Red Horned Lizard, the Jinghong Empire Was Full of Treasures

At the very top of Wangyun Mountain, Su Chen looked down and nodded.

This place was far, far better than Bright Moon City.

However, the Su Family had not completely abandoned the Five Great Cities. Su Chen had made some minor alterations there and set up several Spirit Summoning Arrays, greatly enriching the Spiritual Energy. He had then left the Third Elder, Su Yuanba, and the Fourth Elder, Su He, to take turns guarding it.

Besides them, there were also several collateral branches.

The Su Family planned to have one of the collateral branches take over the guardianship once their strength had grown. This sort of arrangement was very common among great families.

Many great families had vast territories and needed their own people to look after various places. In the end, they would leave behind a small branch to control each one.

The Five Great Cities could still bring in enormous benefits, after all, and the Su Family did not want to give them up just like that.

The main city of Qinghe Commandery was called Qingfeng City. Although it was not as enormous as Jinghong City, it was at least three-fifths its size and could be considered fairly prosperous.

With the support of the imperial family, the Su Family had also successfully entered the city and begun conducting a variety of businesses.

Although the other factions disliked the Su Family's arrival, Lin Jin had only just taken power, and no one wanted to run headlong into the line of fire. Thus, no one dared say a word against it.

Of course, even without Lin Jin, they would not have dared provoke the Su Family.

Who told them the Su Family had a Guiyuan Realm cultivator?

With fixed industries in Qingfeng City, the Su Family had more or less established a firm foothold in the Jinghong Empire.

Wangyun Mountain was divided into three sections.

The uppermost section was where the Su Family's direct line lived. Below it were, in order, the living quarters for the collateral branches and the servants.

Because Wangyun Mountain was so enormous, the uppermost section alone could accommodate at least ten thousand people. Since the Su Family's direct line currently numbered only a few dozen, Su Chen's private residence was extraordinarily luxurious.

It was nearly five times the size of the one in Bright Moon City. Its interior was lavishly decorated, and dedicated guards stood watch at the entrance. Su Qingtian had arranged all of this personally.

Throughout the entire Su Family, apart from Su Chen and his servant Ruoxi, anyone who wished to enter had to obtain Su Chen's permission in advance. Even Su Qingtian was no exception.

Of course, this was not a rule set by Su Chen, but by Su Qingtian.

Su Chen's strength was now formidable. He was the guardian deity of the Su Family, and no one could be allowed to disturb him. Everyone in the Su Family also needed to hold him in awe.

Su Qingtian had done this so that every member of the Su Family would understand Su Chen's lofty position.

It could also be considered paving the way for Su Chen to become the family head in the future. Although it was somewhat meaningless, given that Su Chen's strength was right there for all to see, absolutely no one in the Su Family would dare object if he became the family head.

Wangyun Courtyard.

That was the name of the residence where Su Chen lived.

Su Chen sat in the courtyard while Ruoxi obediently stood beside him, massaging him.

"Although Wangyun Mountain is rich in Spiritual Energy, it is still lacking many things."

After thinking for a moment, Su Chen began making arrangements throughout Wangyun Mountain.

He first set up a Heaven Rank high-grade Spirit Summoning Array, along with two defensive arrays. The moment enemies launched an attack, they would activate automatically.

They were the Sky Robbing Array and the Demon Subduing Array.

The Demon Subduing Array was quite intelligent. It could automatically record the auras of everyone throughout Wangyun Mountain. If someone released hostility and their aura had never appeared before, it would immediately tear them to pieces.

The Sky Robbing Array was an auxiliary array. It could absorb energy from designated individuals and also serve as an energy supply station for the Demon Subduing Array. Combined with the Dragon Vein beneath Wangyun Mountain, it could produce an endless supply of energy.

After the Spirit Summoning Array was established, the Dragon Vein below became even more active, and the rate at which Wangyun Mountain generated Spiritual Energy increased by at least threefold.

If things continued developing this way, the Su Family would soon possess its own Integrated Body Realm Cultivator.

