But Lin Tian, who had transmigrated here, knew the situation as clearly as daylight.
Jingwei asked curiously, "Then what should we do?"
Lin Tian chuckled. "There are still five hundred years until the Journey to the West. We just need to build a few more cities! Then, along the pilgrimage route...!"
Jingwei and Bai Suzhen both only half understood, and Lin Tian did not explain much more to them.
There were only five hundred years left. After five hundred years of development, the Three Realms would have a sufficient supply of Spirit Stones, which would surely fuel tremendous commercial growth.
This was the overarching tide, one the Buddhist Sect would be utterly powerless to resist.
Construction of the city continued, as did Lin Tian's sales of Cave Abodes.
After Lin Tian began building a city on Spirit Vine Mountain and the Demon Race's various Demon Sages all came to open shops, countless demons flocked there.
Over the past few years, mining Spirit Stones and searching for raw stones had become a craze throughout the Three Realms. Everyone was digging. Now, at Five Villages Temple, not far from Spirit Vine Mountain, a mighty figure could no longer sit still.
This mighty figure was the Ancient Era deity Zhen Yuanzi, a Quasi-Saint who had severed the Three Corpses. His Magic Power reached through heaven and blanketed the earth. With the Saints absent, he was among the very greatest figures in the Three Realms.
Between cultivation sessions, Zhen Yuanzi ventured out to inspect the Three Realms. Traveling west, he traced the source of the turmoil to Spirit Vine Mountain.
By now, a vast, magnificent city had risen on Spirit Vine Mountain.
The city covered an area a thousand li across, with foundations some five hundred meters high. Its black stone gave it an