"Sect Master Xuan Zhen, there's no need to be so surprised. There are some things that everyone is aware of. You also don't have to be so nervous because it's not only your Shushan Sect that hides talented disciples. All of us do it as well.
What I want to tell you is that the Cheng Family has been very benevolent to all the sects. It's not like what you said, the Cheng Family only treats Tianshan Sect and even my Cangling Sect exceptionally well, "Daoist Cang Song explained.
"You put it so nicely. If it wasn't because your Cangling Sect had received so many benefits from the Cheng Family, would you even speak up for the Cheng Family?" Daoist Xuan Zhen retracted his astonished expression and looked at the other party calmly.
Since the other party had already admitted that they had also hidden their talents, there was nothing for him to hide anymore.
He also admitted that the Cheng Family did not take away all their talents. However, the Cheng Family had taken away so many talents from their Shushan Sect. How could he not have any resentment towards the Cheng Family?
In any case, the disciples that they had nurtured with resources would be taken away by others. Therefore, they might as well hide those talented disciples.
Firstly, they would restrict their resources and not give them too many resources. If they were to raise their strength too much in a short period of time, they would be taken away by the Cheng Family.
Secondly, they would try their best not to expose their talents in front of others, letting them be buried among the commoners.
Of course, if it was an outstanding talent, they would still be afraid of being discovered by the Cheng Family. Therefore, they would even hide such talents.
However, since the Cheng Family would no longer snatch disciples from the lower sect, their days of living in fear had finally come to an end.
From today onwards, they would no longer need to use this method to hide their talents.
All these years, in order to hide their talents, the quality of the disciples that they had handed over to the Cheng Family had gotten worse and worse. They were afraid that one day, the Cheng Family would find trouble with them.
If one day, the Cheng Family were to find out about this, the whole sect would face a calamity. They really had no idea what to do.
However, if it wasn't to protect the sect's talents, they wouldn't have taken such a huge risk.
Fortunately, this day had finally come to an end. From now onwards, they could continue to nurture talents without worry.
"How foolish. Do you think that the Cheng Family wouldn't know about us hiding talents? I believe you should be very clear what kind of person Cheng Yu is.
Back then, even though the Mysterious Sky Sect was so strong, they weren't able to harm the Cheng family at all. In the end, they were defeated by Cheng Yu. Do you really think that with our little skills, we can deceive the Cheng family?
What's more, the quality of our disciples is getting worse and worse. Don't tell me they don't know that it's because we're hiding our talents?
Therefore, the Cheng Clan had no intention of exterminating all of us lower sects. Otherwise, even if the Cheng Clan swallowed all of us, what could Shushan do?
If Shushan really has more people snatched away than us, then it's because you're too stupid. You didn't see through Cheng Yu's true intentions earlier.
Just like what I said, the Cheng family only wants the attitude of our lower sect towards the upper sect. "Taoist Vasp Caelo said bluntly.
In his heart, Cheng Yu was definitely a very scary person.
If it wasn't for Cheng Yu intentionally doing this, it would be impossible for them to deceive him with this method.
However, they wouldn't go too far. Although the quality of their disciples was getting worse year by year, relatively speaking, they didn't dare to use poor disciples to fool the Cheng Clan.
Although the Cheng Clan was more concerned about the attitude of the lower sect towards the upper sect, they couldn't just randomly pick a few disciples to put on an act. The result would naturally be a different matter.
All these years, regardless of which lower sect it was, they had been trying their best to hide more outstanding disciples for themselves. However, the Cheng Clan had always turned a blind eye to it. This was already the greatest tolerance they had for them.
Because the Cheng Clan was very clear that if they were to really snatch away all the talents from the lower sect, it would only cause the lower sect to accumulate more resentment.
"The Cheng Clan really knows about our hidden disciples?" Taoist Xuan Zhen was shocked. He didn't even care about Taoist Vasp Caelo's insults anymore.
"What do you think? Do you think the Cheng Clan doesn't know about this matter? It's just that they don't want to bother with us. Now that the Cheng Clan no longer needs us to provide them with disciples, didn't they also see that the Cheng Clan actually doesn't need our disciples? "Taoist Vasp Caelo said.
"So all these years, all our outstanding disciples were actually given to us for nothing?" Taoist Xuan Zhen said.
He was afraid that the Cheng Clan would find out that they had hidden so many outstanding disciples. Therefore, although the disciples they picked were not the most outstanding, they did not dare to pick those who were too weak.
If what Taoist Vasp Caelo said was true, that the Cheng Clan did not actually care about their disciples, then there was no need for them to send so many outstanding disciples to the Cheng Clan.
"You can't say that. The Cheng Clan may not need them, but we can't not give them to them. Didn't I say it already? What the Cheng Clan cares about the most is the attitude of the lower sect towards them.
