Western Expedition and Plunder!

Among them, White Cloud Temple was among the fastest to react!

On the very night the news arrived, Yun Du summoned all the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the sect and held a meeting overnight.

The very next day, they decisively launched the western expedition!

Everyone knows that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; if we miss it, we don't know how many years we'll have to wait for such a golden age again.

After a day of tireless preparation, early on the third day...

Above the Cloud Sword Mountain Range, five warships took to the air. Each of these flying ships was a hundred feet in size, and when the five of them appeared together, they seemed to blot out the sky!

The day of departure.

Under the jurisdiction of the Ming Province Northern Protectorate, more than seventy Foundation Establishment Aristocratic Clan responded to the call, gathered together, and mobilized their entire clans!

Some Aristocratic Clan sent five or six Foundation Establishment cultivators, leading hundreds of Qi Refining disciples, while some smaller Lineage sent only one or two Foundation Establishment, along with a dozen or so clansmen, looking quite meager.

But regardless of size, everyone who could come, came.

Nothing more than greed; who doesn't care about making money?

The combined force was incredibly large, consisting of ninety-seven Foundation Establishment cultivators and nearly ten thousand Qi Refining cultivators!

In addition to the five warships, there were twelve flying boats, each thirty feet long, arranged in a column to escort the warships on both sides.

With Wanxiu accompanying them, the fleet marched westward in a grand and imposing manner, its scale comparable to a small-scale national war!

This is the current state of affairs of the Ming Province Northern Protectorate.

Among the four Protectorates of Ming Province, the one under the jurisdiction of the Northern Protectorate White Cloud Temple, is the most powerful, and it is considered the face of Ming Province.

Shi Jian did not accompany him this time.

It was too conspicuous for Golden Core demon to go on an expedition with the Human Race army, but quite a few of its Demon Beast did go.

The Lord Rat led the elite of the Wind Rat Line, mingling among the troops.

Shuang Yu led two young Icefield Bear and followed the Zhao Household's group, intending to gain some battle merits and spiritual items...

The Black Dog Line and the five Bear lineages each had Foundation Establishment level demons accompanying them; they were only there to share in this gluttonous feast.

The army's westward expedition proceeded smoothly.

The forces of the various states along the way, seeing the immense power and influence of White Cloud Temple, all gave way.

In times of peace, different factions might exchange pleasantries, but in this chaotic world, the rule of the cultivation world has always been that whoever has the strongest fist calls the shots...

With nearly a hundred Foundation Establishment appearing, they would be a force to be reckoned with in any state.

Not to mention that the leader, Yun Du, is Golden Core True Person.

The twelve flying boats departed from Ming Province, passed through Yin Province, crossed the wilderness of Huang Province, and entered the newly established territory of Devil Province.

The moment they entered the Devil Province, everyone smelled the stench of blood.

This isn't a metaphor; it's the real smell of blood.

The post-war land was littered with charred ruins, collapsed fortified villages, and countless uncollected corpses...

This is war.

Yun Du stood at the bow of the boat, his face calm, but his heart was filled with emotion.

"Order each household to proceed separately according to the pre-assigned areas."

"We will meet in Heaven-Rending City, Devil Province Continent, in two months."

"Remember, no one is allowed to touch the forbidden zones designated by the Supreme Purity Sect. Also, do not provoke any other forces' territories."

"We're newcomers, let's not go too far."

"Anything unclaimed, whether it's Spirit Vein, mineral deposit, cave abode, or a remnant of Devil Cultivator, will be taken into our possession!"

"Squeeze every last bit of value out of this place."

Upon hearing Yun Du's message, all the Foundation Establishment cultivators bowed in submission from afar and accepted the order. In an instant, ninety-seven spiritual pressures were released simultaneously, and birds and beasts in the distant sky scattered in terror.

The army dispersed, like a pack of hungry wolves, and pounced on the ravaged land.

The main force of White Cloud Temple, personally led by Yun Du, marched straight towards the ruins of a demonic sect in the northern part of Devil Province.

This place was originally a demonic sect under the Blood Bone Devil Sect Demonic Sect called the "Heart-Devouring Sect".

At the end of the war, the Heart-Devouring Sect was crushed by the Supreme Purity Sect's army, and all the Golden Core cultivators in the sect perished. However, the sect still stands, and there are still two third-order Spirit Vein buried underground.

When the flying boat arrived, the Heart-Devouring Sect's mountain gate was already in ruins.

The once magnificent palace was reduced to rubble, the array was shattered, and the Spiritual Qi scattered in all directions...

A tattered flag was stuck crookedly at the gate, bearing the words "Heart-Devouring," which were almost illegible due to the erosion of wind and rain.

Yun Du showed no sign of regret.

He jumped off the flying boat, formed a hand seal, and a golden light pierced into the ground.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, a satisfied expression on his face.

