A Bountiful Harvest, the Patriarch's Concerns, and Second Elder Kong Changlan
In order to ambush Ya Zhaoying at "Demon-Suppressing Pass", the Demon Race deployed two Third Tier Demon Race and four Third Tier Demon Beast. The total number of Demon Beast in the horde exceeded three thousand.
In the ruins of "Demon-Suppressing Pass", Kong Wenxuan used the "Lesser Five Elements Sword Formation" to kill more than half of the Demon Beast tide, which is more than 1,500.
In addition to the number of Demon Beast and birds killed by the Ya Household cultivators, Fire Crow Dao Soldiers, and the Kong Household service squad, the number of demonic Demon Beast and birds lying dead in the ruins of "Demon-Suppressing Pass" now exceeds two thousand.
Ya Zhaoying basically allocated half of the corpses to the Kong Household, which consisted of nearly a thousand Demon Beast and birds. Most of them were First Tier Demon Beast, while the number of Second Tier demon Demon Beast and birds was less than ten, and there were also two Second Tier Demon Race corpses.
Even First Tier Demon Beast and birds are generally around half a zhang in size, while Second Tier Demon Beast and Demon Race races often reach nearly a zhang in size.
The corpses of these Demon Beast and birds, piled up together, could even form a small mountain.
Kong Wenxuan and the others were unwilling to give up the most abundant flesh, blood, bones and other materials from these Demon Beast and birds. They only collected the precious demonic materials. After all, for the Kong Household, which was just starting out, even the flesh and blood from First Tier Demon Beast was good. It could be used to supplement the meals of ordinary clansmen, strengthen their Qi and Blood, and increase the awakening rate and success rate when awakening their bloodline.
However, even with the combined Storage Bag of Kong Wenxuan, his third aunt, fifth uncle, and eldest brother, it was still difficult to fill all the nearly one thousand corpses of Demon Beast and birds.
As a result, he had to board the already battered "Feather Boat" and return to Lineage Lineage's "Peacock Ridge" to send back some of the Demon Beast and bird corpses and materials, and to retrieve more Storage Bag to repackage these Demon Beast and bird corpses.
The Kong Household doesn't lack Storage Bag these days. They killed many Du Household cultivators in the Du Household's "Cuckoo Secret Realm" and obtained quite a few Storage Bag.
Unfortunately, the corpses and Storage Bag of the servant cultivators killed by the Du Household Lineage mostly fell into the hands of the Ya Household; otherwise, their gains would have been even greater.
Back at the Lineage's "Peacock Ridge," Kong Wenxuan handed the Storage Bag containing the corpses of Demon Beast beasts and birds to the Second Elder, Kong Changlan, to handle with the clan members. He then gave the clan leader a detailed account of the recent extermination of the Demon Beast tide, the battle at "Demon-Suppressing Pass," and Ya Zhaoying's promise.
Upon hearing this, the clan chief's expression changed several times, and he said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect that just a simple operation to wipe out the Demon Beast tide following the Ya Household would be so dangerous. Those Demon Race dared to plot an ambush against Ya Zhaoying; they seem to be even more cunning and stronger than we anticipated."
"Fortunately, their main target was the Ya Household, specifically Ya Zhaoying; otherwise, if they had targeted our Kong Household, we would have been completely unable to defend ourselves."
"If we choose to build Peacock County at Demon-Suppressing Pass, firstly, Demon-Suppressing Pass is too close to Cuckoo Town, and too close to the territory of the Fire Crow Ya Household. I'm not comfortable with that."
"Secondly, the spiritual lands and resources within hundreds of miles of the Demon-Suppressing Pass have been plundered by the Du Household and a group of servant cultivator Lineage in Cuckoo County for nearly a century, leaving virtually no good land left."
"If our Kong Household were to choose ' Demon-Suppressing Pass ' as our ancestral home and build ' Peacock County ' there, it would probably take over a hundred years of effort to restore the surrounding spiritual lands and resources."
"But if we choose to continue expanding southward to new territory and build ' Peacock County,' the presence of Demon Race this time, including even Third Tier Demon Race, will be a problem."
"I fear that in the mountains further south, there may be even more Demon Race, perhaps even more powerful Demon Race."
"Even if Ya Zhaoying promises to help our Kong Household once, we'll probably still have a hard time succeeding in expanding our territory."
