A Ten-Year Tax Exemption and Two Tragedies

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The clan leader, the second elder, and the eldest uncle all seemed to be deep in thought as they listened to Kong Wenxuan's words.

After a long pause, the clan chief made the final decision, saying, "Alright, no matter what, the ' Five Peaks ' land is ruined and is no longer suitable as a place for our Kong Household to expand our territory."

"Since Wenxuan thinks the second alternative location is good, let's go take a look."

"If it's truly a good fit, then let's finalize it, and the Lineage can begin preparations for expanding our territory."

Second Elder Kong Changlan, however, was still somewhat unwilling and said, "Why don't we wait a little longer?"

"This time, we harvested a large number of Demon Beast corpses and demon materials on the 'Eastern Peak,' and even the corpse of a Third Tier Azure Python Demon Beast. If we send it to ' Bifang Commandery City ' to sell, it can fetch at least 100,000 low-grade Spirit Stone, which will greatly alleviate the Lineage's current financial difficulties and should allow the Lineage to survive for a few more years."

"Perhaps we can spend these next few years searching in these southern mountains to see if there's a place similar to ' Five Peaks '?"

"Or perhaps we should wait and see what happens after the fire and water erupted in the ' Five Peaks ' region subsides? Maybe after this baptism of fire and water, it will be even more suitable for our Kong Household to build our territory?"

Upon hearing the Second Elder's words, the eldest uncle Kong Yushuo, shook his head and said, "It's difficult!"

"Over the past two years, I've traversed almost all of these mountains to the south, covering a vast area, and there's no other place with Five Peaks like this. The only suitable locations for the Lineage to expand their territory are basically the three candidate sites I've selected."

As for the "Five Peaks" land after it has been tempered by water and fire...

Uncle Kong Yushuo shook his head and didn't continue, clearly indicating that there was little hope for human intervention.

At this moment, Kong Wenxuan decisively decided, "Let's choose the second alternative location; there's no need to look for other suitable places."

"It has been three years since our Kong Household received the Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal ' from the Bifang Commandery County. According to regulations, every four years, the magistrates of the counties under Bifang Commandery must report their work online to the Prefect."

"At the latest by the end of next year, I will have to report on the work of ' Peacock County ' to Bifang Commandery."

"What if, by then, our Kong Household's ' Peacock County ' hasn't even been developed and built yet? How am I supposed to report on my work then?"

"We can't very well tell Bifang Commandery that our Kong Household's ' Peacock County ' hasn't been established yet, so we can't report on our work, can we?"

"Furthermore, according to the laws of the Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty, newly established True Spirit Lineage like our Kong Household are entitled to a ten-year tax exemption."

"Three years have already passed, leaving only seven years of tax exemption. If we continue to wait, we will be wasting this tax exemption benefit."

Kong Wenxuan shook his head and said, "Therefore, we should expand our territory and build ' Peacock County ' as soon as possible to truly make use of the tax-free period and use the tax-free ' Peacock County ' to earn more resources and wealth for our Kong Household."

"Furthermore, I have also examined the second alternative location. Although it is inferior to the ' Five Peaks ' area in terms of terrain and resources, it is easier to develop and safer."

"As for issues like terrain and resources, these can be addressed through subsequent improvements and development by the Lineage."

After listening to the words of his eldest uncle Kong Yushuo, and Kong Wenxuan, the Second Elder Kong Changlan, finally sighed and nodded, saying, "In that case, let's choose the second alternative location."

"It's just a pity that my research on the 'Five Elements Formation' over the past three years..."

"The second alternative location, with its mountains and water, has a terrain that I've also studied in terms of formations, but it's still not as good as the ' Five Peaks ' area... Alas!"

Kong Changlan sighed again as he spoke, and ultimately did not continue.

Afterwards, the four members of the Kong Household piloted the "Peacock Feather Boat," said goodbye to the Ya Household's group, and parted ways, flying towards the second alternative location.

Two days later, the four arrived at the second alternative location, a place where mountains and water meet. The clan leader and the second elder, Kong Changlan, personally surveyed the surrounding terrain and resources, and finally nodded in satisfaction.

Here, mountains and waters complement each other, vegetation is abundant, and there is also a Second Tier "Shoushan Stone" mine. It can be said that four of the five elements are present, only the element of fire is missing.

However, the Fire Land was easy to deal with. The water and fire veins suppressed by the "Flying Peak" in the "Five Peaks" area were undoubtedly a good reminder for them.

After they have explored and conquered this land, they can slowly dig deeper underground. They will eventually find underground fire veins, draw out the underground fire and magma, and thus open up a "fire pool" for the Lineage Lineage cultivate spiritual Fire Spirit, as well as to build places such as weapon refining rooms, pill refining rooms, and Spirit Plant cultivation rooms.

Unfortunately, it wasn't the end of the month yet, so the clan leader and the others didn't get to see the Third Tier Stone Disc Turtle emerge from "Crescent Moon Lake".

Based on the current findings, the clan leader and the second elder are already quite satisfied.

So the four of them immediately decided to select this second alternative location, a place where mountains and rivers meet, as the place where the Lineage would expand its territory and build "Peacock County".

After making their decision, the four of them did not linger there. They boarded the "Peacock Feather Boat" and embarked on their return journey, flying towards Cuckoo Town.

Four days later, the group returned to the Demon-Suppressing Pass "Peacock Feather Boat," only to find that the places where various wild Bloodline Lineage had originally settled outside the Demon-Suppressing Pass had been breached, and many places had become ruins, with bloodstains still remaining.

It is clear that the situation of these wild Bloodline Lineage who have settled outside "Demon-Suppressing Pass" is not good.

After entering the "Demon-Suppressing Pass", the four members of the Kong Household rested for half a day. At the same time, the eldest uncle Kong Yushuo, went out to inquire about the situation and finally learned about the encounter of those wild Bloodline Lineage outside the pass.

It is said that about twenty days ago, a group of cultivators of unknown origin, seemingly believing the rumors in the "Demon-Suppressing Pass" about those wild Bloodline Lineage having amassed a great deal of wealth, suddenly launched an attack on the various Bloodline Lineage outside the pass. They conquered many Lineage territories, slaughtered a large number of Lineage cultivators, and plundered a great deal of wealth.

Many wild Bloodline Lineage cultivators who suffered the calamity of losing their families had no choice but to lead a large number of their clansmen to flee towards "Demon-Suppressing Pass," begging "Demon-Suppressing Pass" to accept and protect them. They were willing to join the Ya Household and become the Ya Household's servant Lineage.

This even alarmed the team that the Ya Household had originally set up an ambush at "Demon-Suppressing Pass," forcing them to send out a team to deal with the matter.

It seems that this is why the Cuckoo Demon Race, who were lying in ambush outside, discovered the ambush in "Demon-Suppressing Pass" and took advantage of the chaos to bypass "Demon-Suppressing Pass," leading their Demon Beast army into "Cuckoo Town" and conquering the original "Cuckoo County City."

It is said that many Bloodline Lineage who moved into "Cuckoo Town" for safety and to align themselves with their new masters Ya Household Family, suffered massacres after the Cuckoo Demon Race conquered the Cuckoo Town, resulting in the extermination of many clans.