Kong Sang Divine Tree

"The charter for this Foundation Establishment Grand Meeting has been finalized. Apart from myself participating in the encirclement and attack of the Tier 4 demonic beast, everyone else from our Zhou family will simply cooperate with the Qi Refining stage cultivators from the Chen family to form an array and clear out the low-level demonic beasts."

"Due to an oath, I cannot reveal the specific target of this operation at the moment. I can only say that if the Chen family's information is correct, the risk of this operation should be smaller than in previous times."

"Therefore, starting tomorrow, Yun'er, Qi'er, and the five of you Qi Refining stage cultivators who will be participating will head to White Camel Ridge with me to practice formations with other participating cultivators. Remember, you only have one month to prepare."

Several days later, on the third floor of the "Jade Spring Tower," Old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan arrived after discussing the details of the Foundation Establishment Grand Meeting with the Chen family. He relayed the situation to the Zhou family elders present.

Zhou Yang knew that once demonic beasts reached Tier 4 and condensed a demonic core, their intelligence would increase significantly, and they would learn to subdue other demonic beasts as subordinates.

Thus, Tier 4 demonic beasts in the Boundless Sand Sea were often surrounded by quite a few Tier 3 and Tier 2 demonic beasts. Some Tier 4 demonic beasts even had over a dozen Tier 3 demonic beasts around them.

With a Tier 4 demonic beast in its own lair, supported by over a dozen Tier 3 demonic beasts and hundreds, or even thousands, of Tier 2 demonic beasts, even a late-stage Violet Palace cultivator like the Old Ancestor Chen would not dare to provoke it.

This was why the Old Ancestor Chen, despite being able to refine Foundation Establishment Pills himself, was willing to sell them to other families. Because relying solely on their own strength, even if they killed a Tier 4 demonic beast and obtained its demonic core, their own losses would be heavy, making it not worth the effort.

Were Tier 4 demonic beasts that easy to kill?

The desperate counterattack of a Tier 4 demonic beast before its death could even injure a late-stage Violet Palace expert like the Old Ancestor Chen, let alone cultivators whose cultivation was below the Violet Palace stage.

In fact, every time the Chen family organized people to hunt Tier 4 demonic beasts, Foundation Establishment stage cultivators would perish. The most tragic time, five Foundation Establishment stage cultivators died in a single operation, directly causing several Foundation Establishment families to decline and their legacies to be severed.

However, even so, in order to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills and continue their family legacies, small families like the Zhou family could only brace themselves and join.

This was the helplessness of small families!

At this moment, after finishing the important matters, Old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan took out several jade slips and handed them to Zhou Yang, saying, "Little Nine, these are the Foundation Establishment experiences recorded by myself, your father, and other Foundation Establishment cultivators in the family. Study them carefully these days. After we return from demon hunting, Old Ancestor Chen will immediately start refining pills, and you will directly attempt Foundation Establishment at White Camel Ridge."

"Don't worry, Great-Grandfather. Your grandson will not disappoint you." Zhou Yang took the jade slips with both hands, nodded solemnly, and his expression was grave.

Foundation Establishment was the most crucial event in the cultivation path for Qi Refining stage cultivators. Anything that could increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment was enough to make ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators who aspired to Foundation Establishment fight fiercely for it.

For Foundation Establishment families like the Zhou family, their younger generation cultivators had the Foundation Establishment experiences of their predecessors as a reference when attempting Foundation Establishment. This allowed them to avoid many detours and prevent many risks that could have been avoided.

As for rogue cultivators, without the reference of predecessors' Foundation Establishment experiences, they would have to rely entirely on luck and comprehension to gamble.

Many rogue cultivators, lacking the reference of predecessors' experiences, even if they eventually managed to achieve Foundation Establishment by chance, would suffer some hidden injuries after Foundation Establishment, affecting their future Dao path.

Zhou Yang had no doubt that if he were to sell the jade slips in his hand, even if he priced them at a thousand spirit stones each, rogue cultivators would still be willing to buy them.

However, this kind of behavior, equivalent to selling ancestral property, was an unforgivable grave offense for any family. No matter how short of money he was, he would never do something that would cause all the cultivators in his clan to point fingers at him.

For the next month, Zhou Yang did not see the Old Clan Leader or the other participating elders again. It was only when the agreed-upon departure day arrived that he and his godmother, Zhou Xuanyu, went out of the market to participate in the send-off.

