Chapter 312: To Build Qingshan City? A Five-Faction Alliance?

One after another, cloud vessels pierced through the clouds and appeared in the high sky.

In an instant, they blotted out the heavens!

The fleet of cloud vessels obscured the sun's radiance.

Instantly plunging the marketplace below into darkness!

As if... night had fallen!

Faced with this sudden spectacle.

The scene erupted into chaos.

Cultivators from major factions and wandering cultivators alike all looked up, gazing toward the high sky.

Gazing at that vast fleet of cloud vessels.

Every soul present was shaken to their core, all moved with awe!

Immediately, they couldn't help but cry out: "Look! What enormous ships!"

"Ships that float in the sky? What are these? I've never heard of such a thing!"

"Hmph! You're merely a Foundation Establishment cultivator, spending your whole life in some backwater village—how could you know the value of this?"

"Oh? Do you know then?"

"Of course I do! I've traveled through dozens of cities and seen this before—it's called a cloud vessel!"

"Such passenger treasure vessels cost a fortune; even a single scrap of their material could buy a hundred of your lives."

"Due to their uniqueness, even the lowest-class cloud vessels reach the Mid-Arcane rank!"

"But now, judging by their size, each one is likely High-Arcane rank—or even Low-Terrestrial rank! Only a Moonwheel-tier power could possess such things!"

"Such precious objects, appearing all at once in such numbers—truly something I've never seen in my life!!"

"But such a massive display—who could this great figure be, visiting us?"

For a moment, everyone in the marketplace erupted into heated discussion.

Meanwhile.

At the Shanmen of Qingshan Mountain.

The mountain-guarding clan members also noticed the fleet of cloud vessels in the sky.

Seeing such a large force arrive, they didn't know if it was fortune or misfortune.

Thinking caution paramount, they immediately prepared to notify the Elder Council.

In the current Jiang Clan.

The seven branch lords and Elders primarily managed internal affairs of their respective branches.

The Elder Council oversaw the entire clan's development.

Fortunately, in these recent days.

The Qingshan Token had already been widely distributed through the joint efforts of the branch lords, Elders, and stewards.

So as of now, except for a few infants.

Nearly every clan member possessed their own Qingshan Token!

And for these mountain-guarding clan members.

To ensure real-time communication, they were directly granted the clan designations of Jiang Hong and Jiang Wen.

Enabling instant voice communication and immediate reporting.

Then, the mountain-guarding clan members pulled out their Qingshan Tokens and swiftly reported the incident to Jiang Wen.

On the other side.

On the foremost cloud vessel.

Five Starwheel cultivators gathered here.

They were Elders from four different factions.

The leader was Zhang Cang, Grand Elder of Qingshan Sect.

Having visited Qingshan Mountain once before and being familiar with the place, he had been chosen by all as the leader.

At this moment, a Purple Mansion cultivator from Qingshan Sect approached Zhang Cang and bowed respectfully:

"Grand Elder, we have arrived above the Qingshan Mountain marketplace."

All present immediately fell silent.

Zhang Cang stroked his beard and smiled lightly: "Gentlemen, it seems we shall soon meet Lord Jiang..."

At these words, every Starwheel cultivator present lit up with anticipation.

During the journey here.

They had learned much about the White Robe Sword Marquis from Zhang Cang.

Precisely because of this.

They felt immense curiosity toward this unseen Lord Jiang.

Zhang Cang observed their expressions and smiled faintly.

Then he turned to the Purple Mansion cultivator beside him and ordered:

"Since we intend to transform this marketplace into Qingshan City, find a spacious area to land."

"Yes, Grand Elder!"

The Purple Mansion cultivator immediately obeyed.

Soon, the fleet of cloud vessels, having received the order, began to slowly descend from the heavens!

When they touched the ground.

The massive commotion immediately drew the attention of everyone in the marketplace!

Under their tense, unblinking gaze—

They saw several staircases appear atop every cloud vessel.

Each staircase overflowed with flowing light, countless golden runes flickering within—every one of them formed from pure spiritual energy!

Right after, dense ranks of cultivators descended the staircases.

They wore standardized uniforms, four distinct styles in total, representing the four factions!

The crowd in the market, watching this scene, could not help feeling deeply uneasy.

They were stunned to discover that every one of these people carried a cultivation base.

Among them were no lack of Congenital, Purple Mansion, and even Origin Sea realm experts!

Those wisps of terrifying aura gave them an illusion—

As if these people had come to assault Cangwu Mountain!

Just as the crowd was sinking into confusion—

Zhang Cang flew into midair, and facing the crowd in the market, said in a heavy voice:

"This old man is Zhang Cang, the Grand Elder of Qingshan Sect! On this occasion, on behalf of Qingshan Sect, together with fellow Daoists from the Bihai Zhao Clan, the Chikun Sect, and the Tianyao Sect, we have come to this place to formally form an alliance with the Cangwu Jiang Clan!"

His voice was like thunder, deafening to the ear!

Qingshan Sect? Bihai Zhao Clan? Chikun Sect? Tianyao Sect?

How could these four factions suddenly unite with the Cangwu Jiang Clan?

The people present stood dumb as wooden chickens, clearly badly frightened.

One must know that these four great Moon Wheel factions were, to them, names thunderous to the ear.

They had basically only ever heard of them in rumors!

They never imagined that today they would be fortunate enough to witness them all gathered in one place!

To be able to make these four factions ally with him—Clan Leader Jiang must be far more terrifying than we imagined.

At this moment, the crowd could not help but gain a deeper understanding of the White-Robed Sword Marquis's might!

At this time, looking at the dazed crowd, Zhang Cang mobilized the origin power within his body and said loudly:

"In obedience to Alliance Leader Jiang's command, the four of us shall now jointly exert our strength to establish Cangwu City here at the market!"

"You had best disperse quickly—do not delay our construction schedule, nor incur Alliance Leader Jiang's displeasure."

Once the words fell—

It was like a single stone stirring up a thousand layers of waves!

The many cultivators within the market showed astonishment on their faces, feeling greatly taken aback!