Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 781: Red Sulfur

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Late autumn.

The winds blowing through Nadir Hill had a somberness to them.

There were few living creatures to be seen on the Gargantua Plain, and Godhead Mountain standing tall over the vast earth seemed bleak and depressing.

Bleakness was a kind of misery, a sign that one was heading into one's twilight years.

At some point, that high and shining Godhead Palace started to feel like it was sinking down toward the horizon.

In truth, Godhead Mountain was still Godhead Mountain, and Godhead Palace was still Godhead Palace. What had changed was not these majestic structures, but the people dwelling within them.

In the past, the cultivators of Godhead Palace had been impressive and arrogant, receiving respect wherever they went.

But ever since that incident 130 years ago, everything had changed.

The emigration of the masses had led to a faltering economy and a much smaller pool of people to recruit from. Although there were still countless people fighting to get into the academy every year, the number of geniuses had fallen, and more people had to be recruited to compensate. Overall, the quality of Godhead Palace's cultivators had greatly fallen.

Fortune no longer favored them. Natural disasters occurred frequently on their lands, and Godhead Palace disciples abroad would die for inexplicable reasons. Gradually, they started to lose more talents than they were bringing in.

When an organization's rate of losing talents began to outpace the rate at which it gained talents, it began an inevitable slide into decline.

Many people started to panic.

But while they panicked, few were able to take action to salvage the situation.

Tang Jie wasn't doing anything complicated. He was just improving the lives of the people, allowing him to draw in more talents.

But something so simple was actually very difficult to do well.

Some people tried to handle the problem in the way Tang Jie had. However, they failed for several reasons. The first was that they simply lacked

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