Chapter 472 - 634 : To the imperial city
"This blood pool is just right to nurture Xue Lingshang’s corpse. I imagine it can speed up the refinement process."
Wentian sealed and put away the blood pool. After searching the cave, he found some bones of Foundation Establishment demonic beasts, some top-grade magic artifact materials, and two pieces of third-rank materials.
Afterward, he released the pill furnace. Once the furnace lid opened, a sea of fire surged out, burning the Xue family clan land.
It burned all remaining corpses clean.
Then he used his greening art.
Among countless ashes, grass and trees grew wildly, burying everything. Only broken walls and ruins remained, showing that this place had once been an aristocratic clan land.
Seeing this, the Zhao family ancestor’s heart also trembled.
"This has completely erased all traces of the Xue family!"
Wentian formed hand seals and put away the formation flags, then came into the sky with Moyue and said to him calmly, "Daoist Zhao, thank you for waiting. Let us return."
"Good."
The two immediately left.
On the road, Wentian borrowed the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard from the Zhao family and also returned the remaining Divine Sense Jade Token the Zhao family had gifted him.
The Zhao family ancestor naturally had no objection and returned to Great Liang alone.
As for the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard, he followed Wentian and Moyue back to the Jianyi family.
Great Liang, Zhao family.
When the Zhao Family Head and the elders saw the ancestor return, they immediately went forward and asked, "Ancestor, how was it?"
The Zhao family ancestor let out a long sigh.
"What happened? Were you unable to help? Is the Jianyi family gone?" A Foundation Establishment elder said.
The Zhao family ancestor glared. "What nonsense are you saying!"
"Even if my Zhao family disappears, nothing will happen to the Jianyi family!"
"This old man is merely sighing. From this moment onward, this old ancestor will establish a clan rule. No matter what happens to my Zhao family in the future, we must never stand against the Jianyi family. If there is anything they need help with, we must help with all our strength."
The Zhao Family Head and the others looked at one another.
"Ancestor, what is this..."
"The Xue family is gone..."
The Zhao family ancestor raised his head and looked at the sky. When he recalled Wentian’s methods, lingering fear still remained in his heart.
Great Wei, Moon Lake Commandery.
Dongxi.
The Black Cloud Spirit Leopard and Moyue stayed together at Bihan Pond.
Wentian entered seclusion to refine the gains from this time.
Knowing that all dangers had passed, Jianyi Mingwei and Jianyi Mingyuan both breathed a sigh of relief. The thousand-jin boulder in their hearts finally fell.
The Jianyi family members quickly returned to their usual state of life.
Those who should return to the Guangling branch returned to the branch. Those who studied formations studied formations, those who cultivated cultivated, and those who carried out missions carried out missions.
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
The newly advanced Golden Core aristocratic family, the Xue family, had been razed to the ground. This stirred discussion among the aristocratic family forces of Great Wei, Great Liang, and Great Jin.
But the only ones who truly knew who had done it were a few people from the Cao, Sima, and Zhao families.
Cao Defeng went to find the Cao family ancestor, Cao Jiyi, because of this.
After Cao Jiyi heard this news, his brows furrowed, and only after a long while did he say, "Do not provoke the Jianyi family again. Also, prepare for the Jianyi family to come hold us accountable."
"Yes, Ancestor!"
The Sima family naturally also guessed that Xue Lingshang must have died.
If they could kill a Golden Core, then they possessed the ability to threaten the Sima family.
Thus, the Sima family ancestor likewise ordered the Sima family to become vigilant.
But for three months, the Jianyi family made not the slightest move.
The main reason was that Wentian was extremely busy.
He refined the soul banner, the Blood-Devouring Bead, and the seven blood corpses again. Afterward, he refined the Profound Yin Blood Corpse.
The Profound Yin Grass it required just so happened to be in Bihan Pond’s medicine garden, and there were two stalks, both more than three or four thousand years old.
For Wentian to refine the Profound Yin Blood Corpse alone, with his cultivation, it would not succeed without several years.
Thus, he had Moyue and the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard help, borrowing their third-rank spiritual power, as well as the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard’s third-rank spiritual flame for the refinement.
The Myriad Spirits Blood Pool, several-thousand-year-old Profound Yin Grass, third-rank demonic beast spiritual power comparable to Golden Core, and third-rank flames.
There was also no one disturbing the refinement process.
