Abandoning the Five Peaks, Settling on the Second Choice

"This..."

Upon witnessing this astonishing turn of events, the members of the Kong Household were all dumbfounded.

In their hearts, they had already regarded this "Five Peaks" land as their own territory, and planned to occupy this "Five Peaks" land and set up an array to protect it after the Ya Household cultivators left.

Then, they could gather the Lineage cultivators, as well as the cultivators from the three servant Lineage of Yan, Ma, and Yun, to use this "Five Peaks" area as the center to clear out Demon Beast and birds from the surrounding thousand miles, and establish a "Peacock County" belonging to their Kong Household.

Unexpectedly, such a change occurred before anything even began.

The most important of the "Five Peaks," "Flying Peak," collapsed and was destroyed after many battles and the removal of the "spirit medicine Garden" from it by the Ya Household.

Moreover, the collapse of "Flying Peak" caused the underground magma and underground rivers, which had been suppressed and restrained, to erupt all at once, unleashing water and fire that ravaged the surrounding environment and terrain, causing enormous damage.

Seeing this, Uncle Kong Yushuo even wanted to steer the "Peacock Feather Boat" up to save "Flying Peak" and stop the eruption of subterranean fire and groundwater.

Fortunately, they were stopped by the clan chief Kong Changgeng, who directly ordered, "Go, retreat!"

I don't know if it was that "Flying Peak" that bombarded us, but it not only shattered a large number of hills and low peaks in this valley, but also shattered the earth and opened up the fire veins and water veins deep underground.

However, the fire and water veins that were broken open had been suppressed and blocked by "Flying Peak" before, so they did not erupt.

As a result, with the collapse of "Flying Peak" and the loss of its suppression and sealing, the eruption of the shattered fire and water veins deep underground is extremely violent, threatening to change the world. This is something that these Foundation Establishment cultivators simply cannot stop or prevent.

Even if one were to rashly approach or rush into it, one would likely be injured or even killed by the erupting subterranean fires and groundwater.

Therefore, clan chief Kong Changgeng ordered the group to retreat.

At this moment, Kong Wenxuan and the others also realized what was happening and quickly boarded the "Peacock Feather Boat" to retreat far away, staying more than a hundred miles away, so that they would not be affected by the eruption of the subterranean fire and groundwater.

Then, the group stopped the "Peacock Feather Boat" and looked at the shocking changes in the "Five Peaks" area. Their expressions were all very grim.

"What a tragedy! Such a beautiful place, and it's been ruined like this!"

Second Elder Kong Changlan looked at the "Five Peaks" land submerged by water and fire, and couldn't help but curse angrily.

Indeed, upon seeing the earth fire and groundwater erupting from beneath "Flying Peak," Kong Wenxuan and the others immediately realized that this "Five Peaks" region was even better than they had initially anticipated.

Not only are there Five Peaks suitable for setting up the "Five Elements Formation", but there are also Spirit Plant and spirit medicine scattered throughout the Five Peaks, and fire veins and water veins running through the ground.

If the Kong Household could take over the "Five Peaks" land early on and make it their Lineage territory, not to mention the "spirit medicine Garden" on "Flying Peak," even just the water and fire veins below "Flying Peak" could be transformed into two resource points that produce abundant spiritual fire and spiritual water materials with just a little guidance and arrangement, and could also be used to create a variety of good places.

Examples include weapon-refining rooms, alchemy rooms, the "Water and Fire Creation Pool" to aid cultivation, and the "Water and Fire Greenhouse" for cultivating spiritual spirit medicine Spirit Plant.

It can be said that it is an extremely perfect clan land and territory suitable for the Lineage to establish itself and develop.

But now, all of this has been destroyed with the collapse of "Flying Peak" and the eruption of the water and fire veins that were suppressed underneath.

Not to mention the current devastation caused by water and fire in the "Five Peaks" region, even once these erupting water and fire veins subside, the damage and changes they have caused to the surrounding terrain, geography, resources, and environment will likely make it unsuitable for the Kong Household to continue establishing a foothold and ancestral territory.

