"We don't have an exact figure right now, but by a rough estimate, there should be as many as six or seven thousand."
"Six or seven thousand?" Lin Xuan fell silent. No wonder. Their numbers were more than thirty times those of the sect. If they could all be integrated, the force they produced would indeed make people look at them in a new light.
"When it comes to deep schemes and long calculations, your master is truly a genius. Only later did we discover that as early as several decades ago, he had already planted hidden pieces in this regard. It was not only cultivation families; among those Rogue Cultivators, he also paid attention to and drew in famous experts. And your esteemed sect opened its doors wide, refining pills for fellow Daoists—this was actually a way to forge good karma far and wide."
Hearing this, Lin Xuan was also speechless for a while. Put that way, Perfected Master Tongyu's scheming really was admirable. Thinking back carefully, after he had formed his Golden Core back then, Tongyu had sent him to Green Leaf Mountain; the main purpose had not been those ancient mineral deposits, but to eradicate the Liu Family. No wonder that after the Ye Family's patriarch was destroyed and the family was tottering amid wind and rain, he had actually sent over a Core Condensation elder without the slightest hesitation. It seemed he had wanted to use that chance to integrate the power of Green Leaf Mountain's cultivation families.
"In short, while we and the demonic path were being careless and negligent, your esteemed sect had already successfully brought most of You Province's cultivation families under its banner. Its strength is now enough to stand with us like the three legs of a cauldron."
"So that's how