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Chapter 129 Expanding Territory

At first, they were just ordinary disciples, but gradually even the deacons and protectors began to take sides.

Later, even elders at the True Immortal Realm and Profound Immortal Realm slowly stepped out of the queue and came to Song Yi's back.

These people are not disloyal to the sect.

On the contrary, it is precisely because they are loyal to their sect that they are even more unable to accept completely merging with the West.

The Feathered Ascension Sect is ultimately a branch of the Taiqing lineage, and its founding patriarch was a Heavenly Court True Lord, making it a legitimate Taoist sect.

Joining the Feathered Gate might seem like a change of allegiance, but compared to joining the Western Sect, it's nothing.

Fan Qinghui slumped onto the bluestone, watching those familiar faces walk away from her one by one, her face drained of all color.

Although Song Yi's axe blow was fierce, it was far less devastating than the blow she was receiving at this moment.

The disciples' choice to leave Cihang Jingzhai is tantamount to negating everything she has painstakingly built up over the years. Her repeated advocacy of the dual cultivation of Buddhism and Taoism and the fusion of Eastern and Western ideas seems so pale and powerless at this moment.

Song Yi put away his bronze axe, bent down, took Shi Feixuan's small hand, and then looked around at the former members of Cihang Jingzhai standing behind him. He said loudly, "Now that you have entered the Yuhua Sect, you are still part of our Daoist lineage. I, the True Lord, will personally petition the Jade Void Kunlun and the Great Crimson Heaven to proclaim this to the Three Realms. In this way, you will not be considered traitors, and the immortals of the Three Realms will not hold you accountable in the future."

Upon hearing this, the disciples and elders felt a great weight lifted from their hearts, their faces beaming with joy. They cupped their hands and said in unison, "Thank you, True Lord!"

Upon returning to the Cangmang Mountains, Song Yi incorporated the four or five hundred disciples of Cihang Jingzhai, along with dozens of elders, into the various branches of the Yuhua Sect. He bestowed upon them cave dwellings and palaces according to their cultivation levels and the depth of their Dao foundations. He also took out a copy of the Taiqing Zifu Immortal Scripture and distributed it among them.

Every word in that immortal scripture was precious, and all of them were orthodox methods of the Xuanmen sect, which were no less advanced than the cultivation methods that Cihang Jingzhai had originally practiced.

The Cangmang Mountains are a blessed land with innate spiritual roots. The innate spiritual veins meander and converge underground, and the spiritual energy they exhale is so rich that it almost condenses into mist and dew, making it even better than the environment of Emperor's Peak.

When the disciples and elders of Cihang Jingzhai first arrived, they were somewhat apprehensive. However, after experiencing the mountain scenery and receiving the Taiqing Orthodox Dharma, their minds gradually calmed down.

Song Yi was not worried about the loyalty of these newly initiated disciples.

The reason is simple: they have already broken away from Cihang Jingzhai. If they were to betray the sect again by running away from Yuhuamen, it would be a double betrayal of the sect. At that time, there would be no place for them in the Three Realms and Six Paths.

They are not accepted by the Taoist sects, nor by the Buddhist sects, and even independent cultivators may not dare to associate with them.

The current layout of Cangmang Mountain is very different from what it used to be. Song Yi ordered the mountain gods in the mountain to move the peaks and rearrange dozens of mountain peaks to set up a protective array.

Once the grand formation was complete, the mountain range's contours and the earth's spiritual energy resonated with each other. The spiritual energy at the formation's core was so dense it was almost liquefied, and the entire...

The cultivation environment in Cangmang Mountain has been elevated to a new level.

In the mountain valleys, tens of thousands of demon soldiers are working hard to mine ore.

The ores were all purple stones, faintly translucent with a luster. Deep within the stone core, various natural textures intertwined and intertwined, like solidified clouds. This was the Purple Cloud Immortal Mine.

The demon soldiers, wielding iron pickaxes, carefully hammered at the ore veins, controlling their force with extreme evenness, breaking the huge ore embedded in the canyon floor into fist-sized pieces before storing them in their respective storage bags.

Once the storage bags were full, people lined up to deliver the ore to the nearby smelting plant.

Dozens of blast furnaces were placed in the smelting area, each one hundreds of feet tall, towering like mountains.

The disciples of the Feathered Ascension Sect manipulated talismans under the furnace, drawing up the true fire of the earth's veins, the crimson flames licking at the bottom of the furnace.

At the same time, the True Fire of the Heavenly Void, millions of miles away, was also drawn by the talisman and transformed into blazing white pillars of fire that crashed down from the heavens and precisely poured into the top of each blast furnace.

