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Chapter 867: Chapter 873: The Spark
For Li Zhirui’s proposal, Da Qing and the other two naturally agreed very much.
Although it would be tough during this period, it was always better than Wanxian Island becoming the frontline of the great war after the outbreak.
Who knows whether Wanxian Island would collapse in a war of that magnitude and scale!
It is known that there are not many cultivation forces near the sea because of the great war in ancient times, which caused huge destruction to the nearby sea.
Moreover, after the Sea Clan lost, they destroyed the intact Spirit Veins and resources before retreating, turning the area, which was comparable in size to the east and south continents, into a Spirit-Devoid land!
Even after several thousand years, the spiritual energy in the nearby sea area is still not as good as the mainland, so very few cultivation forces take root here, and if there are any, they are small forces of Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment.
Just like the Li family back then, because it was just a branch aimed at preserving the family’s legacy and not strong enough, they could only establish the family on Da Rong Island.
Thus, creating a chain of islands 3,000 miles away to the east greatly improved the safety of the Li family.
"To be able to finish the island chain as quickly as possible, I think we still need to mobilize the family’s Golden Core members, Third Order Spirit Beasts, and those Mountain Guardian Spirit Beasts," Xiaoqing added.
The Li family had many Mountain Guardian Spirit Beasts, most of which came from the Devil Race of Great Snow Mountain.
In fact, the Li family had been very safe over the years and didn’t really fulfill their so-called mountain-guarding duty.
However, the Li family wasn’t raising them for nothing, being a Beast-Taming Family, they naturally pursued spirit beasts with excellent bloodlines, aptitudes, and all other aspects.
And the grade and aptitude of these mountain guardian spirit beasts were not bad, so they became breeders, providing the Li family with many excellent offspring.
At the same time, they were also attempting cross-breeding ...
Because the Dragon Tribe has a very strong integration ability, their bloodline can merge with most creatures, possibly resulting in beneficial mutations, such as Baxia and Yazi, although they are hybrid Dragon Beasts, they are almost as good as True Dragons.
Of course, up to now, the Li family hadn’t bred many good hybrid Spirit Beasts, not even comparable to the Yang Li Firebird bred by Li Chengsheng before.
And the Third Order Spirit Beasts had spiritual intelligence not worse than cultivators’, even if they had no sense of morality, being forced to do such things was definitely against their will.
Many times, the Li family had to use some small tricks to facilitate these things.
Speaking of which!
"This idea is good, the more people, the faster and better we can establish the island chain," Li Zhirui nodded.
The great war was about to break out, concealing the news from outsiders mainly to stock up on Spiritual Objects before the prices rose, but there was no need to keep it from our own people.
"We must also ask Aunt Fengwu to help see if we can lay the groundwork for the defensive array," Cang also made a suggestion.
Asking the Li family to set up a large-scale array wasn’t really practical, for it required too many resources, and even if the Li family could afford it, they wouldn’t spend it on this.
However, this would provide a basis for the Central Plains cultivators to set up the array.
"We can move a few islands to the front of the chain to facilitate the actions of cultivators: later, create a large island, providing them a place to rest and heal at the rear base."
The four of them discussed and further refined Li Zhirui’s plan.
"The Sea Clan occupies the vast and resource-rich Boundless Sea, with profound and unpredictable strength, their intention this time to reclaim the nearby sea likely indicates they are planning to launch a monumental war," Da Qing remarked solemnly.
"Meet the enemy head-on, block the water with earth!"
Li Zhirui said, "If the human race defeated the Sea Clan in the past, we can certainly do it again now!"
After all, since the Profound Origin Realm leads with Immortal Tao, it means the strength of Immortal Tao is definitely the strongest, there might be some setbacks, but Immortal Tao will ultimately win and then force the Sea Clan to sign a new contract.
While waiting one or two days for Jiang Fengwu to finish his cultivation, Li Zhirui shared about the Sea Clan and the island chain with Li Chengsheng and other Nascent Soul members.
They naturally wouldn’t refuse such a matter concerning the life or death of the family, each making time to move islands.
A few days later, when Jiang Fengwu finished his cultivation, he saw the Communication Talisman previously sent by Li Zhirui, and after reading it, he couldn’t help but sigh, wondering how things had accelerated so fast.
But since it had already happened, the Li family lacked the ability to turn the situation around, they could only act opportunistically while gathering more resources for themselves.
Once Jiang Fengwu came out of seclusion, Li Zhirui and others could start their actions.
From that day, the sky above the Boundless Sea saw an increase in Spirit Light, all from the Li family members moving the islands.
And the island chain was rapidly forming.
Looking down from the sky, this string of islands formed a certain pattern, spread across the sea, facilitating the cultivators who would later set up the array.
Besides creating the island chain, the Li family also organized Loose Cultivators to clear nearby sea areas of Water Devils.
The reason for collaborating with Loose Cultivators was twofold: firstly, the karmic force from slaughtering too many creatures could be borne by them, secondly, tying these Loose Cultivators to the Li family.
The Loose Cultivators who slew the Water Devils had to sell the Spiritual Objects to the Li family, right?
But because too many were bought in a short time, they couldn’t immediately provide that many Spirit Stones, they had to wait until the sale of the Spiritual Objects to pay back the Loose Cultivators.
Just delaying a little, once the great war exploded, there’d be new excuses.
There would definitely be many Loose Cultivators who, out of fear, would flee Wanxian Island, but there would definitely be some who stayed for the Spirit Stones, after all, there is no shortage of people who value money over their lives everywhere.
In less than half a year, a chain of islands spanning over two thousand miles, consisting of hundreds of islands, was completed by Li Zhirui and others working together.
By this time, the atmosphere of the great war had become very clear!
While the Li family was rampantly buying Spiritual Objects, the Xuanfa Pavilion and the Southern Edge Commerce Association, two major business associations, were also temporarily closed but secretly buying Spiritual Objects...
The number of Water Devils in the nearby sea hadn’t decreased after multiple clearances but had grown stronger.
Many smart cultivators had already begun to feel something was wrong.
Timid cultivators fled Wanxian Province, while the daring ones stayed, but more were the opportunistic cultivators.
If the Li family offered enough money to buy lives or other rich rewards, this group of opportunist cultivators would pounce like hungry wolves.
"Ancestor Rui, should we call back the family members stationed in various Spirit Lands of Wanxian Province?"
Li Zhirui shook his head, saying, "No need, let them stay in Wanxian Province. If the situation turns adverse, they would also be the lineage to continue the family."
Over this half-year, the Li family had already selected some family members who would not participate in the war—those children who had been tested for Spiritual Roots in the past three years but hadn’t formally started cultivating had all been sent out from Wanxian Island—along with various resources, spirit beasts, and methods.
If something really happened to Wanxian Island, with these people, plus the family members stationed in various places, and the resources, rebuilding a Nascent Soul Li family would not be a problem.
