose to join the Azure Cloud Sect.

Therefore, although the overall number of people is smaller, their talent is slightly better.

Zhang Changshan and Wang Baole felt very uncomfortable when they heard this data.

The people in their team were far too weak.

Of course, their numbers are definitely much larger than Liang Yi's.

Azure Cloud Master and the others all had extremely excited expressions on their faces.

There are nearly five thousand disciples at the Nascent Soul Realm?

There are nearly 20,000 disciples at the Golden Core Realm?

The Azure Cloud Sect possesses the grandeur of High Antiquity great sect; its only deficiency lies in the number of cultivators at the Primordial Spirit Realm Dao Integration Realm.

Of course, there's only one person at the Tribulation Realm, which is far too few.

However, considering that this was the result of more than ten years of development, the Azure Cloud Seven Sons were extremely satisfied.