Chapter 229: Huge Reward, Activate the Demon City, and Take Over the Nest

Chapter 229: Huge Reward, Activate the Demon City, and Take Over the Nest

Chapter 229: Huge Reward, Activate the Demon City, and Take Over the Nest

Patriarch Cui said solemnly:

"It's not impossible. The scale of the beast tide in the Hundred Thousand Mountains this time is the largest in history, and the Great Zhou and the sect in the Far West are at war. Maybe the other party wants to take this opportunity to withdraw manpower from the battlefield to relieve the pressure."

"but"

"That's not what we need to consider right now. The insect swarm is in our Huainan Prefecture now. We have to find a way to destroy them as soon as possible before they give birth to a third-level insect king."

Everyone discussed it.

Halfway through the meeting, everyone heard a rapid buzzing sound at the same time. It turned out that the Zhenshi Division had directly issued a conscription order:

"The black beetle that appeared in Huainan Prefecture is a mutated species of the Western Desert Locust, the Taiji Locust, which appeared in our Great Zhou for the first time. All the noble families immediately organized people to take charge of the insect tide near their respective fiefdoms, focusing on killing the second-level Taiji Locust. Every time you kill one, you will receive 50 court merit points."

Compared with the previous reward for killing monsters, it has increased several times.

immediately.

The Zhenshi Division issued another bounty order:

"No matter which family it is, anyone who can come up with an effective method to extinguish the Taiji locust tide will be directly rewarded with 1,000 imperial merit points!"

Change to the past.

Want to obtain one thousand court merit points.

That requires killing one hundred second-level early stage demon generals.

Obviously.

The imperial court responded to the insect outbreak extremely quickly, and it was obvious that they believed that a big reward would attract brave men, and they wanted to quickly resolve the insect outbreak.

After everyone heard the summons.

They glanced at each other, with a hint of excitement in their eyes.

This time the insect swarm broke out.

If they can seize the opportunity, it will undoubtedly be a great chance to accumulate merit points for the court.

The parliament soon dispersed.

Fu Changsheng returned to the secret room.

A presbytery meeting was immediately convened.

Unlike other families, which suffered more or less losses, the Fu family discovered the problem the most promptly and responded very quickly, so the losses were still within an acceptable range.

After everyone has arrived.

Fu Changsheng's eyes fell on Yaoyao first:
"Yaoyao, has Uncle Yu finished engraving the array pattern of the Star-Connecting Tower?"

"Reporting to father, the engraving has been completed. Grandpa Yu is doing the final inspection. If everything is correct, we can activate the Star Receiving Tower and operate the Demon Control City at any time!"

Fu Changsheng had been thinking about discussing who would stay in the fiefdom and who would form a team to kill the Tai Chi locusts, but after hearing what Yaoyao said, he temporarily put aside the conscription order and bounty order from the Zhenshi Division, and planned to wait and see how effective the defense of Yuyao City would be after being activated before making any plans.

He immediately led everyone to the Star-Receiving Tower.

In the tower.

Grandmaster Yu has completed the inspection.

Yu Qingru and Yaoyao, assistants, sat cross-legged on the left and right behind Grandmaster Yu. The three of them made hand gestures and cast spells onto the array patterns engraved on the six star stones. The array patterns were lit up one by one, and medium-grade spirit stones fell into the grooves one by one.

Buzz!
The array patterns on the Star Receiving Tower were quickly lit up.

The array patterns on the entire tower correspond to the positions of countless stars in the sky and are obviously more complicated than the mountain protection array on Luofeng Mountain.

Rumble!
The entire Star-Receiving Tower began to shake violently.

Followed by.

Fu Changsheng suddenly sensed something and looked up, only to see the power of the stars in the sky falling down in the void, directly breaking through the black cloud condensed by the insect tide and converging towards the Star Receiving Tower.

boom!
The rolling power of the stars fell into the Star-Receiving Tower.

Followed by.

However, the cornerstone talisman arrays of the inner city were lit up one by one, followed by the inner city walls. The speed was extremely fast, and in less than half a cup of tea, all the talisman arrays on the outer city walls were also lit up.

Boom! !

The entire Demon-Controlling City.

At this moment, bright starlight burst out.

The starlight penetrated the black clouds of insect swarms, like a lost treasure coming to the world.

The He family, who lived closest to them, saw this scene from afar and were shocked beyond words, watching the power of the stars continuously falling into the Fu family's fiefdom.

The city of the Fu family.