The fires of heaven and earth converged within the furnace, with extreme heat and extreme yang clashing against each other, creating visible ripples in the air, as if even space itself was being burned and distorted.

Next to the top of each blast furnace, several Taoist priests took turns receiving the ore delivered by the demon soldiers and throwing it into the furnace opening.

The ore fell into the furnace and was simultaneously calcined by heavenly and earthly fire, instantly turning into a reddish liquid that flowed out.

The Taoist priest at the waist of the furnace immediately performed a hand seal to separate the impurities from the liquid, taking only the purest part, and then sprayed out Taiyin cold air to cool it rapidly.

After cooling, the materials solidified into ingots of various colors, which were then sorted and sent to various storage warehouses by Taoist priests.

The number of disciples under the Yuhua Sect is increasing day by day. When Song Yi inspected the Southern Continent, he recruited many young disciples. Now, with the addition of the group from Cihang Jingzhai, the number of cultivators in the sect is approaching a thousand.

Song Yi had already passed down the "Ten Thousand Treasures Refining Technique," and his disciples could go to the warehouse to collect materials and refine flying swords and magical artifacts that suited them according to the technique.

That day, Song Yu came to report, his expression showing some worry: "Grandfather, the mineral veins within a radius of 30,000 li in Cangmang Mountain have been almost completely mined out, and it is already difficult to meet the needs of all the disciples of Yuhua Sect for refining weapons."

Upon hearing this, Song Yi flipped his hand and took out the Immortal Tree, handing it to Song Yu and saying, "Use this magic weapon to lead your demon soldiers to sweep away the demon kings of the surrounding mountains, and bring their territories and mines under the jurisdiction of my Feathered Ascension Sect."

Song Yu accepted the Immortal Tree with both hands and respectfully said, "Yes."

Most of the demon kings around them were at the mid-to-late stage of the Xuanxian realm, not considered formidable enemies. Moreover, with Huang Fengguai and Tianyunzi protecting them, nothing bad was bound to happen.

Song Yu immediately mustered five thousand demon soldiers, rode on a demonic cloud, and headed out of the Cangmang Mountain in a grand procession.

The first battle was chosen at Black Stone Ridge, eight thousand miles west of Cangmang Mountain.

Black Wind Ridge is inhabited by a black bear demon king whose cultivation has reached the peak of True Immortal. Relying on his innate divine strength and thick hide, he has roamed this area for many years and has gathered tens of thousands of lesser demons under his command.

When Song Yu led his army to the foot of the mountain, the Black Bear Demon King charged out, wielding a spiked club, yelling, "Where did this brat come from, daring to run wild on your bear grandfather's territory!"

Song Yu didn't waste any words with him and gently brushed the Immortal Tree in his hand.

A flash of seven-colored light, and the spiked club in the black bear demon king's hand turned to dust on the spot. His entire demon body was thrown to the ground by a tremendous force, and he couldn't even get up.

Song Yu pressed the Immortal Tree down on his head and said coldly, "Two paths: surrender or die."

The Black Bear Demon King was terrified and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "I surrender, I surrender, I am willing to surrender!"

After conquering Black Wind Ridge, Song Yu immediately led his army to attack Green Python Pool, 30,000 miles to the north.

The demon king of the Azure Python Pool was a giant azure-scaled python that had cultivated for ten thousand years. Its cultivation had reached the early stage of the Profound Immortal realm, and it was proficient in poison techniques.

Seeing that Song Yu was young, the Green Python Demon King looked down on him and spat out a cloud of poisonous mist.

Song Yu shook the Immortal Tree, and its precious light transformed into a gentle breeze, blowing the poisonous fog that filled the sky back.

The Azure Python Demon King was choked by its own poisonous mist and was in a daze. Before it could react, the Yellow Wind Monster had already fallen from the clouds, and a gust of wind pressed it firmly to the ground.

After struggling for a moment, the Green Python Demon King finally knelt down and surrendered.

In the following half month, Song Yu swept away seventeen demon kings, some of whom surrendered and others resisted.

Those who resisted were killed on the spot by the Immortal Tree, the demon soldiers were incorporated into the army, and the caves and mines were confiscated.

Those who surrendered were placed under a restriction and incorporated into the ranks of demon soldiers. The mines under their jurisdiction were also included in the mining area of ​​the Feathered Gate.

In an instant, the demon kings within a radius of over 100,000 li around Cangmang Mountain were terrified and took the initiative to surrender, offering up their territories and mineral veins, fearing that the little evil star holding the treasure tree would come knocking on their door.