The Crested Ibis Huan Household and the Qi of Wood Sha

Two years later, in Qinggeng Commandery, Crested Ibis County.

The main cultivators of the Crested Ibis Huan Household, who were "Eighth-Grade True Spirit," waited in front of the gate of the county town of Crested Ibis County under the leadership of Huan Minghui, the clan leader and magistrate of Crested Ibis County, Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage cultivator. They all looked up at the distant horizon.

After a while, a streak of light appeared in the distant sky and flew over. When it got closer, it became clear that it was a figure flying over on a sword, and its speed even exceeded that of thunder.

"They're here! They're here!"

"Everyone, quickly follow me to welcome Kong Household True Person!"

Upon seeing this, a chorus of exclamations arose from the group of Huan Household cultivators waiting in front of the gates of Crested Ibis County.

Huan Minghui, the head of the Huan Lineage and magistrate of Crested Ibis County, immediately called for everyone to step forward and pay their respects, and then announced loudly:

Huan Minghui, the "Eighth-Grade Crested Ibis True Spirit Huan Household," along with his clan members, respectfully welcomes the True Person Wenxuan!

Behind him, the Huan Household cultivators who had come to greet him also bowed deeply and proclaimed:

"Welcome, True Person Wenxuan!"

At this moment, Kong Wenxuan descended from the sky atop the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword," landing in front of the gates of the Crested Ibis County. Facing the Huan Household cultivators who bowed in welcome, he immediately smiled and said, "The Kong and Huan families are related by marriage, no need for such formalities."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the invisible Power of Heaven and Earth immediately lifted up all the cultivators of the Huan Household.

"True Person Wenxuan."

The Huan Household cultivators, led by their patriarch, expressed their gratitude and then straightened up.

At this moment, Kong Wenxuan looked at Huan Minghui, the head of the Huan Lineage and the magistrate of Crested Ibis County, and stepped forward with a smile, saying, "Clan Chief Huan, this time I am the one who needs a favor from your Lineage. I should be the one thanking your Lineage. There is no need for such a grand ceremony."

Over the past two years, Kong Wenxuan, with the help of "Pseudo-Innate" Spiritual Qi in the newly expanded "Peacock Secret Realm" of his Lineage, greatly reduced the amount of time he spent refining and upgrading the "Azure Wood Divine Sword". In just two years, he devoured and refined the remaining four Fourth Tier "Red Pine" spiritual woods, and refined and upgraded the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" to the "Quasi-Law Treasure" level.

It is only one final step away from truly advancing to the Fourth Tier magic Law Treasure: the refinement of "Qi of Earth Sha".

To advance the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" to the Fourth Tier Law Treasure level, it needs to be refined with "Qi of Wood Sha".

When Kong Wenxuan participated in the "Qinggeng Commandery" defense battle, he discovered that the "Ten Thousand Trees Boundless Origin-Securing Grand Formation" set up by the Geng Household contained a rich "Qi of Wood Sha".

Therefore, the idea of using this opportunity to refine the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" and complete the final upgrade of the Law Treasure had long been conceived.

However, to refine the "Qi of Wood Sha Azure Wood Divine Sword," all that's needed is a passage connecting to the "Ten Thousand Trees Boundless Origin-Securing Grand Formation." There's no need to specifically contact the Geng Household or activate and operate the "Ten Thousand Trees Boundless Origin-Securing Grand Formation."

After all, Qinggeng Commandery originally had thirteen counties, but the death of the "Azure Sparrow True Spirit" Qin Household destroyed Azure Sparrow County, so now only twelve counties remain.

Each of these twelve counties is equipped with a Ten Thousand Trees Boundless Origin-Securing Grand Formation Ten Thousand Trees Boundless Origin-Securing Grand Formation." Once activated, they can all connect to the main array and collect " Qi of Wood Sha " from it.

Therefore, Kong Wenxuan chose the Crested Ibis County of the Huan Household, who were related to the Eighth-Grade Crested Ibis True Spirit Kong Household through marriage, as the place where he would collect "Qi of Wood Sha" and complete the final refinement and advancement of the "Azure Wood Divine Sword".

After all, the Huan Household "Crested Ibis" was seeking a marriage alliance with the Kong Household because they needed the Kong Household. The two families were closer, so it was more likely that the Huan family would open their Lineage's secret realm and the sub-array of the "Ten Thousand Trees Boundless Origin-Securing Grand Formation" to him, so that he could better collect "Qi of Wood Sha" and complete the refinement and enhancement of the "Azure Wood Divine Sword".

