Chapter 343: The Exchange

Chapter 343: The Exchange

Before the Forest Spring Watch massacre, rumors of a disturbance in the Demon Wind Gobi's demonic beasts had already spread from the Flying Swan Sect. At first, Meng Zhang thought it might be a ploy by the Flying Swan Sect to divert the attention of Daoist Master Roaring Blaze and Guang ZhiDaoist Master. However, when news arrived that three Gold Core Daoist Masters, including Fei TianDaoist Master, were trapped in Demon Wind Gobi, a special warning was issued to all cultivation forces within the Endless Sea of Sand. The warning stated that the demonic beasts in Demon Wind Gobi were restless and preparing for a massive invasion.

Upon receiving this warning, all cultivation forces in the Endless Sea of Sand became vigilant and started preparing for a battle with the demonic beasts. The invasion had been impending for four or five years, yet it had not materialized. Some forces began to slack off, thinking that time was on their side.

Meng Zhang, however, did not dare to let his guard down. If even the prestigious Flying Swan Sect received a specific warning, the impending invasion of demonic beasts would undoubtedly be significant. Once the battle started, it would be a bloody one.

The current calm was merely the tranquility before the storm. Meng Zhang was doing his utmost to strengthen Taiyi Sect's combat capabilities before the invasion.

If the cultivators were tied down by the demonic beasts, the ordinary people in various oases would have to rely on various mechanisms and puppets to defend their homes. Therefore, Meng Zhang entrusted all the spirit medicines brought back from Great Wind City to Shi Changqing. Most of the ingredients required to refine the Lesser Foundation Building Pill had been gathered, and the primary medicine was currently being cultivated. Shi Changqing had learned the special methods for handling spirit medicines from the Twin Success Valley records provided by Meng Zhang.

According to Shi Changqing's estimate, it would take about ten more years before he could begin alchemy.

The water-system spiritual object, Clear Spring Cold Jade, was handed over by Meng Zhang to Hu Jing, the Hall Master of the Beast Controlling Hall. With the help of the Deep Earth Spirit General, she constructed a small lake within the Taiyi Sect's mountain gate. Then, she placed Clear Spring Cold Jade into it and slowly stimulated the spiritual object's power. Once the lake water was influenced by the spiritual object's power and showed some effect, the remaining spirit clams were placed into it.

As the Hall Master of the Beast Controlling Hall, Hu Jing had also cultivated several First Rank Beast Controlling Masters. These achievements earned her a large number of virtue merits. Before her closed-door cultivation, she handed over all the affairs of the Beast Controlling Hall to these Beast Controlling Masters, who managed everything efficiently.

The two Foundation Building Pills were exchanged quickly before they even had a chance to warm up in Meng Zhang's hands. He hoped that these two pills would be worth the investment and help the sect gain two more Foundation Building stage cultivators.

After returning from Great Wind City, Meng Zhang devoted most of his energy to his own cultivation. With his talent, there were no bottlenecks in the Foundation Building stage for him. After entering the mid-Foundation Building stage, his cultivation base surged forward without any obstacles.

Several Foundation Building stage cultivators of Taiyi Sect usually dispersed to various Second Rank spirit veins for cultivation to reduce the consumption of these veins. They also took responsibility for managing the oases where these spirit veins were located.

Furthermore, apart from Meng Zhang, as the Sect Master, several Foundation Building stage cultivators took turns to protect the fixed route from Singing Sand City to Flying Swan City.

Seeing the benefits brought by this route, Qiaoshou Sect also expressed interest in joining. Meng Zhang saw an opportunity in this and facilitated a collaboration between the two sects. They established flying boat landing points at crucial locations in both sects' territories, creating a comprehensive transportation network using a large number of First Rank flying boats and a few Second Rank ones. With this transportation network, the territories of both sects were effectively connected. Especially considering the vastness of Taiyi Sect's territory, the network not only facilitated personnel movement and resource circulation but also strengthened the sect's control over its domain.

With the participation of Qiaoshou Sect, the frequency of flying boats traveling from Singing Sand City to Flying Swan City increased. If the timing were right and there were no concerns about Flying Swan Sect's intentions, Meng Zhang would have considered opening a route to Great Wind City. The Endless Sea of Sand was too barren, and only by establishing external connections could the sect access abundant resources and wealth.

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