After they joined the Saint Sect, they received the entrance benefits, which meant they didn't need to use their own money to buy pills and other resources.

They noticed they had become wealthy, with more and better cultivation resources.

At this point, they realized that joining an alliance wasn't bad; it was beneficial to them, although it was not as free.

They didn't need to make any sacrifices, and when they completed tasks for the alliance, they not only received rewards but also the highest benefits.

Most importantly, they could cultivate in places rich in energy resources, which was faster than their previous cultivation pace.

Many people found that cultivating in the Saint Sect base was significantly faster than in their previous locations, leading them to not want to leave or return to their original places.

They treated this place like a vacation spot since they still had to attend certain banquets.

They became so enchanted that they didn't want to leave.

They even considered long-term seclusion but feared missing out on important information.

The Huang Family had been trying to find ways to enter the Saint Land, but they were outside the Capital City and couldn't enter that place.

Their enemies were growing stronger, and they couldn't seek revenge as their abilities hadn't improved.

It was rumored that they could join as disciples, but no one had recommended them.

They wanted to secretively have ordinary people join certain Immortal Sects and then gain entry through them.

In the Capital City, they wanted to lurk and gather more information.

Huang Lei discovered an acquaintance here, purely by accident; this acquaintance was a woman he had met two years ago at a demon-slaying event in the north.

At the place where he stayed, he captured a few people from the woman's team and smelled a particular floral fragrance.

Du Jiaolan had never given up her desire to join the Confucianism Sect, utilizing the strategy of having women marry into certain families.

She wanted to marry Tang Feiyang but found him too difficult; he looked down on her.

Unable to choose the best option, and since Tang Feiyang was already engaged, she didn't want to be anyone's concubine.

Helplessly, she could only choose other men from Tang Feiyang's family.

The elites in the academy, however, were not the original elites Tang Feiyang took out for dual cultivation; instead, they returned to the academy to learn alongside scholars and mentors in all-around ways.

She laid a trap to get to know a male scholar, similar to another sister, who also set up a scheme to become engaged to one of the scholars.

Though they were women from a family, they were considered daughters.

Different from Confucian cultivation, they were distinct from their teams.

In the political scene of the Capital, Confucianism, Ancient Martial Arts, and cultivation have different teams and families.

Later, with Tang Feiyang joining the Guardian General Alliance, Confucianism also engaged in dual cultivation, and since they also joined the Saint Sect, they formed an alliance.

Only the Ancient Martial Arts family allied with some ordinary families that were lurking.

The abilities of these people weren't strong, and they couldn't cultivate.

Du Jiaolan's primary goal was to obtain a secret manual for cultivation.

She wanted a manual that allowed cultivation without a spiritual root, so she could quietly pass this secret manual around.

Sometimes appearing on the street, having met a scholar, she enjoyed shopping with someone paying the bill.

As she appeared on the street in her true form more often and used that floral fragrance more frequently, Huang Lei discovered her.

He then followed her, threatening her.

Huang Lei noticed that some of Du Jiaolan's goals aligned with his; he also wanted to learn a method of cultivation accessible to ordinary people.

To make the other ordinary people in his family stronger.

He also hoped to join the Saint Sect through the scholar Du Jiaolan knew.

Du Jiaolan did not want to be threatened at all, but some of her weaknesses were known to Huang Lei, who was very cunning.

If she refused, some of her business ventures would be exposed.

The things they were planning wouldn't be easy to realize.

She resented Huang Lei, who was so deceitful, and investigated him, discovering they were from the same family and that their family had enmity with certain people.

Later, she changed her mind, deciding to cooperate with Huang Lei to gain more people to work with.

They shared the same thoughts and goals.

Collaborating wasn't impossible; Du Jiaolan wanted to leverage Huang Lei and his family to command more people.

But how could Huang Lei not know Du Jiaolan's intentions, and how could he be so easily led around by her?

During some of Du Jiaolan's later maneuvers, he assisted, using one or two members of his family to help with some tasks, hoping to gain benefits from it.

It was also a form of surveillance; the scholar from the Confucian family that Du Jiaolan knew wasn't the most elite.

Nor was he one of the strongest elites always following Tang Feiyang.

During this time, Tang Feiyang was constantly at the base of the Saint Sect, leading a group in the Saint Land, engaged in the alliance, also spending time with family.

Temporarily ignoring some people within the academy.

Those people only learned lower-grade ordinary secret manuals, which were merely a test.

The abilities they were taught were slow to enhance.

Family members would choose, selecting individuals of excellent character.

Previously, their family's cultivation methods differed, and the scholars' greatest aspiration was to become civil officials.

Later, with an alternative path, many people changed their thinking.

They didn't necessarily want to be civil officials; they wanted to go further and faster on the Path of Cultivation, necessitating learning more skills.

Walking an unconventional path.

Following the Young Master.

Some newly joined people, from other places, did not qualify to stay by the Young Master's side; they hadn't been elite before.

Now becoming elite isn't easy.

Everyone wants to grow stronger.

They discovered that being civil officials or emperors didn't compare to being the strongest, as those strongest had already forsaken worldly affairs.

They could strive for resources and for themselves.

Du Jiaolan and another sister secretly befriended two Confucianism scholars, secretly interacting.

But discreetly, they also wanted family support.

As their interactions intensified, later leading to engagements.

Du Jiaolan and her sister learned the ordinary cultivation methods from the male scholars.

After obtaining that cultivation method, they began to cultivate.

They didn't immediately pass it on, secretly cultivating to enhance themselves before sharing it.

Of course, Du Jiaolan had her own agenda; if she quickly shared the secret manual, she wouldn't become the leader.

The other sister was also competitive, with similar aspirations.

She wanted to compete with Du Jiaolan for the leadership position.

Both were preoccupied with their friendships and cultivation, not sharing their private concerns with the organization.

Other members of the organization also tried to achieve certain ideas.

Huang Lei threatened Du Jiaolan to obtain the ordinary all-around cultivation method.

However, as a cultivator, acquiring that ordinary method would only help the ordinary members of his family.

For herself, the benefits weren't significant.

Huang Lei and Du Jiaolan collaborated, aiming to obtain more advanced cultivation methods.

Even if they couldn't join the Saint Sect, they hoped to one day strengthen their family, enhancing its status.

Avenging enemies was becoming increasingly difficult.

During this time, Huang Lei's obsession with avenging Huang Chen lessened as time passed.

The people of the Huang Clan felt suffocated by their relocation, harboring great animosity towards Jiang Tang and those of the Saint Sect.

The secret manuals Huang Lei brought back aided some ordinary people's cultivation.

As the family head, certain non-cultivators in the family could cultivate.

It actually offered some comfort, realizing that the all-around methods other families had learned were these secret manuals.

They acquired these manuals too late, making revenge on the family even harder.

Upon learning their enemies had become deities, the family head and son were furious to the point of spitting blood.

Huang Chen's soul vanished, unable to be found, always seeking revenge but unable to do so.

Finding out that those responsible for his death grew stronger, becoming deities.

Knowing the enemy wasn't far, yet unable to seek revenge.

Having to hide, fearing that discovery would lead to their entire family's destruction.

Too stifling.

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