Chapter 138 The End of Nine Songs [5K]
"Qinghe Zhenkong Tower."
The moment he saw the pagoda, Ye Linyuan frowned slightly.
This Qinghe Zhenkong Tower is a top-grade spiritual weapon. With the support of the great formation, it is comparable to a full-strength attack from a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building. If it is successfully used, it may be able to sink a mountain. These Qi-cultivating monks in front of them will surely suffer heavy losses.
Just as Ye Linyuan was about to take action to block the attack, suddenly a bright yellow sword light rose into the air and turned into a dazzling yellow dragon that circled up and dragged down the Qinghe Zhenkong Tower that covered the sky.
Seeing this scene, Ye Linyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he couldn't help but take a look at the Minghuang swordsman.
"Although he is a direct descendant of the Golden Elixir, he also has compassion for the weak."
Ye Linyuan's mind was wandering, and he had a new evaluation of Minghuang Jianzi.
At this time, the Minghuang Sword Master used all his strength to push the Minghuang Sword against the Qinghe Zhenkong Tower, and said with a serious expression: "I will fight against this tower, and you guys quickly take action to break the formation."
"it is good."
Ye Linyuan nodded and casually manifested a bright moon in the sky. In an instant, a bright moon sword broke through the air and slashed down, carrying the power to destroy the sky and slashed on the mountain protection formation.
Taoist Zi Yu, Shui Hanqing, Zhou Yuwan, Chu Lingxi and the other four foundation-building masters also took action one after another and attacked the core formation with all their strength.
Faced with the four top early stage foundation building masters, plus a strong man in the middle stage of foundation building, the power of the Qinghe Islands mountain protection formation was suddenly greatly suppressed.
The power of the Qinghe Zhenkong Tower was reduced by at least 30%, and it was already at a disadvantage when facing Minghuang Jianzi.
The Qigong cultivators below saw this and said in surprise, "Let's all work together to help the seniors."
In an instant, thousands of low-level monks took action and continued to attack the Qinghe Islands.
Although these low-level cultivators are not very strong individually, their numbers are as many as five to six thousand. Although they cannot break through the formation when attacking together, they can quickly consume the spiritual energy of Qinghe Island's spiritual veins.
After such a fierce battle lasted for three full days, this large complex formation finally couldn't hold on any longer and showed signs of lack of spiritual energy.
"It looks like we only need to hold on for another half a day to break this formation."
Seeing that the formation was about to crumble, Minghuang Jianzi couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
At this moment, an angry voice suddenly came from the depths of Qinghe Island: "Evil creature, you are also going to betray your master?"
Afterwards, everyone felt the pressure in front of them greatly reduced, and the originally indestructible mountain protection formation suddenly broke open.
Two figures rushed out of the formation, one was Taoist Yu, and the other was the seriously injured Nine-Curved Spirit Crane.
At this time, a black arrow was stuck in the chest of Jiuqu Linghe, and the wound was eroded extremely badly. It was obvious that he had suffered extremely serious injuries.
"Jiuqu, it's time for you to fall."
Minghuang Jianzi opened his mouth, and instantly activated the Minghuang Sword, which turned into a Minghuang sword light and slashed down, completely destroying the Nine-Curved Spirit Crane on the spot.
Then, a green crane soul rose into the air, circled around Minghuang Jianzi, and was finally absorbed into Minghuang Jianzi's dantian.
"Congratulations, Jianzi, you got what you wanted."
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan smiled and bowed.
Minghuang Jianzi lowered his eyes and sensed something, and finally couldn't help but smile and said, "This time, it's all thanks to your help."
Having said this, Minghuang Jianzi looked at Taoist Yu again.
At this time, Taoist Yu was holding a large bow, looking at everyone with a humble face and said: "Master Jianzi, fellow Taoists, I will break the formation for you and severely injure the old thief Jiuqu."
"Please consider my surrender and let my people go."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but feel a hint of sarcasm, but he didn't say much.
He was disgusted with those who betrayed their master and abandoned their sect, but he could not kill Taoist Yu.
Because once he did this, if he wanted to deal with a strong enemy again in the future, he would inevitably provoke the other side's desperate resistance, greatly increasing his own casualties and losses.
So even if he wanted to kill him, Ye Linyuan could only wait until he found an opportunity in the future.
