"Have you found anything over there?"
"Nothing special so far, but following that man's instructions, we've already searched out all the suspicious plots of land."
"Hey, what exactly do you think this Yang fellow is looking for? There are already plenty of opportunities lying in plain sight throughout this space, yet he insists on coming all the way to such remote, out-of-the-way corners to search."
At the lowest level of the Kunxu Secret Realm, two teams led by young cultivators at Qi Gathering Perfection met in a mountainous ridge area.
Both teams had already joined the forces under Yang Xuanzhou's command, making them part of the eighty percent of cultivators he had consolidated.
Most of those Qi Gathering Cultivators had willingly obeyed Yang Xuanzhou's orders. After all, the titles of Dragon Lord's Son and youngest Heavenly Talent in history were simply too resounding. To most young cultivators from the Central Region, those two titles were golden signboards.
In addition, Yang Xuanzhou had promised them various benefits afterward, so these cultivators had agreed to cooperate with him.
Of course, the consolidation process had not always gone smoothly.
Ordinary Qi Gathering disciples from Central Region forces were willing to do Yang Xuanzhou the favor because of his reputation. But those young cultivators born into major sects and wealthy households, who were also ranked on the Heavenly Talent Ranking alongside him, could not possibly lower themselves so readily and take orders from him.
At such times, if Yang Xuanzhou still wanted to bring them under his command, he naturally had to engage in some friendly exchanges with them.
And just as mentioned earlier, so far, no Qi Gathering Cultivator had been able to defeat Yang Xuanzhou in a discourse on the Dao. Thus, the outcome of every exchange had naturally ended in his