Zhu Chengzhi heard this, and the state of mind he had cultivated over the years vanished. Overjoyed, he said, "Thank you, Steward Liu, for your praise and auspicious words!"
Steward Liu nodded slightly and said no more, his eyes sweeping over the cultivators gathered in crowds, his expression indifferent as he said, "Since you all wish to enter this border city, you need to pay a fee of ten thousand Spirit Crystals. I presume Zhu Chengzhi has already explained this to you?"
Upon hearing this, everyone, without much commotion, silently acknowledged it. Many had accumulated enough background at Xuankong Mountain, after running nearly non-stop for tens of thousands of years. Additionally, the Path of Success to some extent suppresses True Power, leading to a considerable reduction in the power of magical techniques.
