After Xiao Shan repelled the Xiao Family pursuers and named this peak Yi Tian Mountain, he began widely inviting members of the Demonic Path and recruiting troops.
Before he had been expelled from the lineage, he had been known as "righteousness reaching the clouds," with extensive connections and influence in both the Righteous and Demonic Paths.
Xiao Shan himself was forthright by nature, clearly distinguished kindness from resentment, and valued feelings and loyalty.
On the other hand, the Xiao Family was weak and suppressed by forces such as the Wu Family, forcing them to be accommodating on all sides. One had to know that Demonic Path Gu Masters could sometimes not be offended, especially those lone Rank 5 and Rank 4 wanderers.
These Demonic Path experts differed from Righteous Path experts.
Demonic Path experts were solitary and unencumbered, acting without restraint. Righteous Path experts, meanwhile, were bound hand and foot by morality, lineage, reputation, and the like.
Over the years, in order to strengthen the lineage, the Xiao Family had formed Xiao Family merchant caravans. They treated these Demonic Path experts who roamed the world with even greater caution than other families did.
Over these years, whenever Xiao Shan faced Demonic Path Gu Masters, he let them go if he could, recruited them if he could, and if they had to be killed, he did his best to do it swiftly. Sometimes, he even gave aid to Rogue Cultivators or Demonic Path Gu Masters. Thus, although he was the patriarch of a Righteous Path clan, he had gained the recognition of many Gu Masters within the Demonic Path.
All of this had forged Xiao Shan's formidable power of appeal.
When he decided to establish a village and word spread, responses immediately came from all sides.
A few days later, several