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Chapter 1029: Chapter 983: Cleanup_2
Li Zhirui wondered why he needed to invite various Nascent Soul Powers? Besides genuinely wanting to solve the problem of being ambushed along the way, he also wanted to use this opportunity to completely dispel their suspicions, to prevent them from always sending people to spy and probe.
"Perhaps it could work."
Li Zhirui was not particularly concerned; it was merely a move made in passing. Whether it worked or not didn’t matter, as his family was very strict about guarding the Spirit Stone veins, and there were no issues like leakages of information.
"I and Sheng are taking ten members of the Divine Transformation clan to participate in the purge. During this period, Da Qing, you are in charge of Wanling Island. Be cautious of the Sea Clan and avoid being ambushed," Li Zhirui seriously cautioned.
During his tenure overseeing Wanling Island, the Sea Clan had launched several sneak attacks, but fortunately, everyone was still vigilant, and measures such as the Island Defense Array had been prepared, preventing the Sea Clan from gaining any advantage.
Yet do not underestimate the attacks of the Sea Clan just because they weren’t successful!
It was only because the cultivators were well-prepared in advance, and the Sea Clan possessed an overwhelmingly large population, as numerous as the stars. The cultivators were at a great disadvantage in terms of numbers.
Moreover, this problem would persist until the various families had developed!
"Don’t worry, Jiu. This time, I’ve brought many Spiritual Objects from the main family. If the Sea Clan dares to ambush us, they will regret their actions," Da Qing confidently declared.
Although there weren’t many cultivators on Wanling Island, their strengths were formidable, and they possessed abundant war resources. It was entirely feasible to have a major battle with the Sea Clan!
Seeing their confidence, Li Zhirui refrained from commenting further to avoid dampening their spirits.
Ten days passed in a flash.
Li Zhirui, accompanied by Li Chengsheng and ten individuals from the Divine Transformation clan, arrived at Bull Head Mountain; numerous powers had already assembled before them.
Everyone casually chatted as they waited for other cultivators to arrive.
When the agreed time came, and two powers were still missing, Li Zhirui frowned, "It’s time already; should we continue waiting?"
"They haven’t shown up until now, clearly showing no interest in participating in this purge operation. Why waste time here?" a cultivator immediately objected.
"That’s right, we agreed upon this ten days ago. Their absence signifies their regret."
"Hmph! Just a bunch of opportunists."
Many were dissatisfied with their behavior, disliking those who wanted to reap benefits without contributing, naturally inviting criticism.
"Since that’s the case, let’s set out!" Li Zhirui didn’t say much; he had anticipated this situation, expecting even worse scenarios.
His expectations had been greatly exceeded by only two factions not showing up.
Present were fifty-two Lianxu and over two hundred Divine Transformation cultivators. With such a robust force, they encountered no resistance while clearing the road from Bull Head Mountain to Wanzhu State, effortlessly crushing the Robbing Cultivators and Devil Race, meeting no resistance!
However, in reality, not many Robbing Cultivators were killed; rather, a sizable number of Devil Beasts were, and they took the opportunity to resolve numerous smaller Devil Race forces along the road.
"Damn, these families and sect cultivators have actually allied!"
Since the Robbing Cultivators received the news and immediately fled, hiding until they left.
They didn’t believe the cultivators would persist in clearing the area.
Due to the lengthy path, the purging squad took more than a month to reach their destination on the other side.
"This purge will surely leave some shock in the hearts of the Robbing Cultivators. They likely won’t act for a while, but we can’t discount the possibility of some daring ones."
The cultivator who proposed assembling a large fleet said, "Thus, to ensure the safety of the materials, the best plan is still for everyone to agree on a time to transport the Spiritual Objects together."
"Exactly; on our return, we will pass through various families and sects. Everyone can go back, make the arrangements clear, and then transport according to the previously agreed time."
"Mr. Zhu speaks wisely!"
This was the decision made during the prior discussions but hadn’t communicated properly yet. This opportunity was good for attempting to organize a large fleet for the first time to see how effective it would be.
