The First Candidate Site, an Array Trap

Without another word, the elder brother Kong Yushuo, piloted the "Feather Boat" and quickly flew away from the place where this wild Bloodline Lineage had settled and lived, venturing deeper into the southern mountains.

Upon arriving here, even the eldest uncle became noticeably more cautious. He not only lowered the "Feather Boat" to a lower altitude, no longer flying high in the sky to attract attention, but also used illusion magic to disguise and hide the "Feather Boat".

Although his uncle Kong Yushuo switched to cultivating the "Fire Element True Scripture," his years of cultivation of the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" and illusion techniques were clearly not wasted. On the contrary, as he advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage, he opened up his Sea of Consciousness, nurtured his Spiritual Consciousness, and became even more powerful.

Therefore, the illusions cast are more deceptive and more powerful.

At this moment, the eldest uncle also shared his experience with Kong Wenxuan, saying, "Although the situation in the southern mountains is somewhat chaotic, most of the people active there are still First Tier Qi Refinement Realm cultivators. There are also some Second Tier Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, but not many."

"As for Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, I have neither encountered nor heard of any, and they most likely do not exist. Even if they do, they are probably active in the deeper ' Fifth Tier battlefield'."

"Therefore, with our 'divine swords,' dealing with these First Tier Qi Refinement teams and Second Tier Foundation Establishment cultivators should be no problem at all."

"However, anything can happen in the mountains to the south, and it gets more dangerous the deeper we go. Even if we have sufficient combat power, we still need to be cautious and prudent, and avoid being too high-profile."

Kong Wenxuan nodded in agreement with his uncle. Although he had just upgraded the "White Metal Divine Sword" from First Tier Law Artifact to Second Tier Spirit Artifact, and the power of "Refining the Sword into Threads" had greatly increased, he had been looking for a suitable opponent to test the sword and sharpen its edge. However, he did not intend to be too high-profile or show off.

Screech! Roar! Rumble...

Just then, from a mountain range in the distance, the sounds of birdsong, beast roars, and even the rumble of battle suddenly rang out.

Kong Wenxuan stood on the "Feather Boat" and looked out at the mountain range. He could even see the light and shadow of Law Technique explosions and Law Artifact battles.

Upon seeing this, the eldest uncle immediately changed the direction of the "Feather Boat," bypassing the mountain range ahead, and said in a deep voice, "It's obvious that a group of cultivators has discovered something good in the mountains ahead and is trying to seize it."

"However, they've made too much of a commotion. If they can't quickly kill the Demon Beast, seize the loot, and retreat in time, it will likely attract other nearby teams and even more Demon Beast, leading to an unavoidable chaotic battle..."

The uncle shook his head as he spoke, clearly indicating that he had no intention of joining the chaotic battle or becoming a pawn in the game.

Kong Wenxuan didn't care. Although his Lineage was in financial straits and faced bankruptcy at any time, it wasn't something he could solve by plundering one or two resources or spiritual items in the southern mountains.

Unless he can kill a Third Tier Demon Beast and seize some Third Tier resources and spiritual items to sell in Bifang Commandery City, he might be able to temporarily make up for the Lineage's financial deficit.

Of course, there is another way: he could go on a killing spree in the southern mountains, slaughtering another one or two thousand First Tier- or Second Tier Demon Beast, and then sell the demonic materials and spiritual items from these Demon Beast in Bifang Commandery City. That might alleviate the immediate crisis.

But these are undoubtedly not the fundamental problems of the Lineage. The Lineage cannot rely on him to kill Demon Beast and collect monster materials to support itself in the future.

Moreover, as the Lineage grows, the number of cultivators they cultivate increases, and as the cultivators' cultivation levels rise, the various resources and spiritual objects they need also increase in number and level, leading to ever-increasing financial expenditures.

One day, it will reach a point where he can no longer afford to support them.

Therefore, to fundamentally solve the Lineage's financial problems, it is necessary to expand the Lineage territory and build Peacock County, using the land of one county to support the Lineage. Only in this way can the Lineage be free from financial constraints and develop and improve better and faster.

Afterwards, the eldest uncle piloted the "Feather Boat" and flew with Kong Wenxuan for more than a day before arriving at the first alternative location, which was that Lone Peak surrounded by large areas of low hills and plains.

Kong Wenxuan estimated the distance: it was about a thousand li, but less than two thousand li, from here to "Demon-Suppressing Pass".

If we were to build "Peacock County Seat" here and expand our territory in all directions, we could be right next to "Demon-Suppressing Pass".

After all, as Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage, the Kong Household was capable of developing and building "Peacock County," even by the lowest standards, covering an area of thousands of miles.

At that time, a thousand miles north of "Peacock County Seat", the northern boundary of "Peacock County" will only be a few hundred miles away from "Demon-Suppressing Pass".

This naturally has its advantages and disadvantages. Being close enough to "Demon-Suppressing Pass" makes it undoubtedly safer in the early stages, and it also facilitates various businesses and exchanges between "Peacock County" and "Cuckoo Town" in the future.

However, being so close, the Kong Household would inevitably have to be wary of the Ya Household, especially since no one knew whether the Ya Household might expand their territory south of "Demon-Suppressing Pass" in the future.

If the Ya Household chooses to expand, wouldn't the "Peacock County" built by the Kong Household here be the first to block Ya Household path of expansion?

Just like the "Cuckoo County" of the Du Household, it was also located to the southeast of "Fire Crow County", and then it became the Cuckoo Town of "Fire Crow County"!

Kong Wenxuan's mind raced. Although this first alternative location had the best surrounding terrain, with vast plains and hilly areas, it was already ranked last in his mind.

If he had no other choice, he probably wouldn't have chosen this place as the territory for his Lineage to expand their territory.

However, although that was what he was thinking, since he was already here, Kong Wenxuan naturally planned to thoroughly explore the place to see what the specific situation was like and whether he could find any valuable resources or mineral veins.

If there are resource veins that are too important to the Lineage and must be acquired, then the weight and ranking of this place can certainly be improved.

So Kong Wenxuan had his uncle Kong Yushuo descend the "Feather Boat" and take him on a walk through the plains and hills surrounding the Lone Peak peak to examine it carefully.

Finally, he prepared to approach the Lone Peak to take a closer look.

However, just as his uncle was leading him through a hilly area, preparing to take him to check a confirmed resource point, Kong Wenxuan suddenly sensed that something was wrong with the surroundings, and that there were fluctuations of spiritual energy.

"No, let's go!"

With a startled cry, he called out to his uncle, then stepped onto the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword," preparing to fly away quickly and leave this place.

Buzz!

But it was too late. At that moment, a loud buzzing sound rang out, and a large array set up in the surrounding hills was activated, surrounding the two of them.

Kong Wenxuan looked at the light shield formed by the great formation, which was crackling with lightning and flames, threatening to strike at any moment. His expression immediately turned extremely ugly, ashen.