When Meng Zhang reprimanded Li Xuan for making his own decisions, he didn't know that a related conversation was also taking place in the Earth Fire Gate two to three thousand miles away.
In the secret room of the Earth Fire Sect, Shangguan Long Yan, the head of the Earth Fire Sect, was meeting with a very important guest.
This guest's name is Hou Delu, and he is an envoy sent by the top leaders of the Huoyun Sect.
After the Fire Cloud Sect's Master Yun Yan passed away, the Fire Cloud Sect lost its restraints. Everyone in the sect has been gearing up to invade the Endless Sand Sea in order to avenge their hatred and avenge their previous shame.
However, due to several failures that year, the senior leaders of the Fire Cloud Sect, who had always been radical, became more cautious. If they are not sure of victory, they will not launch an attack easily.
Before taking action, you must be fully prepared and never fail again.
Everyone in the Huoyun faction has been intensively preparing for war.
The realm of Jiuqu Alliance is countless times more prosperous than the barren endless sea of sand. Cultivation resources are abundant here, various cultivation arts are prevalent, and commerce is developed.
The Fire Cloud Sect spent a large amount of spiritual stones and continuously purchased a large amount of war supplies from places such as Gale City.
In addition, the Fire Cloud Sect also sent envoys to the Hedong branch of the Yellow Lotus Sect, hoping to contact the top leaders of the Hedong branch and agree that both parties would invade the Endless Sand Sea together.
The Huanglian Sect's Hedong Branch also invaded the Endless Sand Sea, but was later defeated by the Feihong Sect and expelled from the Endless Sand Sea.
After the forces of the Yellow Lotus Sect's Hedong branch were expelled from the Endless Sand Sea, they had been in constant confrontation with the Feihong Sect on the border and had many conflicts. The low-level disciples of the two sects often fought with each other.
But other than that, the Huanglian Sect's Hedong branch has taken no further action.
Jindan Zhenren of Huanglian Sect's Hedong branch has never stepped into the endless sea of sand.
More than three hundred years ago, when the Golden Elixir War broke out between the Huoyun Sect and the Feihong Sect, the Hedong Branch of the Huanglian Sect did not participate, and even showed no interest at all.
The Huoyun Sect was defeated in the Golden Elixir War, and Master Yun Yan, the top master in the sect at the time, was forced to make a ghost oath to restrain all Jindan Masters of the Fire Cloud Sect and never step into the endless sand sea again.
From beginning to end, the Huanglian Sect’s Hedong branch never paid attention to this matter.
This time, the Fire Cloud Sect sent an envoy to contact the Hedong branch of the Huanglian Sect, just with the idea of giving it a try. Success is gratifying, failure is nothing.
As expected, the Yellow Lotus Sect's Hedong branch did not have a positive attitude towards the large-scale invasion of the Endless Sand Sea.
The reply given by the top leaders of the Hedong branch was that if the Fire Cloud Sect invaded in a large scale, the Hedong branch might send a group of foundation-building monks to join the battle.
In fact, the foundation-building monks of the Huanglian Sect's Hedong branch have been fighting at the border with the foundation-building monks of the Feihong Sect all year round. All along, there have been foundation-building monks from the Hedong branch of the Yellow Lotus Sect secretly sneaking into the endless sand sea and engaging in some shameful deeds.
The Fire Cloud Sect was not very satisfied with the reply from the top brass of the Huanglian Sect's Hedong Branch.
Without sending Jindan Daoist to participate in the battle, just some foundation-building monks would not be able to have much impact on the battle situation.
In the war between Jindan Sect, only Jindan Zhenren is the final word.
It is difficult to blame the Huoyun Party for the attitude of the Huanglian Sect's Hedong Branch. Even without the reinforcements from the Huanglian Sect's Hedong Branch, the Fire Cloud Sect would have taken action alone.
Before his death, Master Yun Yan personally presided over the ceremony and planted a hidden secret in the endless sea of sand.
Over the years, the Fire Cloud Sect and the Earth Fire Sect have been secretly colluding. In particular, the Great Elder Lieyan of the Dihuo Sect relied entirely on the help of Master Yun Yan to successfully form the elixir.
Before forming the elixir, Great Elder Lieyan had sworn a ghost oath. Once the pill formation is successful, he will help the Fire Cloud Sect deal with the Feihong Sect.
The Fire Cloud Sect has invested a lot of money in the Great Elder Lieyan and has high hopes for him.
Many key points in the Fire Cloud Sect's invasion plan require the action of Master Lieyan.
But when it was about to launch, the Fire Cloud Sect suddenly couldn't contact Master Lieyan.
There is no news from the Lieyan Master, as if he has evaporated from the world.
The Fire Cloud Sect took this risk and sent envoys to the Endless Sand Sea just to meet with Shangguan Long Yan, the head of the Earth Fire Sect, to see if he had any definite information about the whereabouts of Master Lie Yan.
Hou Delu had already talked to Shangguan Long Yan once before, and Shangguan Long Yan insisted that he did not know the current whereabouts of Master Lie Yan. The only thing he knew was the news from Feihong Sect that Master Lieyan, Master Guangzhi, and Master Feizhen were all trapped in Yaofeng Gobi.
This time, Hou Delu heard the rumors circulating in Huojingfang City and approached Shangguan Long Yan again.
"Master Shangguan, there are rumors everywhere that Master Lieyan has died in Yaofeng Gobi. Do you think this statement is credible?"
After listening to Hou Delu's words, Shangguan Long Yan showed a hint of annoyance on his face.
"These are all rumors, spread secretly by Taiyi Sect."
"They think that Mingshafang City will be able to profit from the corruption of Huojingfang City. It's really a naive idea."
Li Xuan's actions that he thought were secret could not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Earth Fire Sect.
In the eyes of the veteran Dihuo Sect, a newly rising sect such as the Taiyi Sect is simply an upstart.
The Earth Fire Sect has a deep foundation, and its potential power is much stronger than that of the Taiyi Sect.
If Shangguan Long Yan hadn't had other concerns, he would have taken this opportunity to teach the Taiyi Sect a lesson.
"The Taiyi Sect's gang of villains are despicable and disgusting. One day, I will take care of them."
I heard from Shangguan Long Yan that the statement about the death of Master Lieyan was just a rumor spread by the Taiyi Sect and was not true. Hou Delu immediately lost interest in this and became more relieved.
"Master Shangguan, the matter with Taiyi Sect is just a trivial matter. Your top priority is to find a way to contact Master Lieyan."
"When our plan succeeds, you can deal with these clowns from the Taiyi Sect as you please. Now, don't waste your time on irrelevant things."
In response to Hou Delu's instructions, Shangguan Long Yan nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would definitely abide by them.
Next, the two chatted for a while before Hou Delu said goodbye and left. Before he left, he repeatedly told Shangguan Long Yan to get accurate information about Master Lieyan as soon as possible.
Shangguan Longyan agreed and sent Hou Delu away with a smile on his face.
As soon as Hou Delu's back disappeared, Shangguan Long Yan's expression immediately turned gloomy.
Hou Delu was an outsider and didn't know much about the situation in the Endless Sand Sea, so he easily accepted Shangguan Long Yan's words.
But in fact, the inside story is very complicated.
As a native of the Endless Sand Sea, Shangguan Longyan has been worried about the recent situation in the Endless Sand Sea.
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