Chapter 500 - 662 : Wu family

Immediately, a smile appeared on his face. "Ye Fan, return to your room and cultivate first."

Ye Fan cupped his fists and withdrew.

Wu family.

"Seventh Elder, the group you had us monitor basically wanders the city for one or two hours every day, then returns to the Heavenly Crow Peak cave dwelling."

A middle-aged guard in yellow robes cupped his fists and said.

The Seventh Elder he spoke of was precisely the old Foundation Establishment Wu cultivator Wentian had encountered that day in Rock Forest. His true name was Wu Yuanqi.

"Which places did they go?"

"Spirit herb shops, artifact refining workshops, pill pavilions, rare treasure buildings, talisman shops, and so on. They went to all of them, but did not buy anything. It seems they just entered to browse.

"As for what specifically they did, we did not dare get too close, so we do not know."

Wu Yuanqi stroked his beard and murmured softly, "Could they want to settle in Horn Mansion City?"

"This elder understands. You may leave. Keep watching them for another half month, then end it."

"Yes, Seventh Elder."

The middle-aged yellow-robed guard bowed and left.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year passed.

After Wentian and the others thoroughly understood the market prices of various goods here, they rarely went out, basically cultivating in the cave dwelling.

The one who progressed fastest was naturally Ye Fan.

With Heavenly Spiritual Root aptitude, a compatible cultivation art, the spiritual energy density of a first-rank spiritual vein, plus repeated consumption of high-grade True Essence Pills, his realm had already reached the late stage of the first level of Foundation Establishment.

In another two or three months, he would be able to enter the second level of Foundation Establishment.

Stepping into mid Foundation Establishment within three years would not be the slightest pressure.

This damned genius!

Wentian secretly felt envy.

After understanding Horn Mansion City's forces and the surrounding region, Wentian finally chose the place where the Tiannan Jianyi family would settle and take root.

It was Yunxi Town, seven hundred li southeast of Horn Mansion City.

Several dozen li east of it was the Tiancang Mountain Range, where products were abundant and demonic beasts were numerous.

Most people who came to the Tiancang Mountain Range for tempering would stay in Yunxi Town for half a day or a day, preparing pills, talismans, and the like.

Thirty li north was Cloud Lake, rich in aquatic products and spirit fish.

Around it were spiritual fields one after another.

Eighty li south was Firecloud Valley, where earthfire flowed endlessly. It was an excellent place for artifact refining.

Through Wentian's inquiries, this place was currently occupied by a Golden Core cultivator called Old Monster Huoyun.

Even the name Firecloud Valley was because of him.

Aside from being a Golden Core cultivator, Old Monster Huoyun was also an artifact refining grandmaster who could refine magic treasures.

Golden Core magic treasures were divided into two categories. One was the life-bound magic treasure refined by the cultivator themselves, linked with the mind. If the magic treasure was damaged, the cultivator's own mind would also suffer injury.

This type of magic treasure was mostly compatible with one's own cultivation art.

The other type was ordinary magic treasures refined by artifact refiners. They were many and varied, all depending on the artifact refiner's own preferences, and most were exquisite or ingenious.

Refining a magic treasure often only required them several months to several years.

However, most other Golden Core cultivators who did not know artifact refining or were not very proficient in it would need several years, more than ten years, or even several decades.

A life-bound magic treasure could be stored in the dantian, and the longer it was nurtured by oneself, the stronger its power would become. Ordinary magic treasures could not.

Of course, if an ordinary magic treasure was refined using the refinement method of a life-bound magic treasure, it could also become a life-bound magic treasure.

But this method consumed no small amount of one's own essence.

With Jianyi Deling's Artifact Dao attainments, if she had an inheritance for refining magic treasures as well as the right conditions, she had hope of refining a magic treasure during the Foundation Establishment stage.

Yunxi Town was the small town closest to Firecloud Valley.

Wentian chose this place not only because of its unique and superior geographical environment, but also for Jianyi Deling's sake.

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Yunxi Town.

In Wentian's heart, this was the ideal place for the Jianyi family to develop.

However, because it was the closest to the Tiancang Mountain Range, there were rumors that the three great families in town, the Yuan, Hua, and Fang families, had ties with the sects of the Tiancang Mountain Range.

That was why they had stood here for two hundred years without falling.

It would not be difficult for Wentian and the others to settle down in Yunxi Town, but if they wanted to thoroughly occupy Yunxi Town, there would likely be no shortage of trouble.

Wentian had also never thought of accomplishing everything in one step.

After all, there were only a few of them.

Before he became a Golden Core cultivator, Wentian did not plan to openly expose the trump card that was Moyue.

But if one day he succeeded in Core Formation, then even if the Jianyi family only had ten or twenty people, they could openly and honorably become the rulers of Yunxi.

Aside from this, he had also inquired in Horn Mansion City about items that could assist Core Formation.

Divine ability Core Formation could only rely on oneself.

As for innate spiritual objects, in Horn Mansion City's history, there had only been a dozen or so public auctions where they had appeared.

Every single time, all Golden Core aristocratic families of the Tiancang Seven Cities had been attracted, even several Golden Core sects of the Tiancang Mountain Range.

As for auxiliary pills such as Golden Formation Pills, they were equally rare.

The most recent one had appeared more than twenty years ago at an auction in Heart Mansion City among the Tiancang Seven Cities.

Before heading to Yunxi Town,

Wentian brought Jianyi Mingxian and the others to visit the Wu family.

"Seventh Elder, outside, a Foundation Establishment cultivator called Wentian has brought people to visit."

Over the past half year, Wentian had encountered Wu Yuanqi by chance once or twice, and he had also learned that he was the Wu family's Seventh Elder.

At the late stage of the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, yet ranked seventh among the elders. That meant the Wu family had at least ten or more late Foundation Establishment cultivators, not including late Foundation Establishment cultivators who might be hidden and unknown.

Whether in terms of resources or spiritual energy concentration, the Tiannan Domain was far beyond Great Wei.

Thus, Wentian felt this was only natural.

"Invite them to my courtyard."

"Yes, Seventh Elder."

A short while later,

Wentian and the others arrived. After seeing Wu Yuanqi, Wentian cupped his fists and said, "Daoist Wu, have you been well recently?"

"Naturally, I have been well." Wu Yuanqi smiled and asked, "Please sit, everyone. Serve tea."

"There is no need for tea. This Jianyi came today to bid farewell."

Wu Yuanqi's pupils shrank slightly.

Wentian continued, "Regarding Daoist Wu's invitation, this Jianyi was very moved. However, due to my own circumstances, after discussing it among ourselves, we have still decided not to join.

"I have come this time to apologize. I hope Daoist Wu will not blame me."

Wu Yuanqi sighed slightly and nodded. "This Wu understands. If this Wu were in Brother Jianyi's position, I would probably also wish to reestablish my family and not allow its inheritance to be severed.

"Then has Brother Jianyi decided where to settle down?"

"Yunxi Town. We will head there three days from now." Wentian smiled faintly.

"It is a good place, indeed suitable for family development. Brother Jianyi, you and I can also be considered kindred spirits. If you encounter difficulties one day, you may come to Horn Mansion City and seek my help."

Wentian cupped his fists and smiled. "Many thanks, Brother Wu."