Hermit in the Mountains

The Dao Realm, the Hall of Longevity.

The phantom images of Zhang Yuanfu and Yang Qingshan appeared inside the main hall.

The two men clasped their hands in a bow and greeted each other in unison, "Disciples greet our teacher!"

"Your subordinate Yang Qingshan greets Your Excellency, the Mountain Lord."

Gu Changsheng's gaze fell on Yang Qingshan, and he immediately launched into a powerful statement, "Yang Qingshan, I have reviewed the Immortal City plan you submitted."

"With your cultivation level and reputation, can you control all the cultivators in the city?"

As Gu Changsheng finished asking the question, Zhang Yuanfu's heart skipped a beat, and he glanced at Yang Qingshan beside him out of the corner of his eye.

The other party was recommended by him, Yang Mancang, and Yang Dashan to serve as the second head of Wanshou Pavilion.

He had previously reviewed Yang Qingshan's Immortal City Plan.

He agreed to the plan because it was beneficial for resource gathering.

He seemed to have forgotten an important premise: the abilities required to become the master of the Longevity Pavilion and the lord of a celestial city are not on the same level.

The former is more like a trading company, specializing in resource collection, with a simple structure, single responsibility, and united members.

Immortal City is an administrative entity with numerous tasks and a large structure;

The management system of the immortal city will inevitably require a large number of management personnel, and countless external forces will pour in, at which time it will be necessary to balance the forces of all parties.

This violates the ironclad rules set by the teacher.

Wanshou Pavilion does not participate in worldly power struggles.

Seeing that Yang Qingshan had not given an answer for a long time, Zhang Yuanfu stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Teacher, this matter was due to my lack of consideration, and it violated the ironclad rule you set."

"The Pavilion Master of Qingshan is still young and has not considered some issues thoroughly. It is because his disciples have not trained him properly."

When Yang Qingshan heard Zhang Yuanfu take the blame, he came to his senses and stepped forward.

"Reporting to the Mountain Lord, the position of City Lord of the Immortal City should rightfully be filled by someone you appoint."

Gu Changsheng remained calm and asked casually, "Your plan is well-written, showing the vigor that a young person should have."

"Are you content with not being chosen as the city lord?"

Yang Qingshan's eyes were firm, and his words were powerful and resolute: "As long as I can still serve the Mountain Lord, I will do anything."

Gu Changsheng changed the subject, "If you were the city lord, what would be the positioning of the Immortal City?"

Without any hesitation, Yang Qingshan blurted out, "I will serve you, Lord Mountain Master!"

Gu Changsheng smiled and said, "You've kept the Wanshou Pavilion's ironclad rules in mind; your ideological awareness is quite good."

"Go back and come up with a plan on how to ensure that all races can live peacefully in the same city."

"Design a spiritual currency that will not depreciate, along with a corresponding money exchange management system;"

"Develop a plan to promote the 'Dao Seed Visualization Technique' so that more cultivators can embark on the path of their innate Dao Seed system;"

"................................."

Gu Changsheng told the two of his ideas about building the Immortal City of Myriad Races and asked them to refine the details and implement the plan.

He didn't reveal a word about his plans.

Finally, he told the two the location of the immortal city: "The immortal city will be built at the foot of Mount Kurong."

Those wishing to settle in the Immortal City need to undergo a new review process.

"Those who meet the requirements, regardless of race, power, or cultivation level, may settle in the Immortal City."

"Zhang Yuanfu, you are in charge of leading the review of the settlement and residency application in Xiancheng."

"You can first spread the news about building the immortal city to attract talented people to come here."

"Yang Qingshan, do your best to collect objects that contain auspicious energy, especially the jade seals of kings and nobles from various dynasties."

"Submit the proposal by the end of the month, and you can go back and prepare!"

"Yes, disciple and subordinate take their leave!" With a bow, Zhang Yuanfu and his companion disappeared into the Dao realm.

After the two left, Gu Changsheng looked at a certain mustard seed space of the treasure token.

This mustard seed space contains a large basin of soul liquid.

Soul Liquid is a product of the purification and concentration of the soul power that overflows when countless cultivators use the Spirit Network.

Soul liquid can heal soul damage and enhance the strength of the soul, making it a cultivation resource that soul cultivators dream of.