This could be called the perfect combination of heaven’s timing, earth’s advantage, and human harmony.
After three months, the Profound Yin Blood Corpse was successfully completed.
Because it lacked a Golden Core, Wentian used the Blood-Devouring Bead as its core, giving it an extremely special ability to rapidly recover from injuries.
However, even with several-thousand-year-old Profound Yin Grass and the Xue clansmen’s essence blood as materials to enhance the Profound Yin Blood Corpse’s strength and ferocity, it still only barely reached the degree of being comparable to Golden Core.
If it had a complete Golden Core, the Profound Yin Blood Corpse’s explosive power would be enough to compare with a third-level Golden Core cultivator.
The Golden Core had already been fully refined by Moyue, and its help to him was even greater than a third-rank demonic beast inner core.
It allowed him to recover to the mid third-rank level.
If Moyue had not been recovering strength, then in terms of improvement, this Golden Core would at most have allowed him to rise to a level comparable to the second level of Golden Core.
"Forget it. This Profound Yin Blood Corpse has a certain growth potential. For now, it is enough. Whether it is the Cao family ancestor or the Sima family ancestor, neither can easily kill it."
In addition, the seven blood corpses from before had been incompletely refined due to lacking thousand-year Profound Yin Grass. Wentian perfected them, and they became low-grade versions of Profound Yin Blood Corpses.
Jianyi Mingxian followed his instructions and began deriving a grand formation suitable for the Profound Yin Blood Corpses.
The previous Seven Corpses Blood Fiend Formation could not fully unleash the power of these eight blood corpses.
In Wentian’s expectations, if Jianyi Mingxian could accomplish it, once the Jianyi family possessed this Profound Yin Blood Corpse Grand Formation, they would be enough to contend against any peak early Golden Core cultivator.
Even those carrying magic treasures would not be feared.
This was the might of formations!
The soul banner was refined again. After Xue Lingshang and the souls of the Xue clansmen were refined into ghosts within the soul banner, it possessed the power to injure Golden Core cultivators.
Moreover, because the Xue clansmen were connected by bloodline, the ghosts refined from their souls could also merge into Xue Lingshang, the main soul, allowing it to fully possess the strength of a Golden Core-level ghost.
It had to be said, the Xue family were truly good people.
Their entire clan had contributed two great Golden Core combat forces to the Jianyi family.
"Wentian, did you not say you were going to the Cao family and Sima family? When are you going?"
Moyue poked his head out from the cold pond.
The Black Cloud Spirit Leopard lying nearby twitched its half-rounded ears.
"Having the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard stay in my Jianyi family for a long time is not a good thing either. If it drags on, the Zhao family may start having thoughts."
After pondering, Wentian said, "In seven days, we will go to the Cao family first, then the Sima family!"
"However, this trip is not to attack, but to negotiate!"
"Negotiate what?" Moyue asked in confusion. "Now that you have successfully refined the Profound Yin Blood Corpse, refined a Golden Core-level ghost into the soul banner, and also have me and the Black Leopard, even destroying the Cao family and Sima family can be done, right?"
"Perhaps it can be done." Wentian smiled faintly. "But that is not the goal of my Jianyi family."
"After swallowing the entire Xue family, the resources obtained are enough for my Jianyi family to digest for more than ten years, and my Jianyi family’s foundation is also constantly rising.
"For now, this situation is already enough.
"Moreover, do not forget the calamity several decades from now.
"If the Cao family and Sima family are gone, do you want all the Golden Core cultivators who appear in the Demon Calamity to focus at the gates of the Jianyi family?
"If not for the Xue family seeking death on their own, I originally would not have planned to move against them either.
"With one more Golden Core family in the Demon Calamity, a portion of attention can be divided away.
"My Jianyi family will be safer.
"In this calamity, the Jianyi family’s goal is to preserve most of our strength and survive peacefully.
"The next era will be the era that belongs to my Jianyi family!"
"Fine. No matter what you say, it all makes sense." Moyue curled his lips. "I will listen to your arrangements."
"The next era?" Hearing this, the Black Cloud Spirit Leopard thought inwardly, "Should I tell the Zhao family to place themselves under the Jianyi family in the future after I go back?"
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.
Wentian brought Jianyi Mingwei, Jianyi Mingyuan, his other four children, and Jianyi Dewen to the imperial city.