Yesterday's Honored Guests, Today's Soldiers Under His Command
Within the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm," the Bi Household built a city to suppress the realm and defend against attacks from Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial artists.
At this time, the armies of the Bi Household, the Ya Household, the Jiao Household, and the Fu Household had already entered the city, with the Kong Household's army being the last to arrive.
The reason they were delayed until the very end was because they had suppressed and resisted too many invading Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial artists on the "Peacock True Spirit Star".
"This will be a protracted war, so I divided each team into three groups to take turns defending the city walls and suppressing the invading Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial artists."
Bi Yanhong True Person, who was in charge of this battle, explained the Kong Household's combat mission to Kong Wenxuan, saying:
"The three teams will be led by our Bi Household, your Kong Household, and the Ya Household respectively, and will take turns fighting."
"Among them, our Bi Household's team is the strongest, so it will form a separate team to guard the city walls and suppress the enemy. As for your Kong Household and Ya Household, you can choose to join the Jiao Household and Fu Household's teams to guard the city."
"The Ya Household arrived first and has already chosen the Jiao Household. Therefore, your Kong Household has no choice but to fight alongside the Fu Household."
"However, I know that the Fu Household is only Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage, and its overall strength is far inferior to that of the Jiao Household. Therefore, I can also send the remaining bloodline cultivators of the He Household to you to enhance the combat power of your Kong Household's team."
"Fellow Daoist Kong, what do you think?"
At this point, Kong Wenxuan naturally had no way to object and could only nod and say, "I will follow your arrangements, fellow Daoist."
"Haha... Good." True Person Bi Yanhong immediately laughed and ordered the Fu Household He Household ' troops to come and pay their respects to Kong Wenxuan.
Soon after, the leaders of Fu Household He Household came to pay their respects.
The leader of the "Pit Viper" Fu Household was Fu Zongchang, the county magistrate of Pit Viper County, while the leader of the He Household was He Minghua, a female cultivator who Foundation Establishment.
Kong Wenxuan was fairly familiar with both of them.
Back then, he successfully Star Inlaying, and the Kong Household was promoted to Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage. After successfully opening up "Peacock County", he went to "Bifang Commandery City" to pay taxes for the first time, bought a manor in the county city, held a banquet, and invited people from various "True Spirit Lineage" in Bifang Commandery. This was the Kong Household's first appearance among the "True Spirit Lineage" in Bifang Commandery.
These two were representing their respective Lineage at the banquet.
That was fifty or sixty years ago.
At that time, the two of them were already Foundation Establishment cultivators, and their cultivation levels were comparable to Kong Wenxuan's.
But now, fifty or sixty years have passed, Kong Wenxuan has successfully advanced to the Fourth Tier Golden Core Stage, while these two are still at the Foundation Establishment stage and seem to have changed little.
The Kong Household has grown from newcomers to Ninth-Grade True Spirit Lineage to Seventh-Grade True Spirit Lineage.
These two Lineage, one still stagnating, and the Lineage having fallen from the position of "True Spirit," are incomparable to the Kong Household.
Looking at the two acquaintances, Kong Wenxuan had some thoughts and feelings, but he was clearly not as moved or affected as Fu Zongchang and He Minghua.
They couldn't help but recall that when they first met the Kong family at the banquet held at the Kong Household Kong Household's Peacock Manor in Bifang Commandery City, they could still regard the other party as a junior and lecture him based on their status as seniors and elders.
Especially He Minghua, who, back then at the Kong Household banquet, relied on his relationship with the "Bi Household" and even provoked Kong Wenxuan and the Kong Household... He read thousands of good books such as "Lineage Cultivation: Starting from the Peacock Bloodline". At that time, he acted so flamboyantly and spiritedly.
But now, in just fifty or sixty years, everything has changed.
Kong Wenxuan and the Kong Household, these younger generations, have become beings they can only look up to and cannot reach. Now they are even going to fall under Kong Wenxuan's command and fight under his orders.
If Kong Wenxuan had even a little scheming, he could have easily killed them and their clansmen on the battlefield, leaving them with no way to resist.
Thinking of this, after paying their respects to True Person Bi Yanhong, Fu Zongchang and He Minghua both bowed respectfully to Kong Wenxuan, saying, "Greetings, True Person Wenxuan!"
He Minghua, in particular, had completely lost the arrogance and high spirits he had shown when he was a guest of honor at the Kong Household. He had become cautious, as if afraid that Kong Wenxuan would settle old scores. Even his face looked much older.
It is obvious that the fall of the "Black Crane True Spirit Star" has been a huge blow to the He Household. Even He Minghua, a "social butterfly" who has always been in charge of the He Household's business and connections in the county city, has had to go to the battlefield and become an important fighting force for the He Household.
Kong Wenxuan, though pondering his own thoughts, had no intention of settling old scores. After the two exchanged greetings, he smiled and waved his hand, saying, "No need for such formalities, gentlemen. From now on, we are all brothers in arms, relying on each other for survival. Let's watch over each other and help each other to defend this ' Demon-Suppressing Pass '!"
The city built by the Bi Household in the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm" was also named "Demon-Suppressing Pass" according to the naming conventions of families in "Bifang Commandery".
Upon hearing Kong Wenxuan's words, Fu Zongchang and He Minghua both breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether they believed it in their hearts, they outwardly expressed their approval and gratitude.
After the two sides met, Kong Wenxuan instructed his uncle Kong Yushuo, to take over the task of integrating the two teams into the Kong Household's team and to make the necessary tactical arrangements and drills.
Kong Wenxuan didn't need to intervene personally. The highest cultivation level in the Fu Household and He Household was only Foundation Establishment cultivators. His uncle, Kong Yushuo, a Purple Mansion cultivator, was enough to suppress them all and make them obedient and follow orders.
Meanwhile, Kong Wenxuan and True Person Bi Yanhong ascended the city wall of "Demon-Suppressing Pass" to see and experience the battlefield firsthand, so that they could have a clear understanding of the situation.
At this moment, the battle on the city wall was between the Ya Household and the Jiao Household. The Ya Household was in the lead, with the Jiao Household cooperating, along with a large number of servant cultivator Lineage recruited from the two counties. They were stationed on the city wall, working with the city's protective formation to resist and kill the Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial cultivators attacking the city. The battle was quite fierce.
Kong Wenxuan saw that in the sky above the secret realm, the Bifang True Spirit Star, Fire Crow True Spirit Star, Wildebeest True Spirit Star had all manifested, scattering starlight of various colors, enveloping the entire battlefield, and restoring the Law Power and Spiritual Consciousness of the various cultivators fighting on the battlefield.
In mid-air, flocks of Fire Crow stirred up countless flames, turning into vast fiery clouds, as they broke through a "Ten Thousand Demons Formation," burning and bombarding a large number of Demon Beast and Demon Race within.
The intensity of this battlefield is no less than, and perhaps even greater than, the battles fought on the "Peacock True Spirit Star" against the invasion of Demon Race, Demon Beast, and martial cultivators.
However, this place is not without its advantages and strengths. The protective array in the "Demon-Suppressing Pass" is a sub-array of the "Myriad Fires All-Encompassing Origin-Fortifying Grand Array" originally set up in "Black Crane County". It is part of the Fifth Tier "Myriad Fires All-Encompassing Origin-Fortifying Grand Array" and can unleash the power of Fifth Tier array, which is far stronger than the Fourth Tier "Five Elements Grand Formation" above the "Peacock True Spirit Star".