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At the same time.
In the west of Monan Prefecture City, there was an estate of no small size, named "Qian Garden."
This garden was a detached residence the Zuoqiu Clan had purchased in Monan Prefecture, specially used as lodging for clan members who came over on business.
As an ancient fourth-rank aristocratic clan with a legacy stretching back nearly two thousand years, the Zuoqiu Clan's influence in Monan Prefecture was far inferior to that of the local Purple Mansion Aristocratic Clans, but they were not so rootless as to have no foundation at all.
Within Monan Prefecture, there were several other estates and detached residences similar to "Qian Garden." Though none of them were especially large in scale, their internal design and decoration were all crafted with the utmost ingenuity, fully displaying the taste and depth of a fourth-rank aristocratic clan.
On ordinary days, the Zuoqiu Clan would also send clan members over to hold the fort, specifically responsible for trade and communication with the major aristocratic clans of Monan Prefecture, while also gathering local intelligence in passing.
This time, when Zuoqiu Qingyun came to Monan Prefecture, he stayed within this "Qian Garden."
For the convenience of clan members' cultivation, "Qian Garden" had specially built secluded cultivation chambers underground. Within the chambers were arranged small-scale Spirit Gathering Arrays; so long as Spirit Stones were embedded into them, they could gather spiritual energy for cultivation.
When there was no spiritual vein to rely on, one could only depend on Spirit Gathering Arrays like these and the assistance of pills to barely maintain one's cultivation speed. Thus, to avoid delaying the cultivation of clan members, the clansmen the Zuoqiu Clan assigned to hold the fort were generally rotated every ten years. Only a very small number of clan members