The Way of the Immortal Master

Ever since he got this stele rewarded by the Dali Dynasty, Meng Zhang has stayed at Xiongshiling for a long time.

Although after careful inspection, this stele is only a third-order communication instrument, and there are no problems or hidden backhands in it.

But for the sake of caution, Meng Zhang still placed it on the side of Xiongshiling, not in the Baicao slope of Taiyimen Mountain Gate.

Anyway, there is also a third-order spiritual vein on Xiongshiling, which is enough to drive this communication magic weapon.

Taiyimen's mountain gate is an important place with many secrets, and the spiritual vein is the foundation of the mountain gate. It is better not to place such foreign magic weapons as much as possible.

During this period of time, Meng Zhang received various information on the stele and discovered some business opportunities.

Dali Dynasty officials have always purchased spiritual grains and elixir at relatively high prices.

Moreover, the officials of the Dali Dynasty also strongly encouraged the major cultivation forces in the territory to open up a large number of spiritual fields and build elixir gardens.

Dali Dynasty officials often provide high-quality spiritual grain seeds and elixir seeds at preferential prices. There will even be loans at extremely low interest rates to encourage planting.

It takes many years to cultivate elixir, but most of them can be harvested within a year or two of elixir.

Of course, planting high-level spiritual grains also consumes a lot of land.

Taiyi Sect, as one of the few Yuanshen sects in Jiuqu Province, provided countless spiritual valleys to the disciples in the sect, and it was far from being able to openly supply them.

Most of the time, disciples still cultivate through practicing meditation, exhaling and breathing, and absorbing the aura of heaven and earth.

Meng Zhang not only read the current Dibao, but also spent a lot of time reading the previous Dibao.

From time to time, when the Dali Dynasty needed a large number of spiritual valleys, they would even use military merit as a reward.

Meng Zhang secretly wrote down this matter.

Although I don't know why the Dali Dynasty needed so many spiritual valleys, this gave him a new way to gain military merit.

That is, Dali Dynasty is too far away from Jiuqu Province, so there is a little difficulty in transportation.

Within the Dali Dynasty, military merit is the real hard currency, which can be exchanged for many unprecedented spiritual items.

In the previous Jiuqu League, the pills and spirits that assist in forming alchemy were very rare, and they were often impossible to buy with money. As for the elixir and elixir that can assist in breaking through the primordial spirit stage, they have almost never appeared on the market.

The materials in the treasury of the Dali Dynasty are extremely rich, and there are many fourth-tier items. There are even quite a few pills and spirit objects that assist in breaking through the primordial spirit stage.

Niu Dawei, Mengzhang's chief disciple, and Yang Xueyi, the elder of the sect, have already consummated their golden elixir, and are about to break through the primordial spirit stage.

Meng Zhang had been thinking about exchanging military merit for some useful auxiliary items.

But firstly, Meng Zhang's military merits were not enough, and secondly, they had already retreated directly, so Meng Zhang temporarily refrained from exchanging money.

Of course, there will definitely be more disciples of the Taiyi Sect who are ready to break through the Yuanshen stage, so we still have to try our best to get some of these auxiliary items.

Meng Zhang's biggest worry now is that there are too many good things in the treasury of the Dali Dynasty, and there are many things he wants. But military merit is too little, far from enough.

If it weren't for Meng Zhang's top priority to break through to the middle stage of Yuanshen, and he was unwilling to spend too much time and energy on other things, he would have to start thinking about how to gain a lot of military merit.

In addition to communicating with the mainland of the Dali Dynasty, this stele can also communicate with Jiuqu City, the capital of Jiuqu Province.

The target of the communication is the important institutions of Jiuqu Province, including the Governor's Mansion.

Meng Zhang played a key role in the last secret demon incident, which was easily settled without causing any damage or loss.

If he hadn't seen through You Hongzhi's actions and allowed him to lurk and hide in Jiuqu Province, how many people would have been killed by him.

It is even not impossible for You Hongzhi to take the initiative to launch a demonic disaster after he grows up.

Zhang Weineng knew this, and valued Meng Zhang very much.

In particular, he thought that Meng Zhang had inherited Taiyimen's powerful means of subduing demons, which had great value in use.

Governor Zhang Weineng valued Meng Zhang, and Wen Dong Zhenjun's friendship with Meng Zhang also became better.

From time to time, Zhenjun Wen Dong would reveal some important news to Meng Zhang through the communication stone tablet.

Even Governor Zhang Weineng had occasional exchanges with Meng Zhang.

From Zhang Weineng's mouth, Meng Zhang learned a lot of secrets.

In the realm of comprehension, there have always been forces secretly resisting the sects of the Holy Land.

As the ruler of the cultivation world, the Holy Land Sect is also the biggest vested interest, occupying most of the resources in the cultivation world.

