The Way of the Immortal Master

Meng Zhang still has a little impression of the name Zijin School.

In the notebooks of the heads of Taiyi Sect passed down by the heads of the past generations, there are some records of the previous generations of heads.

For more than a thousand years, the Zijin faction has been the sole overlord of the endless sand sea. All sects including the Feihong Sect must submit to the Zijin Sect in order to gain a foothold in the endless sand sea.

In the heyday of the Zijin sect, there were ancestors of Yuanshen and many Jindan real people in the sect. Not only does it dominate the endless sand sea, but its power extends southward, competing with the Jiuqu League.

About 700 years ago, the endless sand sea changed dramatically, and the ancestor of the Zijin sect's primordial spirit fell.

Immediately afterwards, in a chaos of sand monsters that swept across the endless sand sea, the Zijin faction suffered heavy losses, and even Daoist Jindan fell a lot.

After the Sand Monster Rebellion subsided, the Feihong Sect united with many sects to jointly challenge the supremacy of the Zijin Sect.

The Qi family, a large cultivator family who moved from other places, took over Mobei and joined the camp against the Zijin faction.

The external Jiuqu League also intervened openly or covertly, and became an enemy of the Zijin faction.

After fierce bloody battles, the Zijin faction wiped out the sect, and Feihongzong and the Qi family took advantage of the situation to rise up.

Especially the Feihong Sect, who has reaped the greatest fruits of victory. Not only has it seized the largest portion of the inheritance of the Zijin faction, but it has also become the new overlord of the Endless Sand Sea.

The power of the Qi family was contained by Feihongzong and could only be confined to Mobei.

The foreign force Jiuqu League and the force that penetrated into the endless sand sea were also expelled by Feihongzong.

After Feihongzong's efforts for many years, the current power structure of Endless Sand Sea has been formed.

The Taiyi Sect's seniors did not participate in this magnificent history. At that time, the Taiyi Gate hadn't escaped into the endless sand sea.

The records left by the previous generations of heads are mostly rumors and hearsay. Authenticity cannot be guaranteed, and details are lacking.

After Meng Zhang and Jue Ying left the hidden small valley, they each released their mounts from the spirit animal bags and set off towards the target.

Meng Zhang briefly glanced at the map in his hand, and then determined the direction to go.

The map is marked in more detail, indicating the location of the Zijin sect senior monk's cave and the surrounding terrain.

On the way, Meng Zhang still had some doubts, so he took the initiative to ask Jue Ying.

For senior monks who don't know the details, Meng Zhang generally keeps a respectful distance. But Luo Ye had no reason to frame her, and the map she gave should be fine.

Hearing Meng Zhang's initiative to ask, Jueying, who has always been taciturn, explained to Meng Zhang in detail.

It turned out that the Zijin faction was wiped out after many bloody battles. The process of demise was relatively long, and the senior sect had sufficient time to make some preparations after the demise of the sect, and secretly ambushed some followers.

After all, the Zijin faction was the former overlord of the Endless Sand Sea, with overt or covert strongholds all over the Endless Sand Sea, and there are many disciples.

Although Feihongzong spent a long time and countless energy after the Zijin faction was destroyed, chasing and killing the remnants of the Zijin faction.

Disciples of the Zijin Sect scattered all over the place died tragically one after another, and many of the sect's middle and high-level ambush followers were also cracked one by one by Feihongzong.

However, there are always a few disciples who escaped Feihongzong's pursuit.

After rebuilding the Zijin Sect and overthrowing the Feihong Sect failed, many Zijin Sect disciples used various methods to hide their names, change their identities, and lurk in the endless sand sea.

The map Luo Ye got was from such a Zijin Sect disciple.

None of the descendants of this Zijin Sect disciple has awakened their spiritual roots, and he himself has no disciples.

Before sitting down, he left this map that recorded the location of his cave to future generations. After some of the descendants awakened their spiritual roots, they could follow the map to find the cave and get his inheritance.

Time flies and the years change. Over a long period of time, this map was left outside the hands of his descendants, and was obtained by the fallen leaves by chance.

Luo Ye investigated the origin of this map and the cause and effect of this matter through the intelligence channels of the black market.

The main purpose of a monk's cave like this is to leave a legacy for future generations. It is generally safer and there are no vicious traps.

Originally, Luo Ye was going to let Jue Ying go to explore, but Meng Zhang came to visit later.

So Luo Ye gave it to Meng Zhang as a meeting gift, and asked him to explore with Jue Ying. As for the harvest, the two discussed the distribution.

After listening to Jueying's narration, Meng Zhang became relieved. The well-established monk's cave is worth exploring.

Following the route recorded on the map, the two galloped all the way to a place more than three thousand miles west of Huojingfang City.

This is a desolate Gobi, the terrain is relatively flat, and the ups and downs do not exceed 100 meters.

According to the description on the map, the cave of this Zijin Sect monk was built underground.

Meng Zhang couldn't help complaining in his heart, whether the monks in the endless sand sea have become gophers, they all like to build caves underground.

Of course, Meng Zhang himself knew that the reason for this custom was also related to the terrain of the endless sand sea.

Most of the Endless Sand Sea is the relatively flat Gobi Desert, with a small portion of hills. The few high mountains are basically occupied by major cultivation forces.

In the flat desert, there is almost no shelter around. How can we ensure concealment if we don't build the cave underground?

A few hundred years is not a short period of time. Although it cannot be said that the vicissitudes of life have changed, the surrounding topography has undergone great changes.

In the great desert, it is difficult to find a suitable terrain reference. And the desert terrain changes frequently. A strong sandstorm may create countless large and small sand dunes on the ground. The sand dunes themselves are not stable and often move and change positions.

Monks often use the sun, moon and stars to locate, but most of the time they are not accurate enough.

Both Meng Zhang and Jue Ying knew that the monk's cave they were looking for was underground near the Gobi. As for finding the exact location, that map won't help.

There was no other way, Meng Zhang and Jue Ying had to split up and search for each other. Anyway, both of them know the earth escape technique, at most it's just a little troublesome.

Meng Zhang used his eyes to destroy delusion, looked at the surrounding ground for a while, and finally shook his head in disappointment.

With his current level of delusion-breaking Dharma Eye, he can't penetrate too deep underground.

Jueying should also practice some kind of pupil technique, and also stared at the ground for a long time, but also didn't gain anything.

There is no way to be lazy, so you have to work hard.

The two divided the area into two parts, each of which started searching underground.

Searching in the dark underground is a very laborious and complicated task.

For monks who have not mastered the mysteries of the pupil technique, it is almost equivalent to a blind man feeling an elephant, groping purely by feeling.