The People's Hearts Can Be Won

Undercurrents were swirling in Azure Cloud City, while Zhang Yang convened a meeting of key figures from the Sect Alliance, the Cloud Mountain Empire, and the Cloud Soaring Empire within the Azure Cloud Sect.

This meeting involves the entire Azure Cloud Continent, so he needs to make arrangements as soon as possible and then focus his energy on training.

The highest-ranking officials of the entire Azure Cloud Continent gathered together, and everyone's face was filled with barely suppressed smiles.

Zhang Yang glanced at everyone, his tone tinged with amusement, and said, "Judging from your expressions, I can tell you've all made a fortune these past few years!"

Over the past five years, the Azure Cloud Sect has reaped immense benefits from the world, earning hundreds of billions of Spirit Stone.

The Sect Alliance, Cloud Mountain Empire, and Cloud Soaring Empire also participated in the entire process, and they naturally reaped considerable benefits.

"Thanks to you, fellow Daoist, we have indeed reaped a good harvest," said Sect Master Li of the Azure Wood Sect with a bright smile.

After accepting Zhang Yang's theory of Industrial Immortal Cultivation, the entire sect focused on alchemy, providing a continuous supply of pills for the Azure Moon Merchant Association.

Because they specialized in alchemy, their alchemy skills improved dramatically, their costs decreased, and they naturally earned more money.

The entire sect was living a much more comfortable life than before.

The leaders of other sects also greeted him with smiles.

In the past five years, every sect has made money; it's just a matter of how much.

"Senior, has the situation in your sect improved?" Zhang Yang asked Heavenly Profound Daoist.

Heavenly Profound Daoist nodded repeatedly, beaming as he said, "Our Heavenly Profound Sect has recovered to its former level... I originally thought it would take at least a hundred years to fully recover."

"I really didn't expect that the sect's strength would recover in just a few years."

He was filled with sorrow.

Because the Heavenly Profound Sect had split up, many of its talented disciples were taken to the Myriad Spirits Continent by Tong Lu Tong Lu, who were originally disciples of Heavenly Profound Daoist.

Half of the sect's resources were taken away by that group.

Only some disciples with less talent remained on the Azure Cloud Continent.

Although the Heavenly Profound Sect still has Heavenly Profound Daoist to support it, the development of the sect cannot be reversed by a single Dao Integration Realm.

Looking at the original Azure Cloud Sect, you'll see that some things can't be solved simply by being strong.

However, only five years have passed, and the Heavenly Profound Sect has already recovered its vitality.

Because the Heavenly Profound Sect has also made money in the past five years.

With enough Spirit Stone and resources, the Heavenly Profound Sect naturally dared to recruit disciples and invest a lot of resources in them.

With the added guidance of a Dao Integration Realm expert, these disciples naturally grew rapidly.

"What is the situation of the Cloud Mountain Empire and the Cloud Soaring Empire?" Zhang Yang then asked Emperor Li Xiaojie of Cloud Mountain and Emperor Situ Guangyuan of Cloud Soaring respectively.

Emperor Cloud Mountain glanced at Emperor Cloud Soaring and said first, "With the help of the Azure Moon Merchant Association, our Cloud Mountain Empire has developed quite well in the past five years."

In terms of cultivator power, the Cloud Mountain Empire truly possessed its own cultivator force and even had cultivators at the Primordial Spirit Realm."

With a cultivator at the Primordial Spirit Realm, one can face the power of most cultivators.

Since those at the Dao Integration Realm cannot easily enter the Azure Cloud Continent, in most cases, the Primordial Spirit Realm is sufficient.

"As for ordinary people's livelihood, it has also been greatly improved." Emperor Cloud Mountain continued to report, "We are all striving to learn from Azure Cloud City and apply some of Azure Cloud City's methods to people's livelihood, hoping to truly govern all people and enable them to live a happy life."

"Hmm?" Zhang Yang frowned slightly. "Does the Cloud Mountain Empire have that much money?"

The reason why ordinary people in Azure Cloud City live well is because the place has abundant resources and offers far more opportunities than other places.

Many ordinary people have the opportunity to earn Spirit Stone.

This is a considerable sum of money for ordinary people.

How much money does the Cloud Mountain Empire have?

"Master, we didn't simply copy Azure Cloud City's methods wholesale!" Emperor Cloud Mountain said with a smile.

He didn't hide his relationship with Zhang Yang; everyone present knew about it anyway.

He suppressed his smile and said earnestly, "I've been reading the Azure Cloud Gazette Daily frequently lately, and I've also read the true words my master spoke. I've gained many insights from them."

I believe that if the Cloud Mountain Empire truly wants to develop well, it must prioritize people's livelihoods and ensure their genuine happiness.

Only when they are truly happy can the Cloud Mountain Empire's reign truly continue.

Of course, the Cloud Mountain Empire's finances are limited, and we cannot treat everyone the same way as Azure Cloud City. However, we believe that as long as we have this intention and strive in this direction, even if we cannot do better, we can still greatly alleviate the current situation.

Zhang Yang looked at Li Xiaojie with some surprise. This cheap apprentice had actually comprehended these things?

Although they were addressed as master and disciple, they had no formal status as such.

Moreover, Zhang Yang also understood the Mind Power, and he sensed that when Li Xiaojie said those words, he truly believed it.

He nodded and said, "It's quite commendable that the Cloud Mountain Empire would take such action."

He looked at Situ Guangyuan, signaling Situ Guangyuan to also share some information about the Cloud Soaring Empire.

However, Situ Guangyuan was somewhat at a loss for words.

Because he was merely an emperor installed by the Situ Family. The one who truly held power in the Cloud Soaring Empire was the head of the Situ Family, Situ Mingyue's father, Situ Haonan.

Situ Haonan said in a deep voice, "Our Cloud Soaring Empire has been learning from the Azure Cloud City model over the years."

At the same time, we also use some of the money we earn in the form of subsidies to try to improve the lives of people in the Cloud Soaring Empire.

There are no problems with the livelihood of the people in Cloud Soaring.

As for the power of cultivators, we rarely develop it.

It's not that we don't care, but we know that the Cloud Soaring Empire is not in great danger at the moment.

After being enlightened by his daughter Situ Mingyue, he lowered his inflated ego considerably and truly positioned himself as the retired emperor of the Cloud Soaring Empire.

Therefore, this time he honestly reported the problem and did not mention anything else.

In truth, the reports from the Great Emperor Realm were somewhat vague. However, given the vast populations and numerous affairs of these Great Emperor Realm, coupled with the fact that some data was imperial secrets, they couldn't possibly disclose it publicly. If necessary, they would naturally consult with Zhang Yang privately.

After briefly understanding the situation, Zhang Yang said, "Without a doubt, everyone is doing well!"

In fact, everyone has been living a very peaceful life all these years.

But the peaceful days are over; the storm is coming.

Everyone's expression immediately changed. They had only enjoyed a few days of good times, why was there already unrest?

Heavenly Profound Daoist hurriedly asked, "Has something happened?"

Zhang Yang smiled and shook his head, saying, "The situation hasn't even started yet, but we must be prepared for the worst."

The reason why the Azure Cloud Continent is so stable is because the Azure Cloud Sect is protecting it from the front lines.

Now that the Azure Cloud Sect is facing risks, how can those under the Azure Cloud Sect protection not be affected?