From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 263 Encirclement and Slaughter of Third-Tier Individuals, Realm Advancement

Xiang Zhiye was planning to establish his authority, and this person, a rogue cultivator in the Qi Refining stage, was perfect as a "chicken" to make an example of.

A living life was lost in an instant before everyone's eyes, leaving them deeply shaken.

Many people had harbored ulterior motives in the past two days, but now they have all put them aside.

It's best for them not to have any greedy thoughts in front of a Golden Core cultivator.

"Everyone, line up in order and collect your storage pouches and spiritual plants. After that, you will cultivate in seclusion within this mountain stream spiritual land. No one is allowed to leave without my permission!"

He gave the order to Shino.

The cultivators lined up in front of the cave entrance, and they all stepped forward in order of their cultivation level.

First came the late Foundation Establishment stage, then the mid Foundation Establishment stage, then the early Foundation Establishment stage, and finally those cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage.

They retrieved their storage pouches and stored the allocated spiritual plants inside.

Afterwards, they dispersed and went to various caves or secluded places to meditate and cultivate themselves.

The Xu family members received storage pouches and spiritual plants.

Since the spiritual plants harvested by the five of them were all registered together, the number of spiritual plants distributed was roughly the same.

However, there are slight differences.

Xu Zhongxu received his assigned spiritual plants and, after a rough calculation, was surprised: So few?!
The spiritual plants they handed over were worth over 11,000 spirit stones.

On average, each person receives 2,200 spirit stones.

The spiritual plants that Zhongxu received were worth at most a thousand spirit stones.

In other words, half of it was exploited and deducted.

"Tsk, our meager salary is nothing compared to what we've gained."

Zhongxu gave a helpless, bitter smile.

He also discovered that the percentage of money that could be squeezed out varied depending on the level of cultivation.

In the late Foundation Establishment stage, about 40% is reduced. In the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, half is reduced.

In the early stages of foundation building, 60% was deducted.

As for cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, they are even more severely exploited.

Although everyone was unhappy, they could only endure it.

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The spiritual plant resources near the mountain stream spiritual land have been completely plundered, and Xiang Zhiye has no other plans for the time being.

They stationed themselves here to cultivate their skills in seclusion.

day to day.

Xu Zhongxu had a bottle of Spirit Branch Dew in his storage pouch, and he took one drop every month as usual.

With the support of resources, his cultivation level steadily improved, thanks to his earth-elemental root.

In addition to practicing his cultivation techniques, he also studied the "Shennong Creation Technique." He had long since memorized this Golden Elixir technique and would study and comprehend it in his spare time.

Three months passed in a flash.

They secluded themselves in the sacred mountain valley for three months, never leaving the area under Xiang Zhiye's orders.

Although it was boring, everyone was happy about it.

It's safe to cultivate here, and the second-tier spiritual land is enough for them to use. It's better than fighting and risking their lives.

"Everyone gather!"

Xiang Zhiye's voice boomed in everyone's ears.

Whether they were practicing martial arts or studying magic, they were all interrupted.

Everyone took to the air and gathered in front of Shino.

Xiang Zhiye scanned the crowd with his divine sense, counted the number of people, and after confirming that everyone had arrived, he shouted loudly:
"You've all been cultivating here in seclusion for three months, and I'm sure you're all getting a little bored. Come on, follow me! I've found a new place!"

Without saying much, he led his men on their way.

The crowd followed closely behind him.

After flying around on air for a whole day, the group arrived at a sacred mountain.

The spiritual land of this sacred mountain is still of the second rank, but its area is much larger than the previous mountain stream spiritual land.

Xiang Zhiye had scouted this second-tier spiritual mountain beforehand and found that it had more spiritual plant resources than the previous spiritual lands, which is why he led everyone here.

Although there are more demonic beasts in this second-tier spiritual mountain, he scared away several second-tier demonic beasts when he came last time. The remaining demonic beasts are not to be feared. They can easily wipe out those demonic beasts.

"Following the previous rules, hand over your storage pouches first. Then, spend the rest of your time collecting spiritual plants. Once all the spiritual plant resources have been collected, we will distribute the harvest."

Upon hearing Xiang Zhiye's instructions, everyone knew what to do and eagerly handed over their storage pouches to Deputy Commander Xiang Chunying.

This task of searching for spiritual plants is both easy and safe, and it yields a lot of resources.

With the experience from last time, everyone was more enthusiastic this time.

Especially at the beginning, everyone sped up and searched for spiritual plants diligently without any slackening.

They all knew that the first two days were the easiest time to find spiritual plants.

After the first two days, it becomes very difficult to find spiritual plants, and the efficiency will decrease.

They all wanted to take advantage of the first two days to search for as many spiritual plant resources as possible.

They spent five days and nights harvesting all the spiritual plants from this larger second-tier spiritual mountain.

We gained more than last time.

Xu Zhongxu harvested spiritual plants worth 1,500 spirit stones.

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The Wilderness Mountain Range is vast and contains countless spiritual lands, thus its spiritual plant resources are abundant.

