Six Years Later: Departure for Zhuyan Commandery
The opportunity to counterattack "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" has yet to arrive. After participating in the flight of the Lineage's first Third Tier "Peacock Treasure Boat," Kong Wenxuan returned to "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak" to refine and enhance the "White Metal Divine Sword."
This sword-worshiping training took more than three years.
More than six years have passed since the great battle of the "Mystic Crane Secret Realm". The five "Ninth-Grade True Spirit" Lineage newly supported by the Bi Household have all completed the expansion of their own territories and counties. The Bi Household has also set up sub-arrays of the "Myriad Fires All-Encompassing Origin-Fortifying Grand Array" in these newly expanded counties, which has greatly increased the range and power of the "Myriad Fires All-Encompassing Origin-Fortifying Grand Array".
The overall strength and foundation of "Bifang Commandery" have been greatly enhanced.
Similarly, the Kong Household has also grown considerably in these six years.
After completing the refining and forging of the first Third Tier "Peacock Treasure Boat", Uncle Fourteen Kong Yuyan led the Lineage's weapon refiners to use the remaining Third Tier "Peacock Dao Soldiers" spiritual materials to forge two more Third Tier treasure ships, increasing the number of Third Tier "Peacock Treasure Boat" in the Lineage to three.
After fulfilling his wish to forge the "Peacock Treasure Boat," Uncle Fourteen, Kong Yuyan, finally felt at ease and went to cultivate in the core of the "Myriad Fires All-Encompassing Origin-Fortifying Grand Array."
In addition, over the past six years, the Kong Household has added four more Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, bringing the total number of Purple Mansion Stage cultivators in the Lineage to a new high of seventeen.
However, in these six years, in addition to the four newly added Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, two other Lineage members failed to break through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage. They were Demonic Nature Backlash and degenerated into Peacock Demon Beast. They had to be killed by the clan leader and others and buried in the "Ancestral Spirit Mountain Peak".
Overall, with the protective and suppressive effects of the Kong Household's "Seventh-Grade Peacock True Spirit Star," as well as the effects of the "Myriad Fires All-Encompassing Origin-Fortifying Grand Array -array and the " Nirvana Spirit Fire " seed nourishing the bloodline, the success rate of the Lineage's disciples in breaking through to the Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage is over 60%, already approaching 70%.
The success rates for those who have reached the lower Second Tier Foundation Establishment Stage and those who have awakened their bloodline to advance to the Qi Refinement Realm are even higher.
The success rate of clan members in awakening the Peacock Bloodline and advancing to the Qi Refinement Realm is approaching 90%, while the success rate of the Qi Refinement Realm to the Foundation Establishment Stage is also approaching 80%.
Therefore, in the past six years, the number of Qi Refinement cultivators in the Kong Household has exceeded five thousand, approaching six thousand; while the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators has also approached five hundred.
This is because many members of the Lineage were killed or wounded in the previous battles against the invasion of Demon Race and martial arts practitioners; otherwise, the number would be even greater now.
The number and strength of the Lineage's cultivators have greatly improved over the past six years, and Kong Wenxuan has also made significant gains during this period.
Six years is enough time for Kong Wenxuan to refine the "White Metal Divine Sword," even without the help of a "Pseudo-Innate" secluded cultivation place or Spiritual Qi. He should be able to completely devour and refine the nine Fourth Tier "Geng Metal" spiritual materials, and refine and upgrade the "White Metal Divine Sword" to the level of a quasi -Fourth Tier Law Treasure.
It can be said that the "White Metal Divine Sword" is now only one step away from being refined by the final golden aura before it can be upgraded to a Fourth Tier Law Treasure.
Originally, Kong Wenxuan thought that the counterattack of the "True Spirit Realm" against the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" would begin within two or three years, and he was even preparing to go to the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" to find the golden evil energy to refine the "White Metal Divine Sword".
Unexpectedly, the Demon Race and martial arts cultivators proved more formidable than anticipated. Their invasion and attacks on the "True Spirit Realm" have continued for over a decade, with no clear victor yet and no complete defeat, thus delaying the counterattack.
