Chapter 224 Lei Hou Jun's Foundation Establishment Level 7!

The loyal Guiling welcomed their Lord Wang Yu!

As expected, the city lord's mansion had collapsed by more than half, all due to the late-stage Core Formation cultivator who was sealed in the formation. The dozens of guards left to guard the city lord's mansion had also all died suddenly.

This made Mr. Wang feel a little regretful.

In the ruins of the central district, a large crowd stood outside. When they saw Wang Yu and his group approaching, they all jumped up and shouted in unison, "Congratulations, Lord City Lord, on your successful return!"

Wang Yu: "..."

Old Man Xuanyan joked from the side.

"Young friend, you have quite a reputation in the city."

Wang Yu gave a bitter smile.

“Senior Xuanyan, you overestimate us. They are just scared.”

Yes, they were shocked by the sudden teleportation of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator from the City Lord's Mansion, and with dozens of their comrades dying tragically before their eyes. How could they possibly remain indifferent?

This wave... this wave is forcing people to fight to the death, giving them no time to react.

However, most of those who are not focused are independent cultivators. Among the first batch of teenagers recruited by Wang Yu, they are all young cultivators who grew up here. They have grown up to become a group of outstanding backbone forces.

We can consider starting the process of weeding out the weak and selecting the best to truly cultivate a cultivator army belonging to Guiling City.

Now is a good time to drive away some parasites and let the truly capable people take the lead.

After everyone went up the steps and entered the mansion.

Wang Yu immediately saw three familiar faces, their limbs bound by rocks growing from the ground, their breaths extremely weak, and he could not sense any magic power at all.

Late stage of Core Formation, early stage of Core Formation, early stage of Core Formation.

"Senior Xuan Yan, what do you plan to do with these three?"

"How should we handle this?"

Old Man Xuanyan paused, as if remembering something.

"I am the only one who has come to Guiling this time. You should send a messenger to Youzhou Prefecture to inform Huangquan Temple to send someone over. This is my order."

"For the next period of time, I will be stationed in Guiling. More fellow disciples will also be coming from Yunling Prefecture. Please entertain them well. I will handle all negotiations and matters."

"I understand."

Wang Yu beckoned Xu Ruozhou and ordered him to immediately take charge of the reconstruction of the City Lord's Mansion, starting with building a new residence for Elder Xuanyan.

The cultivators are incredibly efficient at their work, and with the help of some spells, reconstruction work is quite simple. However, if it involves intricate carving of murals, coiled dragons, etc., then it becomes a bit slow.

Emergency situations require emergency measures; let's get it built overnight first.

"By the way, Xu Ruozhou, record the ruins of the City Lord's Mansion and the appearance of the Central District using the recording stone. Make several copies and give one to Senior Xuan Yan."

"And... Qingyang, come here! Write down all the elixirs you used after this injury, and give them to Xu Ruozhou in a note."

Qingyang was taken aback, then realized what she meant and said cautiously, "Is it reasonable for me to use cultivation pills to heal my injuries?"

"Hahaha~, if this city lord says it's reasonable, then it's reasonable. Report it as five times the amount, any more and it will be difficult to ask for compensation."

Everyone: "..."

Xu Ruozhou hurriedly took notes. No wonder the city lord always scolded him for being stupid. It turns out that people can be shameless to this extent. Wasn't the situation in the central district caused by Master Tianshui of Jinmanlou?

Sudden.

Wang Yu, who had just turned around, turned his head back.

"I remember that a group of mortals and several cultivators died in the central district, probably tens of thousands. They were all handed over to Senior Xuan Yan, and the mortals were changed to cultivators, and the cultivators were changed to mortals."

"……yes!"

"yes!!"

After giving detailed instructions, Wang Yu was afraid that his stupid subordinates would waste the opportunity to earn spirit stones. He was currently very poor, but he could get the million spirit stones in the holy offering right away.

He's already gathered allies to patch up this hole, so can he just take it all for himself?

The truth is, it won't work!

