Chapter 38: After the war

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chapter 38: after the war the battle was over, but no one bothered to clean up the battlefield. there was nothing worth cleaning up anyway, except for the sand scattered all over the ground. this was one of the reasons why cultivators despised sand monsters. they fought desperately against the sand monsters but gained no benefits. sand monsters were composed entirely of various types of sand and stones. after their deaths, their bodies returned to being ordinary sand and had almost no value. sand monsters didn't have magic tools, and their weapons were also made of sand and stone. when the sand monsters died, their weapons naturally turned back into sand and stone as well. killing a cultivator allowed one to plunder their storage bag; killing a demonic beast could yield valuable fur and flesh, but killing sand monsters, one couldn't even get a single hair from them. it was purely a losing deal. although the caravan guards won against the sand monster group, when accounting for the loss of talismans and the consumption of various healing and recovery pills after the battle, the caravan suffered a significant loss. however, there was nothing they could do about it; it was just bad luck that they encountered a sand monster group. after comforting the guards, lao bulu walked over to meng zhang, expressing concern for him. the pivotal moments in the battle were the two times meng zhang took action. both his timing and power were extraordinary, breaking the sand monster formation's nodes and laying the foundation for its complete collapse. lao bulu believed that this couldn't be achieved solely through luck; it demonstrated meng zhang's exceptional combat talent and his ability to seize the key to victory. after this battle, lao bulu had a higher opinion of meng zhang in his heart. before they could exchange many words, a blue flying boat approached from the direction of singing sand city. the flying boat hovered over the battlefield, and two cultivators flew out of it, landing in front of everyone. they exhibited the ability to fly without external help, a skill possessed only by foundation building stage cultivators. meng zhang had already recognized one of them; he was an elder from the twin success valley's foundation building stage. of course, although meng zhang knew them, they might not know him, a lowly cultivator. he naturally didn't approach them proactively to avoid being unwelcome. it was said that singing sand city often had several foundation building stage cultivators stationed there, with the twin success valley cultivators leading the group. they should be the reinforcements sent by singing sand city after receiving news about the sand monsters. "it's just like watching a movie from my past life; the police always show up after the gunfight," meng zhang couldn't help but comment in his heart. therefore, lao bulu declined all of meng zhang's repeated invitations to visit taiyi sect. having received meng zhang's message talisman, tian zhen brought a group of people from sweetwater oasis, riding camels and waiting for them early on. after unloading all the cargo, lao bulu urged the merchant group to set off without paying much attention to meng zhang's repeated warm invitations. the sweetwater oasis team brought back the goods meng zhang purchased and the mortal servants to sweetwater oasis. after arranging these matters, meng zhang finally finished his busy work. he then quickly gathered tian zhen and daoist clear spirit to discuss the next arrangements for the sect. meng zhang returned all the spirit stones he took from the sect's treasury, including compensating for the previous consumption in the trial ground with the gains from this adventure. from now on, he handed over the management of the sect's treasury to tian zhen. it was essential to distinguish between his personal wealth and the sect's public wealth. including the sect master himself, no one in the sect could freely withdraw from the sect's treasury. after discussing with the two, meng zhang set the supply standard for the sect's disciples and re-established the sect's merit system. compared to before, the supplies for the disciples were increased once again. originally, taiyi sect had followed the common merit system prevalent in the cultivation world. however, when meng zhang took over as the sect master, the number of sect disciples was too small, and he temporarily abandoned the original merit system. but now, meng zhang felt that the sect should be on the right track. including meng zhang, everyone in the sect needed to gain merits to exchange for various items from the sect's treasury. in hidden scripture pavilion, various books, including cultivation techniques, were mostly free for sect disciples to read after meng zhang organized them. only a small portion of the content was temporarily hidden by meng zhang. [read at /maxnkoga , without ads and support the work.]

Chapter 38: After the war

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