Chapter 210 After the Locust Plague

Zhang Zhixuan used the Green Ox Flag and easily captured a third-level Dongji Locust. The other Dongji Locust was no match for him and was killed by Zhang Zhixuan using the Zhongyang Sword.

At this time, Liu Zixuan was also fighting with two Dongji Locusts. Zhang Zhixuan freed his hands, and the two of them quickly killed the remaining two Dongji Locusts.

The two took off the compound eyes of the Dongji Locust, cut off the most valuable Dongji Locust's blade feet and took them away, and immediately returned to Yanlai Peak in a hurry.

As soon as he returned to Yanlai Peak, Zhang Zhixuan immediately prepared to start refining pills and continue to refine Locust Spirit Powder.

The effect of Locust Spirit Powder has been seen with his own eyes. With Locust Spirit Powder, their speed of hunting Dongji Locusts has increased by almost ten times.

With the help of Locust Spirit Powder, a foundation-building cultivator can kill a third-level Dongji Locust.

Now Yanlai Peak lacks masters, and there are dozens of Dongji Locusts coming down from the Black Mountain. Only by playing the role of Locust Spirit Powder can the locust plague this time be suppressed.

With the full support of the three major families of Wu, Zhang and Liu, hundreds of Qi training cultivators took action to search for all the auxiliary spiritual medicines for refining Locust Spirit Powder from their home warehouses, spiritual medicine gardens, Xihefang, vassal families and other places. When Zhang Zhixuan and the others came back, the auxiliary spiritual medicines for refining Locust Spirit Powder on Yanlai Peak had piled up like a mountain.

Even other foundation-building cultivators killed the first two third-level East Pole locusts that entered Taicheng County and brought back their compound eyes.

Now refining Locust Spirit Powder has become a top priority. Zhang Zhixuan had no time to rest and immediately devoted himself to alchemy.

And Liu Zixuan and other foundation-building cultivators also divided into three teams and immediately set out to hunt the East Pole locusts that entered Taicheng County.

Even Han Wangpeng, who was in the Purple Mansion period, took action and patrolled Yanlai Peak, Tiantai Peak, Taibai Peak and other places to protect the territories of the three major families, so as to prevent the East Pole locusts from breaking through the defense line of the foundation-building cultivators and killing a large number of mortals, causing irreparable losses.

With the experience from the last time, the success rate of refining Locust Spirit Powder is higher. In six furnaces of spiritual pills, except for one occasional failure, Zhang Zhixuan successfully refined five boxes of Locust Spirit Powder.

After refining Locust Spirit Powder, the foundation-building cultivators on Yanlai Peak were even more powerful. They quickly suppressed the momentum of the locust plague and eliminated the five locusts that had just entered Taicheng County.

Every time a third-level East Pole locust was hunted, a box of Locust Spirit Powder could be refined. With the help of Locust Spirit Powder, the cultivators of Taicheng County had formed a virtuous circle and soon showed a strong advantage, driving the East Pole locusts out of Taicheng County and pressing them back into the Southern Wilderness.

With the advantage, the cultivators of Taicheng County must continue to work hard to prevent the East Pole locusts from becoming a trend. They went deep into the Southern Wilderness, constantly looking for the traces of the East Pole locusts, and eliminated this terrible monster insect in the bud.

In this way, the battle to eliminate locusts continued for more than a month. When the last group of third-level East Pole locusts in the Southern Wilderness was eliminated, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Now they have finally survived this disaster.

In order to thank Han Wangpeng for bringing people to help, each of the three families of Zhang, Wu and Liu took out a gift of 1,000 spirit stones to thank him for helping the three families in the southern part of Taicheng County to overcome this crisis.

Three thousand spirit stones is not a small amount even for a Purple Mansion cultivator. The annual offering of Qingxuan Sect to Purple Mansion cultivators is only 800 spirit stones a year.