Only then could the Su Family be considered to have gained the capital to stand proudly in the Jinghong Empire through its own strength.

As for now, they were merely relying on Su Chen's prestige.

Zixia Mountain Range.

This place lay right beside Wangyun Mountain. The mountain range stretched for nearly ten thousand li and possessed a strange natural phenomenon.

In other places, the evening clouds were golden yellow as the sun set. Yet only in the Zixia Mountain Range were they pale purple. In the past, many people had believed that some treasure was hidden there, and quite a few experts had investigated the area.

After discovering that there was nothing special about it, however, they simply treated it as an ordinary scenic view.

Although there were no Void Refinement stage demon beasts in the Zixia Mountain Range, there were quite a few Nascent Soul Stage ones.

Su Yuze and three members of the direct line were sprinting wildly through the Zixia Mountain Range.

Su Yuze's aura was now quite formidable as well. He had broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm a few days earlier, becoming the first cultivator in the Su Family, apart from Su Chen, to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

He had come out today precisely to hunt demon beasts in the Zixia Mountain Range and consolidate his strength.

The group soon found a suitable demon beast.

It was a Third Tier Perfection Red Horned Lizard. Its aura was powerful, and it was not far from becoming a fourth-tier demon beast. It possessed strength comparable to the Nascent Soul Early Stage and was the perfect target for gaining experience.

"Kill it!"

Su Yuze charged ahead and battled the Red Horned Lizard. Accompanying him were Su Minghu, Su Qian, and Su Kongshan.

After expending considerable effort, the four of them finally killed the Red Horned Lizard without any danger.

Su Mingze's body was covered in numerous wounds, but none of them were particularly serious.

He slowly walked forward and slashed off the Red Horned Lizard's fiery-red horn with a single stroke. A delighted smile spread across his face.

"From today onward, I, Su Mingze, am also a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator!"

Seeing this, Su Minghu's face filled with envy.

"Big brother, your breakthrough speed is far too fast!"

Su Yuze laughed. "What are you talking about? I only started cultivating half a year before you did. All three of you are at Core Formation stage perfection. Breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm is merely a matter of the next month or two."

Upon hearing this, the three of them all smiled.

The Su Family's growth was simply too rapid now. Nearly all of the younger generation were at the Core Formation stage, and the weakest was Su Yunpeng's fourth daughter, Su Qingran, who was still in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

That was also because she was young.

Several stewards from the Su Family's collateral branches were now about to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage, while Su Yunqian, an elder of the Su Family's direct line, had reached Nascent Soul Perfection and was not far from the Void Refinement stage.

Su Qian suddenly spoke up. "Quick, look over there! What's that?"

Everyone followed his voice and saw that in the place where the Red Horned Lizard had been coiled, there was a small nest containing nearly ten scarlet eggs.

"Red Horned Lizard Eggs!"

Su Minghu immediately cried out in surprise. They had never expected to encounter such an incredibly fortunate opportunity.

The Red Horned Lizard was rather special among demon beasts. It secreted a substance called Crimson Blood Crystal, which could help cultivators cleanse their meridians and temper their marrow. It was extremely mild and caused no irritation, and its effects were even better than those of some medicinal pills.

If they properly raised the Red Horned Lizards and nurtured them to the Nascent Soul Realm or even the Nascent Soul Stage, they would be of tremendous help to the younger members of the Su Family.

The younger generation could use the Crimson Blood Crystals to cleanse their meridians and temper their marrow from childhood.

Red Horned Lizard Eggs were extraordinarily difficult to obtain. A Red Horned Lizard might never produce offspring in its entire lifetime. Because of this scarcity, combined with the benefits brought by the Crimson Blood Crystals, a single Red Horned Lizard Egg could sell for around five hundred million Lower-Grade Spirit Stones on the market.

There were ten eggs here. That meant they had just picked up five billion Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.

Excitement filled the four men's faces. As expected of the Jinghong Empire—treasures truly littered the ground!