Peach Mountain was formally established at Desolate Demon Pass, and all the cultivators of Desolate Demon Pass joined it.
The Inner Sect Disciples numbered only the dozen or so whom Zhuang Shi had brought back last time; all the rest were Outer Sect Disciples.
Peach Mountain sent hundreds of Outer Sect Disciples into Desolate Demon Pass to begin taking charge of the common people's worldly affairs.
These ranged from trade between Desolate Demon Pass and the outside world to jointly establishing numerous schools and leading the people in farming and weaving to fill the storehouses.
Down to petty cases of chicken stealing and dog snatching among ordinary folk.
Peach Mountain took over every affair throughout Desolate Demon Pass...
For a time, the people of Desolate Demon Pass were all somewhat bewildered and at a loss.
They did not know whether this series of measures by the Peach Mountain Sect, established by the new pass lord, was good or bad!
It seemed that Peach Mountain had picked up all those matters that originally fell under the Imperial Dynasty's authority but had been neglected because this was a border city.
The border was too distant, and it also bore the duty of defending the pass.
Who would spare any attention for those inconspicuous matters of people's livelihoods? Everything had now fallen into a state where no one managed or controlled it.
Yet now, Peach Mountain had taken all of it up again.
An old man gazed in bewilderment at the city's civil government office, which had lain abandoned for who knew how long and had suddenly been taken over by Peach Mountain.
Inside the office, several cultivators sat meditating with their eyes closed, enjoying this rare chance to relax.
Only one seemingly rather languid cultivator sat outside the entrance, watching the