After Liu Fuba's wedding, the constant influx of immigrants soon set Penglai Island on a smooth path of rapid development.
However, as more and more outsiders arrived, the Liu Lineage's shortage of members gradually became impossible to hide.
Only a little over six hundred members had accompanied Liu Changxu to Sea God Star. Even after several decades of growth there, their population had only risen to just over three thousand.
Thus, faced with the growing influx of outsiders, the Liu Household's limited manpower soon proved inadequate, leaving them stretched thin on every front.
To resolve this difficulty, shortly after Liu Fuba's wedding, Liu Changxu summoned the Liu Household's senior members to the council hall on Little Penglai Island to discuss the matter.
Inside the grand hall, Liu Changxu sat in the seat of honor. Nearly a hundred senior Liu Household cultivators sat cross-legged before him, including Wu Xuege, Xiao Zier, Zhao Qi'er, Murong Yuyao, Chen Yufei, Jiang Xuefeng, Yang Qingxue, Liu Qingying, Su Jinxiu, Dongxue, Li Zhenxin, Lian'er, Liu Fujiao, Liu Fuba, and Murong Yuzhu.
As the Liu Household's clan head, Liu Fujiao broke the silence first, declaring clearly:
"Father, Mother, honored aunts, more and more cultivation lineages and rogue cultivators are coming to settle on Penglai Island. Although they will bring our island greater prosperity, they will also bring many hidden dangers.
"First, as the number of outside cultivators increases, they will consume ever more cultivation resources. Those resources that originally belonged to our Liu Household will inevitably be nibbled away and seized by them.
"At the same time, our Liu Household has very few members on Sea God Star, making it easy for us to suffer losses when competing with outside cultivators.
"If this continues, Penglai Island, which we fought desperately to obtain, may face the danger of