While passing through Mount Wanxian, Li Zhirui told Li Hongshi about this matter, and informed him of the agreed-upon time.
"Ancestor Rui, this is a great idea! It can significantly alleviate the pressure of transporting resources."
Li Hongshi asked, "During this period, the family has prepared some Spiritual Objects. Do you want to take them with you?"
Li Zhirui shook his head and said, "Currently, the development of Wanling Island doesn’t lack Spiritual Objects, but it severely lacks cultivators. These objects should stay with the family."
Besides, another very important reason for his return this time was to hand over the Spirit Stones mined during this period to the family.
This is the family’s property, and even though Li Zhirui holds an esteemed position within the family, he must still abide by the rules, otherwise, the family would descend into chaos!
Of course, with Li Zhirui’s long list of Contribution Values, he would have more than enough to exchange for these batches of Spirit Stones.
However, he chose not to exchange them because he currently does not need Spirit Stones.
Since he decided to nurture his foundation by slowly absorbing the Essence of Sun and Moon, and thus allowing his prematurely-grown Five Elements Immortal Root to recover, Li Zhirui reduced his use of Precious Pills, hence he does not need to use Spirit Stones to produce too many Spiritual Objects.
Li Hongshi glanced into the storage bag with his Divine Sense, and couldn’t help exclaiming, "Ancestor Rui, these are too many, and their quality is excellent too!"
"Yes, and the deeper the mining, the better the quality of the Spirit Stones extracted, so this vein of Spirit Stone is very important to the family. You must keep this strictly confidential and not let any information leak out, otherwise it would bring disaster to the family!" Li Zhirui admonished.
So far, not many people know about this vein, but there are still hundreds, so confidentiality is extremely important!
However, among these hundreds of people, more than seventy percent are cultivators responsible for controlling the Mining Puppets, and they are heavily protected by Formations.
The others are like Li Chengsheng, Da Qing, Xiaoqing, these high-level family members, who are closely tied to the family’s fate, especially since so far, only Li Zhirui has cultivated the "Earth Spirit Tao Record."
There are also those three Elders, and five Puppet Masters who created the Mining Puppets.
"Ancestor Rui, rest assured, I will arrange for people to keep an eye on those elders who know about the vein."
In the end, it still boils down to the Li family’s lack of strength. If Li Zhirui were an Integration cultivator, with his own powerful combat capabilities, he could openly develop the Spirit Stone vein.
"I’m leaving now, the fleet outside is still waiting."
Everyone was given half an hour to prepare Spiritual Objects, but the Li family had just transported a batch of objects, so there was no need to demand another batch from the main family so soon.
To avoid delaying the fleet’s schedule, Li Zhirui only took a quarter of an hour to discuss some matters with Li Hongshi before returning to the fleet.
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"Damn it!"
Those Robbing Cultivators originally thought the clean-up team had disbanded, so they each returned to ambush on the way to the East Sea, but when they saw those dozens of Cloud Boats, each manned with several Nascent Soul cultivators, they were instantly soaked in cold sweat and immediately fled.
After several days of flying, everyone returned to the Wanxia Sea Domain.
As for this transportation run, everyone was very satisfied, as those Robbing Cultivators were too scared to show themselves!
"The effect is good, we should continue using this method in the future, what do you fellow Daoists think?" Li Zhirui asked.
"Of course!"
Everyone had witnessed the effects with their own eyes, naturally no one would refuse.
"Then see you next time we assemble the fleet!"
Having alleviated a worry in his heart, Li Zhirui returned to Wanling Island contentedly.
But as soon as he approached, he acutely sensed that a great battle had recently erupted on the island!
His face, originally full of smiles, instantly darkened; during their departure, the Sea Clan had actually launched an attack! Without hesitation, he left the Cloud Boat and was the first to fly into the island.
"Da Qing, how is the family’s casualty situation?"
Since Wanling Island still exists, it’s clear that the Sea Clan’s attack was thwarted, but it was still a great battle, and even the Island Defense Array couldn’t prevent casualties.
