Huanyang Mountain lay west of Haoshi City, the two separated by nearly a million li, and it was one of Cloud Province's famous Fire Veins.
Spirit Herb Mountain's new main altar was located here.
Not only were the Earth Fire resources here abundant, the spiritual energy was also quite decent. It had originally belonged to a cultivation family, but the outsider Spirit Herb Mountain had taken a liking to it.
And so a struggle broke out. There was nothing strange about that. The cultivation world followed the law of the jungle; killing people to seize treasures, or fighting over Spirit Veins and mineral mountains, happened almost every day.
Though Cloud Province was a holy land for cultivation, its overall level higher than You Province's by more than several notches, aside from those fearsome great powers, small sects and minor factions were even more countless, more numerous than bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
The ones who had originally occupied Huanyang Mountain were only a medium-sized cultivation family. Though they did have several cultivators at the peak of the Core Condensation Realm, compared to Spirit Herb Mountain's two Nascent Soul old monsters, the gap was still extremely obvious.
That family knew their strength was insufficient, but they also could not bear to give up a spiritual land passed down for dozens of generations. After some discussion, the family elders refused Spirit Herb Mountain's suggestion that they leave.
The reason they were so bold was that they did have a little to rely on. First, they had operated here for tens of thousands of years, their roots deep and firm, and their Sect Protection Array was no small matter.
Second, although Spirit Herb Mountain had Nascent Soul old monsters, they were outsiders after all, while this family had at least some connections