In fact, not only Ye Linyuan, but even Minghuang Jianzi showed a hint of ridicule at this time.
However, Minghuang Jianzi did not make a move, but said: "Although you realized it late, at least you saved me some effort. Leave your belongings and leave."
"Thank you all."
Taoist Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly summoned hundreds of Yu family cultivators from the Qinghe Immortal Sect. After leaving behind the last storage bag on their bodies, they left one by one with a lonely look on their faces.
After the Yu family members left, Minghuang Jianzi took the Qinghe Demon Suppression Tower and looked at Ye Linyuan and said, "This Qinghe Demon Suppression Tower is of some use to me, so I won't leave it to you any longer."
"In exchange, I'll leave the remains of the Nine-bend Spirit Crane to you."
Ye Linyuan nodded. If the bones of a spiritual beast in the middle stage of foundation building could be used well, its value might not be lower than that of a top-grade spiritual weapon.
Seeing that he agreed, Minghuang Jianzi said, "If that's the case, then I should go back and prepare for a breakthrough."
"Fellow Daoist Ye, we'll see each other someday."
Having said this, Minghuang Jianzi did not linger any longer and instantly turned into a ray of sword light and disappeared into the sky.
After Minghuang Jianzi left, Taoist Ziyu glanced at the direction where Taoist Yu left, and then asked calmly, "They turned against us when they were about to die. Could it be that Taoist Yu and Jiuqu Linghe were playing a trick of inflicting pain on themselves?"
"That's possible."
Ye Linyuan nodded, his eyes showing a hint of deepness as he said, "But he has turned against us after all. If we kill him again, it might have an impact on the future. Besides, it's better to keep him alive. He might be useful in the future."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan did not say anything more. He just asked Ye Qinyang and others to take the cultivators from the Ye and Song families to take over Qinghe Island.
Ye Linyuan did not personally take action against the remaining cultivators of the Qinghe Immortal Sect, but the independent cultivators and family cultivators of the Qinghe Islands were ruthless and began to kill them all.
Ye Linyuan did not interfere in this regard. After all, the fight was a life-and-death struggle and no one wanted to leave any hidden dangers for themselves.
As for the cultivators of the Qinghe Islands, they were even more ruthless. They had suffered from the oppression of the Qinghe Immortal Sect over the years, and now was the time to take revenge.
And since they have already taken action, they will naturally not let the cultivators of Qinghe Immortal Sect go.
After all, the cultivators from the Qinghe Immortal Sect might not be a big deal to the Ye family, but to small families like theirs, they are powerful enemies that cannot be looked up to.
Once they miss this opportunity, they may never have the chance to resolve the problem again.
"..."
In the end, the Qinghe Immortal Sect was completely destroyed, and the spiritual veins, spiritual fields and various minerals of the entire Qinghe Islands fell into the hands of the Ye family.
Of course, for the independent cultivators and family cultivators who took action, Ye Linyuan took out some spirit veins and distributed them to them, and built an island for independent cultivators based on Qinghe Island and Qinghe Immortal Square.
This island for independent cultivators is guarded by Taoist Zi Yu on a daily basis, and the low-level spiritual veins and shops on it are rented out to independent cultivators and major families.
After deducting various costs from the local taxes and revenues, 70% of the remaining profits are handed over to the Ye family, and 30% are handed over to Taoist Zi Yu who guards the spiritual vein of Qinghe Island.
For Taoist Zi Yu, this time he obtained the free use of the spiritual veins of the Qinghe Islands, and he would no longer need to rent a spiritual vein for cultivation in the future.
Not only did it save a huge amount of resources in one go, but it also obtained 30% of the profits from the Island of Casual Cultivators, so it finally had sufficient guarantees for future cultivation.
Although the free use right is only for three Jiazi, it is actually not much different from giving it to Taoist Ziyu for free. After all, Taoist Ziyu is over a hundred years old, and the remaining life span is less than two hundred years. If he cannot break through the fake pill after three Jiazi, his life span will be completely exhausted.
And if he could break through to the realm of false elixir or golden elixir, he would not be interested in the spiritual veins of Qinghe Island.
And for the Ye family, letting Taoist Zi Yu guard here can also further increase the strength of the Qinghe Islands, and that is, the Xinghu Islands in the future.
