#1350 - Containment
After the great battle, the scene was a complete mess, with blood and flesh scattered everywhere, adding an eerie atmosphere to the already gloomy and terrifying mountain gate.
The Li family only collected the corpses of their own clansmen, leaving the corpses of the demonic cultivators from the Corpse Refining Sect unattended. In any case, they would eventually turn into ashes, so there was no need to go to the extra effort.
The seriously injured clansmen returned to the cloud ship to heal, while the lightly injured remained behind, waiting for subsequent arrangements after suppressing their injuries.
Half an hour later, most of the clansmen had recovered some of their strength.
“Take away all the scriptures, techniques, and spiritual objects of the Corpse Refining Sect.”
Li Zhirui also spoke at this time, instructing, “At the same time, search for the spiritual veins in the mountain gate, determine their location, and await further arrangements.”
Although the Corpse Refining Sect had experienced several tribulations, it was still an old-brand Earth Immortal force, and moreover, it was in the Extraterritorial World. Although the various scriptures and techniques could not be cultivated, they had extremely high research and reference value.
Not to mention the spiritual objects, the grades were the same in both worlds, so bringing the spiritual objects back would not cause their grades to drop.
The clansmen began to take action one after another. Li Zhirui, Li Zhixuan, and the others were also not idle. They each led a portion of the clansmen and headed towards the two most important places of a force.
He was now going to the Scripture Pavilion.
“Ninth Brother, are we really going to destroy the spiritual veins?” Daqing suddenly asked from the side.
“This is the simplest way to damage the heaven and earth of the Golden Light Realm and weaken the Heavenly Dao of this realm.”
Li Zhirui turned to look at him and asked, “Do you have a better way?”
“I was thinking, could we try to collect the spiritual veins into the Minor Thousand World? In this way, we can not only make the spiritual energy in the inner world more concentrated, but also promote the perfection of the laws.”
“Hmm…”
Hearing this, Li Zhirui narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
The result described by Daqing was indeed very beautiful, but collecting spiritual veins was not an easy task.
If it were low-grade spiritual veins, it would be fine, only a few miles long and a thousand catties in weight, but the spiritual veins in the Corpse Refining Sect's mountain gate were at least fourth-grade, and ordinary cultivators simply did not have the ability to collect the spiritual veins into their personal world.
As for using the Spirit Transferring Secret Technique? But it must be known that there were not many clansmen who could use this secret technique, and the Li family had no need to migrate, so naturally no one would spend precious time to cultivate a secret technique that had no other use besides moving spiritual veins.
Moreover, the Li family's attack on the Corpse Refining Sect could not be concealed for too long, and they could not stay for too long.
And if only the clansmen with higher cultivation levels were allowed to collect the spiritual veins, it would create hidden dangers. After all, the attack on the Corpse Refining Sect was the result of all the clansmen risking their lives and working together.
The principle and warning of not worrying about scarcity but worrying about inequality was something that every force had to be vigilant about!
“This problem is not difficult to solve. Distribute the value of the spiritual veins evenly among each clansman. If you want to collect the spiritual veins, you can pay other clansmen with spiritual objects and contribution points.” Hearing the problem that Li Zhirui was considering, Xiaocang quickly gave a solution.
“I was being too narrow-minded!”
If it could really succeed, then not only would it consume the foundation of the Golden Light Realm, but it would also promote the cultivation of the clansmen, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Fortunately, he had not ordered the spiritual veins to be destroyed directly before, but had first marked their locations, which could be regarded as laying the foundation for this idea.
“Let's take out the scriptures and techniques in the Scripture Pavilion first.”
At this time, the group finally arrived in front of this seven-story阁楼.
As one of the most important buildings, it naturally had an independent formation to protect it, but Li Zhirui had the Sect Master's token in his hand, and could directly push the door open and enter.
As an old-brand Earth Immortal force, the number of scriptures and techniques collected in the Scripture Pavilion was naturally not small. Looking around, there were probably tens of thousands of volumes on the first floor alone!
With the Sect Master's token in hand, all the restrictions on the wooden shelves became ineffective. One jade slip and book after another flew into the storage treasures that everyone had prepared long ago.
Fourth floor…
Fifth floor…
At first, everyone was still quite excited, but now, after seeing countless jade slips, they had become numb.
When they reached the sixth floor, the original thousands of jade slips were sharply reduced to only a few hundred, but each jade slip exuded a mysterious Dao aura and was very extraordinary!
“These jade slips are all engraved with Earth Immortal-level techniques.”
There were cultivation methods, secret techniques, divine powers, as well as alchemy recipes, formations, talismans and other cultivation techniques, and some secrets, ancient records, etc., all of which were extremely precious.
