In the sect's main hall in the Taiyimen Mountain Gate's Fuzhao Valley, Meng Zhang looked at the respectful Li Xuan below, feeling quite speechless.
Since taking over the task of developing and expanding Mingshafang City, Li Xuan, the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall, has indeed worked hard and never slackened off.
He did everything possible to attract merchants from all walks of life and used various methods to attract customers. In addition to conventional methods, many crooked tricks were also used.
Huojingfang City is the closest city to Mingshafang City. No matter which aspect, Huojingfang City completely beats Mingshafang City.
The development of Mingshafang City was not very smooth, so Li Xuan came up with the idea of Huojingfang City.
If something goes wrong in Huojingfang City, businesses will go bankrupt and the market will be depressed. Most of the original merchants and customers will move to Mingshafang City.
Some time ago, Li Xuan sent people to secretly spread rumors. It is said that the Lieyan Master has fallen, the Earth Fire Sect has lost its support, and is about to be suppressed by the Feihong Sect.
Not to mention, these rumors really had some effect, causing a lot of trouble for Dihuo Sect and causing Huojingfang City a lot of losses.
In order to recover the losses, Dihuomen came forward to refute the rumors and restore the reputation of Fangshi. One side deliberately organized a grand auction to restore customer flow.
This time Li Xuan killed first and then reported. After finishing all this, he reported to Meng Zhang.
After Dihuomen reacted, it took a series of measures that made Li Xuan's previous actions useless.
In Meng Zhang's view, Li Xuan's starting point was good, but his approach was very inappropriate.
Over at Dihuo Gate, it doesn't matter if you offend someone. But if the rumor involves the Feihong Sect, that would be very bad.
Dihuo Sect originally had a trading relationship with Taiyi Sect for many years. Even though the relationship between the two parties later weakened and the transaction scale became smaller, Dihuo Sect was still Taiyi Sect's big customer.
When Taiyi Sect and Qiaoshou Sect destroyed Lin Quanguan, Dihuo Sect sent a team to support them. But because he came too late, he missed the opportunity and could only return without success. Because of this, the two sides did not officially start a war, nor did they break up completely.
Since then, the relationship between Taiyi Sect and Dihuo Sect has become increasingly cold and wary of each other.
Although the two sides barely maintain a semblance of peace, no one would be surprised if a fight breaks out one day.
Li Xuan secretly spread rumors against Dihuomen, which may not be without this factor.
But the rumors involved the life and death of Master Lieyan, and also said that the Feihong Sect would take action against the Earth Fire Sect. If Feihong Sect learns about this, I don’t know how they will react.
The relationship between Taiyi Sect and Feihong Sect is also very delicate.
As the overlord of the Endless Sand Sea, the Feihong Sect, all cultivation forces in the Endless Sand Sea, except for the Mobei Qi family, should be the subjects of the Feihong Sect.
However, Lin Quanguan gained equal status with Feihong Sect because of Guangzhi Zhenren's elixir formation.
Taiyi Sect was originally a vassal of Lin Quanguan. After annihilating Lin Quanguan according to Feihong Sect's plan, Taiyi Sect only respected Feihong Sect as the overlord of the Endless Sand Sea in name, but in fact it had no obligations to Feihong Sect.
Taiyi Sect neither surrenders offerings to Feihong Sect, nor does it need to obey Feihong Sect’s call.
Taiyi Sect has such a special status because Fei Hongzi, the head of Feihong Sect, specifically offered a price when he persuaded Meng Zhang to betray Lin Quanguan.
Fei Hongzi made a ghost oath to ensure that he kept his word.
But after all, Taiyi Sect is just a foundation-building sect, and when facing Feihong Sect, it always feels lack of confidence.
Although Feihongzi guaranteed the status of Taiyi Sect, he never said that if Taiyi Sect took the initiative to provoke Feihong Sect, Feihong Sect would ignore it.
The Taiyi Sect now needs to carefully handle its relationship with the Feihong Sect. It must not offend the Feihong Sect in the slightest, let alone make the Feihong Sect feel that the Taiyi Sect is a threat.
Meng Zhang reprimanded Li Xuan and warned him that no matter what he did in the future, he would never get involved with the Feihong Sect.
After the conversation ended, Meng Zhang waved to the frightened Li Xuan to step back and be alone.
At this time, it has been almost three years since Linquan Temple was destroyed.
During these three years, Meng Zhang had to eliminate erysipelas and treat his injuries, so his cultivation was somewhat delayed.
When he was unable to practice, Meng Zhang had more time to read various Taoist scriptures.
Meng Zhang is really a genius with extraordinary talents and amazing understanding.
After these years of continuous reading and meditation, he seemed to have really gained something.
When he meditates on weekdays, his mind becomes more peaceful, purer and more transparent.
He can see more profoundly on some cultivation issues.
Especially in the aspect of Tianjishu, he felt that his attainments seemed to have improved a lot.
Some time ago, Yang Xueyi activated the power of Taiyi Sect and searched around for the whereabouts of Qingzhuzi, but there was no result at all.
After Meng Zhang heard about this, he decided to help Yang Xueyi. It was best to let her avenge her family's blood feud and understand the hatred of annihilation that she had been obsessed with for many years.
In nearly three years, Meng Zhang accumulated thousands of calculation chips.
Meng Zhang chose a good and auspicious day and used the Dayan Calculation to calculate the whereabouts of Qingzhuzi.
If Qingzhuzi had escaped from the endless sand sea, then even if Meng Zhang figured out his whereabouts, it would be difficult for Yang Xueyi to leave everything in the Taiyi Sect and chase him all the way.
But if Qingzhuzi still remains in the endless sea of sand, no matter how hidden he is, Meng Zhang is confident that he can obtain clues to his whereabouts through Dayan Divine Calculation.
Qingzhuzi is also a monk in the foundation-building stage, and it is not easy for Meng Zhang to deduce his whereabouts.
Meng Zhang spent more than 800 calculation chips before he got a piece of information.
Meng Zhang told Yang Xueyi this information, but did not explain how he got the information.
Yang Xueyi has personally witnessed Meng Zhang's magic, and she gained a lot from following Meng Zhang last time.
Without asking any questions, she followed Meng Zhang's instructions and left Taiyi Gate for her destination.
Facts have proved that Meng Zhang's advice was indeed effective, allowing Yang Xueyi to run into Qingzhuzi and get revenge.
Not long after, Yang Xueyi returned successfully.
After returning to Taiyi Sect, Yang Xueyi borrowed many large-capacity storage instruments from Meng Zhang.
After going out, she brought back a large amount of cultivation supplies.
Yang Xueyi was very honest and did not monopolize these supplies. She believed that she was able to find Qingzhuzi and obtain these supplies by following Meng Zhang's instructions.
The bulk of these supplies should belong to Meng Zhang.
Meng Zhang repeatedly declined with her, but seeing her firm attitude, he did not continue to decline.
Meng Zhang did not keep all the cultivation materials that Yang Xueyi dedicated to him, but put them into the sect's treasury and exchanged them for his and Yang Xueyi's sect's good deeds.
In addition, the hundreds-year-old spirit shell that Yang Xueyi seized from the bamboo sword last time. She didn't keep it privately, she also put it into the sect's treasury.
After all, it was the Thunder God who finally killed Bamboo Sword at the cost of his own serious injury. Yang Xueyi is not the kind of person who covets God's merits for herself.
