The selection institutions established by the Xuan Yuan Clan over these ten million years could be said to be quite fair and transparent.
Of course, among any race that had developed intelligence, the longer it existed, the more deeply entrenched its social classes became.
Although the Xuan Yuan Clan had extremely fair and transparent selection institutions, children born into commoner households found it difficult to compete with long-established Aristocratic Clans for a place among the elite when they lacked resources.
The central district, which represented the Xuan Yuan Clan's highest governing authority, covered an area of ten thousand li.
Beyond the central district lay a surrounding belt of offices for an endless array of commercial ventures, along with the local establishments of various sects and Lineages.
However, the establishments belonging to these different sects and Lineages often changed hands very quickly.
After all, an emerging Lineage that could maintain its standing in the Penglai Independent World for a hundred thousand years already counted as a major Lineage.
As long as a prodigy above the Great Unity Golden Immortal realm appeared in a Lineage, even a commoner Lineage could become one of the Xuan Yuan Clan's illustrious great houses overnight.
But competition was so fierce that the offices here were traded very frequently. Where one Lineage rose, another declined, so these establishments continually changed hands.
This district, centered on the trading of establishments and various commercial activities, covered an area of fifty thousand li.
The Xuan Yuan Clan's commoners jokingly called it the Parasitic District.
Beyond this fifty-thousand-li Parasitic District lay a vast district made up of various educational academies.
This district of academies occupied almost a third of the Royal City, spanning a full three hundred thousand li.
Within these three hundred thousand li.
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