It has been a year since Zhao Hai returned from the Heavenly Demon Realm. A lot of things happened in this year. The biggest change was the Black Tiger Gang. Nobody knew what this year meant for the Black Tiger Gang, only the Black Tiger Gang themselves knew.
The Black Tiger Gang's three major bases were now in use. The Raging Fire Valley Base was the heart of the Black Tiger Gang. The strongest members of the Black Tiger Gang were all there. The Wandering Soul Base was the Black Tiger Gang's secondary base. It was equivalent to a training center. Naturally, its defensive strength couldn't be underestimated. The Raging Fire Valley Base was unknown to many people in the Black Tiger Gang. However, this base was very important to the Black Tiger Gang. This base was transformed by Zhao Hai into a supply base for the Black Tiger Gang. A lot of plants can be grown here. And with the help of the Gold-Eating Rats, this place was very important to the Black Tiger Gang.
However, the Raging Fire Valley Base was a secret. This base was equivalent to the Black Tiger Gang's bloodline. As long as the Raging Fire Valley Base exists, the Black Tiger Gang would have a steady supply of pills and artifacts. In the future, the Black Tiger Gang would gain a lot of advantages.
Zhao Hai also did another thing in this year. He connected the three bases underground with two huge tunnels. This was a huge project. Zhao Hai used a lot of Zerg to complete this project. The tunnels were about a kilometer deep underground. Even Immortal Experts wouldn't be able to discover these tunnels with their spiritual force.
Each of these tunnels could accommodate five large artifacts side by side. They were also about a hundred meters tall. Such a huge project was unimaginable to anyone.
Zhao Hai didn't tell the Black Tiger Gang about these tunnels. He didn't tell anyone, not even Zhang Feng. The entrances and exits of the tunnels had been concealed. When Zhao Hai wasn't using them, nobody would be able to discover them.
At this time, the entire Black Tiger Gang had entered a state of combat readiness. Even Liu Wenqiang and the others began to move towards the Black Tiger Gang.
During this year, Liu Wenqiang had been active in Yang Ming City. In the beginning, there were still some actions against Liu Wenqiang in Yang Ming City. However, after Zhao Hai dealt with the Sky Sun Alliance in Yang Ming City, the Sky Sun Alliance became honest and didn't dare to make a move against Liu Wenqiang. This allowed Liu Wenqiang to move freely.
Although the Heavenly Demon Realm hadn't invaded the Cultivation Realm yet, Zhao Hai knew that the Heavenly Demon Realm was about to invade. The Heavenly Demon Realm's army was ready to invade the Cultivation Realm. Moreover, the Heavenly Demon Realm's invasion this time had been planned for a long time. They would send troops to the Cultivation Realm's nine continents at the same time. When the time comes, Yangming City would be in danger. Therefore, Zhao Hai directly ordered Liu Wenqiang to bring those who were willing to join the Black Tiger Gang.
Those Rogue Cultivators weren't willing to join the Black Tiger Gang. However, in order to not attract the attention of the Myriad Demon Sect, Zhao Hai didn't let Liu Wenqiang and the others use the transmission formation in Yangming City to reach the Black Tiger Gang. Instead, he let them enter a remote mountain where Zhao Hai built a large transmission formation. This was specially prepared for them so that they wouldn't be discovered by the Myriad Demon Sect. Even if the Myriad Demon Sect discovered them, it would take some time. At that time, the Heavenly Demon Realm would invade and the Myriad Demon Sect wouldn't have time to deal with the Black Tiger Gang.
There were a lot of Rogue Cultivators who followed Liu Wenqiang into the Black Tiger Gang. Just as Zhao Hai thought, these Rogue Cultivators came with their families. Besides some young people who had some potential, there were a lot of old people who didn't have any potential at all. Even if they were given to other Sects, other Sects wouldn't want them.
However, Zhao Hai didn't dislike them at all. On the contrary, he was very happy. The arrival of these old people had liberated a lot of service disciples. Moreover, because of the arrival of these old people, the crisis of the Black Tiger Gang's lack of disciples had been greatly alleviated.
The Black Tiger Gang didn't have enough disciples, so in the past year, they had increased the treatment of the odd job disciples. Now, the treatment of the odd job disciples was almost the same as the Outer Court Disciples. It was a waste for them to be odd job disciples.
After the arrival of these old people, Zhao Hai immediately arranged for them to take care of the medicine garden. The work of these people was very easy. They only needed to add some waste pills and talismans to the formations every day. They also needed to pay attention to the growth of the herbs. There was basically no physical work.
Moreover, these old people also knew their position. Although they were only treated as janitor disciples in the Black Tiger Gang, this kind of treatment was already very good. Compared to the previous missions where they had to risk their lives to get one or two crystals, the treatment of janitor disciples of the various sects was still very good. Most importantly, they could now have a place to retire in peace.