Ye Linyuan has mastered a great many arts of cultivation, so he should not be too short of resources for cultivation before he breaks through to the Golden Core stage. Giving up this benefit in exchange for a superior Taoist to guard the Qinghe Islands can also provide the Ye family with an additional layer of security.
Back to the topic, after dealing with Qinghe Island and leaving Taoist Zi Yu to guard it, Ye Linyuan brought everyone from the Ye family back to Yejia Island.
Ye Linyuan brought several foundation builders from the family and first came to the family hall, took out all the treasures seized in this battle, and then smiled and said, "We have gained a lot from this battle."
Upon hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but smile.
In this battle, they obtained the accumulation of hundreds of years of Qinghe Immortal Sect, and almost overnight, the small foundation-building family with relatively shallow heritage was transformed into a foundation-building family with strong heritage.
Among the various treasures seized, there were nearly a hundred genuine first-grade treasure ships, including seven top-quality first-grade treasure ships.
The value of other materials, elixirs, pills, magic tools, formation flags, supplies, spiritual fields, minerals, markets, and other industries and supplies is simply impossible to count clearly at once.
The materials were so large that there was no way to dispose of them, and the value of most of the real estate was difficult to measure.
However, according to Ye Linyuan's estimation, the materials, elixirs, pills, magic tools, formation flags and other supplies that can be sold alone should be worth more than tens of thousands of spirit stones.
Ye Linyuan looked through the account books of these low-level supplies, then looked at Ye Qinyang and said, "I'll trouble my second uncle to take care of these supplies and replace them with various supplies as soon as possible to further expand the scope of the Bright Moon Sea."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qinyang nodded slightly, and then said: "If all these materials are used to expand the Bright Moon Sea, the scope of the Bright Moon Sea should be expanded three times."
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan asked, "We have replaced the Qinghe Immortal Sect, and we will have to pay taxes to the Tianxing Sword Sect in the future."
"Minghuang Jianzi's intention is to let us pay according to one thousand spirit stones for the time being. In the future, the income from Qinghe Island should be able to cover this tax, right?"
Ye Qinchu nodded and said, "I have calculated that the annual income from the Qinghe Group's taxes and various industries should be no less than three to four thousand spirit stones."
"After deducting various costs, and then deducting the share given to Senior Zi Yu, there is still more than enough to pay the taxes."
Ye Linyuan nodded and said, "I'll leave this matter to you to handle."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan was about to let everyone go, but after thinking for a while, he said, "Second Uncle and Third Uncle, you should also work harder on your magic power these days. Maybe you will find an opportunity to build your foundation in a while."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qinyang and Ye Qinchu both showed a hint of surprise.
They looked at each other, then nodded and said, "We understand."
After everyone left, Ye Linyuan looked at the various rare treasures he had seized and couldn't help but smile.
This time when they destroyed the Qinghe Immortal Sect, the treasures they actually obtained were not those first-level rare treasures, but those first-level exotic spiritual plants, second-level spiritual medicines, and some second-level spiritual tools and materials.
Among them, there are more than 30 first-level rare and precious elixirs, including a growing enlightenment flower seedling.
Ye Linyuan now has several Xuanyuan ginseng and Ningdao fruit that are about to mature in his hands. If he can cultivate this Wudao flower to maturity, he will be able to start refining a batch of foundation-building pills.
And with Ye Linyuan's spiritual plant magic, he should be able to cultivate them all to maturity within five or six years.
In addition to the Enlightenment Flower, Qinghe Immortal Sect also has several second-level medium-quality spiritual medicines, even including a 'Zhuo Dao Flower' that has been cultivated for more than two hundred years.
This flower takes three hundred years to mature, and after maturity it can be refined into "Zhuo Dao Dan". It is said that this pill can assist in carving the foundation of Taoism and increase the success rate of breaking through the late stage of foundation building.
In addition, there are eight second-level spiritual artifacts, which were obtained from the storage bags of the three foundation-building monks, as well as a complete skeleton of the Nine-Curved Spirit Crane.
Among these spiritual weapons, Ye Linyuan only took a fancy to two mid-grade spiritual weapons, namely the Taoist Xuanyu's spiritual weapon "Xuanyu Sword", and Jiuqu Linghe's natal spiritual weapon "Qinghe Cup".
The skeleton of this Nine-bend Spirit Crane should be able to be refined into two mid-grade spiritual weapons, or into a second-level puppet.
