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Chapter 847: Chapter 853: Deploy
Ever since the Li family had truly risen to power with sufficient strength, the Green Sea Sect had been keeping a close eye on their activities. As soon as news of the Fourth Order Secret Realm spread, it didn’t take long for them to find out. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝖕𝖚𝖇.𝖈𝔬𝔪
"Fourth Order Secret Realm! No, we must get a share of it!" An Elder exclaimed impatiently at a recently held meeting.
"Exactly! Our Sect has never controlled a Fourth Order Secret Realm, we must not miss this great opportunity! Otherwise, we will become sinners of the Sect!"
Blinded by greed, some Elders also spoke up, hoping that the Sect would send someone to negotiate with the Li family, or even threaten them. In any case, they wanted to be involved by any means necessary and also encouraged other Elders to gain more support.
"The strength of the Li family is not inferior to ours, and mere threats will not make them back down. But is it worth sparking a major conflict with the Li family just for a Fourth Order Secret Realm?"
An Elder said somberly, "Moreover, from the information leaked by the Li family, we can guess that they had discovered and controlled this Fourth Order Secret Realm long ago. Previously, due to insufficient strength, they did not develop it. Now that their strength has greatly increased, they naturally plan to monopolize it."
If it were a newly emerged Fourth Order Secret Realm, the Green Sea Sect could have sent people over immediately to forcibly intervene, and the Li family wouldn’t have been able to stop them.
Could it really be necessary to engage in a mutually destructive battle? Obviously not, the Li family would have no choice but to grudgingly accept.
However, the current situation was different. The Li family had long controlled the gateway to the Secret Realm, allowing them free access with a Boundary-Arranging Device.
Without any signs of emergence, the Green Sea Sect didn’t even know the location of the Secret Realm. In the vast Boundless Sea, searching for one location was indescribably difficult.
Even if the Green Sea Sect was lucky and soon found the location of the Secret Realm, as long as the Li family used a Magic Artifact to close the gateway, they could only stare at empty air.
"So let go of these unrealistic ideas!"
After speaking, the Elder closed his eyes and feigned sleep in his chair.
Unaware of the internal strife within the Green Sea Sect, miles away the Li family was fervently discussing the Secret Realm, entirely unconcerned with outside news.
"Big brother, are you planning to participate in the pioneering of the Secret Realm?" Li Cheng Shuo curiously asked.
Li Cheng Sheng nodded, "Of course, and even if I were reluctant, the family would assign me tasks anyway."
In the Li family, regardless of one’s cultivation level, facing decisions made jointly by the Clan Leader and the Elders, as long as it benefited the family’s development and wasn’t a foolhardy sacrifice of life, it couldn’t be refused!
Even Zhirui was no exception!
Moreover, this constraint was one that Zhirui himself had enforced on himself and the high-rank family members.
The purpose was simple: to harness more power when faced with situations like pioneering the Secret Realm.
However, the senior members of the Li family seldom forcibly imposed tasks on Nascent Soul members. Rules were rules, but people were still the ones enforcing them, weren’t they?
Of course, the main reason was that the Li family had developed too quickly. Although they had faced several enormous life-and-death crises, they had managed to survive each without the need for high-rank cultivators to intervene.
"You’re right. The family never treats its members unfairly. There will definitely be huge gains from this pioneering."
Li Cheng Shuo said with a face full of anticipation, "Moreover, I heard there are Fourth Order Spirit Fields everywhere in the Secret Realm! Imagine how many Fourth Order Spiritual Objects we can plant! Soon, we’ll have plentiful and abundant cultivation resources!"
With Zhirui, a Fifth-order Alchemy Master, stationed, the Li family actually never lacked Cultivation Elixirs, as they previously had only a few Nascent Soul cultivators.
But now it was different. The family had more and more Nascent Souls, causing a shortage of cultivation resources.
Because the growth period for high-grade medicinal herbs was too long and there had not been many Fourth Order Spirit Fields on Wanxian Island, most of the Precious Pills that the Li family had made had to be bought from external sources.
Regrettably, Xuanfa Pavilion and Southern Edge Commerce Association did not accept Spirit Stones but took Precious Pills in exchange, taking away a lot of their pills.
The remaining Precious Pills were still sufficient for Zhirui’s family of four, with some to spare, but not only was there no surplus now, but each person also had to reduce their share.
The more Nascent Soul cultivators the family had, the more acute the problem of insufficient Spirit Pills became!
In fact, they didn’t know that for Zhirui, Fourth Order Precious Pills were nothing. If he wanted, he could completely meet the current cultivation needs of the family.
But how to explain if he took out so many Precious Pills?
Moreover, Zhirui had already achieved Divine Transformation and having him make Fourth Order Precious Pills was too disruptive to his cultivation.
Training a new Fourth Order Alchemy Master had become an urgent matter.
Li Cheng Sheng nodded in agreement with Li Cheng Shuo’s words. He kept three Spirit Beasts, and they needed a large batch of Cultivation Elixirs, but now the family could no longer provide so many. They had to find a solution.
The emergence of this Fourth Order Secret Realm was just the right opportunity!
High-Rank Spirit Objects have long growth cycles. Waiting for them to mature would already take a century or two.
However, the extensive and spiritually rich environment of the Secret Realm undoubtedly bred many Spirit Objects, sufficient to alleviate short-term pressures.
"Since we’ve decided to join the battle, let’s prepare. Based on the intelligence from the family’s last exploration, the power of the Devil Race in the Secret Realm is not small, and they are quite formidable." Li Cheng Sheng gave further advice before letting Li Cheng Shuo go.
"Big brother! You’re becoming more long-winded!"
After speaking, Li Cheng Shuo hurriedly ran off.
It wasn’t just the brother-sister duo. Inside the Li family, everyone was preparing the Spiritual Objects needed for battle.
Although they would receive a distribution from the family, preparing more was always better, as precaution never hurt. Moreover, facing the purchases from family members, the family not only didn’t raise the prices but further reduced them.
Pioneering a Secret Realm was a very dangerous endeavor, especially as the grade increased, so did the difficulty, and a slight misstep could lead to death.
Though a Fourth Order Secret Realm wasn’t that terrifying, the family members setting out for the pioneering still faced substantial risks, so the family naturally provided ample support to minimize potential casualties.
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After consolidating her realm and emerging from seclusion shortly after, Jiang Fengwu received a request from her family.
"Craft a defensive Fourth Order Great Array?" Fengwu, freshly out of seclusion, was unaware that the family was preparing for the Secret Realm, yet she was quite enthusiastic.
Although Fengwu had now achieved Divine Transformation and was eager to set up Fifth Order Arrays, she also knew that it might not be feasible in the short term.
She had to settle for the next best thing—crafting a Fourth Order Array would still allow her to compare it with the arrays she had crafted before.
And since she had made significant progress in Array Tao after her advancement, this was a perfect opportunity to test her skills.
