Chapter 567: Chapter 390: The Foundation Catches Up (Part 2)

"Since you’ve put it that way, Elder Miao, how could I possibly refuse?" Zheng Wuji chuckled. He wasn’t overly concerned with personally destroying the Demon forces, so he had no issue giving the opportunity to Miao Qinghong.

"Good. Then it’s settled."

Having received a satisfactory answer, Miao Qinghong put the matter of the Dragon Demon Palace out of her mind.

’That can wait until after the Demon Spirit Sect is eliminated.’

"Sect Leader, how many more forces should we dispatch for the operation against the Demon Spirit Sect?"

"My thought is to double our forces first, then continue to increase them steadily."

"Yes, that will allow us to take down the Demon Spirit Sect more reliably."

The senior members present were all more or less familiar with Fang Yun’s way of thinking. Between speed and stability, Fang Yun would always choose stability.

A stable approach minimized the chances of unforeseen complications.

"In recent years, the Ghost-Controlling Sect has been escalating its operations against the Demon Spirit Sect. I believe they also have designs on its territory," Song Qiaoqiao said, bringing up the Ghost-Controlling Sect now that the general strategy was decided.

While Fang Yun was in seclusion for Alchemy and Artifact Refining, she had received intelligence regarding the Demon Spirit Sect. Three or four out of every ten reports mentioned the Ghost-Controlling Sect.

Compared to their own sect’s overt actions, the Ghost-Controlling Sect’s overt actions showed a much clearer intention to occupy the Demon Spirit Sect.

"The Ghost-Controlling Sect... we’ll deal with them sooner or later!" Miao Qinghong stated bluntly.

’If possible, Miao Qinghong wanted to deal with all the Evil Dao Core Formation Sects that bordered their territory in the future.’

"The Ghost-Controlling Sect’s actions are also beneficial to us to a certain extent, especially in the initial stages of our operation," Fang Yun said.

"The Sect Leader is right. The Ghost-Controlling Sect is tying up the Demon Spirit Sect’s forces."

"What I’m curious about is, the Black Ghost Cave doesn’t seem to have made any moves so far, have they?"

"That’s right. According to reports from the Evil Extermination Hall, the area around the Black Ghost Cave has been very quiet in recent years."

"Could they be having some internal problems?"

"There’s no news on that. It’s currently quite difficult to gather intelligence from within the Black Ghost Cave."

Because the Black Ghost Cave had made almost no moves, intelligence had become harder to gather.

They couldn’t reach any definite conclusions regarding the Black Ghost Cave’s situation and behavior.

However, they would pay close attention to the Black Ghost Cave and would increase the manpower sent to gather information there in the future.

The topic returned from the Black Ghost Cave to the Demon Spirit Sect.

The sect’s senior leadership continued their discussion.

「In less than a day.」

News about the operation against the Demon Spirit Sect had already spread like wildfire among the Sect Elders.

Among the elders, the most excited group was undoubtedly those from Battle Peak.

"Finally, more missions! There were too few missions against the Demon Spirit Sect before."

"Yeah, sometimes you couldn’t even grab a mission."

"With this change in the situation, it means we’re going to eliminate the Demon Spirit Sect."

The Battle Peak Elders who heard the news gathered in twos and threes, discussing the matter heatedly.

After the sect’s victory in eliminating the Celestial Demon Sect, the tone of the elders’ discussions was completely different from what it had been decades ago.

Now, their discussions would inevitably turn to the sect eliminating the Demon Spirit Sect and occupying its territory. Decades ago, the chances of someone even mentioning the elimination of a Demon Cultivation Core Formation Influence were practically zero.

Back then, it was more about teaching an Evil Dao Core Formation Influence a harsh lesson.

"Should we try making a move against the new vassal Foundation Establishment Influences of the Demon Spirit Sect?"

"We could try. That’s a good idea."

"These vassal Foundation Establishment Influences probably only have a single Foundation Establishment Demon, and they’re only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment."

As the news was spreading, the elders of the Spirit Field Institute happened to be holding their scheduled meeting to exchange planting experience.

As the discussion was winding down, an elder brought up the news about the sect escalating its actions against the Demon Spirit Sect.

The other Spirit Field Institute elders shared their opinions.

"You’ve all heard the latest news about the Demon Spirit Sect, right?"

"I heard about it from an elder on Battle Peak, but it doesn’t have much to do with us. What’s this, Elder Wu? Don’t tell me you want to take action against the Demon Spirit Sect yourself?"

