The Secret Realm Collapses; Taking in Servant Cultivator Households
Lili!
The projection of "Peacock True Spirit Star" suppressed the sky above the mountain range. Peacock sang clearly above it, and a large amount of starlight descended to cover the entire mountain range, instantly blocking the extending cracks in the secret realm. It also suppressed and protected the entire mountain range, preventing it from collapsing or being destroyed.
On the other side, the Ya Household members continued to use the "Fire Crow True Spirit Star" projection to suppress and take over various places in the collapsed secret realm. When they looked up and saw what the two members of the Kong Household were doing, they did not say anything. They simply abandoned that mountain range and turned to other territories.
Upon seeing this, Kong Wenxuan and the clan chief Kong Changgeng also spoke with a relieved tone.
To be honest, the biggest challenge in taking over the resource points in this collapsed "Cuckoo Secret Realm" is not the secret realm itself, nor the Du Household, but the "Fire Crow" Ya Household.
If the Ya Household considers the entire "Cuckoo Secret Realm" as their own and forbids the Kong Household from interfering, then they can only watch helplessly, since the Kong Household is no match for the Ya Household Lineage, an "Eighth-Grade True Spirit" family.
Fortunately, whether the Ya Household wasn't confident of taking over all of the "Cuckoo Secret Realm" or because the Kong Household was now a "Ninth-Grade True Spirit" Lineage, they didn't oppose or stop them from occupying the mountain range and tacitly approved of their actions.
After confirming that the Ya Household members had no intention of making a move, clan chief Kong Changgeng excitedly rushed into the mountains below to inspect the resources and spiritual objects within.
Good news soon arrived: in addition to the First Tier Dark Iron ore vein, there was also a second-tier Red Copper ore vein in the mountain range.
The "Phoenix Terrace" that the Du Household previously forged for the forbidden technique "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix to the Phoenix" seems to have been cast using Second Tier Red Copper spiritual material from this mine.
The spiritual spring at the mountaintop has also been confirmed to be a Second Tier spiritual spring, from which Second Tier spiritual water can be extracted.
Among the several Spirit Plant on the hillside, although most are First Tier Spirit Plant, there are also a few Second Tier spiritual trees!
These Second Tier spiritual wood, spiritual water, and Red Copper materials are enough for Kong Wenxuan to upgrade the "Azure Wood Divine Sword," "Black Water Divine Sword," and "White Metal Divine Sword" to the Second Tier Spirit Artifact level.
Unfortunately, the good news ended there; clan leader Kong Changgeng did not find Second Tier spirit soil or spirit fire materials in the mountains.
Kong Wenxuan couldn't help but turn his gaze to the center of the collapsing "Cuckoo Secret Realm" and to the south.
In the center of that secret realm lies a vast expanse of fertile spiritual fields, the most important spiritual field belonging to the Du Household. It is planted with a large amount of Second Tier spiritual grains, spirit medicine, and other resources, and one can imagine that it must contain Second Tier earth-elemental spiritual materials.
Unfortunately, half of the vast fertile spiritual fields in the center of this secret realm were destroyed in the realm's collapse, and the remaining half has been occupied and taken over by the "Fire Crow" Ya Household, so he can no longer intervene.
As for the south direction, the core array of the "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix to the Phoenix" ceremony held by the Du Household, the "Phoenix Terrace" located at the volcano, must also contain Second Tier spirit fire materials.
However, the volcano, including the "Phoenix Terrace," was destroyed along with Du Yuxian's death and the "A Hundred Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix to the Phoenix" ceremony.
He also couldn't possibly search for Second Tier fire-elemental materials from them.
Kong Wenxuan then swept his gaze across the collapsed secret realm. Apart from the mountain range they had captured, most of the most valuable resource points had either been taken by the Ya Household or destroyed in the collapse of the secret realm.
The remaining scattered plots of land, though containing some resources and spiritual objects, were clearly beyond the capabilities of the two members of the Kong Household to collect.
As for the Ya Household members, they clearly looked down on those small plots of land and didn't collect any more. Instead, they surrounded Ya Zhaoying, guarding her as she collected that drop of "Phoenix Blood."
As for the servant cultivators from Lineage like the Lao Household, Yan Household, and Lin Household who were lucky enough to survive, their numbers are now less than forty.
The original force of over five hundred cultivators came to the Du Household to force their abdication, but unexpectedly, less than one-tenth have survived. These survivors are now like frightened birds, struggling to avoid the destruction of the collapsing secret realm, and are neither able nor daring to collect those scattered resources and spiritual items.
Boom! Rumble... Crack! Snap... Boom!
