The crescent moon hung high in the sky, and a ray of silver light shone on the river. Zhang Zhixuan stood by the river, leaving a long reflection in the river.
The breeze blew, the treetops swayed gently, and the trees beside the avenue seemed like shadows.
Everything was quiet, except for the occasional sound of frogs croaking.
Fish jumped up from time to time, and there were waves of flapping sounds in the current.
Looking at the night scene in the distance, Zhang Zhixuan also had some mixed feelings in his heart.
When he was young, he and Qingchan often visited this small river. At that time, there were many fishing boats on the river, and countless Zhang family members on both sides of the river made a living by fishing.
Hundreds of years have passed, and there are no mortals around the huge Lingjing Mountain.
In nearly seven hundred years, Taicheng County has gone through great changes.
Even Zhang Zhixuan doesn't have many old friends around him.
The relatives and friends of my youth have all turned into a pile of loess.
The only ones still accompanying him were Qing Chan and Han Yan.
In the dead of night, Zhang Zhixuan often feels an unspeakable loneliness.
Who should I tell this loneliness to?
Time flies by, and it has been seven years since the Lanjiang Conference.
In the past seven years, Ziyang Sect has developed smoothly.
Tang Yisheng even broke through the Nascent Soul bottleneck once, but unfortunately without the support of the Ying Ying spiritual creature, and his foundation was far inferior to Zhang Zhixuan, Qing Chan, a man blessed by heaven, so the Ying Ying's success failed unexpectedly.
However, Tang Yisheng and Li Yunxiu still have a high probability of becoming Nascent Soul.
During these seven years, Qingchan was still in retreat.
Before the retreat, Qingchan had made up his mind that he would never leave the retreat until he broke through the bottleneck.
Since the sword fight in the vast sea, Qingchan has been in seclusion for twelve years, and he doesn't know when he will succeed.
Zhang Zhixuan stood with his hands behind his back, raised his eyes and looked into the distance. Two sword lights shot out from the west and landed steadily behind Zhang Zhixuan.
These two people were Zhang Zhenlin and Liang Wangsheng, who were in charge of the sect's chores of the Ziyang Sect.
These two people are both Jindan monks, and Liang Wangsheng is also a descendant of Patriarch Liang.
After the Heishan Liang family merged into the Qingxuan Sect, their development was smooth sailing.
At first, Wei Bohan, Kang Duhe and others took care of it, but later came Liang Yuxian, Liang Wangsheng and other people who took the lead.
Within one family, two Jindans have been cultivated. Although they are far inferior to the Zhang family of Tiantai Peak, their reputation is not weaker than that of the Jin Patriarchs.
"You two came here together. Could it be that something big happened to the sect?"
"Reporting to the ancestor of the sect, the head of the Tao family sent a letter, saying that his family has a plant of Butianzhi that has matured, and asked someone to deliver the letter to the sect."
"His family actually has a mature plant of Butianzhi. What does Tao Jing really want?"
"He hopes that the ancestor will accept his youngest son as his disciple, and also give a sixth-level spiritual talisman to the Tao family. In addition, he also hopes to merge the Tao Kingdom into our Ziyang Sect."
"Calculate the time, it has been six hundred years since Tao Boying died in the Moyun Cave. Ancestor Yu once issued an edict to keep the Tao family safe for six hundred years. It seems that the Tao family is looking for a way out. You two, tell me,
Should we agree to the Tao family's request?"
"How can we, the juniors, interfere in the sect's important affairs?"
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Zhang Zhixuan didn't take it seriously, mentioned Dun Guang and returned to the sect.
Zhang Zhixuan had just returned to the mountain gate and found that Gu Yan, Ling Jun, Han Yan and other Nascent Soul monks had arrived at the Ancestral Master Hall. Even Tang Yisheng, Li Yunxiu and other heavyweight Jindan had received the news and returned to the mountain gate.
"Tao Jingzhen wrote a letter asking us to protect his people. What do you think?"
