Let's See What Tomorrow Brings
That night, all the people in Xiushui City were too excited to sleep.
In the past few years, although their lives have changed dramatically compared to before, it is nothing like what we see in the city today.
Especially the villagers in the nearby villages.
In the past, they saw that life in Xiushui Village was getting better and better every day, and it would be a lie to say they weren't envious.
But as Xiushui Village became popular, people started coming and going from their once remote mountain village, which allowed them to finally get a taste of the local life.
Seeing the family's wealth accumulating at an unprecedented rate, I thought that was already quite good.
Who would have thought that one day he would rise to the top in one fell swoop!
Look at these things! You don't even need to fetch water from a well. Just turn on that thing called a faucet and water will gush out. This must be the life of a god!
From this day forward, they are city dwellers!
Just thinking about it makes me happy.
They also heard from the immortals of the Lingxian Sect that more and more immortals from outside might come to Xiushui City to do business in the future, although these villagers did not know why immortals would want to do business.
However, based on their impressions of the Lingxian Sect over the past few years, these villagers felt that this news was a great thing.
After all, there are many immortals out there. Who knows, maybe one day I'll catch the eye of one of them and have a great destiny?
Moreover, they weren't afraid that these outside immortals might have any bad intentions, because the immortals of the Lingxian Sect said that if they found any problems with these outside immortals, they could go to the foot of the Lingxian Sect Mountain and ring the bell.
Each village chief possesses a divine artifact that allows them to directly contact Immortal Liu of the Lingxian Sect. In this Xiushui City, even outside immortals cannot use Law Technique to harm people. Everything is considered for the benefit of ordinary people, so the villagers in each village feel very at ease.
These villagers, who knew nothing about cultivation, had no idea about restrictions or formations, nor did they understand how difficult it would be to suppress all the cultivators entering the city. Their peace of mind stemmed entirely from their trust in the Lingxian Sect.
In recent years, whenever they have encountered any insurmountable disasters in their lives, Lingxian Sect has always stood up for them.
In an era when almost no welfare benefits were provided to rural areas besides taxes, the Lingxian Sect was an absolutely solid and incomparable reliable support for these ordinary people.
Nowadays, not only in the villages within Xiushui City, but throughout the entire Hufang Province, if a household doesn't have a shrine to the Lingxian Sect, they'll be looked down upon.
For the people of Hufang Province today, praying to gods and Buddhas is not as good as worshipping the Lingxian Sect.
This is their living god.
The landing of Xiushui City was so loud that the surrounding towns heard the commotion.
People in various places, bewildered, rushed out of their houses in panic and looked in the direction of the loud noise.
Those who were nearby saw billowing dust rising from the once clear and clean sky in the distance.
At first, everyone thought it was some kind of natural disaster.
Until government officials were running around in the streets, shouting loudly:
"The Lingxian Sect is building a city; the people should not panic!"
"The Lingxian Sect is building a city; the people should not panic!"
"The Lingxian Sect is building a city; the people should not panic!"
Upon hearing that the commotion was caused by the Lingxian Sect, everyone's initial panic subsided instantly.
After feeling relieved, people's gossipy nature returned, and they gathered at nearby teahouses and soup stalls to chat.
"Hey, hey, did you hear? Lingxian Sect is going to build a city!"
"It seems to have been built in Xiushui Village!"
"Wow, does that mean all the villages nearby have to be relocated?"
"No, I heard that the Lingxian Sect directly allowed all those villages to stay in the city. I have a relative from the neighboring Big Ox Village, and he came to visit yesterday and was bragging to us..."
The people watched with amusement and even discussed whether they should go over and join the fun.
Having arrived at Xiushui Village the day before and witnessed firsthand Lingxian Sect Sect's method of building a city from scratch Venerable Xunfang's heart remained unsettled for a long time.
Having arrived two days earlier, he had thoroughly investigated the area and was well aware of the lack of any defensive formations or restrictions around Xiushui Village.
Standing on the wide, open streets of Xiushui City, Venerable Xunfang around at the newly built city and kept thinking about how much he could achieve after making all sorts of preparations he could think of.
At the same time, he also felt the suppressed Spiritual Power within him.
Within this city, his Spiritual Power could at most form a thin layer of Spiritual Power membrane around his body; he couldn't even cast a small Fireball Technique!
The fireball vanished completely the instant it was released.
It was as if an invisible, gigantic maw was silently swallowing it up.
Venerable Xunfang looked at his fingertips, which were used to cast the Fireball Technique, with a solemn expression.
I'm afraid this Lingxian Sect isn't really a sect from the Mortal Realm.
With such capabilities, if the Lingxian Sect wanted to wipe out all the cultivators entering the city...
He couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
But then he laughed it off.
If the other party truly harbored any malicious intentions, with their strength, taking down this group of the Mortal Realm cultivators would be an easy task.
He looked up at the towering mountains in the distance, and the floating islands that were difficult for ordinary people to spot above them.
"Lingxian Sect..."
I hope you are not evil people.
Otherwise, these Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Mortal Realm would likely have had a hard time surviving.
There's a saying that's very applicable to these high-level cultivators in the Mortal Realm.
If the sky falls, there's always someone tall enough to hold it up.
When trouble strikes in the Mortal Realm, whether they, as the group with the highest cultivation levels, step forward or cower in fear, it's merely a matter of whether they die sooner or later.
By pushing forward, one can collaborate with others to create space for survival.
Retreat will only lead to despair.
This is a precept passed down from their sect's founder.
This is why these sects immediately organized Alliance Army when the Execution Stone occurred in Huanyou Nation.
They don't concern themselves with the affairs of mortals, but they absolutely must concern themselves with the Execution Stone.
Venerable Xunfang took out the invitation from the Lingxian Sect, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Many other sects and members of the royal family shared his idea and went to Xiushui Village in advance to investigate.
Even Li Zhanying, the Li Clan Ancestor who had dealt with the Lingxian Sect long ago, was no exception.
However, unlike others, he had witnessed everything Lingxian Sect had done over the past few years, so he didn't really believe that Lingxian Sect would do anything evil.
One person might be able to deceive others.
But the ideology of an entire sect cannot be deceived.
He had talked with Lin Xiao and interacted with other disciples. Even setting aside everything else, just the fact that Lingxian Sect had the Heart-Questioning Road meant that the sect was definitely not bad.
only...
Li Zhanying sat in a small courtyard in Xiushui Village and took a sip of spiritual tea.
This was one of the congratulatory gifts sent by the Lingxian Sect when he emerged from seclusion.
"From now on, we Mortal Realm can only follow the Lingxian Sect—" Li Zhanying said with emotion.
Sitting opposite him, Li Yuanze gazed at the towering city outside, silently sipping his tea.