Resources!
Qin Shaofeng explained it bluntly with two words.
And at that very moment, his fox's tail was revealed.
No matter how powerful a faction was, it was formed from two aspects. One was its peak experts; judging by Tianyang Mountain's scale, they had to be at least in the Seventh-tier Heavenly Venerate Realm.
There was no need for you to even think about those experts.
The second was the resources needed to continuously cultivate reserve disciples, as well as resources that could help experts of their level.
Destroy one, and Tianyang Mountain could be wiped out. Destroy the other, and Tianyang Mountain would be unable to avoid a steady decline for at least ten years. Qin Shaofeng still spoke without the slightest urgency.
Only after he finished speaking and saw Qi Ying sink into thought
did he continue, "Although you are of Tianyang Mountain's Direct Bloodline, there is something fundamentally wrong with you. I presume you cannot know where Tianyang Mountain's true secrets lie, so I need not fear anyone framing me for telling you this."
"Who says I don't know? Isn't it the Cave, Treasury, Pavilion, and Three Treasure Lands?" Qi Ying immediately retorted.
The Cave, Treasury, Pavilion, and Three Treasure Lands?
That many?
Qin Shaofeng's expression changed slightly.
But before he could continue fishing for information, Qi Ying seemed to have already made up his mind. He immediately muttered, "I can't handle the Cave, Treasury, and Pavilion, but two of the Three Treasure Lands are Medicine Gardens I can access. Tomorrow, I'll destroy them!"
Qi Ying truly seemed to have long harbored plans to take revenge on Tianyang Mountain.
Yet his reckless temperament also meant that, once he learned of a way to retaliate, he immediately seemed unable to endure any longer and clenched his fists.
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