The Imperial Capital.
The Lei Clan estate.
This was where the members of the Lei Clan's main branch lived.
Some collateral branches, if favored by the main branch, also lived in the Imperial Capital, though not here. Instead, they crowded into the western district with the other Qi Refining clans.
Those who were not favored were scattered among the commandery seats.
The residents of the Imperial Capital's Eastern District were either Foundation Establishment clans or Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators.
The Imperial Cao Clan was also here, occupying the land with the richest spiritual energy.
The southern district contained many trading market districts, as well as Qi Refining sects and rogue cultivator factions entrenched there. The most renowned among them was the Pill Hall.
The pill shops nearby also formed the liveliest and most prosperous market district in the south.
The west housed the Qi Refining clans, while the north housed Martial Way clans. Most members of the Qi Refining clans who lacked the aptitude for cultivation also lived there.
The main hall of the Lei estate.
Xu Chuan had been sitting and waiting for a while when a dignified middle-aged man entered and took the seat of honor.
"Clan Head, Chief Yun Zhongzi was absent, so I invited Attendant San Shu, whose alchemy ranks second in the Pill Hall," Lei Feng said, lowering his head and cupping his fists toward the seat of honor.
"The Pill Hall's Attendant San Shu, who refined a high-grade Divine Sense Pill?"
"To think the Lei Clan Head has heard my name. Truly, I am blessed with three lifetimes of good fortune," Xu Chuan said, standing as well.
Though Xu Chuan had not probed him, he assumed anyone who could become the Lei Clan Head must have Foundation Establishment cultivation, so he dared not casually