Sect Master’s Immortal Journey

Chapter 134: Cave Mansion

There was a somewhat elusive connection between Twin Success Valley and the Ghost Path cultivators. Twin Success Valley had started secretly collecting spiritual treasures required for Foundation Building cultivators to advance to the Gold Core stage. Li Nu reported this information to the Flying Swan Sect, which drew their attention. The Flying Swan Sect ordered Li Nu to intensify surveillance on Twin Success Valley. Additionally, the Flying Swan Sect began using various means to gather intelligence on Twin Success Valley.

In the eyes of the Flying Swan Sect, the so-called ten Foundation Building cultivators of Twin Success Valley were not worth mentioning. Not to mention the hundreds of Foundation Building cultivators they had, even any one of the three Gold Core Daoist Masters would be enough to slaughter Twin Success Valley.

However, if Twin Success Valley wanted to cultivate a Gold Core Daoist Master, the situation would be entirely different. The Flying Swan Sect controlled most of the Endless Sea of Sand, but they only had three Gold Core Daoist Masters. If Twin Success Valley had one Gold Core Daoist Master, the entire situation in the Endless Sea of Sand would change. Twin Success Valley would possess the ability to resist the Flying Swan Sect, and their rule over the region would be shaken.

Among the subordinate forces, no matter how close their relationship or loyalty to the Flying Swan Sect, having a Gold Core Daoist Master was an absolute prohibition. This was the bottom line of the Flying Swan Sect and the core of their rule.

Of course, cultivating a Gold Core Daoist Master was not an easy task. With Twin Success Valley's resources and strength, it was far from enough to cultivate a Gold Core Daoist Master. Even for the Flying Swan Sect, attempting to cultivate one using the full power of their sect might not necessarily succeed. The three Gold Core Daoist Masters the Flying Swan Sect currently had were the result of centuries of accumulation and were the sect's greatest reliance.

Because of this, the Flying Swan Sect had only increased its surveillance on Twin Success Valley in secret and had not taken any actual action. If Twin Success Valley failed to cultivate a Gold Core Daoist Master, they would remain a good subordinate to the Flying Swan Sect, and the Flying Swan Sect wouldn't need to tarnish its own righteous image by attacking them. However, the moment Twin Success Valley showed any signs of success, they would immediately face the fierce retaliation of the Flying Swan Sect.

Upon reading this information in Li Nu's mind, Meng Zhang felt a sense of unease. Why couldn't Twin Success Valley just be an obedient subordinate of the Flying Swan Sect? Why did they have to try to cultivate a Gold Core Daoist Master and attract the attention of the Flying Swan Sect?

As an affiliated sect of the Flying Swan Sect, Taiyi Sect would suffer a terrible fate if Twin Success Valley were annihilated by the Flying Swan Sect. Especially since Meng Zhang had secretly supplied white hidden earth ore to Twin Success Valley, without the Flying Swan Sect's knowledge, in the past two years.

Meng Zhang couldn't help but feel extremely annoyed. How did Taiyi Sect end up on the same boat as Twin Success Valley? And now, they were considering jumping ship and seeking refuge with the Flying Swan Sect. But even if the Flying Swan Sect might not accept Taiyi Sect, once the news got out, Twin Success Valley would surely exterminate Taiyi Sect.

Twin Success Valley could still be a good subordinate to the Flying Swan Sect if they abandoned their goal of cultivating a Gold Core Daoist Master. However, Taiyi Sect didn't have the ability or opportunity to make such a turn. They were too weak and had little room for maneuvering. Meng Zhang could only temporarily put aside all his worries and take it one step at a time.

As for why Li Nu and the others were present in this situation, it was because Li Nu stumbled upon some intelligence by chance. In this area, there was a Cave Mansion left behind by a cultivator from the Purple Gold Sect. After the Flying Swan Sect destroyed the Purple Gold Sect, they actively sought out everything related to them, apart from relentlessly hunting down the remnants.

Li Nu had obtained information about the Cave Mansion of the Purple Gold Sect cultivator a while ago but didn't immediately report it to the Flying Swan Sect. Instead, he gathered a group of cultivators to investigate and see if there were any advantages they could gain.

Unfortunately for them, they ran into Meng Zhang and Jue Ying head-on.

After dealing with Li Nu and the others' bodies on the ground, Meng Zhang and Jue Ying started collecting the spoils of war, erasing all traces, and eliminating any future troubles.

Thankfully, Li Nu was only an external scout for the Flying Swan Sect and not an official disciple. Flying Swan Sect had plenty of external scouts like him, and a few missing scouts occasionally were not a big deal.

Meng Zhang and Jue Ying acted unnoticed and left no clues that could be traced back to them.

After dealing with the aftermath of the battle, Meng Zhang took Jue Ying with him and sneaked underground towards the Cave Mansion of the cultivator.

Together, they swiftly arrived in a spacious underground space.

Inside the Cave Mansion, there was a sitting corpse with its legs crossed. In front of the corpse was a letter.

Despite being in a spiritually rich Cave Mansion, this corpse had deteriorated over hundreds of years and was gradually decaying.

Meng Zhang and Jue Ying first paid their respects to the corpse. They knew it was important to show proper etiquette when inheriting someone else's legacy.

Meng Zhang picked up the letter from the ground and began reading it carefully.

The letter provided a simple introduction to the cultivator's identity. He was an Inner-Sect Disciple of the Purple Gold Sect, who ended up here after the sect's downfall.

In the letter, this cultivator heavily criticized the Flying Swan Sect, describing them as unprecedented demons. He also implored whoever received his legacy not to seek refuge with the Flying Swan Sect and, if possible, to oppose them.

It seemed that this Purple Gold Sect cultivator held deep grievances against the Flying Swan Sect.

Taiyi Sect, being a small sect, didn't even have the qualification to seek refuge with the Flying Swan Sect. As an affiliate of Twin Success Valley, they were now secretly deceiving the Flying Swan Sect.

It appeared that Taiyi Sect fulfilled all the requests of this cultivator in the letter, and so Meng Zhang felt justified in accepting his legacy.

After reading the letter, Meng Zhang and Jue Ying proceeded to enter the left-side chamber of the Cave Mansion.

This room had been cultivated into a small spirit field, covering less than an acre.

Inside the spirit field, they found an abundance of profound ginseng, a common Spirit Plant whose value depended mainly on its age.

Profound ginseng that had grown for just a few years was the lowest-grade herb and worth next to nothing. However, once it reached several decades or even a hundred years of age, profound ginseng became quite valuable and was widely used in various spiritual medicines.

In this spirit field, the profound ginseng had been growing for hundreds of years. Even buried in the soil, the thick medicinal fragrance couldn't be concealed.

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