Several Nascent Souls of the sect, Qing Chan, have closed their doors to death, and Liu Lingjun has also devoted himself to cultivation and no longer cares about such secular affairs.
Seeing Zhang Zhixuan asking questions, Liu Guyan pondered for a moment and was the first to speak.
"To be honest, the territory occupied by the sect is already very large. The nine southern kingdoms of Wu, Yu, Song, Lai, Chen, Liang, Pei, Li, and Fei have all fallen under the control of the sect.
Among these nine countries, Wu and Song are both big countries. They both have six-level spiritual mountains in their territory and have abundant products. Although the remaining seven countries are small countries, they also have vast territories. Moreover, the sect also occupies six counties of Qi and Nanhuang.
Some of the enclaves belong to sects, and the territory we control is actually no less than the ten major sects of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Although the Tao Kingdom is more densely populated and is very far away from the core of the sect, this enclave is like useless food to the sect. It is a pity to abandon it because it is tasteless and has little effect on increasing the strength of the sect."
Xia Youqing frowned and asked doubtfully: "Tao Jing really wants to go far away, so why doesn't he look for the nearby Mingshi Sect?"
The Mingshi Sect is a small sect in the Great Zhou Dynasty. There is only one Yuanying monk in the sect who joined this sect. The Tao family has four Jindan monks, so it is easy to maintain a strong independence.
"The ones eyeing the Tao family's fat piece of meat are not only the Mingshi Sect, but also the behemoth Dongxuan Sect. The Dongxuan Sect has made a message very early, asking the Tao family to dedicate Bu Tianzhi to them. Although the Dongxuan Sect is the leader of the Great Zhou Dynasty,
The weakest sect in the sect, there are eight Nascent Souls in the sect, and there are also great monks from the ninth level of the Nascent Soul. How can the Mingshi Sect, a small sect, dare to compete with the Dongxuan Sect."
Han Yan nodded and asked Sihong, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "The Tao Kingdom's territory is close to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there is no teleportation array connected with the Ziyang Sect. If you want to control this place, the top priority is to build an ultra-long-distance teleportation array. Build such a teleportation array."
The teleportation array is as expensive as cultivating a sixth-level spiritual vein. Is the balance in the sect’s treasury sufficient now?”
Judging from Han Yan's intentions, he obviously wanted to swallow this piece of fat meat from the Tao family in his mouth.
Zhang Sihong nodded and said: "There has been no war in recent years. Although the sect has increased its investment in development, the sect's annual balance still exceeds hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. After more than a hundred years, the sect's treasury has accumulated more than four spirit stones.
Don’t talk about building one ultra-long-distance teleportation array, even if you build three, the sect’s financial resources will be enough.”
"The monks in the Tao family's territory are of little use to us, but the Butianzhi plant is the foundation of the sect's development. This spiritual grass is one of the three main medicines of the Peiying Dan. This is the reason why Dongxuan Sect is eyeing this item.
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Within the Ziyang Sect, there is also a collection of Peiying Dan prescriptions. Zhang Zhixuan is also a sixth-level low-grade alchemist, so he naturally understands the importance of this item to the Ziyang Sect.
The Ziyang Sect has been able to grow and develop over the years. In addition to Zhang Zhixuan and Qing Chan's unique talents, another important factor is their military exploits in Moyun Cave.
The high-level monks of the sect went deep into the Demon Cloud Cave several times to fight for their lives, hunting demon cultivators in exchange for spiritual objects to form babies. Xia Youqing and Han Yan both relied on Jiuxiao Gang Jade to form babies.
The decisive battle in Moyun Cave is coming soon. After removing the founder of Wanjie, the Jiuxiao Gang Jade in the hands of Qingyunzi and Taoist Yu will only be left to the disciples. If Ziyang Sect wants to continue to develop, it must take precautions and make early plans.
The Ziyang Sect must seize this sixth-level Butian Zhi from the Tao family, even if it offends the Dongxuan Sect, Zhang Zhixuan will not hesitate.