Patriarch He had the good fortune to have been in and out of the Fu family and had seen it from afar a few times. Although he could only get a glimpse of the exterior, it gave him the feeling that it was not a dead city, but a sleeping ancient wild beast.

It took seven years.

Now this ancient beast has fully awakened!

The moment the Demon-Controlling City was activated.

The Tai Chi locusts that were originally wandering around immediately swarmed over, and their long tentacles landed on the protective light shield of the Demon-Defending City.

When everyone in the tower saw this, they felt nervous.

Fu Changli said quickly:

"Master Yu, please quickly activate the magic array of the Demon-Protecting City. These Taiji locusts are evil insects that specialize in devouring spiritual energy. If we are late for a while, the light shield of the Demon-Protecting City will be broken in an instant."

The devouring power of Tai Chi locust.

They are visible to all.

Yaoyao saw Fu Changli's nervous face, but comforted him:
"Uncle San, don't worry. Since Grandpa Yu dared to reduce the protection range of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Array to Yu Yao City, there will definitely be no problem with Yu Yao City's defense."

They put all their efforts into building this, which took seven years.

Everyone heard this.

His doubtful eyes fell on the magic circle shield.

But I saw stars surging above the light shield.

The tentacles of the Tai Chi locusts lying on it tried everywhere, but found that there was no spiritual energy at all, and they separated the huge light shield in disappointment.

The swarm of insects in the sky above the Demon-Defending City suddenly dissipated.

Fu Changli's eyes lit up when he saw it:
"Why did this Taiji locust run away by itself?"

Fu Changsheng's eyes fell on the array plate forged from six pieces of star stone, and he explained:

"The power source of the Demon Control City's formation comes from the power of the stars in the sky. The power of the stars is not included in the five elements of spiritual power. The Taiji locusts cannot be devoured and will naturally leave automatically."

With this remark,
Everyone was stunned.

Grandmaster Yu waved his hands to everyone and said:
"Yaoyao, Miss Qingru and I still need to check the function of the Demon Control City's magic array. You guys should leave first."

For the carefully built Demon-Controlling City.

An unprecedented light flashed in Master Yu’s eyes.

Fu Changsheng led everyone back to the meeting hall of Taiyi Peak, the main peak. As soon as he sat down, a familiar mechanical voice sounded in his mind:
"Ding"

"Your fiefdom has successfully built a demon-controlling city, and you have obtained 2,000 family contribution points!"

two thousand? !
Fu Changsheng was genuinely shocked.

Only those who advance to the ninth-grade family can get so many rewards.

Seeing the family contribution value on the panel suddenly climb to 3,850, Fu Changsheng suddenly felt more confident about the upcoming beast tide.

After everyone took their seats one after another.

Fu Changsheng then spoke:

"The Ministry of World Affairs has issued a conscription order and a bounty order not long ago. All noble families must immediately start to eliminate the insect tides in their fiefdoms, especially the second-level Taiji locusts. This time, if you kill a second-level Taiji locust, you can get 50 imperial merit points. In addition, if you find an effective way to eliminate the Taiji locusts, you will be rewarded with 1,000 imperial merit points!"

Currently.

Their Fu family met all the requirements for promotion to the eighth rank in terms of spirit vein level, foundation-building combat power, and second-rank technician. The only remaining requirements were the court merit points and the appearance of two ninth-rank families in the fiefdom.

And Yu Qingru has brought good news.

Before the insect swarm broke out, another member of the Yu family had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and originally wanted to go to the Zhenshi Division to be identified as a ninth-grade family.

But an insect swarm broke out.

The identification of this ninth-rank family will have to be postponed.

but.

The Yu family’s promotion to the ninth rank is a foregone conclusion.

As long as the Fu family gathers enough merit points from the imperial court and supports another ninth-rank family, they can be promoted to the eighth rank in one fell swoop.

An eighth-grade family would definitely have access to more high-level resources.

If not.

Shangguan Feng and his daughter would not have successively entered the ranks of half-step purple mansion cultivators after the Shangguan family was promoted to the eighth rank.

at the moment.

The outbreak of the beast tide is a great opportunity for them to earn merit points from the imperial court.

After listening to Fu Changsheng's retelling, everyone's eyes lit up, especially Fu Changli:
"Master, these Taiji locusts will devour corpses to advance, but I have observed that they are at their weakest within a dozen breaths of breaking through to the second level. Otherwise, how about we release some of the insect swarm into the city, strangle them and leave one behind, let it devour corpses to upgrade, and then kill it?"

"Fourth sister, your idea is good, but the risk is too high."

