134: peddler

When Hai Dagui attacked the Quan Family, Zhu Yuan and Zhu Haibo simultaneously caused trouble for other Daoist sects. The Saint decree from Huale Palace was extinguished by Zhu Yuan before it even had a chance to be used.

In just seven days, out of the seven first-grade Imperial Daoist sects in the entire Nine Emperor Upper Domain, only two ultimately survived.

Of these two, one was in a reclusive state and had no contact with the outside world; the other Daoist sect did not send anyone to garrison the Tianguan Realm, and naturally, did not trouble the Xu Family.

Therefore, these two families luckily escaped this calamity.

The Xu Family, using extremely bloody and ruthless methods, brought the three Great Emperor Domains under its banner. As soon as the news spread, it shocked the surrounding Great Domains.

No one expected that the Nine Emperor Upper Domain, ranked fifth, would be taken down by a newly rising Family.

And the Xu Family, this previously unknown Family, became the most prominent Family in the Zhengyuan Territory.

However, no one was optimistic about the Xu Family, because this battle had completely offended two Saint families.

For this very reason, the initial progress of the Profound Yellow Pavilion was very slow. The forces in the three Great Emperor Domains and the sixteen Great Domains were all taking a wait-and-see approach. Faced with this situation, Wang Changfeng decisively took action, and after destroying several second-grade Imperial Sects, all the forces became compliant.

Therefore, in just one month, three Profound Yellow Pavilions and two hundred thirty Profound Yellow Prefectures were quickly established.

The Prefects of the Profound Yellow Prefectures were held by Emperors, and the Pavilion Masters of the Profound Yellow Pavilions were held by God-Emperors. Above them was the Xuanhuang Hall, managed by Wang Changfeng and Wang Xuanming.

Of course, the various forces under the command of the institutions established under these circumstances were not convinced, and there were many who harbored ulterior motives.

The two words 'Saint' were like a great mountain pressing down on everyone, difficult to climb and impossible to resist.

During this period, people from the Sun and Liu families also came, demanding an explanation, and even telling the Xu Family to 'bear thorns and ask for punishment' (a Chinese idiom meaning to offer a humble apology), with an extremely arrogant attitude. In this situation, Xu Qing didn't even need to act; Wang Changfeng dealt with the people from both families and threw them out of the Nine Emperor Upper Domain.

Although he knew this act would offend the Sun and Liu families, how could the territory that had been swallowed be easily returned? Moreover, would Xu Qing go to the Saint Domain to offer a humble apology?

And as Xu Qing took down such a large piece of territory, his Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains achievement incorporated these territories into its scope. However, due to the limited size of the territory, the power it could bestow was limited. Currently, he could only receive the power boost of a Heavenly Emperor at Perfection.

However, his Dharma Body had improved. In a Great Domain, he could manifest the power of an Emperor, and in an Emperor Domain, he could manifest the power of a Heavenly Emperor. With his current strength, he was enough to defeat an opponent a whole Great Realm higher.

Similarly, the Family Luck Spirit also reached 376,000 zhang, an increase of 46,000 zhang. Calculating it, one Great Domain contributed 1,000 zhang, and one Emperor Domain contributed 10,000 zhang.

The goal of one million zhang is still a long way off.

In terms of family points, each Emperor Domain could generate 100,000 family points per month. Therefore, Xu Qing now possessed three Emperor Domains, one hundred sixteen Great Domains, thirty Middle Domains, and one thousand one hundred seventy Small Domains.

The monthly point output was 430,700 family points.

However, this time's harvest was more than just that. Of the resources from the five Daoist sects, 20% were rewarded to those who participated in the battle, 50% went to the Xuanhuang Hall, and of the remaining 30%, 20% were deposited into the Treasure Pavilion, and 10% was converted into family points by Xu Qing.

Although it was only 10%, it contained items of Heavenly Emperor rank and above, including a half-step Saint Weapon and a Saint decree. The half-step Saint Weapon was valued at 90,000 family points in the System Mall, and the Saint decree was valued at 100,000.

Actually, a total of three half-step Saint Weapons were captured this time, but Xu Qing gave two of them to be used as the foundation of the Xuanhuang Hall.

This 10% of treasures, converted into family points, amounted to 7.548 million family points. Coupled with the monthly territory income and the remaining original amount, Xu Qing's family points reached 12,226,720 family points.

Twelve million family points seemed like a lot, but it wasn't even enough to raise the cultivation of 10,000 Star Guardians.

Therefore, Xu Qing needed to be very careful with his spending. Currently, the low-end combat power of the Star Guardians didn't need to be upgraded because of the warships produced by the Heavenly Weapon Hall.

