Since receiving this stone tablet as a reward from the Dali Dynasty, Meng Zhang has stayed at Xiongshi Ridge for a long time.
Although after careful inspection, it was found that this stone tablet was just a third-level communication instrument, and there were no problems or hidden back-ends in it.
But out of caution, Meng Zhang still placed it on the side of Xiongshi Ridge instead of on the grassy slope of Taiyimen Mountain Gate.
Anyway, there is also a third-level spiritual vein here in Xiongshi Ridge, which is enough to drive this communication weapon.
Taiyi Sect's important mountain gate has many secrets, and the spiritual veins are the foundation of the mountain gate. It is better not to place such foreign magic weapons as much as possible.
During this time, Meng Zhang received various information on the stone tablet and also discovered some business opportunities.
The officials of the Dali Dynasty have always purchased spiritual grains and elixirs at relatively high prices.
Moreover, the officials of the Dali Dynasty also strongly encouraged the major cultivation forces within the territory to open up a large number of spiritual fields and build elixir gardens.
Dali Dynasty officials often provide high-quality spiritual grain seeds and elixir seeds at preferential prices. Loans will even be provided at very low interest rates to encourage planting.
It takes many years to cultivate elixirs, but most of them can be harvested within one or two years.
Of course, planting high-level spiritual valleys also consumes a lot of land resources.
Taiyi Sect, as a large Yuan Shen sect with few provinces in Jiuqu Province, supplies only a limited number of spiritual valleys to its disciples, and is far from being able to provide them openly.
Most of the time, disciples practice meditation, breathe out, and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice.
Meng Zhang not only read the current Di Bao, but also spent a lot of time reading the previous Di Bao.
From time to time, when the Dali Dynasty needed a large number of spiritual grains, they would even use military merit as a reward.
Meng Zhang secretly wrote down this matter.
Although he didn't know why the Dali Dynasty needed so many spiritual valleys, it gave him a new way to obtain military merit.
It's just that the mainland of Dali Dynasty is too far from Jiuqu Province, so transportation is a bit difficult.
Within the Dali Dynasty, military merit was a real hard currency that could be exchanged for many unprecedented spiritual objects.
In the former Jiuqu League, the elixirs and spiritual objects that assist in forming pills were very rare and often could not be bought with money. As for elixirs and elixirs that can assist in breaking through the Yuan Shen stage, they have almost never appeared on the market.
The materials in the Dali Dynasty's treasury are extremely rich, and there are many fourth-level items. There are even a lot of pills and spiritual objects that can help break through the Yuan Shen stage.
Meng Zhang's eldest disciple Niu Dawei and the sect elder Yang Xueyi have already reached the golden elixir level and are about to break through the Yuanshen stage.
Meng Zhang was originally considering exchanging military merit for some useful auxiliary items.
But firstly, Meng Zhang's military achievements were not enough, and secondly, they had already gone into seclusion, so Meng Zhang temporarily gave up his desire to exchange.
Of course, Taiyi Sect will definitely have more disciples preparing to break through to the Yuanshen stage in the future, so we still have to try our best to get some of these auxiliary items.
Meng Zhang's biggest worry now is that there are too many good things in the Dali Dynasty's treasury, and he wants a lot. But there are too few military merits, which are far from enough.
If Meng Zhang hadn't prioritized breaking through to the middle stage of Yuanshen and was unwilling to spend too much time and energy on other things, he would have started thinking about how to obtain a large amount of military merit.
In addition to communicating with the mainland of the Dali Dynasty, this stone tablet can also communicate with Jiuqu City, the capital of Jiuqu Province.
The target of the communication is the important institutions of Jiuqu Province, including the Governor's Office.
Meng Zhang played a key role in the last time the secret demon incident was easily pacified without causing any harm or loss.
If he hadn't seen through You Hongzhi's actions and allowed him to hide in Jiuqu Province, there's no telling how many people would have been killed by him.
It is not even impossible for You Hongzhi to take the initiative to launch a demonic disaster after he becomes big.
Zhang Wei knew this and valued Meng Zhang very much.
In particular, he thought that Meng Zhang had inherited Taiyi Sect's powerful demon-conquering methods, which would be of great use value.
Governor Zhang Wei can attach great importance to Meng Zhang, and the relationship between Wen Dongzhenjun and Meng Zhang has become better.
From time to time, Zhenjun Wendong would reveal some important news to Meng Zhang through the communication stone tablet.
Even Governor Zhang Weineng occasionally communicated with Meng Zhang.
From Zhang Weineng's mouth, Meng Zhang learned a lot of secrets.
In the world of cultivation, there have always been forces secretly resisting the Holy Land Sect.
As the ruler of the cultivation world, the Holy Land Sect is also the largest vested interest, occupying most of the resources in the cultivation world.
