Yuanhuo Daoist hesitated slightly but decided to follow and enter.
He wasn’t familiar with the Great Xia Emperor’s style of doing things, but the other party came from the Tongshan Dao Lineage.
The Tongshan Dao Lineage is part of the Saint King Dao Lineage, a highly reputable name.
He took the first step into the Nine Tripods Barrier, with four others following closely behind.
On the official road, Jingming Daoist saw the Bath Fire Sect group following and immediately smiled.
He led them to the County City God Department in Xuefeng County to process identity documents and road permits.
After handling the paperwork, he casually handed each person two jade slips, one with a simple route map and another containing the statutes of Great Xia. He advised them not to act recklessly with divine techniques, warning that if caught by the Daoist Palace inspection envoys, they’d face penalties — expulsion at best and loss of magical power and being cast into reincarnation at worst.
With this, he left gracefully.
"The Great Xia Dynasty certainly knows how to make money. Just for processing some temporary road permits, each of us had to pay a mid-grade spirit crystal!"
Beside him, a red-robed Bath Fire Sect elder showed some frustration.
The other red-robed elders also complained slightly.
A mid-grade spirit crystal isn’t much, but they weren’t used to this kind of approach.
The unfamiliar land and the sight of numerous deities moving about made them feel somewhat coerced.
As a sect master, Yuanhuo Master understood this fee collection practice.
With a large estate, expenses are high; without a means of generating income, how could they have enough resources to support so many cultivators advancing and studying ’Magic’?
Which cultivator’s practice doesn’t require massive resources?
Without expanding revenue sources and reducing expenditure, one could only deplete existing resources.
Many powerful sects also ended up ’bankrupt’ and eventually ’went astray,’ gradually declining.
Once they received their travel permits, they set off for Haojing City.
Soon, they realized that the spirit crystals spent in Xuefeng County weren’t wasted.
With the route map, they could enjoy a completely different exotic scenery.
The map highlighted numerous newly built trading markets, alchemy markets, and blessed land rental markets in Great Xia along the way.
They noticed that these emerging trading markets seemed newly established, with many new markets still perfecting their forbidden techniques and management models, yet they had a vibrant atmosphere.
They seemed to completely separate the mundane world.
Each market was established in the primitive barbaric land, accompanied by an Immortal City, and around the Immortal City, there was a Blessed Land Dharma Realm, with many cultivators opening ground fires and setting up spirit gathering arrays, all appearing very vibrant.
This was somewhat similar to certain secular dynasties in the Two Realms Region, but also distinct.
For example, in the official markets established by the Great Xia Dynasty, they saw local deities appearing more than once, and there were also many unique products from the Divine Pure Land.
These specialties, like spirit plants, spirit fruits, and certain spiritual objects, were not easily obtained in regular markets.
As the spirit plants and spiritual objects from the Divine Pure Land were mostly high-grade, once news spread, major sects would pre-order and buy them out, leaving nothing for smaller sects and loose cultivators.
The five from the Bath Fire Sect certainly didn’t miss this opportunity and took full advantage to purchase extensively.
Upon leaving, they were all cheerful, even Yuanhuo Daoist, the Primordial Spirit Master, was happy, having acquired several rare thousand-year-old spirit medicines.
They noticed that they were not the only happy ones.
There were clearly many other foreign cultivators, all in a hurry.
"This place, though still developing, is indeed full of opportunities! Sadly, our resources are limited, so we can only watch and miss out on the truly good things!"
At this moment, Cang Ling Daoist also beamed with joy, having bought several high-tier spirit medicines that could purify magical power and enhance the foundation of the Yin Spirit.
If these high-tier spirit medicines were outside, one would need significant backing to purchase them or risk their life!
Seeing this, Yuanhuo Daoist felt a bit regretful.
His gains were greater.
However, after this experience, their confidence in the Great Xia Dynasty had grown substantially.
At least, after entering Great Xia for cultivation, the resources here were not lacking, which provided the minimum sense of security needed for practice.
The five immediately continued their exploration of newly developed spirit veins and blessed lands across the regions.
After some careful inquiry, they felt a bit disappointed.
It wasn’t that they didn’t encounter spiritually rich lands.
But in the Great Xia Dynasty, the control over spirit veins and blessed lands was exceptionally strict, with most under official control, except for a few existing sects. Most spirit veins and blessed lands were offered only for lease or granted under titles.
A significant amount of merit, or formal conferment by the Great Xia Dynasty, was needed to own spiritual land.
This made the five from the Bath Fire Sect somewhat hesitant.
And after touring some extraordinary markets and Immortal Cities outside the mountains, upon returning to the Central Plains, they saw a breathtaking scene from afar.
In a basin, by the great river, vast fertile fields stretched as far as the eye could see.
Many commoners were working in the furrows, removing pests and weeds, their faces radiating hope. Although simply dressed, they were full of energy.
This scene was rare, even in the Two Realms Region.
"Truly a prosperous sight, with such material wealth and population, this Great Xia Emperor is indeed worthy of being called a Holy Monarch!"
"I’ve heard that before proclaiming himself Emperor, this Emperor applied cultivation methods to agricultural reform, thus saving countless lives — now it seems to be true!"
"The Eastern Continent is gradually becoming a Pure Land!"
The five exchanged glances and sighed softly.
Many of them had also once come from mundane backgrounds, and though experienced in countless killings, those deepest memories still lingered in their hearts.
The scene before them gave the Bath Fire Sect’s five cultivators a long-missed sense of tranquility.
As if their weary souls had finally found a home.
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Deep within Haojing City
Zhang Jian was coordinating the Yellow Court Blessed Land Realm.
He projected part of the origin of the Blessed Land Dharma Realm into each commandery, nurturing new blessed land dharma realms, in some way sacrificing the potential of this creation-level primordial immortal technique.
But on the other hand, he took this opportunity to complete the layout of his lifebound primordial immortal technique, the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
These blessed land origins embedded into various places became wedges that the Map of Mountains and Rivers could use to manage and enhance its power.
Once all the arrangements were complete, if he wished, the picturesque landscape would fully embody his Map of Mountains and Rivers.
Any Immortal, even an Ancient Immortal or Emperor of the same realm, entering would be under his control.
This would significantly enhance the Great Xia Royal Family’s ability to govern each commandery!
Additionally, distributing the Yellow Court Blessed Land Realm had its advantages.
This scattered blessed land would gradually adhere to spirit veins, enhancing the earth’s origin, forming spirit mountain blessed lands, supporting the Great Xia Court in cultivating self-sufficient spirit fields and medicine mountains, allowing the Great Xia Dynasty to gradually become self-sufficient and not depend entirely on external large sects for cultivation resources.
After accomplishing all this, Zhang Jian noticed the increasing number of high-tier cultivators and truly capable individuals drawn by recruitment notices.
He wasn’t in a hurry to meet them but instead prepared to prove creation.
As the various primordial immortal techniques within him approached creation-level completion, the time for him to break through to creation had finally arrived.