"I could go, but Elder Lin, I’d have to entrust all the Spirit Medicines I’m tending to you."

"Get lost! If I took on all the Spirit Medicines you’re tending, I wouldn’t have any time left to cultivate."

"Actually, the news about the Demon Spirit Sect has a great deal to do with us," another Spirit Field Institute elder joined in.

More and more people joined the conversation, adding their own thoughts.

"I agree, it’s highly relevant. If we occupy the Demon Spirit Sect’s territory, we’ll have to establish many new Spirit Fields."

"In recent years, the number of elders and disciples in our Spirit Field Institute has increased, especially the number of disciples."

"If we don’t get enough new disciples joining our ranks, there won’t be enough refined pills to supply them all."

"It would also help if those alchemy disciples from Dan Cloud Peak were a bit more skilled."

"Not everyone is the Sect Leader. The Sect Leader is an exception; the current situation is the norm for Dan Cloud Peak."

"When the Sect Leader was still an Elder, he changed many of Dan Cloud Peak’s rules. Otherwise, the sect’s Tier One pills would truly be in short supply right now," a senior elder said.

After occupying the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory, the first thing to grow was the number of the sect’s Outer Sect Disciples, which in turn affected the number of Inner Sect Disciples and Elders.

The growth in the number of disciples naturally brought pressure on cultivation resources.

This was especially true for the first three years after becoming a Sect Disciple. These three years were focused on education and cultivation, with no mission requirements. They even received a monthly stipend of Spirit Stones and pills.

The number of disciples in the Spirit Field Institute would only start to grow after this batch of new disciples passed their three-year period.

The number of new Spirit Fields being established also began to increase steadily around this time.

If the rules of Dan Cloud Peak hadn’t been changed, the supply of pills would have been completely unable to keep up during this period. Fortunately, the current rules require that before a Dan Cloud Peak disciple can take on a more difficult refining mission, they must first produce at least one Upper Grade pill of the previous, simpler type. Only then can they attempt to refine a more difficult pill.

Thirty years have passed since the elimination of the Celestial Demon Sect.

During this time, many aspects of the sect had stabilized, especially here in the Spirit Field Institute. If the sect were to quickly occupy the Demon Spirit Sect’s territory again, it would be difficult to transition smoothly with the subsequent increase in disciples and the resources they would require.

When the Spirit Field Institute elders had mostly finished speaking, Mi Xiaoqi, who had been listening the whole time, finally spoke up.

"For the sect to grow, our Spirit Field Institute is the absolute foundation. Thanks to the Sect Leader’s personal intervention with Second Tier pill resources, we have not yet experienced any shortages. I hope that everyone here has the resolve to advance further.

Since the founding of the sect, not a single elder from our Spirit Field Institute has ever become a Supreme Elder. With our generation, that must change."

In the past, most of the sect’s Supreme Elders came from Battle Peak.

There were many reasons for this.

Cultivation time and resources were among the most important.

Compared to the elders of the Spirit Field Institute, Battle Peak elders had more time to cultivate and obtained more resources from missions. Back then, the price of the sect’s Second Tier pills was much higher than it is now. The elders of our Spirit Field Institute could not exchange for many pills, and what they could get were generally Lower Grade.

Over the last century, the situation in the sect has been constantly changing.

Our Spirit Field Institute must also change with the times.

"Elder Mi is right. The Spirit Field Institute is the absolute foundation of the sect. If the sect is to ever reach the level of the Purple Mist Sect in the future, our Spirit Field Institute as it is now will not be enough."

"If we could successfully reach Core Formation, tending to Third Tier Spirit Medicine would become much easier, and we could care for more of them at the same time."

"Right now, only the Sect Leader is tending to the late-stage Third Tier Spirit Medicine, and he is already busy enough with the sect’s affairs."

As the number of elders in the Spirit Field Institute grew, the number of Second and Third Tier Spirit Fields being established also constantly increased. In particular, the Late-stage Foundation Establishment and Peak of Foundation Establishment elders of the institute were tending to many Third Tier Spirit Medicines, but they struggled to cultivate them to a high quality.

This was a situation that could only be resolved by breaking through to the Core Formation Stage.

"Elder Mi, with your Planting Talent, it won’t be difficult for you to be allocated a Golden Core Pill in the future."

"Yes, Elder Mi! The first Supreme Elder from our Spirit Field Institute... we’re counting on you!"

To this day, Mi Xiaoqi’s Planting Talent was still the best among the elders of the Spirit Field Institute.

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