Activating his Divine Sense to undo the restrictions on the Storage Ring, Chen Beiwu turned his hand over, and an official seal wrapped in silk appeared in his palm.
The official seal was ancient in design and dark azure in color. A reclining tiger was carved into its knob, while its face bore four seamlessly integrated characters in Great Shang Seal Script: "Guan County Magistrate's Seal."
"What a coincidence."
Chen Beiwu casually turned the seal over and lightly tapped the seal-script characters with his fingertip.
In the Southern Wild Region, the strongest cultivation powers were undoubtedly the great sects.
Powerful sects within the region could become upper sects, while weaker ones were reduced to lower sects, required to regularly offer natural treasures to their upper sects to secure peace in their territories.
For precisely this reason, the powerful cultivators of the Southern Wild Region's great sects were almost all like divine dragons whose heads appeared but whose tails remained unseen. Some old immortals even chose to conceal their cultivation and wander the mortal world, playing at being pigs to devour tigers.
The Eastern Land Region differed from the Southern Wild Region and had its own particular circumstances.
In Great Shang's imperial court, cultivation was the foundation of an official's standing.
Those without sufficient cultivation could not simply hold office in the Great Shang Imperial Dynasty's court, however astonishing their Innate Talent or formidable their backing. Only those who had earned a place through the Golden Ranking Examination could be granted a small exception.
Thus, in a certain sense, an official position in the Great Shang Imperial Dynasty could often represent a cultivator's cultivation realm.
For example, the position of County Magistrate might seem insignificant, being only Principal Seventh Rank, but it still required its holder to have reached Foundation Establishment