"Two third-tier Spirit Vein, one mid-grade and one low-grade."

"The middle-grade one has had most of its Spiritual Qi drained, but its root is still intact, so it can be saved. The low-grade one is still perfectly fine; it probably wasn't drained in time."

"Yun Ci, take your men down and dig out the Spirit Vein."

"Yes!"

Yun Ci responded and left, leading more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and hundreds of Qi Refining disciples, and they went underground to set up the Meridian Extraction Array.

Extracting Spirit Vein is a skill; forceful extraction can damage the root veins. It must be done by following the direction of the veins and extracting them segment by segment.

But at this moment, who cares about delicate operations?

Time is everything.

If you don't grab it, someone else will.

Therefore, Yun Ci's approach was extremely crude. He directly used forbidden techniques to forcibly separate the Spirit Vein from the earth and seal it into a storage Law Artifact, regardless of how much its quality was compromised. He just wanted to get his hands on it first.

This is how it works.

This section of the foundation of a third-tier mid-grade Spirit Vein was damaged and reduced to a third-tier low-grade, but at least we got our hands on it...

Meanwhile, another group of people were rummaging through the ruins of the mountain gate for any remaining supplies.

Storage Bag, Cultivation Method Jade Slip, broken bottles of pills, refining materials... anything valuable was packed into boxes and taken away.

Even the array bases laid on the ground, those Spirit Stone slabs engraved with runes, were pried up one by one, stacked neatly, and loaded onto the cargo ship.

As for the remaining Devil Cultivator prisoners...

These people went around capturing remnants of Devil Cultivator, and actually captured hundreds of ragged demonic cultivators.

Most of them were at the Qi Refining Realm, with a few being Foundation Establishment Early Stage wastes. They were considered wastes because their Dantian had been shattered, rendering them unable to cultivate.

All that's left is a physical body and a bit of strength.

The men were incorporated into the Immortal Slave team, where they would serve as laborers, mining, transporting goods, repairing formations... working until they died.

She's a woman...

"Pick out the ones that are in good condition separately."

An elder in charge instructed, "After returning, send it to the black market and sell it to cultivators from all sides who need furnace cauldrons."

"The higher the cultivation level, the more valuable it is. A Foundation Establishment Early Stage can easily sell for tens of thousands of Spirit Stone; this is a high-grade item!"

This is said in a very casual way, like picking out cabbage at the market.

Nobody thought anything was wrong.

That's how the cultivation world is: the weak are the fish on the chopping block, and the strong are the butchers.

Devil Cultivator treat righteous cultivators in the same way, and righteous cultivators treat Devil Cultivator in the same way.

It doesn't matter who wins, the result will be the same.

When it comes to how to torment one's own kind, the Human Race has the most authority to speak on this matter, compared to Human Race.

The brutality of the Demon Race may only extend to physical torture and destruction.

As for Human Race humiliating each other, it is a double insult, both physically and mentally, which even Demon Race would have to admit defeat to.

The first month of the army's westward expedition.

White Cloud Temple and its various factions swept through the land like locusts, leaving nothing but desolation in their wake. They even dug up a seemingly peculiar brick!

For example, in a certain spiritual field, if the Spiritual Qi is even slightly abundant, a layer of soil has to be dug off and taken away.

This force from the Ming Province Northern Protectorate swept across the eastern part of the Devil Province to the central part, annihilating seventeen remaining forces of various sizes within the demonic path.

The harvest was quite considerable: two third-order Spirit Vein, eleven second-order Spirit Vein, more than thirty first-order Spirit Vein, and six spiritual mineral deposits of various kinds. The entire mineral vein was destructively mined.

There are also eight medium to large-sized Spirit Plant herb gardens, where the soil has been dug down three feet!

The various Law Artifact, elixirs, and talismans were too numerous to count.

The number of captive slaves was nearly three thousand, which were eventually incorporated into the army.

Those bronze vessels in good condition will be cataloged separately and auctioned together upon their return.

The cargo holds of the entire fleet were more than half full in just half a month, forcing them to temporarily return to Ming Province to unload the cargo before returning again.

Zhao Yanshan led the Zhao Household's forces, operating in the southeastern part of Devil Province.

Although their gains were not as substantial as those of the main White Cloud Temple, they still acquired two second-tier Spirit Vein, plus a decent iron spirit mine.

What pleased Zhao Yanshan most was that he found more than thirty Jade Slip containing Cultivation Method in a Devil Cultivator's cave abode. Although they were all Devil Cultivation Method, Cultivation Method were still Cultivation Method. Deciphering the techniques and ideas within them would be helpful for his disciples' cultivation.

At worst, you can sell them on the black market and still get a lot of Spirit Stone.

The Zhao Clan family has made a fortune from this western expedition, their strength has increased dramatically, and there are signs that they are about to rise again!