Sage Master's Invitation

The elders of Langya Sacred Land stared in disbelief as the representatives of several major sects departed.

It took them a long time to realize that we were being isolated?

Several elders sensed something was wrong and hurriedly relayed the information to the Sage Master.

When the Sage Master appeared at the Langya Sacred Hall and learned what had happened, he was speechless.

Even though he was at the Tribulation Realm, he was helpless in this situation.

They can't force other sects to establish friendly relations, can they?

The Sage Master sighed and said, "I think we've been tricked!"

"Several major sects deliberately tricked us?" Jia Sheng asked incredulously, still not quite understanding what was happening.

"It's the Azure Cloud Sect!" The Sage Master shook his head with a wry smile.

He actually regretted it somewhat; he shouldn't have gotten involved with the Azure Cloud Sect in the first place. Now he was in deep trouble, and there was no way to explain it away.

If he hadn't let Kong Xiuping lead his female disciples to plot against the Azure Cloud Sect, the Azure Cloud Sect wouldn't have taken the opportunity to show an alliance with the Langya Sacred Land.

Then, they sent someone to steal guns... They did manage to steal them, but combined with the previous "truth" about the alliance, doesn't this just prove that the two sides are indeed allied?

In truth, the Sage Master harbored a deep-seated worry.

If the Azure Cloud Sect deliberately had someone steal this gun... then they've really screwed over the Langya Sacred Land!

In other words, the harder you try to deal with the Azure Cloud Sect, the more mistakes you make!

The Sage Master looked at everyone and asked with a smile, "If we were to tell the other sects that our Langya Sacred Land is actually plotting against the Azure Cloud Sect in secret, do you think they would believe us?"

Tu Shan shook his head with a wry smile. He knew that what the Sage Master said was true, but at this moment, no one believed it to be true.

At this moment, Jia Sheng and the others' faces alternated between pale and flushed.

Now that things have come to this, they certainly realize they've been tricked!

Back then, they were laughing at Kong Xiuping, saying he'd been fooled when he went to the Azure Cloud Sect.

Now, they've been fooled too!

The crucial issue is that they themselves set up all these traps.

This has now led to the Langya Sacred Land being isolated by the other eight major sects in the world, a situation that is extremely frustrating.

"Sage Master, what should we do now?" Tu Shan looked at the Sage Master expectantly, hoping that the Sage Master could come up with a solution.

The others were also watching the Sage Master, hoping he could perform a miraculous cure.

After pondering for a long time, the Sage Master slowly said, "Continue doing business with the other eight sects!"

"Didn't they all cut ties with us?" Jia Sheng asked hurriedly.

The Sage Master looked up at the sky and suddenly said, "Send people to explain, whether they believe it or not, we will send people to explain."

If they truly refuse to do business with us or listen to our explanations, then send a message to the Azure Cloud Sect: I want to meet with Azure Cloud Master!

If the other sects in the world insist on forcing the Langya Sacred Land into a corner, then they will only have one path left!

This road must be incredibly difficult, a road that makes everyone in the Langya Sacred Land extremely uncomfortable.

However, if the Langya Sacred Land continues to sever ties, its strength will gradually decline.

They have witnessed the tragedy that Azure Cloud Sect over the past thousand years and are absolutely unwilling to accept this situation.

Besides, the foundation of the Langya Sacred Land remains intact, so what do they have to fear?

With heavy hearts, the people of Langya Sacred Land began to visit various sects.

Meanwhile, representatives from various sects angrily relayed the message back.

The major sects felt betrayed and deceived by the Langya Sacred Land, and no one was ungrateful for the traitor.

They especially hated the Langya Sacred Land because it showed no remorse.

That's why they made the decision to sever diplomatic ties.

Now, they need to relay all this information back to the sect so that the sect can prepare a response as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the Azure Cloud Sect was receiving countless requests to visit Azure Cloud Sect every day.

After the military exercise, all the sects decided on one thing: never to have a conflict with the Azure Cloud Sect.

Even if we can't build a good relationship, we absolutely cannot have conflicts; that's the bottom line!

So how can we ease tensions between the two sides?

Gift giving!

Therefore, the list of people to be visited at Azure Cloud Guesthouse was extremely long.

