NOVPUBChapter 896: Chapter 478: Cleaning Up the Battlefield_2 Chapter 896: Chapter 478: Cleaning Up the Battlefield_2 To avoid causing conflict, they had agreed to the Lin Family and Chen Clan members’ request to jointly take over the property and the treasured land.
However, the clan members dispatched by both the Lin Family and the Chen Clan had to do their part and confront the resisting Golden Sword Sect disciples.
Regarding this issue, Lin Tianming did not object, because he was very clear in his mind that if the Lin Family wanted to gain sufficient benefits, they should also bear certain risks.
Thus, Lin Tianming also agreed to this, and made arrangements for after Lin Shikang’s return to the family, to immediately send clan members to the Golden Sword Mountain territory.
It was foreseeable that in the next one to two years, the Lin Family members would join forces with disciples from two other sects and clans, responsible for wiping out the remnants of the Golden Sword Sect, as well as capturing the spirit lands guarded by Golden Sword Sect disciples.
As this matter was settled, Lin Tianming and the rest of the Golden Core cultivators began to get busy, starting with a cleanup of the battlefield here.
Lin Tianming also collected his own spoils of war, namely the carcass of the Variegated Crystal Beast he had killed alone.
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As for the storage bags and magical treasures, these treasures obtained from those cultivators they had killed together, were temporarily managed by Zhou Yunxiao and Lu Xingfeng.
Once everything had settled down, they would be uniformly distributed.
Soon, the battlefield was cleaned up, and everyone gathered together once again.
Immediately after that, following a few polite words, the group began to disperse.
In less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, only Zhou Yunxiao, Lu Xingfeng, and Chen Maohua were left, and they began to advance into the inner part of the Golden Sword Sect.
As for the other participating Golden Core cultivators from the great battle, they each left the area, looking for places to close up and heal their wounds.
Once they had recovered, they would proceed to the various treasured lands of the Golden Sword Sect, to eliminate the fleeing Golden Sword Sect disciples and take over those properties.
However, even if they hurried, this task would need at least a few months’ time before it could be carried out in practice.
And during the initial stage of exterminating the remnants, the main forces would be the disciples from the two major powers, the Zhenyang Sect and Myriad Medicine Valley.
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Within the Golden Sword Mountain Gate.
Following the conclusion of the outer perimeter’s Golden Core battle, the interior was still not peaceful.
At this moment, bursts of explosions were heard from within, accompanied by screams echoing out.
Lin Shikang, Ye Pinghai, and a few others, leading a small group of disciples from the two major forces of the Zhenyang Sect, were swiftly eliminating the Golden Sword Sect cultivators.
Under the leadership of the Golden Core cultivators, those who were merely at the Foundation Establishment stage, or even the Qi Refinement stage, stood no chance against their attacks.
Even with the help of some forbidden defenses, they could not resist for long before they were forcefully broken through and wiped out.
In just half an hour, they had already advanced several dozen miles inward.
Along the way, a great number of corpses lay scattered all over the ground, the earth was already soaked red with blood, and many pavilions and great halls had collapsed.
Such a sight, riddled with holes and in complete ruin, was shocking to behold.
At that moment, Lin Tianming and his group continued to push forward, seeing the tragic scene of bodies everywhere, they could not help but frown.
During this time, occasionally encountering some fleeing Golden Sword Sect disciples, they were quickly eradicated as well.
Before long, the group followed this path and arrived in front of a dojo.
Here, they encountered quite a few people engaged in a one-sided slaughter.
Following their gaze, Lin Shikang and his group were making their moves, eradicating dozens of Golden Sword Sect disciples at this location.
With the cessation of sounds, they stopped for the moment and came before Lin Tianming and the others.
Upon seeing Lin Shikang and the others, Zhou Yunxiao, who was beside them, greeted them first, and then took the initiative to ask a question.
“Lin, how is the cleanup of the remnants and rebels within the Golden Sword Sect going?”
Hearing the inquiry, Lin Shikang clasped his hands together and promptly replied, “The Golden Sword Sect’s interior housed at least several thousand people, of which nearly half have been eliminated by us, and a great majority of those Foundation Establishment cultivators have been almost completely eradicated.”
“As for those cultivators who escaped, most of them were Qi cultivators, and there are still many disciples exterminating them at the outer perimeter, so there shouldn’t be many who have completely escaped!”
