After Hua Yaosong had been welcomed, the atmosphere in the hall grew even better, and everyone continued their discussion.
"Over in Yuyang, Shouren has established a branch of the Alchemy Sect at Feixia Mountain, and it's flourishing. Thanks to Marshal Yuan, Dinghu Mountain has been rebuilt and is now a branch of the thunder lineage. As for Cloud Ladder Mountain, which Xinzhan recovered, people from Yin-Gathering Mountain have now taken it over at his suggestion. Xinzhan said the sea clouds there were particularly good, didn't you?"
Cheng Xinzhan nodded.
Cloud Ladder Mountain enjoyed uniquely favorable conditions. Sea breezes constantly pushed sea clouds ashore, while the mountain's terrain and earth qi were particularly good at retaining them. Clouds and mist therefore lingered year-round, making it a blessed site for cultivating the Dao of clouds and mist.
Yin-Gathering Mountain had no Fourth Realm cultivator in this generation. The one sent there was only its Golden Core Realm deputy mountain lord, a man named Wu Jingzhi. However, Zuo Feizi had been keeping watch there all along. Though his fighting strength was not high, once Mountain Master Wu arrived to found a sect and drew on the power of the mountains and sea to lay down a cloud formation, they should have little trouble holding Lingding Ocean and watching the Southern Sea while spreading their branches, with support from neighboring Red Furnace Island and Yang Mountain.
Ji Hehe felt rather moved at that moment. Everyone now said that the Ten Thousand Methods School had tremendous momentum and Three Pure Ones Mountain was riding high on wind and water. No wonder people said so, since it was indeed true. Still, their own side had nothing to be ashamed of. During this Southern School Demon Tide, they had contributed more than any other southern sect. Surely