Chapter 676: Jiang Family

Chapter 676: Jiang Family

A pillar of the Gold Core sect is the Gold Core Daoist Master, but the true backbone of the sect, the ones who actually handle the affairs, are the cultivators at the Foundation Building stage.

Jiang Family has gained a special status within Maple Leaf Mountain City by continuously producing a large number of Foundation Building stage cultivators. They have earned the favor of several Gold Core Daoist Masters.

When Jiang Family realized the trend of Maple Leaf Mountain City seeking independence, they were unable to stop it. In order to protect themselves, they had no choice but to pretend to actively participate.

However, in secret, Jiang Family dispatched their most trusted members to secretly leave Maple Leaf Mountain City. After enduring countless hardships and crossing mountains and rivers, they finally arrived at Jiuqu League and made contact with the Yellow Lotus Sect.

Jiang Family was originally a pawn set by the Yellow Lotus Sect's Saintess lineage, belonging to the subordinates of the successive Saintesses. So, Xu Mengying, the current Saintess, received this news first and took up the responsibility without hesitation.

Faced with the encroachment of the True Monarch Mountain Peak, Xu Mengying herself is in danger and has no power to deal with Maple Leaf Mountain City, which is far away.

However, Xu Mengying is a visionary and knows that Maple Leaf Mountain City is a very important chess piece for the Yellow Lotus Sect, so it cannot be abandoned.

She sent her most trusted subordinate, Xu Jiao, to the Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle.

Although the Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle and Jiuqu League are far apart and have inconvenient transportation, there are occasional merchant caravans traveling between the two places. Top-tier commercial organizations like Four Seas Commercial Firm have Fourth Rank Cloud Boats that regularly travel between the two places. Similarly, organizations like the black market can also ensure communication between various regions.

Together with the Jiang Family member, Xu Jiao arrived at Maple Leaf Mountain City, disguised as a wandering loose cultivator, and roamed the vicinity.

With the secret cooperation of Jiang Family, Xu Jiao seized an opportunity and made contact with the Gold Core Daoist Master of Maple Leaf Mountain City.

Although Maple Leaf Mountain City is a sect composed of several cultivation families and is usually closed and conservative, they are very active in recruiting cultivators at the level of Gold Core Daoist Master.

After some reluctance, they invited Xu Jiao to join and become an honorary elder of Maple Leaf Mountain City.

Since then, Xu Jiao has settled down in Maple Leaf Mountain City, serving as Xu Mengying's hidden agent, waiting for the day to be activated.

Now, Xu Mengying has arrived nearby and summoned Xu Jiao.

Some seek power and control within the sect, attempting to grasp more authority. Some indulge in a life of pleasure, taking numerous wives and concubines...

This situation has lasted for too long and has fundamentally changed the nature of Jiang Family's cultivators. They are content with their current lives and are not willing to make any changes.

However, to ensure such a comfortable life, there is one prerequisite: to ensure that Jiang Family's bloodline power does not weaken and the family can continue to produce enough Foundation Building stage cultivators.

In the past, every one or two hundred years, when the bloodline restriction on Jiang Family started to weaken, the Saintess of Yellow Lotus Sect would visit Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle and secretly strengthen the bloodline restriction through a certain spell.

Because it is an enhancement rather than an imposition, even if the recent generations of Yellow Lotus Sect Saintesses were only at the Gold Core stage, they could still manage it.

Therefore, the Saintess lineage of Yellow Lotus Sect has maintained a close relationship with Jiang Family.

After Xu Mengying took over as the Saintess of Yellow Lotus Sect, the task of strengthening Jiang Family's bloodline restriction naturally fell to her.

The last time Jiang Family received such a bloodline strengthening was more than a hundred years ago when the previous generation's Saintess was in power.

Soon, Jiang Family's bloodline power will begin to weaken again, and it will be time to receive the Saintess's help once more.

Xu Mengying's arrival at Grand Crossing Cultivation Circle and appearance in front of Jiang Family members can be considered a reassurance for them.

Xu Mengying had not mentioned any of this important information to Meng Zhang before. He had 1-2 guesses about what she might be thinking.

It seems that although Xu Mengying spoke nicely, she is still unwilling to hand over the foundation of Maple Leaf Mountain City to Meng Zhang. Though she reluctantly offers this foundation as a bribe, she has prepared some hidden means in secret.

With her methods, she should be able to ensure that Meng Zhang gains no advantage without violating the ghost oath.

Meng Zhang has sensed from their recent interactions that Xu Mengying is someone who values the interests of Yellow Lotus Sect and considers the bigger picture for the sect. Giving away the ancestral legacy for nothing, she definitely wouldn't accept it willingly and would leave some hidden means.

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