NOVPUBChapter 950: Chapter 504: Golden Cores Gather_2 Chapter 950: Chapter 504: Golden Cores Gather_2 “Ancestor, rest assured, we the younger generation will definitely consult with the members of the Lin Family, striving to enhance our own cultivation and gain insights into the Four Arts of Cultivation.”
After speaking, the Chen Clan members also followed Lin Xingzhi’s steps into the Lin Family’s Sect Entrance.
Upon entering the Lin Family Clan Grounds, Lin Xingzhi gave them a guide through some of the basics about the Lin Family, quickly becoming familiar with the numerous Chen Clan members.
Then, Lin Xingzhi settled them into the caves prepared by the family and returned once again to the Sect Entrance Plaza. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
As some days passed,
people from the Zhenyang Sect and Myriad Medicine Valley, including Lu Xingfeng, also arrived one after another.
Lin Xingzhi separately received the cultivators from several forces and arranged for their accommodation based on the family’s plans.
With the arrival of cultivators from the other three major Golden Elixir Forces, the main characters of this assembly were all in place.
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Until this day, inside the Lin Family’s Guest-Receiving Hall,
at this very moment, more than a dozen cultivators had gathered around the round table, chatting idly.
Among these people, there were Lu Xingfeng, Chen Jingtian, and Lan Yu from the Zhenyang Sect,
Zhou Yunxiao and Duan Liangyu from Myriad Medicine Valley,
besides these two major Golden Core powers, the Chen Family was still represented by Chen Maohua, and the Lin Family’s Lin Tianming, Lin Shikang, and Ye Pinghai were three Golden Core Stage cultivators.
Nine Golden Core Stage cultivators gathering together in such a majestic scene, the last time this occurred was during the distribution of interests in the Qingshui Market for the Golden Sword Sect.
And at that time, the presence of these people was essentially unchanged overall.
Now, with the nine Golden Cores reunited, everyone was in peak condition.
In addition, each of the three major Golden Elixir Forces brought some Sect Disciples along with them, the Myriad Medicine Valley and Zhenyang Sect each brought along a hundred elite disciples at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Yingchuan Chen Family also took more than twenty clan members along, totaling over two hundred cultivators above the fifth floor of Foundation Establishment, the majority of whom were at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
Such a force composed of Foundation Establishment Cultivators could handle simple tasks for the Golden Core experts.
After all, the number of Golden Core cultivators was limited, and the journey was far. Plus, with the sizable area of Huangyang Kingdom, they couldn’t possibly handle every small task themselves.
Hence, bringing over two hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators could help them gather intelligence or seal important locations.
However, you can’t bring too many of such cultivators because in the event of a great battle at the Golden Core Stage, despite the large number of these individuals, their threat to Golden Core cultivators is not significant. They could instead become a burden.
With too many people, far from being helpful, they might even impede their actions.
Understanding this, for the trip to Huangyang Kingdom, the major forces planned to travel light.
In case any significant trouble arose, they could also withdraw in a timely manner.
And now, over two hundred elite disciples at the Foundation Establishment Stage were in the Lin Family Clan Grounds, or gathering nearby, waiting.
Only after the high-level Golden Core Stage discussed and decided on a specific action plan would this massive group formally set off on their journey to Huangyang Kingdom.
The day for this had come, and today was the day for the high-level members of all major forces to gather.
Early in the morning, Zhou Yunxiao and the others, led by the Lin Family members, all arrived at the Guest-Receiving Hall.
Here, Lin Tianming and Lin Shikang and others had already been waiting.
As the polite small talk among the cultivators came to an end, Zhou Yunxiao shifted gears and directly brought up the matter at hand.
“Fellow Daoists, now that we are all gathered, let’s get straight to the point.”
“When do we plan to depart, and which Sect’s territory in Huangyang Kingdom are we going to visit first?”
Zhou Yunxiao went straight to the crucial issue as they had already discussed the specifics of their approach in advance.
Now that they had come to the Lin Family, it was merely to assemble everyone.
Now that everyone had arrived and the designated day had come, it was time to prepare for the next step of the plan.
Aware of this, Lu Xingfeng eagerly took up the topic.
