While Lin Mu was busy cultivating the True Gold Body Forging Arts in the Kong Plane, a different series of events were happening in the real world.
At the Long Cloud sect, a group of powerful elders were gathered in the main hall and were conversing.
"How are the things going in the Center?" Patriarch You Yi questioned one of the elders.
"Things are going just as he planned, Patriarch. There were some hiccups, but our people managed to handle them. With the help of the teleportation gates, our response time has been reduced to nearly ten percent of what it used to be in some cases.
Even in the areas that are a bit distant, we have cut out response time by fifty percent." The elder responded.
"Good, keep that up." Patriarch You Yi replied, feeling pleased.
"You will also be happy to know that the merchant Jingming Shang has secured two areas that we can set up the teleportation gates in." Another elder chimed in.