Some are dissatisfied with the status quo, some are ambitious and want to replace it, and some have enmity with the Holy Land sect...

Don't look at the rampant and invincible appearance of the Holy Land sect.

But the cultivators who resisted its rule have never been cut off.

Many people in Dali Dynasty felt sorry for Taiyimen being destroyed by Guantian Pavilion.

In the eyes of high-ranking Dali Dynasty like Zhang Weineng, Taiyi Sect is a comrade and a comrade-in-arms.

It's just that he died before he left the teacher.

Don't look at the Dali Dynasty being suppressed by the Ziyang Sacred Sect now, but the Ziyang Sacred Sect has never been able to do anything to the Dali Dynasty.

Zhang Weineng even vaguely revealed to Meng Zhang that behind the Dali Dynasty, there is also a powerful protection.

The struggle between the Dali Dynasty and the Ziyang Sacred Sect involved the struggle between the Da Neng.

Although Meng Zhang didn't fully believe what Zhang Weineng said, he felt relieved.

As long as what he said was true, the Dali Dynasty would not be in danger of being destroyed by the Ziyang Sacred Sect in a short period of time.

As a new descendant, Taiyimen will have a long and stable life.

Faced with the pressure of big foreign businessmen, the small group formed by the local cultivation forces was obviously unreliable.

If Taiyimen wants to continue to survive, in addition to striving for self-improvement, it also needs to find a thigh to hug.

Since Zhang Weineng valued Meng Zhang highly, of course Meng Zhang would hug this thigh tightly.

The Four Seas Trading Company was the leading trading company in the Jiuqu League back then, and its commercial strength alone was very rare in the surrounding areas.

Such a large firm was easily divided up by those big foreign merchants.

The small group originally formed by You Hongzhi naturally fell apart because of You Hongzhi's incident.

Although Zhang Weineng intends to protect these local cultivation forces, it is a fact that they secretly traded with foreign invaders, and he was even caught.

In order not to lose their tongue, Zhang Weineng still had to punish them more or less.

It is unavoidable to deal with the people in the caravan caught on the spot and impose high fines.

The big foreign merchants swallowed up the Four Seas Trading Company, and the small groups were punished. One went up and down the other, and the strong foreign dragons became more arrogant.

If it weren't for Governor Zhang Weineng's attitude, they would have started to mop up the local cultivation forces long ago.

At least in a short period of time, these local comprehension forces who have been taught a lesson will not dare to trade with those foreign invaders.

And because of You Hongzhi's incident, their superficial contacts have become extremely rare.

Taiyimen was not involved in that small group, nor was it implicated by this matter.

When the Four Seas Commercial Bank was annexed by those big foreign merchants, Taiyimen also followed behind to pick up some bargains.

It is definitely impossible for the Taiyi Gate to get involved in the property of the Four Seas Commercial Bank.

But among the Four Seas Commercial Firm, there are many excellent practitioners, especially many outstanding management talents.

Because of being implicated by You Hongzhi, many members of the Four Seas Trading Company were imprisoned.

If you are lucky enough to escape the prison, you will inevitably lose your job and be displaced.

Taiyi Gate began to recruit members of these Universal Trading Firms.

Meng Zhang even got through the relationship with Zhenjun Wendong, and spent a lot of money to fish out many people from the prison.

Datong Business Alliance, a group of big foreign merchants, has their own talents trained by themselves, so they don't trust outsiders at all. Coupled with their contempt for the local bumpkins, they will not compete with Meng Zhang for these talents.

Although due to the invasion of large foreign merchants, the income of Taiyimen has been greatly reduced.

However, the Taiyi Sect is also one of the most powerful Yuanshen sects in the Jiuqu province, and it is still very attractive to the original members of the Four Seas Trading Company. Not to mention Taiyi Sect fished them out of the prison, this is a life-saving grace.

Of course, with so many monks recruited at once, besides the necessary screening procedures, An Moran's dark hall is also busy.

Taiyimen has a large territory in Yaofeng Gobi and Death Sand Sea. Especially in the territory of Yaofeng Gobi, there is still a large part of it that has not been developed.

What Taiyimen lacks most is all kinds of manpower that can be used for development.

After Meng Zhang discovered the almost endless demand for spiritual grains and elixir medicines by the Dali Dynasty, he stepped up efforts to develop the territory, vigorously developed the spiritual fields, and built the elixir garden.

It takes a long time for the elixir to mature in the elixir garden, and it will take at least a hundred years for it to bear fruit.

But after the spiritual fields are reclaimed, spiritual grains can be produced in a few years.

All of a sudden, many lands on the Yaofeng Gobi that are suitable for developing spiritual fields have begun to be extensively developed.

Faced with the oppression of big foreign merchants, the local cultivation forces in Jiuqu Province are having a very difficult time.

