"Altogether, there are nearly forty Tribulation Crossing factions in the Ruins of Zhangshi, distributed around its various entrances and exits. These are also the places where it draws in and expels Primal Chaos Source Substance, so both resources and environment are far more abundant than elsewhere. Only the strong and powerful can hold them."
"The head of Zhangshi is where competition is fiercest. The Oral Aperture, for instance, is guarded by our Baiqu Yin Clan; the Nasal Aperture by Spirit Source Prefecture and the Illusory Emptiness Realm; the ear openings by Longcong Prefecture and Golden Water Marsh; the eyes by Jade Hall Prefecture and the Ten Thousand Devil Palace; and the fontanel also has the Laowen Sect..."
"Elsewhere on its body, such as the navel opening and the two lower openings, Tribulation Crossing factions hold those as well..."
Dense fog shrouded the dark cliff face, as though it never saw daylight all year round.
Yet a passage lay hidden within, seemingly leading somewhere unknown.
Wang Ba followed Yin Penglai alone, listening as he explained the situation throughout the Ruins of Zhangshi.
After briefly counting it up, he felt a little puzzled.
"By your account, Daoist Brother, only eleven places are guarded, yet there are nearly forty Tribulation Crossing factions in the Ruins of Zhangshi. Doesn't that mean even a single opening is hard to come by?"
Yin Penglai paused slightly and looked back, speaking with no small measure of pride.
"Exactly. Any faction capable of holding one of these eleven entrances and exits ranks among the outstanding ones. Moreover, because they guard the entrances, they often take a liking to newly arrived Rogue Cultivators and recruit them. Thus, the strong remain strong. That is also why the factions guarding the entrances to these eleven Apertures so rarely change."
Hearing this,