In addition, there is a spirit-testing plate, which is also very useful to the Ye family's immortal clan. Ye Linyuan specifically gave it to Ye Qinyang to test the qualifications of the clan members.
The rest of the treasures were of no use to Ye Linyuan. He divided these spiritual weapons among Zhou Yuwan, Shui Hanqing and others, leaving only a few materials such as the corpse of the Nine-bend Spirit Crane and the Green Crane Lamp.
After distributing the materials, Ye Linyuan said, "These spiritual weapons may not be suitable for you. When the exchange meeting starts in a few days, you can see if you can exchange them for something more suitable for you."
Shui Hanqing looked at the Xuanyu Sword, but still pushed it to Ye Linyuan and said, "A mid-grade spiritual weapon is precious, so you should keep it for yourself."
"This thing is of little use to me."
Ye Linyuan shook his head, and then said: "The most taboo on the road of cultivation is to be alone. Your improvement in strength will also be a great help to me."
Shui Hanqing was silent for a moment after hearing this, and finally put the sword into his palm.
"..."
After these treasures were divided, the matter of the Qinghe Islands came to an end.
In the following period, Ye Linyuan invested a lot of resources to expand the overseas of Bright Moon. In his spare time, he began to study and utilize the Nine-Curved Spirit Crane, trying to refine it into a second-order puppet.
The way of puppets is very different from the way of blood puppets. Ye Linyuan spent a lot of materials and finally refined a second-level mid-grade puppet based on the bones of the Nine-Curved Spirit Crane.
After being refined into a puppet, the strength of this Qinghe puppet dropped drastically, from the original sixth level of foundation building to only the fourth level of foundation building. Moreover, in order to activate the puppet in the future, it is necessary to replenish it with sufficient spiritual energy.
The second-level puppet does not have the ability to automatically restore spiritual energy. It can only be activated by adding a large amount of spiritual stones. It needs to be placed in the spiritual spring for a long time to charge, and it also consumes some spiritual consciousness to activate it.
But no matter what, this puppet in the middle stage of foundation building has improved Ye Linyuan's means to a certain extent, and can be regarded as a considerable help at critical moments.
"Unfortunately, I only dabbled in puppetry in my previous life when I was bored after my golden elixir was perfected. I only cultivated it to the level of the upper second grade, and I didn't inherit any puppetry above the third grade."
"If I had known this, I should have obtained a set of puppet inheritance above the third level."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful.
Puppets and refining equipment have a lot in common. Puppets are essentially more complex high-level magical instruments, or they are made up of multiple magical instruments spliced together.
He was a fourth-rank weapon refiner in his previous life. If he also learned puppetry, it should not be difficult for him to become a third-rank top-grade puppet refiner.
Unfortunately, high-level puppeteers are rare, and puppeteers above the third level are a one-man army, able to control a large number of puppets to fight the enemy, and their strength is generally among the top levels of the same level.
In his previous life, Ye Linyuan had never found a suitable opportunity, nor had he found sufficient reasons to kill a third-rank puppeteer.
"No matter what, with the help of this Qinghe puppet, plus my own various methods, I should be able to protect myself when facing an ordinary late foundation building cultivator."
Ye Linyuan was calculating his own means and couldn't help but smile.
The power of self-preservation is not the power of escape, which means that he does not need to run away when facing the late stage of foundation building, and it will be difficult for the opponent to kill him.
Escape, protect yourself, confront, and defeat, this is Ye Linyuan's definition of the strength of a strong enemy.
The only thing you can do is to run away. The gap in strength between the two sides in a head-on battle is too great. Self-preservation means that you have 80% to 90% of the opponent's strength. In a confrontation, the two sides are almost the same, and only by defeating the opponent can you be considered superior to him.
After realizing this, Ye Linyuan immediately stood up and put the Qinghe puppet into his storage bag. He then smiled and said, "Calculating the time, the bartering convention is about to begin. It's time to go see if there are any suitable treasures."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan slowly stood up, found Shui Hanqing and the other two, and then said with a smile: "Let's go, you have just established your foundation, it's time to see the world."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan took the three women with him, then set off for the Tianxing Islands with his flying sword.
PS: This plot has just been completed, and the ideas are still a bit unclear. The second chapter will probably be published later.
(End of this chapter)