Fu Changsheng shook his head:
"We still don't understand how the Taiji locusts reproduce. The outer city of Yuyao City is inhabited by ordinary mortals. If we allow the Taiji locusts to enter and reproduce, the consequences will be disastrous."

Fu Changli heard this.

Thinking of the Taiji locust eggs that appeared overnight, his face changed and he said hurriedly:

"The owner of the house is thoughtful."

Runzhi pondered for a while.

He opened his mouth and said:

"Master, what do you think if we set up a formation in the wild and follow Changli's suggestion?" "Well, this is feasible. We can divide it into three hunting teams and each team will bring a second-level formation master. The court has no regulations on when to wipe out the second-level Taiji locusts. We can take it slowly and not rush. Safety is the most important thing."

Then there is the question of team division.

The three second-level formation masters naturally refer to Grandmaster Yu, Yaoyao and Yu Qingru.

In addition, for the Foundation Establishment clan members, since Fu Molan and Yu Lian were guarding the fiefdom of Pingshan County and the clan land of Anyang County, Fu Changsheng decided to send Fu Yongyi and Fu Changli to guard it. The mountain protection formation in the clan land also used the power of the stars, so there was not much pressure to defend the formation.

As for Runzhi and Fu Changli, they were stationed in their fiefdom in Yunshan County.

Calculate it this way.

Apart from the three formation masters, the only ones left to build the foundation were Fu Changsheng, Rong Ge'er, Ouyang Fei and Liu Meizhen who was in seclusion.

Fu Changsheng pondered and said:

"Once we leave the protective formation, we may be attacked by insect swarms at any time. The Qi Refining Clan members do not need to go out. Among the remaining people, Qingru and I will go together, Ronger and Uncle Yu will go together, and Uncle Fei, you and Yaoyao will go together."

They are all a combination of one strong and one weak.

Naturally, everyone had no problem.

Fu Changli hesitated for a moment, but still spoke:

"Master, can you swap me with Rong Ge'er? When we are in the wild, I can observe and study the Taiji locusts. Maybe I can figure out a way to exterminate them."

This statement came out.

Ouyang Fei immediately seconded the motion:
"Changli, this is a good idea. Rong Ge'er has just broken through the foundation building and has not yet refined his life magic weapon. It is more appropriate for him to stay in the clan to guard the formation."

Ouyang Fei was afraid that the symbiotic beast in Rong'er's body could not be controlled and would run out. It would be bad if it was seen by outsiders. Although he was teaming up with Grandmaster Yu, he was still worried.

"Okay, then let's do as you said, Uncle Fei. Everyone go back and get ready. When Uncle and the others are free, we'll set off."

After the meeting.

Fu Changsheng once again studied the information previously provided by the system.

There is a very useful piece of information in it.

That is a coffin forged from star stone in the Cao family cemetery.

Ever since he had refined the star stone in his hand, the body-tempering technique of "Nine Heavenly Star Art" had been shelved for many years, and his current realm was still at the Flesh Refining Stage.

Want to break through the Purple Palace.

Open up the two major dantians.

Then he must at least practice "Nine Heavens Star Art" to the Tendon Refining Stage. Above the Flesh Refining Stage is the Tendon Refining Stage.

Also.

The Cao family must have been in a hurry when they left to build their foundation. If we explore a bit now, we might find something useful.

It is equivalent to the three masters coming out of the Star-Receiving Tower.

The three groups came together.

Fu Changsheng said:

"Since we are going to lure the Tai Chi locusts into the formation, it is best for our three groups to act separately. Otherwise, if the Tai Chi locusts swarm in all at once, there will be too many of them and the risk will be too high. Before killing the second-order Tai Chi locusts, we'd better get rid of the nearby first-order Tai Chi locusts first. If there is any problem, report it in time."

"clear"

Three groups of people came out of Yuyao City.

In three directions respectively.

He family.

In Huikeyuan.

The four members of the Cao family temporarily settled here.

Cao Xueyang walked in from the door with an anxious look on his face:

"Father, Third Uncle, Sixth Brother, the people of the He family said that Patriarch He is attending the Ninth Rank Family Meeting and cannot get away for the time being."

They originally wanted to ask for help from the He family and send a few more foundation-building people to accompany them back to the fiefdom to rescue the Qi-refining people in the shelter.

But for now.

The He family obviously had no such intention.

Cao Xueyang said with a humming voice:

"Father, there are enough food reserves in the shelter in the fiefdom. It is safer for our people to stay inside than for us to risk bringing them back now."

