Speculation About the Enemy Behind the Scenes and the Tradition of Burning Corpses
"Play off!"
Upon hearing this, Uncle Kong Yushuo recalled the rumors circulating inside and outside "Demon-Suppressing Pass" and the ambush formation from earlier, and immediately understood his meaning, his expression changing slightly.
"But who would deliberately try to sow discord between us and these wild, Bloodline Lineage from beyond the Great Wall?"
Uncle Kong Yushuo asked with some doubt.
"Then there are too many possibilities." Kong Wenxuan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Leaving aside the others, the ' Cuckoo ' Du Household, who are wanted by the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty, have not been heard from since they fled ' Cuckoo County '."
"Perhaps the Du Household is hiding in these southern mountains. After all, when it comes to exploring and understanding these mountains, the Du Household far surpasses all other families. And now that they see an opportunity, they might just try to sow discord and retaliate against our Kong Household."
"After all, the reason why the Du Household's forbidden technique of ' A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix to the Phoenix' failed to be used in the ' Cuckoo Secret Realm ' was mainly because of the Ya Household and our Kong Household."
"They can't defeat the Ya Household, so they might target our Kong Household for revenge."
"Besides the Du Household, the ' Fire Crow ' Ya Household isn't out of the question either. After all, we've always harbored some suspicion and wariness towards the Ya Household."
"Furthermore, it's possible that some ordinary Bloodline Lineage from Bifang Commandery, or one of the four counties under it, acted out of jealousy for our Kong Household's success in Star Inlaying, and thus engaged in this provocative act on impulse."
"More likely, the main target of this provocation is not our Kong Household, but those wild Bloodline Lineage living outside the Great Wall. They just want to use our Kong Household to severely damage the power of these wild Bloodline Lineage, so that the person behind the scenes can finally break through and take over the lands of these wild Bloodline Lineage outside the Great Wall, and plunder them."
"Of course, besides these possibilities, there is another one: that some Demon Race who have survived in these southern mountains are hiding in the shadows, secretly causing trouble."
"This..." Uncle Kong Yushuo's expression changed several times after hearing Kong Wenxuan's deduction. He was speechless for a moment before finally saying in a deep voice, "For the past two years, I have spent most of my time in these southern mountains, surveying the terrain and looking for suitable places for the Lineage to expand its territory."
"I haven't paid much attention to news from inside or outside the Demon-Suppressing Pass. Even the rumors about the various wild Bloodline Lineage outside the pass only came to my attention after they had spread widely."
"I never imagined that these rumors and schemes could involve our Kong Household!"
"I thought these people came to ambush me for revenge!"
"This is indeed my dereliction of duty!" Uncle Kong Yushuo said in a deep voice, "It seems that after we return this time, we still need to carefully investigate the situation behind these rumors."
"Let's see who started this rumor!"
"Those who dare to sow discord and plot against our Kong Household will surely pay a heavy price!"
Kong Wenxuan nodded upon hearing this, then shook his head, saying, "Let's investigate these matters thoroughly when we get back. Perhaps our Kong Household can even get involved and reap the benefits."
"As for now, let's continue to look at a few alternative sites."
Upon hearing this, Uncle Kong Yushuo immediately nodded and said, "Okay!"
By this time, the two had finished cleaning up the battlefield. Uncle Kong Yushuo made a hand Hand Seals and fired several fireballs, burning all the corpses of the slain cultivators to ashes.
This can be considered a tacit understanding among the various cultivators who live in these southern mountains: whenever there is an opportunity, they will burn the corpses of their slain opponents to ashes.
This was not only to cover up the traces, but also to prevent these corpses from becoming food for the Demon Beast in the mountains to the south.
After all, the Demon Beast in the southern mountains are everyone's common enemy, and the corpses of bloodline cultivators all possess bloodline power and have been tempered by Law Power. For Demon Beast, they are no less powerful than some spirit medicine. Consuming a few more corpses of bloodline cultivators of the same level might even allow Demon Beast to advance in rank.
Therefore, naturally no one would want to leave these cultivators' corpses for the Demon Beast to devour, thereby increasing the demon Demon Beast ' strength and threatening them in the future.
Meanwhile, none of the cultivators who roamed these southern mountains could guarantee that they would always be victorious in battles and fights. They might encounter a powerful enemy one day and be killed in these southern mountains as well.
Therefore, burning the enemy's corpse is both a sign of respect for the enemy and a way of hoping that if one day one is killed in these southern mountains, one's opponent will also follow the rules and burn one's body to ashes, so as not to fall into the mouths of Demon Beast and die in unease.
Soon, after burning more than a dozen corpses on the battlefield, Uncle Kong Yushuo led Kong Wenxuan back to the place where the Second Tier Lightning-Fire Spirit Formation had been set up.
After checking, it was regrettable to find that the resource points that the uncle had started in that area had already been harvested, and the foundation of the remaining resource points had been destroyed in the explosion of the Second Tier Lightning-Fire Spirit Formation.
It's safe to say that this resource point is completely destroyed, and it will be very difficult to produce any resources or spiritual items thereafter.
Kong Wenxuan shook his head; this first alternative was increasingly losing ground in his mind.
Fortunately, the two did not come away empty-handed. Although the Second Tier Lightning-Fire Spirit Formation had experienced an explosion, it was still mostly intact. The two dug out the array plate, array artifacts, and other components of the Lightning-Fire Spirit Formation, intending to take them back to see if they could be repaired.
Finally, the two gazed once more at the "Lone Peak" located in the center from a distance.
The battle here, especially the explosion of the Second Tier Lightning-Fire Spirit Formation, caused quite a commotion, even alarming the Demon Beast on the distant Lone Peak, as well as the flock of Green-Winged Eagle demonic birds that entrenched there.
At this moment, both of them could see from afar that a large number of Green-Winged Eagle rushed out from the Lone Peak Lone Peak, flying around it and crying out, although they did not seem to intend to fly towards their battlefield.
However, it is clearly not advisable to approach that Lone Peak to investigate its situation now. Otherwise, if they were to disturb the Third Tier Demon Beast, the Green-Winged Eagle, which resides within, the two of them would not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, after a brief discussion, the two decided to leave and proceed to the second alternative location to investigate the situation.
Although they decided to leave, this time the two did not directly fly away on the "Feather Boat". Instead, they stepped on the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and chose to fly away on the sword, soaring three feet off the ground, and traveling through mountains and valleys.
Only after they had traveled hundreds of miles away from that Lone Peak Plain did the uncle summon the "Feather Boat" again. The two boarded the "Feather Boat" and continued their journey, flying towards the second alternative location.
This was also to avoid alerting or attracting the attention and attacks of the Green-Winged Eagle demons on the Lone Peak, so as to prevent further trouble.
Of course, after setting sail in the "Feather Boat" again, the uncle still used illusion magic to conceal the "Feather Boat" as much as possible and flew at a lower altitude.
Having experienced the previous ambush formations, my uncle was even more cautious this time.