The flying ship soon left the borders of Wuzhou and headed toward Kunlun.0

Compared with traveling to Kunlun by land, the flying ship saved a lot of time and effort. After leaving Wuzhou, the flying ship went north along the border between Huzhou and Xiaozhou, where it would pass through Shuzhou and enter the vast and sparsely populated territory of Yongzhou.0

Shuzhou was under the jurisdiction of the Shuzhou Daoist Mansion, and Yongzhou was under the jurisdiction of the Kunlun Daoist Mansion.0

The difference between them was that the Shuzhou Daoist Mansion was a veritable Quanzhen Daoist Mansion, with Quanzhen Sect disciples accounting for the majority. The Kunlun Daoist Mansion was more neutral, with similar proportions of disciples from all three sects. When a Grand Master was in power, his confidant or direct descendant would often serve as the Kunlun Daoist Mansion Master.0

Speaking of which, the Grand Master was elected by the 36 Omniscient Sages and a varying number of Great Sages. Although the Daoist Order did not advocate nepotism, no one actually followed the rule. Most Grand Masters would implement rules that favored their own inner circle.0

As a result, a particular...0