While Meng Zhang and Xu Mengying were making various preparations to kill True Lord Yue Feng, the situation in the Jiuqu League was undergoing great changes.
The Jade Sword Sect, which had long wanted to break with the Qingyuan Sect and break away from the Jiuqu Alliance, finally stopped hiding it and began to act openly.
The Jade Sword Sect withdrew its elders, elders, and all disciples stationed in Jiuqu City, publicly announced its withdrawal from the Jiuqu League, and would no longer have any relationship with the Jiuqu League.
The forces of the Jade Sword Sect completely withdrew from the south of the Jiuqu Alliance and retreated to the north where the Jade Sword Sect's headquarters is located.
The Jade Sword Sect will use the area where the Huanglian Sect's mountain gate is as the dividing line to draw a clear boundary with the Qingyuan Sect, and from now on it will exclusively occupy the northern part of the Jiuqu League.
The public break between the two giant sects has greatly affected the major cultivation forces within the Jiuqu Alliance.
Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, all the major cultivation forces were forced to take sides and fell into the two camps.
Generally speaking, most of the cultivation forces in the south follow the Qingyuan Sect, while most of the cultivation forces in the north belong to the Jade Sword Sect.
Of course, there are still some cultivation forces who have not taken sides yet. They are either waiting for a price, or making a last-ditch effort to prevent the Jiuqu Alliance from splitting.
A force like Sihai Commercial Bank, which started out as a trader, was very reluctant to see the Jiuqu Alliance split. Even though they knew it was useless, the top management of Sihai Trading Company still ran around trying to bridge the differences between Qingyuan Sect and Jade Sword Sect.
True Lord Yue Feng of the Huanglian Sect is wavering between the Jade Sword Sect and the Qingyuan Sect, waiting for a price. Xu Mengying has been staying at Taiyi Gate during this period, making no public appearances or expressing her stance.
There are also some forces that have the True Lord of Yuanshen, and they are still waiting and watching. However, as the situation develops, their neutral position cannot be maintained for long.
For example, the Shangguan family in the north of the Jiuqu League, Wu Rift Valley and other Yuanshen forces have a relatively detached status due to historical reasons, and they are still waiting to see the development of the situation.
The Dark Alliance branch still has not expressed its position at this time.
The Dark Alliance branch has already broken with the Dali Dynasty, and of course it does not want to see the Jiuqu Alliance split, weakening the power to resist the Dali Dynasty.
However, the Dark Alliance branch did not have the ability to prevent the Jiuqu Alliance from splitting.
The Dark Alliance branch agrees with the Jade Sword Sect's position, but is also unwilling to offend the Qingyuan Sect too much.
The Dark Alliance branch also has many strongholds, located in the south of the Jiuqu Alliance and within the Qingyuan Sect's sphere of influence.
In the view of Red Pig True Lord and others, if the Dali Dynasty really invades the Jiuqu League, the Qingyuan Sect and its subordinate forces will also be a valuable resistance force.
Among the top leaders of the Jiuqu Alliance, there are also many monks with casual cultivating backgrounds. Other monks aside, a few Yuanshen True Monarchs became the objects of contention between the two sides.
Like Zhenjun He Luo, he sided with Qingyuan Sect without hesitation. However, Zhenjun Xuanfeng has always stayed behind closed doors and has not expressed his stance easily.
Almost overnight, such a large force as the Jiuqu League fell apart and fell into a confrontation between the north and the south.
Of course, for such a large power, it does not mean that splitting can be done neatly. There are still many ends that need to be resolved.
The industries, resources, materials, etc. in Jiuqu League need to be divided.
Even if the Jade Sword Sect is willing to make concessions on these things, it will not give them all the advantage of the Qingyuan Sect.
According to Jade Sword Sect's wishes, both parties should cut it off as soon as possible and break up peacefully. But Qingyuan Sect was unwilling to accept all this.
Qingyuan Sect is the largest sect in the Jiuqu League and the actual master of the Jiuqu League.
