Several months after the golden core phenomenon above the Immortal City had dissipated.
Gu Musheng emerged from seclusion after stabilizing his cultivation and formally joined the Azure Dragon Mountain branch at the Initiation Ceremony.
During the ceremony, Li Ping also made a point of introducing Gu Musheng to Meng Qingyi, asking him to help arrange a position for Gu Musheng, preferably one related to business management.
Meng Qingyi naturally agreed at once with a smile.
But Li Ping could tell that his smile was somewhat strained.
Clearly, Dai Sangyu's successful Golden Core formation had put him under considerable pressure.
Although she was still in seclusion stabilizing her cultivation, once she emerged as a Core Formation cultivator, her word alone could settle any matter.
Moreover, as a Core Formation cultivator, Dai Sangyu could live for over three hundred more years. Once Windmist True Person reached the end of his lifespan and passed away, she would be the undisputed ruler of the Immortal City.
The founding lineages had no standing to contend with her-unless the Meng Family Ancestor also achieved Core Formation.
But the resources produced by a single Immortal City could not compare with those of cultivation kingdoms like the Yue Kingdom and the Chi Kingdom. Within any given period, they could support at most one person's Core Formation.
That was also why the Meng Family Ancestor had previously tried to suppress Dai Sangyu.
On the Great Dao of the Golden Core, there was room for you or me, but not both!
Now that Dai Sangyu had achieved Core Formation, she had probably consumed nearly all the reserves the Immortal City had accumulated over two hundred years. Without some tremendous stroke of fortune, he would never be able to fully form his Golden Core.
Unless he dared attempt Core Formation without