However, Kong Wenxuan did have a record of this.
Several years ago, during the Bi Household's fifth-rank "promotion celebration banquet," he had already thoroughly understood the situation of each prefecture in "Extended Net Moon Deer Prefecture" and each "Middle-Grade True Spirit" Lineage. Therefore, he already knew where to find suitable and high-quality golden evil energy.
That was the "Zhuyan Commandery" of the Yan Household, known as the "Sixth-Rank Zhuyan True Spirit".
The "Zhuyan" are skilled in military affairs and adept at refining and using various Law Artifact and Law Treasure. Their Lineage also cultivates the power of the fire and metal elements. The "Origin-Securing Grand Formation" set up in "Zhuyan Commandery" is the "Myriad Treasures Mori Origin-Securing Grand Formation", which is also a derivative sub-formation of the "Myriad Phenomena Grand Array".
According to his understanding, the "Myriad Treasures Mori Origin-Securing Grand Formation" in Zhuyan Commandery contains a large amount of high-quality, high-grade golden evil energy and fire evil energy.
Therefore, he only needs to go to "Zhuyan Commandery" and use the "Myriad Treasures Mori Origin-Securing Grand Formation" there to complete the final purification of the golden evil energy and upgrade the "White Metal Divine Sword" to the Fourth Tier Law Treasure level.
As for borrowing the "Myriad Treasures Mori Origin-Securing Grand Formation", Kong Wenxuan had already arranged it with the clan more than a year ago.
At that time, he realized that the opportunity to counterattack the "Heavenly Demon Grotto-Heaven" would probably not come in a short time. He might need to use the golden evil energy in the "Myriad Treasures Mori Origin-Securing Grand Formation" of Zhuyan Commandery to cleanse himself. So he asked his clan to make contact and arrangements.
The person who helped him make the contact and arrangements was none other than his fourth sister Kong Wenjun.
The main group of people in the clan who were able to go to "Zhuyan Commandery" were the Lineage caravan led by the fourth sister, Kong Wenjun. They went with the Bi Household caravan because they had trade and exchanges with some "True Spirit Lineage" in "Zhuyan Commandery", which enabled them to contact and arrange such a cleansing opportunity.
Now, he needs to go to "Zhuyan Commandery" to borrow the golden evil energy in the "Myriad Treasures Mori Origin-Securing Grand Formation" to refine the "White Metal Divine Sword", and he also needs to go with the Lineage caravan.
However, the formation of such caravans is scheduled at fixed times each year.
There's still some time before the Lineage caravan departs, so he's not in a hurry.
After spending time with his parents and Lineage, handling some minor matters within the clan and Peacock County, and keeping an eye on the situation in Bifang Commandery and even the entire "True Spirit Realm," three months passed in the blink of an eye, and it was time for the Lineage caravan to set off.
Kong Wenxuan joined forces with the Lineage caravan led by his fourth sister, Kong Wenjun, and, carrying various specialty goods, spiritual materials, and other resources prepared by the clan, boarded two specially prepared Third Tier "Peacock Treasure Boat" and sailed towards "Bifang Commandery City".
First, they went to Bifang Commandery City to meet the Bi Household caravan. Then, they followed the Bi Household caravan to other Bifang Commandery and even the capital of Extended Net Moon Deer Prefecture to conduct various trade and other activities.
This was Kong Wenxuan's first time participating in Lineage caravan operation, and he had no experience. Therefore, he did not participate in the decision-making process at all. He simply sat in a "Peacock Treasure Boat" as an ordinary member of the clan, while his fourth sister Kong Wenjun, and others drove the "Treasure Ship," made the itinerary decisions, and carried out the actions.
He didn't interfere much, only waiting to arrive in "Zhuyan Commandery" with the caravan, and then enter the "Myriad Treasures Mori Origin-Securing Grand Formation" as arranged, using the golden evil energy within to complete the final refinement and enhancement of the "White Metal Divine Sword".