"Fellow Daoist, you're truly formidable!"
Upon hearing this, he felt instant reverence. In this restless, profit-driven era, to encounter such a cultivator who cares nothing for fame or fortune is extremely rare—perhaps a unique existence.
"Can you show me your records?" Li Zhirui asked again, his curiosity thoroughly piqued.
"Of course."
As the words rang out, a Jade Slip appeared before him.
"Qiongming State: According to local powers and resident loose cultivators, over the past ten years, the number of cultivators has doubled, with an upward trend still ongoing..."
"Cliff Eagle State: Number of cultivators up by forty percent..."
"Yuhuo State: In the past decade, cultivator numbers increase year after year, with an average surge of fifty percent!"
The Jade Slip recorded more than thirty states—which means the old man had spent many years investigating this matter.