Poisonous fog and miasma are everywhere, along with monstrous beasts.

Ordinary cultivators dare not venture here lightly.

Only a large army of cultivators like this could venture deep into the desolate mountains.

Even if they plunder all the spiritual plants in the sacred land, it will still be full of spiritual plants again in a hundred or two hundred years.

As before, after collecting the spiritual plants, Xiang Zhiye instructed everyone to cultivate in seclusion in the spiritual land.

This time it lasted even longer; the group spent a full six months in seclusion here.

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It is dozens of miles away from the sacred site.

"Peach Blossom Immortal, it's been a long time. How have you been?"

A Golden Core cultivator bowed to Xiang Zhiye.

Xiang Zhiye returned the greeting and said, "Master Boxuan, your cultivation has improved a lot. I am far inferior and ashamed."

This Golden Core cultivator is named Wuma Boxuan, and he also comes from the top Golden Core family "Wuma" in Ancient South City.

Xiang Zhiye came to the Huangze Mountains this time as the commander of the Yuanli County Immortal Army, leading a large army of more than a thousand cultivators from Yuanli County.

Wu Ma Boxuan was in a similar situation, leading the Huangting County Immortal Army.

Zhennan Prefecture comprised fifty-four counties, and almost every county sent a large army to the front lines.

Not only the fifty-four prefectures, but also the Zhennan Prefecture's army arrived even earlier.

The government troops arrived much earlier, ten years ago, having sent a large contingent of their army.

As more and more people from the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty arrived, the situation in the Wilderness Mountains became complicated. The Zhennan Prefecture's army was insufficient, so it mobilized various prefectures and sent their own immortal armies.

Besides the prefectural and county armies, there were also some Golden Core families who came to take advantage of the chaos.

They were not in official positions of the imperial court; they were simply there for personal gain.

The enemy, the Baiyue Immortal Dynasty, and the Ruan family of the Huangze Mountains... So many people from different backgrounds flocked to the Huangze Mountains, making it a place of mixed people and complex situations.

Xiang Zhiye originally wanted to lead his immortal army to plunder more spiritual plants from the spiritual lands, since the feeling of picking up resources for free was too good.

However, others shared his thoughts.

Those who enter the desolate swamp mountains will first collect these non-dangerous spiritual plant resources.

They were all collecting, so much so that many resources of the sacred sites were searched.

Xiang Zhiye recently investigated several spiritual sites in their vicinity, and they had all been searched. This is why he hasn't made any further plans yet. Wu Ma Boxuan's Huangting County Immortal Army entered the Wilderness Marsh Mountains three months earlier than Xiang Zhiye.

They have searched for spiritual plants in four sacred sites.

Seeing that the spiritual plant resources were becoming increasingly scarce, Wuma Boxuan invited Xiang Zhiye to join forces to deal with a third-tier demon beast.

Wu Ma Boxuan had already thoroughly investigated the situation of the third-tier demonic beast.

“Master Peach Blossom, that third-tier demonic python’s strength is unlikely to reach the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm; at most, it’s similar to the two of us. The territory it’s in is a third-tier spiritual land, and according to my investigation, it’s highly likely to contain third-tier spiritual plants.”

There are also several second-tier demonic beasts in that spiritual land.

In terms of strength, the two of us sparring is almost a sure thing, not to mention we have the help of our celestial army..."

The difference in strength between the Foundation Establishment Realm and the Golden Core Realm is like heaven and earth, even between the late Foundation Establishment Realm and the early Golden Core Realm.

However, there were simply too many people at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The saying goes, "Many ants can kill an elephant," but a Foundation Establishment cultivator is no ant.

Xiang Zhiye has more than 400 people at the Foundation Establishment stage under his command.

Wuma Boxuan has more than 500 Foundation Establishment cultivators under his command!
That adds up to a thousand Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

With those Foundation Establishment cultivators harassing and assisting in the battle from the sidelines, it was impossible for the third-tier demonic beasts to remain indifferent and unaffected.

"The inner core of a third-tier demon beast is a treasure, as are third-tier spiritual plants and all the resources of that spiritual land..."

Wu Ma Boxuan's words touched Xiang Zhiye's heart.

Xiang Zhiye hesitated slightly, then said, "I'll go with you first to check out the situation. After that, we'll formulate a detailed battle plan."

He didn't act rashly.

If the third-tier demonic beast and its subordinate demonic beasts were too powerful, Xiang Zhiye could escape, but he was worried that the losses of his immortal army would be too great.

He wasn't distressed about the lives of those people, but rather that he only had so many men under his command, and the loss of even one meant one less to go; he couldn't afford such a loss.

This is a protracted war that could last for several years, a decade, or even several decades.

He couldn't afford too many casualties in the early stages; he needed to keep his men around to work for him.

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Wu Maboxuan led Xiang Zhiye to the territory of the third-tier demon beast.

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Another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Spiritual place.

cave.

Xu Zhongxu sat cross-legged, circulating the "Immortal Farmer's Yuan-Building Technique".

