Sect Master's Immortal Journey

Chapter 393: Completion of the Foundation Building

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Although the Shi Family is a vassal of the Taiyi Sect, Meng Zhang cannot simply order Shi Changqing around. According to the customs of the Cultivation World, the Alchemist must be rewarded.

This time, after refining four Lesser Foundation Building Pills, one of them was set aside as Shi Changqing's reward. Shi Changqing is an honest person and has not engaged in any deceitful actions, such as withholding finished pills or greedily hoarding alchemical materials. He only takes what he rightfully deserves as his reward and would never overindulge or misuse his identity as an Alchemist.

In reality, the reward Meng Zhang gave Shi Changqing wasn't high. Out of consideration for Shi Family's status as the main family within the Taiyi Sect, Meng Zhang only charged him a token price of three Lesser Foundation Building Pills, which he also released into the sect's treasury.

The flaws of the Lesser Foundation Building Pills are not a secret within the Taiyi Sect. Once Meng Zhang learned of them, he proactively disclosed the information to the disciples within the sect. As a result, he established a rule that only cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots could freely exchange for the Lesser Foundation Building Pills. Given their qualifications, the chances of them successfully reaching the Gold Core stage were exceedingly slim.

For those with middle-grade spiritual roots who completed Refining Qi cultivation, they were granted priority to exchange for the true Foundation Building Pills. The ingredients needed to refine these pills were difficult to collect, despite Meng Zhang's best efforts to gather them. Consequently, these two Foundation Building Pills held significant importance to him.

It was uncertain when the Taiyi Sect would acquire more Foundation Building Pills. As for the Lesser Foundation Building Pills, Meng Zhang was more lenient. If Shi Changqing successfully refined alchemy next time, he could distribute them to affiliated families or even sell them in exchange for other spiritual items.

Speaking of affiliated families, as the prestige of the Taiyi Sect grew with each passing year, an increasing number of small clans sought to become affiliated with the sect. Given the vast territory under Taiyi Sect's control, managing it solely with the sect's own power was impossible. To address this, Meng Zhang allocated some remote or less valuable territories to these small families. As a result, seven or eight small clans became affiliated with the Taiyi Sect in a short period.

Furthermore, the Co-operative Society that Meng Zhang established back then had grown and developed over time. Some outstanding disciples within the Co-operative Society earned the opportunity to join the Taiyi Sect. Several cultivators from the Co-operative Society who had performed well during the previous expedition alongside the Taiyi Sect's army caught Meng Zhang's attention. They not only successfully entered the Taiyi Sect but were also given special attention by Meng Zhang.

Amidst handling various sect matters, Meng Zhang didn't forget to continue refining the Sunstone and Moonjade Liquid. Although he only obtained some scraps from the Earthfire Sect's treasury, the refinement process was still extremely challenging. Fortunately, the cultivation method he practiced, the "Sun-Moon Wheel Turning Sutra," possessed some unique techniques for refining both the sun and moon attribute spiritual items.

Seven years after defeating the army of monsters, Meng Zhang had finally completed the refinement of two Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, and his Cultivation Base successfully reached the Foundation Building completion stage. Now, in the entire Endless Sea of Sand, besides a few Gold Core Daoist Masters, Meng Zhang was practically invincible.

His next step was to strive for a breakthrough to the Gold Core stage and become a Gold Core Daoist Master. For all cultivators at the Foundation Building completion stage, breaking through to the Gold Core stage was an extremely difficult task. Even those so-called Gold Core seeds carefully cultivated by major sects couldn't guarantee a hundred percent success in forming the core.

Meng Zhang, possessing top-grade spiritual roots and exceptional character, was also uncertain of his success in Foundation Building. Overcoming the difficulties to reach the Gold Core stage was a daunting task for him.

Putting aside the preparations he had made, just considering the external requirements, Foundation Building cultivators attempting to break through to Gold Core usually needed to do so above a Third Rank spirit vein. After forming the core, they still required a Third Rank spirit vein to help stabilize their Cultivation Base.

Meng Zhang had no interest in using unconventional methods to achieve this breakthrough and lacked the rare Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects needed. For him, the safest approach was to break through honestly on a Third Rank spirit vein.

Most of the Third Rank spirit veins in the Endless Sea of Sand were controlled by the Flying Swan Sect. Perhaps the Northern Desert Qi Family also had one. However, Meng Zhang couldn't trust either of them.

He was aware of the methods Flying Swan Sect used to deal with those attempting to break through to the Gold Core stage in the Endless Sea of Sand. Even though Taiyi Sect's relationship with Flying Swan Sect was amicable, Meng Zhang couldn't risk revealing his intention to break through to the Gold Core stage to them.

As for the records of previous Sect Masters' experiences that Meng Zhang possessed in the Sect Master's chronicle, it had been compiled after Taiyi Sect's reconstruction and only covered the Gold Core stage or lower. There was little detailed information about breaking through to the Gold Core stage or the cultivation after that.

Fortunately, the "Sun-Moon Wheel Turning Sutra" that Meng Zhang cultivated was relatively complete. It included content about cultivation after the Gold Core stage and provided some insights on breaking through to Gold Core. However, this alone was far from enough to ensure a successful breakthrough.

Meng Zhang still needed to make various preparations after reaching the Foundation Building completion stage. He carefully studied various scriptures in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, enriching his knowledge and drawing from their merits.

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