Chapter 161 Fake pills
Even Meng Zhang, who was practicing hard in seclusion, was alarmed by a series of major events happening outside.
Meng Zhang really couldn't understand how the news that Shuangfeng Valley secretly cultivated the Jindan Master was supposed to be Shuangfeng Valley's top secret, but how could the information leak out and become known to everyone.
In the past, some vague news about this was secretly spread, and Feihong Sect's spies also got some clues. Meng Zhang also obtained some information from Feihong Sect's spy Li Nu.
But the news that was originally spread within a small area suddenly spread to a large area.
The Feihong Sect was not in a hurry to take action against Shuangfeng Valley, but planned to observe and wait and see the success or failure of Shuangfeng Valley. If the Shuangfeng Valley monks really started to form pills, someone from the Feihong Sect would naturally stop it.
After this news spread, not only Shuangfenggu was very passive, but even Feihong Sect could no longer remain silent.
As the overlord of the endless sand sea, although it has never been explicitly stipulated, all forces know that Feihong Sect will never allow other forces to cultivate Jindan Zhenren.
Now that Shuangfeng Valley has shown signs of this, if Feihong Sect does nothing, it will encourage this trend and undermine its own prestige.
Although Feihong Sect's recent actions only targeted Shuangfeng Valley, Taiyi Sect, as a vassal force of Shuangfeng Valley, also suffered a disaster.
The decline of Mingshafang City had a huge impact on Taiyimen. Not only did they lose the income from the grocery store, but they also lost a channel for purchasing supplies.
It turns out that the red copper ore secretly mined was secretly sold to the Dihuo Sect. However, under the current situation, the Dihuo Sect has to worry about Feihong Sect's orders, so it can only temporarily interrupt the transaction with Taiyi Sect.
Taiyi Sect, as a vassal force of Shuangfeng Valley, was also blocked. Its disciples could not pass through the blockades of the major forces to go to Mingshafang City and Huojingfang City.
The Feihong Sect was very thoughtful and worried that Shuangfeng Valley would use the name of a vassal force to conduct material transactions with foreign countries. Therefore, all caravans of vassal forces in Shuangfeng Valley were not allowed to pass through the blockade.
Taiyi Sect originally had a stable transaction with Lao Bulu, but due to Feihong Sect's order, Lao Bulu temporarily stopped acquiring the Baizang soil mined by Taiyi Sect.
The situation is not too bad, and the current Taiyi Sect already has a certain ability to be self-sufficient.
The spiritual grain harvested every year can barely meet the needs of the disciples. The elixir transaction with Shi Weiming has just changed the location and has not been greatly affected.
Although it lost the income from selling red copper ore, Shuangfenggu has been purchasing Baizang soil mines at market prices. After Lao Bubu stopped purchasing, all Baizang soil mines were acquired by Shuangfenggu. And Shuangfenggu didn't stop.
He urged Taiyi Sect to invest more manpower and increase mining volume as soon as possible.
Meng Zhang is not too worried as Taiyi Sect can still maintain its status. What he has to do now is to build the foundation as soon as possible. With the strength in the foundation building period, he will have stronger ability to cope with the great changes that will follow.
While the situation around Shuangfeng Valley is changing and turbulent, the interior of Shuangfeng Valley is also full of undercurrents and turbulence.
On this day, in the main hall of the leader of Shuangfenggu, Shuangfenggu summoned almost all the elders and held an elders meeting to decide the next step of the sect.
Now Shuangfeng Valley is in the eye of the storm, and it is a critical moment. If you accidentally make a mistake, you may be wiped out.
Xiao Haisheng, the head of Shuangfenggu, who was supposed to be sitting at the top position, actually voluntarily gave up his position at this elders meeting.
Xiao Haisheng has been the leader of Shuangfeng Valley for many years and has great authority. Moreover, with his cultivation in the late stage of foundation building, he is considered a master in the entire endless sand sea.
The Feihong Sect is only three Jindan Daoists, so they must treat late-stage foundation-building monks like Xiao Haisheng seriously.
Not to mention anything else, Xiao Haisheng's power alone is actually enough to suppress the three forces of the Liu family, Lin Quanguan and Qingzhushan.
Today, the old man sitting above Xiao Haisheng obviously has a higher status.
This old man's name is Xiao Fengnen, he is Xiao Haisheng's uncle, and he is also a fake alchemy monk.
The so-called fake elixir monks, that is, monks who have perfect foundation building, cannot use normal methods to form elixirs, but have to use heretical methods to form fake elixirs.
The fake elixir monks are far inferior to the real golden elixir monks in terms of strength and longevity. However, they have an overwhelming advantage against the foundation-building monks.
The fake elixir monks have a lifespan of about three hundred years, and the golden elixir monks have a lifespan of at least five hundred years. The fake elixir monks are still stronger than the foundation-building perfection monks, but they absolutely cannot resist the real golden elixir monks.
The real trump card of Shuangfenggu is not the so-called Ten Foundation Building, but the fake elixir monk Xiao Fengnian.
More than a hundred years ago, Shuangfenggu accidentally obtained the inner elixir of a third-level monster.
Using the inner elixir of a third-level monster as the main medicine, you can refine a batch of foundation-building elixirs.
But the head of Shuangfenggu at the time had other ideas.
First of all, Shuangfeng Valley can originally refine the Small Foundation Establishment Pill. Although the potency of the medicine is far inferior to the real Foundation Establishment Pill, the success rate of Foundation Establishment after the disciples take it is not high. But at least there is the Small Foundation Establishment Pill, which is very effective for the Foundation Establishment.
Dan's needs are not that urgent.
Secondly, the leader clearly realized that having a few more Foundation-Building Stage monks in Shuangfeng Valley would not essentially improve Shuangfeng Valley’s strength and heritage. A few more Foundation-Building Pill monks would mean a few fewer Foundation-Building Stage monks.
The monks cannot affect the survival of Shuangfeng Valley.
But with a fake alchemy monk, he can play a decisive role at the critical moment.
Therefore, Shuangfenggu contacted the experts of the Jiuqu Alliance and spent a lot of money to refine this third-level monster inner elixir into an outer elixir that cultivators can use.
After Xiao Fengyun completed his foundation building, he knew that there was no hope of forming a golden elixir, so he took the initiative to refine the external elixir and became a fake elixir monk.
Over the years, the information Shuangfenggu has revealed to the outside world is that the former genius disciple Xiao Fengneng has passed away long ago because his life span has been exhausted.
Xiao Fengnian is hidden in the door and will only take action at critical moments. The only ones who know about Xiao Fengnian's existence are the elders in the foundation building stage inside the door.
Now, Shuangfeng Valley holds a meeting of elders that affects the life and death of the sect, and Xiao Fengnen will certainly not be absent.
In the venue, there was an old man who did not sit with the other elders, but sat alone on one side.
This old man's name is Shan Feiyu. He is the most talented disciple that Shuangfeng Valley has collected since its establishment. He is also the only person Shuangfeng Valley plans to train to become a real Jindan.
After years of hard cultivation and investment of resources regardless of the cost, this genius, who is not well-known outside, has already completed his foundation building and is only one step away from the golden elixir stage.
Chapter completed!