Hermit in the Mountains

While cultivating in the Mountain Spirit Secret Realm, Gu Changsheng kept an eye on the evolution of the innate array diagram, occasionally injecting a wisp of innate undying primordial energy.

At the foot of Mount Kurong, the Immortal City is also experiencing great development.

Markets of varying sizes sprang up from the ground, forming a market belt stretching for 100 kilometers around the foot of the mountain.

There are medicinal gardens specifically for cultivating medicinal herbs;

There is a dedicated living area for monks;

There are markets specifically for trading;

There is a special area for cultivators to cultivate in seclusion using spiritual energy caves;

There are areas specifically designated for alchemy, martial arts competitions, and the training of spirit beasts;

There are special take-off and landing platforms for mooring airships;

The wide stone-paved streets between the markets were bustling with people and vehicles, creating a lively atmosphere.

The Immortal City enforces a no-fly zone system. Any cultivator entering or leaving the Immortal City must go to the take-off and landing area before they can fly on a sword, fly on an object, or drive a flying boat.

Avian cultivators must also follow this system, entering and exiting the take-off and landing area, and within the Immortal City, they must either walk or use a psionic carriage for transportation.

To meet user needs, a large number of open-top psionic carriages of various forms have been introduced in the Immortal City.

With the integration of otherworldly weapon crafting techniques, puppetry, and mechanical engineering, modern technology on Earth experienced a major boom, with countless psionic technology products hitting the market.

Oil and electricity have all been replaced by psionic energy;

The psionic energy is clean, efficient, and high-density. Combined with a spirit-gathering array, it can pull psionic flying boats and carriages of any size.

As long as there is abundant spiritual energy, the travel time of psionic flying boats and carriages can be considered unlimited.

The cultivators no longer need to worry about their psionic flying boats and carriages breaking down on the way.

The Xiancheng Household Registration Department has become the busiest department, with tens of thousands of people moving into Xiancheng every day.

The most terrifying part is the Identity Verification Division of the Household Registration Department, with hundreds of millions of applicants on the list. The staff who review the applications want to resign as soon as they hear that number.

Everyone knew that if they couldn't join the Immortal City during the next spiritual energy tide, they probably wouldn't have another chance.

They will only get further and further away from the Immortal City, and in the future they will only be able to see news about the Immortal City on the Spirit Network.

The expansion of Earth is not just about increasing its area; the dangers also increase exponentially.

No one knows what level of cultivators, monsters, or demons will descend upon the next other world.

What has arrived is the mortal world and a low-level cultivation world, which are generally maintaining a stable order and are not chaotic.

While awaiting approval, some people quietly relocated to Shou'an Ancient Town;

After all, Shou'an Ancient Town is the closest to Xiancheng and is also a bridgehead to Xiancheng;

Another point is that Shou'an Ancient Town is the second safest place after Xiancheng;

Residents of the ancient town came and went, some bought courtyards for a few months, obtained Xiancheng household registration, and then continued to sell them;

The ancient town became a transit point for population migration.

Xiancheng did not give up on Shouan Ancient Town, and even increased the expansion of the ancient town;

The ancient town expanded towards the direction of the fairy city, and made a fortune from selling or leasing its properties.

A few low-grade spirit stones a month, and with many people, the small amount adds up, and the net income each month exceeds 100 million low-grade spirit stones.

All they had to do was mark out the land, build houses and yards, and maintain order.

This deal is too lucrative for spirit stones.

As for those who engage in speculation and want to build private residences nearby, sorry, they cannot apply for residency in Xiancheng.

With this one move, everyone has to obediently go through the Immortal City channels and use spirit stones to rent or buy houses.

There are no barriers to entry in Shou'an Ancient Town; anyone with spiritual stones can rent or buy houses or shops to do business.

This is why Shou'an Ancient Town has experienced an epic population surge;

Every day, millions of people come from all over the world, including locals from Earth, people from other worlds, and cultivators from other worlds.

The transportation industry was among the first to become a popular sector.

Numerous forces have invested heavily in the research and development of flying boats.

There are also many airships several kilometers long, each capable of transporting tens of thousands of people.

Countless forces on the Spirit Network are calling for the Immortal City to open the large-scale teleportation function.

Countless forces are envious of the Spirit Network teleportation function, but unfortunately, it is currently only available for instant Spirit Stone top-up.

This function is still a personal top-up service; they can't even do large-scale transactions.

They did develop a teleportation array, but it also had many drawbacks.

The maximum distance that can be teleported is a thousand miles, and there is a limit to the number of teleports that can be made each time, which consumes a huge amount of spirit stones.

The teleportation array also needs to be maintained regularly, and worn space crystals or space artifacts need to be replaced.

If a spatial array pattern or artifact pattern malfunctions, it will cause the teleportation to fail.