Only Taiyimen was well managed by Mengzhang, so it was not affected much.

In addition, since General Ruo Shui was sent to Daheng Cultivation Realm, he also brought Meng Zhang a great surprise.

At the beginning, Meng Zhang seized the foundation of Maple Leaf Mountain City just to leave a retreat for Taiyi Gate.

After General Ruoshui took full control of Maple Leaf Mountain City in the past, he managed it well and continued to expand the sphere of influence there.

Daheng Cultivation Realm is a much more prosperous place than Jiuqu League.

After the Dali Dynasty conquered the Jiuqu League, they didn't know whether they were facing the pressure from the Ziyang Sect, or they were busy digesting the spoils with all their strength. He actually stopped the pace of conquest and did not attack the Daheng Cultivation Realm.

The foundation of Maple Leaf Mountain City is located on the edge of Daheng Cultivation Realm. It seems inconspicuous, but it is actually very promising.

Putting on the skin of Maple Leaf Mountain City, the God of Weak Water slowly expands his power while vigorously developing commerce and trade with the local forces in Daheng's cultivation world.

Many medicine pills, talismans, etc., which could not compete with big foreign merchants in Jiuqu Province and lost the market, were transported here and became very popular here, earning a lot of spirit stones for Taiyi Gate.

In addition, Maple Leaf Mountain City also bought a lot of local specialties from Daheng Cultivation Realm, and slowly shipped them back to the gate.

In this way, the Taiyi Gate has a secret business channel that is not known to the public.

The only thing that restricts this business channel now is to connect the two places through the mother-child transfer plate. Every teleportation will consume the Netherworld Stone.

Jiuqu Province does not produce Kongming Stone.

Apart from buying some in Daheng Cultivation Realm, the only way to deal with those big merchants from Dali Dynasty.

Fortunately, although the relationship between the two parties is bad, no one will have trouble with Lingshi, and the business that should be done will be done.

As long as Taiyimen is willing to spend a lot of spirit stones and can accept the high price, they can still buy the space stones they need.

When Meng Zhang was dealing with the major affairs of the sect, he was also slowly accumulating strength to make up for the shortcomings.

After Niu Dawei, the chief disciple of the sect, broke through the Yuanshen stage in retreat, Meng Zhang had to spend more energy on sect affairs.

Fortunately, there is also a council of elders in the sect, and each hall can perform its own duties, which is enough to maintain the daily operation of the sect.

When the opportunity to break through the bottleneck came, Meng Zhang left everything without hesitation and began to retreat.

Between the early stage of Yuanshen and the middle stage of Yuanshen, although there is a bottleneck, it is very difficult to break through. But there is no essential difference between the two realms.

The conditions for a breakthrough do not sound difficult. It is nothing more than strengthening the primordial spirit, comprehending the Dao, etc.

Of course, not all monks in the early stage of Yuanshen can break through to the middle stage of Yuanshen.

The cultivation method is not clever enough, the foundation is not solid enough, the savings are not strong enough, the primordial spirit is not strong enough, and the understanding of the Dao is not enough...

Especially the comprehension of the Dao is the most important thing, there is no shortcut.

Many monks in the early stage of Yuanshen failed to break through to the middle stage of Yuanshen until their lifespan was exhausted.

But these are not problems for Meng Zhang.

He recites the Taoist scriptures all the year round and comprehends the Taoist scriptures. His comprehension of the Dao has surpassed many monks in the middle stage of the primordial spirit.

As for the accumulation of various aspects, after so many years of hard work, it is already enough.

After retreating, Meng Zhang had many illusions in his mind, the sound of the Great Dao sounded in his ears, and the vision of yin and yang transformation appeared above his head.

This situation lasted for almost two years before it completely disappeared.

At this time, Meng Zhang naturally broke through the bottleneck, and his cultivation entered the middle stage of Yuanshen.

As his cultivation level went up to a higher level, Meng Zhang's strength improved greatly, his life level changed again, and he possessed more abilities.

Of course, Meng Zhang will also face a new big problem.

For the monks in the middle stage of Yuanshen, absorbing the essence of refining the nine heavens has no effect on their cultivation.

To carry out daily practice, one needs to absorb the inspiration of Yuqing.

The only place that Meng Zhang knows where Yuqing's inspiration is produced is the vast, boundless and extremely dangerous extraterrestrial void.

Fortunately, he still has some Jade Purity Spirits that he had obtained before, which is enough for him to stabilize his cultivation in the middle stage of Yuanshen.

After the realm of cultivation broke through to the middle stage of Yuanshen, Meng Zhang couldn't care about his future cultivation for the time being. Just use the resources at hand to stabilize the current realm of cultivation first, familiarize yourself with and master the newly improved strength.

It took another three years before Meng Zhang consolidated his cultivation in the middle stage of Yuanshen and left the place of retreat.

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