At this moment, as the fallen "Cuckoo True Spirit Star" completely crashed into the collapsed "Cuckoo Secret Realm," it also brought about the final destruction of the secret realm.
Vast shockwaves and cracks of destruction swept across the area, engulfing the entire secret realm. Only two places, illuminated by the starlight of the "True Spirit Star," were able to survive this destruction and collapse, blocking all the forces of destruction and decay.
However, this led to the near annihilation of the few remaining servant cultivators from the various Lineage.
This "Cuckoo Secret Realm" is the secret realm of the Du Household, so the remaining cultivators of the Cuckoo Du Household have ways and means to escape from the collapsed secret realm.
The cultivators of the "Fire Crow" Ya Household and the "Peacock" Kong Household each had a projection of "True Spirit Star" protecting them. They not only blocked the destruction of the secret realm, but also seized some resource sites and spiritual objects from the collapsed secret realm.
However, these surviving cultivators from the servant Lineage could neither find a way to escape the secret realm nor resist its collapse, and were on the verge of total annihilation.
Immediately, most of the servant Lineage, led by the head of the "Shrike" Lao Household, rushed to the area illuminated by the "True Spirit Star" projection of the "Fire Crow Ya Household, knelt down before the Ya Household cultivators, and cried out: "We are willing to become Ya Household Lineage of the ' Fire Crow ' Ya Household. We beg the elders of the Ya Household to have pity on us and save our lives."
However, just as these servant Lineage were bowing to the "Fire Crow" Ya Household cultivators, praying to become servant Lineage of the Ya Household.
However, a few cultivators made a different choice. They rushed to the area illuminated by the projection of the "Peacock True Spirit Star" and knelt before Kong Wenxuan and the clan leader Kong Changgeng, begging to join the Kong Household and become Kong Household Lineage, pleading for the Kong Household to save them.
Upon seeing this, Clan Chief Kong Changgeng's face lit up with joy. He immediately brought the cultivators into the "Peacock True Spirit Star" and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Yan, you are too kind. Our two families have been friendly neighbors for many years. Even if you hadn't become disciples of my Kong Household, I would still have helped you if I saw you in trouble."
"And please rest assured, young friend from the Ma Household, our Kong Household will definitely bring you back safely."
Kong Wenxuan recognized the five cultivators who had come to seek refuge. They were Yan Zhiyu, the head of the Yan Lineage known as "Swift," who was accompanied by three other Yan Household cultivators, and a cultivator from the Ma Household as "Sparrow."
Meanwhile, the cultivators from the "Fire Crow" Ya Household on the opposite side, along with the "Shrike" Lao Household cultivators who chose to join them, and the other thirty-odd surviving servant Lineage, were all protected by the starlight shone from the projection of the "Fire Crow True Spirit Star."
Seeing this, Kong Wenxuan couldn't help but ask, "Clan Chief Yan, why didn't you choose to join the ' Fire Crow Ya Household like them? That's an ' Eighth-Grade True Spirit ' Lineage, much stronger than our newly promoted Ninth-Rank Kong Household."
"Yan Zhiyu greets fellow Daoist!" Yan Zhiyu Swift, the head of the Yan Lineage, immediately bowed respectfully to Kong Wenxuan.
As a long-time neighbor of the Peacock Kong Household, she naturally knew a lot about Kong Household. She knew that the Kong Household originally only had one Foundation Establishment cultivator, the patriarch Kong Changgeng. Now, suddenly, another Foundation Establishment cultivator, Kong Wenxuan, has appeared and successfully Star Inlaying, advancing to the "Ninth-Grade True Spirit" Lineage. It is very likely that this newly Foundation Establishment cultivator completed the Star Inlaying.
Therefore, Yan Zhiyu was very respectful to Kong Wenxuan and immediately replied, "Firstly, our Yan Household, along with the Ma Household, has been your Lineage's neighbor for many years and knows each other well. We feel more at ease joining your Kong Household's ranks."
"Secondly, precisely because your Lineage has just been promoted to the ' Ninth-Grade True Spirit ' Lineage, it is precisely at this time that you need to expand your manpower and strength. Therefore, we are more confident that your Lineage will accept us when we come to join you."
Kong Wenxuan nodded slightly upon hearing this, having already discerned the unspoken meaning in the other party's words. The cultivators from the Yan Household and Ma Household knew their Kong Household inside and out and trusted them more, which in turn meant they did not know the background of the "Fire Crow" Ya Household and did not trust them.
He couldn't help but look up again in the direction of Ya Zhaoying, the Purple Mansion cultivator of the Ya Household. The other party was still suppressing, refining, and collecting that drop of "phoenix blood." Thinking back to the initial acting in the Ya Household's operation, he couldn't help but feel some doubts.