Sect Master’s Immortal Journey

Chapter 662: Tiger Mountain City

Watching the figures of Meng Zhang and Extreme Sword Spirit General as they departed, Daoist Master Mountain Garden snorted heavily. Meng Zhang had concerns about the Primordial Spirit True Monarch aboard the Cloud Boat, and he didn't dare to act recklessly. Otherwise, he would have already ordered an attack. With so many Gold Core cultivators from the Yellow Lotus Sect present, they could certainly make Meng Zhang and his group suffer a big loss. Daoist Master Mountain Garden had never feared Taiyi Sect, their old enemy, and he harbored deep malice towards them.

Everyone present was not a fool and could see that Meng Zhang deliberately provoked this conflict. It seemed that there was some sort of collusion between Meng Zhang and Xu Mengying. As the Saintess of the Yellow Lotus Sect, Xu Mengying's situation was related to the overall unity of True Monarch Mountain Peak and the entire Yellow Lotus Sect. Meng Zhang was ignorant, actually daring to get involved in such matters. True Monarch Mountain Peak would definitely not spare him, even if he had the protection of Jin Li True Monarch. He might escape with his life, but his fate would be grim.

Zhu Liangyu, as an outsider, was unwilling to get involved in the grudges of other sects and create unnecessary troubles. Seeing Meng Zhang and Extreme Sword Spirit General fly away, he considered the matter resolved. He bid farewell to Daoist Master Smiling Lotus and others before taking his leave.

As Zhu Liangyu flew back to the Cloud Boat, True Monarch Profound Wind and True Monarch Azure Gem were sitting in a room chatting. Although they never left the boat, they were well aware of all the big and small events around them. Whether it was Yellow Lotus Sect's Hong Siming and others tracking Xu Mengying, or Meng Zhang deliberately causing conflicts to help Xu Mengying escape, they saw everything.

"Those people from the Yellow Lotus Sect are really..." True Monarch Azure Gem's sentence was left unfinished, but his tone already conveyed his sentiment.

True Monarch Profound Wind understood that True Monarch Mountain Peak's action to integrate the Yellow Lotus Sect was not something that the Azure Origin Sect, a giant within the Jiuqu League, would necessarily like to see. Though they wouldn't directly hinder it due to their identity, they would be pleased to see the Yellow Lotus Sect cultivators facing difficulties.

True Monarch Profound Wind and True Monarch Mountain Peak used to be allies, and their relationship was still close. But there was no doubt about whom they would choose between True Monarch Mountain Peak and the Azure Origin Sect. Moreover, True Monarch Mountain Peak had not acted without reason. To persuade him to rebel against True Monarch Tian Zhu, both True Monarch Profound Wind and the Qi Family brothers had paid a great price.

True Monarch Profound Wind felt that he owed True Monarch Mountain Peak nothing, and he didn't want to upset True Monarch Azure Gem over the matters of the Yellow Lotus Sect. He just smiled and remained silent, showing his disinterest in the recent events.

After Meng Zhang and Extreme Sword Spirit General left the Cloud Boat, they flew directly towards Tiger Mountain City. Though Meng Zhang held the status of an official member of the diplomatic mission, no one interfered with his actions. In the mission, there were quite a few individuals like him, who prioritized personal interests over official duties.

Tiger Mountain City was a flourishing and renowned city in the nearby area. As it stood at a critical transportation point, it naturally welcomed visitors from all directions, and its inspections of outsiders were not too strict. The news of two Cloud Boats from the Jiuqu League arriving at Tiger Mountain City had spread far and wide. Therefore, the appearance of two Jiuqu League cultivators in the city was inconspicuous.

Before them, many cultivators from the Jiuqu League had already entered Tiger Mountain City. When Extreme Sword Spirit General served as the Guardian Spirit General for Taiyi Sect near the Grand Crossing Mountain Range, he traveled through many surrounding areas and collected various pieces of information. However, much had changed over the centuries since Taiyi Sect's reconstruction, and Extreme Sword Spirit General had been in deep sleep for a long time. He was unfamiliar with the current situation.

This was Extreme Sword Spirit General's first visit to such a distant place since waking up, but fortunately, Tiger Mountain City had been established long before. The city's basic situation had not undergone significant changes, and most of the high-ranking individuals and major forces in the city remained the same.

Meng Zhang and Extreme Sword Spirit General followed their original plan and settled into Tiger Mountain City first. After hundreds of years had passed, they needed to understand the current situation at Taiyi Sect's former mountain gate before taking further action. If they charged blindly into an area filled with demons without knowing the situation, they would be courting death.

They found an inn in Tiger Mountain City and rested there. Then, Extreme Sword Spirit General planned to use his previous connections to gather various information. Although hundreds of years had passed, the world had not undergone drastic changes. Extreme Sword Spirit General spent considerable effort finding channels through which he could exchange spirit stones for information.

However, the information he obtained was only superficial and unreliable hearsay. It seemed that Taiyi Sect's former mountain gate had become a territory infested with demons, and even ordinary cultivators, no matter how daring, wouldn't dare to approach it. Therefore, they couldn't gather any useful information through conventional channels.

On the Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle, there was also a presence of the Dark Alliance. In large commercial cities like Tiger Mountain City, black markets were indispensable. Although the Dark Alliance branches on Jiuqu League's side and the Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle side were independent, they shared a common origin. As long as there were no grudges between them, they would still help each other.

While Meng Zhang was in the Jiuqu League, he visited Daoist Master Black Fox and obtained a letter from him. Daoist Master Black Fox was a senior member of the Dark Alliance with extensive connections and friends all over. Now that Extreme Sword Spirit General's actions were not going smoothly, he had no choice but to seek help using that letter.

Meng Zhang easily found the location of the black market in Tiger Mountain City. Once inside, he directly handed the letter from Daoist Master Black Fox to an administrator. Daoist Master Black Fox's face indeed had some influence, and not long after handing over the letter, a Gold Core cultivator came to meet him.

This Gold Core cultivator called himself Ku Zhu. He seemed to be a high-ranking steward of the local black market. Ku Zhu appeared frail and lifeless, as if he were at death's door.

Of course, Meng Zhang didn't actually take him for a dying man. Thanks to his Deception Breaking Eye, he could sense a hidden vitality within Ku Zhu's seemingly lifeless body. With his insight, he deduced that the man was cultivating a unique technique, which explained his appearance.

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