The Five Elements Divine Sand that Zhang Yan usually saw were measured by the pound, yet this person directly offered a thousand pounds. Was his hearing deceiving him?
In truth, every entry-level disciple of the Lower Court had the backing of imperial relatives or nobility. Though the Five Elements Divine Sand was rare, it was scattered all over the East Splendor Continent. As long as one was willing to mobilize manpower, gathering it wasn't too difficult a task.
In the past, large sects and great families gathered Divine Sand by employing vast numbers of laborers under the command of mortal nobility and dignitaries.
Take Cao Ying, for example. Her father, a Duke with a fiefdom under his control, could mobilize hundreds of thousands of manpower with a single word. Although she lacked such tremendous influence—and most of the family's major affairs were managed by her elder brothers—mobilizing tens of thousands was still within her power.