And that was indeed the case. A month or so ago, when Kong Wenxuan was about to finish devouring and refining the last Fourth Tier "Red Pine" spirit wood, he had already contacted the Huan Household "Crested Ibis" in advance, expressing his desire to use the Huan Household's "secret realm" and the Ten Thousand Trees Boundless Origin-Securing Grand Formation " to collect " Qi of Wood Sha ".

And the Huan family, the "Crested Ibis" Huan Household, readily agreed without making any further demands.

Therefore, after he finished devouring and refining the nine Fourth Tier "Red Pine" spirit trees and upgraded the "Azure Wood Divine Sword" to the "Quasi-Law Treasure" level, he left his Lineage and came to the Huan Household in Crested Ibis County Qinggeng Commandery.

At this moment, Huan Minghui, the head of the Huan Lineage, upon hearing Kong Wenxuan's words, immediately smiled and said, "True Person Wenxuan, you deserve this courtesy! This is not only our Huan Household's respect for True Person, but also our gratitude to the Kong Household."

Kong Wenxuan understood what the other party meant. The Huan Household had gone to great lengths and been extremely proactive in order to form a marriage alliance with the Kong Household. The Huan Household's main purpose was to obtain some of the "Five Elements Divine Swords" refinement and cultivation inheritance from the Kong Household through the marriage alliance, so as to improve and enhance their own "Vermilion Beak Sword" inheritance and increase their own cultivation and combat power.

In recent years, it can be said that the Huan Household has indeed achieved certain goals through marriage alliances.

The Kong Household passed down to them two kinds of "divine swords," the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword," with the first to Third Tier of refining techniques.

Now, although none of the Huan Household members who came to greet them had brought out their "Vermilion Beak Sword," Kong Wenxuan, with his familiarity and understanding of the "Five Elements Divine Swords," could clearly sense the aura of the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" from these Huan Household Lineage, including Huan Minghui, the leader of the Huan Household.

This indicates that in the past few years, the Huan Household cultivators of the "Crested Ibis" clan have basically replaced the "Vermilion Beak Sword," which they used to refine with their Bloodline Divine Ability, with the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword."

However, the "Five Elements Divine Swords" inheritance is ultimately the most compatible with the Kong Household's "Peacock Bloodline" inheritance, and its compatibility with the Huan Household's "Crested Ibis Bloodline" is still somewhat different.

Therefore, the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" that these Huan Household cultivators refined with the Bloodline Divine Ability "Vermilion Beak" are ultimately no match for the orthodox "Five Elements Divine Swords" of the Kong Household. Thus, they can only obtain a portion of its aura and power.

Once a member of the Kong Household has successfully refined the "Five Elements Divine Swords," they will immediately be able to master its Five Elements Divine Swords power, such as the Sword Light Differentiation, the Sword Qi Thunderclap, and the Refining the Sword into Threads.

However, the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" refined by the Huan Household cultivators are not suitable. After successfully refining them, they must cultivate and train before they can master the Sword Qi Thunderclap of the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" and the Heavy Sword Has No Edge, Great Skill Appears Unrefined of the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword".

Furthermore, even after mastering the power of these two sword techniques, they were still far inferior to cultivators of the same level from the Kong Household. The speed of their "Sword Qi Thunderclap" was not as fast as the "Crimson Fire Divine Sword" of the Kong Household's disciples of the same level; the power and defense of "Heavy Sword Has No Edge, Great Skill Appears Unrefined" were also far inferior to the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword" of the Kong Household's disciples of the same level.

Even so, the "Vermilion Beak Sword" forged by these Huan Household members in this way far surpassed the previous ones in terms of cultivation, strength, and power.

Therefore, the Huan Household of the "Crested Ibis" held the Kong Household in high esteem, which is why they welcomed Kong Wenxuan with almost the entire clan at this time.

"True Person Wenxuan, please enter the city! We have prepared a welcoming banquet in our clan to celebrate True Person arrival."

"After the welcoming banquet, I will personally lead True Person Wenxuan to our Huan Household's ' Crested Ibis Secret Realm ' to activate the sub-array of the ' Ten Thousand Trees Boundless Origin-Securing Grand Formation ' to complement True Person cultivation."

At this moment, Huan Minghui, the head of the Huan Lineage, was led to invite Kong Wenxuan into the city.

At that moment, Kong Wenxuan no longer refused and laughed, saying, "In that case, I'll trouble Fellow Daoist Huan."

As they spoke, they entered "Crested Ibis County" together.