The imperial court's approval came swiftly.
Zhang Baicheng had originally said it would take seven days to half a month, yet it reached Qin Shujian's hands in just five days.
Looking at the approval document in his hands and the seal stamped upon it,
he understood.
This was probably the Marquis of Northcloud's doing.
As for the Marquis of Northcloud,
Qin Shujian had no particularly strong feelings about him.
The marquis had given him quite a few benefits.
That was because he saw Qin Shujian's potential and wanted to invest in him and win him over.
Strictly speaking,
he was still only a True Martial Realm cultivator. To someone like the Marquis of Northcloud, even the strongest True Martial Realm cultivator would be of little use.
Unless, one day,
he could break through to Spirit Martial, or even the Divine Martial Realm.
Perhaps only then would the marquis truly take him seriously.
But that was a matter for the future.
Since the Marquis of Northcloud was willing to help, Qin Shujian had no reason to refuse. After all, the Liangshan True Domain lay within Northcloud Prefecture.
If the Origin Sect wanted to develop peacefully,
it could not afford to offend the imperial court.
Maintaining a better relationship with the Marquis of Northcloud would also benefit the Origin Sect's future.
Once the approval arrived,
Qin Shujian immediately gave the order to take the first step toward building a city.
Before the approval arrived, the Origin Sect had already prepared most of what it needed for the construction.
Now that approval had been granted,
work could begin at once.
The more than four thousand Menial Disciples taken from the seven sects had just finished building the branch sects when they plunged straight into the bustling work of constructing the city.
Faced with