Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 585: Chapter 305: Formal Meeting (Part 3)

When he finished, Cheng Zongyang had given Su Ze a detailed account of everything he wanted to know. Finally, he conjured several booklets out of thin air, showing off a little in front of Su Ze.

"I compiled these based on everything I’ve learned in the Cultivation Immortality Realm. They’re for you."

"Thank you, Mr. Cheng!" Su Ze was overjoyed. He never expected such a gift in return.

He took them and gave them a quick look.

— *A Hundred Answers for Cultivators in Jade Peak Immortal City*

— *Cultivation Immortality: From Beginner to Master*

— *Critical Knowledge for the Martial Dao Path*

— *Cultivation: Common Knowledge from Beginner to Burial*

— *The Jade Peak Immortal City Code of Law, Third Edition*

Looking at the four thin booklets and one thick one, he was incredibly curious about their contents from the titles alone. He was dying to open them and start reading right away.

But this wasn’t the right time, so he suppressed his curiosity.

Su Ze then learned from Cheng Zongyang that as the Immortal City developed, various families would be permitted to enter and establish their own outposts.

Su Ze also received a hundred sheets of Spirit Testing Paper from Cheng Zongyang as a gift, as well as the loan of a Spirit Testing Stone. He felt deeply that his own meeting gift had been the right decision; the intelligence and items he received were well worth it.

After Su Ze bid farewell and left, Cheng Zongyang arranged for Li Lu to go and receive Su Ze’s meeting gift.

Likewise, in the days that followed, Su Ze became very busy.

First, he sent a message to his second uncle, informing him of the details and asking him to choose what kind of Demon Cores he needed.

He then returned to Yangzhou Prefecture to confer with Emperor Liang. Afterward, he personally took the preserved corpse of the Fiery Sun Bird, along with a selection of various supplies.

Finally, he took two Princes—chosen after tests confirmed they had Five Spirit Bones and Upper Three Grades cultivation—to reside in the Immortal City. There, they would establish a "manor" for the Royal Family and the Su Family, preparing for their future entry into the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

This would establish a stable foothold for their factions within the Immortal City.

At the same time, Su Ze approached the major Gate Valve Families. He was acting as a go-between, ’recruiting clients’ for Cheng Zongyang, while also aiming to reduce the pressure of domestic infighting on the Royal Family.

These various factions had been circling the Immortal City for some time, but with no one to provide an introduction, they were unable to enter. Thus, they showed immense interest in the information Su Ze provided, as well as his offer to personally make introductions.

After all, for any Gate Valve Family, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Therefore, at Su Ze’s suggestion, each family prepared a substantial meeting gift and waited patiently for him to finish his tasks. Su Ze, in turn, was waiting for his second uncle to finish pacifying the last areas of Linchuan Prefecture.

As time passed, the infrastructure work in the Immortal City proceeded in an orderly fashion. With vast quantities of materials and the help of several thousand skilled artisans, the pace of the Immortal City’s "redevelopment" grew ever faster.

In the bustling North District, the builders had largely completed the reconstruction, leaving the carpenters to handle the interior work. Meanwhile, the eastern district was already half-finished.

With tens of thousands of workers collaborating in three shifts and an ample supply of materials, progress was naturally swift.

「Three months later.」

Having finished all his affairs, Su Ze arrived near the Immortal City, bringing his second uncle, the corpse of the Fiery Sun Bird, and an endless train of supply wagons.

Accompanying them were the other seventeen Gate Valve factions of Da Liang, who brought their own meeting gifts, as well as the supplies that would serve as their fee to enter the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

In those three months, the area around the Immortal City had changed drastically, now filled with all manner of shacks, cleared lots, and stockpiles of supplies.

The arrival of Su Ze and the seventeen Gate Valve factions made the area even more congested. In the end, they had no choice but to expand out onto the flatlands, clearing more ground.