Sect Master’s Immortal Journey

Chapter 183: After the war

In an unprepared situation, the cultivators found themselves trapped within the Formation without any means of breaking it, feeling helpless and frustrated. Meng Zhang also became aware of the lesson learned from this enemy at the cost of lives. Without the protection of Singing Sand City's defensive Formation, the joint forces of the four sects could defeat the enemy at best, but they would never achieve such a fruitful outcome.

Gu Tanghai brought the central formation plate for the protective Formation, and his contribution was indeed remarkable. Despite the decisive victory, several Foundation Building stage cultivators who participated in the battle were severely injured. Xu Yishan of the Forest Mountain School was especially close to losing his life when Liu Family's Elder Liu Dajiang almost struck a fatal blow. Although he narrowly escaped death, he lost a significant portion of his vitality, leaving him with numerous injuries that made even moving his body difficult.

After receiving the signal, the joint forces of the four sects gradually entered Singing Sand City and took control step by step. With their sect disciples arriving, the cultivators at the Foundation Building stage, who were initially distrustful of each other, finally let their guard down.

Last night's battle turned Singing Sand City into almost complete ruins, with only a few buildings remaining intact. This once bustling commercial hub had now been completely devastated. The Foundation Building stage cultivators were busy tending to their injuries, leaving the task of cleaning up the market to their subordinates.

After a day of rest, they began to recover, and even Xu Yishan, who suffered the most severe injuries, could barely move. Liu Family and Green Bamboo Mountain were almost wiped out this time, suffering severe damage to their foundations. If the joint forces of the four sects regrouped and pressed their advantage, they could easily reclaim the territory of Twin Success Valley and even occupy most of Liu Family and Green Bamboo Mountain's territories.

However, the current situation was unclear, and the joint forces lacked the courage to pursue the enemy easily unless pushed to a corner. If not for the desperate circumstances that forced them to join forces, the four sects might not have united against the enemy. Both Liu Family and Green Bamboo Mountain were the vanguards of the Flying Swan Sect. Their defeat might trigger an unknown reaction from the Flying Swan Sect, which could easily annihilate the seemingly strong joint forces with a mere finger movement.

In the beginning, it took tremendous effort from Xu Yishan, the old fox, to persuade everyone to rise up and resist. After the injuries of several Foundation Building stage cultivators stabilized, they gathered together in the only intact building in the market to discuss the next steps for the four sects.

As soon as everyone assembled, Xu Yishan took the initiative to speak, advocating for seizing the advantage and pursuing the enemy. Even if they couldn't break into Liu Family and Green Bamboo Mountain's main gates, they should grab all their territories.

Xu Yishan emphasized that Forest Spring Watch would be their most loyal support. Ever since Guang ZhiDaoist Master took control, not even the Flying Swan Sect dared to provoke Forest Spring Watch easily. Northern Desert Qi Family's Gold Core Daoist Master, Qi Nanfei, personally approached Guang ZhiDaoist Master to bring them into the fold. If Guang ZhiDaoist Master joined the Northern Desert Qi Family, the Flying Swan Sect would lose its numerical advantage in Gold Core Daoist Masters, and its dominant position in the Endless Sea of Sand would be shaken.

Therefore, the Flying Swan Sect wouldn't dare to act against Forest Spring Watch. With Forest Spring Watch's support, it was the perfect opportunity for them all to expand.

However, Xu Yishan's passionate speech failed to sway the others. They were not fools to blindly sacrifice themselves for Forest Spring Watch based on empty words.

Aunt Jin and Ruan Dadao outright rejected Xu Yishan's proposal during the discussion, as they could not reach a unified consensus within the four sects regarding the pursuit of the enemy. Meng Zhang, on the other hand, noticed the alliance between Golden Blade Sect and Qiaoshou Sect and decided to move closer to Forest Mountain School to avoid isolation. He actively supported Xu Yishan's proposal and tried to align with him frequently.

With the inability to reach a unanimous decision on pursuing the enemy among the four sects, the matter was ultimately abandoned.The focus of the discussion among the crowd shifted to how to divide the spoils. The Liu Family and Green Bamboo Mountain considered Singing Sand City as their forward base and transported a large amount of supplies, storing them here. These supplies, including the storage bags on the bodies of two cultivators, became spoils for the four sects. There was a heated argument among the people, almost leading to a fight several times. Finally, with the persuasion of Gu Tanghai, they reached an agreement on the distribution.

Last time, Luo Ye caused a commotion when he went to the Shi Family's gate with Meng Zhang. Gu Tanghai did not know that Luo Ye had already left the Endless Sea of Sand. When he saw Meng Zhang, he thought of Luo Ye behind him. During the argument, Gu Tanghai stood on Meng Zhang's side several times. In the end, Meng Zhang gained a small advantage in the distribution of spoils. Besides receiving many supplies, he also received a Fifth Earth Essence as compensation. After all, Taiyi Sect suffered heavy casualties and paid a lot of lives to stop Green Bamboo Mountain. The lives of Taiyi Sect cultivators were valuable, and compensation was necessary.

Actually, the biggest spoils of this battle were Singing Sand City itself. However, due to the blockade of Flying Swan Sect for several years, the commercial function of Singing Sand City as a market was almost completely scrapped. The market was severely damaged in last night's battle, and it was not an easy task to rebuild it. According to the prior agreement, Singing Sand City was handed over to Gu Tanghai for management. The other four sects all had shares. They would divide the profits when the market recovered in the future. As for when the market would recover, only time would tell.

Next to Singing Sand City was Singing Sand Mountain, which produced a precious spiritual material called Xunfeng Stone. Mining Xunfeng Stone was very difficult and a very laborious job. When Singing Sand Mountain belonged to Twin Success Valley, Twin Success Valley sent cultivators who made mistakes to mine here. The Zhao Family cultivators, including Zhao Yanbei, were sent here to serve several years of hard labor and suffer a lot because they offended Twin Success Valley.

Gu Tanghai was also responsible for managing Singing Sand Mountain. After mining Xunfeng Stone, the several sects would divide it according to the proportion. After distributing the spoils, Qiaoshou Sect and Golden Blade Sect did not stay long and left Singing Sand City quickly, each returning to their own sect. Meng Zhang stayed for a few more days and got to know Forest Mountain School better. Gu Tanghai also contacted Meng Zhang and said that the previous incident was a misunderstanding, and they did not intend to swallow Meng Zhang's Foundation Building Pill. Gu Tanghai lowered his head and hoped that they could continue to trade in the future. Before Taiyi Sect cultivated enough alchemists, they really needed Shi Family as a partner. As the lord of a sect, Meng Zhang needed to maintain enough rationality and prioritize interests rather than personal likes and dislikes. Meng Zhang said that the cooperation was pleasant and should continue. However, in his heart, he was wary of the Shi Family and decided to cultivate Taiyi Sect's alchemists as soon as possible.

After handling various trivial matters, Meng Zhang returned to Taiyi Sect and faced many things waiting for him. Integrating the newly acquired territory and helping new disciples integrate into Taiyi Sect were all quite complicated tasks.

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