In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
The integration of the Azurewood Sect and Fengrao Commandery had already gotten on track.
The spirit tree outside the city, towering into the heavens and blotting out the sun, remained emerald green all year round, its spiritual radiance never fading. It could be seen from far away.
Now, throughout Fengrao Commandery, from high-ranking officials and nobles to peddlers and laborers, even the children playing by the roadside knew that there was a sacred land of cultivation outside the city: the Azurewood Sect.
In the past, what children yearned for was fame and rank within the imperial court, or the life of a wealthy household.
But now, everyone had but one goal: to enter the Azurewood Sect, cultivate immortality and seek the Dao, perhaps even defy fate and change their destiny.
Moreover, the Azurewood Sect had thrown its doors wide open. Anyone with a Spiritual Root, regardless of gender, age, birth, or status, could enter and cultivate.
Outer sect disciples needed neither a formal apprenticeship ceremony nor lavish gifts. They only had to complete daily basic chores such as watering, weeding, patrolling, tending Spirit Fields, and handling Spirit Beast Manure to earn points.
Points could be exchanged for spirit stones, and even for rare pills such as Foundation Establishment Pills and Limit-Breaking Pills—treasures that were priceless and unavailable outside.
The moment the news spread, the entire Eastern Domain was shaken.
After all, elsewhere, everyone kept such things tucked away and hidden, rarely willing to take them out.
That day, Xu Changqing, dressed in azure robes, strolled down Fengrao Commandery's main street with Li Sancai and Wang Han at his side.
Watching the stream of people heading toward the Azurewood Sect, Li Sancai could no longer suppress the doubts in