The Situation
Twenty years later.
Fang Yu swallowed the last fragment of the secret realm in the Great Void into his Purple Mansion.
His Purple Mansion area has more than doubled in size compared to twenty years ago, with a diameter reaching two hundred li in circumference.
Compared to the expansion in area, the environment within the Purple Mansion has also undergone a great transformation. While it may not be filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers everywhere, it is certainly shaded by lush trees.
Small animals captured by Fang Yu from the mortal world roam and live on the island, while birds frequently fly overhead.
The sky above was now filled with the projections of the sun, moon, and stars, creating a miniature world.
"Judging from its current state, it should be habitable now!"
Fang Yu murmured to himself, secretly pondering where to bring in some mortals to test whether his Purple Mansion was truly suitable for people to live in.
Suddenly, a thought struck him, and he took a step back to the Five Elements Hall on Five Elements Island.
Just as a pot of tea was being brewed, two figures swept in; it was Zhang Zhonghu and Liu Ruyan.
"You seem to be having a very comfortable time!"
Zhang Zhonghu smiled and sat down opposite the tea table, casually tossing a Storage Bag over his shoulder. "Here, this is your spiritual sustenance for the next ten years!"
Fang Yu took the items, scanned them with his Divine Sense, and put away the several Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone and some alchemy materials inside. He casually asked, "What's the situation inside the sect now?"
"Stop talking!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhonghu picked up his teacup and drank it all in one gulp. The smile on his face disappeared, as if he was unwilling to talk about what was happening inside the door.
Liu Ruyan sat down beside her and said, "Although we have secured the three fifth-tier Spirit Vein, they are too small. Each vein can only support one lineage at most, let alone accommodate eight. Therefore, the elders in the sect are already discussing a full-scale war with the Heavenly God Sect to seize a few more Spirit Vein for their own security, but..."
After listening to Liu Ruyan's narration, Fang Yu gained a general understanding of the current situation within the sect. The branch sect's Spirit Vein were too small to accommodate so many disciples, so they had no choice but to rob the neighboring Heavenly God Sect.
However, the Heavenly God Sect is also Spirit Transformation Sect, so it won't be so easy to snatch. This fifth-order Spirit Vein is different from the fourth-order Spirit Vein. It has powerful experts in the Nascent Soul Late Stage stage guarding it, plus the assistance of the Spirit Transformation Grand Formation. It can be said that it is extremely difficult to conquer it.
However, none of this concerns him much, and he has no reason to get involved in such trivial matters.
The three chatted about sect matters for a while, then Zhang Zhonghu and Liu Ruyan took their leave, saying they would return in ten years to deliver the spiritual resources for guarding the old mountain gate.
Fang Yu escorted the two to the edge of the lake before stopping and watching them disappear.
Just as he was about to return to Five Elements Island, a bamboo raft entered from the edge of his Divine Thought.
With a slight Divine Thought, the blurry situation became clear:
On the edge of the lake, an old man, two strong men, two women, and four children stood on a bamboo raft.
The two women looked unwell and appeared to be seasick, while the two strong men were struggling to row the bamboo raft. Judging from their clothing, they looked more like farmers than fishermen.
Fang Yu's Divine Thought swept over the bundles that were tightly bound to the bodies of the group. Inside were layers of wrapped grains, which looked more like seeds, as well as hoes, shovels, and other farm tools with the stems removed.
Are these ordinary people fleeing from disaster?
Fang Yu's mind raced, and with a quick calculation, he immediately figured out the situation of the people on the boat.
They were villagers from a small country near the Great Lake. Affected by war, they fled to the Great Lake, hoping to seek refuge there and find islands suitable for farming.
A smile appeared on Fang Yu's lips.
More than twenty years have passed, and it's certainly time for ordinary people to migrate to this great lake.
Although the Spiritual Qi here has dropped to an extremely low level, it is still higher than that of ordinary mortals. The original peaks were all places for spiritual cultivation, but now that they have been transformed into islands, they can provide a place for these mortals to live and multiply.
Moreover, since the ' Taiyi Auspicious Rain Manifestation Primordial Lord ' has already decided on her place of reincarnation, she naturally needs to receive the birth of mortals. As for where that place is, we will only know after the number of mortals increases.
This lake is enormous even for cultivators, let alone mortals. Those people below are hundreds of miles away from the nearest island. If they are unlucky, they might die on the lake.
"Since I've run into you, it must be fate!"
Fang Yu murmured something, his Divine Thought fluctuated, and the undercurrents beneath the lake surface surged, forming a waterway that carried the bamboo raft toward the nearest island.
"Ah!"
The turbulent undercurrent rocked the bamboo raft, causing the woman on board to scream. The man rowing the raft also crouched down in fright, repeatedly chanting, "May the gods protect us! May the gods protect us!"
They were indeed blessed by the gods; propelled by the undercurrent, the bamboo raft quickly reached the nearest island.
"An island... look... there's an island over there!"
Exclamations arose as everyone on the bamboo raft cried out in surprise. Once the raft reached the shore, they helped each other ashore onto the island.
After resting for only a short while, the old man took his two sons for a walk around the island, and then he exclaimed with delight:
"What fertile land..."
Fang Yu stood above the clouds, watching the mortals below begin building thatched huts, searching for wooden poles, making farm tools, and then starting to cultivate the land and plant crops.
Once the first household was established, there was a second, and a third.
Fang Yu then settled on a nearby island, using his Divine Thought to perceive the situation in the surrounding lake area. When he sensed any mortals entering the lake, he would send them to the nearby islands.
As time went by, the population on some of the nearby islands gradually increased, and soon villages were formed. In addition to farmers, there were also many fishermen.
Once the number of fishermen had reached a certain level, a shipping route was opened from the edge of the lake to the island, and some fishermen began to specialize in transporting people.
As a result, more and more ordinary people migrated to the various islands.
Gradually, Fang Yu no longer needed to intervene. The boats used by the fishermen became larger and larger, and the number of people transported at one time also increased. In just over a year, a gang called the "Giant Whale Gang" was formed.
These people began to abandon fishing and instead built large sailboats, leading to an increasing number of ordinary people migrating to the various islands in the lake. At the same time, the members of the Giant Whale Gang also began to explore deeper into the islands, thus discovering more and more islands.
"Indeed, once the number of mortals reaches a certain scale, the division of labor in society will naturally follow."
After watching yet another large ship launch, Fang Yu nodded slightly, activated his five-colored escape light, and returned to Five Elements Peak to continue his cultivation.
Now these mortals no longer need his intervention. They just need to wait patiently. Given the rate at which mortals give birth, it won't be long before the lake is filled with mortals.