This time, Han Wangpeng has not personally taken action. In just over a month, he only provided the recipe of the locust spirit powder and earned 3,000 spirit stones.

Seeing that the three families of Wu, Zhang and Liu were so accommodating, he showed some joy on his face.

Even the five foundation-building cultivators who followed Han Wangpeng, Wu Xiangzhen and others did not let them go in vain. Each foundation-building cultivator offered a gift of 200 spirit stones to thank them for their efforts and support.

Although the locust plague from Black Mountain did not penetrate into Taicheng County this time and the population loss was minimal, it still cost the three families of Zhang, Wu and Liu a lot to survive the disaster.

In order to thank Han Wangpeng and others for their help, the three families took out 4,000 spirit stones and refined dozens of boxes of locust spirit powder, and the auxiliary materials consumed were more than 6,000.

In addition, the more than 20 third-level spirit talismans lost in the battle with the third-level Dongji locusts added up to more than 3,000 spirit stones. These costs must be shared by the three families of Zhang, Wu and Liu.

In order to eliminate this locust plague, each of the three families of Zhang, Wu and Liu had to take out more than 4,000 spirit stones of resources.

And there was nothing good on the Dongji locusts. Except for a few knife feet, other materials were not worth much at all.

By now, their spoils, in addition to the remaining seven boxes of locust spirit powder, only had more than 200 Dongji locust knife feet.

After all, the Dongji locust is a third-level monster, and the knife foot materials can still be refined into a second-level top-grade magic weapon. If the family refiner refines these knife feet into magic weapons, it is estimated that half of the resources can be recovered.

The heads of the three families of Zhang Zhixuan settled the accounts, exchanged the debts with each other, and finally each of them returned to their respective Lingshan with some Dongji locust knife feet.

In order to prevent the Eastern Locusts from reaching Lushan County and causing irreparable losses to the Zhang family, Qingchan has been guarding Lushan County with the family elders and backbones these days.

Seeing that Zhang Zhixuan returned unscathed, Qingchan dismissed the family elders and asked them to do their respective duties. She and Zhang Zhixuan returned to Lingjing Mountain together.

"Brother Zhixuan, how much resources were lost this time?" After returning to the cave, Qingchan asked with a worried look.

She didn't like to take care of these chores. Over the years, the burden of the family has almost been completely placed on Zhang Zhixuan. Since the patriarch went to Chaoyin Mountain, Zhang Zhixuan had to make decisions on all matters at home.

It's a pity that Qingchan is one of the three foundation-building monks in the family. Zhang Zhixuan went to Yan Laifeng, and sometimes she needs to make the decision on important matters at home. Seeing that his family was constantly allocating resources to Yanlaifeng, although Qingchan knew that it would be smoother to eliminate the locust plague, he also knew that a lot of resources had been consumed.

Zhang Zhixuan smiled bitterly and said: "It's good to be able to suppress the locust plague. There was not much loss in terms of personnel. In terms of material, our family shared 4,800 in spiritual stones. But there was some gain. I was given a box of Locust Spirit Powder, sixty Tiao Dongji Locust Saber Foot, I will send Brother Jiu back in a few days, let him refine all the standard magic weapons, and throw them into the market in exchange for some spiritual stones."

In recent years, with the mining of Lingshi Mine in Chaoyin Mountain, the opening of Xihefang Inn, and the successful domestication of golden silkworms, the Zhang family's income has almost exploded. Compared with before the battle of Chaoyin Mountain, the income can increase by one thousand spirit stones every year.

Relying on the huge increase in income in recent years, the family has repaid the two debts of investing in Chaoyin Mountain Lingshi Mine and redeeming Jiuhua Mountain. Now that I have finally relaxed for a few days, I have encountered this kind of natural and man-made disaster again, and I will continue to suffer for another two years.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhixuan also brought back dozens of locust legs. Relying on the ninth brother Zhang Zhifan to refine the magic weapon, he should be able to recover some cultivation resources.