Chapter 161: Fake Pill

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chapter 161: fake pill even meng zhang, who was immersed in closed-door cultivation, was alarmed by a series of major events happening outside. he couldn't understand how the news about twin success valley secretly cultivating gold core daoist masters, which should have been the highest secret of the valley, had leaked and become widely known. in the past, there were faint rumors about this matter spreading, and even the spies of the flying swan sect had gathered some clues. meng zhang had also obtained some information from li nu, a spy of the flying swan sect. however, the news that was originally circulating within a small circle suddenly spread on a large scale. the flying swan sect was not in a hurry to take action against twin success valley; instead, they planned to observe and witness twin success valley's success or failure. if twin success valley cultivators really started forming the core, flying swan sect would naturally intervene to stop it. after this news spread, not only was twin success valley in a difficult situation, but even the flying swan sect could no longer remain silent. as the ruler of the endless sea of sand, although it was never explicitly stated, all forces knew that the flying swan sect would never allow other forces to cultivate gold core daoist masters. now that twin success valley had revealed signs of doing so, if the flying swan sect did nothing, it would be seen as condoning such behavior and would damage its own prestige. the recent actions of the flying swan sect, though directed at twin success valley, also affected taiyi sect, which was a vassal force of twin success valley. the fall of singing sand city had a significant impact on taiyi sect. it not only lost the meager income from the grocery store but also lost a channel for procuring resources. originally, the secretly mined scarlet copper ore was sold to the earthfire sect. however, in the current situation, earthfire sect had to temporarily suspend its trade with taiyi sect due to the orders from the flying swan sect. taiyi sect, being a vassal force of twin success valley, was also blocked. its disciples could not pass through the blockade lines of the major forces to go to singing sand city and firewell market. the flying swan sect thought it through carefully and was worried that twin success valley might use the name of its vassal force to conduct external resource trading. therefore, all caravans of twin success valley's vassal forces were not allowed to pass through the blockade lines. a false core cultivator could live for around three hundred years, while a gold core cultivator had a lifespan of at least five hundred years. moreover, the strength of a false core cultivator was higher than that of a foundation building completion cultivator, but they were still no match for a true gold core cultivator. the true trump card of twin success valley was not the rumored ten foundation building technique but rather the false core cultivator, xiao fengyan. over a hundred years ago, twin success valley had accidentally obtained an inner core of a third rank demonic beast. using this inner core as the main ingredient, they could refine a foundation building pill. however, the then twin success valley sect master had a different idea. firstly, twin success valley was already capable of refining lesser foundation building pills. although the efficacy was far from that of a genuine foundation building pill, and the success rate of disciples achieving foundation building was not high, having lesser foundation building pills reduced the urgency for foundation building pills. secondly, the sect master realized that having a few more foundation building stage cultivators in twin success valley wouldn't fundamentally enhance the sect's strength and foundation. similarly, a few more foundation building pill cultivators or a few less foundation building completion cultivators wouldn't affect the survival of twin success valley. however, having a false core cultivator could play a decisive role in critical situations. thus, twin success valley contacted an expert from the jiuqu league and spent a great price to refine the third rank demonic beast inner core into a pill that a cultivator could use. after xiao fengyan completed foundation building, knowing that he had no hope of forming a true core, he voluntarily assimilated the pill and became a false core cultivator. for years, twin success valley had been publicly disclosing that the once renowned disciple, xiao fengyan, had died during meditation due to his depleted lifespan. in reality, xiao fengyan was hiding within the sect and only revealed himself during crucial moments. only the foundation building stage elders within the sect were aware of xiao fengyan's existence. now, with twin success valley convening an elder assembly that concerned the life and death of the sect, xiao fengyan naturally wouldn't be absent. among the attendees, there was also an elder named shan feiyu, who was not sitting with the other elders but was sitting alone on one side. shan feiyu was the most talented disciple accepted into twin success valley since its establishment and the sole candidate the sect was preparing to cultivate into a gold core daoist master. after years of dedicated nurturing and costly resource investment, this relatively unknown genius had already completed foundation building, with only one step away from the gold core stage. however, this one step was a tremendous obstacle that stumped the vast majority of foundation building completion cultivators, and very few could cross it. 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Chapter 161: Fake Pill

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