A Challenge

At first glance, the settlement didn't seem significant but I was wrong. The settlement was actually bigger than I had expected and there are a lot of powerful cultivators therein. And if that's not enough, the amount of 'troops' they have, if I could call it that, is more than enough to build another settlement. They weren't lying when they said that they were preparing to fend off the Black Spirit Sect. However, just like what Luxor mentioned, they're still far from ready. Based on the influence of the Black Spirit Sect, I can approximate that it would take at least a decade before they could have a fighting chance against them. And that's not accounting the fact that the Black Spirit is growing more formidable by the day.