Once Zhao Family cultivates their own Foundation Building stage cultivator, they will immediately make up for their biggest shortcoming as a family.
By then, facing Zhao Family with a Foundation Building stage cultivator, Taiyi Sect will have little resistance.
Taiyi Sect cannot hope to once again use spirit stones to move Shan Ying and have him lend a hand to Taiyi Sect.
Even though Twin Success Valley might not like Zhao Family, they will not trouble Zhao Family for the sake of Taiyi Sect.
For Twin Success Valley, a Foundation Building stage cultivator holds a certain value in terms of recruitment.
Meng Zhang knows he absolutely cannot allow Zhao Family to nurture a Foundation Building stage cultivator. He must do everything in his power to disrupt Zhao Family's plans.
But how should he go about it? Meng Zhang was lost in thought.
Given the current relationship between Zhao Family and Twin Success Valley, Zhao Family probably won't trust Twin Success Valley and won't trade for a Lesser Foundation Building Pill from them.
When Meng Zhang had a glimpse in that abandoned mine, he noticed that the precious materials within the Yin Yang Reversal Formation could be used to exchange for a Foundation Building Pill, not far off in value.
Within this area, only Flying Swan Sect possesses the ability to refine Foundation Building Pills. For Zhao Family to acquire Foundation Building Pills, they must deal with Flying Swan Sect.
Zhao Family is a vassal of Twin Success Valley, but if they bypass Twin Success Valley to directly trade with Flying Swan Sect, it would surely cause Twin Success Valley's dissatisfaction, and they wouldn't make things easy for Zhao Family.
Moreover, in the Cultivation World, there are countless Refining Qi completion cultivators who are stuck and unable to break through to the Foundation Building stage due to the lack of Foundation Building Pills.
For these cultivators, they would be willing to pay any price to obtain a Foundation Building Pill.
Once news spreads that Zhao Family possesses Foundation Building Pills, numerous cultivators will rush to compete for them.
Understanding this point, Meng Zhang came up with an idea.
He returned to Taiyi Sect and called Li Xuan to accompany him to Singing Sand City.
Meng Zhang assigned a task to Li Xuan, instructing him to spread rumors in Singing Sand City. The rumors should claim that Zhao Family cultivators obtained a treasure from some hidden cave and intend to present this treasure to Flying Swan Sect in exchange for a Foundation Building Pill.
When spreading the rumors, Li Xuan must hide his identity well, making sure no one suspects he is behind them, and that the rumors have nothing to do with Taiyi Sect.
Spreading rumors and inciting commotion was something Li Xuan had done before when he was with the Li family.
Having accepted Meng Zhang's task, Li Xuan immediately began to act proficiently.
Soon, various rumors emerged in Singing Sand City. Rumors, however, tend to grow more and more exaggerated. Eventually, the rumors said that Zhao Family had discovered an Alchemist's cave and obtained a furnace of Foundation Building Pills.
Another version claimed that Zhao Family had found a Gold Core Daoist Master's cave and offered the information to Flying Swan Sect in exchange for becoming their vassal, and Flying Swan Sect had agreed and gifted Foundation Building Pills to Zhao Family.
All sorts of strange and even contradictory rumors spread rapidly from Singing Sand City to all directions.
Regardless of the specific content of the rumors, they all had one thing in common - Zhao Family had acquired Foundation Building Pills.
Due to the special status of Foundation Building Pills in the Cultivation World, even though many people knew the rumors were likely false, they still paid attention.
Most people tend to believe what they want to believe.
Many Refining Qi completion cultivators, who had been stuck for a long time, were willing to believe that Zhao Family possessed Foundation Building Pills.
If Zhao Family currently had a Foundation Building stage cultivator, those Refining Qi cultivators wouldn't dare to act rashly. But unfortunately, even with Zhao Family's deep background, without a Foundation Building stage cultivator at present, they couldn't stop others from coveting their treasures.
Soon, many cultivators passed by Zhao Family's mountain gate, and some even lingered nearby, secretly inquiring about Zhao Family's situation.
The rumors had spread, but Meng Zhang didn't know how the situation would develop in the end.
From the current situation, the effect of the rumors seemed quite good.
But he didn't know when Twin Success Valley would pay attention to this matter.
In fact, Twin Success Valley's response was much faster than Meng Zhang had imagined.
After giving Li Xuan the order to spread the rumors, Meng Zhang returned to Morning Sun Hillside.
As Meng Zhang's cultivation base grew increasingly profound, he absorbed spiritual energy at a faster rate, placing a certain burden on Taiyi Sect's spirit vein at the mountain gate.
With Morning Sun Hillside's spirit vein, and not just a newly born one, but a fully matured spirit vein, Meng Zhang decided to stay there for an extended period, directly absorbing the spiritual energy.
Besides Meng Zhang, other Taiyi Sect disciples also took turns to stay there and alleviate the pressure on the sect's spirit vein.
Not even half a month had passed since Meng Zhang's return to Singing Sand City when he received a letter from Zhang Zhanlin. Zhou Shengkao left a message at the Duoduo Grocery Store, asking Meng Zhang to meet him as soon as possible.
Meng Zhang didn't dare to be negligent upon receiving the message and hurried to Singing Sand City.
In the courtyard where they last met, Meng Zhang saw Zhou Shengkao again. However, Shan Ying wasn't here; he had gone somewhere else.
Without any small talk, Zhou Shengkao got straight to the point and asked, "Meng, is it your Taiyi Sect that's behind the rumors about Zhao Family?"
"What rumors? I'm not sure what you're talking about, Brother Zhou. Tell me more."
Meng Zhang's immediate reaction was to deny it outright and feign ignorance.
After all, there was no evidence, and even if they killed him, he wouldn't admit it.
Zhou Shengkao stared at Meng Zhang without speaking, creating immense pressure on him. For a while, he didn't know what to say.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to Meng Zhang. Am I a fool? Why do I need evidence for this kind of thing? Taiyi Sect had just had a dispute with Zhao Family not long ago, and now rumors unfavorable to Zhao Family emerged. Naturally, Taiyi Sect would be the prime suspect. Besides, did Twin Success Valley need evidence to believe something they were convinced of?
Once this realization struck him, Meng Zhang immediately changed his tune and tried to remedy the situation.
"Well, it's just that this kind of thing isn't very honorable. How could I easily admit to it in front of others? Brother Zhou, please forgive my earlier denial."
"In front of others, I will definitely not admit to anything. But in front of Brother Zhou, I'll be honest."
"Yes, the rumors about Zhao Family recently were spread by our disciples under my instruction."
Hearing Meng Zhang's words, Zhou Shengkao's expression eased, and he coldly said, "You're smart enough not to be stubborn to the end."
"If it weren't for our past acquaintance and some camaraderie, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to handle this matter."
"Yes, yes, of course," Meng Zhang nodded repeatedly and offered a flurry of flattery.
"It's all thanks to Brother Zhou's understanding. I will never forget it..."
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