Although there was still a long way to go before he could escape completely, Meng Zhang relied on a little cleverness to withdraw almost half of the monks, which was a good start.
Of course, this is the limit of what he can do.
The Jade Sword Sect has an estimate of the approximate number of strong men and cultivators above the Golden Core stage owned by each of its major cultivation forces.
Not to mention anything else, all the monks of Taiyi Sect who formed elixirs on their own territory, with names and surnames and clear origins, were naturally controlled by Jade Sword Sect.
At the level of a Jindan monk, it is difficult to hide from the Jade Sword Sect, and it is impossible to avoid the Jade Sword Sect's recruitment. As for Yuanshen monks, the major cultivation forces have at most single digits, so it is naturally impossible to hide them.
Although it is impossible for the Jade Sword Sect to know all the low-level monks in every force, it has a rough estimate. When issuing recruitment orders, they try their best to squeeze the potential of the major cultivation forces.
Meng Zhang relied on his good performance and his attitude of being incompatible with the Dali Dynasty to make the Jade Sword Sect be a little more relaxed towards the Taiyi Sect, giving him the opportunity to preserve part of his strength with some small tricks.
If he doesn't have the sense of propriety and continues to let other Jindan masters pretend to be seriously injured, then the senior officials of the Jade Sword Sect might come over and check it out personally.
In the following time, because neither side had the intention to start a war again, the situation fell into a temporary state of peace.
Meng Zhang didn't care what others did, but he took the time and started practicing regularly.
These few harvests allowed him not to worry about the Nine Heavens Essence for the time being. Even more luxuriously, he can directly absorb the refining jade spirit machine.
A group of elders from the Taiyi Sect managed the entire sect and the Hanhai Dao Alliance in an orderly manner, so he didn't need to worry too much.
The fourth-level Taoist robe he was wearing, the colorful rays of light, fell into a deep sleep after being damaged last time and never woke up.
Meng Zhang released the power of his soul and slowly warmed it up.
After such a period of time, its condition has improved greatly.
The power of a fourth-level magic weapon like the Colorful Ray Robe would be greatly reduced without the active cooperation of the weapon spirit, not to mention that the body of the magic weapon was also seriously damaged.
Fortunately, this magic weapon has the ability to automatically repair. Now it's just that the weapon spirit has fallen into a deep sleep, and the repair ability has not been fully exerted.
What Meng Zhang has to do now is to slowly consume the power of his soul to help the weapon spirit wake up as soon as possible.
Speaking of weapon spirits, Meng Zhang captured a fourth-level flying sword from Marshal Wang this time.
The spirit of this flying sword was very strong and never gave in to Meng Zhang.
If the weapon spirit doesn't cooperate or even hinders him, even if he uses the flying sword forcefully, it won't be able to exert much power.
In the Taiyi Sect's inheritance classics, many methods for subduing weapon spirits are recorded.
Some are gentle, some are tough, there are many methods of coercion, inducement, coaxing and deception.
Most of the weapon spirits of the fourth-level magic weapons have the intelligence of ordinary people at best, but they cannot defeat the cunning cultivators.
Needless to say the specific process, anyway, it took a lot of effort for Meng Zhang to subdue the spirit of this fourth-level magic weapon.
This flying sword is called Qianjun, and the weapon spirit has the same name as the flying sword.
Qianjun was made by a master craftsman enshrined by the Dali Dynasty using meteorite iron from the sky and Geng metal from the seabed. It has both the properties of water and gold.
Metal and water, two mutually reinforcing attributes of the five elements, greatly increase the power of the flying sword.
When the flying sword is successfully refined, it is only at level three.
Marshal Wang took him with him and fought in all directions together. After a long time, he was slowly promoted to the fourth level.
Among the fourth-level flying swords, Qianjun is not that outstanding, it can only be said to be a little better than the big guys.
However, there is absolutely no mortal thing that can grow into a fourth-level flying sword.
Meng Zhang didn't even have a fourth-level magic weapon in his hand before. Xu Mengying gave him a colorful glow robe, but it was mainly used for defense.
Now I grabbed a Thousand Army Sword and finally had an offensive weapon.
However, the fly in the ointment is that the Thousand Army Sword was personally upgraded to a fourth-level magical weapon by Marshal Wang, and its weapon spirit was created by Marshal Wang.
Qianling Qianjun was too loyal to Marshal Wang and found it difficult to completely surrender. Although Meng Zhang ostensibly surrendered, he did not dare to trust the other party too much.
Meng Zhang had to forcibly place a restriction in the weapon spirit's body to prevent the weapon spirit from rebelling.
In this way, because the weapon spirit is restricted, it cannot fully assist Meng Zhang in urging the flying sword, and the power of the flying sword is also greatly reduced.
But no matter what, having a fourth-level flying sword in hand is better than nothing.
Due to the ample supply of cultivation resources, Meng Zhang's cultivation speed has not slowed down too much and is still advancing steadily.
To be honest, most people in the Jiuqu League, including Meng Zhang, wished that this peaceful situation could continue forever without having to fight to the death with the terrifying Dali Dynasty army.
Once this settled down, however, many internal problems began to erupt.
In order to obtain war supplies, the Jade Sword Sect once again issued a collection order to all major cultivation forces under its command, forcing them to collect all kinds of supplies they had.
Regardless of human and material resources, these cultivation forces suffered great losses in the previous wars.
Now is the time when we should be recuperating and restoring our vitality, but the Jade Sword Sect ignores everyone's difficulties and forcibly recruits them, which is really a bit too much.
However, the Jade Sword Sect is fierce and powerful, and now they have the support of the Purple Sun Sect. These cultivation forces are unable to resist at all. They can only empty their treasury and drain the family's wealth to deal with the almost endless attacks of the Jade Sword Sect. Demands.
Taiyi Sect cannot avoid such forced recruitment.
Although the subordinate Hanhai Dao Alliance shared part of it, the Taiyi Sect also almost emptied the sect's large treasury before barely meeting the Jade Sword Sect's requirements.
Fortunately, for Yuanshen sects like Taiyi Sect, Jade Sword Sect still has some leeway and does not push too hard.
Some truly rare spiritual objects were secretly kept by Niu Dawei.
After receiving Meng Zhang's instructions from the weak water god general, he began to secretly transfer rare items to Maple Leaf Mountain City. At the same time, a few children with good qualifications were sent over.
In addition, no outsiders know what Taiyi Sect has achieved in Maple Leaf Mountain City.
If it weren't for the existence of the Ziyang Holy Sect, I'm afraid some cultivation forces on the Jiuqu Alliance would begin to secretly contact the Dali Dynasty.
Jade Sword Sect's actions have greatly harmed everyone's interests, and will certainly cause everyone's dissatisfaction.
After repelling the enemy and winning the battle, not only do you reward your merits, but you also need to further increase your exploitation. No matter how harsh your master is, you will not do this.
But the Jade Sword Sect did this because they really had no choice.
The senior officials of Jade Sword Sect also wanted to make rewards and punishments clear and rewards based on merit, and they were also unwilling to continue to send more troops and levy more troops.
However, the army of the Dali Dynasty only retreated temporarily, and its main force was not damaged. It may come back at any time.
Jade Sword Sect had to collect supplies, strengthen defense, and prepare for battle.