"I think"

"The most urgent task for our Cao family right now is to determine the selection of the head of the family first. Otherwise, we will have no idea what decrees the court has issued, or what the ninth-rank noble families are discussing."

This statement came out.

The three people's eyes naturally fell on Elder Cao II.

It was obviously agreed that he would inherit the position of head of the family.

Elder Cao II said:

"The Ninth Rank Aristocratic Family must select a new Patriarch and go to the World Suppression Division to confer the title. The distance from the He Family to Wanning Market is too far, and there are too many variables. Let's wait and see what conclusion the Ninth Rank Aristocratic Family Council has."

There was a pause.

Elder Cao sighed:
"Now our clan's spiritual veins and secular clan members have all been destroyed by the insect tide. According to the court's decree, if we want to keep the title of a ninth-grade family, we must cultivate a second-grade spiritual vein and 100,000 people in our fiefdom within ten years."

"Our ancestors sacrificed their lives and shed their blood to build this foundation, but now it has been destroyed in our hands. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles we encounter in the future, we must keep the title of a ninth-rank family."

Cao Xueyang felt a little guilty.

However, he didn't care about his father's worries.
"Father, think about the fact that the Fu family only had four cultivators left, and the highest level of cultivation was only at the third level of Qi Refining. Let's not talk about the Qi Refining people in the shelter for now. Our Cao family only relies on the four of us who are building foundations. It won't take ten years to complete the above two goals. Three to five years will be enough."

Elder Cao San glanced at Cao Xueyang.

Xueyang is still too young.

If it is a peaceful and prosperous era.

Perhaps they still have a chance to achieve their goal in a short time.

But now is the time when a beast tide breaks out. It is unknown how long this beast tide will last, and it is also unknown whether they who are living under the influence of humans can successfully survive the beast tide.

Cao Xueyang wanted to say something else.

But he swallowed the words back when they came to his mouth.

Before them was a shortcut that could easily accomplish the two targets required by the court.

After Patriarch He came out of the Aristocratic Family Council, the guards outside the door reported back:

"Master, after the Cao family learned that you participated in the Aristocratic Family Council, they have come several times to inquire about the news."

Patriarch He narrowed his eyes slightly.

At the Council of Aristocratic Families, after hearing that Fu Changsheng had once warned the Cao family about the insect tide, they became noticeably more wary of the four Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Cao family who had come to seek refuge with them.

Patriarch Cao died in unclear circumstances.

Patriarch He changed his mind.

A decision was made quickly.

He instructed the guards:
"Notify all elders to come to the meeting hall. I'll be back soon after I go to Huike Garden."

"Yes, Master"

Patriarch He dodged several times and soon arrived at Huikeyuan.

Elder Cao was very surprised to see Patriarch He coming in person, and he quickly went to greet him:

"Patriarch He, if you have anything to say, just let the guards pass it on. There is no need to bother you to come here."

Patriarch He made a few polite remarks.

After the five people sat down.

Patriarch He went straight to the point:
"Four fellow Daoists Cao, I have just received an imperial decree. This is undoubtedly good news for you to revive the Cao family."

talking.

Mention the conscription order and the reward order at the same time.

Finally,
"As long as you seize the opportunity of this insect tide and kill a few more second-level Taiji locusts, and accumulate enough imperial merit points, you can exchange them for a second-level spiritual vein from the imperial court."

This way.

Then you will have a place to stay.

Elder Cao Er heard a hint of hidden meaning and said with a folded hand:
"That's exactly what Patriarch He said. In that case, let the four of us discuss this."

"Well, if you want to go out, please let me know at any time."

Patriarch He stood up and left.

Wait until people leave.

The second elder Cao cast a soundproofing spell.

His face darkened:
"The He family is ordering us to leave."

Cao Xueyang heard this and thought that if they really left, how could they occupy the magpie's nest, so he hurriedly said:

"Father, the more this happens, the more we cannot leave the He family's fiefdom. Otherwise, we won't even have a place to rest in the future. Moreover, killing the second-level Taiji locusts seems very tempting, but it is also very dangerous. It is better for us to stay in the He family and wait until this wave of insects passes."

If the He family’s foundation was damaged in this beast tide.

Then it will be more convenient for them to take action.

Elder Cao II pondered for a while and said:

"The He family was able to accept us in times of crisis because of their past friendship. Now our Cao family and the He family are no longer on equal terms, and the He family has no reason to keep us. In this case, we will go to Wanning Market first and inherit the ninth-rank family head before making any plans."

"also"

"We left in a hurry, and it's time to return to the fiefdom."

(End of this chapter)