Third Tier Black Water Paulownia Wood; setting sail for Fire Crow County
Since the Ya Household decided to hold the "Promotion Celebration Banquet" a year later, Kong Wenxuan was not in a hurry to go to Fire Crow County. Instead, he returned to the "Peacock Secret Realm" and used the year to refine and upgrade the "Azure Wood Divine Sword".
After all, the only thing missing for his "Five Elements Divine Swords" to be upgraded to the third-grade Treasure Artifact level is the "Azure Wood Divine Sword," so naturally, the sooner he completes the refinement and upgrades it, the better.
Still atop the "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak," Kong Wenxuan summoned the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" from his "Purple Mansion" and took out a piece of dark, water-like wood core from his Storage Bag.
This is the spirit material of "Black Water Paulownia Wood," Third Tier wood-elemental spiritual material harvested by the Lineage in "Black Crane County."
In the previous years, the Lineage sent a team of cultivators to help the He Household "Black Crane" to clean up the Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial artists who were roaming and entrenched in "Black Crane County Black Crane County" and to help them recover the territory of "Xuanhe County".
As promised beforehand, the He Household "Black Crane" handed over several resource sites and spiritual mineral veins that the Kong Household had taken a liking to and acquired to the Kong Household for mining. The two parties agreed that the mining rights would last for sixty years.
This "Black Water Paulownia Wood" spiritual material originated from a "Black Water Paulownia Wood" Spirit Plant forest that the Kong Household acquired in "Black Crane County".
The "Black Water Paulownia Wood" Spirit Plant forest is a treasure trove of Spirit Plant that the He Household "Black Crane" has managed and cultivated for hundreds of years. Every year, it can provide the He Household with a batch of first to Third Tier "Black Water Paulownia Wood" spiritual wood, which is a top-quality spiritual material used to refine some wooden magic Law Artifact and Spirit Artifact, and even to forge water spirit boats and treasure ships.
It is even said that it can be exported to the Eastern Azure Dragon Domain, becoming a material for casting some treasure ships and ocean-going vessels sailing on the East Sea.
However, Black Crane County had previously suffered a disaster, being attacked and ravaged by Demon Race and invading martial artists. When the Kong Household seized and recovered the Black Water Paulownia Wood Spirit Plant forest, most of it had already been destroyed by those Demon Race, martial artists, and Demon Beast. The Kong Household only managed to harvest a small section of the Spirit Plant forest.
Fortunately, after the Kong Household family members killed the Demon Race and martial artists who were harming the "Black Water Paulownia Wood" Spirit Plant forest, they plundered a lot of "Black Water Paulownia Wood" spirit wood from them, including the core of Third Tier spirit wood.
These spiritual materials, including the wood and its core, were transported back to the clan and placed in the Lineage's warehouse. Kong Wenxuan then selected nine Third Tier "Black Water Paulownia Wood" spiritual wood cores as spiritual materials to refine and upgrade the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" to Third Tier Treasure Artifact.
At this moment, he formed hand seals, activating the power of his bloodline and the Spirit Law power within his Purple Mansion to create Treasure Restriction for refining Treasure Artifact "Azure Wood Divine Sword," which he then cast into the Second Tier Spirit Artifact, the "Azure Wood Divine Sword," which was hanging upside down in front of him.
The divine sword trembled and hummed, with azure sword light emanating from its tip, penetrating the core of the Third Tier "Black Water Paulownia Wood" wood below. It devoured the core, refining the wood-elemental matter, Spiritual Qi, and spiritual essence within. The wood-elemental matter was refined into the "Azure Wood Divine Sword Azure Wood Divine Sword," becoming materials for its refinement and enhancement. The Spiritual Qi and spiritual essence, after being refined by the "Azure Wood Divine Sword," flowed into Kong Wenxuan's body, transforming into the power and foundation for the growth of his physical body, bloodline, and Spiritual Consciousness and Law Power within his Purple Mansion.
Time flew by as Kong Wenxuan refined and upgraded the "Azure Wood Divine Sword," and a year had passed in the blink of an eye. He had already begun to devour and refine the second Third Tier "Black Water Paulownia Wood" core.
However, he only just started devouring and refining the second Third Tier "Black Water Paulownia Wood" heartwood before he stopped.
After a year's hiatus, the "Promotion Celebration Banquet" of the "Fire Crow" Ya Household is finally about to begin.
Kong Wenxuan decided to personally lead a team to "Fire Crow County" to offer congratulations and attend the banquet.
In the Peacock County Seat, Kong Wenxuan gathered his three aunts Kong Yuyin, his fifth Kong Yuluo, his eldest brother Kong Wenzhang, his fourth sister Kong Wenjun, and Kong Huancai, a total of five Foundation Establishment cultivators, along with a dozen or so Late Qi Refining disciples. They boarded the "Five-Colored Peacock Feather Boat" and flew into the sky, leaving Peacock County and heading towards Fire Crow County.