Some are dissatisfied with the status quo, some are ambitious and want to replace them, and some have grudges against the Holy Land Sect...
Don't look at the Holy Land Sect, which looks like it is unruly and invincible.
However, there has never been an end to cultivators who resisted his rule.
Many people in the Dali Dynasty felt sorry for the Taiyi Sect's destruction by Guantian Pavilion.
In the eyes of senior officials from the Dali Dynasty like Zhang Weineng, the Taiyi Sect is a fellow disciple and a comrade-in-arms.
It's just that he died before he left the army.
Although the Dali Dynasty is now being suppressed by the Ziyang Holy Sect, the Ziyang Holy Sect has always been unable to do anything to the Dali Dynasty.
Zhang Weineng even vaguely revealed to Meng Zhang that there was a powerful person behind the Dali Dynasty.
The struggle between the Dali Dynasty and the Ziyang Holy Sect involved the struggle between the great powers.
Although Meng Zhang didn't believe everything Zhang Weineng said, he felt relieved.
As long as what he said is true, the Dali Dynasty will not be in danger of being destroyed by the Ziyang Holy Sect in a short period of time.
As a newcomer to the Taiyi Sect, they will also have a long and stable life.
Faced with the increasing pressure of big foreign merchants, the small group formed by the local cultivation forces was obviously unreliable.
If Taiyi Sect wants to continue to survive, in addition to constantly striving for self-improvement, it also needs to find a big leg to hold on to.
Since Zhang Wei can respect Meng Zhang, of course Meng Zhang should hug this thigh tightly.
Sihai Trading Company was the leading trading firm in Jiuqu League at the beginning, and its business strength alone was very rare in the surrounding areas.
Such a large trading company was easily divided up by those large foreign merchants.
The small group originally formed by You Hongzhi naturally fell apart because of the incident involving You Hongzhi.
Although Zhang Weineng intended to protect these local cultivation forces, it was a fact that they were secretly dealing with foreign invaders, and they were even caught.
In order not to get offended, Zhang Weineng still had to punish them more or less.
Dealing with caravan members caught red-handed and imposing high fines are inevitable.
Large foreign merchants swallowed up Sihai Trading Company, small groups were punished, and the foreign dragons became even more arrogant.
If they weren't worried about Governor Zhang Weineng's attitude, they might have started to sweep away the local cultivation forces long ago.
At least in a short period of time, these local cultivation forces who have been taught a lesson will not dare to trade with those foreign invaders.
And because of the You Hongzhi incident, their superficial interactions have become extremely rare.
Taiyi Sect was not involved in that small group, nor was it implicated in this matter.
When Sihai Trading Company was annexed by big foreign merchants, Taiyi Sect followed suit and took some advantage.
It is definitely impossible for Taiyi Sect to get involved in the Sihai Trading Company's industry.
However, there are many outstanding cultivators among Sihai Commercial Bank, especially many outstanding management talents.
Because of You Hongzhi's involvement, many members of Sihai Trading Company were imprisoned.
Those who were lucky enough to escape jail would inevitably lose their jobs and become homeless.
Taiyi Sect began to recruit members of these Four Seas Trading Firms.
Meng Zhang even got through Zhenjun Wendong's connections and spent a lot of money to get many people out of prison.
Datong Business Alliance, a group of large foreign merchants with their own talents, would not trust outsiders at all. Coupled with their contempt for the local bumpkins, they will not compete with Meng Zhang for these talents.
Although due to the invasion of large foreign merchants, Taiyi Sect's income has dropped significantly.
However, the Taiyi Sect is still one of the most powerful primordial sects in Jiuqu Province, and it is still very attractive to those former members of Sihai Trading Company. Not to mention that Taiyi Sect fished them out of the prison, which was a life-saving grace.
Of course, with so many monks recruited at once, An Moran's secret hall was also very busy in addition to the necessary screening procedures.
Taiyi Sect has large territories in Yaofeng Gobi and Death Sand Sea. Especially in Yaofeng Gobi's territory, a large part is still undeveloped.
What Taiyi Sect lacks most is all kinds of manpower that can be used for development.
After Meng Zhang discovered the almost insatiable demand for spiritual grains and elixirs from the Dali Dynasty, he increased his efforts to develop the territory, vigorously developed spiritual fields, and built elixir gardens.
It takes a long time for the elixirs in the elixir garden to mature, and it will take at least a hundred years to achieve results.
But after the spiritual fields are reclaimed, spiritual grains can be produced within a few years.
Suddenly, many lands in Yaofeng Gobi that were suitable for the development of spiritual fields began to be vigorously developed.
Faced with the oppression of big foreign merchants, the local cultivation forces in Jiuqu Province had a very difficult time.
