Chapter 961

Gai Nie's popularity was absolutely explosive when he was in the Western Continent of Cattle-God. Over the past hundred years or so in the Western Continent of Cattle-God, he has saved countless cultivators, especially from the mouths of the Demon Race.

He has the grace of saving lives for many cultivators.

Therefore, many people feel a sense of gratitude toward Gai Nie.

More importantly, Gai Nie is a Sword Immortal, and he has no sectarian prejudices; whenever he encounters those cultivators, he often offers them guidance.

So, at his call, those cultivators from the Western Continent of Cattle-God flocked to the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa.

Today, there are already over three hundred people here at Qingfeng Shan.

Although most of them are Earth Immortals or Heaven Immortals.

The momentum is quite grand; in the entire Lesser Southern Domain, no sect can compare to the current Qingfeng Shan.

And this trend still shows no signs of stopping.

Qingfeng Shan is now quite formidable in the Lesser Southern Domain.

In terms of strength, Gai Nie is a Golden Immortal-level Sword Immortal, and with those hundreds of immortals, it has become the most powerful force in the Lesser Southern Domain the moment they arrived.

Even the forces in the neighboring regions are quite wary of Qingfeng Shan.

However, Su Fan and the others are not concerned at all.

After Gai Nie stayed behind, Zhang Liang and the others did not launch any actions, but instead focused on consolidation.

Especially the fact that Gai Nie called for people, which also surprised Zhang Liang and the others a bit.

These hundreds of people, and perhaps even thousands in the future—such power will be even more helpful for them to promote knowledge in the future.

This is power; Su Fan and Zhang Liang are very clear that while the Lesser Southern Domain is fine, in other places, one likely has to rely entirely on one's fists.

Only with powerful fists can one push forward.

The reason Zhang Liang hadn't moved before was simply because his fists weren't big enough.

Gai Nie's appearance gave him hope, because Gai Nie's sword is sharp enough, and his combat power as a Taiyi Golden Immortal can deter many people.

Therefore, more and more cultivators will gather at Qingfeng Shan in the future.

Gai Nie alone would attract countless cultivators, and it doesn't matter even if they aren't sword cultivators.

A single Golden Immortal is enough to attract many cultivators.

The Heavenly Garden Sect, where Leng Ji is, is already considered a significant sect just by possessing an ancestor at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.

The entire sect controls an area of ten thousand miles, and the mountains, rivers, and streams all belong to the Heavenly Garden Sect; no one dares to easily infringe upon the land controlled by the Heavenly Garden Sect.

Gai Nie's strength is even greater; once he establishes a sect, the disciples, guests, and retainers he attracts will be even more numerous.

The hundreds of immortals who have come now are all due to Gai Nie's personal charisma.

Although Zhang Liang and the others have no interest in establishing any sect, with so many cultivators gathered at Qingfeng Shan, it will naturally become a sect or faction as time passes.

Even if Zhang Liang and the others are unwilling in the future, they will likely be supported from the bottom up.

That is how the "yellow robe being placed upon one" comes about.

Of course, Su Fan, who is familiar with history, certainly understands that while the "yellow robe being placed upon one" involves people below wanting the merit of supporting a new ruler, in reality, it is still Zhao Kuangyin's own idea.

Otherwise, no one would have dared to make a move.

After all, the tiger-like prestige of the Later Zhou Emperor still existed back then; if Zhao Kuangyin hadn't made a move, others really wouldn't have dared to act.

If one speaks of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the ability of this Later Zhou Emperor is quite powerful among many emperors; to be honest, the Song Dynasty's founding emperor, Zhao Kuangyin, might not necessarily be his equal.

Otherwise, why was he, the Later Zhou Emperor, able to become emperor first, while Zhao Kuangyin could only be a subject?

In the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there was no such thing as inheritance; whoever had the greater strength and the greater ability was the one who could ascend to the top.

If the Later Zhou Emperor hadn't lived such a short life, the Great Song Dynasty might not necessarily have emerged.

In Qingfeng Shan, Gai Nie is the symbol, and most of the work in managing the influx of so many cultivators to Qingfeng Shan has been handled by Zhang Liang.

Zhang Liang's ability is beyond doubt, and his arrangements ensured that the arrival of these cultivators did not cause any clamor at Qingfeng Shan.

Instead, he managed it in an orderly fashion.

The spiritual energy of the spirit vein at Qingfeng Shan has become increasingly abundant under the grand array set up by Su Fan, naturally attracting more and more cultivators.

It is not just Gai Nie's call; Zhang Liang's reputation has also attracted many cultivators.

His previous lecture on the Dao attracted tens of thousands of cultivators, and although there were some accidents due to the appearance of that Rakshasa Demon, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of cultivators.

Yet almost no one felt any dissatisfaction with Zhang Liang because of this.

After all, the Earth Immortal World is full of crises, and this kind of danger is considered quite normal.

Accidental deaths in the cultivation world are simply too common; many of them, as loose cultivators, encounter the Demon Race in the wilderness—either they slay the Demon Race to harvest their demon cores, or they are devoured by demon beasts and become nourishment for the other side.

The same goes for demons.

Moreover, the cultivation world of the Lesser Southern Domain yearns for Qingfeng Shan even more, not only because of Zhang Liang's lecture, but also because of Gai Nie's appearance, which makes them believe that Qingfeng Shan is even safer.

It is even safer than top sects of the Lesser Southern Domain like the Great Sun Sect.

If sects like the Great Sun Sect were truly attacked by a Golden Immortal Demon King or a demon, their mountain-protecting arrays might not necessarily be able to hold them off.

But at Qingfeng Shan, most cultivators in the Lesser Southern Domain know that even if a Golden Immortal Demon or Demon King arrives, they definitely won't get the better of it.

Such a place has decent spiritual energy, is fully secure, and the master of Qingfeng Shan has no sectarian prejudices and enjoys preaching the Dao.

For those loose cultivators, such a place is absolutely the best holy land; countless cultivators keep rushing toward here, treating Qingfeng Shan as the holy land of the cultivation world in their hearts.

Even some sect disciples yearn for it.

Especially after Gai Nie demonstrated the Sword Dao, this trend became even more obvious.

For many sect disciples, the Sword Dao is not unfamiliar; every sect has some inheritance of the Sword Dao, it is just a matter of quality.

However, most sword cultivators at best only reach the level of sword control, which is still a long way from a true Sword Dao, and as for being a Sword Immortal, that is even further away by a hundred and eight thousand miles.

But now, Qingfeng Shan possesses a genuine Sword Immortal, and one who is a Golden Immortal-level Sword Immortal at that.

Furthermore, he has no sectarian prejudices and often explains the cultivation of the Sword Dao; most of it is very basic.

But for many cultivators, this is already very high-level knowledge.

Cultivators all know the power of sword cultivators, and also know that among the many methods of protecting the Dao, the Sword Dao is one of the most powerful.

The divine abilities of the Sword Dao can unleash extreme power.

Most cultivators cultivate for the sake of longevity, and the Earth Immortal World is not peaceful; to attain longevity, one needs powerful methods to protect the Dao, so that one can protect oneself and live longer.