The Kong Household currently does not possess Third Tier "Peacock Cloud Boat Peacock Cloud Boat," as they lack both the materials to forge one and the talent and technology to do so.
However, after more than 30 years of development and operation, the Kong Household has naturally purchased several Third Tier "cloud boats" from the county city and even the state city. These boats were made by the Bi Household "Bifang True Spirit" in the county city or other old True Spirit Lineage using materials from Third Tier demonic birds and were sold to outsiders.
The Kong Household purchased several Third Tier "Cloud Boats" primarily for use in their Lineage caravans, for the use of their second aunt Kong Changlan, and their fourth sister Kong Wenjun, among others.
As the strongest cultivator and combatant in the Lineage, Kong Wenxuan could naturally commandeer a "cloud boat" to ride and fly if he wished.
However, this time they were going to "Fire Crow County" on behalf of the Kong Household to congratulate the Ya Household and attend the celebration banquet. Riding the "Five-Colored Peacock Feather Boat" would undoubtedly better represent the Kong Household's status, and it was much better than those mixed-feather "cloud boats".
Although the Second Tier "Five-Colored Peacock Feather Boat" cannot match the flight speed of the Third Tier "Cloud Boat" with mixed feathers, it only takes a few more days to travel.
Kong Wenxuan was still willing to spend a few more days on this.
Peacock County is located southeast of Bifang Commandery City, while Fire Crow County is located southwest of Bifang Commandery City.
In other words, if Kong Wenxuan and others were to travel from Peacock County to Fire Crow County in the "Five-Colored Peacock Feather Boat," they would have to go from east to west, traversing vast mountain ranges, rivers, and wilderness areas, a straight-line distance of tens of thousands of miles.
However, Kong Wenxuan did not intend to travel the straight distance across these mountains, rivers, and wilderness areas. Instead, he would first steer his "Five-Colored Peacock Feather Boat" to the neighboring "Cuckoo Town," and then head west to "Fire Cuckoo Town" after passing through "Fire Crow County."
The territory of "Cuckoo Town" is located directly south of Bifang Commandery City, and is relatively close to Fire Crow County, separated by only a few thousand miles.
Initially, it was precisely because "Fire Crow County" was closest to "Cuckoo County" that the servant Lineage, including the "Shrike" Lao Household, colluded with the "Fire Crow" Ya Household to deal with the "Cuckoo" Du Household. In the end, it was also because of the proximity that the Ya Household was able to take over "Cuckoo County Town," a town within their own "Fire Crow County Cuckoo Town."
This time, Kong Wenxuan sailed the "Five-Colored Peacock Feather Boat" through "Cuckoo Town" to "Fire Crow County," both to visit "Cuckoo Town" along the way and to minimize his travel in the wilderness outside the county.
After all, although the situation in Bifang Commandery has been relatively stable in recent years, the situation in the entire True Spirit Realm is not stable. The invasion and attack launched by the Demon Race in collusion with the martial artists of the True Martial World Realm against the True Spirit Realm has continued for several years and is even showing signs of intensifying.
Although Kong Wenxuan had been cultivating in seclusion in the Lineage's secret realm for many years, he had gathered information and news from various sources through the Second Elder Kong Changlan, who was stationed in Bifang Commandery City, and his Fourth Sister Kong Wenjun, who traveled with the Bi Household caravan, as well as information obtained from the county government.
It was known that in the past few years, there had been frequent reports of county towns being breached in the five domains of the "True Spirit Realm," as well as reports of invading Demon Race and martial artists being defeated and scattered. There were even reports of Demon Race and martial artists plundering "Origin Fragment" in some places.
Not to mention distant places, even in the neighboring "Bifang Commandery" "Zhuyan Commandery", two years ago, they successfully defeated the invading Demon Race and martial artists, thwarting their plot to plunder the "Origin Fragment". However, they also failed to completely exterminate the invading martial artists and Demon Race, resulting in some Demon Race and martial artists escaping.
Similarly, in the process of the Kong Household, Bi Household, Ya Household and others helping the He Household "Black Crane" to clean up and reclaim "Black Crane County", they were not able to completely wipe out all the invading Demon Race and martial artists, and some inevitably escaped.
Therefore, the wilderness outside the counties and prefectures of the "True Spirit Realm" is not necessarily safe. There are many defeated and scattered Demon Race and martial arts practitioners hiding there, causing a lot of damage and threats.
Therefore, Kong Wenxuan wanted to avoid venturing into the wilderness outside the county and didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble or be ambushed by the Demon Race and martial artists hiding there.