Only the Taiyi sect relied on Meng Zhang to manage well, so it was not greatly affected.
In addition, the weak water god general also gave Meng Zhang a big surprise since he was sent to Daheng Cultivation World.
When Meng Zhang seized the foundation of Maple Leaf Mountain City, it was just to leave a way for Taiyi Sect to retreat.
After the weak water god took full charge of Maple Leaf Mountain City in the past, he managed it well and continued to expand his sphere of influence there.
Daheng Cultivation World is a much more prosperous place than Jiuqu League.
After the Dali Dynasty conquered the Jiuqu League, they didn't know whether they were facing pressure from the Purple Sun Sect or were busy digesting the spoils. He actually stopped the pace of conquest and did not take action against Daheng Cultivation World.
The foundation of Maple Leaf Mountain City is located on the edge of the Daheng Realm. It seems inconspicuous, but it actually has great development prospects.
The weak water god will use the cover of Maple Leaf Mountain City to slowly expand his power while vigorously developing trade and trade with the local forces in the Daheng cultivation world.
Many elixirs, talismans, etc. that could not compete with large foreign merchants in Jiuqu Province and lost the market were transported here and became very popular here, earning Taiyi Sect a lot of spiritual stones.
In addition, Maple Leaf Mountain City also purchased many local specialties from the Daheng cultivation world and slowly transported them back to the door.
In this way, Taiyi Sect has a secret trade channel that is unknown to everyone.
The only restriction on this trade channel now is the connection between the two places through the mother-and-child transmission plate. Every time you teleport, you will consume Kongming Stone.
Jiuqu Province does not produce Kongming Stone.
In addition to buying some in the Daheng cultivation world, the only way is to deal with the big merchants from the Dali Dynasty.
Fortunately, although the relationship between the two parties is bad, no one will have trouble with Lingshi, and they will do the business that needs to be done.
As long as the Taiyi Sect is willing to spend a lot of spiritual stones and can accept the high prices, it can still buy the necessary Kongming Stones.
When Meng Zhang was dealing with important matters in the sect, he was also slowly accumulating strength to make up for his shortcomings.
After the head disciple Niu Dawei broke through the Yuan Shen stage in seclusion, Meng Zhang had to spend more energy on the affairs of the sect.
Fortunately, there is also a presbytery in the sect, and each hall can perform its own duties, which is enough to maintain the daily operation of the sect.
When the opportunity to break through the bottleneck came, Meng Zhang left everything behind without hesitation and began to retreat.
Although there is a bottleneck between the early stage of Yuanshen and the middle stage of Yuanshen, it is very difficult to break through. But there is no essential difference between these two realms.
The conditions for a breakthrough don’t sound difficult either. It is nothing more than strengthening the soul, enlightening the great road, etc.
Of course, not all monks in the early stage of Yuan Shen can break through to the middle stage of Yuan Shen.
The cultivation method is not sophisticated enough, the foundation is not solid enough, the savings are not strong enough, the soul is not strong enough, and the understanding of the Tao is not enough...
In particular, the understanding of the great road is the most important thing, and there are no shortcuts.
Many monks in the early stage of Yuan Shen were unable to break through to the middle stage of Yuan Shen until they ran out of life and passed away.
But these are not problems for Meng Zhang.
He has been reciting Taoist scriptures and studying Taoist scriptures all year round. His understanding of the Taoist scriptures has surpassed many monks in the middle stage of Yuanshen.
As for the accumulation in all aspects, after so many years of hard work, it is already enough.
After retreating into seclusion, Meng Zhang had numerous visions in his mind, the sound of the great avenue rang in his ears, and the vision of yin and yang changing appeared above his head.
This situation lasted for almost two years before it completely disappeared.
At this time, Meng Zhang naturally broke through the bottleneck and entered the middle stage of Yuanshen.
As his cultivation reached another level, Meng Zhang's strength improved greatly, his life level transformed again, and he gained more abilities.
Of course, Meng Zhang will also face a new big problem.
For monks in the middle stage of Yuanshen, absorbing and refining the essence of the Nine Heavens has no effect on their cultivation.
To carry out daily practice, you need to absorb the Yuqing spiritual energy.
The only place that Meng Zhang knew that produced the Yuqing Spirit Machine was the vast and extremely dangerous outer void.
Fortunately, he still had some Jade Spirit Machines he had acquired before, which was enough for him to stabilize his cultivation in the middle stage of Yuan Shen.
After his cultivation reached the middle stage of Yuanshen, Meng Zhang could not care about his future cultivation for the time being. Just use the resources at hand to first stabilize the current state of cultivation and become familiar with and master the newly improved strength.
It took another three years before Meng Zhang consolidated his cultivation in the middle stage of Yuanshen and left the retreat.
