Recently, several extremely pure earth-attribute spiritual energies had appeared in the Barren Sand Valley. This kind of pure Earth Element Energy quickly attracted the attention of the cultivators in the Barren Sand Valley. Unfortunately, this Earth Element Energy could not be refined without a special cultivation method, which disappointed many people. However, the news began to spread like wildfire.
For a while, the Barren Sand Valley suddenly became a gathering place. A large number of earth elementalists from the Five Elements Sect directly rushed into the Barren Sand Valley. After several experts identified one of the locations, they immediately came to the conclusion that this pure earth-attribute spiritual energy was actually Earth Element Energy.
As soon as the news spread, almost all the cultivators went crazy. Almost on the same day that they received the exact news, the Five Elements Sect immediately announced that the Earth Element Energy in the Barren Sand Valley belonged to the Five Elements Sect, and other sects were not allowed to touch it! At the same time, they sent disciples to seal off several other locations.
After hundreds of years of planning, they originally planned to collect and refine the Earth Element Energy under the nose of the Five Elements Sect. Suddenly, the situation changed. How could the Taitianmen be willing? Before the Five Elements Sect made their move, they had already occupied a few spots where the Earth Element Energy emerged at lightning speed. However, there were so many locations that they could not occupy all of them.
Fighting with the people of the Five Elements Sect in the territory of the Five Elements Sect? This was definitely a slap in the face of the Five Elements Sect. However, at this moment, in the face of the Earth Element Energy, they could not care less. Originally, the Taitianmen had prepared to collect the Earth Element Energy. Everything was very sufficient. They directly began to forcibly collect the Earth Element Energy in several locations.
Without the appropriate cultivation method, they could not refine it. However, they could first collect it into some containers and then refine it later when they had the cultivation method. The Five Elements Sect was caught unprepared. The Taitianmen had frantically collected the Earth Element Energy in at least four locations. However, when they finished collecting, they found that they had been surrounded by the experts of the Five Elements Sect. It seemed that they were ready to take action at any moment.
The Five Elements Sect directly sent out six Nascent Soul Ancestors. Two of them occupied two locations, and the other four blocked the people of the Taitianmen in the Barren Sand Valley.
The other rogue cultivators in the Desolate Sand Valley all knew that they couldn't participate in the affairs of the two great Sects, so they wisely hid to the side and watched the show. There hadn't been any major events in the cultivation world for over a hundred years. The confrontation between the two major Sect was definitely something worth writing about.
The higher-ups of the two Sect started to negotiate almost immediately. The Fifth Earth True Essence was within the territory of the Five Elements Sect. Although the Five Elements Sect had never attached importance to this place before, now that such a good thing had appeared, of course, they would not give up even an inch of it. He would also have to hand over all the Earth Element Energies that the Taitianmen had collected from the Barren Sands Valley.
How could the Taitianmen agree? They had planned for hundreds of years, and it would be harvest season in a few more decades. But suddenly, something like this happened. How could they be willing? Of course he had to fight for what was right!
It was just that it was impossible for the Taitianmen to quietly monopolize it. They could only share a part of the benefits. After all, the Five Elements Sect was the host, and the two great Sects were first-class sects. If they fought, wouldn't the world be in chaos? Neither side wanted to make such a big enemy, so they could only sit down and negotiate.
Seeing that the two sides were about to reach a settlement, everyone took a step back and made some compromises, but the appearance of a formation map directly made this harmonious atmosphere disappear in an instant.
It was a formation map that looked old, but it showed the complete distribution of spiritual power in the Desolate Sand Valley and the complete formation that was arranged using the natural terrain. This formation map happened to be obtained by several disciples of the Five Elements Sect. It seemed that the process of obtaining it was a coincidence caused by some people's negligence.
When the Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect saw the formation map, he immediately gathered a few elders. In less than a day, they confirmed the authenticity of the formation. Furthermore, with the influence of the Five Elements Sect, they immediately verified the existence of the formation in an aboveboard manner. If it weren't for some recent events that happened to change the direction of some earth veins, this formation would not have been exposed at all.
Such a large formation was arranged in their own backyard. This was no longer a slap in the face of the Five Elements Sect, but a direct draw of the blood of the Five Elements Sect. Almost everyone in the Five Elements Sect was filled with anger when they thought that something that originally belonged to them had been coveted by someone for hundreds of years.
In fact, it was easy to guess who arranged the formation. For hundreds of years, the sect that invested the most in the Desolate Sand Valley was obviously the Taitianmen, who had recently competed with the Five Elements Sect for the Earth Element True Essence.
If this could be tolerated, what couldn't? They were all from several super sects, and they usually exchanged what they needed. Unexpectedly, hundreds of years ago, someone wanted to steal from their own doorstep, and even arranged it in such a sneaky manner. If it weren't exposed recently, the Five Elements Sect wouldn't have a share of the Earth Element True Essence after a few decades.
The Five Elements Sect almost overturned the negotiation table, and all the disciples of the Taitianmen in the Desolate Sand Valley were detained and not allowed to leave. The situation was on the verge of breaking out, but both sides still maintained the last bit of restraint, and no one made the first move. But looking at the situation, as long as there was a spark, it would be enough to start a war.
The top leaders of the Taitianmen were in a terrible situation. Originally, it was a secret that only their sect knew, but suddenly, it became a secret that everyone knew. Moreover, they had directly offended the Five Elements Sect, who had always been on good terms with them. Something that was originally ownerless suddenly became ownerless. It was a big taboo in the cultivation world to blatantly steal something that belonged to another sect.
This time, the reputation of the Greatest Heaven Sect was directly smelly to their grandmother's house. Other sects even began to investigate in their own territories, to see if there were any disciples of the Taitianmen frequently coming and going, and if they were eyeing something in their own Sect. Some sects had already sent notes to the Taitianmen, asking if the Taitianmen had taken a fancy to something in their territory, and if so, to avoid damaging the relationship between the two sects.
The only thing to blame was the location of the Desolate Sand Valley, which happened to be at the edge of the Five Elements Sect. This was the source of the dispute. If it was really ownerless, no one would have anything to say. But unfortunately, things happened so coincidentally, from being reasonable to being unreasonable.
There were only two paths in front of the leader of the Taitianmen. One was to apologize and return the Earth Element Spiritual Aether that was in his possession to the Five Elements Sect. But this would mean that hundreds of years of hard work would be wasted, and he would also have to admit his mistake, and from then on, he would have to lower his head whenever he saw the Five Elements Sect. The other was to refuse to return the Earth Element Spiritual Aether, and both sides would fight to the death. But this option was not reasonable, and it would give the other sects the impression that the Taitianmen were rude and unreasonable.
On one side was profit, and on the other side was face. It was really difficult to make a decision.
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