Chapter 257 – Integration into the Jiang Family, War Begins

Chapter 257 – Integration into the Jiang Family, War Opens

Same Time.

Jiang Chengxuan, Shen Ruyan, and Zheng Beilong also caught up with the Qingyue Wolf King that was escaping.

This demon could be said to be an “old friend” of their Qian Yang Sect.

In the past few times of the Demon Beast Rebellion, the ones that the Qianyang Sect had faced were basically this demon.

However, today, this Qingyue Wolf King would finally meet its end.

Under the joint efforts of the three Jindans, the Clear Specter Wolf King, which only had the strength of a mid-fourth rank, had no way of escaping.

Without a moment’s effort, this demon was decapitated by Jiang Chengxuan.

Along with the Yuan Shen in it, they were all exterminated.

Soon after, on the other side, Hong Tianqi, Nangong Baichang, Meng Lanzhu, and the monk Yiduan Taoist, who had gone after the Ten Thousand Poisonous Fire Lizard, were also able to kill this demon.

In this way, the five fourth-ranked demon kings located in and around the Ten Thousand Winds Forest all died in the hands of their human Jindan.

After killing these five demon kings, Zheng Beilong and the others didn’t rest, but immediately dispatched a large number of cultivators from the sect to start attacking the Ten Thousand Winds Forest.

The results were naturally predictable.

Without the Demon King in charge of the Ten Thousand Winds Forest, many of the demonic beasts were quickly killed by the cultivators of the Qian Yang Sect, the North Cloud Sect, and the Starlight Sect.

It wasn’t until a week later that the entire battle gradually came to an end.

At this time.

Inside the meeting hall of the Qian Yang Sect.

The people sat in a circle and began to discuss the distribution after the battle.

It was not an exaggeration at all to say that the fourth-ranked Demon Kings killed in this operation were definitely the most they had ever seen in their Cloud Kingdom in so many years.

Almost everyone’s attention was placed, on those five fourth rank demon kings.

After all, all of the fourth-ranked Demon Kings’ bodies were treasures.

Their demonic pills could be used to refine the Gold Conjugation Pill and the True Condensation Pill.

Their fur could be used to draw fourth rank talismans and refine corresponding magic treasures.

The claws, spikes, and bones could also be used to refine attacking magic treasures.

Even their blood was the main material used to make fourth rank vermilion sand.

In this case, if not beforehand already signed a blood oath contract, I’m afraid that the crowd of Jindan cultivators present, may not be able to get into a conflict.

According to the contract, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan, they could get 30% of the harvest.

And, have the right to prioritize the selection.

In this regard, the crowd of Jindans present did not have the slightest objection.

Including Realist He Yun and Hong Tianqi, with whom they had had unhappiness and even suspicion, also had no opinion.

After all, the mission that the couple had previously undertaken was the most dangerous one.

Most importantly, if they hadn’t been used as bait, there was no way that the people present in their presence would have been able to make the kind of catch that they had before them.

Naturally, there was no way to talk about things like recovering the Ten Thousand Winds Forest.

And Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan weren’t polite either.

They directly took the entire corpse of the Bloodstained Eagle King, including its demonic pills.

Afterwards, they took away a ball of spider silk essence from the Hundred-Footed Spider King’s body.

The demonic pills in the former’s body could be used to refine the Jiejindan or exchanged for the fourth-ranked spirit items they needed for themselves.

In particular, its pair of wings, which the couple planned to refine into a flying magic treasure afterward, could greatly enhance their speed.

The rest of the sharp claws, eagle retches, feathers, etc. could be kept for exchanging with other cultivators.

Can also be used to refine the required treasures.

As for the latter hundred-footed spider king in the body of the essence of the spider silk, you can try to refine it into a personal armor, used for self-defense.

After all the people present, in accordance with the prior agreement, divided up all the demon king corpses in front of them, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan finally made the remaining two requests to Zheng Beilong.

Namely, the inheritance of three gates below the fourth rank, as well as helping the Shen Clan of Immortals, to successfully relocate to the Liang Kingdom.

In response, everyone, including Zheng Beilong, nodded.

Soon.

The Qian Yang Sect, the Starlight Sect, and the Northern Cloud Sect each took out a third-order inheritance.

Respectively, they were a five elemental arts, a third-ranked magic treasure refining method, and a third-ranked elixir formula called the Replenishing Pill.

After this Dan was refined, it could replenish the mana consumed by the cultivator.

The three items weren’t particularly good, but they weren’t bad either.

At least these three things, all of which the Jiang family did not have, could just be used to increase the Jiang family’s reserves.

It was evident that the three sects hadn’t intentionally perfunctorily dealt with them on this matter.

As for the last remaining matter, it was not something that could be accomplished in a day or two.

Each of the three clans dispatched a large number of disciples to begin helping the Shen Clan of Immortals to travel to Liang through this place, the Ten Thousand Winds Forest.

