Chapter 183

Time flew by.

Just as the residents of Qingguang City were about to complete their final migration.

The scouts sent from Huang Feng City to investigate the strange changes on Wanling Mountain had already returned to Huang Feng City.

Inside the Huang Feng City Lord's Mansion.

The slightly thin, yellow-robed Huang Feng Daoist looked at the Golden Core Realm cultivator who had just returned and asked: "How is it? What exactly happened on Wanling Mountain?"

The Golden Core Realm cultivator below hesitated for a moment, not daring to be certain:

"It seems, it seems that the Wanling Mountain area has been covered by a massive array restriction."

A flash of dissatisfaction crossed Huang Feng Daoist's eyes.

"Seems? As a fourth-order array master, you can't even determine if it's an array?"

Hearing this, the Golden Core Realm cultivator said in terror: "Please forgive me, City Lord, it is my incompetence."

In fact, it could not be blamed on him.

The coverage of the array Ye Qingxuan set up was too large, and the array patterns and energy operation rules were all inside the array.

At this time, the array was in operation, obscuring the view from the outside.

Plus, a sixth-order array was not something a fourth-order array master could comprehend.

Moreover, in the Star Fall Continent, such areas covered by mist and strange tidal energy occurred occasionally and were not uncommon.

So he had no way to determine whether it was an array or a natural phenomenon.

Looking at his subordinate's terrified appearance, Huang Feng Daoist said indifferently:

"Alright, you may leave first! Send people to keep an eye on that area of Wanling Mountain, and if there are any changes, notify this City Lord in time."

"Yes, City Lord."

Having received permission, the Golden Core Realm cultivator quickly left the City Lord's Mansion.

After his subordinate left, Huang Feng Daoist's eyes fluctuated slightly, and he subconsciously muttered: "Wanling Mountain? I hope those demonic beasts don't riot!"

As long as it wasn't a riot of the demonic beasts on Wanling Mountain or the appearance of a Deity Transformation Realm powerhouse.

With the array in Huang Feng City as his reliance, he would not have much to fear.

At the same time.

Huang Feng City Bai Bao Ge branch.

Bai Xuanli had also just received information from his scouts.

"Suspected array coverage?"

The people sent by the Bai Bao Ge were also unable to determine the specific situation of the changes on Wanling Mountain.

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Xuanli did not report this matter up.

Reporting without having investigated clearly would only make him appear incompetent, and he would inevitably be mocked by other branches.

"You send people to keep an eye on Wanling Mountain, and if there are other changes, tell me in time."

"Yes, Pavilion Master!"

Bai Xuanli made a choice similar to that of Huang Feng Daoist.

The changes on Wanling Mountain concerned the safety of Huang Feng City and the Bai Bao Ge branch, so the two of them would naturally not easily give up their investigation of Wanling Mountain.

It was not just Huang Feng Daoist and Bai Xuanli.

Other large and small groups in Huang Feng City were also paying extra attention to the matter of Wanling Mountain.

Especially the Nascent Soul Realm and Golden Core Realm rogue cultivators temporarily staying in Huang Feng City.

Although Wanling Mountain was occupied by many demonic beasts, it was also one of the main locations where these rogue cultivators previously obtained cultivation resources.

Now that Wanling Mountain had strange movements, the impact on these people was not small.

So their attention to Wanling Mountain was not low at all.

Ye Qingxuan naturally sensed the investigation from Huang Feng City.

It was just that the current priority was to migrate and settle the residents of Qingguang City into Dongxuan City.

So Ye Qingxuan did not pay attention to those scouts outside the array.

After nearly sixty days of migration work, the migration of Qingguang City's residents had completely ended.

This migration was even smoother than Ye Qingxuan had imagined. It didn't even need much promotion from Ye Qingxuan.

After the first batch of residents migrated, seeing more and more neighbors moving to Dongxuan City.

Others were also influenced and took the initiative to join the migration team.

Because they could obtain free houses, courtyards, and land.

Many residents were very active, fearing that if they went late, they wouldn't be allocated a good place.

In the end, more than eighty percent of Qingguang City's residents migrated to live in Dongxuan City.

The remaining ten-plus percent of residents were kept only after Zhou Qingguang petitioned Ye Qingxuan.

Promising heavy benefits, he took out a portion of the vacant land and houses in Qingguang City to allocate to the residents who were willing to stay.

Only then was he able to retain more than ten percent of Qingguang City's residents.

After the residents' migration work ended.

The vast Dongxuan City finally had human activity and began to gradually become lively.

But for a city to develop stably, besides needing a sufficiently large population, it also needed stable order.

So after the residents' migration ended, Ye Qingxuan did not stop.

First, he had the major city districts of Dongxuan City each elect a district head to be responsible for managing the corresponding mortal city districts in the future.

Then he began to formulate the city regulations for Dongxuan City.

The city regulations were mainly composed of two parts: one aimed at mortal residents, and one aimed at cultivators entering the city.

Combined, they were the Dongxuan Statutes! Regarding the Dongxuan Statutes, Ye Qingxuan himself only drafted a rough framework.

As for the specific details.

For the statutes aimed at mortal residents, Ye Qingxuan proposed a part himself, and the rest were left to the elected district heads to propose and perfect.

Any proposed statute that was agreed upon by more than seventy percent of the residents would be listed as an official Dongxuan Statute.

The Dongxuan Statutes aimed at cultivators were discussed and decided upon by Ye Qingxuan and the four current company commanders of the guard.

However, relatively speaking, the statutes aimed at cultivators would be simpler.

But any statute that cultivators needed to abide by, once violated, would carry a much greater punishment.

After all, the destructive power caused by cultivators could not be compared to that of mortals.

The most critical rule of the Dongxuan Statutes was that one must not easily take action within Dongxuan City.

As long as no lives were lost, fighting and brawling among mortal residents might just result in detention for a period of time, depending on the severity of the situation.

But if an outside cultivator took action in Dongxuan City, the light punishment would be the abolition of their cultivation base and expulsion from Dongxuan City, and the heavy punishment would be direct execution.

Even for cultivators within Dongxuan City, taking action without a legitimate reason would also be severely punished.

Those with serious offenses would likewise have their cultivation bases abolished and be expelled from Dongxuan City.

In the city districts where mortal residents lived, Ye Qingxuan explicitly forbade magic, not allowing any cultivator to use any spells in mortal city districts.

Mortals had absolutely no power to fight back against cultivators.

If a cultivator wished, they could completely make a mortal die in an accident without anyone knowing.

So to protect the mortal residents in the city, Ye Qingxuan directly set a statute forbidding cultivators from using spells in mortal city districts.

With the array covering the area, ordinary cultivators using spiritual power in Dongxuan City would absolutely not be able to hide it from Ye Qingxuan's senses.

Besides this.

Dongxuan City could have certain privileges.

In the cultivation world where the strong prey on the weak, Ye Qingxuan had no intention of building a city where everyone was equal.

Equality is only relative; even Ye Qingxuan himself enjoyed various privileges brought by his cultivation base.

Cultivators with stronger cultivation bases and those who made the greatest contributions to Dongxuan City deserved to enjoy more rights in Dongxuan City.

However, except for Ye Qingxuan himself, such rights or privileges had to be written into the Dongxuan Statutes and be supervised by them.

Anything stipulated by the Dongxuan Statutes had to be obeyed, and no favoritism or malpractice was allowed.

In this way, it might even be possible to mobilize the enthusiasm of Dongxuan City's residents.

(End of chapter)