Faced with these precious jade slips, everyone was no longer as rude as before, but specially sealed them in jade boxes and put them into separate storage treasures.
The number of jade slips placed on the top floor of the Scripture Pavilion was even scarcer, only a few dozen, but each one was incomparably precious!
If it weren't for the existence of reason, Li Zhirui would have wanted to read all these jade slips on the spot.
“Let's go, it's time to meet up with Zhixuan and the others.”
Everyone scanned every inch of space with their divine sense, and after confirming that there were no omissions, they turned and left.
On the other side, Li Zhixuan and the others also had extremely rich harvests, with a dazzling array of spiritual objects, countless in number, especially low-grade spiritual objects, filling several storage treasures with not small spaces.
The only pity was that there were only a dozen Earth Immortal-level spiritual objects left. Judging from the number of jade platforms placed, at least dozens of them had been used by the Corpse Refining Sect.
But it wasn't without unexpected surprises!
In the deepest part of the treasure vault, there were actually three Celestial Immortal-level spiritual objects.
They were a piece of jade, a spiritual seed, and a section of black wood, respectively. Judging from the traces of spiritual light they emitted, they should be earth, wood, and thunder spiritual objects.
Even Li Zhixuan, who was only focused on the Sword Dao, carefully sealed the spiritual objects after seeing these three spiritual objects.
And the largest number of those clansmen were also scattered throughout the Corpse Refining Sect's mountain gate, searching for spiritual veins, or other places with a large number of spiritual objects, such as medicine gardens, alchemy rooms, and weapon refining rooms.
It took the Li family's cultivators and a large number of spirit beasts a full day to collect and sort out these spiritual objects!
The next day, everyone who had been busy all night came to the square and looked at this large pile of spiritual objects, scriptures, and techniques in front of them, and were all amazed and delighted.
From the time they learned about the information collected by Li Zhirui, the clansmen did not have too much expectation for the wealth of the Corpse Refining Sect, but now, it greatly exceeded expectations.
Not to mention the subsequent gains, these alone were enough for the Li family to digest for hundreds of years!
Li Zhirui couldn't help but think that the Li family had such a rich harvest by attacking a dilapidated Corpse Refining Sect. What kind of amazing and fertile harvest would the Yu Clan, He Clan, and Xia Immortal Sect have after attacking the Celestial Immortal force Hundred Herbs Jiang Clan, and a family of alchemists at that?
However, these items were only shown to the clansmen and not distributed on the spot. Firstly, time was pressing and did not allow them to do so. Secondly, the contributions of the clansmen needed to be calculated and tallied, and they could not be distributed arbitrarily. Therefore, they were quickly taken back.
“Now, there is a very important decision to announce to everyone.”
Li Zhirui stepped forward and said, “After our discussion, we have decided not to destroy the spiritual veins, but instead to allow clansmen with personal worlds to absorb the spiritual veins to enhance the foundation of their minor chiliocosm and perfect its laws.”
Afterward, he told everyone about the plan they had discussed, ensuring that every clansman could benefit from it.
Even though they had considered everything thoroughly, some clansmen were still not very satisfied, but fortunately, it was only a small portion and could not prevent the matter.
“According to statistics, there is one Human Immortal-level spiritual vein and eight Loose Immortal-level spiritual veins in the Corpse Refinement Sect's mountain range… totaling one hundred and eighty-nine spiritual veins.”
“Among them, the Human Immortal-level spiritual vein is priced at ten Human Immortal-level spiritual objects, or twenty million contribution points; the Loose Immortal-level…”
Li Zhirui's voice echoed in everyone's ears. Was the price of the spiritual veins high? Not high at all! It could even be said to be very low.
After all, the resources required to cultivate a Human Immortal-level spiritual vein, whether in quantity or price, far exceeded the price they had discussed.
This could also be considered a small benefit for the clansmen.
And that only Human Immortal-level spiritual vein naturally fell into Li Zhirui's hands.
Li Zhixuan, Jiang Fengwu, Xiaoqing, and others did not need it. The personal worlds they had opened up could not continue to advance and were only used as tools for storage and replenishing mana, so there was no need to compete for it.
The cultivation levels of clansmen like Daqing and Li Yunzhuang were too low to withstand spiritual veins that exceeded their cultivation levels.
Therefore, no one could compete with Li Zhirui at all.
The other spiritual veins also had their owners one by one and were successively taken into the personal spaces of the clansmen.
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Li Zhirui was the last to act because this was the main spiritual vein, maintaining, consolidating, and connecting the mountains of the Corpse Refinement Sect's mountain gate. If he extracted it in the first instance, the mountains would probably erupt in a large-scale earthquake, and the other spiritual veins would be affected.