As a sword cultivating sect, the Jade Sword Sect is impatient of fighting for power and profit.
Since the establishment of the Jiuqu League, the Qingyuan Sect has been responsible for the internal affairs of the Jiuqu League, and the Jade Sword Sect has been responsible for external conquests. This division of labor and cooperation ensures the stability of the Jiuqu League.
Regarding the issue of dealing with the Dali Dynasty, Qingyuan Sect repeatedly rejected the Yujian Sect's proposal to start a war. From the Jade Sword Sect's perspective, this was a sign that the Qingyuan Sect had crossed a line and violated the minimum consensus between the two parties.
That's why the Jade Sword Sect wanted to separate from the Qingyuan Sect.
The Qingyuan Sect originally controlled almost the entire Jiuqu Alliance. Now that the Jiuqu Alliance is split, both the territory and the cultivation power have been reduced by almost half. It is impossible for the Qingyuan Sect to accept it.
One party wants to break up peacefully, but the other party thinks that he has suffered a loss and insists on holding on and not letting go.
Between the two giant sects, even if they break up, they can't live in peace.
If it weren't for the imminent threat from the Great Li Dynasty outside and the full persuasion from the Sihai Trading Company internally, the two giant sects might have gone full force.
When all the major cultivation forces in the Jiuqu League are taking sides, Taiyi Sect will naturally not make any exceptions.
Taiyi Sect has long been included in the Yujian Sect's camp and serves the Jade Sword Sect. What I want to express now is my attitude of breaking with the Qingyuan Sect.
On the Yaofeng Gobi, there were originally some cultivation forces, which were arranged here by Qing Yuan Zong Zhenjun Qing Lan.
In the past, Meng Zhang was unwilling to break up with Zhenjun Qinglan, so he tolerated the existence of these cultivation forces. Now, the Taiyi Sect must faithfully follow the Jade Sword Sect, so naturally they no longer need to give face to True Lord Qinglan.
Meng Zhang always leaves room for action. He did not do anything absolutely perfect, but gave two choices.
These cultivation forces either drew a clear line with True Lord Qinglan, swore allegiance to Taiyi Sect, and became vassals of Taiyi Sect from then on.
Either give up everything in Yaofeng Gobi, be sent out by Taiyi Menli, and leave Yaofeng Gobi honestly.
What surprised Meng Zhang was that in addition to most of the forces being forced to move away, there were actually a few forces that were willing to stay.
But what are the thoughts of these people staying behind? They will become vassals of Taiyi Sect in the future, and Taiyi Sect will naturally have ways to slowly train them.
Around the Taiyi Sect, the Gu Yue family, which controls Gale City, has long been in the Jade Sword Sect's camp, so needless to say.
Forces such as the Huoyun Sect and the Huanglian Sect's Hedong Branch are still waiting for the decision from the True Lord Yuanshen behind them.
The three major sects that fled from the Hengjue Mountains to the Jiuqu Alliance all sided with the Jade Sword Sect without exception.
They were at odds with the Dali Dynasty, so of course they had to support the Jade Sword Sect, which was the most determined to resist the Dali Dynasty.
Generally speaking, after the two giants, Yujianmen and Qingyuan Sect, broke up, they stood still. Most of the cultivating forces have taken sides, while a small number of cultivating forces have an ambiguous attitude.
There is another thing that many people know well but no one has revealed, that is, many of the cultivation forces of the Jiuqu Alliance are secretly connected with the Dali Dynasty.
Both the Jade Sword Sect and the Qing Yuan Sect are aware of this situation, but they seem to be unable to come up with a feasible solution.
If they hadn't reached an agreement at the beginning, maybe even the Taiyi Sect would have hooked up with the Dali Dynasty.
Meng Zhang understands this situation and is very worried about the current situation of the Jiuqu League.
However, even though he is already the True Lord of Yuanshen, he is still powerless in this kind of matter.
The only thing he could do was to order Taiyi Sect to actively prepare for war and be ready to deal with an all-out attack from the Dali Dynasty at any time.
