Chapter 213: Alliances (Subscriptions, Collections)
On the Ding family's sacred mountain, an extremely important discussion was also going on. In a meeting hall on the top of the mountain, thirty cultivators in the middle and late stages of foundation building were discussing with saliva flying.
These thirty cultivators in the middle and late stages of foundation building were not all from the Ding family. They were all from the stronger ones among all the affiliated families of Huanlingmen.
Ding Huiran, the current patriarch of the Ding family, sat in the center. This cultivator has been famous for a long time. He is a genuine cultivator at the peak level of the ninth level of foundation building. He is only one step away from the golden elixir. He once escaped from the hands of a cultivator in the early stage of golden elixir when he burst out with all his strength.
It was thanks to this record that Ding Huiran was able to openly summon other affiliated families to appear here.
"Fellow Taoists, please be quiet and listen to me." Ding Huiran's voice was not loud, but he easily suppressed the voices of all the cultivators present.
"I wonder what important matter you summoned us here today?" A dwarf who was less than three feet tall looked curious.
The dwarf is also a ninth-level foundation-building cultivator. He is short in stature, but he practices the true path of poisonous insects. He is extremely powerful and sinister. He is indeed a person who should not be easily provoked. His surname is Zhu and his name is Pingding. He is the current patriarch of the Zhu family.
"The exact news about the foundation of the Huanling Gate is that three Jindan-stage cultivators have personally taken action to select ten second-grade or higher spiritual mountains within the scope of the affiliated families of the Huanling Gate as places to raise fantasy butterflies. Do you understand the meaning of this?" Ding Huiran's voice was not loud, but his expression was full of gloom.
This is a strategy that has been used in the Huanling Gate for who knows how long. It is simple but effective and has been tried and tested. However, every action means that a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years will be wiped out.
"Is the news accurate?" The few female cultivators present showed a suspicious look on their faces.
The spiritual mountains owned by the families invited this time are all second-grade and upper-grade. They are also the most powerful and outstanding among all the affiliated families of the Huanling Gate.
Maybe this action will not wipe out all the families at once, but no one can be sure that the place where their family is located is the lucky one.
Moreover, every time this kind of action that obviously weakens the strength is successfully completed, there will be a lack of resistance in the future. Over time, it will disappear silently in the long river of history.
There are still some differences between the sect and the family. The family members are connected by blood, and they are obviously better in cohesion. Naturally, they will not easily serve as victims in these huntings.
"Don't worry, fellow Taoists, this news is spread from top-secret information, it is accurate, and there should be some action in the near future," Ding Huiran said openly.
"The Ding family is the most powerful among us, and the Ding family Lingshan is even a third-level middle-grade. I wonder if you can teach me?" The dwarf monk Zhu Pingding asked, obviously wanting a foolproof plan.
"If we don't fight back, what awaits us is only death, extinction of the clan, and the end of inheritance. If you want to be pigs to be slaughtered, you can leave now. I will not stop you at all." Ding Huiran seemed quite generous.
"Of course, if you don't leave now, it means that you are willing to join this action and become a part of it. If you betray and leak today's information in the future, we will discuss it together."
Every family that accepted the invitation was carefully selected, but after all, they all belonged to the Huanlingmen family. The connection between the two sides was complicated, and Ding Huiran still had no confidence.
"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Ding. Since we are invited here, we will not give up halfway and withdraw easily."
"We are all poor people who want to survive. Otherwise, why would we gather here?"
"As long as we can preserve the family heritage, we will definitely go all out and will not be timid. So far, we have only been trying to survive from death."
Every cultivator present is the patriarch of each family or a cultivator holding an important position. Naturally, they also have their own information channels.
More or less, they have already noticed the actions of the Huanling Sect, but they have only received more specific information from the Ding family.
The common point of all cultivators is the hope for the survival and reproduction of the family and the firmness from the heart. They do it even though they know it is impossible. They would rather face the crisis and still not retreat easily.
"Okay, since you are so straightforward, I will not hide it anymore. An elder of the Ding family joined the Beast Taming Sect by chance. I have already contacted them and prepared to ask the Beast Taming Sect for help." Ding Huiran was straightforward and did not hide anything.
"Driving wolves to swallow tigers? What if it attracts tigers to devour them?" There are always some timid cultivators? They are afraid of getting out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth.
"You should have a certain understanding of the Beast Taming Sect. The requirements for affiliated families are not too harsh. You just need to pay tribute on time and respond to the signs. As long as they have not rebelled, they will not be persecuted easily." Ding Huiran had obviously contacted them in advance, otherwise he would never be so sure.
"It's not that we don't trust fellow Daoist Ding, this matter is serious and we need enough time to think about it."
"The Beast Taming Sect is quite powerful, but the Illusionary Sect is not weak either. When two tigers fight, one will be injured. How can the Beast Taming Sect be willing to bear such a heavy loss?"
"Why don't the fellow Taoists present use their own methods to contact the other three major sects and fish in troubled waters. This is the best strategy for our family."
As soon as Ding Huiran finished speaking, the cultivators present seemed to have opened up a new idea, and they all talked to themselves and actively offered suggestions.
They were destined not to put all their hopes on the Beast Taming Sect. Contacting more cultivators and completely defeating the Illusionary Sect was the biggest goal.
"The Beast Taming Sect was contacted by the Ding family. All the fellow Taoists are trying to reduce the casualties of the Beast Taming Sect. I think they can understand it. If they want to contact other sects to use their own methods, then I will naturally have no problem." Ding Huiran acted quite calmly.
"Fellow Daoist Ding is indeed wise"
"Fellow Daoist Ding has a broad mind and strong strength, and is truly a role model for cultivators of our generation"
"We are willing to follow Fellow Daoist Ding's lead. No matter which sect enters Baosi County in the future, this will not change"
For a while, there was a flood of flattery, and they were quite satisfied with Ding Huiran's performance. At the same time, they began to think about how to gain more benefits in this impending war.
Half a day later, the discussion about the fate of the subordinate families of Huanling Sect came to an end. One by one, the cultivators in the middle and late stages of foundation building used different methods to return to their respective families. For a while, the entire area of Huanling Sect was in turmoil, like a volcano that could erupt at any time.
Hundreds of thousands of miles away, Sun Mingsheng, who had returned to his family not long ago, certainly would not have expected that it would affect him.