Immortal cultivation starts with copying.

The Black Wind Valley is a medium-sized force in Hanhaizhou, with five combined Supreme Elders, more than thirty Void Refining Realms, and several Spirit Transformation Realms.

With such strength, it is definitely a medium-sized sect that controls an area of ​​more than ten thousand miles.

Within his territory, there are several small sects and families, which are also overlords.

Where the territory of Black Wind Valley intersects, there is a border of thousands of miles that borders the Taiyi Sect.

For hundreds of years, the two families have gotten along quite harmoniously.

Although there may be occasional minor frictions due to some issues that cross the line, they are all harmless.

Because the two companies are of similar strength and appear to be evenly matched on the surface, they are in a rare state of balance.

The actual situation is that the strength of Taiyi Sect far exceeds that of Black Wind Valley, because Taiyi Sect has more combined cultivators than Black Wind Valley.

In addition, the number of Void-Refining cultivators under the sect is more than twice that of the Black Wind Valley.

Now this balance is about to be broken because Chen Yunhao, the supreme elder of Taiyi Sect, has been promoted to Mahayana.

This means that Taiyi Sect will become a large sect. With the power of one person, its strength will increase several times. Of course, this will be accompanied by the expansion of territory.

Although medium-sized sects like Black Wind Valley will not be annexed by Taiyi Sect, they will sooner or later become its vassal and will follow Taiyi Sect's lead.

The Lord of the Black Wind Valley is also a big man in the late stage of fusion. He is also a well-known figure within a radius of tens of thousands of miles. How could he be willing to be inferior to others?

Isn't this a contradiction? Of course, this is inevitable in the development process of a sect.

There are only so many resources in the world of cultivating immortals. If I take more, others will have less.

The size of the territory is equal to the amount of resources. Most of the disputes between sects in the world of immortal cultivation are caused by the struggle for territory.

On this day, more than three months before the ceremony of Chen Yunhao's promotion to the Mahayana stage, several mysterious visitors arrived in a secret room in the Black Wind Valley.

Like the Taiyi Sect, the Black Wind Valley does not have a very deep foundation. It is impossible for it to have its own secret realm like some top sects. It is good enough to have a few secret rooms arranged with formations.

The visitors were three cultivators in the late stage of fusion, and Yang Zhen, the supreme elder of the Black Wind Valley, personally welcomed them in.

It was difficult for him to put on airs in front of these three people, because these three people were the leaders of three forces and their status was similar to his.

The people who came were Yi Laoguai from Chongjian Peak, Su Lengyu from Jinbo Mansion, and Qiu Bailing from Baiqiao Sect.

These four families happen to be the four sects surrounding the Taiyi Sect. Each of them is of similar size, all medium-sized sects, and none of them have Mahayana cultivators.

Strictly speaking, there is only one sect in Hanhai Province that can command the heroes, and that is the Hanhai Sect.

The Hanhai Sect is indeed very powerful and is a super sect, and below that it is a large sect.

There is indeed a large sect within a million miles of Taiyi Sect, but it is quite far away from Taiyi Sect, so there is no direct conflict.

Moreover, although medium-sized sects are nominally controlled by large sects, in reality they only follow orders and not instructions, which is useless and they basically still operate independently.

Only small sects and families that survive in the cracks will find some backers for themselves.

Medium-sized and larger sects rarely seek backers, as that would be putting shackles on their heads. It would be like a centenarian eating arsenic and thinking that his life is too long to be plundered by a large sect.

However, if the force is adjacent to a large sect, there is basically no way to escape, and they will be strictly controlled.

Sects like Taiyi Sect, Black Wind Valley, etc. are hundreds of thousands of miles away from the nearest large sects. No one cares about them because they are so far away.

The four of them got together, not just to sit together and drink tea and chat, but to have a common goal.

The question is how to deal with Taiyi Sect. Even if Taiyi Sect does not deliberately swallow up the four of them, over time, the four of them will eventually have no place to stand under the subtle influence.

This is a sect, there is no way to move away, we can only passively endure it.

Yang Zhen watched his disciples serve the spiritual tea and waved his hand to send them out.

"Fellow Daoist Qiu, Fellow Daoist Su, and Fellow Daoist Yi, thank you for coming all the way here. I don't need to tell you the details, do I?"

Yang Zhen picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Fellow Daoist Yang, since you invited the three of us here, I believe you must have some ideas, right?"

"There's no good solution. I do know Old Monster Situ, but I don't dare invite a wolf into my house. I invited everyone here to brainstorm!"

Yang Zhen smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Old Monster Situ's credibility is too poor. Using him is like trying to get the skin of a tiger. It's not appropriate...!"

Su Lengyu, the only female cultivator among the four, shook her head and said.

"Do you think that if we combine the strength of our four families, we can wipe out the Taiyi Sect in one fell swoop?"

Yang Zhen suddenly said something shocking.

However, the other three did not look shocked. This was an idea that everyone had considered before, but whether it would work or not was another matter.

The oldest of the four is Qiu Bailing, who is a veteran fusion cultivator.

However, although Qiu Bailing has been famous for a long time, his specialty is making talismans and puppets. Their Baiqiao Sect is famous for cultivating hundreds of arts, and is not a sect that excels in fighting. Its overall strength is the weakest among the four.

However, due to the special nature of the sect, the Baiqiao Sect has a very wide network of contacts and is of course the most informed.

Even Taiyi Sect and Baiqiao Sect have business dealings. Part of Taiyi Sect's large-scale talisman sales are handed over to Baiqiao Sect.

Therefore, the Baiqiao Sect knows more about the Taiyi Sect, at least more than the other three sects.

"My three fellow Daoists, although Chen Yunhao has only been promoted to the Mahayana stage for less than a year, do you think the four of us can defeat him? Besides, the true strength of the Taiyi Sect is not what we see on the surface..."

"Oh, it seems that Fellow Daoist Qiu knows a lot. Why don't you tell me in detail..."

Yi Laoguai, who spoke the least, said.

"You know that the predecessor of Taiyi Sect was Wulei Mountain. It was able to develop so quickly mainly because it had communication with the lower realms. More than 70% of the sect's Void Refining cultivators came from the lower realms...!"

The Baiqiao Sect does know a lot about the Taiyi Yi Sect, but it is not an important secret.

As long as some people make a little inquiry, they will be able to find out. After all, there are too many Void Refining Monks in the Taiyi Sect, and there will always be people who will inadvertently spread their origins.

Besides, the Taiyi Sect did not forbid its disciples from keeping their origins secret, and it would be impossible to keep it secret forever.

However, the newly established Wulei Peak of Taiyi Sect is a more mysterious place.

The establishment of Wulei Peak was not widely publicized, and after Lin Changfeng and others moved in, they rarely went out. They only knew that a few powerful monks had come.

There are different opinions on their specific level of cultivation, but the rumor circulating is that there are at least five combined cultivators, which is what makes them feel difficult.