Plus there were two Jindan cultivators, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan, sitting among them.

The entire process was quite smooth.

About a year or so later.

With the help of the three Jindan sects, the Qianyang Sect, the Starlight Sect, and the Northern Cloud Sect, the entire Shen Clan of Immortals had finally successfully relocated to Liang Country.

And with the assistance of the Jiang Clan, not far from their Jiang Clan Immortal Clan, they had successfully purchased a third-order spirit vein, and named the mountain peak it was built on as Huayang Mountain.

Since then, the Shen Clan Immortal Clan was also considered to have settled down in Liang Country.

From a certain perspective, it had also strengthened the entire Jiang Clan.

Although it wasn’t explicitly stated, anyone with a bit of eyesight knew that today’s Shen Clan of Immortals was bound to look up to the Jiang Clan of Immortals.

At this time.

On the Xuanming Peak of Taixuan Mountain.

Shen Yuanlong, Shen Daoming, as well as Xu Qian and the three Purple Mansions were directly the ones who had found Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan, and had asked them for their intention to integrate into their Jiang family’s contribution system.

This was equivalent to their Shen family, intending to directly become their Jiang family’s vassal.

This was something that the couple had somewhat not expected.

The reason why they had suggested that the Shen family relocate to Liang, was that they hoped that the two families would be able to take care of each other.

After all, the husband and wife as Jindan cultivators, the future of a retreat, may be five or eight years.

The Shen family is far away in the cloud country, if there is really something, under the whip, they may not be able to take into account.

Besides, the Jiang family side, the entire family volume is getting bigger and bigger, if you rely on the Jiang family three purple house, will inevitably be a little overwhelmed.

If the Shen family can help each other, it will undoubtedly be much easier.

It would also greatly increase the strength and depth between their two families.

This was a matter of combining two benefits.

However, I didn’t want the Shen family to directly integrate into their Jiang family’s contribution system.

Once this matter is finalized, the Shen family will lose its independence.

But the benefits are also very obvious.

First, it was the resources on the Jiang family’s side, which could be exchanged on the Shen family’s side as long as they had enough Jiang family contributions.

This included the strategically important Purple Heavenly Pill, Purple Xia Jade, as well as the Crystals of the Five Elements, the Foundation Building Pill, and so on.

Even the Jiejindan, it was not impossible for the Shen Family to obtain if they had enough contributions.

However, if the Shen Family did not integrate into their Jiang Family’s contribution system, it would undoubtedly be much harder for them to obtain this type of strategically important resources from the Jiang Family’s side.

Even with Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan’s relationship.

It wouldn’t be of much use either.

For one thing, as family elders, it was impossible for them to take the lead in violating the rules they themselves had set.

Secondly, their identity nowadays would ultimately be that of the Jiang Family Ancestors, not the Shen Family Ancestors, and resources of strategic grade such as the Purple Cloud Jade and the Junction Gold Pill would never be easily exchanged to others, even if no one in the family had any use for them for the time being.

Even if they were to be exchanged, the price would definitely not be low.

Lastly, and most importantly, was that their care would only be limited to the two of them, Shen Yuanlong and Shen Daoming.

At most, they would add Shen Rushang, Shen Baifei, these clansmen who had direct blood relatives with Shen Ruyan and had quite a deep affection between them.

As for the rest of the Shen family, they were afraid that they would not give too much convenience.

But if it was integrated into their Jiang family’s contribution system, then the situation would be completely different.

There was the name of the vassal family in place.

Coupled with the in-law relationship between the two families, taking care of that was a given.

No matter who it was, no one could say anything else.

Shen Yuanlong’s trio, obviously, also understood this point, which was why they came and made this request to the two.

In response, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan naturally wouldn’t refuse.

Including the Three Purple Mansions of the Jiang Clan who were called by them afterward, they also expressed their welcome.

When the matter was completely finalized.

When only Jiang Chengxuan, Shen Ruyan, Shen Yuanlong, and Shen Daoming were left on the entire Xuanming Peak, Shen Ruyan he handed a Decapitated Apricot Pear Fruit, to Shen Yuanlong.

“Fifth uncle, this Decanter Apricot Pear Fruit can help you increase your mana for fifty years.

After you take it and refine it, it should be able to allow your cultivation, to break through to the ninth level of the Purple Mansion.

At that time, there might even be a few hopes of hitting the Jindan bottleneck.”

Earlier, Shen Yuanlong’s cultivation level had already broken through to the eighth level of the Violet Mansion.

Now this Decapitated Apricot Pear Fruit given by Shen Ruyan was exactly what he desperately needed.

Right now, there were only about three years left before that ten-year rest period.

During this period, every additional point of strength that their Jiang family boosted would give them a few more points of hope of winning the war that might come in the future.

It was also a must for self-preservation.

