Yet the Changlin Sect had deliberately chosen just such a place to establish itself. Here, they could obtain the bones of demon beasts from the Heavenly Demon Grassland without coming into conflict with other sects.
The demon beasts that appeared here were not particularly high-level to begin with. They posed a threat, but as long as the sect could withstand their frequent incursions, it could just about survive.
The Changlin Sect was clever, too. It defended only the thirty-li radius around its grounds. In terms of territory, it controlled less than even the lowest-ranking sects elsewhere.
But it concentrated all its strength on holding that one patch of land. Aside from cultivating, all its members had to do was devote themselves to defending those few dozen li.
For the bones imbued with spiritual energy that they needed, the sect's low-level cultivators only had to kill the demon beasts attacking their grounds. Those with slightly higher cultivation could occasionally venture a little way into the Heavenly Demon Grassland and hunt them there.
Thus, low-level demon beasts could not overrun this little sect, while the great sects beneath whose notice it fell could not be bothered with it. It was merely an insignificant nobody feeding on scraps and leftovers, with no impact whatsoever on them, so they had no thought of taking it under their wing.
By taking this unconventional path, the Changlin Sect spent year after year battling demon beasts and gained considerable combat experience. As a result, it had actually become the strongest of the eight remaining bottom-tier factions.
The Changlin Sect's supposed scarcity of cultivation resources therefore came down to its small size. There truly were no worthwhile spiritual plants or demon beasts nearby, but if it could spare the manpower, it could control that entire expanse.
Moreover, as