This person and one ox were precisely Tang Honggong and the Seven-Colored Golden Bull.
"Ancestor Zeng, I trust you've been well." Tang Honggong cupped his hands, and as the Sect's grand formation activated, a terrifying power instantly halted the rapidly moving chihuang cloud.
If Ancestor Zeng hadn't secretly stabilized the people on the chihuang cloud, all the Ba Ling Sect's Disciples would have fallen from the cloud.
This meeting was evenly matched between the two sides.
"Palace Lord Tang is indeed young and promising." Ancestor Zeng returned the bow.
Although Tang Honggong was young and had a low cultivation, he did not underestimate him. Tang Honggong was already at the Early Stage Golden Core before the age of one hundred.
At the same time, he was skilled in the unity of man and ox, and with the help of the Seven-Colored Golden Bull, his strength reached the Nascent Soul.
Not long ago, he even used a Mystic Art to injure Liang Family Old Ancestor, who was at the Nascent Soul Late Stage. His strength was no less than that of those Old Ancestors at the Dao Embryo Great Perfection.
Tang Honggong surveyed the people on the chihuang cloud, "Please follow me."
The route he and the Seven-Colored Golden Bull took was clearly meticulously arranged.
It allowed the Ba Ling Sect to see the Refining Spirit Sect's strength without exposing its true power.
Qian Duoduo suppressed his excitement at seeing his maternal uncle again, but remembering what Zeng Zifang had just told him, his heart felt particularly heavy.
The reason the Ba Ling Sect visited the Refining Spirit Sect was to seek an Alliance.
However, while it was called an Alliance, it was actually a negotiation to make the Refining Spirit Sect submit and jointly destroy the Shengling Sect.
If the Refining Spirit Sect did not agree, the Ba Ling Sect would unite with the Shengling Sect to attack the Refining Spirit Sect.
And if the Refining Spirit Sect and the Shengling Sect united, the Ba Ling Sect was confident it could fight one against two.
After unifying the Lower Three Sects, the Ba Ling Sect's goal was to advance to the Middle Road and become a strong Sect in the Middle Road.
For this, the Ba Ling Sect had been planning for over ten thousand years.
After Qian Duoduo became a Third Grade High-Level Artifact Refiner's Elder Lianqi, he was already qualified to know these secrets.
Zeng Zifang hoped he would seize the opportunity of the great war, earn more military merits, and become an outstanding figure among the Nose Peak Elders.
However, how could she know that Qian Duoduo was originally a person of the Refining Spirit Sect?
Making him attack the Refining Spirit Sect was something Qian Duoduo would definitely not do.
However, even if he did not attack the Refining Spirit Sect, the Ba Ling Sect would not abandon its plan to unify the Lower Road.
If he returned to the Refining Spirit Sect, he would have to participate in the Refining Spirit Sect's resistance against the Ba Ling Sect.
"Welcome, Ba Ling Sect." As he was struggling, the chihuang cloud had already flown to the Refining Spirit Sect's Sect, and Palace Lord Ping Yundan stood at the Sect entrance, welcoming the guests.
At this point, the Ba Ling Sect's people had to dismount and walk.
Behind Ping Yundan stood Elder Hu, Dugu Yunshan, Cao Yueying, Deng Feihong, Xu Fa, and others.
Their number was exactly equal to that of the Ba Ling Sect, and they were all The Righteous Foundation Establishment.
The cultivation of Dugu Yunshan, Cao Yueying, and Deng Feihong had all reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
On both sides, the Ba Ling Sect and the Refining Spirit Sect, the Elders eyed the Elders, and the Disciples eyed the Disciples, with a strong implication that a disagreement could lead to a challenge.
And Qian Duoduo was being scrutinized by Dugu Yunshan and Cao Yueying.
It seemed his first-place record in the Feng Fan Battle and his identity as an Artifact Refiner were known to the Refining Spirit Sect.
He quickly lowered his head, pretending to be harmless.
Seeing the increasing tension between the Disciples of the two Sects, Ancestor Zeng smiled slightly and said to Zeng Zifang, "Nose Peak Grand Elder, take the Disciples and have a good 'intimate' exchange with the Refining Spirit Sect's Xiong Jun."
After speaking, he followed Tang Honggong and Ping Yundan towards Preaching Mountain. There, he was to have a secret talk with Sect Leader Niu Jinshui.
As soon as the three had left, Zeng Zifang cupped her fist towards Elder Hu, "Ba Ling Sect's Qian Duoduo challenges your Sect's Jin Buhuan to a duel!"
Qian Duoduo's head buzzed, and he began to swell.
Zeng Zifang had even issued a challenge on his behalf!
And the challenge was to his own self from the Refining Spirit Sect!
What Ancestor Zeng meant by 'intimate exchange' was actually for Zeng Zifang to use force to subdue the Refining Spirit Sect's Disciple generation.
Elder Hu smiled awkwardly, "Elder Jin Buhuan is currently in seclusion."
"Hmph." Zeng Zifang didn't believe it at all.
She turned her head and commanded Guan Tusheng, "Calculate, where does Jin Buhuan live?"