As for the family members of these old people, they didn't need to worry about them. After arriving at the Black Tiger Gang, the young people were immediately inspected. As long as their aptitude wasn't too bad, they would be absorbed into the Black Tiger Gang's Outer Court and become an Outer Court Disciple.
These old people also knew that there was no hope for them in this lifetime. Therefore, they were more concerned about their own children, especially those with good talent. Now that these children had entered the Black Tiger Gang's Outer Court, they became official disciples. Naturally, these old people were relieved. This time, the Black Tiger Gang received a total of 500,000 people.
Five hundred thousand people was not a small number. Excluding some old people and some people with poor talent, there were close to three hundred thousand outer sect disciples of the Black Tiger Gang. Among these three hundred thousand people, there were actually close to fifty thousand talented young disciples to be nurtured. This ratio was already very large.
Although the Great Sects didn't care too much about these Rogue Cultivators, the disappearance of 500,000 people around Yangming City wasn't a small matter. Yangming City and the Myriad Demon Sect immediately investigated this matter, but in the end, they didn't find anything. The 500,000 people left on their own.
But finding nothing was a discovery. The people of the Myriad Demon Sect weren't fools. They understood that these Rogue Cultivators must have run away. As for where they ran to, the Myriad Demon Sect didn't need to think about it to know that it was the Black Tiger Gang.
The Myriad Demon Sect was aware of the Black Tiger Gang's actions in Yangming City, but they didn't take it to heart. In the eyes of these large sects, rogue cultivators were dispensable. Sects like the Myriad Demon Sect almost didn't need to rely on rogue cultivators to replenish their sect's strength. This was because the sect's own talents were useless.
These Great Sects would confer the title of Elder to disciples who didn't have much potential, or they would directly let these disciples leave the Sect and go to some place to spread their family's influence. Once their family's influence was developed, they would send their own family's disciples to the Sect to learn. This way, the Sect would have fresh blood, and the family would also receive the Sect's protection. This was the development model of the Great Sects.
In the past, the Black Tiger Gang also used this method of development. They also had a lot of clans and forces in various places. However, the Black Tiger Gang had been developing too quickly. Even if those clans and forces sent their disciples to the Black Tiger Gang, the Black Tiger Gang still lacked people. Therefore, the Black Tiger Gang recruited rogue cultivators.
However, the foundation of a rogue cultivator was much worse than that of a clan. After all, those clans originated from various large sects. The things they learned were much better than those rogue cultivators.
The Myriad Demon Sect didn't have many casualties and didn't expand their territory. Because of this, they didn't need to replenish their disciples. Naturally, they didn't care about Rogue Cultivators.
However, this time, the Black Tiger Gang had taken away more than 500,000 people. This made the Myriad Demon Sect worried. 500,000 people was not a small number. 500,000 people in any sect was a force that couldn't be underestimated. Even if these 500,000 people were very strong cultivators, if they were to go all out at the same time, many cultivators would die. The Myriad Demon Sect understood that the Black Tiger Gang had been planning this all along.
What happened next was unexpected to the Myriad Demon Sect and even the entire Northern Strange Region. The Rogue Cultivators of the Northern Strange Region crazily rushed to the Black Tiger Gang. The Black Tiger Gang was like a glutton, swallowing as many as they could. All the Rogue Cultivators that rushed to the Black Tiger Gang were digested by the Black Tiger Gang. This made the entire Northern Strange Region surprised.
Digesting these Rogue Cultivators wasn't an easy matter. In order to receive these Rogue Cultivators, one needed to provide them with resources. If one couldn't afford to raise them, then one could only wait for them to cause trouble.
For these Rogue Cultivators, joining a Great Sect was for better cultivation. If one didn't have enough resources to raise them, then why would they join a Great Sect? Was it just for the sake of pleasantries? These Rogue Cultivators weren't stupid, they wouldn't do such a thing.
Now that the Black Tiger Gang accepted so many Rogue Cultivators into their Great Sect, these Rogue Cultivators didn't cause trouble. What did this mean? This meant that the Black Tiger Gang could afford to raise them. In other words, the Black Tiger Gang had a lot of resources.
The Black Tiger Gang was a Great Sect, how could they have so many resources? Where did these resources come from? These questions immediately appeared in the minds of the higher-ups of the Myriad Demon Sect and other Great Sects. Then they immediately realized that the Black Tiger Gang had been preparing for this day for a long time.
After figuring this out, the higher-ups of the Myriad Demon Sect turned pale with anger. They wanted to suppress the Black Tiger Gang, but the Black Tiger Gang only used a year to easily expand under their noses. Now it was too late to stop them. In the eyes of the higher-ups of the Myriad Demon Sect, the Black Tiger Gang dared to show their trump card, which meant that they must have a way to deal with their suppression. Otherwise, the Black Tiger Gang wouldn't let these Rogue Cultivators join them so easily. The people of the Myriad Demon Sect were at a loss!
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