Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 243 The Scheme of the Spirit Veins
Inside the tranquil retreat, Jiang Chen, his eyes half-closed, was enjoying Hongyu's massage, his expression serene.

"Young Master, there are unusual developments at Five Immortals Mountain. It seems that the five major demon clans have joined forces. Not long ago, the Prefectural Governor's Office sent a message hoping that the Taiping Sect would make preparations as soon as possible to resist the possible demonic calamity."

Speaking softly, Hongyu recounted the events that had occurred during this period.

Two months have passed since Jiang Chen went into seclusion to nurture his soul. During these two months, the activities within the Five Immortals Mountain have become increasingly significant, with several probing attacks launched against the forces within Qingyuan County. Although there have been no major losses yet, these changes have made the atmosphere within Qingyuan County increasingly tense.

Especially after the Demon Slayer Division went deep into the Five Immortals Mountain and discovered that the five major demon clans had joined forces, a shadow fell over everyone's hearts.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen opened his eyes, his gaze calm and undisturbed.

"The five major demon clans have joined forces? That's quite strange."

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, quite surprised.

With subordinates like the Qingfeng Crane Clan, he was quite familiar with the situation within the Five Immortals Mountain. The Five Immortals Mountain was steep and rife with miasma, and it harbored many demons, the leaders of which were the five major demon clans: snake, rat, fox, hedgehog, and weasel.

This pattern had been established long ago, hence the name Five Immortals Mountain. However, although these five demon races are closely related, they also have their share of grievances. The reason they banded together was mainly due to external pressure, since the human race still held the leading position in the Southern Jing Kingdom.

Otherwise, given the accumulated contradictions between them, they would have fought each other countless times over.

Under such circumstances, getting them to join forces against the enemy and take the initiative to attack the human cultivators of Qingyuan County is not an easy task.

"Young master, news came from Qing Teng County that the demons in Blackwater Dock have also been making unusual movements. Some people speculate that Five Immortals Mountain may have already joined forces with Blackwater Dock. Otherwise, they would not dare to wreak havoc in Qingyuan County."

"After all, Qingyuan County is the closest to the center of the imperial court among the four southern counties. Once it is ravaged by demons, neither the imperial court nor the Qingmu family will ignore it. At that time, the demons of Wuxian Mountain will inevitably suffer. It will not be so easy to retreat back to the mountains and cultivate in peace."

Seeing that Jiang Chen was interested, Hongyu told him the most widely circulated story.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen seemed to understand. If Blackwater Dock was behind Five Immortals Mountain, then the current situation could be barely explained.

"What's the news from Rat Pride's side?"

Changing the subject, Jiang Chen asked about Shu Tianjiao.

"After noticing the unusual activity at Wuxian Mountain, it has already sent its swarm of rats to infiltrate the mountain and gather information, but so far there has been no particularly valuable information."

With a gentle voice, Hongyu gave her answer.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded.

Rat Pride is a rat demon, and given its considerable abilities, it can easily command a swarm of rats to infiltrate Five Immortals Mountain and gather information. Although it has not yet achieved the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, it has already opened seventy acupoints and is not far from achieving the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

It must be said that the many spiritual mines in Changfeng County have truly benefited it immensely. The increase in its cultivation level is secondary; more importantly, it has developed a body with copper skin and iron bones, steel bars, silver hair, and gold teeth. With such divine enhancements, in the Five Immortal Mountains, apart from the strongest of the five major demon races, ordinary demons probably cannot do anything to it.

"The demons within Five Immortals Mountain are nothing to me right now. The only ones I should be worried about are the Dao Foundation Establishment level demons." With a thought, Jiang Chen turned his gaze toward Five Immortals Mountain, and his brows furrowed slowly.

He had a feeling that the situation inside Five Immortals Mountain was not so simple. Under normal circumstances, even with the support of Blackwater Dock, Five Immortals Mountain would not dare to act in this way. After all, it would be wishful thinking to think that Blackwater Dock alone could defeat the Green Wood family.

After all, Blackwater Dock has been fighting the Aoki family for so many years, but has always been kept outside the border by the Aoki family. If they really had that ability, they wouldn't have had to wait until now.

"Blackwater Dock and Five Immortals Mountain won't do anything in vain. Since they've chosen to do this, they must have some confidence in it, and that's where the variables lie."

"Has that great demon from Blackwater Dock broken through to a higher level? Or perhaps..."

As if struck by a thought, Jiang Chen frowned.

"It seems it's time for the Mist Dragon to forge its Dao Foundation. With my current abilities, although I am invincible in Qi Refining, I may not be entirely confident in facing a Dao Foundation cultivator."

As the thoughts collided, Jiang Chen had an idea. With his second-tier soul cultivation of object manipulation, he could theoretically have a chance against a Dao Foundation cultivator, but it was ultimately too weak and not safe, since he didn't know much about the methods of Dao Foundation cultivators in this world.

"Now the dragon pearl inside the mist dragon has taken shape and is full of spirituality. I have also completed the transformation of my soul and returned to the second level. The only thing I lack is spiritual energy. However, the Taiping Sect cannot provide a single spiritual vein to support the mist dragon's advancement."

"However, this is not entirely without a solution. The Spirit Cave itself has the wonder of accumulating spiritual energy, and in terms of purity, it is no less than the energy of the Spirit Vein. Otherwise, it would not be able to nurture a spiritual treasure like the Fish-Dragon Pearl."

"With the large amount of spiritual energy I brought back from Changfeng County, the accumulation in the Spirit Cave is now much more abundant than the original spiritual cave of the Lu family. In addition, with Tao Yao's abilities, if we are willing to invest, we can also improve the foundation of the Spirit Cave in a short period of time."

"The spiritual cave in Changfeng County's governor's mansion has also been registered under Yanqiu's name. I didn't take it before because it was too conspicuous, but now that things have come to this point, I don't need to worry about it too much."

"Besides that, there's the Gao family. The grudges from back then should be settled now."

"With the addition of these two spiritual acupoints, and with Tao Yao's abilities, this Wooden Fish Island should be able to generate a small spiritual vein."

One thought leads to a myriad of others; a complete plan began to take shape in Jiang Chen's mind, or rather, it was all part of his plan, and now the time was simply ripe.

The division of the spiritual cave in Changfeng County was originally an agreement between the Xuanjia Army and Jiang Chen. Even after the Xuanjia Army was destroyed, all parties tacitly accepted this agreement and assigned the ownership of the spiritual cave to Yanqiu. This was not for any other reason than that the Frost Flood Dragon was strong enough, and no party wanted to offend the Frost Flood Dragon because of this matter.

"Hongyu, pass on the word to open the storeroom and take out all the spiritual items."

Having made up his mind, Jiang Chen gave the order without further hesitation.

Upon hearing this, and sensing the firmness in Jiang Chen's words, Hongyu's mind immediately sharpened.

As soon as Jiang Chen gave the order, the Taiping Sect immediately sprang into action, radiating its influence across the two counties. Although the Taiping Sect had not been established for very long, due to the unique nature of its cultivation method, martial artists could quickly form combat power by wearing skins, and it had accumulated a considerable amount of wealth in a short period of time. Now, all of these things had become resources for Jiang Chen to nurture his spiritual veins.

(End of this chapter)