Those in power would never use such a teleportation array; their lives are the most important thing.

They preferred to travel by airship rather than choose the teleportation array for the sake of speed.

Even if their flying boat is damaged, they can still descend by teleportation.

But if the teleportation array fails, there is no chance of survival; not even bones can be found, and the body is buried in the void.

Xiancheng is everyone's first choice, and Shou'an Ancient Town is the second choice;

The rest are the famous ancient cities.

Nine ancient cities that obtained the "Humanity Temple Sacrifice Text" openly recruited ordinary people and cultivators to join on the Spirit Network in the name of the City Lord's Mansion.

Dao Root Realm cultivators or late Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators will receive a courtyard upon settling down, and those who do business will be exempt from transaction tax for six months;

Contributors can exchange their contribution points for spiritual items in the City Lord's Treasury.

In short, they offer all sorts of benefits and perks.

They are on the path of fortune, but what they lack is population.

The larger the population, the greater the fortune generated.

If we can further boost public morale, our fortunes will only increase.

Most importantly, they discovered that the memorial tablets enshrined in the temple of humanity were undergoing a transformation.

They didn't know what the transformation of the memorial tablet would do, but they knew it was a good thing.

The lords of the nine ancient cities were indeed unaware of the reason, but Gu Changsheng knew it.

Because the ancient city lord worships and makes offerings, the Emperor's Seal and the memorial tablet are forming a channel of fortune.

Once the energy channel is completed, the energy offered by each city will flow back into the Emperor's Seal through the channel.

These auspicious energies, after being integrated and purified by the Emperor's Seal, can be used to condense the quotas for investiture.

Although they worship the Qi Yun (a deity), they are not guaranteed to receive an official title.

They need to meet the requirements for being conferred the Emperor's Seal, which is the embodiment of the will of humanity.

The investiture of feudal lords was far beyond what divine positions like the Earth God or River God could achieve.

A local lord bears the responsibility of educating the people, protecting the common people, and promoting the progress of civilization.

Bearing the expectations and fortune of the people, it is not something that can be granted to just any city lord;

One must possess the destiny of a feudal lord, a king, an emperor, or a sovereign.

One's fortune must be abundant enough to bear the karma of all people.

Those who lack sufficient destiny and fortune will instantly perish due to the backlash from the fortunes and karma of the masses.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

Time flows like water, and more and more people and monks gather in Shou'an Ancient Town;

In just three months, the population exceeded 100 million.

The population of the Immortal City has exceeded 30 million, including spirit beasts and sea creatures.

Most of the sea creatures are at the late stage of Dao Root or Dao Seed Realm, and they are basically able to live outside of the water.

To meet the needs of the sea creatures for solitary living, the Immortal City specially built high-end water-based cave dwellings and courtyards.

Twenty kilometers directly in front of the Immortal City, a lake has been built. If you can't afford a detached house, you can buy a cave in the lake.

Mythical beasts also have cliff caves and tree-top courtyards.

The main goal of the Immortal City is to meet the needs of all its residents.

As long as you have enough spirit stones, you can even customize it;

Since you specialize in fire, you can use spirit stones to transform your residence into a fire-based cultivation environment.

However, it is not natural; it is just a formation with corresponding attributes.

Spirit gathering formations have been used in countless creative ways: single-attribute spirit gathering formations, dual-attribute spirit gathering formations...

The Five Elements Dao Seed is no longer a pseudo-spiritual root; in the era of spiritual energy revival, it belongs to the top aptitude and possesses heaven-defying combat power.

Humans can also buy or rent treetop yards and cliff caves.

The main purpose of the Immortal City is to satisfy everyone's strange and wonderful requests.

Within the Mountain Spirit Secret Realm, Gu Changsheng's cultivation broke through two minor realms within three months.

This time, Gu Changsheng did nothing but cultivate, which was the longest period of seclusion he had ever had, occasionally paying attention to the evolution of the innate array diagram.

In three months, the innate array diagram was about to be successfully evolved and its grade had reached the top-grade innate spiritual treasure embryo.

It's just one last push away; it has the potential to become a congenitally rare and precious embryo.

Thirty-nine strands of the innate, indestructible primordial energy were consumed.

Gu Changsheng poured the last three strands of innate primordial energy into the innate array diagram.

The corpses of dragon veins and innate spiritual veins are placed into the evolved cave heaven to enhance its foundation.

With the inventory depleted, whether we can cross the final hurdle depends entirely on the mountain spirit's will.

Three days and three nights passed, and the innate array diagram unleashed a terrifying suction force.

The mountain spirit realm was drained dry and collapsed.

Gu Changsheng retreated a hundred meters to collect the World Pearl of Withering and Flourishing, fearing he would be targeted.

A pure white lotus hangs above his head, with strands of crystal-clear light descending to protect him.