Sect Master’s Immortal Journey - Chapter 536: Xueyi Forms the Core

The ghost cultivator, and the demonic cultivator in the Deadly Sea of Sand were not given enough attention by True Monarch Tian Zhu in the past. Moreover, in the agreement reached during his gambling match with the Fifth Rank great power, it was stated that he would not actively interfere in the affairs of the Deadly Sea of Sand. Of course, True Monarch Tian Zhu is not completely indifferent to everything happening in the Deadly Sea of Sand. Over the years, Jin LiDaoist Master has been monitoring the situation in the Deadly Sea of Sand on his behalf.

Now, with the sudden changes occurring in the Deadly Sea of Sand, if it weren’t for the timely information provided by Meng Zhang, Jin LiDaoist Master would not have known when the situation would be discovered. At that time, she would definitely face consequences from True Monarch Tian Zhu for her negligence. Jin LiDaoist Master appreciated Meng Zhang’s efforts. Before leaving with Jin Qiao’er, she assured Meng Zhang that she would definitely show her gratitude in the future.

After Jin LiDaoist Master left Grand Lion Ridge, she first sent Jin Qiao’er back to Qiaoshou Sect and then went directly to the Deadly Sea of Sand. However, there has been no news from her since her departure, and even Jin Qiao’er has been unable to contact her. Helpless, Meng Zhang had no choice but to temporarily set aside this matter and focus on cultivation.

Even Jin LiDaoist Master did not want to provoke the demonic cultivators in the Little Demon Abyss, so Meng Zhang certainly would not meddle. He earnestly instructed the cultivators from Hanhai Alliance who entered the Deadly Sea of Sand not to approach Black Wind Grave and the Little Demon Abyss. In fact, even without Meng Zhang’s reminder, these cultivator teams would avoid those two places. They went inside to seek benefits and definitely did not want to provoke the ghost cultivators and demonic cultivators.

Before Meng Zhang received the news of Black Wind Grave being occupied by the demonic cultivators, the cultivator teams entering the Deadly Sea of Sand rarely encountered ghost cultivators, let alone demonic cultivators. After Black Wind Grave was occupied, apart from the sand monsters, the cultivator teams encountered almost no other external enemies in the Deadly Sea of Sand.

In this situation, besides reminding everyone to be more cautious, Meng Zhang could only order the cultivators in the sect to strengthen their patrols and regularly patrol the border between Demon Wind Gobi and the Deadly Sea of Sand to prevent any unexpected incidents. Until Jin LiDaoist Master returned, he could only maintain the current situation.

Meng Zhang, who focused his thoughts on cultivation, spent some time completely refining the spiritual bead and forming the prototype of the Sun Moon Divine Pearl. Next, he needed to patiently nurture it with his own cultivated True Essence and gradually infuse the power of the Sun and Moon Divine Light into it.

While Meng Zhang was wholeheartedly refining the Sun Moon Divine Pearl, the disciples of Taiyi Sect were not idle either. The disciples whom Meng Zhang had high hopes for all made significant progress, and new generations of disciples were emerging one after another.

Since Taiyi Sect migrated on a large scale to Demon Wind Gobi, many mortals under their jurisdiction have established themselves in the An Family. In this place with more abundant resources and more suitable for human habitation, the number of mortals under their jurisdiction has rapidly increased. With the increase in the mortal population, the number of awakened spiritual roots has also grown.

Taiyi Sect is no longer the small sect it used to be. With its current development, the number of disciples in the sect is increasing. When recruiting new disciples, they are no longer as desperate as before but have certain standards. Those with extremely poor aptitude cannot directly join Taiyi Sect unless there are special circumstances. However, not being able to join Taiyi Sect directly does not mean that these people cannot embark on the path of cultivation.

Taiyi Sect has long established the Co-operative Society, which recruits a large number of loose cultivators and cultivators from other families and sects. They also have arrangements for recruiting new cultivation talents. Even cultivators with the lowest aptitude, after joining the Co-operative Society and embarking on the path of cultivation, have the opportunity to join Taiyi Sect if they can pass numerous tests and gain the recognition of the high-ranking members in the sect.

Taiyi Sect now has many affiliated families. When these affiliated families recruit new members, they are not picky. Additionally, there are many members in the Hanhai Alliance, and they do not have the luxury of being selective like Taiyi Sect. Especially for some weaker cultivation forces, they are satisfied as long as they can recruit new members.

With the increase in the threshold for recruiting disciples in Taiyi Sect, the quality of newly admitted disciples is getting higher. Through the sect’s cultivation, truly outstanding individuals can quickly stand out. The original senior disciples, who have been in the sect for a longer time, have temporarily gone further on the path of cultivation.

Yang Xueyi, whom Meng Zhang put a lot of effort into recruiting into the sect, has completed the Foundation Building stage of her cultivation base after this period of training in the Deadly Sea of Sand. She had already stepped down from the position of Hall Master and now serves as an elder in the sect, giving her more time for cultivation. Recently, she informed Meng Zhang that she would be entering seclusion to break through to the Gold Core stage.

Yang Xueyi has made significant contributions to the sect and has achieved great military merits in external battles. She has continuously refined a large number of talismans for the sect and has also cultivated many outstanding Talisman Masters, which is a remarkable achievement.

Currently, Taiyi Sect is particularly eager for the strength of Gold Core. In order to support Yang Xueyi’s advancement to the Gold Core stage, Meng Zhang has allowed her to seclude herself in the area of Grand Lion Ridge, where the spiritual energy is the most abundant. The spiritual energy from the Third Rank spirit vein in Grand Lion Ridge is sufficient for Yang Xueyi to advance to the Gold Core stage. To achieve this, Meng Zhang has voluntarily reduced his own absorption of spiritual energy.