At the Azure Cloud Sect, Zhang Yang was receiving an elder from the Heavenly Secrets Valley, Primordial Spirit Realm named Cui Minghao.

Heavenly Secrets Valley is a sect on the Firmament Continent, a first-class sect, and even among first-class sects, its strength is quite outstanding.

Upon seeing Zhang Yang, Cui Minghao immediately presented him with a brocade box, saying with a beaming smile, "Our Heavenly Secrets Valley is far from the Azure Cloud Continent. We only recently learned that the Azure Cloud Sect School Leader School Leader had successfully Tribulation Transcendence Realm, so we are sending this small gift to congratulate Azure Cloud Sect!"

"Elder Cui, you're too kind!" Zhang Yang accepted the gift.

He didn't care whether Heavenly Secrets Valley was sincere or not; he would accept even a weed as a gift.

He knew very well that news of his master's Tribulation Transcendence Realm had been circulating for over a year.

These sects would have arrived long ago if they wanted to visit.

However, he pretended not to know, since the Azure Cloud Sect wanted to open up diplomatic relations anyway.

After exchanging pleasantries, Cui Minghao naturally probed Zhang Yang about whether he could obtain guns, cannons, or even Space-Based Weapon.

Zhang Yang decisively refused.

Then, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "These are all the most prized treasures of our Azure Cloud Sect, and we currently have no plans to trade them with other sects. Of course, if Heavenly Secrets Valley is willing to form an alliance with us, we will not be stingy."

Cui Minghao smiled and shook his head, saying, "How could an elder like me decide such a major matter as forming an alliance?"

However, I will report this news to the sect leader so that he can make a decision personally."

He immediately refused.

Whether they can form an alliance depends on the attitude of the Cloud Firmament Palace; otherwise, Heavenly Secrets Valley will be courting its own destruction.

Zhang Yang, settling for second best, said, "Since such a major matter as forming an alliance requires consulting your sect leader, then we can only wait for Elder Cui's good news."

However, my Azure Cloud Sect has some unique pills and materials that Heavenly Secrets Valley likely needs. And Heavenly Secrets Valley also has the materials and spiritual resources we need, so we can definitely exchange what we have.

What does Elder Cui think?

Cui Minghao pondered for a while and felt that establishing trade relations between the two sides shouldn't be a big deal.

Even the Myriad Spirits Sect and the Langya Sacred Land have visited the Azure Cloud Sect; what's the big deal about them just buying and selling some things?

Cui Minghao agreed.

The Azure Cloud Sect and Heavenly Secrets Valley formally established trade relations.

Every day thereafter, the Azure Cloud Sect established trade relations with other sects, and the sect flourished.

Compared to the Azure Cloud Sect, the Langya Sacred Land has been declining steadily.

Among the eight super sects, Myriad Spirits Sect, Return to Origin Temple, and Sacred Spirit Church, among others, resolutely severed ties with Langya Sacred Land, firmly believing that Langya Sacred Land had betrayed them.

While forces like One-Guard Monastery and Sea-Heaven Pavilion haven't severed ties, they can still trade, but the prices are double what they used to be!

They are taking advantage of the situation to rip off Langya Sacred Land, because when they compensated Azure Cloud Sect before, every other sect paid a lot of money, but Langya Sacred Land paid the least!

They wanted to use this method to make Langya Sacred Land share their losses, and they even openly told Langya Sacred Land that they wanted Langya Sacred Land to get a share of the money!

The only place that listened to the explanations of the Langya Sacred Land was Heavenly Heart Island, far overseas.

But what use is a sect on Heavenly Heart Island? And it's so far away...

Three months later, the situation at Langya Sacred Land still had not improved.

Upon receiving this information, the Sage Master expressionlessly instructed, "Send someone to contact the Azure Cloud Sect and tell them that I invite Azure Cloud Master to meet at the border between the Azure Cloud Continent and the Langya Continent!"

Whoever controls Cultivation Resources controls the discourse in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

--From "Resource Theory" by Zhang Changshan.

It is said that after reading it, the Eldest Senior Brother earnestly said to Zhang Changshan, "Changshan, <The Resource Theory> is a good book, but from now on only the core members of the sect can read it!"

Zhang Changshan replied, "Absolutely not! It's only for our own people!"