Why Did the Demon Beast the Black Mountain Zhao Family Had Not Seen for a Thousand Years Leave the Mountain?

Among these nine forces was even a Golden Core Force known as the Black Mountain Zhao Family, which had as many as ten Golden Core cultivators. However, more than half of this clan's Golden Core cultivators had joined the Heavenly Star Sect, and they obeyed every arrangement made by the Heavenly Star Sect.

Moreover, this clan had a vicious temperament. Once its members entered battle, they fought with exceptional desperation.

The Black Mountain Zhao Family was also secretly called the Heavenly Star Sect's "dogs" by cultivators.

Through the Zhao Clan, Ling Pengyun could not help thinking of his own clan's future.

It was not difficult for him to see the true reason the Zhao Clan had sent so many talented clansmen into the Heavenly Star Sect and obeyed that sect without question.

If the Zhao Clan had not acted this way, given its scale, it would likely have long since drawn the Heavenly Star Sect's attention. The Heavenly Star Sect might even have secretly killed the Zhao Clan's Golden Core cultivators to weaken its strength, lest the Zhao Clan become a source of trouble and slip beyond control.

As for the Ling Clan, counting properly, it currently had only three Golden Core cultivators: Ling Pengyun, Yan Siyi, and Ling Yunhong. Even including the Golden Core Initial Stage Beast Puppets in the Ling Clan's possession, the Ling Clan was only somewhat stronger than the Hundred Spirits Sect. Among the nine great Golden Core forces of Heavenly Star Country, it could at most rank in the middle. Naturally, it was difficult for it to draw the Heavenly Star Sect's attention.

Yet once Cheng Xin and the other clansmen entered the Golden Core realm, increasing the number of Ling Clan Golden Core cultivators, or once the number of Beast Puppets controlled by the