To accommodate a spiritual vein that was thousands of miles long and weighed hundreds of millions of pounds was not an easy task for him.
For this reason, Li Zhirui consumed a full eighty percent of his mana!
It was eighty percent of all his mana, not eighty percent of the mana in his dantian!
Rumble—
At the moment the spiritual vein separated from the earth, the mountains had a violent reaction.
As the spiritual vein continuously entered Li Zhirui's personal world, the reaction became more and more intense. Huge cracks appeared on the ground, and mountain peaks collapsed with a bang, stirring up dust that blotted out the sky.
When the last trace of the spiritual vein disappeared from the earth, the land in front of them completely lost its vitality, and a faint aura of decay and withering began to permeate.
Vast karma descended from the darkness, falling into the bodies of Li Zhirui and other clansmen who had extracted the spiritual veins.
But most importantly, they lost the favor of the Heavenly Dao of this world. Their identities as invaders were exposed again, and endless malice and rejection surged from all directions, seeming to want to drown them!
Their strength was reduced to less than ten percent!
The consequences were even more serious than when they first entered the Golden Light Realm!
Not to mention those low-level clansmen, even Li Zhirui felt very uncomfortable.
“Cough cough…”
Feeling his own extraordinary weakness, Li Zhirui could not help but frown.
But fortunately, the Heavenly Dao of the Yuanling Realm took action!
In the next instant, a golden light flashed, the world's malice was weakened a lot, and their strength recovered to about forty to fifty percent.
It turned out that with the intensification of the invasion, the power that the Heavenly Dao of the Yuanling Realm could mobilize in the Golden Light Realm was also greater. Li Zhirui and the others had made a small contribution this time, so they naturally had to be rewarded well.
“It's time to go!”
Meeting the worried gazes of Li Zhixuan, Jiang Fengwu, and others, Li Zhirui smiled nonchalantly and said, “The subsequent tests are coming soon, fly to Three Rivers Mountain.”
Three Rivers Mountain, located at the junction of the demon clan, Yuan Demon Mountain, and Long Rainbow Mountain, is a well-known chaotic place in this world!
You can even see demons and humans walking side by side on a street.
You must know that compared to the mixed battles of various camps in the Yuanling Realm, the conflict between humans and demons is even more acute in the Golden Light Realm!
After all, this world is a war between the two races. Over countless years, both sides have killed countless people. This kind of hatred has probably been embedded in their blood and will continue to be passed down with reproduction.
Moreover, Li Zhirui also heard that Three Rivers Mountain can shield all heavenly secrets for some special reason!
It can be seen that Three Rivers Mountain is indeed a very good place for them.
“Departure!”
As the cloud ship where Li Zhirui was located started, the other cloud ships followed closely behind, following him to Three Rivers Mountain.
And behind them, there were raging flames soaring into the sky!
…
A few days later, the cultivators of the Corpse Refinement Sect stationed outside returned to the mountain gate, only to see rubble and ashes all over the ground.
The spiritual energy was even pitifully thin, as if there was no spiritual energy at all. The only few strands were just drifting in from the outside world.
“This… what happened? Could it be that the demons invaded again!?”
But on second thought, he felt that something was wrong. If it were the demons, the mountain gate would definitely not have become like this.
But the problem in front of him had exceeded the scope he could solve, so he could only report it as quickly as possible and request support from Yuan Demon Mountain.
And Yuan Demon Mountain, which knew more inside information and had already guessed what was going on, also attached great importance to this. The next day, a team led by an Earth Immortal came to this destroyed mountain gate.
It was a pity that Li Zhirui and his party had already left, and their whereabouts were unknown. Not even a trace of aura was left.
“Investigate! Investigate to the end! Find out where those people went! You must find them for me!”
The Earth Immortal leading the team roared, “If anyone can provide useful information, they will receive generous rewards from Yuan Demon Mountain!”
Unfortunately, there were only Yuan Demon Mountain disciples nearby, and no loose cultivators existed at all.
Even in the entire Corpse Refinement Sect territory, it was difficult to see the figures of loose cultivators. They had already fled to other places to take refuge.
“Damn it!”
They could only return to the sect while publicly offering a reward along the way, so that the numerous loose cultivators could act quickly.
Yuan Demon Mountain.
After the Earth Immortal reported the news, the elders convened a meeting.
“I didn't expect that invaders also appeared near us.”
Before, nothing had happened. They thought that there were no invaders in their territory, but as soon as they made a move, they destroyed the Corpse Refinement Sect! (End of this chapter)
