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Shanhai and Yang Tiankang left after staying on the Giant Spirit Continent for a year, but Yang Danglong did not go with them.

Next, these two will continue to plunder the Spirit Vein Essence. Yang Danglong is only at the Nascent Soul Realm and is not very strong. If he goes with them, he will only be a burden. It would be better for him to stay on the Giant Spirit Continent and continue to use his strengths to build an intelligence network.

To remain hidden in the Nine Phoenix Realm for a long time and thrive, one needs to be cunning and have multiple escape routes, as well as have a thorough understanding of the various forces at play.

Yang Danglong was initially in charge of the Yang Household's Shadow Hall service. Over the years, in order to cultivate Jiang Yuan's power, he challenged various parties and traveled all over the country, gaining a basic understanding of the Human Race forces on the Giant Spirit Continent.

After joining forces with Shanhai and Yang Tiankang, with their help, he quickly established the prototype of an intelligence system, and all he needed to do next was to operate and develop it step by step.

On the other side, after leaving the Giant Spirit Continent, Shanhai and Yang Tiankang plunged into the vast deep sea, heading towards the Water Tribe Settlement.

After the start of the Interface War, the Water Tribe, which had suffered oppression and bullying from the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty, finally possessed a complete cultivation system with the help of the Lu Wu Realm. High-level experts were born one after another. Although the gap between them and the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty was still like a chasm, they at least saw the hope of their race's revival.

Although the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty continuously dispatched large armies to the seabed to suppress the rebellious Water Tribes, the latter never confronted them directly, but instead made full use of their racial talents to wage guerrilla warfare in the seabed.

After entering the seabed, Yang Tiankang first emitted a special wave with his Law Power, then stayed in place with his eyes closed to sense for a long time before moving again.

Finally, they arrived at a place Water Tribe Settlement, hidden at the bottom of the trench.

Ni Xian'er and She Cailing flew out from the gathering place and looked at Yang Tiankang. Both women showed a charming smile, which was absolutely beautiful.

Of course, this is on the premise that we ignore the bunch of ferocious, dancing snake heads behind She Cailing's head.

"Young Master Yang, who is this?" She Cailing asked, her beautiful eyes slightly moving.

"We're on the same side!" Yang Tiankang replied calmly, then stepped into the gathering place.

The two women exchanged a glance and asked no further questions.

They already trusted Yang Tiankang immensely, and this trust deepened even more after he received the inheritance of Sword Saint Helian Tian.

After all, for many Water Tribe, Helian Tian's status is equivalent to that of a savior, and there are quite a few who revere him as a god.

Yang Tiankang returned to the Water Tribe in order to use his influence to recruit as many Water Tribe experts as possible and gradually accumulate power.

Shanhai also agreed with this, saying that although the Ocean area of the Nine Phoenix Realm was not as vast as that of the land, it contained a considerable amount of resources.

The reason why the Jiufeng Imperial Clan attacked the Water Tribe was because the latter's power was expanding too rapidly, threatening the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty's rule.

In addition, the incompatibility of water and fire was also a factor. The bloodline of the Jiufeng Imperial Clan belongs to fire, which is naturally incompatible with the Water Tribe. As the contradictions accumulated little by little, a great war broke out, which brought the once-powerful Water Tribe down to the dust.

Along the way, Shanhai quietly observed the various situations in the Water Tribe Settlement.

There weren't many people, but they were mostly at the Foundation Establishment or above. There were no Spirit Transformation, about ten Golden Core cultivators, and the two Nascent Soul Realm Water Tribe cultivators were the most powerful.

Shanhai was not surprised, because this Water Tribe Settlement was jointly established by Yang Tiankang and Ni Xian'er in just over ten years, and it was already quite remarkable that it had developed to this extent.

After learning of Sword Saint Helian Tian's influence among the Water Tribe, Shanhai had another task: to work with Yang Tiankang to develop and expand this settlement.

In the years that followed, under the leadership of Yang Tiankang and Shanhai, this Water Tribe Settlement gradually grew and expanded, attracting more and more Water Tribe cultivators. The identity of Sword Saint Helian Tian, naturally held a strong attraction for the Water Tribe.

However, as the settlement grew stronger, it inevitably came under the watchful eyes of the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty.

An encirclement and suppression campaign ensued.

The repeated pursuits, only to be repeatedly counter-attacked, made the settlement increasingly famous.

At this point, Yang Tiankang and Shanhai knew they had to break up the whole operation into smaller parts.

When the enemy is strong and we are weak, if we want to grow stronger, we must remain hidden in the shadows, or in other words, not expose our strength to the light of day.

The previous high-profile development was merely to build a reputation and attract more powerful Water Tribe to join.

As it turned out, their decision was absolutely correct.

They had barely broken up into smaller groups when Thunder attack from the Nine-Phoenix Dynasty struck.

Fortunately, due to the dispersed resources, although the losses were significant, they were not crippling and the company still retains strong development potential.

Moreover, this battle has greatly enhanced the reputation of the settlement, and it is estimated that its strength will recover soon.

At this point, you can also do some other things.

At this time, nine years had passed since Shanhai infiltrated the Nine Phoenix Realm.

The incident involving the Spirit Vein Thief had gradually subsided, so Shanhai decided to pull off another heist.

This time, however, his target was no longer the various races on the seven continents, but the various forces located in the Ocean.

After the decline of the Water Tribe, the various sea areas of the Nine Phoenix Realm were divided up one by one. Due to environmental reasons, the various races could only occupy some high-level Spirit Veins in the seabed, and were powerless to take over the numerous low-level Spirit Veins.

Of course, Shanhai wouldn't be interested in low-level Spirit Veins. In fact, Spirit Vein Essences below the Fifth Tier wouldn't be of much use in advancing the Purple Moon Mountain Spirit Veins.

Moreover, most low-level Spirit Veins are occupied by the Water Tribe, making them difficult to attack.

His chosen targets were the various islands floating on the sea.

One month later, the Eastern Sea the Fire-Bathing Continent.

As a race that enjoys soaking in lava, the Fire-Bathing Tribe is destined to dislike the Ocean. Therefore, although they occupy many islands, their defenses are rather weak, much like the neighboring Fire Spirit Tribe.

Therefore, this became a good place for Shanhai and Yang Tiankang to make their move.

As before, only lower-grade Spirit Veins of the Fifth Tier are extracted.

On a long, narrow Island, there are Volcano of varying sizes. Yang Tiankang and Shanhai, who are hiding in the shadows, know that these are the transformations of Lava Behemoths.

"Sixth Brother, get ready!" Shanhai reminded him, and Yang Tiankang nodded slowly.

Then, the Void Worm flew out, Spatial Fluctuations appeared, and in the blink of an eye, the two disappeared.

Three breaths later, a powerful aura awakened, a deafening roar Yunxiao the sky, and Volcano erupted one after another, demonstrating the rolling fury of the Lava Behemoth.

However, like the Demon Race before it, this was nothing more than impotent rage.

With Yang Tiankang's help, the speed of plundering the Spirit Veins increased even more.

The two advanced in leaps, following the pre-arranged nodes, extracting the Spirit Vein Essence one after another.

During this process, they also encountered powerful members of the Fire-Bathing Tribe who wanted to ambush them.

However, because Shanhai was very vigilant and always used his Zhiming to Detection all directions, he was able to discover the traps each time and thus perfectly avoid them.

Before they knew it, the Spirit Vein Essence needed for the Yang Household to advance to the Sixth Tier Spirit Veins had been gathered.