However, the mid-range combat power of Emperors and Mystic Sovereigns, as well as the high-end combat power of Heavenly Emperors and God-Emperors, needed to be upgraded.

Therefore, Xu Qing upgraded all eight Law Enforcement Heavenly Generals and forty Family Dark Guards to Peerless God-Emperors, spending 4.08 million family points; the remaining sixty Family Dark Guards were upgraded to Heavenly Emperor Perfection, spending 3 million family points.

As for the hundred commanders, he did not upgrade their cultivation. They were responsible for commanding the Star Guardians, and at this stage, the Star Guardians all relied on warships, so there was no need to upgrade their cultivation for the time being.

With Heavenly Emperor-grade and God-Emperor-grade battleships, their safety would be greatly guaranteed.

In addition, for the cultivation of his Second Uncle and the others, Xu Qing spent another two million family points to exchange for various resources, hoping they could grow rapidly.

Afterward, Xu Qing spent 720,000 to upgrade Xu Ming's ten-person team to the Half-step Saint Realm. During this time, Deng Changyun returned to report on Xu Yuan's situation.

This boy was living a very comfortable life now, becoming an honored guest of the Flying Snow Imperial Dynasty.

That day, they happened to encounter the once-in-a-millennium Prodigy Grand Competition in Ten Thousand Beasts Ancient City. Several Profound Venerable clansmen of the Xu Family entered and participated in this competition, and ultimately, without exception, swept the top five of the Ancient City's competition.

This caused dissatisfaction among several forces in the Ancient City, and after they made a move, the outcome was predictable.

The City Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts Ancient City personally received Xu Yuan and the others, and then recommended them to the Royal City, and soon after to the Imperial City, where they became honored guests of the Imperial Family.

Considering the cultivation of his clan brothers and sisters, Xu Yuan stayed in the Flying Snow Imperial Dynasty to allow them to gain experience.

Xu Qing would not interfere with Xu Yuan's decision, unless he encountered a life-or-death crisis, but that was highly unlikely.

At the same time, the External Affairs Hall was already forming a caravan, led by Xu Song, with Lan Ningbo, ten Peerless God-Emperors, twenty Heavenly Emperor clan guards, and a hundred Divine Venerable clansmen, consisting of three caravans, heading towards Xuanming Lake.

It is understood that Xuanming Lake connects Tianluo Sea and Endless Sea, and borders the Ancient Land of Heavenly Demons, Nanming Divine Continent, Dongxuan Divine Continent, and Central Heaven Divine Continent. Its area is equivalent to one-third of Nanming Divine Continent, making it the largest lake on the Eternal Continent.

Its interior is rich in resources, and it is even rumored that treasures above the Emperor Realm exist in its depths, but few people can enter it because a major Yao Race force—the Xuanming Dragon Palace—exists in its depths.

It is said that this was a force left on the Eternal Continent by the Dragon Clan before they went to the Dragon Realm. It is rumored that a Dragon Emperor once existed there, and because of this, for millions of years, few people have entered its depths.

Firstly, the Dragon Clan is powerful. Secondly, since the Dark Era, the Dragon Clan has not participated in Yao Race affairs and has never fought with the Human Race, maintaining a tacit balance between the two sides.

Apart from the Xuanming Dragon Palace, there are also many Yao Race in Xuanming Lake, but there are also many Human Race forces.

On the vast Xuanming Lake, there are too many islands. These islands are divided into five levels: Immortal Island, Saint Island, Imperial Island, Great Island, and Small Island, according to their area, location, and so on.

The area of some Immortal Islands is even no less than that of a large Saint Domain.

The destination Xu Song wanted to go to was an island under the Tianluo Alliance, a coalition force on the periphery of Xuanming Lake, to conduct trade.

This Tianluo Alliance is a force composed of one Imperial Island, one hundred Great Islands, and over a thousand Small Islands. Its power is considerably stronger than that of the Xuanluo Upper Domain, possessing more than thirty God-Emperor Realm experts.

Because of this, they control many water-attribute Heaven And Earth Treasures, and even water-attribute Yao Beast Materials and Yao Souls.

However, they also lack treasures of other attributes. This time, after collecting resources from the five Daoist sects, Xu Song planned to take them for trade, thereby opening up a trade route.

Although the Xu Family has the Treasure Pavilion and Xu Qing has the System Mall, they cannot just sit back and do nothing, and both have limitations. Through trade, they might obtain more valuable treasures.

In addition, it was also to expand the Xu Family's influence. Military strength alone is not enough; military strength can only make people fear you, but not truly convince you.

This is also a channel for the growth of the Family Luck Spirit.

For the Family Luck Spirit, sometimes even a large territory is useless; the key lies in whether the basic foundation is stable, which is similar to how a Dynasty's rule requires stable livelihoods for its people.