"A basket outside..."
Li Ling naturally understood what the Old Ancestor meant by a basket.
It was something used to hold eggs, and eggs were fragile.
Left loose on the ground instead of being gathered up, they were easily broken. But putting them all in the same basket could cause problems too.
Listening beside him, the Ninth Princess also nodded silently.
She had heard the Old Ancestor say similar things before. Now she intended to put those words into practice.
"You should know that I arranged for Luo Mu and the others to take positions in the Immortal Sects.
"My Mystic Xin Peak is the ancestral foundation of the Yellow Cloud branch, handed down since ancient times. The True Person title I inherited was not one I chose myself, but came from the previous Yellow Cloud True Person.
"Under the regulations of the Immortal Sects, Spirit Peak Blessed Lands of this sort possess the right to govern themselves. The True Disciples under my authority are registered separately. They need not fall under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Sects or submit to compulsory mobilization. In more distant times, our predecessors even possessed private spirit mines and many other privileges."
Yellow Cloud True Person began speaking of matters that seemed as unrelated as horses and cattle in the wind.
Li Ling only half understood. "The Immortal Sects have always wanted to reclaim the Spirit Peaks granted out in the past as communal property, completely changing the situation where factions within the sect each govern themselves. Perhaps they feel these internal strongholds have grown into a tail too large to wag...
"No, that isn't right either. Mortal nations cannot be compared to the Immortal Sects, nor mortals to cultivators!
"The very foundation of cultivation is to transcend the mundane. Applying worldly models to