These hundred cultivators are all cultivators living in Xiangyang.
Some open Dao institutes to recruit apprentices in the city, while others establish sects in the nearby mountains to recruit disciples.
When the City Lord has a request, they have to come over even if they don't want to.
If they were to really clash with the Mount Heng Sect, they wouldn't have the courage for that.
Hence, City Lord Guo Jing said he was going to negotiate with Mount Heng for people, rather than attacking Mount Heng.
Southern Mount Heng is some distance away from Xiangyang.
This place is located in the center of Xiangzhou, and in this world, one has to cross numerous hills and rivers to get there.
If it were ordinary people, they would be eaten by demons halfway through.
If not by demons, then by mountain brigands.
It's not easy to travel between states; large scale goods transportation usually relies on large merchant groups.