During this send-off, Zhou Yang saw a Violet Palace stage cultivator for the first time. Although he was observing from thousands of meters away, he could still feel the unfathomable and powerful aura emanating from the Old Ancestor Chen.

At the same time, this was also the first time he saw the magnificent spectacle of over a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators and over a hundred late-stage Qi Refining cultivators gathered together.

Zhou Yang counted. Including Old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan, a total of seventeen Foundation Establishment cultivators participated in the demon hunting operation. Among them, there were only four Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Chen family. Of the remaining thirteen, excluding three rogue cultivator Foundation Establishment cultivators, they were all Foundation Establishment cultivators from small families like the Zhou family.

As for the one hundred and twenty-four late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, the Chen family's Qi Refining stage cultivators accounted for forty-eight of them. These, along with the Qi Refining stage cultivators from other families, and nearly half of them being old cultivators whose lifespan was nearing its end, like the two "Guang" generation elders of the Zhou family, seemed to want to contribute their last bit of strength in the final twilight of their lives.

After the send-off lasted for about half a day, Zhou Yang witnessed an extremely shocking scene.

He saw Old Ancestor Chen wave his large sleeve and release a gleaming green spiritual boat. This green spiritual boat was initially only a few feet long, but after Old Ancestor Chen injected his magic power, the spiritual boat instantly grew with the wind, transforming into a massive tower ship tens of feet long.

Then, under the control of the Old Ancestor Chen, this massive lou chuan released a beam of green light that swept downwards, engulfing all the Qi Refining stage cultivators on the ground into its internal space. Seeing this, Zhou Minghan and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators also flew into the lou chuan on their sword lights.

Once these people boarded the ship, the massive楼船, carrying over a hundred people, transformed into a streak of green spiritual light and rapidly flew away from the sky amidst the shocked gazes of countless cultivators seeing them off.

"Quite shocking, isn't it? This giant towering ship is a Mid-grade Tier 4 artifact. It's a treasure that Old Ancestor Chen obtained when he traveled the Cultivation World of the Flowing Cloud Continent. It is said that the main material used to refine the towering ship has a slight connection to the legendary Seventh-tier Divine Wood, the Kong Sang Divine Tree. Its internal space is so vast that it can accommodate hundreds of people simultaneously without feeling crowded!"

Before Zhou Yang could recover from the shock of the giant楼船's appearance, he heard the envious words of his godmother, Zhou Xuanyu, beside him.

A gleam flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Kong Sang Divine Tree? Godmother, are you sure you didn't misstate it? That's the divine tree that is said to prop up a world with a single tree!"

Zhou Xuanyu was not surprised by Zhou Yang's reaction, as she herself had a similar expression when Old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan mentioned it.

She nodded and said, "Of course, it's correct. The Record of Heavenly Treasures also mentions that tens of thousands of years ago, a branch of the Kong Sang Divine Tree fell from outside the heavens and was obtained by a Tribulation Crossing True Immortal. Later, that Tribulation Crossing True Immortal used the immortal divine ability Grafting Flowers and Trees to graft it onto a Sixth-tier Spirit Wood. From then on, the Kong Sang Divine Tree took root in this world."

Zhou Yang recalled the record of the Kong Sang Divine Tree he had seen in the Record of Heavenly Treasures and quickly responded, "That's right, I've also read that record. I also know that the Sixth-tier Spirit Wood was later cultivated by Spirit Planters into many branches and saplings. The first generation of branch saplings were said to also be Sixth-tier Spirit Wood, called Kong Sang Tree, which is the best material for refining Teleportation Array Disks, Spatial Formations, and artifacts. Even the Sixth-tier Spiritual Item Xuan Crystal Stone, which also possesses spatial attributes, is inferior to it."

"That makes sense. Since even the spirit wood grafted from the Kong Sang Divine Tree can cultivate branches, why can't the Sixth-tier Spirit Wood, the Kong Sang Tree? The giant楼船 in Old Ancestor Chen's hands is said to be refined from the branches of the Kong Sang Tree's branches." Zhou Xuanyu playfully tapped Zhou Yang's forehead with her finger and said with a smile.

"So that's how it is!"

Zhou Yang suddenly understood, and a relieved smile of satisfied curiosity appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Zhou Xuanyu affectionately patted his shoulder and said, "Alright, let's head back too. Now we just have to wait for Grandfather and the others' good news."

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