Purple Mountain Herb Garden.

This is the largest medicinal garden under the Yunxiao Sect, with dozens of acres of spiritual fields scattered in the mountains.

The spirit field is of good quality, planted with spirit-patterned grass, purple moon vine, fragrant wood and other spiritual items, all of which are materials that can be used to make mid-to-high-level spirit talismans.

In addition, there is a spirit mine in this mountain that produces inkstone. Inkstone is hard, but after special refining, its powder can become a key material when drawing talismans, which can greatly enhance the earth and wood attributes of the talismans.

Both the spirit mine and the herb garden can produce valuable spirit items, which are high- to mid-level spirit-grade materials.

It can be said that, apart from that small secret realm, the Purple Mountain Herb Garden is the place with the greatest benefits in the enclave.

The stronghold of the Cloud Soaring Sect was located here.

In addition, there are several medicinal herb gardens, stone mines, and spirit mines scattered around, the furthest of which is no more than a hundred miles away.

It has a large number of personnel and subordinate forces stationed there, occupying a huge amount of power and manpower.

In total, there were nearly a dozen Cloud Cultivators, as well as the Medicine Garden and the five major vassal families in the city and some smaller forces, the latter of which had a total of nearly five hundred cultivators.

Naturally, while the quantity is considerable, the quality is considerably inferior.

The cultivators in the Cloud Realm are mostly at the Foundation Establishment stage or above, while the vassal forces are mostly Qi Refining stage, with less than 20% being Foundation Establishment cultivators and a few being Purple Mansion stage cultivators.

Although the number of reinforcements arriving this time was small, they were mostly cultivators of the Purple Mansion realm, each with considerable combat power, which greatly increased the strength of this place.

It is obvious that such power is not something that a rabble of scattered cultivators could withstand.

Now that they have joined forces, on paper, they do indeed surpass the Cloud Soaring Sect by a small margin.

But don't forget, this place is just an enclave of the Cloud Soaring Sect, a stronghold that only represents a small part of its forces.

Even under such circumstances, this still happens.

The reasons behind this are very thought-provoking.

Along the way, Lin Xiuyuan flipped through the jade slips, pondering and gradually finalizing his next arrangements.

In the lobby.

Many people were already seated, including the law enforcement team that came with Lin Xiuyuan, but the other six guardians seemed to have gone to rest or set up defenses.

Only the Dharma protector Pang Hongbo sat in the main hall, resting with his eyes closed.

In addition, there were a dozen or so people, some waiting quietly, others talking in whispers, all seemingly waiting for Lin Xiuyuan's arrival.

People kept glancing anxiously toward the door.

"What exactly is going on with this Lin Tianjiao? Why did he go to Shuoyang City halfway through his journey?"

"All the deacons are gathered here, just waiting like this? What a big shot!"

"There are rumors that there are undercurrents outside, and many signs that are targeting our Cloud Soaring Sect. We can't stay away for too long, otherwise trouble may arise and we may be taken advantage of!"

"…………"

As many people grew impatient, they finally saw Lin Xiuyuan at the door.

"Fellow disciples, I apologize. I have some matters to attend to in the city. I apologize for keeping you waiting."

Lin Xiuyuan smiled, a hint of apology in his expression, and cupped his hands in greeting.

"It's alright, it's alright!"

A kind-faced old man stood up to greet them, accompanied by an old man in a gray robe sitting opposite him.

The two people in front of them were the stewards who were originally in charge of this post, Steward He and Steward Tang.

The other dozen or so people in the hall also stood up, cupped their hands in greeting, smiled, and focused their attention on Lin Xiuyuan.

The person before me is a rising star, who may very well become a Golden Core cultivator in the future, and from this day forward, he will be in charge of this enclave!

No matter what some people think in their hearts, they will not show it on their faces.

These people were the next level of managers, mostly cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage, as well as elite disciples sent out from the inner sect.

With the jade slips given by the sect and the information from the Heart Fate Pavilion, Lin Xiuyuan was not unfamiliar with these people, even though it was his first time meeting them. He matched them one by one with the information in his mind.

After glancing around, Lin Xiuyuan said, "You've all been waiting for so long, let's get straight to the point!"

"Very well, that's exactly what I was thinking. Junior brother, you are indeed a man of few words. Please take a seat!"

He Chengji immediately waved his hand and made a request.

Lin Xiuyuan made no attempt to stand on ceremony, walking straight to the head seat and gesturing, "Please sit down, everyone."

After everyone was seated, Tang He, who was sitting on the right, said, "Manager Lin is new here, and I have something to report to you!"

"Yes, please speak freely." Lin Xiuyuan turned to look at the other person.

"There are rumors circulating that those independent cultivator gangs are deliberately picking on the weak and targeting my Yunxiao Sect."

"Now that most of the deacons have rushed back to the council, the various outposts are empty. We hope that this council will end as soon as possible and a decision can be made."

Tang He said in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone around nodded and chimed in with their own opinions:

"Our Cloud Soaring Sect may not be as powerful as it used to be, but its foundation remains, and it is far superior to ordinary large sects. Those rogue cultivators are truly audacious to dare to harbor such thoughts!"

"Although the situation in Fengxia is becoming increasingly chaotic, and my Yunxiao Sect's stronghold here is not particularly strong, how could these rogue cultivator organizations possibly dare to mess with us? It just so happens that Steward Lin has arrived, along with many Dharma Protectors. I urge Steward Lin to give the order to take down those few troublemakers first, so as to uphold the prestige of Yunxiao."

"That's right, they've been riding roughshod over us. If we don't make a move, they'll really think we, the cultivators of the Cloud Sky, are pushovers!"

"..."

Judging from the words of the crowd, it was clear that they were indignant.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Xiuyuan decided to stick to his earlier plan and slightly raised his hand to stand up.

Immediately, the noise in the lobby gradually subsided.

"Coincidentally, that's exactly what I was thinking about. Since Deacon Tang has brought it up, then I'll make a decision on that matter!"

"Now that various forces have entered the fray, before things escalate further into chaos, I've decided that we should consolidate our forces, temporarily abandon this place, and send all our personnel into the secret realm to hold it!"

Lin Xiuyuan said slowly.

Immediately, these words caused a stir throughout the room.

All eyes instantly converged on Lin Xiuyuan.