Sect Master's Immortal Journey

Chapter 394: Pill Master Guild

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Meng Zhang spent a considerable amount of time reciting the scriptures and comprehending the Dao teachings. In the eyes of most cultivators in the Cultivation World, these scriptures that couldn't directly enhance one's Cultivation Base were considered useless decorations. However, as Meng Zhang's comprehension deepened, he gained more and more benefits from these scriptures. He felt his Dao heart becoming increasingly clear and tranquil, experiencing a peace he had never known before.

The Dao heart was intangible, and many cultivators might appear resolute on the surface, but when faced with critical moments or significant changes, their Dao hearts would waver, and their minds would be in turmoil. However, after years of comprehending the Dao teachings, Meng Zhang could sense the issues within his own Dao heart and make targeted adjustments to remedy them.

With his Dao heart becoming purer, Meng Zhang became more composed when using the Grand Evolving Fortune. He no longer needed to spend significant amounts of time calming his mind and focusing before casting the Calculated spells, as he used to do. The rewards he gained from studying the Dao teachings also directly influenced his Heavenly Mechanism Technique.

His cultivation of the Grand Evolving Fortune made significant progress, reaching a new level. He went from merely scratching the surface and gaining some insights to achieving substantial accomplishments and fully grasping the technique.

Previously, every time Meng Zhang used the Grand Evolving Fortune, he needed to consume calculation tallies. He had to spend a lot of time meditating daily to accumulate enough tallies for the spells. Additionally, more complex Calculated spells required a large number of calculation tallies, often depleting the ones he had accumulated over several years after only a few uses.

Now, all the previously accumulated calculation tallies had vanished, replaced by a new, more durable type of calculation tally. One of these new calculation tallies was almost equivalent to 50-60 of the old ones. Moreover, Meng Zhang no longer needed to meditate daily. Instead, he only had to do it once a month to gather one of these new calculation tallies.

Of course, he could only obtain one of these new calculation tallies each month. Nevertheless, this significant change saved Meng Zhang a considerable amount of time that he could now use for other matters.

While Meng Zhang focused on his cultivation, his senior disciple Niu Dawei, with his support, accomplished a significant undertaking. In the Cultivation World, there were various organizations in each region, such as the Pill Master Guild.

Initially, these organizations had good intentions, aiming to control the quality of alchemical pills in the market and prevent inferior or tampered pills from entering the Cultivation World. However, over time, those who controlled these guilds exploited their power to monopolize the supply of spirit medicines, raise the prices of pills, and manipulate the alchemical market.

In the past, when Taiyi Sect was an insignificant sect, Meng Zhang collaborated with independent alchemists, which allowed him to obtain affordable pills. However, now that Taiyi Sect had become a dominant force in the region, they needed to control the flow of spirit medicines, monopolize the alchemical market, and oversee various alchemists.

Meng Zhang had this idea for a long time, but the timing wasn't right, and Taiyi Sect's influence in the surrounding areas was insufficient. However, with Flying Swan Sect being held back and Taiyi Sect being readily supported in the nearby region, there was no one daring to openly confront them.

Besides Shi Changqing, an outstanding Second Rank Alchemist, Taiyi Sect had also trained numerous First Rank Alchemists. Zhang Yingying, the Hall Master of the Taiyi Sect Pill Hall, had made significant progress in alchemy techniques under Shi Changqing's careful guidance.

The only thing preventing her from advancing to become a Second Rank Alchemist was that her Cultivation Base had not reached the Foundation Building stage. However, she was preparing to break through to Foundation Building soon, as her cultivation had already reached the Refining Qi completion stage, and Taiyi Sect had an ample supply of Foundation Building Pills and Lesser Foundation Building Pills. Now that the time was ripe for establishing the Pill Master Guild, Meng Zhang immediately set the plan in motion. He entrusted Niu Dawei to oversee the matter, not only to train him but also to help him gain prestige. Due to the sufficient preparation beforehand, the difficulties they encountered were minimal, and everything was completed effortlessly.

The newly established Pill Master Guild was led by Taiyi Sect and included other cultivation forces such as Qiaoshou Sect and Land Walk Sect in the surrounding area. In the future, members of the guild would have priority in acquiring spirit medicines that could be used for alchemy within the surrounding region. All pills sold in the market had to undergo inspection and approval by the Pill Master Guild. Any pills found to be sold without this procedure would be confiscated, and the parties involved would be severely punished.

With the Pill Master Guild in place, Meng Zhang practically controlled both the upstream and downstream aspects of the alchemy trade in the surrounding region. However, his goal in establishing the guild wasn't solely to profit from the lucrative alchemy business like Twin Success Valley did in the past, exploiting cultivators through exorbitant prices for pills.

Meng Zhang set strict rules for the Pill Master Guild and increased supervision. The guild allowed for the optimization of resource allocation and the centralized cultivation of a large number of excellent Alchemists, resulting in the production of more high-quality pills. Furthermore, pills approved and sold through the guild provided a level of quality and safety assurance. They would not be secretly tampered with or contain harmful restrictions.

Although these approved pills might be slightly more expensive, the benefits and security they provided outweighed the costs. The entire process of establishing the Pill Master Guild was carried out by Niu Dawei alone. As a Foundation Building cultivator and the top disciple of Taiyi Sect's Sect Master, Niu Dawei carried some weight and had put in a lot of effort to persuade all the surrounding cultivation forces to cooperate.

Through this endeavor, Niu Dawei had passed Meng Zhang's initial test. If circumstances permitted, Meng Zhang planned to gradually hand over many of his responsibilities and grant Niu Dawei more significant authority. As a Sect Master and a cultivator dedicated to the Grand Dao, Meng Zhang needed to spend more time on his cultivation.

With Niu Dawei's assistance, Meng Zhang could indeed focus on his own cultivation, especially as he approached the crucial moment of advancing from Foundation Building to Gold Core. However, before he could attempt this breakthrough, he first needed to solve the issue of obtaining a Third Rank Spirit Vein.

Other supplementary spiritual materials and pills might be dispensable, but a Third Rank Spirit Vein was absolutely essential.

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