"Even if we succeed in temporarily expanding our territory, if even more powerful Demon Race emerge from the depths of the mountains, we still won't be able to hold onto it."
"Even if we manage to hold out, we will certainly suffer constant attacks and harassment from the Demon Race race and Demon Beast tides, which will be extremely detrimental to the development of the Lineage."
Kong Wenxuan had also considered these issues, and said, "Clan Chief, there's no rush. Expanding territory and building a county town cannot be accomplished in a short time. We can go to the southern mountains later to conduct a thorough investigation and make a decision after we have determined the situation."
Clan Chief Kong Changgeng nodded upon hearing this and said, "Let's deal with the immediate matter first. Later, we'll try to investigate the situation in the mountains to the south. If that doesn't work, we'll choose ' Demon-Suppressing Pass ' as our clan's territory and build ' Peacock County Seat.' It's fine if it's close to the Ya Household, even if it has fewer resources. Safety is the most important thing."
Soon, Second Elder Kong Changlan and his men finished dealing with the Storage Bag that Kong Wenxuan had brought back. Kong Wenxuan then took a few more Storage Bag, boarded the "Feather Boat," and prepared to return to "Demon-Suppressing Pass" to transport the remaining Demon Beast and bird corpses and materials back.
"Wenxuan, wait for us!" At this moment, the Second Elder Kong Changlan, arrived with three cultivators from the clan and said to him, "Take us with you to the Demon-Suppressing Pass. You juniors only know how to fight and kill; you have no idea how to deal with the corpses and materials of those Demon Beast and birds."
"How can you just stuff all sorts of Demon Beast and bird corpses, limbs, and pelts into a Storage Bag like this?"
"Many fine furs and feathers were stained with blood, which will require extra work to clean them up later."
"There are also various Demon Beast and bird carcasses and flesh that weren't properly processed before being put into Storage Bag. The blood, Yao Qi, and odors from different Demon Beast are all mixed together, polluting and tainting perfectly good Demon Beast meat. It's a complete waste of good stuff!"
As the Second Elder, Kong Changlan, spoke, a look of deep sorrow appeared on his face, and he said in a deep voice:
"Take us with you to ' Demon-Suppressing Pass '. We'll clean up and dispose of the remaining Demon Beast and bird carcasses and materials, so you don't waste all the good stuff."
Upon hearing this, Kong Wenxuan couldn't help but show a hint of shame on his face. He had only been cultivating for a short time, and his energy was mainly focused on the "Five Elements Divine Swords." He hadn't learned or practiced any other cultivation techniques, so naturally he knew nothing about the intricacies of processing the Demon Beast, blood, corpses, and materials of demonic beasts and birds.
Even though my third aunt, fifth uncle, eldest brother and others had served at "Demon-Suppressing Pass" for many years and had killed many Demon Beast and collected many resources and spiritual objects in the mountains outside the pass, none of them had the experience of dealing with hundreds or thousands of Demon Beast corpses and materials like this, and they never thought of this.
Their previous methods of dealing with the corpses of Demon Beast and birds, as well as the materials, were indeed far too crude and simplistic.
He immediately disembarked from the "Feather Boat Feather Boat," invited the Second Elder and the others to board, and greeted them, saying, "Second Elder, Aunt Yujin, Uncle Yuzhen, and Cousin Wencheng, thank you for your trouble."
The three people accompanying the Second Elder, Kong Changgeng —his second aunt, Kong Yujin; his fourth uncle, Kong Yuzhen; and his third cousin, Kong Wencheng —were all former subordinates of the Second Elder, working in the Lineage warehouse and affairs hall. They were all skilled at handling the flesh and blood of Demon Beast and spiritual materials.
As for Kong Wenxuan's greeting, apart from the Second Elder who nodded in return, the other three returned the greeting earnestly, smiling and saying, "We only do some logistical tasks, nothing compared to Wenxuan who is inaugurating Lineage Lineage's Star Inlaying, and fighting on the front lines to conquer new territories!"
"Haha..." Kong Wenxuan laughed and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone is doing their job, all for the sake of the Lineage and clansmen. There's nothing to compare."
As he spoke, he steered the "Feather Boat" and said, "Everyone, hold on tight, we need to get back to ' Demon-Suppressing Pass ' as soon as possible."
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