Chapter 431: Plan
Back in the day, when Meng Zhang detained Shangguan Wen from the Earthfire Sect, he allowed the Earthfire Sect to attack the Flying Swan Sect. Later, he used Shangguan Wen to convince the remaining disciples of the Earthfire Sect to surrender, eventually taking over the Earthfire Sect's mountain gate. His actions were twofold - to prevent Shangguan Wen from leaking the information and earning the Flying Swan Sect's enmity and to safeguard the lives of the remaining Earthfire Sect disciples from retaliation.
As a Gold Core Daoist Master now, those past events were trivial matters to both the Flying Swan Sect and Meng Zhang. The Flying Swan Sect would not bother confronting Meng Zhang, a Gold Core Daoist Master, over such matters at this point.
The Earthfire Sect now had a place to hold on and preserve their legacy. Meng Zhang fulfilled his promise, and with his current identity and strength, he had no worries about any dissatisfaction or grudges from the remnants of the Earthfire Sect. If those remnants didn't wise up, they might find their sect eradicated sooner or later, without any need for Meng Zhang to order it.
After dealing with this insignificant matter, Meng Zhang had a deep realization. In the Cultivation World, one's cultivation base indeed held great significance. A higher cultivation base and realm would solve many difficult problems effortlessly. While Meng Zhang handled various affairs of Taiyi Sect, Gu Yue Huaidie finally communicated with the Flying Swan Sect.
The Flying Swan Sect agreed to let Gu Yue Huaidie enter the Mirage Secret Realm, but she must not cause extensive damage to the environment inside, affecting the growth of various spiritual herbs. In return, Gu Yue Huaidie would organize Meng Zhang and others to join forces in attacking the Demon Wind Gobi, helping the Flying Swan Sect relieve the pressure from the demon beast army.
Gu Yue Huaidie came to Taiyi Sect and brought this good news to Meng Zhang. She also met with Luo YeDaoist Master. Although Luo YeDaoist Master had some reservations about Gu Yue Huaidie, she remained straightforward and focused on the matter at hand.
The Mirage Secret Realm originally opened approximately once every hundred years, but Gu Yue Huaidie had a way to open it ahead of schedule. Of course, opening the Mirage Secret Realm early required favorable timing, location, and personnel.
After calculations, Gu Yue Huaidie estimated that the best time to open the Mirage Secret Realm would be about a year from now. Before opening the realm, they had time to help Luo YeDaoist Master solve her problem.
According to Luo YeDaoist Master's original plan, she intended to lure the Golden Tiger out of the Demon Wind Gobi and deal with it in the Endless Sea of Sand. Although Gu Yue Huaidie's organization meant that Meng Zhang already had plans to attack the Demon Wind Gobi, to resolve Luo YeDaoist Master's issue quickly, it was better to stick to the original plan and hunt down the Golden Tiger outside the Demon Wind Gobi.
Having spent years in the Dark Alliance, the Golden Tiger had disclosed a lot of information about his own background and secrets. After leaving the Dark Alliance, the organization made significant efforts to track him down, uncovering many of his secrets. In the Endless Sea of Sand, Dark Alliance was reluctant to easily dispatch a Gold Core Daoist Master for fear of misunderstanding from Primordial Spirit True Monarchs. However, they had established and developed black markets in various places in the Cultivation World, gaining tacit approval from many major forces.
Even though the Endless Sea of Sand seemed to be under the Flying Swan Sect's control, the Dark Alliance managed to convince the Flying Swan Sect to establish a black market there.
Although they didn't send a Gold Core Daoist Master to oversee, there were quite a few Foundation Building and Refining Qi stage cultivators in the Dark Alliance. With Dark Alliance as their backing, the development of their black markets was excellent, establishing an extensive network of information channels.
Of course, the establishment of the black market in the Endless Sea of Sand by the Dark Alliance was not solely for tracking down Golden Tiger. Investigating Golden Tiger was not a top priority for the Dark Alliance, and they wouldn't invest too much effort in this matter. However, the intelligence capabilities of the black market were quite impressive. With routine investigations, they gained a lot of information related to Golden Tiger.
After deciding to take action against Golden Tiger, Luo YeDaoist Master put considerable effort into gathering all kinds of information related to him. With a Gold Core Daoist Master personally intervening and offering generous rewards, even though the black market in the Endless Sea of Sand was not under Luo YeDaoist Master's control, they still cooperated and diligently investigated the matter.
Combining the years of intelligence collected by the black market with the latest investigation results, Luo YeDaoist Master uncovered a major secret about Golden Tiger. For years, Golden Tiger had been secretly enslaving Human Clan cultivators, even going so far as to turn some of them into Human Pets, using them to carry out covert operations throughout the Endless Sea of Sand.
Although it was unclear what secret activities these cultivators were engaged in, their activities seemed to be somehow connected to the Purple Gold Sect from the past. Cultivation powerhouses like the Purple Gold Sect, even if exterminated by the Flying Swan Sect, would often leave behind hidden measures for future restoration.
After Flying Swan Sect's rule over the Endless Sea of Sand, they extensively hunted down Purple Gold Sect remnants and destroyed the sect's hidden arrangements. For instance, the Shi Family, now an affiliate of Taiyi Sect, was once a closely related vassal family to the Purple Gold Sect. After the Purple Gold Sect's fall, they were relentlessly pursued by the Flying Swan Sect until they finally pledged allegiance.
Shi Family's survival until now was not only due to the efforts of their ancestors but also largely due to good fortune. However, other Purple Gold Sect remnants were not as fortunate. On the surface, many of the Purple Gold Sect's hidden measures were destroyed by the Flying Swan Sect, and most of the Purple Gold Sect cultivators were killed during the pursuit. However, some individuals managed to escape the hunt.
Given that the Purple Gold Sect was once a major cultivation sect with a Primordial Spirit True Monarch, the measures left behind by the Primordial Spirit True Monarch were not easily discernible even to a group of Gold Core Daoist Masters. As a former spirit pet of a senior cultivator from the Purple Gold Sect, Golden Tiger undoubtedly knew many of the sect's secrets, including those left behind by the Primordial Spirit True Monarch. According to Luo YeDaoist Master's assessment, Golden Tiger, fearing an attack from the Flying Swan Sect's Gold Core Daoist Masters, dared not enter the Endless Sea of Sand easily. That's why he sent his enslaved Human Clan cultivators to operate covertly within the region. Thus, Luo YeDaoist Master's plan was to start from these cultivators' activities, hoping to lure Golden Tiger out.
During the years of the Flying Swan Sect's dual-front war, their control over the Endless Sea of Sand had weakened. If there were truly any messages from the Primordial Spirit True Monarch of the Purple Gold Sect left behind, it was highly likely that Golden Tiger, with his temperament, couldn't resist coming out of the Demon Wind Gobi. After all, it was something he had been relentlessly pursuing for many years and held extraordinary allure for him. At that time, it would be the perfect opportunity for everyone to ambush Golden Tiger.
However, before that, they needed to select a suitable place for the ambush from the activities of Golden Tiger's Human Pets that would effectively deceive Golden Tiger while facilitating their plan.
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