Chapter 544: The Revitalized Star Fall Continent, Rotation

Once Ye Qingxuan's reform policies were issued, it wasn't just Dongxuan City that became lively—the entire Star Fall Continent stirred to life.

Dongxuan City cultivators who had accepted the task of constructing battle platforms began heading to various parts of the Star Fall Continent, building them at the centers of every prefecture and commandery.

For every battle platform completed, they would receive a generous reward of contribution points, which made these Dongxuan City cultivators extremely proactive.

However, the requirements for constructing these platforms were quite high; they required not only a Purple Mansion Realm cultivation base but also the attainments of a Third Order formation master.

Therefore, currently, only a small portion of cultivators within Star Fall's Dongxuan City were qualified to accept the construction tasks.

As for those Purple Mansion Realm cultivators preparing to become principals of the Dongxuan Academy branches,

they traveled in turn to the various prefectures and commanderies of the Star Fall Continent to scout locations suitable for establishing the branches.

As for those Dongxuan City cultivators preparing to apply to establish villages, small towns, and cities,

they were currently wandering the various parts of the Star Fall Continent to find suitable locations while simultaneously persuading and enticing commoners from everywhere to migrate to the villages, towns, and cities they were about to establish.

At first, most of the Dongxuan City cultivators set their sights on the residents within the commoner districts of Dongxuan City.

But little did they know that after running around busily for the better part of the day, their harvest was meager; very few commoner residents of Dongxuan City were willing to listen to their nonsense and migrate away from Dongxuan City.

But thinking about it, it made sense: Dongxuan City was currently the safest city in the Star Fall Continent, and it offered the best treatment for commoner residents in every aspect.

Furthermore, the commoner residents within Dongxuan City had already been passed down for hundreds of years; it could be said that their ancestors had all lived in Dongxuan City.

With their livelihoods and safety secure, how could they possibly choose to leave Dongxuan City? After tossing and turning for half a day with nothing to show for it, those Dongxuan City cultivators finally thought to cast their gaze toward the commoner villages and cities outside Dongxuan City.

Unfortunately, because they had delayed for several days, the commoner residents near Dongxuan City had basically already been recruited by those who had seized the initiative.

Those who were fast had already applied for the qualifications to establish villages, towns, and cities after recruiting enough commoners, and had already begun construction at suitable locations.

It could be said that once Ye Qingxuan's reform policies were issued, they allowed the previously somewhat stagnant Star Fall's Dongxuan City to regain its vitality.

Outside the city gates of Star Fall's Dongxuan City, a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator was pestering a Qi Refining Realm cultivator: "Liu Laosan, you're just establishing a village, where would you need 30,000 commoners? Hurry and share some with me; I don't have high demands, just 10,000 commoners will do."

Because the voice was too loud, these words immediately attracted the attention of other Dongxuan City cultivators nearby:

"Damn, this brother is only at the Qi Refining Realm, yet he has already recruited 30,000 commoners? Truly enviable!"

"30,000 commoners? Doesn't establishing a village only require 100 commoners?"

"Are you stupid? 100 commoners is just the threshold. Since you've chosen to establish a village, naturally the more commoners under your command, the better."

"Exactly, anyway, the Star Fall Continent is safe and stable enough; we don't need to worry too much about safety."

"That's true. No, this won't do. If his village has 30,000 commoners, I'm establishing a small town; I need at least 100,000 commoners."

After saying this, this Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, who had already recruited 1,000 commoners and was preparing to return to Dongxuan City to apply for establishing a small town, hurriedly left the Dongxuan City gates again.

Hearing this, and watching the figure of that Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator head away, the many cultivators watching at the city gate felt a stir in their hearts, and more than half of them dispersed at once.

They also flew toward the outside of Dongxuan City.

Most of them were Dongxuan City cultivators preparing to apply to establish villages, small towns, or cities.

Now that they heard a single village had already recruited 30,000 commoners, they suddenly felt that the goals they had originally set were too low.

Therefore, they all left Dongxuan City again, preparing to go and recruit more commoners.

And there were also quite a few thick-skinned ones who set their sights on Liu Laosan, stepping forward to ask:

"That, brother, could you also share some commoners with me? Don't worry, I definitely won't let you suffer a loss. I'm willing to... um... when the time comes, I'll put in the effort to help you build the village. How about it?"

Looking at the several other Dongxuan City cultivators nearby who were moved and also preparing to approach, that Qi Refining Realm cultivator named Liu Laosan shook his head violently:

"Don't even think about it, you lot. I won't give a single one. I spent several days of effort to recruit over 30,000 commoners and signed the migration contracts; why should I just share them with you?"

"I'm counting on my future village to give birth to a large number of children with spiritual roots, or even spiritual root geniuses, to earn me sufficient contribution points and resources, and accelerate my cultivation speed!"

"So don't even think about targeting the 30,000 commoners I've recruited; they are the cornerstone of my village's future development. How could I possibly share them with you? Hmph!"

