Setting Off for Xiushui City!
"..." Everyone was speechless.
This sect is truly... formidable.
In every sense of the word.
They glanced back and saw that there were still several streets ahead, but they were not yet open to the public, with the shops closed. However, there were two large signs at the intersection of the fourth and fifth streets.
One sign read "Aquatic Products," and the other read "Animal Beasts."
Upon seeing this, everyone couldn't help but recall the banquet at the Lingxian Sect's annual meeting a few days ago.
There were indeed many kinds of meat they had never seen before.
This is really...
Some people have already secretly resolved that once they earn enough Spirit Stone, they must come and buy some agricultural products to take home and try.
No, they don't have a spirit chef.
It would be a real shame to buy it and then waste it. I wonder if the Lingxian Sect will ever open shops that help process ingredients or cook meals for customers...
With their thoughts in disarray, the group absentmindedly left the agricultural area and departed from Xiushui City.
These sects left, but even more cultivators and ordinary people came to Xiushui City.
Under the Li Clan's deliberate guidance, the news of the establishment of Xiushui City spread throughout the Pusi Kingdom in just a few days. The common people were fine, as they were attached to their homeland and would not leave their homes unless forced to. However, it was a different story for the Rogue Cultivator.
There are quite a few Rogue Cultivator in this land.
Most of them were low-level cultivators and their descendants from the three major sects.
Although the three major sects accept disciples, if their cultivation level is too low, supporting such a low-level cultivator is much more expensive than supporting an ordinary person. Therefore, the benefits that the three major sects can provide are like a chicken rib for these low-level cultivators.
Besides, his status within the sect was extremely low; it would be better for him to return to the mortal realm and be considered superior.
However, their cultivation level was not high, they could not learn any Law Technique, and the spiritual Spiritual Qi in the mortal world was thin. Without the means to gather spiritual energy, they could not get Spiritual Qi nourishment for a long time, and it was quite difficult to maintain their original realm. In addition, with the Li Imperial Clan in charge of the government, these Rogue Cultivator did not dare to act arrogantly.
Many of them even feared being targeted by sect disciples for their meager savings, so they went into hiding and blended into the mortal world, only wanting to live a long and healthy life as wealthy men.
Now that they have learned of the Lingxian Sect Sect's establishment of Xiushui City, many Rogue Cultivator have decided that Xiushui City is a good place to settle down.
Firstly, with the Lingxian Sect stationed here, it's bound to be much safer than other places.
Over the years, Lingxian Sect has had an excellent reputation in the Pusi Kingdom. Some Rogue Cultivator have been helped by the Lingxian Sect disciples as ordinary people when they encountered natural disasters or man-made calamities in the area. Although these disciples could tell that they were cultivators with some cultivation, they did not treat them differently or take the opportunity to extort their money. They treated them the same as ordinary people.
They moved to Xiushui City to settle down, and now they don't have to live in fear anymore.
Secondly, and more importantly, I've heard that there are shops in Xiushui City that specialize in selling resources for cultivators!
This news really gave a boost to all the Rogue Cultivator.
Although they have limited resources, the fact that the Lingxian Sect is stationed in this city means they will have far more opportunities than elsewhere.
As for why these Rogue Cultivator don't live at the foot of the three major sects' mountains, is it even necessary to explain? Of course, it's because they're afraid of being bossed around and exploited.
As a result, almost without prior arrangement, independent Rogue Cultivator from all over the country immediately packed their bags and moved to Xiushui City with their families and even their entire Lineage.
Some cultivators even started their journey on the first or second day of the Lunar New Year with their entire families.
Wen Xiangzhi was one of them.
He was already seventy-three years old. He had the good fortune to become a disciple of the Shangyang Sect in his early years, but was expelled from the outer sect after twenty years because his cultivation speed was too slow.
Although he was expelled from the outer sect back then, he did not give up on cultivation at first. He stayed Shangyang Sect and worked as a servant for the sect's disciples alongside many other mortals controlled by the Shangyang Sect, hoping to find another fortuitous opportunity.
Unfortunately, as he grew older, he could not see any hope of continuing his pursuit of immortality. He toiled for the sect every day in the mortal world outside the mountain gate, receiving no useful reward. He even had very little time to cultivate, and his Qi Refining Second Layer cultivation was on the verge of collapse.
So Wen Xiangzhi was nearly fifty years old at the time, finally gave up completely, left Shangyang Sect and returned to his mortal hometown. However, his parents had already passed away, and his brothers and sisters had all started their own families. Wen Xiangzhi did not disturb them. After paying his respects to his parents' spirits, he left his hometown and settled down in a secluded and quiet town.
To avoid being targeted, he converted all the meager resources he had accumulated in the Shangyang Sect into worldly wealth, leaving nothing behind. He built a large mansion in the town, married several beautiful wives and concubines to have many children, and purchased hundreds of acres of fertile land, living the leisurely life of a wealthy man.
This year marks twenty-five years since Wen Xiangzhi left Shangyang Sect.
In those twenty-five years, he married one wife and six concubines, and had a total of thirty-three children, including eighteen sons and fifteen daughters.
All of Wen Xiangzhi's children who were over seventeen years old were married, and he had more than ten or twenty grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
This time, he brought his entire family of over fifty people from the neighboring province to Xiushui City.
The original house and land were not sold; the old steward was left to manage them.
On the way, Wen Xiangzhi's second son, sitting in the carriage, watched his wife beside him being jostled uncomfortably and couldn't help but complain, "Why did Father insist on coming all the way to Xiushui City? Even though the Lingxian Sect is here, we were doing just fine back in our hometown."
His family was in the same car as his Dayi. Upon hearing this, the eldest son only turned his head to glance at his youngest daughter, who was sleeping soundly in his wife's arms, and calmly said, "Father has his own ideas, and we sons will just follow them."
After leaving Shangyang Sect, Wen Xiangzhi, fearing to attract any ill-intentioned attention, never revealed his identity as a cultivator. He only meditated alone in his study every morning and afternoon to consolidate his cultivation. Therefore, no one in the Wen Household knew that he was originally a cultivator.
However, Wen Xiangzhi's eldest son was still his eldest son. Although he buried the matter of cultivation in his heart, he had not completely given up the idea. After each of his children was born and grew a little older, he would carefully examine their Root Bone. Although he did not have the ability to see people's Spirit Root, he had cultivated for so long and had some understanding and sensitivity to Spiritual Qi and Spirit Root. Therefore, through his accumulated observations, he was able to make a rough judgment.
Wen Xiangzhi had carefully observed each of his descendants, but unfortunately, he was almost certain that the vast majority of them lacked Spirit Root.