Chapter 423: Return


    Meng Zhang, a new Gold Core Daoist Master, warmly weed the Foundation Building cultivators. It was rare to encounter such an approachable Gold Core Daoist Master, and everyone was excited. During the interaction with these Foundation Building cultivators, Meng Zhang also gained something valuable. Some of them expressed their willingness to join him.


    Rather than hastily epting or outright refusing, Meng Zhang tactfully shifted the topic. After receiving the Foundation Building cultivators, Meng Zhang sought out the Jade Sword Sect cultivator responsible for this area and requested a visit. Although he hadn''t received any help from the Jade Sword Sect, since he had quietly formed the core on someone else''s territory, it was proper to pay a visit and have a friendly chat.


    The request was ryed back to the Jade Sword Sect, a Primordial Spirit sect that didn''t typically pay much attention to a newly promoted Gold Core cultivator. Moreover, being a Sword Cultivator sect, they were known for their pride and seclusion, so rejecting someone from afar wouldn''t be surprising.


    However, to Meng Zhang''s surprise, the Jade Sword Sect not only agreed to his visit but also sent a Gold Core elder to receive him. They met not at the Jade Sword Sect''s main gate but at an estate not far from there.


    During their conversation, though mostly polite, the Jade Sword Sect''s Gold Core elder offered some advice to Meng Zhang. Grateful for the guidance, Meng Zhang expressed his admiration and longing for the Jade Sword Sect.


    The elder didn''t respond to Meng Zhang''s words and didn''t say much further. After a casual chat, Meng Zhang took his leave. With plenty of spiritual essence remaining, he didn''t urgently need a Third Rank spirit vein.


    Back in the courtyard where he had formed his core, Meng Zhang consolidated his Cultivation Base while observing the loose cultivators who expressed their desire to join him. Additionally, the Qian Family brothers whom Meng Zhang had saved and brought back to recover were now in decent shape. Though their prospects were dim, and they could only reach the mid-stage of Foundation Building in their Cultivation Base, they no longer had the heart to wander aimlessly.


    Grateful for Meng Zhang''s life-saving grace, the Qian Family brothers expressed their wish to serve and follow him. With Meng Zhang bing a Gold Core Daoist Master, his Divine Abilities, Mind Reading, and Deception Breaking Eye had made significant progress. Satisfied that the brothers were sincerely joining him without any hidden intentions, Meng Zhang weed them into his ranks.


    After entering the Gold Core stage, Meng Zhang needed to cultivate new secret techniques unique to Gold Core Daoist Masters. Only then could he truly possess thebat power of a Gold Core cultivator befitting his new status. He stayed in this ce for a few more years, during which four more Foundation Building cultivators joined him.


    Once his Cultivation Base waspletely stable, Meng Zhang led his newly acquired Foundation Building subordinates and set out to return to Taiyi Sect. After forming his core, Jue Ying had left on her own ord, but before departing, she made it clear that she might seek Meng Zhang''s help in the future and hoped he wouldn''t refuse.


    Meng Zhang was not the kind of person to forget old friends just because his Cultivation Base had grown stronger. He made a promise that if Jue Ying needed his help, she should inform him, and he would be there to assist her.


    Leaving the territory of the Jade Sword Sect, Meng Zhang and his group made their way to Great Wind City. After settling his subordinates, he paid a visit to Gu Yue Huaidie. However, she happened to be away, and it was Gu Yue Yon who received Meng Zhang. She was quite surprised that Meng Zhang had managed to form his Gold Core without using the Gu Yue Family''s Third Rank spirit vein.


    When Meng Zhang shared the story of how he had endured countless hardships to obtain the spirit essence from the Deadly Sea of Sand, Gu Yue Yon couldn''t help but be deeply impressed. As a highly regarded young member of the Gu Yue Family, she had heard many stories about the Deadly Sea of Sand. Meng Zhang''s experiences were truly extraordinary.


    Now that Meng Zhang had advanced to the Gold Core stage, their statuses were different, and Gu Yue Yon showed him even more respect, treating him with utmost deference. Of course, Meng Zhang didn''t disy any arrogance as a Gold Core Daoist Master in front of his old friend. Moreover, the Gu Yue Family, being a cultivation family, was never short of Gold Core Daoist Masters.


    Under Gu Yue Yon''s rmendation, Meng Zhang visited a Gold Core elder who oversaw external affairs in the Gu Yue Family. The two had a pleasant conversation and reached many agreements for cooperation.


    With Meng Zhang bing a Gold Core Daoist Master, Taiyi Sect naturally rose in prominence and became a Gold Core sect. Now, Taiyi Sect had gained the qualification to interact on an equal footing with the Gu Yue Family.


    After visiting the Gu Yue Family, Meng Zhang returned to Taiyi Sect with his subordinates. This time, he didn''t conceal his presence but openly returned to the sect. Nearly ten years had passed since he left the sect as a Foundation Building cultivator, and now he had returned as a Gold Core Daoist Master.


    Meng Zhang''s return brought excitement to the entire Taiyi Sect. The sect was abuzz, and all affiliated families and nearby cultivation forces were stirred up. After Guang ZhiDaoist Master from Forest Spring Watch and Daoist Master Roaring ze from Earthfire Sect, Meng Zhang was the third Gold Core Daoist Master not affiliated with Flying Swan Sect.


    After the initial shock, many people started to anticipate how Flying Swan Sect would react to this newly promoted Gold Core Daoist Master, Meng Zhang. They wondered what attitude the sect would take and how they would treat him.


    Some individuals who held ill intentions towards Taiyi Sect secretly hoped for Meng Zhang''s misfortune. Ever since the official war between Fire Cloud Sect and Flying Swan Sect, the fate of Guang ZhiDaoist Master and Daoist Master Roaring ze had spread throughout the Endless Sea of Sand.


    ording to Fire Cloud Sect, Flying Swan Sect used the pretext of defending against monster invasions to secretly harm the two Daoist Masters. The purpose was to eliminate all Gold Core Daoist Masters in the Endless Sea of Sand who didn''t belong to Flying Swan Sect, ensuring their dominance.


    Flying Swan Sect, on the other hand, had a different version of events. They imed that Guang ZhiDaoist Master and Daoist Master Roaring ze had conspired with Fire Cloud Sect during the monster invasion to create chaos in the Endless Sea of Sand.


    Thus, Flying Swan Sect took decisive action and killed Guang ZhiDaoist Master and Daoist Master Roaring ze. As for which version was the truth, only the two sides themselves knew for sure.


    At least on the surface, all the cultivation forces in the Endless Sea of Sand staunchly believed Flying Swan Sect''s ount, remaining loyal to them and refusing to believe the malicious rumors spread by Fire Cloud Sect.


    Regardless of the reasons, the fact that the two Gold Core Daoist Masters not belonging to Flying Swan Sect had died at the sect''s hands was indisputable.


    Everyone still remembered how Flying Swan Sect had dealt with the cultivation forces attempting to cultivate Gold Core Daoist Masters in the Endless Sea of Sand.


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