Upon hearing Lin Shikang’s report, Zhou Yunxiao and Lu Xingfeng nodded their heads, feeling quite satisfied with this statement.
For upon entering the interior, they had observed carefully and found that they had breached into the Golden Sword Sect’s innermost core areas.
Behind this plaza lay a cluster of buildings, where still remained hundreds of cultivators, the vast majority of whom were at the Foundation Establishment Cultivation level—likely to be core disciples of great importance.
Moreover, the last expanse of grand palaces and lofty towers appeared exceptionally majestic, pulsating with strong prohibition fluctuations.
They estimated that these towers should be some of the most important places of the Golden Sword Sect, like the Scripture Pavilion that stored cultivation techniques, or the institutions for exchanging meritorious deeds.
Along the way, they had witnessed a landscape littered with corpses. Judging by the residual aura of these bodies, many of them were at the Foundation Establishment Stage before they perished.
They used these observable pieces of information to make a judgment, which mostly aligned with what Lin Shikang had described.
Realizing this, Zhou Yunxiao exchanged a few cordial words and then glanced at Lin Tianming.
Seeing this, Lin Tianming also understood their intentions.
He then discreetly communicated with Lin Shikang and Ye Pinghai, sharing the details of the discussion he had with Zhou Yunxiao and the others.
At the same time, Lin Tianming also emphasized the Lin Family’s arrangements, instructing Lin Shikang and Ye Pinghai to return to their clan first and to promptly dispatch Foundation Establishment Clan Members to the Golden Sword Sect’s territory to cooperate with exterminating the remnants.
In addition to this, another critical point was ensuring that their clan members supervised the process to guarantee that the benefits the Lin Family was entitled to were not overly compromised.
Upon receiving the news from Lin Tianming’s transmission, Lin Shikang was brimming with excitement, very satisfied with how Lin Tianming handled matters.
Lin Shikang gave out a few instructions and, after greeting Zhou Yunxiao and others, expressed his intention to take his leave.
Subsequently, under Lin Tianming’s watchful gaze, Lin Shikang and Ye Pinghai departed from the plaza together.
Carrying feelings of excitement, Lin Shikang and his companion hastened out of the Golden Sword Sect’s domain onto the road back to their clan.
As for Lin Tianming, he now stood shoulder to shoulder with Zhou Yunxiao and others.
At this moment, they gazed at the vast array of towers and palaces before them, their eyes ablaze with fervor.
Without any surprises, the Golden Sword Sect’s vast wealth was likely gathered in this area.
They understood very well that the treasures within these towers were the foundation of the Golden Sword Sect.
The Golden Sword Sect was among the top-ranking Great Sects of the Wei Kingdom and had a nearly ten-thousand-year lineage, even longer than that of the Zhenyang Sect.
Throughout such a lengthy period, the Golden Sword Sect had always retained a certain overall strength, never declining due to fluctuations.
Any sensible person could see that the Golden Sword Sect must have an incredibly profound foundation.
And after their great efforts, they had finally eradicated the Golden Sword Sect.
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that this thrilling victory had been hard-won.
Now, the time had come to seek out the Golden Sword Sect’s wealth; by scouring the treasure vault and the various large-scale institutions, as well as the Spiritual Medicine Gardens, they were bound to acquire an immense fortune.
Under such temptation, the few present were eager to begin, clearly growing impatient.
At this time, Zhou Yunxiao laughed heartily and then proposed, “Hehe… Fellow Daoists, shouldn’t we make our move now?”
Hearing these words, Lu Xingfeng also calmed down from his excitement.
He then responded, “The treasure is right before our eyes; indeed, it’s time to take action!”
“In my opinion, we should first break the prohibitions around these palaces and eliminate any remaining disciples; then we can start plundering this area.”
“As for the other Spiritual Medicine Gardens and that important Treasure Vault, we can search for them later!”
“Do Lin and Chen Daoists have any objections?”
Lu Xingfeng looked at Lin Tianming and the others, symbolically asking for their opinions.
“No objections, we’ll leave it to the two of you to decide!”
Lin Tianming and his companion responded, their faces also illuminated with excitement.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunxiao nodded and then said, “Good… Let’s strike together!”
Having said that, Zhou Yunxiao was the first to act, launching an attack on a palace’s external prohibition.
Seeing this, Lu Xingfeng, Lin Tianming, and others were not to be outdone, releasing a barrage of attacks in coordination with Zhou Yunxiao, bombarding the grand hall.
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