Hearing Liu Laosan's words, and looking at his arrogant appearance, the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator who had pestered him first sank his face and said sinisterly: "Liu Laosan, don't be ungrateful. Are you really unwilling to share 10,000 commoners with me?"

"What? Threatening me? Do you want to violate the rules set by the City Lord and take action against me directly?"

Facing the threat from this Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator, Liu Laosan didn't feel the slightest bit of fear in his heart. The location he chose to establish his village was in a non-combat zone of the Star Fall Continent, where cultivators didn't need to take action at will.

As long as he didn't take the initiative to go to the combat zones of the Star Fall Continent, he wouldn't be in any danger within the Star Fall Continent.

Hearing Liu Laosan's tough words, the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator's face stiffened. Holding back a breath, he pointed his finger at Liu Laosan and said:

"You... you..."

In the end, he didn't say anything and flicked his sleeves and left.

If he hadn't set his sights on the commoner residents within Dongxuan City earlier and delayed today's time, why would he be in this state now? The commoner residents near Dongxuan City had basically been carved up by those Dongxuan City cultivators who had acted in advance; if he wanted to recruit enough commoners, he could only head to places further away from Dongxuan City.

After this Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator left, the other cultivators who had originally prepared to approach Liu Laosan to take advantage of the situation also smiled sheepishly under Liu Laosan's gaze and left with guilty consciences.

"Hmph!"

Watching their departing backs, Liu Laosan snorted coldly without speaking, but his heart was constantly pondering.

Liu Laosan had already made up his mind: once his village was established, apart from daily cultivation, he would put his heart into the development of the village and would absolutely not leave the village unless necessary.

The 30,000 commoners currently recruited were just the cornerstone of the village he was about to establish in the future.

Later on, there would be even more commoner residents in the village he established.

Anyway, with the environment of the Star Fall Continent, one could support a large group of commoners just by planting some grains.

The only limitation was that there were clear standard upper limits for the size of the village; if there were too many people, the living environment would probably be too crowded.

However, this didn't matter. Once he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he could take the opportunity to expand and turn the village into a small town.

Thinking of the bright future, Liu Laosan raised his mouth in triumph and walked into Dongxuan City with his hands behind his back.

On Mount Wanling.

Ye Qingxuan stood at the peak of Mount Wanling, looking at the now bustling and revitalized Star Fall Continent, a faint smile on his face.

Only a Star Fall Continent like this could cultivate qualified cultivators.

If he wanted to build the Star Fall Continent into a cradle for the future cultivators of his forces, the current reforms were just the beginning.

The true results would only be seen in decades or a century. "I hope you won't disappoint me!"

After muttering this to himself, Ye Qingxuan withdrew his gaze and began to think about the planning for the core members of Dongxuan City who had already headed to other great domains for training.

Now that he was stationed in the Star Fall Continent, there was no need for the strong core members of Dongxuan City to be stationed here.

Even for the management and operation of Dongxuan City, those low-order cultivators staying in Dongxuan City to cultivate could handle it just as well.

However, the branch cities established by Dongxuan City in other great provinces of the Eastern Extreme Domain sometimes required the main city of Dongxuan City to send strong experts for support.

Because the expansion speed of Dongxuan City's branch cities was too fast, the strength of the cultivators in the major branch cities was uneven.

Strong ones like the branch city in the Eastern Extreme Province had the Void Penetration Realm expert Li Dachui stationed there; weak ones like some remote branch cities only had a single expert at the early stage of the Deity Transformation Realm stationed there.

An expert at the early stage of the Deity Transformation Realm would have been enough to protect the stability of a large city in the eras before the Eastern Extreme Domain.

But in this current era, it seemed somewhat inadequate.

Even though the name of the main city of Dongxuan City has begun to spread across the major provinces of the Eastern Extreme Domain over these past hundred years, one must still be strong oneself to forge iron.

Facing some interest disputes, or the occasional emergence of spiritual lands, secret realms, or the entanglement of the Green Demon Clan, if the branch cities of Dongxuan City were not strong enough, they could only seek help from the main city of Dongxuan City.

Over the past hundred years, several branch cities of Dongxuan City had been breached by cultivators invading from the Green Demon Clan.

It wasn't just human cultivators who were constantly invading the Green Demon Realm; Green Demon Clan cultivators were also invading the Di Xuan Realm.

It was just because Ye Qingxuan was stationed in the Star Fall Continent that the damage caused by the Green Demon Clan to the human cultivators of the Di Xuan Realm and the local environment in the past situation of the Star Fall Continent didn't seem obvious.

Ye Qingxuan couldn't personally go to the branch cities in other provinces of the Eastern Extreme Domain for every request for help.

Therefore, this required leaving a portion of the mid- and high-order cultivators among the core members to rotate in the main city of Star Fall's Dongxuan City to execute the aid missions reported by the branch cities.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan's thoughts flowed, and he had already sent notifications to the core members training in those great domains through his clones in other great domains.

