The Fighting Pauses: The Third-Tier Metal Spiritual Material, Mithril
From the information relayed by the prefectural government, Kong Wenxuan could clearly see that the Demon Race colluded with the martial artists of the "True Martial World" to invade, and even supported the martial artists of the "True Martial World" in plundering the "Origin Fragment" of the "True Spirit Realm."
Its main purpose is also to plunder the "Origin Fragment" to integrate into the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven".
The martial artists from the "True Martial World" invaded the "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" and built the "True Martial Hall" to plunder the "Origin Fragment." However True Spirit Lineage of "Bifang Commandery," including the Kong Household, Bi Household, and Ya Household, mobilized the entire county's resources to stop and destroy them.
However, what they didn't expect was that while the Demon Race, who colluded with the martial arts cultivators, was destroying the "True Martial Hall" with the full force of an entire prefecture, they were hiding behind the "True Martial Hall" and behind the invading martial arts cultivators, and had already plundered the "Origin Fragment" they needed.
Finally, they escaped to the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" with those "Origin Fragment" in the "Demon Race Secret Realm".
Its purpose is probably to integrate those "Origin Fragment" into the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven".
Is this because the Demon Race's "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" has encountered a problem and needs more "Origin Fragment" to repair and restore it? Or is it because the Demon Race's "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" has reached its peak and needs more "Origin Fragment" to be integrated, breaking through its limits and achieving a new breakthrough?
That remains to be seen.
However, for the various True Spirit Lineage in Bifang Commandery, the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" is still part of the "True Spirit Realm," located in the turbid "Origin Sea" of the "True Spirit Realm."
Therefore, although the Demon Race seized some of the "Origin Fragment" from the "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" and escaped into the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven," they were still digested within the "True Spirit Realm." The destructive effect they caused was not as severe as when martial cultivators seized the "Origin Fragment" and sent them to the outer world "True Martial World Realm."
At least, the Demon Race's acquisition of the "Origin Fragment" and its entry into the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" will not affect the rest of Bifang Commandery or the various "True Spirit Lineage." It will not cause the Bi Household, Kong Household, Ya Household Jiao Household, Fu Household, and others to be rejected by heaven and earth, suffer a decline in fortune, or face a bleak future.
At most, the areas of "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" and "Black Crane County", as well as the He Household "Black Crane", will be affected to some extent, as these are the places where the "Origin Fragment" was directly taken away.
Perhaps, in the future, the resources and spiritual objects of this "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" will decrease, the concentration of Spiritual Qi energy will drop, and it will become a barren land.
The He Household "Black Crane" will also be affected, with their Lineage fortune declining, the success rate of their members awakening their bloodline decreasing, breakthroughs in cultivation becoming more difficult, and the failure rate of breaking through to higher realms greatly increasing, and so on.
But at least it won't affect areas outside of "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" such as Bifang Commandery, Peacock County, and Fire Crow County.
After learning this information, Kong Wenxuan was relieved.
As long as it doesn't affect the Kong Household or Peacock County, that's fine. As for the future of "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" and the He Household of "Black Crane", it's not up to him and the Kong Household, a small eighth-rank Lineage, to worry about.
Moreover, the enemy that invaded "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" and "Black Crane County" has now had its "True Martial Hall" destroyed, and its "Demon Race Secret Realm" taken back to "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven". The main force of the enemy has either died or fled, leaving only some remnants hiding and fleeing in "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" and "Black Crane County".
Therefore, this great battle in which Bifang Commandery resisted the invasion and protected Bifang Commandery has come to a temporary end.
Even the prefectural government has stopped forcibly summoning cultivators from various families and counties to fight.
Therefore, Kong Wenxuan had no intention of going to Black Crane County to participate in the battle again. After several months of continuous battles, even though he was highly skilled and powerful, he needed time to recuperate and recover.
In addition, among the "Five Elements Divine Swords" he refined, the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" and the "White Metal Divine Sword" were still not promoted to the third-grade Treasure Artifact level, and Kong Wenxuan also planned to refine and upgrade them as soon as possible.
