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The days passed, one by one.
The situation in the Southern Barbarian region was generally peaceful, though there was some localized turmoil. But this chaos didn't cause any real damage. As long as Junling True Monarch watched over the Lingyue Sect, it would never be in danger of destruction.
Lü Zhong dedicated himself to his cultivation, visiting the Three Sects of Bihai once every year.
He had assumed the identity of a Supreme Elder, a fact known only to the higher-ups of the three sects. The Inner and Outer Disciples below knew nothing of it, believing the Three Sects of Bihai were each independent.
At one point, he made a huge investment to attract promising cultivators, adding thirty Foundation Establishment Pills to the sects' treasure vaults, hoping to produce Foundation Establishment True Cultivators for the three sects sooner rather than later.
The sooner he could raise his own, the sooner he could return the True Cultivators he had borrowed from the Heling Sect.
