The Patriarch's Triumphant Homecoming and Kong Wenxuan's Authoritative Image
In less than a day, the Kong Household added ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, raising the total number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Lineage from seven to seventeen.
This is partly because the Kong Household has accumulated a substantial foundation over the years, with nearly twenty Qi Refinement cultivators at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer and as many as fourteen capable of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
On the other hand, it was because the "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Star" that Kong Wenxuan had inlaid was of high enough quality and grade, being a superior ninth grade "True Spirit Star", which allowed their Kong Household to directly open up a three-hundred-mile-wide area when developing this "Peacock Secret Realm".
This area is already three times the size of the "secret realms" that ordinary Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage initially established.
The "True Spirit Secret Realm," with its three-fold larger area, naturally provides more than three times the amount of "Pseudo-Innate" Spiritual Qi imbued with the essence of the origin.
This sufficient "Pseudo-Innate" Spiritual Qi is enough to support and assist so many Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators from the Lineage in their attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
If the "Peacock True Spirit Star" that Kong Wenxuan originally set up was just an ordinary low-grade Lower-Class True Spirit Star, it could only open up a "Peacock Secret Realm" of about a hundred miles in size.
Therefore, the "Pseudo-Innate" Spiritual Qi tainted with the original aura is barely enough to support more than ten Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators in their attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if ten of them succeed, it would only be able to help one-third of them succeed, or add three or four more Foundation Establishment cultivators at most.
Therefore, on the other hand, the addition of ten Foundation Establishment cultivators to the Kong Household this time has basically exhausted the foundation accumulated by the Lineage over the years, and also nearly exhausted the "Pseudo-Innate" Spiritual Qi in the newly opened "Peacock Secret Realm" that is tainted with the original aura.
In the future, the Kong Household will probably only have another opportunity to increase the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators by such a large margin after the Lineage reaches the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage".
Before this, it was already considered quite good if the Lineage could add a Foundation Establishment cultivator every few years.
Despite this, when the clan leader Kong Changgeng and the second elder Kong Changlan saw the ten newly added Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Lineage, they were undoubtedly very excited and thrilled!
"Seventeen Foundation Establishment cultivators! That number is almost half of the Lineage's peak size!"
"Before this, I would never have dared to dream of so much!"
"With our ancestors above, we, their descendants, have not failed their expectations!"
Clan Chief Kong Changgeng and Second Elder Kong Changlan then went to the foot of "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak"Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak and bowed several times, seemingly to thank their ancestors for their blessings.
"Wenxuan, I've made up my mind!"
At this moment, the clan chief Kong Changgeng, said to Kong Wenxuan, "I will lead these ten newly Foundation Establishment Realm disciples back to the Lineage's territory in ' Cuckoo Town ', ' Peacock Ridge,' and relocate the clan members, Lineage properties, and 'Secret Realm Fragments' to ' Peacock County Seat.'"
"Our Kong Household has now newly established this ' Peacock County Seat,' nestled among the South Lake Mountains. Although the expansion has been successful, whether we can hold onto it remains to be seen."
"For the past three months, while I've been stationed in ' Peacock County Seat,' I can clearly feel that many eyes are on our Kong Household and on Peacock County Seat."
"At this point, if our Kong Household shows even the slightest weakness, many people and forces might jump out and seize the fruits of our Kong Household's expansion in the war."
"Therefore, at this time, our Kong Household must show a strong stance."
"Leading these ten newly added Foundation Establishment cultivators back to our Lineage's ancestral land, 'Peacock Ridge,' in 'Cuckoo Town,' and then grandly relocating our Lineage, businesses, and 'secret realm fragments' back to ' Peacock County Seat,' is the best way to demonstrate our strength and power. It will definitely deter and scare away many eyes that covet our Kong Household and Peacock County."
"Moreover, the Lineage has gained ten new Foundation Establishment cultivators. This great news should naturally be shared with the clan. Bringing them back will be a triumphant homecoming, boosting the morale and spirits of the clan members."
Kong Wenxuan nodded after hearing the clan chief's words and said, "No problem."
"The newly established ' Peacock County ' by our Lineage certainly needs to demonstrate its power and intimidate those around it."
"Alright!" Clan Chief Kong Changgeng immediately nodded with a smile and said, "Then, the management of ' Peacock County ' will be handed over to you to oversee and preside over the work."
"Over the past three months, I've pretty much sorted out the work in ' Peacock County.' All the official documents are in the county government office; you can just take a look at them when the time comes."
"Furthermore, I have already processed the hiring fees and Contribution Points settlements for most of the large number of cultivators we hired from places like ' Cuckoo Town ' and ' Fire Crow County ' who participated in the pioneering war over the past three months."
"There are still a few mercenary cultivators whose accounts haven't been settled yet; that's because they haven't decided what resources or spiritual items they'll exchange their Contribution Points from the expansion war for."
"Those mercenary cultivators are mostly from wild Bloodline Lineage outside the Demon-Suppressing Pass. From my observation, they are probably tired of the unstable life of wild Bloodline Lineage, and they also suffered heavy losses in the Cuckoo Demon Race's calamity. So they probably want to find a ' True Spirit Lineage ' to join their ranks and become servant cultivator Lineage."
"They are probably also hesitant and considering choosing our Kong Household Kong Household, but they may lack confidence in us, so they haven't made up their minds."
"After I lead these ten newly Foundation Establishment cultivators back to our hometown in glory, demonstrating the strength of our Kong Household, I should be able to convince them to join our Kong Household."
"Now that our Lineage has expanded and controlled the vast territory of ' Peacock County,' we need more servant Lineage to help us guard various places. As long as there are no major problems, we can accept any family that comes to join us."
"Finally, there are the three original servant Lineage of the Lineage: the Yan Household, the Ma Household, and the Yun Household."
"These three families made significant contributions and sacrifices in the war of expansion, and I promised them the freedom to choose their Lineage homeland within the vast territory of ' Peacock County.'"
"Now, all three families have chosen their clan territories, and I have seen them all; they are all top-tier locations within the vast territory of ' Peacock County.'"
"I've left this matter unresolved and intend to hand it over to you. You will be responsible for dividing those three territories among the three families."
"After all, you are the magistrate of Peacock County. I can help you handle some of the clan's and even the county's mundane affairs. However, I think it would be better if you were to take the lead in handling important and formal matters for the Lineage in the future."
Upon hearing this, Kong Wenxuan opened his mouth to speak, but the clan head, Kong Changgeng, waved his hand to stop him, saying, "Wenxuan, you don't need to say anything more. You are the strongest in our Kong Household and the magistrate of Peacock County. Within the Lineage, you may not care, but outside the Lineage, you are the image and representative of our Kong Household. Your authority must naturally be established and demonstrated."