However, the Tianya Mountain Immortal Sect was unaware that, despite the apparent tight control and dominance over the Xiaoyun Temple's internal and external affairs and functions, the actual control and profits still lay in Su Lin's hands.

Of the more than two hundred disciples sent by Tianya Mountain, all of them were confidants of the patriarch and the young sect leader. Although they were also NPCs and disciples of Tianya Mountain, they actually only obeyed the patriarch.

Their control over Xiaoyun Temple is as strong as the Ancestor's control over it, and the Ancestor himself is Su Lin's follower.

To put it bluntly, they're all family. Even if there's a huge benefit, it's just a matter of passing the buck between the two hands, and it all ends up rotting in the pot centered around Su Lin.

Admittedly, the deep connection between Xiaoyun Temple and the Tianya Mountain Patriarch has led to targeting by other factions within Tianya Mountain and has also attracted covert suppression from the other eight major immortal sects.

Regarding this, Su Lin, as the master of Xiaoyun Temple, actually had no means of resistance on the surface, but in reality... the undercover members of Tianya Mountain played a huge role, carrying out a super infiltration operation in Tianya Mountain over ten years.

According to the information constantly transmitted by the mimics, among the 2,389 powerful elders in Tianya Mountain, 1,222 of them have a good relationship with the patriarch, and even if they are not allies, they have common interests and entanglements.

Among the other elders, even those from the patriarch's internal rival factions, the key positions of power within Qi's factions are occupied by a small number of undercover members, which greatly reduces the pressure on Xiaoyun Temple.

Overall, even if the Tianya Mountain area were to experience conflict due to disputes between different factions, it would be difficult for the fire to spread to Xiaoyun Temple.

The reason why the undercover operation within Tianya Mountain was able to proceed so smoothly and allow the undercover members to quickly climb to the position of junior management was not only due to the covert support of the patriarch and the young sect leader, but also largely due to Lu Zhouming's sect economic plan.

Xiaoyun Temple is very good at making money, and it does so quietly and frantically. Only a small portion of the money it makes is used for sect construction; the majority flows into Tianya Mountain and ends up in the hands of the patriarch's faction and various undercover members.

With money in hand, it's naturally much easier for an undercover agent to do things. He can just throw money at any cultivator he can get his hands on!

The higher-ups may look down on these resources and spirit stones, but there are always cultivators in the lower levels of Tianya Mountain who like them. After all, not everyone is a great cultivator, nor does everyone have abundant cultivation resources.

Even the Immortal Sect has no surplus resources. Although it has a rich foundation, most of its resources and good things are concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people.

The reason is simple: it stems from the inherent greed of humankind and has been replicated in many worlds.

Outside the Immortal Sects, the Nine Great Immortal Sects control 99% of the world's resources; within the Immortal Sects, the core members, led by the sect leader, elders, and ancestors, control 99% of the sect's resources.

This directly resulted in many cultivators at the lower levels of immortal sects not receiving many resources, only slightly more than those in other sects.

In particular, the former outer sect cultivators who entered the Immortal Sect through the Grand Prize each time had the lowest status within the Immortal Sect, received the fewest resources, and were basically the ones who did the hard labor and were sent to their deaths.

According to the previous promotion rules, one could only barely get promoted and receive better treatment and resources by gritting one's teeth and making countless contributions to the Immortal Sect.

But things are different now!

The patriarch, played by the mimic, is extremely generous and often treats his own people well. He uses the young sect leader to distribute resources to win people's hearts. Meanwhile, the sect spies from Xiaoyun Temple, who provide financial support, are also using resources to infiltrate the lower-level cultivators of other sects and befriend them.

Friendships bought with money are never lasting! They're not sincere! They're very fragile!

But what can I say, it really works!

While fair-weather friends are looked down upon, they are truly loyal as long as you have money.

Leaving aside other matters, these days, whenever Tianya Mountain issues any decree from above, it's unlikely to be accomplished unless the patriarch and the young sect leader give their approval.

After all, most of the people who handle things are subordinates, and these people listen to the young sect leader. They may not dare to disobey orders, but they certainly won't slack off, do nothing, or be perfunctory.

The task wasn't accomplished, yet no one could find fault with the person.

It's not that the higher-ups at Tianya Mountain are stupid, unaware of the core of their power, or unable to see the shady dealings that sometimes lead to failure.

This is mainly because local cultivators lack the concept of "going deep into the grassroots." With their powerful cultivation and vast resources, they naturally look down on mortals and lower-level cultivators.

The most important point is that, ten years later, Tianya Mountain has become largely dependent on the Ancestor's faction!

To put it more bluntly, if the higher-ups of Tianya Mountain were to work together to target the Ancestor, then there would be no one left to fight against external enemies!

The only external enemy that could be considered an enemy by the Immortal Sect and forced to accept the growing power of the Ancestor within the sect was a fellow Immortal Sect opponent!

Yes, it's Changshen Palace!

In the past decade, Changshen Palace, where Xiao Linlin works, has surpassed Tianya Mountain in terms of infiltration progress in terms of undercover infiltration plans!

Led by Xiao Linlin herself, the Changshen Palace undercover team, with Li Xingtian's protection and the cooperation of the mimics, conducted a key infiltration of the upper echelons... which directly resulted in Changshen Palace becoming one of the protective umbrellas of Xiaoyun Temple.

On the surface, Xiaoyun Temple has Tianya Mountain as its backer, but in reality, Changshen Palace is also supporting Xiaoyun Temple.

Of course, this is the relationship outside of the Immortal Sects. Within the world group of the nine Immortal Sects, Changshen Palace and Tianya Mountain are still at odds.

Furthermore, due to Xiao Linlin's involvement, the "Raising Bandits Plan" was planned and implemented, utilizing the undercover teams on both sides to cause Changshen Palace and Tianya Mountain to constantly fight each other over the past ten years, with the internal strife intensifying.

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