Seeing that Huang Bingcheng and the others were still confused, Su Xin explained in detail, "What does a sect's growth depend on? The accumulation of time?"
Huang Bingcheng and the others nodded unconsciously. If not accumulation, then what?
Su Xin shook his head. "Accumulation can indeed strengthen a sect, but every sect has a fixed foundation. No matter how much it improves, there's a limit—unless a peerless genius suddenly appears. Otherwise, its growth will be very slow.
"What truly strengthens a sect is plunder!
"Great sects swallow up medium-sized sects, and medium-sized sects swallow up small ones. They take the other side's disciples, cultivation methods, and all kinds of cultivation resources, using them as nourishment to strengthen themselves. Patriarch Wen should know this all too well."
Wen Mingyu nodded. "That's certainly true. My Wen Family's weakness was always its mediocre internal cultivation method, which made cultivation slow.
"Now we have the Xunfeng Sword Sect's method. It's an authentic Taoist School cultivation method, and it can make up for our Wen Family's shortcomings completely."
Su Xin continued, "The Wen Family's situation is a perfect example. Every time you swallow up another faction, your strength takes another step forward. And the more battles your disciples fight, the more their combat strength will soar.
"If Jiangnan Circuit had no rules at all, and the various Martial Arts World sects turned on one another, killing and swallowing each other up, it wouldn't take long for a new first-rate force to emerge.
"There's no need to doubt it. Jiangnan Circuit's martial culture is flourishing. It has at least three times as many sects, clans, and other forces as the other circuits. With so many forces, producing three times as many first-rate sects as elsewhere wouldn't be difficult.
"That's why Jiuxuan Sword Sect and the others