If you just wanted to randomly pick some disciples to fool the Cheng Clan, do you think the Cheng Clan would still be so generous to us and not even need our disciples? "Taoist Vasp Caelo said.
"Sect Leader Vasp Caelo, then why do you think the Cheng Clan gave such a high reward for the grand competition this time?
Could it be that the Cheng Clan is purposely testing us to see how many talents we have hidden all these years? "Zixia Sect's Sect Leader Taoist Ling Fei asked.
When he saw the grand competition rewards mentioned in the letter that the Cheng Clan sent to them, he was stunned.
Because as compared to the previous grand competitions, the rewards this time around were too generous. Because this time around, not only would the Cheng Clan give the disciples who performed well in the grand competition precious rewards, even the sects that they belonged to would receive very generous rewards.
At that time, he still felt that it was unbelievable. But now that he heard their conversation, he suddenly thought, could this be another trap set by the Cheng Clan?
The motive was to find out how many talents they had hidden all these years.
Before the grand competition, the Cheng Clan suddenly announced that they no longer needed disciples from the lower sects and then gave out such attractive rewards. He believed that every sect would give it their all.
However, all these years, their sects did not have any particularly outstanding disciples. But for the sake of these rewards, every sect suddenly produced so many outstanding disciples.
Wasn't it obvious that they had hidden the true talents in the past?
"Sect Leader Ling Fei is right. I was wondering why the Cheng Clan would be so generous this year. It seems like this is their real motive for today's grand competition!" When Taoist Xuan Zhen heard Taoist Ling Fei's doubts, his eyes lit up and he felt enlightened.
Previously, he was also very confused. Since when did the Cheng Clan become so good? Not only did they not want their disciples, they even promised them such generous rewards.
It seemed like this matter was not as simple as it seemed. It was not that the Cheng Clan did not want their disciples, but that the Cheng Clan wanted to solve all the problems at once. They wanted to catch all the disciples that they had hidden all these years in one fell swoop!
"Regarding this matter, my opinion is exactly the opposite of yours!" Taoist Cang Song said.
"I wonder what wise opinion does Sect Leader Cang Song have?" Taoist Xuan Zhen asked.
"I can't say that I have a wise opinion. I am just sharing my opinion on this matter with everyone!"
"Sect Leader Cang Song, why don't you tell us!" Taoist Ling Fei asked impatiently.
"Everyone should know that this time around, our grand competition is closed. The Cheng Clan only allows 10,000 people to spectate!" Taoist Cang Song said.
"What has this got to do with us?" The various Sect Leaders were puzzled.
"It seems like it has nothing to do with us. However, I don't know if any of you have noticed, but recently, the Cheng Clan's cities have become much more heavily guarded than before.
Furthermore, I heard that all the Castellans of the Cheng Clan's cities have been replaced. "Taoist Cang Song said.
"There's such a thing?" The few Sect Leaders were a little surprised. Obviously, they did not know about this.
"I also heard about this from the disciples who came back from the various cities. That's why I specially went to find out more about it."
"But I still don't understand. What has this got to do with us?"
"Don't be anxious. Listen to my analysis first. All the Castellans and Deputy Castellans have been replaced, and the cities have become so heavily guarded. Even the Cheng Clan's grand competition is no longer open to the public. Could it be that you have discovered that the Cheng Clan is doing this to guard against something? "Taoist Cang Song said.
"The Cheng Clan is now very powerful. Moreover, many powerful sects have already entered the secular world. Most of them have become the Cheng Clan's vassals or lower sects.
Other than us, the stronger lower sects, who else does the Cheng Clan need to guard against? Could it be that they have done so many things just to guard against us? "Taoist Xuan Zhen said.
"Do you think that there is anything about us that the Cheng Clan is afraid of? As long as the Cheng Clan wants to, our sects can be completely annexed by them at any time.
Back then, we were defeated by the Black Heaven Sect. We even abandoned our sects. Our sects' strength was greatly reduced and we had nowhere to hide. If the Cheng Clan really wanted to annex us, they would have done so long ago. Why would they wait until now? "Taoist Cang Song said.
"In your opinion, who are they guarding against?"
"I don't know who the Cheng Clan is guarding against, but I do know that a person or force that can make the Cheng Clan so serious is definitely not simple."
"Could it be that the Black Heaven Sect is going to make a comeback?" Taoist Ling Fei suddenly thought of something and said in shock.
"I don't know about this. I only know that the Cheng Clan is so strict this time around. Obviously, they don't want more people to see the situation of the Cheng Clan's grand competition.
As for the reason why they want to increase the grand competition's rewards, I think the Cheng Clan is also hoping that all the sects will show their true abilities. They want the Cheng Clan to see the true strength of the various sects.
If there is really a great enemy coming, at least the Cheng Clan will be prepared. It is not like what you said. The Cheng Clan has set up such a big trap just to cheat a few of our outstanding disciples.
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