Lonely Immortal

Zhang Zhiwen did not expect that things would change like this, but he was actually quite puzzled, because there were hundreds of small sects participating in the foundation building competition this time, and none of them merged. If the small sects merged, With all the sects merging, it would be difficult for Wan Jizong to just sit back and watch, right? After all, the merger of so many small sects would be enough to threaten Wan Jizong's status.

The old Taoist Zhang Wensheng was naturally very desperate, but now, it seems that all the beatings he has been doing here are of no avail, and he is only trying to make others laugh, so the old Taoist Zhang Wensheng can only leave here sadly.

Back at the place where he lived, the old Taoist Zhang Wensheng sat silently without saying a word, while Zhang Zhiwen didn't say much and just stayed by his side silently. He understood the old Taoist's mood, but Zhang Zhiwen didn't think there was any big problem, Qinghong Although the sect has merged with the Jinlan Sect, there are still small sects at the bottom. He has just seen it. There are still a few small sects at the bottom and only two foundation-building monks, but their foundation-building monks are still capable. Yes, basically there is a building The monks of the second level of foundation are the ones who support the facade. No wonder the veteran Zhang Wensheng is frugal and plans to break through to the second level of foundation building. However, in the end he decided to let Zhang Zhiwen build the foundation. For this reason alone, Zhang Zhiwen felt that the veteran Zhang Wensheng was still a human being. It's really possible, but even if there are second-level foundation-building monks in other small sects at the bottom, Zhang Zhiwen feels that it is no problem to deal with it. Most of the foundation-building monks in these small sects are ordinary monks, and they are not as good as the foundation-building monks in the big sects.

Of course, Zhang Zhiwen would definitely not take the initiative to speak out. Anyway, we will know when the time comes. After the veteran Zhang Wensheng sat in silence for a while, he sighed and said: "Well, after all, our Qingxuan Sect can't withstand our fate. This is God’s plan to destroy our Qingxuan Sect.”

Seeing him like this, Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but ask: "Senior brother, since Qinghong Sect and Jinlan Sect can merge, why can't we merge with other small sects?"

Zhang Zhiwen's words seem a bit useless, because if they can be merged, what are they waiting for? And if it can't be merged, it doesn't seem to matter what the reason is, but Zhang Zhiwen always wants to know more.

However, the veteran Zhang Wensheng didn’t think it was strange that Zhang Zhiwen asked this. Instead, he said helplessly: "Hey, who doesn’t want to merge with other sects? But you have to know that the merger of sects is similar, and the Qinghong Sect He is the same as Jin Lanzong Almost the same, and they are obviously similar, so they had the opportunity to merge. But even so, they delayed the merger for many years. It was also because Qinghongmen felt that it was about to be eliminated, so they merged. It was not what you thought. Simple..."

The old Taoist Zhang Wensheng said a lot about the sects at once. After listening to Zhang Zhiwen, he finally understood. It turns out that the various small sects in Tianshui Wonderland are not as simple as imagined. For example, there are hundreds of small sects in Qingxuan Sect. It is also divided into levels, basically divided into third-rate small sects, second-rate small sects, first-rate small sects and top-rate small sects.

This third-rate small sect is like the Qinghong Sect. There are only two or three foundation-building monks in the sect, while the second-rate small sect has four or five foundation-building monks, and the first-rate small sect has six or seven foundation-building monks. Monks, as for the top small sects, they are more sects that are above the foundation-building monks, and there are many such sects. There are masters at the top level of Foundation Establishment, that is, masters at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment or even the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. Such masters of Foundation Establishment are only one step away from entering the Golden Elixir. After achieving the Golden Elixir, they will most likely be classified as medium. Sects, because middle-level sects don’t want this top-notch small sect to rise, they naturally force such golden elixir masters to join them.

Of course, these golden elixir masters may not necessarily obey, and they are not very afraid of the middle sects. They will most likely go to the top ten immortal sects to try their luck, because the top ten immortal sects also hope to recruit such golden elixir masters, but the top ten immortal sects The sect is more concerned about the inheritance of the Taoist tradition, so if you want to enter the top ten immortal sects, there must be conditions.

Of course, for Qingxuanzong, masters of the golden elixir are out of reach. The most important thing now is to successfully win the foundation building competition. If you win one game, you can keep Qingxuanzong, and the foundation building competition It is played in groups, that is, the third-rate small sects play against the third-rate small sects, and the second-rate small sects play against the second-rate small sects. The matching of small sects is probably based on the number of foundation-building monks. Another thing is that even if a third-rate small sect has a third-level foundation-building monk, it cannot be a third-rate small sect. It will annex other small sects. This kind of Things often happen, and once it annexes other small sects, this third-rate small sect will immediately It has been promoted to a second-rate small sect or even a first-rate small sect, so there is no such thing as saying that there are monks of the third-level foundation building within a third-rate small sect, but it is very common for a third-rate small sect to have monks of the second level of foundation building, and foundation building It is difficult for second-level monks to easily annex other small sects, because even if they are rubbish like A third-rate small sect like the Qinghong Sect still has two monks with first-level foundation building. And even if a third-rate small sect has monks with second-level foundation building, the number of people is the same, but the cultivation level is one level higher. In this case, if you want to annex it by force, It's unrealistic, and if they merge, they will have to give in to each other's interests and compromise, so it's quite difficult to handle.

As for the Qingxuan Sect, there are almost no sects willing to annex the Qingxuan Sect. There is no profit to be gained. In fact, the Qinghong Sect has no resources to speak of, and the Jinlan Sect has no resources. Generally speaking, sects with third-level foundation-building monks are not very willing to annex the Qingxuan Sect. They are almost unprofitable, and once there are too many foundation-building monks, they have to divide the profits. In fact, the gains outweigh the losses. As for the merger, others look down upon it.

