Even Meng Zhang, who was practicing hard in seclusion, was alarmed by a series of major events happening outside.
Meng Zhang really couldn't understand how the news about Shuangfeng Valley's secret cultivation of Jindan Master, which was supposed to be Shuangfeng Valley's top secret, could be leaked and become known to everyone.
In the past, some vague news about this was secretly spread, and spies from the Feihong Sect also found some clues. Meng Zhang also obtained some information from Feihong Sect's spy Li Nu.
But the news that was originally spread in a small area suddenly spread to a large area.
Feihong Sect was not in a hurry to take action against Shuangfeng Valley, but was prepared to observe and watch the success or failure of Shuangfeng Valley. If the Shuangfenggu monks really started to form pills, someone from the Feihong Sect would naturally stop him.
After the news spread, not only Shuangfenggu was very passive, but even Feihong Sect could no longer remain silent.
As the overlord of the endless sand sea, although it has never been explicitly stipulated, all forces know that Feihong Sect will never allow other forces to cultivate Jindan Zhenren.
Now that Shuangfeng Valley has shown signs of this, if Feihong Sect does nothing, it will encourage this trend and undermine its own prestige.
Although Feihong Sect's recent actions only targeted Shuangfeng Valley, Taiyi Sect, as a vassal force of Shuangfeng Valley, also suffered a disaster.
The decline of Mingshafang City had a great impact on Taiyimen. Not only did they lose the income from the grocery store, but they also lost a channel to purchase supplies.
It turns out that the red copper ore that was secretly mined was secretly sold to Dihuomen. However, under the current situation, the Earth Fire Sect has to worry about Feihong Sect's orders, so they can only temporarily interrupt the transaction with Taiyi Sect.
Taiyi Sect, as a vassal force of Shuangfeng Valley, was also blocked. His disciples cannot go to Mingshafang City and Huojingfang City through the blockades of the major forces.
The Feihong Sect was very thoughtful and worried that Shuangfenggu would use the name of a vassal force to conduct material transactions with foreign countries. Therefore, all caravans from the vassal forces in Shuangfeng Valley are not allowed to pass through the blockade.
Taiyi Sect originally had a stable transaction with Lao Bulu, but due to Feihong Sect's order, Lao Bulu temporarily stopped acquiring the Baizang soil mined by Taiyi Sect.
The situation is not too bad. The current Taiyi Sect already has a certain ability to be self-sufficient.
The spiritual grain harvested every year can barely meet the needs of the disciples. The elixir transaction with Shi Weiming just changed location and was not greatly affected.
Although it lost the income from selling copper ore, Shuangfenggu has been purchasing Baizang soil mines at market prices. After Lao Bulu stopped the acquisition, all Baizang soil mines were acquired by Shuangfenggu. Moreover, Shuangfenggu kept urging Taiyi Sect to invest more manpower and increase mining volume as soon as possible.
Meng Zhang was not too worried as Taiyi Sect could still maintain its status. What he has to do now is to build the foundation as soon as possible. With the strength in the foundation building period, he will have stronger ability to cope with the great changes that will follow.
While the situation around Shuangfeng Valley is changing and turbulent, the interior of Shuangfeng Valley is also full of undercurrents and turbulence.
On this day, in the main hall of Shuangfenggu, Shuangfenggu summoned almost all the elders and held an elders meeting to decide the next step of the sect.
Shuangfeng Valley is now in the eye of the storm, and it is a critical moment. If one accidentally makes a mistake, the family may be destroyed.
Xiao Haisheng, the head of Shuangfenggu, who was supposed to be sitting at the top, actually voluntarily gave up his position at this elders meeting.
Xiao Haisheng has been the head of Shuangfenggu for many years and has great authority. Moreover, with his cultivation in the late stage of foundation building, he is considered a master in the entire endless sand sea.
Feihong Sect only has three Golden Core Masters, so they must treat late-stage foundation-building monks like Xiao Haisheng seriously.
Not to mention anything else, Xiao Haisheng's power alone is actually enough to suppress the three nearby forces of Liu family, Lin Quanguan and Qingzhushan.
Today, the old man sitting above Xiao Haisheng obviously has a higher status.
This old man's name is Xiao Fengnian, he is Xiao Haisheng's uncle, and he is also a fake alchemy monk.
The so-called fake elixir monks are monks who have perfect foundation building. They cannot use normal methods to form elixirs, but have to use heretical methods to form fake elixirs.
The fake elixir monks are far inferior to the real golden elixir monks in terms of strength and longevity. But facing the monks in the foundation building stage, they have an overwhelming advantage.
Fake elixir monks have a lifespan of about three hundred years, and golden elixir monks have a lifespan of at least five hundred years. The strength of the fake elixir monks is still higher than that of the foundation-building perfection monks, but they absolutely cannot resist the real golden elixir monks.
The real trump card of Shuangfenggu is not the so-called Ten Foundation Building, but Xiao Fengnen, the fake elixir monk.
More than a hundred years ago, Shuangfenggu accidentally obtained the inner elixir of a third-level monster.
Using the inner elixir of a third-level monster as the main medicine, a furnace of foundation-building elixir can be refined.
But the head of Shuangfenggu at the time had other ideas.
First of all, Shuangfenggu can originally refine a small foundation-building pill. Although the medicine is far less powerful than the real foundation-building pill, the success rate of foundation-building after the disciple takes it is not high. But at least with the Little Foundation Establishment Pill, the need for the Foundation Establishment Pill is not so urgent.
Secondly, the leader clearly realized that having a few more foundation-building monks in Shuangfeng Valley would not essentially improve Shuangfeng Valley’s strength and heritage. A few more Foundation Establishment Pill monks and a few fewer Foundation Establishment Stage monks will not affect the survival of Shuangfeng Valley.
But with a fake alchemy monk, he can play a decisive role at the critical moment.
Therefore, Shuangfenggu contacted the experts of the Jiuqu Alliance and spent a lot of money to refine this third-level monster inner elixir into an outer elixir that cultivators can use.
After Xiao Fengyun completed the foundation building, he knew that there was no hope of forming a golden elixir. He took the initiative to refine this external elixir and became a fake elixir monk.
Over the years, the information Shuangfenggu has revealed to the outside world is that the former genius disciple Xiao Fengneng has passed away long ago due to exhaustion of his life span.
Xiao Fengnian hides in the door and only takes action at critical moments. The only ones who knew about Xiao Fengnian's existence were the elders in the foundation building stage within the sect.
Now, Shuangfeng Valley holds a meeting of elders that affects the life and death of the sect, and Xiao Fengnen will certainly not be absent.
In the venue, there was an old man who did not sit with the other elders, but sat alone.
This old man's name is Shan Feiyu. He is the most talented disciple that Shuangfeng Valley has collected since its establishment. He is also the only person Shuangfeng Valley plans to train into a real Jindan.
After years of hard cultivation and investment of resources regardless of the cost, this genius, who is not well-known outside, has already completed his foundation building and is only one step away from the golden elixir stage.
Of course, this one step difference stumps most monks who have completed the foundation building process, and few can cross it.