Before Yang Xueyi entered seclusion, Meng Zhang personally passed on all his experiences of advancing to the Gold Core stage to her. In fact, after Meng Zhang formed his own core, he recorded his insights and experiences from that time, as well as the key points he obtained from Luo Ye Daoist Master, in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

As Meng Zhang’s cultivation base continued to improve, his understanding of the Gold Core stage deepened. Through exchanges with Luo Ye Daoist Master and Gu Yue Huaidie, he learned a lot. All this knowledge was also recorded in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

Even several Guardian Spirit Generals of Taiyi Sect, after gradually recovering their memories, supplemented the records in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion with their own experiences of forming the core in the past.

Before preparing to form the core, Yang Xueyi naturally spent her sect’s merits to exchange for relevant content from the Hidden Scripture Pavilion. She studied it meticulously and repeatedly.

Now, despite the repetition of many contents, she still gained something from Meng Zhang’s personal teachings.

In addition, some time ago, Extreme Sword Spirit General and Shocking Thunder Spirit General ventured into the Deadly Sea of Sand together. After numerous battles, they destroyed a nest of sand monsters and successfully obtained a spiritual marrow.

They did not keep it for themselves but handed over the carefully preserved spiritual marrow to Sect Master Meng Zhang.

Meng Zhang bestowed this carefully preserved spiritual marrow to Yang Xueyi for future use.

In the Cultivation World, there are many kinds of pills and spiritual objects that assist in forming the core. Each of them is not only expensive but also very rare, rarely available in the market. Even if one is willing to spend spirit stones, it is not guaranteed that they can be purchased.

In Jiuqu League and the Endless Sea of Sand, even Foundation Building Pills are considered important strategic resources, let alone pills and spiritual objects that can assist in forming the core.

Given the current situation of Taiyi Sect, it is unable to provide any other spiritual objects that can assist in forming the core.

However, Yang Xueyi is not concerned about this. As long as there is an abundant supply of spiritual energy from the Third Rank spirit vein, she has the confidence and determination to advance to the Gold Core stage.

After making all the necessary preparations, Yang Xueyi began her seclusion to advance to the Gold Core stage.

During Yang Xueyi’s seclusion, Meng Zhang and Delicate Water Spirit General stayed in Grand Lion Ridge to protect her.

Five years later, the spiritual energy above Grand Lion Ridge surged, and the sky was filled with colorful clouds. Chaotic spiritual energy quickly gathered, forming a series of tides. Many disciples of Taiyi Sect who were originally cultivating had to interrupt their practice and look towards the direction of the surging spiritual energy.

Meng Zhang and other high-ranking members who knew the situation were initially nervous, staring at that direction without blinking.

After a while, the surrounding spiritual energy returned to calm, and rays of light appeared in the sky.

Meng Zhang, as an experienced person, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

From then on, Taiyi Sect had one more Gold Core Daoist Master.

Like other cultivators, when Yang Xueyi formed her core, there were obvious signs that couldn’t be concealed.

Not long after, the news of Yang Xueyi becoming a Gold Core Daoist Master spread throughout Taiyi Sect, both internally and externally, and quickly reached every corner of the Endless Sea of Sand.

Everyone in the sect was excited about the addition of a Gold Core Daoist Master. Previously, although Taiyi Sect claimed to be a Gold Core sect, Meng Zhang was the only Gold Core Daoist Master, and the success or failure of the entire sect rested solely on him.

Now, with the addition of Yang Xueyi as a Gold Core Daoist Master, the sect had greater security and the disciples had more confidence.

Finally, Taiyi Sect could firmly establish its position among the Gold Core sects.

Due to Meng Zhang’s strict confidentiality, most disciples in the sect were unaware that Delicate Water Spirit General had already restored her Gold Core stage cultivation base. Otherwise, the sect would have already started a grand celebration.

Among the members of the Hanhai Alliance, the cultivation forces that were loyal to Taiyi Sect naturally felt happy and relieved about the increased strength of Taiyi Sect. As for those who were not convinced, they secretly hid their inappropriate thoughts.

With the addition of a Gold Core Daoist Master in Taiyi Sect, their strength surpassed that of the Northern Desert Qi Family. In the future, Northern Desert Qi Family would need to carefully consider how to interact with Taiyi Sect.

At this time, the atmosphere within the Flying Swan Sect was very complicated.

Flying Swan Sect, which had ruled the Endless Sea of Sand for many years, had experienced hardships and continuous decline in the past few years. It was only in recent years that they had the opportunity to recuperate.

However, Taiyi Sect, which was once an insignificant small sect and a vassal of Twin Success Valley, continued to grow and rise step by step.

Taiyi Sect occupied a large area of the Demon Wind Gobi and had the potential to compete with Flying Swan Sect. After Yang Xueyi formed her core, Taiyi Sect truly possessed the strength to directly confront Flying Swan Sect.

The members of Flying Swan Sect had complex feelings, but let’s not mention that for now. After Yang Xueyi formed her core, she did not immediately come out of seclusion. She still needed time to consolidate her cultivation base in the Gold Core stage and become familiar with the new realm.

During Yang Xueyi’s formation of the core, she did not rely on any external assistance, not even using the spiritual marrow.

Her formation of the core went very smoothly, without leaving any sequelae or the like.

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