Some of the cultivators who had joined the Crimson Blood Sect in its first batch had already advanced to the True Lake Realm. They had all taken part in the previous expedition as well.
Compared to the other sects of Nine Provinces, the losses suffered by the Crimson Blood Sect and Purple Star Dao Palace in the expeditionary war had been almost negligible. With Lan Qiyue assisting in the purge of the Blood Race, her cultivation might not have ranked especially high among the Divine Sea Realm cultivators, but the suppression of her Sacred Nature was fatal to the Blood Race.
Thus, throughout the campaign to purge the Blood Race, the battles fought by those two sects had been overwhelmingly one-sided, like deadwood before a gale.
Guarding a branch sect was a weighty responsibility. Sects with the means generally chose Divine Sea Realm cultivators to hold the fort. The Crimson Blood Sect did not have that luxury for the time being, as they had too few Divine Sea Realm cultivators, so they could only send out True Lake Realm cultivators. It was barely enough, though they would have to work a little harder.
Cloud River Realm cultivators were unsuitable for such work. For one thing, their cultivation was insufficient; for another, they traveled too slowly. A territory spanning a hundred thousand li was simply too vast. If anything happened, the journey alone would consume a great deal of time.
Kong Niu and the other two had much to do next. At the very least, they needed to let the Human Race within the branch sect's territory know that the Crimson Blood Sect would be open to them. Anyone with sufficient aptitude could be accepted into the sect and travel to Nine Provinces to take a master and learn cultivation.
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