Early Purple Mansion Stage, the Vermilion Bird Royal Court's Minor Court Assembly Begins
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Over the course of six years, the Kong Household's war to expand Peacock County proceeded very smoothly, without even requiring Kong Wenxuan to intervene. This was simply because the area of this expansion was an additional two thousand li in circumference, and the territory that needed to be developed, cleared, and occupied was several times larger than when Peacock County was first established.
Therefore, six years have passed, and this war of expansion is not even halfway complete. It is estimated that it will take several more years to expand Peacock County to a radius of three thousand li and complete this war of expansion.
However, while everything went smoothly for the Kong Household, Kong Wenxuan felt things were not going well.
During the six years, he did not have to participate in the war to expand the Lineage's territory in Peacock County. Apart from occasionally paying attention to the war situation and conducting the online government affairs report once every four years, Kong Wenxuan devoted all his time and energy to refining the Third Tier "Crystal Stone" spiritual material and refining and upgrading the "Black Water Divine Sword" and "Yellow Earth Divine Sword".
However, the process turned out to be much more complicated, troublesome, and difficult than he had initially anticipated.
He discovered that the process of simultaneously refining the "Black Water Divine Sword" and the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" was not a simple one plus one equals two.
When he was simultaneously refining the two divine swords, he needed to spend more energy, time, and attention on coordinating and processing the two elements of water and earth. He also had to pay close attention to and coordinate the balance and synchronization issues in the refining and upgrading process of the two divine swords.
To prevent the "Black Water Divine Sword" and the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" from being refined simultaneously, with one sword being refined ahead of the other, thus disrupting the coordinated and synchronized connection between the two swords.
In that case, the advantage and purpose of simultaneously refining two divine swords would be lost, and it would become refining two divine swords at the same time, rather than refining two divine swords simultaneously.
Therefore, Kong Wenxuan originally expected to complete half of the refining in five years and raise his cultivation to the Early Purple Mansion Stage. However, it took him six years to devour and refine the nine Third Tier "Crystal Stone" spiritual materials and complete half of the refining of the "Black Water Divine Sword" and "Yellow Earth Divine Sword", which took a year longer than originally expected.
However, as expected, his cultivation level rose to the Early Purple Mansion Stage as the two divine swords were half-finished in simultaneous refining, thus completely stabilizing his cultivation at the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage.
However, the subsequent simultaneous refinement is destined to be even more difficult, requiring more time, energy, and attention. It is already conceivable that the original plan to complete the simultaneous refinement and improvement of the two divine swords within ten years is no longer possible.
Being able to complete the simultaneous refinement within twelve years, upgrading both the "Black Water Divine Sword" and the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" to the level of Third Tier Treasure Artifact, is already quite remarkable.
Kong Wenxuan even worried that the simultaneous refining process would become even more complicated and difficult, and that twelve years might not be enough.
At the same time, he had temporarily suppressed and put aside his original idea of finding spiritual materials and treasures that contained the five elements and their energy to simultaneously refine and enhance the "Five Elements Divine Swords".
If simultaneously refining and upgrading two divine swords is already so troublesome and difficult, consuming so much time and energy, one can imagine that the complexity and difficulty of simultaneously refining and upgrading all five "Five Elements Divine Swords" would only increase exponentially, and it is probably beyond his ability to do or control in the short term.
Shaking his head, Kong Wenxuan temporarily suppressed these thoughts, then looked at the increasingly prosperous and developing "Peacock Secret Realm," opened the secret realm's portal, and walked out of the "Peacock Secret Realm."
Walking through the increasingly prosperous and bustling Peacock County Seat, Kong Wenxuan concealed his aura and power, and used illusion magic to change his appearance. No one around him recognized him as the strongest person in Peacock County Seat. He walked all the way to the county government office in the center of the county.
Once inside the county government office, he finally dispelled the illusion spell on his body. He was still somewhat impressed by how effective the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" illusion spell was. It was just a pity that the highest level of the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" inheritance was only the Second Tier Foundation Establishment level, and there was no Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage inheritance.
Therefore, he can only master Second Tier- tier illusionary Spirit Technique, but cannot master Third Tier illusionary treasure techniques.
When the Kong Household was in the Central Domain, their ancestor failed to break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage and the Eighth-Grade True Spirit position, which may have been partly due to the insufficient inheritance of the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture".
Kong Wenxuan had also considered using his own cultivation and knowledge to continue the Third Tier Purple Mansion chapter of the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" and develop Third Tier illusion techniques.
However, he did not study or develop the Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture or illusion techniques. In fact, his mastery of the Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture and illusion techniques was automatically acquired after he successfully Star Inlaying and integrated the "Star Stone" left by his ancestors into the "Peacock True Spirit Star"True Spirit Star. He did not study or practice them carefully.
Naturally, it is almost impossible to forge a new path beyond the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" and illusions.
However, the clan leader, Kong Changgeng, had been practicing and studying the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" and illusion techniques since childhood. Even after he switched to practicing the "Five Elements True Scripture," he did not give up his practice and research on the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" and illusion techniques, and he became quite proficient in them.
Now, the clan chief Kong Changgeng is trying to research and develop the Third Tier inheritance of the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" and illusion techniques. To this end, he also asked his fourth sister and the Lineage caravan to collect some illusion techniques inheritances when they were trading with the Bi Household caravan across counties and into states. He then gave them to Kong Changgeng to study and research, as resources for developing the Third Tier inheritance of the "Peacock Soul-Bewitching Scripture" and illusion techniques.
At this moment, Kong Wenxuan walked all the way to the main hall of the county government. The clan chief Kong Changgeng was also in the main hall, standing beside the table. The Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal was placed on the table, which was now shimmering with starlight and vibrating slightly.
In fact, it was precisely because he sensed the unusual movement of the "Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal" and the message it conveyed that he temporarily ended his secluded cultivation in the "Peacock Secret Realm".
Otherwise, the process of simultaneously refining the "Black Water Divine Sword" and the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" would have been more troublesome, time-consuming, and energy-draining than expected, and he wouldn't have had time to end his seclusion and come here.
Upon seeing Kong Wenxuan arrive, the clan chief Kong Changgeng immediately said, "Wenxuan, you've come. I just received a notice from the prefectural government that the once-every-thirty-years Vermilion Bird Royal Court's small court assembly is about to begin, and you, the county magistrate, are required to attend."
Kong Wenxuan nodded slightly and said, "Yes, clan leader. I also sensed the unusual movement and message from the ' Magistrate's Official Seal ' and that's why I came here."
As he spoke, he sat down behind the table in the main hall and raised the "Peacock County Magistrate's Official Seal". A beam of starlight shot out from the seal and directly into the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram" in the sky.
He nodded to the clan chief, then focused his mind and consciousness into the "official seal," following the starlight directly into the "Star Network" formed by the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram of the Celestial Stars). Subsequently, the figure formed by his mind and consciousness appeared in the Bifang Commandery government office online.