Several days have passed.
Ge Yun and He Chengji then completed this 'peak period'.
Every day, from morning till night, there are constant discussions and negotiations.
More than thirty powerful families have joined its ranks and sent many people to follow the Cloud Soaring Sect!
Of course, most of them are small forces, with the more powerful ones being the likes of the Five Families.
But with such a large base, Yunxiao's power nearly doubled.
The total number of people reached 15,000.
Furthermore, there is a steady stream of independent cultivators joining, and they are still under review.
In an instant, they almost surpassed the rear army of the rogue cultivators.
When Yan Ze received this information, he was genuinely worried and sent another request for reinforcements to the front lines, while continuing to recruit soldiers on a large scale.
However, overall, there wasn't too much to worry about.
Because it's just an increase in the number of people, but the overall quality hasn't improved much.
The number of elite Cloud Sky warriors has remained relatively stable, with the increase primarily due to the addition of various Purple Mansion stage cultivators.
The growth of their power largely stemmed from independent cultivators, with the remainder being a mix of disciples from various families.
"But compared to its original strength, this is a huge improvement. If our army cannot successfully resolve the battle at the front, things might really be in trouble!"
Yan Ze looked towards the direction of the Purple Mountain Herb Garden with some worry, muttering to himself, "From now on, we can only hold on. Fortunately, with the four resource sites serving as a defensive line and watching out for each other, withstanding the Cloud Soaring Sect's attack shouldn't be a problem!"
Before long, Yan Ze ordered his men to prepare to defend against the attack from the Cloud Soaring Sect.
Although the situation doesn't seem to have gotten too bad, given the power of the Cloud Soaring Sect and their renewed attack, dealing with them now will likely not be so easy.
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With the addition of various powerful families, they all came under Yunxiao's command.
After Zhong Kangshun came to discuss with Lin Xiuyuan, he re-established the organization of the army.
And ordered that both armies be expanded to four thousand men each.
The third unit of the new army, led by Ge Yun, also numbered over four thousand men.
The remaining one or two thousand low-level cultivators, mostly around the mid-stage of Qi Refining, were mainly responsible for guarding the various resource areas.
They mainly obey the orders of the Xuanmai disciples, cooperate in maintaining the formation, and are responsible for the mining and cultivation of resources.
Because of the inconsistencies in quality, Zhong Kangshun did not become overconfident and attempt a direct assault, but instead focused on cooperating with the overall strategic plan.
He ordered He Chengji's army to continuously wear down the rear army of the scattered cultivators.
The main reason is the inconsistent quality of the troops. Secondly, Yan Ze's side is holding firm and shows no willingness to fight. The balance between offense and defense remains. A full-scale attack would not guarantee effective results and would not align with the current strategic intentions of the Yunxiao Sect.
The other two armies marched in different directions to attack surrounding resource areas.
Now that Yunxiao's power has increased dramatically, naturally, the consumption of resources has also increased.
Especially due to the victories in battle, the treasure trove was opened wide, and the resources were almost all distributed as rewards.
The remaining resources are all strategic reserves and should not be used lightly.
Without additional resource development, maintaining power is out of the question.
Therefore, breaching the rear of the Loose Cultivator Alliance is no longer the primary objective at present.
The primary strategic objective has become resources.
It all comes back to the essence of the chaos that originated in Fengxia Mountain—the struggle for resources!
Therefore, He Chengji's army was arranged to continuously wear down Yan Ze's army while also guarding the main camp.
Various spiritual objects mainly gathered on the other two armies. Zhong Kangshun also personally led the charge, going to the front line to coordinate and arrange for the two armies to launch a fierce attack on the surrounding forces.
The surrounding forces are generally inferior to the Loose Cultivator Alliance, and previously they had to unite to stop the expansion of the Loose Cultivator Alliance.
Therefore, although the Cloud Soaring Sect is not as powerful as the entire Loose Cultivator Alliance, it is still quite formidable.
Seeing that the Cloud Soaring Sect was showing signs of expanding in all directions, the surrounding forces united to resist its advance.
One side is a resource-rich area occupied by the Hehuan Sect, a sect and family under the Northwest Demonic Path.
On one side is a resource area jointly occupied by several large sects of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.
The fact that they joined forces did cause the Cloud Soaring Sect to stagnate, and after more than half a month of fighting, they had not made much progress.
The overall battle situation revolves around a few resource locations, with constant back-and-forth fighting.
With the situation at a stalemate and the overall plan changing, Lin Xiuyuan was not able to go into seclusion as he had hoped, and had to go out to deal with some 'matters'.
The main problem was that too many forces came seeking help, which was beyond our expectations.
This caused an unexpected change in the overall plan.
"That's fine. Let's deal with it all at once, and then I can go into seclusion in peace."
Lin Xiuyuan did not feel any displeasure; on the contrary, he was quite pleased.
Because this is a good 'accident'!
Lin Xiuyuan left the pass directly, taking Xu Zeda and Pang Hongbo with him, and headed straight for Shuoyang City!
We arrived directly at Wanbaolou.
Upon learning of Lin Xiuyuan's arrival.
Su Qiaojia immediately led several maids out to greet them with extremely warm smiles.
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