"If you truly can't get past this hurdle, we can change to another form of compensation."
Xu Yuan looked calmly at Qin Yufeng, while she raised her head in delight. "If you want other kinds of play, I have them all here!"
"Stop."
Cutting her off, Xu Yuan sat cross-legged. "Patriarch Qin said you traveled the world with your master. Aside from these 'pastimes,' you must have seen other things along the way. Tell me about them, and let that serve as your apology to me."
"You want to hear about that?"
She sounded rather regretful, but Qin Yufeng understood Xu Yuan's intentions and no longer insisted. She sat down as well and began recounting what she had seen.
First, Qin Yufeng gave Xu Yuan a thorough introduction to the three major sects within the Dark Mountain Range.
Besides the Hidden Moon Sect, there were two others: the Fire Luo Sect and the Netherbright Sect. Like the Hidden Moon Sect, both had a powerful cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment holding down the fort. Together, they were the three tyrants of the Dark Mountain Range.
Beyond them, within the Dark Mountain Range and around Cloud Ridge, there were another seven powers with Foundation Establishment cultivators. Five were great cultivation Lineages—the Zhao, Li, Liu, Wang, and Chu Lineages—while the other two were the Jade Cauldron and Jade Wealth Chambers of Commerce, formed through alliances.
However, whether the two Chambers of Commerce or the five great Lineages, their strongest Foundation Establishment cultivators were only at the initial stage. In a true comparison of combat strength, they might not even match any elder among the three tyrants. Thus, most of them still relied upon the three tyrants to survive.
"No wonder the Hidden Moon Sect's entry requirements are so harsh, yet countless