Immortal Mansion: With mediocre qualifications, I have no choice but to live forever

Zhou Yiqiao, who was hiding in the shadows outside the hall, was startled when he heard Li Xunfeng's question.

He had never imagined that his impulsive behavior would inadvertently lead him to run into the arrangement of the Great Elder again.

"Great Elder, Great Elder, you would never have thought that your good deeds would be ruined by me, Zhou Yiqiao."

Zhou Yiqiao sneered in his heart, then calmed down and continued to monitor the conversation in the hall.

"Sect Master, Huo Yan's mistake is indeed distressing."

"But now that things have come to this, our top priority is to find a remedy to prevent the reputation of our Yanyang Sect in the border market from plummeting."

Sitting in the first seat on the left, an elder with white hair and a long beard had a worried look in his eyes and spoke slowly.

Li Xunfeng nodded slightly and turned his gaze to Madam Dan.

"Madam Dan, your sect and I have joined forces and are now on the same side. What do you think of today's ending?"

Madam Dan smiled slightly, the indifference on her face remained unchanged.

"Master Li, although what happened today was unexpected, it is not completely irreversible."

"Although our plan did not achieve the expected result due to Huo Yan's mistake, it still made Yan Yang Sect famous enough."

Madam Dan continued to talk, and there was finally a hint of emotion in her voice.

"The Qingdan Pavilion has been operating in the Border Market for decades, and can be considered a long-standing alchemy force. This battle can be regarded as the Yanyang Sect squeezing into the alchemy circle of the Border Market."

"We can take this opportunity to publicize that Yanyang Sect disciples are willing to learn from others about alchemy, and we welcome alchemists of all levels to come and compete at any time."

"In addition, we can also hold a series of public alchemy auctions and experience sharing sessions to attract more alchemists and practitioners to come and observe and learn, and further enhance the reputation of Yanyang Sect."

"This will not only steadily increase the reputation of Yanyang Sect in the border market, but also greatly increase the floating population near Yanyang Sect, which will provide cover for our future plans to transport medicinal materials from Zoroastrianism."

Upon hearing this, Li Xunfeng nodded repeatedly, obviously satisfied with Lady Dan's suggestion.

"This is a very good plan. Not only can it make up for today's loss, but it can also further expand the influence of our sect."

"My fellow elders, our Yanyang Sect's development strategy will be deployed according to what Lady Dan said."

Li Xunfeng stood up and glanced at every elder in the hall with a sharp gaze, without any doubt.

"Although we were defeated by Qingdan Pavilion today, as long as we can make our sect famous, when we start transporting the spiritual herbs from Zoroastrianism for the great elder, that will be the day when our Yanyang Sect truly rises."

After hearing Li Xunfeng's arrangements, the elders obeyed his orders one after another, walked past Zhou Yiqiao's hiding place with solemn expressions, and left the hall one after another.

The sound of their footsteps gradually faded away, and the hall returned to silence, with only Li Xunfeng and Lady Dan left.

Li Xunfeng sighed softly and turned to Madam Dan, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"Since the Great Elder's border trade route was destroyed, the spiritual herb business in the sect has plummeted, and income has dropped sharply. Many disciples have difficulty obtaining the resources they need for their cultivation."

"If not, why would I spend decades to establish the Yanyang Sect after a makeover, and why would I use you, Lady Dan, who has been lying in wait in the border market for nearly a hundred years?"

Madam Dan nodded slightly, with a hint of worry between her brows.

"After the spiritual herbs smuggling line was cut off, the Great Elder's income was cut by 30%, and the salaries he paid to us over the years were also reduced a lot."

Mrs. Dan continued.

"We all know the situation of the Great Elder. The fame of Yanyang Sect in the border market is also to pave the way for the Great Elder's business."

"Once our reputation is established, we can use it to reopen the spiritual herbs trade route and restore our former prosperity."

Li Xunfeng nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, this is exactly what the Great Elder expects. We cannot let him down."

The conversation between the two was heard word for word by Zhou Yiqiao who was lurking in the dark.

He quickly calculated in his mind and understood the plan of Yan Yang Sect and the intention of the great elder.

Zhou Yiqiao knew that this was not the best time for a head-on confrontation with the Yan Yang Sect. He needed more preparation and a more careful plan.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Yiqiao did not linger any longer and quietly withdrew from Yan Yang Sect. His figure was like a ghost in the night, quickly and silently leaving the territory of Yan Yang Sect.

After returning to Qingdan Pavilion, Zhou Yiqiao did not stop for a moment and immediately began to prepare a strategy to deal with the Yanyang Sect.

The first thing he thought of was naturally to contact the eldest lady Qing Jimeng, hoping to use her power to destroy the Great Elder’s latest plan.

However, when he tried to contact Qing Jimeng through the jade pendant, he learned that she was still in seclusion practicing and could not come out to help.

Zhou Yiqiao couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but he didn't give up. Instead, he contacted another person, Liu Rushui, who was at Qinjian Villa.

Zhou Yiqiao asked Liu Rushui to help him contact Senior Sister Bi Yao of the Qingmu lineage through a special channel between them, hoping to get in touch with the Qingmu lineage through Senior Sister Bi Yao and jointly deal with the plans of the Great Elder and the Yanyang Sect.

Because Zhou Yiqiao himself did not have any magic weapon to transmit sound over long distances, the communication between the two of them had always been carried out using the most primitive secret letter transmission.

After carefully sending the secret letter, all that remains is waiting.

Of course, Zhou Yiqiao was not idle during this period.

He first announced in front of the door of Qingdan Pavilion, in front of everyone passing through the border market, that he would completely cut off business relations with Qibaozhai.

Then, using the excuse of refining all the pills by himself, he ordered Xiao Lizi to recruit more alchemists. At the same time, he secretly found a group of low-level cultivators making a living around the border market and asked them to keep an eye on the movements of Yan Yang Sect at all times.

It doesn't matter if you don't pay attention to it, but once you pay attention, Zhou Yiqiao actually discovered a lot of small moves of the Yan Yang Sect.

Under the planning of Lady Dan, the Yanyang Sect began a series of actions to make itself known in full swing.

They first secretly sent disciples to spread the news throughout the border towns, claiming that the Yanyang Sect was going to hold another unprecedented alchemy event, attracting everyone's attention that had already not left.

Afterwards, he spent a huge amount of spirit stones as if it were free to purchase spirit wood and spiritual materials to build the incomplete mountain gate of Yan Yang Sect, to show the financial strength of Yan Yang Sect to the outside world.

"Such lavish spending completely exceeds the wealth that a normal Nascent Soul sect should have."

"It seems that the Yanyang Sect is the last resort for the Great Elder's lineage to stake everything on."

Zhou Yiqiao looked at the message sent by the casual cultivator and sneered.

"Well, it's the last time for you anyway, so I'll let you enjoy the glory for a while."