Chapter 120: Spreading Rumors

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chapter 120: spreading rumors 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. 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..." [read at /maxnkoga , without ads and support the work.]

Chapter 120: Spreading Rumors

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