“My fellow Daoists, the Luoyun Mountain Range where the Lin Family is located is at the very southern end of Wei Kingdom. This place is closest to the Qingyun Sect, one of the three major Sects in Huangyang Kingdom. I suggest we start by visiting the Qingyun Sect’s territory to explore and gather information.”
“Not bad!”
Lin Tianming was the first to agree, “Besides the basic conditions mentioned by Lu Daoyou, the Qingyun Sect has lost four Golden Core Cultivators in the great battle with Wei Kingdom.”
“Among them, two were at the Mid Stage Golden Core Realm, two at the Early Stage Golden Core Realm.”
“With such a heavy loss, the current Qingyun Sect must have suffered tremendously, and their entire sect’s strength is simply no match for us.”
“Therefore, if we first target the Qingyun Sect, it should be relatively easy to create a breakthrough.”
Hearing Lin Tianming’s words, several people present nodded one after another, obviously in agreement.
After all, the attack of the Qingyun Sect on the Lin Family Clan Grounds, where Xu Zhi and Meng Qingfeng perished, was an incident known to almost everyone in Wei Kingdom.
It was precisely because of this sudden event that the Lin Family emerged from obscurity.
Later on, the Qingyun Sect dispatched two more Golden Core Stage Cultivators to Wei Kingdom to join forces with two other great sects, which ultimately also perished on the battlefield that erupted at the Myriad Medicine Valley Sect Gate.
In just two years, the Qingyun Sect had lost four cultivators with Golden Core Stage combat power.
Such a tremendous loss, even for the peak powers of Myriad Medicine Valley and Zhenyang Sect, would be a devastating blow.
Therefore, even though the strength of Qingyun Sect should not be underestimated, it cannot withstand such a significant loss.
And so, nowadays, Qingyun Sect is indeed in a weakened state, making it an optimal target.
Understanding the importance of these points, Chen Jingtian and others also expressed their stance, agreeing with Lu Xingfeng’s suggestion.
Zhou Yunxiao and Duan Liangyu thought for a moment and also realized the reality before them.
Thus, to ensure greater safety for the entire group in their subsequent journey to Huangyang Kingdom, both of them naturally had no objections.
With the people from Myriad Medicine Valley and Zhenyang Sect reaching a consensus, the matter was as good as settled.
Out of consideration for Chen Maohua’s importance, Lu Xingfeng still asked him if he had any different thoughts.
For this matter, Chen Maohua naturally had no other opinions, especially since he was not against such a plan to begin with.
Since everyone felt this way, Chen Maohua simply analyzed for a few moments, repeatedly emphasizing caution, and then directly confirmed the plan.
With this decision set in stone, the remaining preparations were easy to manage.
Next, they discussed the specifics of their departure time and the rough route to take.
Soon, Zhou Yunxiao took out a map and spread it out on the round table in front of everyone.
At first glance, the map was not small, marking many familiar sects, as well as the locations of some clans.
And this map was a detailed one of Huangyang Kingdom, with such minute detail that it even marked Qi Refining Families.
Seeing this map, even though Lin Tianming had previously paid attention to the basic situation of some major powers, he still examined it closely.
Following his gaze, the most evident were the four great Golden Core Sects, as well as the three major Golden Core Families.
Their main focus, however, was on the situations of the Qingyun Sect, Qingmu Sect, and Forging Sword Valley—these three forces.
After all, it was these three powers that had attacked Wei Kingdom.
Now that they were heading for Huangyang Kingdom, it was mainly to enter the territories of these three forces.
After his examination, according to Zhou Yunxiao and others’ opinions, they were certain to visit Qingyun Sect first.
The Qingyun Sect was located in the northern part of Huangyang Kingdom, adjacent to Whirlwind Mountain Range, which he had visited before.
Crossing over more than twenty mountain ranges southward would take them to the Qingyun Sect’s Sect Entrance plaza, which was in the Qingyun Mountain Range.
Speaking of which, Qingyun Mountain Range was far from Luoyun Mountain Range, with numerous mountain ranges in between, each of which was almost larger than Luoyun Mountain Range.
Therefore, just the journey to Qingyun Sect this time would probably take them nearly a month.
This was an unavoidable predicament, as the remote states of Qingzhou and Jingzhou lacked Teleportation Formations.
Otherwise, they could have used Teleportation Formations to save a significant amount of time.