When Shen Yuanlong received the Decadent Apricot Pear Fruit and, together with Shen Daoming, bid farewell to Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan, the couple immediately prepared to utilize the fourth-ranked demonic beast materials that they had previously obtained to refine the corresponding fourth-ranked magic treasures.

This time, the couple decided to refine the treasure together.

Jiang Chengxuan acted as an auxiliary, cooperating with Shen Ruyan.

The first thing they refined was a flying magic treasure with that Bloodstained Eagle King’s feathered wings as the main ingredient.

This treasure was more difficult to refine.

Even with Shen Ruyan’s refining level, combined with Jiang Chengxuan’s help, it had taken a total of nearly two years.

And when this treasure was successfully refined, it was not worthy of all the time and effort the couple had spent.

The entire magic treasure was in the shape of a pair of red-colored wings.

Many acceleration and levitation formations were engraved on it.

Combined with the material of this treasure itself.

Once it was energized, it was enough to allow Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan to increase their speed by three times on top of their existing speed.

“Husband, give this magic treasure a name.”

Shen Ruyan handed this magic treasure over to Jiang Chengxuan with a smile.

Jiang Chengxuan thought for a moment and said, “Since this treasure is made from the feathered wings of that Bloodstriped Eagle King, why don’t we just call it Blood Eagle Wings.”

“Blood Eagle Wings?”

Shen Ruyan nodded.

“Not bad.

In that case, this magic treasure, you will be the one to sacrifice it, husband.

You know, with my speed, although this flying magic treasure is useful, it is useful in a rather limited way.

Instead, if you come to use it, you will be able to utilize its greater power instead.”

Hearing Shen Ruyan’s words, Jiang Chengxuan only hesitated slightly before nodding:
“Alright, but after that, the personal inner armor that you and I will be refining will be used by you at that time.

You also know very well that I have the Limitless Turning Wheel, and I am much stronger than you in terms of defense.

That magic treasure, too, is more suitable for you.”

Hearing this, Shen Ruyan did not make any pretense and immediately nodded.

Next, the couple was using the mass of spider silk essence within the Hundred Foot Spider King’s body to begin refining the fourth-order defensive inner armor.

Refining this magic treasure was obviously less difficult than refining the Blood Eagle Wings.

However, it still took the couple more than a year.

At this time.

The situation in the five Cangnan countries was already very tense.

Especially between Liang and Zheng, there were multiple clashes between cultivators, both explicitly and implicitly.

Because of the end of the rest period.

Between the two sides, there was no longer a limit to the truce.

Therefore, the collision and friction between the two sides was getting more serious by the day.

The two of them, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan, had just come out of the cave where they were in seclusion when Family Head Jiang Renyi immediately approached them.

From Jiang Renyi’s mouth, the couple learned that at this point in time, Liang and Zheng were already at the border of the two countries, in a place called the Hundred Chuan Mountain Range, where multiple encounters had erupted.

Bishui Sword Pavilion, Tian Yue Sect, all of them were already sending a large number of low-ranked cultivators to that one place.

Including their Jiang Clan Immortal Clan, they had likewise dispatched quite a few Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators into that part of the battlefield.

Because the two of them were still in seclusion at that time, Jiang Renyi, who was the head of the family in this matter, did not disturb them, but took the liberty of making a decision.

In response, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan naturally couldn’t possibly blame him, instead, they agreed with him.

At the same time, they also learned from Jiang Renyi that the current situation of the war was still limited to the level of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, and had not expanded to cultivators at the level of Zifu.

However, listening to Jiang Renyi’s words, right now, the situation on their Liang side was not particularly optimistic.

It was no wonder.

Zheng was far more numerous than Liang, both in terms of land area and the number of cultivators.

In a situation where they had yet to receive support from the Cloud Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom, it was naturally quite normal that they were not a match for the Zheng Kingdom’s side for the time being.

What made Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan feel a little skeptical was that, at the moment, it was only the initial stage of the war, and Zheng’s several Jindan forces were already unable to resist getting involved?
To this, Jiang Renyi gave an affirmative answer.

This, however, caused both Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan’s faces to become a bit gloomy.

One must know that their purpose in the first place was also to ask that Marquis Ding Yuan’s residence for a statement and explanation.

As a result, the entire Zheng State’s low-ranking cultivators were actually involved.

The rest of the Jindan forces in Zheng, what exactly are they planning to do?
Righteousness?

That was something that was simply impossible.

The only thing that could possibly make them unite together and not hesitate to start a war against them, the Liang Kingdom, was profit, and enough profit.

So what interests could there be in this that could cause multiple Jindan forces in Zheng to join together to start a war with them?
Just as Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan had just passed this thought in their hearts, the summoning talismans on both of them suddenly lit up in unison.

The two hurriedly took out the summoning talisman to check.

As a result, Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan’s faces couldn’t help but change in unison.

May Day, I wish everyone a happy holiday, have time to go out, play, give yourself a vacation, relax and relax!

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