The "Black Crane" He Household's Rewards and Promises
"Many thanks to all my fellow practitioners for coming to my aid and saving my ' Black Crane ' He Household from imminent danger!"
After reclaiming the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" and initially stabilizing the "Black Crane True Spirit Star" in the sky above the secret realm, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the remaining He Household members stepped forward and bowed deeply to Kong Wenxuan, Ya Zhaoying, and others in gratitude.
Kong Wenxuan recognized the other party as He Yingzhang, the county magistrate of Black Crane County, whom he had met once before in Bifang Commandery City. He was Foundation Establishment cultivator from the He Household.
As for the magistrate of "Black Crane County" and the patriarch of the He Household of "Black Crane", it is said that he had already sacrificed himself in the battle to protect "Black Crane County City" and perished under the attack of the invading martial arts cultivators.
In fact, Black Crane County City was breached, and even the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" was almost destroyed by the Demon Race, Demon Beast, and invading martial cultivators. The He Household had already suffered heavy casualties in this battle, with less than one in ten bloodline cultivators surviving. The sacrifice of the "Black Crane County" magistrate was just one example.
At this moment, He Yingzhang, representing the He Household, stepped forward to express his gratitude to the various families for their assistance, stating directly. "To express our gratitude, the He Household is willing to offer three million low-grade spirit Spirit Stone as a reward to all the Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage that have come to our aid! And to the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage, the He Household is willing to offer one million low-grade Spirit Stone as a reward!"
As they spoke, He Yingzhang took out several Storage Bag and handed them to Kong Wenxuan, Ya Zhaoying, Jiao Jingxuan, and others.
Kong Wenxuan probed the Storage Bag with his Spiritual Consciousness and found it contained 30,000 mid-grade Spirit Stone, which was equivalent to 3 million low-grade Spirit Stone. This amount was equivalent to the annual income of an ordinary Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage controlling a medium-sized county.
At least, with the Kong Household having just entered the ranks of the Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage and having newly expanded the three-thousand-mile-wide Peacock County, the resources and spiritual objects they have not yet fully developed, their annual income is not even as much as three million low-grade Spirit Stone.
The He Household, without batting an eye, gave the Kong Household, the Ya Household, and the Jiao Household three million low-grade Spirit Stone as a reward, plus one million low-grade Spirit Stone to the Fu Household, totaling ten million low-grade Spirit Stone.
This doesn't even include the He Household's gratitude for the Bi Household's contributions. It's easy to imagine that the reward the He Household paid to the Bi Household would far exceed that of these eighth- or Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage.
This demonstrates the profound wealth and heritage accumulated by the "Black Crane" He Household, a long-established "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage" that has developed for hundreds of years.
"Haha... Fellow Daoist He, you're too kind." Upon receiving the Spirit Stone as a token of appreciation from the He Household, the expressions of the various cultivators who had come to their aid immediately improved, and they all smiled, saying, "We're all colleagues from Bifang Commandery; helping each other is only right."
"Yes! Yes! Demon Race and martial cultivators are the greatest enemies of us bloodline cultivators. It is our duty to exterminate them."
After a few polite words, the atmosphere in the room became increasingly lively. Money can be very motivating and inspiring.
At this moment, He Yingzhang changed the subject and continued, "Next, we will need to continue to trouble our colleagues to help our He Household recapture Black Crane County City and Black Crane County."
"Of course, whether it's recapturing the county seat or the entire county, our He Household will offer generous rewards."
"The reward for retaking the county town is the same as this time: three million low-grade Spirit Stone for Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage and one million low-grade Spirit Stone for Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage."
"As for the recapture of the entire Black Crane County, it will be based on each family's contribution during the recapture process. Our He Household can provide some resource points and spirit mineral veins within the county for you to mine for free for a certain number of years."
"These resource points and spirit-bearing mineral veins are for you to choose from."
He Yingzhang looked at the group of cultivators from the Kong Household, Ya Household, Jiao Household, Fu Household, and others, and then took out several Jade Slip and handed them over, saying:
"These Jade Slip contain maps of our Black Crane County, as well as information on various resource points and spiritual mineral veins. You can take a look and see if there's anything that interests you."
Upon hearing his words, Kong Wenxuan and the others took the Jade Slip and examined the map of Black Crane County and the resource point records within, all showing interest on their faces.
Although the Kong Household still has many resource points and spiritual mineral veins in the three thousand miles of territory of "Peacock County" that they have developed and expanded, they have not yet had time to develop and operate them.
However, if given the opportunity to occupy some resource points or spiritual mineral veins in "Black Crane County", they would naturally not refuse.
Even if the Kong family doesn't have the time, energy, or manpower to manage and mine these resources and spiritual objects in "Black Crane County Kong Household," they can still earn a lot of Spirit Stone by leasing them out directly, selling the mining rights, or recruiting some servant cultivator Lineage and bloodline cultivators to manage and mine these resources and spiritual objects.
The Kong Household naturally welcomed all such Spirit Stone, resources, and wealth.
After all, while the Kong Household is not short of small sums of money, they are short of large sums. There is also the Second Elder, Kong Changlan, who is seriously injured and has saved 20,000 high-grade Spirit Stone to buy life-saving elixirs to treat his injuries and resume his Dao Path.
Similarly, the other Ya Household, Jiao Household, Fu Household, also lit up when they heard He Yingzhang's promise, and began to examine the Jade Slip containing the resource map of "Black Crane County" with great interest.
After all, these resource points and spiritual mineral veins are different from those resource areas and mineral veins occupied by wild Demon Beast and Demon Race. They are all resource points and spiritual mineral veins that the He Household has cultivated and developed over the past few hundred years.
Once captured, operations such as mining can be easily resumed, earning Spirit Stone, resources, and spiritual items. This is far more efficient than plundering resource points and mineral veins occupied by Demon Beast and Demon Race from deep in the mountains and forests.
Seeing that the interest of the various cultivators who were finally able to come to the rescue had been aroused, He Yingzhang breathed a sigh of relief.
He has always had a very clear understanding of his own strength and combat power. The "Black Crane" He Household is because of the "Black Crane Bloodline" containing the Power of Wind and Water, and the Bloodline Divine Ability supernatural power of "Wind Rises and Water Surges". It has a lot of compatibility and auxiliary effects with the bloodline power of "Bifang True Spirit" Bi Household and the Bloodline Divine Ability of "Calamity Fire".
Therefore, many women in the clan married into the Bi Household as wives or concubines, thus receiving care from the Bi Household and elevating their He Household from a servant Lineage to a "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage".
Even among the Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage, their own strength and combat power are considered to be at the bottom.
Therefore, in their daily lives, the He Household still often identified themselves as a servant Bi Household Lineage, following and serving the Bi Household cultivators, never ashamed of it, but rather proud of it.
Moreover, now, suffering from attacks by Demon Race, Demon Beast hordes, and invading martial arts cultivators who have destroyed families and counties, less than one-tenth of the He Household's bloodline cultivators remain, and their combat strength is even less than one-hundredth.
The initial development and establishment of "Black Crane County" relied on the assistance of the Bi Household's military strength. Now, if they want to reclaim the county town and the land of Black Crane County that have been breached and occupied by the demon Demon Race, the Demon Beast tide, and the invading martial cultivators, it is simply impossible for the He Household to do so with their remaining military strength.
Therefore, we can only rely on the assistance of these cultivators and warriors who come to our aid.
As for the promised resource points and spiritual mineral veins, he was quite relaxed about it. If he couldn't take back "Black Crane County", he wouldn't even have a place to live in peace, let alone the harvest of those resources and spiritual objects.