He has been at the third level of Foundation Establishment for almost a year now, and with the addition of a drop of spiritual dew every month, the spiritual power in his dantian has increased considerably.

I reached the bottleneck of the third level of Foundation Establishment half a month ago.

The transition from the third to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment marks the threshold into the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

This bottleneck is a common problem for ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, who often get stuck for several years or even more than a decade.

Xu Zhongxu has an Earth Spirit Root, so he faces almost no bottlenecks in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

After spending half a month adjusting his state and accumulating spiritual energy, he felt it was time to break through.

"Foundation Building Level 4!"

"Wow~~~"

The spiritual energy within his dantian seemed to have broken through a barrier, flowing even more turbulently and endlessly through his body.

In the Foundation Establishment Realm, each advancement is a breakthrough resulting from the accumulation of spiritual energy within the body.

When I first broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, I only had a few drops of rare liquid spiritual energy in my body.

With each breakthrough, the spiritual power within the body increases significantly, and the divine soul power in the sea of ​​consciousness also improves.

The amount of spiritual power determines the explosive power of a spell.

The power of the soul also determines the power and control over the spell.

Therefore, each level of difference in strength represents a significant gap. This is an insurmountable and difficult-to-bridge "power gap."

Those extraordinary talents possess the ability to fight enemies across realms.

For example, Xu Zhongxu was able to defeat Xu Lijing, who was at the second level of Foundation Establishment, when he was at the first level of Foundation Establishment.

However, at most, they can only overcome a difference of one or two levels to fight the enemy.

Once you reach the third level of cultivation, the gap becomes an insurmountable chasm.

Great cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage are not incompetent fools. The fact that they can advance to this stage shows that they are not weak and how could they be easily defeated by lower-level cultivators?

Xu Zhongxu stepped into the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, and a faint fluctuation erupted from him.

The Xu family members nearby noticed the disturbance and rushed over to offer their congratulations.

"Zhongxu has broken through?!"

"Good heavens, he broke through to the third level of Foundation Establishment in less than a year."

"It will be a year before it turns out to be a year old."

"He's only thirty years old this year, a mere fourth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

"The Golden Elixir is within reach! The Golden Elixir is within reach!"

Of the other four, Hyo-niu, Hyo-hoo, and Yi-cheong all knew about Chung-wook's earth spirit root, but only Ye-gon did not.

It was Yiqing who suggested that Zhongxu conceal his spiritual root.

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A few days later, Xu Zhongxu privately approached Xu Yiqing.

"Yiqing, here are a few drops of the Spirit Branch Dew for you."

Xu Zhongxu received thirty drops of the Spirit Branch Dew from Xu Fugui, and nearly twenty drops remained.

Seeing his strength and realm advance by leaps and bounds, he felt embarrassed to keep monopolizing the Xu family's resources.

Before coming to the Wilderness Mountains, Xu Zhongxu was only at the second level of Foundation Establishment.

It took him two months to reach the third level of Foundation Establishment, and now he has broken through to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment.

Xu Yiqing, on the other hand, is still at the third level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Xu Zhongxu couldn't bear it, so he wanted to share the spiritual dew with Xu Yiqing.

But Xu Yiqing shook his head: "Young Master Xu, since it's for you, you can use it yourself."

"You don't need to be so polite with me, I'm not that stingy. You're not far from the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, are you? A few drops of Spirit Branch Dew will help you break through even faster."

"I'm not being polite, but you need resources more than anyone else. You are the hope of your family now, and you need to improve quickly to protect everyone."

Now that you've reached the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, your strength is probably no less than that of Sixth Grandfather. Only when you reach the fifth, sixth, or even seventh level of Foundation Establishment will everyone be safer.

We don't know how many years we'll be stuck in the desolate mountains, so you should level up as soon as possible.

In terms of talent, Xu Yiqing, with his true spiritual root, was no less capable. However, he knew that he was still inferior to those with earth spiritual roots, and he was willing to help Zhongxu improve as quickly as possible.

Previously, Chung-wook had mentioned to Hyo-niu and Hyo-hoo that he would share the spiritual branch and nectar with them.

Their answers were the same as Xu Yiqing's: he should improve himself as soon as possible.

Xu Zhongxu was moved by this, and at the same time thought to himself: I must improve myself as soon as possible, so that at least I can protect everyone to a certain extent when I reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

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Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Xiang Zhiye and Wuma Boxuan finally came up with a plan to surround and kill the third-tier monster.

He rallied his men.

"It's been almost a year since we arrived in the Desolate Marsh Mountains, and none of you have yet undertaken a dangerous mission. This mission is to accompany me to a third-tier spiritual land to surround and kill a third-tier demonic beast!"
Of course, the main fighting force is not you, but me and another Golden Core commander. You only need to assist from the sidelines and deal with second-tier demonic beasts.

On the battlefield, I have no strength left to protect you all. Take care of your own safety and bear the consequences of your actions.

"I do not expect you to fight to the death, but if you are cowardly and desert, you will be treated as a deserter, and those who commit serious crimes will be executed on the spot!"

(End of this chapter)