Second-Tier Spirit Artifact "Azure Wood Divine Sword"; Foundation Establishment Late Stage
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Kong Wenxuan secluded himself in the "Peacock Secret Realm," devouring and refining the Second Tier "Dragon Whisker Pine" spiritual wood, and refining and upgrading the final "Azure Wood Divine Sword." More than three years passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past three years, the development of Peacock County has gradually gotten on track, with roads and trade routes connecting it to the outside world being opened up one after another; resource points, spiritual materials, and spiritual mines in various parts of the county have also been put into operation and mining.
Over the course of three years, several more Bloodline Lineage, seeing that the "Peacock County" pioneered and established by the Kong Household had stabilized, no longer hesitated to join the Kong Household and settle in the Peacock County, becoming servant Lineage of the Kong Household.
At the same time, the awakening of the bloodline of the Lineage members, the improvement of the cultivation level of the Lineage cultivators, the Alchemy Chamber, the Spirit Plant plants, the raising of Peacock Spirit Bird, the enlightenment of Peacock Dao Soldiers, the development of the Lineage's business in the county city, etc., have all gradually gotten on the right track and started to generate benefits and effects.
The entire Kong Household and Peacock County were thriving and developing rapidly.
Furthermore, Kong Wenxuan was not required to escort or handle the tax payments over the three years, as well as the communication with the Second Elder of the County City and others, and the circulation of resources, spiritual materials, goods, and Spirit Stone.
They will need either Uncle Kong Yushuo or Elder Brother Kong Wenzhang to lead the escort.
The Kong Household's growing strength and influence have become enough to create a certain deterrent effect in Bifang Commandery, thus ensuring the safety of the Lineage's forces. This has deterred Lineage, forces, and cultivators along the way to and from the Kong Household from easily attacking the Kong Household's forces.
Occasionally, some Demon Beast would block the road or attack, but the Kong Household cultivators escorting the group didn't even need to lift a finger. The accompanying "Peacock Dao Soldiers" could easily kill all the Demon Beast that blocked the road or attacked with a single "all swords drawn".
To demonstrate the prestige of the Kong Household.
Similarly, during these three years, the Demon Race and the Du Household cultivators seemed to have completely ceased their activities due to the heavy blows they had suffered previously. Not only did they not attack Peacock County and the Kong Household, but they didn't even show their tracks once.
The Bifang Commandery gave Kong Wenxuan the task of finding the Demon Race's stronghold, but Kong Wenxuan temporarily put it aside due to his insufficient cultivation and strength, and did not put his heart into finding and completing it.
However, the Kong Household also built the "Demon-Suppressing Pass" to the south of "Peacock County", attracting various forces to go south to clear out Demon Beast and explore resources. They have also been collecting information about the Demon Race and the whereabouts of the Du Household cultivators through these forces and cultivators.
Over the years, many cultivators and groups from various factions have been relying on "Peacock County" and "Demon-Suppressing Pass" to explore the deeper parts of "South Lake Mountains" to the south, but they have never found any trace of the Demon Race race or the Du Household cultivators.
This is enough to show how well these Demon Race and Du Household cultivators are hidden, and how difficult it is to find the Demon Race's strongholds.
However, in any case, over the past three years, Peacock County has been peaceful and prosperous.
As a result, Kong Wenxuan was largely undisturbed and was able to focus on his seclusion for more than three years, successfully completing the refinement and upgrade of the last of the "Five Elements Divine Swords," the "Azure Wood Divine Sword."
Peacock Secret Realm, atop Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak!
The annual bloodline awakening ceremony held here by the Kong Household descendants has just ended two months ago.
Kong Wenxuan sat cross-legged in the Lineage hall. In one of the rooms, the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" hung upside down in front of him, with the last fist-sized piece of Second Tier "Dragon Whisker Pine" spirit wood core below.
He formed hand seals, his Law Power power surged in his Dantian, and his Spiritual Consciousness flowed in his Sea of Consciousness, condensing into a final "Spiritual Restriction" which he then cast into the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" before him.
The azure sword light flowed across the "Azure Wood Divine Sword," then gradually shot out, engulfing the last piece of Second Tier "Dragon Whisker Pine" spirit wood core below, completely devouring and refining it.
The Second Tier spirit wood material was incorporated into and refined into the "Azure Wood Divine Sword," which immediately promoted the final transformation and enhancement of the "Azure Wood Divine Sword." The azure sword light on it shone brightly and flowed, gradually receding into the divine sword.
Buzz!
With a resounding hum, the spirituality of the entire "Azure Wood Divine Sword" greatly increased. In Kong Wenxuan's perception, the "Azure Wood Divine Sword," which had been upgraded to Second Tier Spirit Artifact, seemed to have transformed from an inanimate object into a living one, like a withered tree blossoming in spring, radiating vitality once again. It was as if it had become a living spiritual herb or tree, brimming with life!
At the same time, as the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" refined the last Second Tier spiritual wood core and advanced to the Second Tier Spirit Artifact level, the refined Law Power and spirituality also flowed and merged into Kong Wenxuan's body, integrating into the Law Power in his Dantian and the Spiritual Consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness.
Instantly, the Law Power in Kong Wenxuan's Dantian and the Spiritual Consciousness in his Sea of Consciousness accumulated, grew, and broke through their final limits, simultaneously reaching the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
Kong Wenxuan's cultivation also advanced to the Second Tier Spirit Artifact level with the successful acquisition of this last "Azure Wood Divine Sword," thus smoothly advancing to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
From the time he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm to Star Inlaying for his Lineage, to now, about fifteen years later, he has raised his cultivation level all the way to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
At this point, theoretically speaking, he has even begun to qualify for the challenge of reaching the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage Realm and for advancing the Lineage's "Peacock True Spirit" from the ninth rank to the Eighth-Grade True Spirit.
Of course, qualifications are just qualifications. If Kong Wenxuan were to attempt to break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage now, or even push the Lineage's "Peacock True Spirit Star" to advance to the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven," then even with the protection of the "Five-Colored Divine Light," he would most likely end in failure.
In order to more easily and successfully break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage and the Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage, Kong Wenxuan undoubtedly needs to further accumulate and improve his cultivation, strength, and even the strength and foundation of his Lineage.
After all, neither his personal attempt to break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage nor his Lineage's attempt to become Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage were simple or easy tasks; in fact, they were quite dangerous.
Back in its heyday, the Kong Household perished because it failed to break through to become Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage. It fell from Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage to an ordinary Bloodline Lineage and even had to wander from the Central Domain all the way to the Vermilion Bird Domain in the Southern Region. The entire family was almost wiped out on the way.
Furthermore, their former main family, the "Cuckoo" Du Household, in order to break through to the Eighth-Grade True Spirit position and the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage realm, even went so far as to sacrifice a large number of servant Lineage, set up and activated the forbidden technique "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix Paying Homage to the Phoenix" which was prohibited by the "Golden Crow Imperial Dynasty", and expanded the territory controlled by the Lineage from a thousand-mile radius of Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage to a three-thousand-mile radius of Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage, and so on.
The Du Household had given their all to break through to the Purple Mansion Stage Realm and the Eighth-Grade True Spirit position, but in the end they still failed. The "Cuckoo True Spirit Star" fell, and the Du Household became wanted criminals of the Imperial Dynasty. They had no choice but to fall into Demon Race and seek refuge with the demon race. Now they are barely hiding in the depths of the South Lake Mountains, in the Demon Race race's stronghold, barely surviving!
With these painful lessons right before his eyes, Kong Wenxuan naturally had to be extremely cautious.