Chapter 308

Another three months passed.

The expansion of the entire Dongxuan City was officially completed.

Within the vast water kingdom spanning over six hundred million square kilometers, various mortal buildings had been constructed, forming new city districts.

Even within the major water bodies, large and small floating city districts had been arranged.

The original Dongxuan City had now become the Dongxuan Inner City.

Between the various city districts lay mountains, rivers, and plots of spirit fields that had been planned out.

Within these spirit fields, mountains, and rivers ran great roads connecting the major city districts.

Each great road was over twenty meters wide, cutting through mountains when encountered and floating over water when necessary.

They extended straight until reaching the next city district.

Within each city district, small teleportation arrays had also been built.

Looking at the four people with expectant faces, Ye Qingxuan smiled lightly and said:

"Since the expansion task is complete, it is now time to claim this City Lord's reward."

Xue Yu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng had already arrived before Ye Qingxuan to report.

The small teleportation arrays in the city districts can be used free of charge by disciples of the Dongxuan Academy.

"The permanent cave dwellings granted to them may be freely traded or passed down."

After all, the density of spiritual energy in the mortal city districts is already sufficient to supply their cultivation.

Others, whether cultivators or mortals, must pay three low-grade spirit stones to use the small teleportation arrays.

"They may be allowed to exchange for cave dwellings corresponding to their realm after breaking through."

These small teleportation arrays.

"As for the four of you, each may receive a cave dwelling one realm higher than your current cultivation."

They can directly lead to the nearby major city districts, the Dongxuan Academy, and the Dongxuan Inner City floating above Dongxuan Lake.

Except for a few extremely wealthy mortal residents.

"If their cultivation can break through and advance one major realm within a hundred years,"

After hearing the four's report, Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly.

For every ten city districts, a separate Dongxuan Academy will be built.

"Moreover, this City Lord can grant everyone a hundred-year limit."

"Issue the order: every cultivator under Dongxuan City may receive a permanent cave dwelling corresponding to their own cultivation."

On top of Wanling Mountain.

After all, within Dongxuan City, many Qi Refining cultivators were born in the various mortal city districts.

Their parents are still alive, so these Qi Refining cultivators are currently still residing in the mortal city districts.

The teleportation arrays in the mortal city districts are basically for cultivators who are temporarily still living in the mortal areas.

After the expansion of Dongxuan City was completed.

"If you can break through to the Nascent Soul realm within a hundred years, I can grant you a sixth-grade cave dwelling."

The Dongxuan City expansion task comes with contribution point rewards.

Granting cultivation cave dwellings to cultivators under Dongxuan City now is an extra reward for them.

Currently, there are approximately eleven thousand cultivators under Dongxuan City.

Most are cultivators native to Dongxuan City.

Now that the number of cave dwellings of all grades in Dongxuan City has increased greatly, setting aside a portion to grant them can both motivate them

and stimulate those wandering cultivators who have settled in Dongxuan City but are unwilling to join Dongxuan City.

Hearing the rewards Ye Qingxuan offered.

Xue Yu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng were overjoyed and said in unison:

"Thank you, City Lord, for your bounty!"

Although the cultivation of these four is currently only at the Jin Dan realm,

with the aid of elixirs such as Pulse-Protecting Pills, absorbing fifth-grade spiritual energy to increase their cultivation will not pose any major problems.

The purity of fifth-grade spiritual energy is incomparable to fourth-grade spiritual energy.

When absorbing fifth-grade spiritual energy, the efficiency with which their spiritual roots convert the energy into their own spiritual power is much faster.

Their current cave dwellings are fourth-grade, but they only have usage rights, not ownership.

If they can continue to cultivate within fifth-grade cave dwellings in the future, their cultivation speed will see a significant improvement.

Moreover, this time the cave dwellings granted to them are permanent.

As for breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm within a hundred years to obtain a sixth-grade cave dwelling?

They have self-awareness and do not harbor such delusions.

They could already imagine

how excited the group of cultivators under their command would be upon hearing this news.

Although cave dwellings in Dongxuan City have always been available for sale to outsiders.

The number of cultivators truly willing to spend such spirit stones to purchase cave dwellings matching their own cultivation has always been few.

Especially among the cultivators under Dongxuan City.

Because they serve in Dongxuan City and work for Dongxuan City,

during their tenure, Dongxuan City provides them with corresponding cave dwellings for cultivation free of charge for a limited time.

According to what the four of them know,

currently, except for those with descendants who are saving up spirit stones to purchase cave dwellings to pass down,

The other cultivators belonging to Dongxuan City had never made up their minds to purchase permanent cultivation caves.

However, this did not mean they did not long to obtain a permanent cave in Dongxuan City.

After all, who does not want to have their own private cultivation space?

Seeing the joy on the faces of Xue Yu, Jiang Wen, Li Mu, and Liu Feifeng, Ye Qingxuan smiled slightly.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Qingxuan continued speaking:

"From now on, all cultivators of Dongxuan City will be divided into core members and outer members."

"To become a core member, one must swear a Dao oath to serve the City Lord and Dongxuan City forever, and must never reveal any information about the City Lord or Dongxuan City to outsiders."

"Once becoming a core member, the basic salary and various resources obtained will be tripled on the original basis, and one will also receive special cultivation from Dongxuan City."

"As for outer members, there is no need to swear a Dao oath, but a contract must be signed; if one betrays Dongxuan City and the City Lord, they will suffer the contract's backlash and be hunted down by Dongxuan City."

"In the future, all positions in Dongxuan City at the rank of Commandant and above that control and lead cultivators must be held exclusively by core members."

"Outer members at the Jin Dan, Nascent Soul, and Soul Transformation realms can only be stationed at Dongxuan City's various enterprises, serving as managers, executives, or honored Elders."

After Dongxuan City expanded, spiritual energy resources were abundant.

Ye Qingxuan not only needed to increase the city's population base and boost the birth of cultivators in Dongxuan City.

In the early stages, he also needed to increase the recruitment of rogue cultivators.

He did not require these rogue cultivators to be very loyal to Dongxuan City; he only needed them to serve Dongxuan City before the city fell.

As long as the number of cultivators increased, he could execute Dongxuan City's next expansion plan.

Dispatch cultivators to establish new Dongxuan Cities in regions outside the Xingluo Province.

However, these recruited cultivators were destined never to serve him wholeheartedly.

Therefore, he could only use contracts to bind them, making them outer members of Dongxuan City.

Of course, this contract was not an ordinary one.

Instead, it was a pseudo-seventh-grade contract imprinted by Ye Qingxuan based on the Starlight Hall, a three-star low-grade magic treasure.

After signing the contract, a portion of the Starlight Hall's power would be left in the cultivator's mind.

If a cultivator violated the contract, they would suffer the backlash of this power.

Expecting incoming rogue cultivators to sincerely swear such a permanent oath of service was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

It was not that they were unwilling to submit to Dongxuan City.

But willingness to submit was one thing; sincere and wholehearted loyalty was another.

A Dao oath seemed simple, but in reality, it was extremely difficult.

Especially a Dao oath of permanent loyalty.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan could only use the pseudo-seventh-grade contract to bind them.

However, for cultivators above the Soul Transformation realm, this kind of contract was not impossible to break.

Therefore, only by swearing a Dao oath

could one become a core member of Dongxuan City and earn his trust and cultivation.

(End of this chapter)