In the future, one-fifth of the mid-order cultivators among the core members of Dongxuan City would need to remain in Star Fall's Dongxuan City for rotation, with each rotation lasting thirty years.

In this way, these mid-order cultivators of Dongxuan City would only need to rotate once every 150 years, giving them enough time to freely train and grow.

As for the high-order cultivators among the core members, there were currently only three: Bai Shuqing, Luo Tian, and Xue Yu.

Ye Qingxuan planned to have the three of them take turns stationed in Star Fall's Dongxuan City, with each rotation lasting a hundred years.

This was to prevent the situation where the main city of Dongxuan City in the Star Fall Continent would have no one available when other branch cities in the Eastern Extreme Province sought support from Void Penetration combat power.

Ye Qingxuan had already arranged the first batch of core members to rotate in Star Fall's Dongxuan City and had his clones stationed in other great domains send notifications to contact these cultivators.

However, most of the core members of Dongxuan City had already entered the Green Demon Realm for training.

It might take some time for them to return to the Di Xuan Realm and receive the notification.

In the time that followed, mid-order cultivators who had received the rotation information began to return to the Star Fall Continent one after another.

This allowed the mid-order cultivators who had been vacant in Star Fall's Dongxuan City to slowly become abundant.

However, because Dongxuan City had established many branch cities in the Eastern Extreme Domain, these mid-order experts who returned to Star Fall's Dongxuan City didn't have much free time; they successively accepted aid missions from the branch cities and left the Star Fall Continent.

Ten years later, in a great province of the Southern Manzhou Domain.

Xue Yu, expressionless, stepped out of the wormhole passage with an aura of blood and killing intent.

Just as she was preparing to leave, she was suddenly stunned. She raised her hand to take out her Dongxuan Token to check the information within, then whispered softly: "The City Lord's order, to return to the Star Fall Continent for rotation?"

After saying this, Xue Yu turned her head to look at the border of the Southern Manzhou Domain, somewhat expectantly: "As expected of my human border pass, standing between heaven and earth, suppressing the Green Demon Clan's invasion so they cannot advance an inch."

"It's just a pity that my current cultivation base is too low; rashly entering the battlefield between the two races outside the border pass now would only be seeking death."

Shaking her head with slight regret, Xue Yu left and headed in the direction of Nanxuan City.

Nanxuan City was a city established by Ye Qingxuan in the Southern Manzhou Domain, separated from the human border pass by only one great province.

Xue Yu had received Ye Qingxuan's order and was now preparing to enter the Qingxuan Blessed Land through the boundary gate of Nanxuan City, then transfer back to Star Fall's Dongxuan City.

Several days later, on Mount Wanling in Star Fall's Dongxuan City.

The boundary gate that Ye Qingxuan had fixed at the peak of Mount Wanling fluctuated slightly, and Xue Yu's figure walked out from it.

"Back?"

After sensing Xue Yu's return, Ye Qingxuan's figure also slowly appeared.

Looking at Ye Qingxuan's figure, Xue Yu bowed respectfully and said:

"Subordinate Xue Yu, greets the City Lord!"

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan waved his hand lazily: "No need for formalities. For the next hundred years, Dongxuan City will be handed over to you for rotation and stationing."

"Yes, Xue Yu accepts the order!"

"After training outside for over a hundred years, why have you returned to your cold, icy appearance?"

"Too much killing is not a good thing. Take advantage of this hundred-year rotation to rest and recuperate properly!"

As he spoke, Ye Qingxuan suddenly remembered something and continued: "By the way, you can exchange for some Enlightenment Tea to drink when the time comes; it will be good for you."

Enlightenment Tea was transformed from the Calming Tea cultivated by Ye Qingxuan. Besides having the effect of enlightenment, its effects of calming the mind and cleansing the soul were also excellent.

After giving some instructions, Ye Qingxuan let Xue Yu leave.

"Alright, you go down first!"

Hearing this, Xue Yu's gaze fluctuated slightly, and she bowed respectfully again: "Thank you, City Lord, for your guidance. Subordinate takes her leave!"

Although Xue Yu's temperament had been relatively indifferent before, she had worked with Li Mu, Jiang Wen, and others in Dongxuan City for many years, and it had already improved.

Since Xue Yu last left Star Fall's Dongxuan City, she had entered the Green Demon Clan directly through the wormhole passage in the Southern Manzhou Domain and had been killing for over a hundred years.

Her current state of being even more indifferent was indeed influenced by the demonic aura of the Green Demon Realm and the blood aura brought by the killing.

If Xue Yu hadn't already been at the Void Penetration Realm, with her Primordial Spirit protected by rules, she would have already been eroded by the demonic and blood auras, causing her temperament to change drastically.

It was precisely because she had the protection of rules that the demonic and blood auras were only entangled around Xue Yu's body, and she could completely clear the hidden dangers after spending some time.

This was also the reason why Ye Qingxuan looked at Xue Yu's changes without the slightest worry.

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