Amid the uproar in the loft, a cultivator challenged:
"By doing this, the Nine Prefectures are clearly stopping rogue cultivators like us, with no powers behind us, from climbing Ten Thousand Evils Peak!"
The other cultivators chimed in-
"That must be it."
"If we can't climb Ten Thousand Evils Peak, that cuts off the last path for rogue cultivators like us to enter the True Martial Sword Champion Assembly!"
"The Nine Prefectures simply look down on us rogue cultivators!"
"The True Martial Great Emperor set this rule precisely so that rogue cultivators like us could compete against the disciples of sects and aristocratic clans at the Sword Champion Assembly, without having to heed their restrictions. What the Nine Prefectures are doing now goes against the Great Emperor's original intent!"
And, just as in the loft, the cultivators preparing to climb the peak in Lingyue's projected image also began to argue.
Their arguments were exactly the same as those of the people in the loft.
They, too, believed the Nine Prefectures were deliberately making things difficult for rogue cultivators.
Only then did Fairy Lingyue notice that the vast majority of both the cultivators attempting the summit below Ten Thousand Evils Peak and those watching from the loft today were rogue cultivators.
Seeing Fairy Lingyue's puzzled expression, Zhao Linglong immediately explained through voice transmission:
"Ever since the seal on the True Martial Heaven Barrier began gradually lifting, the underground spiritual veins in many places within True Martial Heaven that were once barren of spiritual power have reawakened, nurturing numerous Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures."
"After consuming these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, some rogue cultivators advanced by leaps and bounds."
"In just a few decades, the number of rogue cultivators in True Martial Heaven has increased dozens of times over compared with