Uncle Kong Yushuo, - dedicated to providing the most comfortable reading experience. Hearing the Second Elder's angry scolding, he couldn't help but curse under his breath, his face full of heartache.

This "Five Peaks" area was the place he discovered after nearly two years of exploration and searching in the southern mountains. It was the most suitable place for the Kong Household to expand their territory and build "Peacock County Seat". It was the result of his two years of hard work and adventurous exploration.

The fact that everything was destroyed at this moment naturally filled him with resentment, and he even wanted to rush forward to stop it when the fire and water first erupted.

At this moment, it was the clan chief Kong Changgeng, who was more clear-headed. He shook his head and said, "The fact that ' Flying Peak ' collapsed so easily, and then erupted with such powerful water and fire, can only mean that this place is not suitable for our Kong Household to develop, occupy, or build a county town."

"Fortunately, these dangers surfaced at this time. If we had waited until we had finally conquered and established the ' Peacock County Seat ' Lineage territory, we would not have discovered ' Flying Peak ' and the hidden dangers beneath the ground."

"When that time comes, if ' Flying Peak ' suddenly collapses, and the suppressed water and fire underground erupt, what will be destroyed will not be this land of ' Five Peaks,' but Peacock County Seat, and our Kong Household!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Kong Yushuo disagreed, objecting, "If the Ya Household hadn't forcibly moved that ' spirit medicine Garden,' causing enormous damage to ' Flying Peak,' how could ' Flying Peak ' have collapsed?"

"As long as Flying Peak doesn't collapse, how could the water and fire suppressed underground possibly erupt?"

"At that time, these will no longer be a calamity, but rather a resource and a blessed land for our Kong Household."

Kong Wenxuan shook his head upon hearing this, saying, "The collapse of ' Flying Peak ' could be due to several reasons. Was it because the Ya Household moved the ' spirit medicine Garden'? Or was it because of the internal damage caused by the impact of ' Flying Peak Peak' when it flew in? Or was it caused by the battle between Ya Zhaoying and several Third Tier Demon Race and Demon Beast? Or was it caused by the Third Tier Earth Dragon Demon Race hiding inside ' Flying Peak '? Or even the damage caused by the explosion of the two ' Demon Thunder Pearl ' thrown down by the Third Tier Cuckoo Demon Race? All of these are possible."

"However, in any case, this place is indeed no longer suitable for our Kong Household to expand our territory and build a county town, which has made me completely determined to abandon this place."

"Actually, even before the collapse of ' Flying Peak ' and the eruption of water and fire, I had already hesitated about whether to choose this place as the Lineage territory."

"Indeed, the ' Five Peaks ' region has many advantages and resources suitable for our Lineage, but it also has a fatal problem: security!"

"This place is too far from the ' Demon-Suppressing Pass,' too deep into these southern mountains. If there were only a few Third Tier Demon Beast threatening us in these mountains, it wouldn't be a big deal. The Lineage can set up Third Tier treasure array, which will be enough to deal with those Third Tier Demon Beast that lack intelligence and sentience."

"Furthermore, Third Tier Demon Beast, lacking intelligence, usually stay in one place and won't attack us unless there's a special reason."

Even if the "Flying Peak" doesn't collapse, and the "Five Peaks" land isn't destroyed by the eruption of water and fire, and even if our Kong Household successfully occupies this place and builds "Peacock County Seat," it's hard to guarantee that one day, the Du Household family cultivators and the Cuckoo Demon Race, hiding deeper in the southern mountains, won't attack our Kong Household and our "Peacock County."

"At that time, as long as there is a Third Tier Cuckoo Demon Race, our Kong Household will be no match for it, even with a Third Tier treasure array protecting us."

"After all, the Du Household has a blood feud with our Kong Household."

"Therefore, after seeing the Cuckoo Demon Race that the Du Household cultivators had fallen into, I already had some reservations, thinking that this place was not suitable as our Kong Household's territory."

"This situation only serves to solidify my decision."

"Let's choose the second option, that place where the mountains and lake meet, and develop it into our Lineage territory, building Peacock County."