I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 1841: Chapter 922: Sword Embryo (14k)_3

Next, E Yun reported on the situation of the Five Elements Sect in recent years.

After Chen Mobai slew the Poisonous Dragon Ancestor, the Five Elements Sect no longer had any enemies and entered a period of rapid development.

Various Immortal Cities, the Six Great Academies, Earth Network Great Formation, Fifth Rank Spirit Vein, land reclamation of Yun Meng Ze, agricultural reform, Five Elements Currency…

Among these, the issuance of the Five Elements Currency has achieved great success. It has completely activated the previously stagnant lower market. Previously, the Five Elements Sect’s vigorous infrastructure development, due to its scale, mainly enriched the cultivator families and sect powers, while loose cultivators earned at most some Spirit Stones through hard labor.

Moreover, because Chen Mobai developed real estate in the Eastern Wilderness, the Spirit Stones earned by these loose cultivators were quickly absorbed back by the Five Elements Sect. Although the upper economy was flourishing, the lower economy was only slightly better.

Now, however, the appearance of the Five Elements Currency directly solved the biggest currency problem in the lower economy.

The economic growth created more employment opportunities, especially in various shops that needed more service staff. The economic prosperity also raised the level of consumption, spreading the enjoyment of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, once exclusive to upper-level cultivators, to more cultivators.

“There is, however, one issue. Because hiring a cultivator is quite expensive, many shops have begun to train commoners themselves…”

E Yun mentioned a situation that has arisen in recent years. Because the Five Elements Sect’s various Immortal Cities do not forbid the locals from the Eastern Wilderness to enter and exit, many commoners without Spiritual Roots have come in search of a living, harboring dreams.

These people include secular nobles, martial arts masters among commoners, and even descendants of cultivators.

Although these individuals have no Spiritual Roots, doing simple jobs like service work is not a problem for them.

This has led the lower-level cultivators, who just enjoyed a few years of good life, to once again fall into the predicament of competing with commoners.

It’s mainly because Zhuo Ming, following Chen Mobai’s instructions, completed the significant agricultural reform in the Eastern Wilderness, so now any willing commoner can eat their fill.

Once their stomachs are full, people’s thoughts turn to other pursuits.

The desire for immortality and seeking the Way surfaces in their hearts.

E Yun expressed his thoughts, leaning towards protecting the cultivators and wanting to set entry thresholds into the Immortal Cities, at least ensuring that the jobs that have arisen over the past few years go to cultivators.

After all, the major infrastructure projects of the Five Elements Sect are mainly heavy labor and technical positions, which can only be filled by cultivators.

So, in his view, training cultivators benefits the sect more.

“Currently, in the Eastern Wilderness, because the number of cultivators is limited, the major Immortal Cities need to fill with elites among the commoners. There’s no need to set thresholds, as the social structure will naturally eliminate those unqualified. Letting cultivators and commoners compete a bit is also good to cultivate their sense of concern.”

“If cultivators can’t outcompete those commoners, then our Five Elements Sect’s infrastructure projects can provide a fallback for them, making it more advantageous for us in recruiting personnel.”

“Later, a library spreading basic knowledge of cultivation should be established around the major Immortal Cities. The descendants of commoners living in the Immortal Cities could have a higher chance of being born with Spiritual Roots. If the parents have this knowledge, it will save us time and effort when training them in the future at the Five Elements Sect.”

“Don’t keep these libraries open for free. Set a fee, let’s say ten Five Element Coins per hour, to motivate these commoners to work and earn in the Immortal Cities. They need to know that even if they have no hope themselves, their efforts can create a better starting point for the next generation.”

After Chen Mobai finished speaking, E Yun was in complete admiration.

Initially, he thought the experience he gained over a dozen years was more than enough to become a sect leader, but today E Yun realized he still had much to learn, whether in terms of vision, insight, or broad-mindedness.

Next, he spoke about the Five Elements Sect’s future infrastructure projects.

Among them, Yun Meng Ze, thanks to Zhou Ye’s hard work, formed enough land for the construction of the Stormy Immortal City last year, and Zhou Ye continues to oversee the project. In a few years, this city connecting the Eastern Wilderness and East Wu will likely be completed.

However, even now, Zhou Ye has already opened a street dedicated to trade between the two regions, with stores from many sect families and powers in the Eastern Wilderness, including the Five Elements Sect, setting up shops and profiting greatly.

Of course, East Wu also used the vast market of the Eastern Wilderness to exchange various resources they had accumulated, including many years’ worth of demonic beast materials.

In fact, since Sun Huanglong began to withdraw from public life, the other families of East Wu, feeling backed by the Five Elements Sect, were not afraid of being wiped out. Therefore, one family, Lu, even brought out a treasured Heterodox Golden Core for sale, attracting significant attention from all major powers in the Eastern Wilderness outside of the Five Elements Sect.

“Who obtained it?”

Chen Mobai asked curiously. After all, refining the Heterodox Golden Core not only provided Golden Core Realm combat power but was also the method with the highest success rate for forming the Golden Core in the Tianhe Realm, making it highly coveted.

“It’s still under competitive bidding. Because the Heterodox Golden Core is precious and requires the purchase of a corresponding refining method, the Eastern Wilderness family and sect powers are jointly purchasing it by counties. Several closely related families have also inquired with me…”