Soul Liquid can also be used to improve the quality of the Withering and Flourishing Treasure Token and enhance its soul fluctuation capture effect;

Currently, the Spirit Network can only detect soul fluctuations at the divine sense level, or those of cultivators practicing the Dao Seed Method.

Therefore, the coverage of the Spirit Network is very low.

Gu Changsheng realized that his plan couldn't bypass the Spirit Network, so the cultivation of the Withering and Flourishing Treasure Token had to be put on the agenda.

He withdrew his mind from the Dao realm, looked at his empty inventory, and had no intention of staying on Mount Kurong.

He doesn't have a single trace of his original, innate, and indestructible energy left; he's still poor!

He did some quick calculations and realized that July 20th was approaching, and September was just around the corner; time was of the essence.

"I'm destined to be busy!"

The words were still echoing in the hall when Gu Changsheng's figure had already disappeared.

He used the Earth Escape Technique to leave Mount Kuru Rong and began searching for the spiritual plants and herbs he had transplanted, as well as the objects and spiritual items he had nurtured, according to the locations he remembered.

Along the way, he studied the formation and checked whether the spiritual herbs and objects inside had absorbed spiritual energy nodes;

Those that were not absorbed will have their spiritual energy nodes taken away to replenish the inventory;

All the spiritual herbs and artifacts that absorbed the spiritual energy nodes were taken to the cave world for cultivation.

The main principle is to secure profits and avoid waste.

Go back and take stock of them carefully, and nurture those with potential gradually.

Those without potential for cultivation will have their innate, indestructible power extracted to enrich the treasure trove.

In order to collect the spiritual energy nodes that had been marked before, Gu Changsheng suppressed his cultivation and delayed his breakthrough.

He has been honing his magical power and won't be short of another month. He will break through when the spiritual energy tide arrives.

Breaking through a major realm amidst the tide of spiritual energy might, with the help of this fortuitous opportunity, give rise to new innate supernatural abilities.

While one cannot develop innate supernatural abilities, breaking through major realms amidst abundant spiritual energy tides means there's no need to worry about insufficient spiritual energy.

Gu Changsheng searched countless places: some a kilometer underground, some in cracks, some at the bottom of pools, some in their own little worlds...

He sensed that Di Yuanzi crushed the jade tablet and returned to the ground.

He did some quick calculations, and sure enough, it was true.

This time, signs of the earth's veins accumulating power appeared as early as August 29th;

Last year, the spiritual energy tide arrived four days earlier than expected, and this year it will probably arrive a few days earlier again.

Without the slightest hesitation, he used the Flowing Light Flying Star Technique to return to Mount Kuru as quickly as possible.

A beam of blue light descended upon Mount Kuru.

Gu Changsheng appeared in the Hall of Longevity, where he summoned the Pure World White Lotus and sat cross-legged upon it.

He notified all his disciples and all living beings on the mountain through the Taoist community that they were not allowed to go out, and all disciples who were training outside were to return to the mountain.

He also instructed Zhang Yuanfu to spread the word about the impending great change in the world;

This is a great opportunity to win people's hearts. There's no harm in simply posting a notice on the Spirit Network.

The local deity, river god, and Yin Kui were also notified.

Gu Changsheng retrieved the Ten Thousand Soul Banners that were scattered in all directions overnight.

After finishing all this, Gu Changsheng calmed down and took stock of his gains in the cave world.

He counted the items three times, totaling thirty-three treasures, and collected one spiritual energy node every two days on average.

Despite having thirty-three items, he suffered a huge loss; at least half of them are missing.

Gu Changsheng withdrew his mind from the cave world and began to refine various miniature spirit-gathering arrays while simultaneously embedding them into different parts of the mountain.

The probability of generating spiritual energy nodes from the Spirit Gathering Array is getting lower and lower. If we can succeed, we will succeed. In any case, the miniature Spirit Gathering Array is simple to make and the materials are not expensive.

The spiritual energy node that gave birth to this spiritual energy tide will probably be hard to find;

When he woke up after breaking through his seclusion, the protective array of the spiritual energy node was basically complete.

It may not have formed a formation, but its concealment and shielding effects have certainly increased many times over.

In the future, will only those with the right destiny be able to discover innate spiritual treasures, spiritual roots, and spiritual veins?