In this great battle to support Black Crane County, although he made many contributions and killed many enemies, and even won the merit of slaying and destroying the statue of "Black Water True Martial", he also clearly realized his own shortcomings in cultivation, strength and combat power during the battle.
Although the battle of "Eastern Forest Great Marsh" has ended, the battle of the Demon Race colluding with the martial artists of "True Martial World" to invade is far from over.
Furthermore, according to Kong Wenxuan, even in Qinggeng Commandery and Zhuyan Commandery, which are adjacent to Bifang Commandery, the battles against the invasion of Demon Race and martial arts cultivators have not yet ended.
No one knew when the flames of war would spread to Bifang Commandery and even the Kong Household.
Therefore, Kong Wenxuan wanted to seize the time to refine and upgrade the remaining two divine swords to the level of Third Tier Treasure Artifact, and to raise his cultivation and strength to the peak of the Third Tier Peak Purple Mansion Stage.
Of course, although Kong Wenxuan did not intend to go to Black Crane County again, it did not mean that the Kong Household did not intend to send anyone there.
After all, even if Black Crane County is affected by the plundering of the "Origin Fragment" by the Demon Race, resulting in a significant drop in resources, spiritual objects, and Spiritual Qi, it would still be beneficial for the Kong Household to acquire the mining rights to some resource points and spiritual object veins.
Therefore, after discussing with the clan chief, Kong Wenxuan decided that Kong Wenxuan would stay in the clan to oversee the clan and practice swordsmanship, while the clan chief would lead some Lineage members to "Black Crane County" to participate in the battle to reclaim and clear "Black Crane County" and take the opportunity to acquire the mining rights of some resource points and spiritual mineral veins.
After such a busy period of arranging, Kong Wenxuan finally had some free time and entered the "Peacock Secret Realm," arriving at the "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak" to continue his seclusion, sword forging, and cultivation.
This time, the "Peacock Secret Realm" expanded by a hundred miles, making its size exceed a thousand miles. Although the expansion was not much, far less than the previous expansion of six hundred miles, it still improved the concentration and quality of Spiritual Qi in the "Peacock Secret Realm". It was also imbued with some "original" aura and increased some "Pseudo-Innate" Spiritual Qi, which could slightly speed up the speed of sword forging and cultivation.
Kong Wenxuan, however, did not want to waste this "Pseudo-Innate" Spiritual Qi, so he wanted to seize the time to refine his sword and cultivate.
Buzz!
On the summit of Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak, Kong Wenxuan formed a sword incantation with his hands. With a sharp, resounding hum, the "White Metal Divine Sword" flew out from his "Purple Mansion" and hung upside down in front of him.
He still had two divine swords left, the "Azure Wood Divine Sword White Metal Divine Sword," that he hadn't refined and upgraded to the Third Tier Treasure Artifact level. Considering the need to enhance his combat power and lethality, Kong Wenxuan decided to refine and upgrade the "White Metal Divine Sword" first.
He then took out a jade box from his Storage Bag, removed the talisman on it, broke the seal on it, and opened the jade box. Inside was a silvery-white, water-like metal-elemental spiritual object.
It is indeed Third Tier metal-elemental spiritual item called "Mithril"!
Speaking of which, this Third Tier gold-elemental spiritual item, "Mithril," was a congratulatory gift from the Jiao Household family, known as the "Wildebeest," when the Kong Household was promoted to the Eighth-Grade True Spirit Lineage and held a banquet. It was just right for Kong Wenxuan to use for sword forging and cultivation.
He formed hand seals, activating the power of his bloodline and the "Spirit Law" power, which was a fusion of Law Power and Spiritual Consciousness within his Purple Mansion, to create a "Treasure Restriction" which he then cast into the "White Metal Divine Sword" hanging upside down in front of him.
The "White Metal Divine Sword" immediately vibrated and hummed, its sword light flowing and shooting out from the tip into the jade box "Mithril" below, where it began to devour the "Mithril".