Another thing is that once they are annexed, the other disciples of Qingxuan Sect will be expelled, just like in the foundation building competition, if they are defeated, they will be eliminated. Old Taoist Zhang Wensheng is naturally unwilling to do so.

However, Old Taoist Zhang Wensheng said that although Qinghong Sect and Jinlan Sect have merged, they are also ambitious. They also hope to seize a higher level of Tianshui Order in the foundation building competition after the merger. Their Tianshui Order is a lower-level Tianshui Order. After the merger, they become a second-rate sect, and then they have the hope of seizing the middle-level Tianshui Order, which is also a disguised improvement of resources.

After listening to what Old Taoist Zhang Wensheng said, Zhang Zhiwen actually understood a little. The so-called small sects or medium-level sects are all similar to casual cultivators. They have no serious Taoist traditions. The sects with very serious Taoist traditions are naturally the ten major immortal sects. In addition, there are also a very small number of declining sects, such as the Qingxuan Sect. Tianshui Fairyland is not without sects, but the Qingxuan Sect is obviously the bottom one.

In this way, the current opponents of Qingxuan Sect are obviously other third-rate small sects. Relatively speaking, their strength is much stronger than Qinghong Sect, because they actually have cultivators at the second level of foundation building, and the head of Jinlan Sect before the merger was at the second level of foundation building. As for other second-rate small sects, they not only have cultivators at the second level of foundation building, but also may have cultivators at the third level of foundation building. The higher the small sect, the higher the level of these foundation building cultivators. So how could the old Taoist Zhang Wensheng not despair?

In the eyes of the old Taoist Zhang Wensheng, he and Zhang Zhiwen are both at the first level of foundation building, and Zhang Zhiwen has just built his foundation. Originally, he had some chance of winning against Qinghong Sect. After all, the old Taoist Zhang Wensheng has been building his foundation for many years, but now he has basically no chance of winning. Any third-rate small sect has cultivators at the second level of foundation building. What can his Qingxuan Sect use to fight against others?

But at this point, there seemed to be no other good way. Taoist Zhang Wensheng was in a low mood, so he went back to his house early to rest. Zhang Zhiwen didn't say much, and he also went back to his house.

However, after Zhang Zhiwen came back, his spiritual consciousness was released, and soon he found Qing Lanlan and others. At this time, Zhang Zhiwen saw their situation, and Zhang Zhiwen's spiritual consciousness was very concealed. These people didn't know that Zhang Zhiwen's spiritual consciousness had probed over, so they were still discussing things.

I saw Qing Lanlan and others sitting around a table, without the arrogant and domineering demeanor seen before. Obviously, whether it was Qing Lanlan or Jin Heming, they actually did it on purpose, that is, they came to anger Taoist Zhang Wensheng, but at this moment, they were all very serious about discussing the matter of tomorrow's foundation building competition, and Zhang Zhiwen didn't know the other two unfamiliar faces here, but they must be the head of Qinghongmen and Jinlanzong's head Jin Huming. The head of Jinlanzong is indeed a second-level foundation building cultivator.

Zhang Zhiwen's spiritual consciousness locked onto this person, and Zhang Zhiwen felt that if he wanted to, the next moment the Nine-fold Sword Intent would definitely kill this person instantly, because although this person's cultivation reached the second stage of foundation building, he was just an ordinary cultivator. With Zhang Zhiwen's current Nine-fold Sword Intent, he could successfully launch a sneak attack when he was caught off guard. Of course, it was hard to say when he was fighting head-on, but how could a cultivator with an ordinary physical body resist the Nine-fold Sword Intent of foundation building?

However, Zhang Zhiwen did not take action, because he had already very keenly sensed a trace of spiritual consciousness fluctuations around Mohualing. This spiritual consciousness fluctuation was extremely hidden, and it seemed to be monitoring everything anytime and anywhere. This should be the reason why the master of Wanji Sect was here, and this spiritual consciousness had a faint spiritual fluctuation, which was obviously not something that a foundation building cultivator could do. The other party was likely a golden elixir master.

In this case, if Zhang Zhiwen wanted to take action, he had to think twice, because the moment he took action, the other party would definitely lock onto his spiritual consciousness, and it would be difficult for him to escape at that time, so Zhang Zhiwen did not take action.

As for what Qing Lanlan and the others discussed, Zhang Zhiwen understood it after listening to it. They did intend to seize the medium-level Tianshui Order, but the medium-level Tianshui Order required defeating a second-rate small sect. The four of them barely made it into a second-rate small sect with a third-level foundation-building master, so it was difficult to defeat a second-rate small sect with a third-level foundation-building master. Moreover, the number of foundation-building masters in a second-rate small sect was more than three, and the number was not very advantageous, so they would basically lose if they met a second-rate small sect. Therefore, their discussion was to wait for the promoted third-rate small sect to compete with them for the medium-level Tianshui Order, so that they could definitely win. This method was not bad, and they understood the rules of Tian Ji's horse racing. Just think about it, there will always be promotions for third-rate small sects, right? As for the third-rate small sect that advanced, they only had cultivators at the second stage of Foundation Establishment, and their number was two at most. In this case, their Jinlan Sect would definitely have a chance of winning, and from Qing Fangfang's tone, it seemed that he had secretly bribed a deacon who was presiding over the Foundation Establishment Competition, and this deacon would secretly arrange the order of the competition for them.