Since there are further developments in this matter, and the matter of recovering the sacred offerings cannot be kept secret from the members of the interest alliance, it would be better to return them, do them a favor, and make them easier to control in the future.

Walking alone through the ruins of the city lord's mansion, Wang Yu took out a scroll and planned what it would look like after reconstruction.

“Build a row of alchemy rooms here, create a garden with rare stones and spiritual trees here, construct three palaces here, and so on…”

All expenses for the reconstruction were covered by Huangquan Temple.

That's perfectly reasonable.

When he passed by the former main hall, he quickly went over and used the Xuan Yin Hand to clear out the entrance to the secret chamber.

Fortunately, the cultivation chamber below and the underground second floor constructed of killing intent stone slabs were not severely damaged, otherwise he would have extorted money from the Yellow Springs Temple.

Without wasting any more time wandering around, Wang Yu sat down in the secret room to meditate, refine pills to slowly recover from his injuries, and continued his cultivation without stopping.

To be honest, after going through a life-or-death battle, his self-cultivation speed improved a lot. Although it was temporary, it still made him feel happy.

And so, a month later.

In September of the 25th year of Wang Yu's career as a deacon, the reconstruction of the city lord's mansion was temporarily completed. Although the work was rather rough, at least it was habitable.

Then came the reconstruction work in the central district, where the once-decent city guards were turned into a renovation team.

A large number of cultivators also arrived from Yunling Prefecture City, including more than twenty Core Formation cultivators, hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators, and another Nascent Soul cultivator.

This Nascent Soul cultivator was attracted here by the Elder Xuanyan.

He is Lei Hou Jun, the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Heavenly Corpse Peak, the second peak of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect!

It is said that this person cultivated a peculiar technique, turning himself into a zombie, and even evolving into the extremely rare "Thunder Hou," possessing the potential to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

He was only a little over eight hundred years old, yet he had already cultivated to the seventh level of the Nascent Soul stage!

He is the second most powerful person on Heavenly Corpse Peak, second only to the Three Corpse Daoist. As for the Heavenly Corpse Old Demon mentioned by Elder Xuanyan, he is actually the Lord of Heavenly Corpse Mountain, whose cultivation is only at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage, the same as Xuanyan.

Upon hearing the news of the Thunder Spirit Corpse, Lei Houjun rushed over immediately. To him, this Thunder Spirit Corpse was practically a "fellow clansman," which was quite a shocking situation.

It's extremely bizarre.

Faced with a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Elder Xuanyan had no choice but to agree. In fact, he was willing to offer himself to Lei Houjun, estimating that he would receive a considerable reward in return.

A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator is a completely different concept from an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. The latter would have escaped long ago by leaving their Nascent Soul body, and would still have a sliver of hope if they were in the hands of the former.

Once it comes to a life-or-death struggle, he will be defeated in less than ten moves.

That's how cultivation works; the gap widens as you progress. Sometimes, a difference of just one small realm can create an overwhelming advantage.

Wang Yu had the privilege of meeting this "Lei Hou Jun" once.

The other party presented him with a token engraved with the character "Thunder," a gesture far more sincere than that of Elder Xuanyan. This meant that if Wang Yu committed a crime in the future, he could use this token to save his life.

He treasured it and stored it in his Sea Heart Ring.

As for the negotiations with Huangquan Temple, Wang Yu's cultivation level was too low, so he was of no use other than providing intelligence. He didn't even sit at the negotiating table and left the communication entirely to Elder Xuanyan.

A Nascent Soul cultivator also arrived from Huangquan Temple, along with the culprit, Elder Dizang. The other party's confidence stemmed not only from their strength but also from the support of a major lineage within Huangquan Temple.

An agreement cannot be reached in a short time.

The area around Guiling City is extremely peaceful because the Nascent Soul cultivators of the two dominant forces have gathered there, and even the frequent raids and killings have stopped.

As for [Lei Houjun], after obtaining Lei Ling's corpse, he immediately returned to the mountain gate of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect, showing no intention of participating in the negotiations at all.

If there were a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, it would be easy to reach an agreement. Such a person represents the sect behind them.

Every word and action must be carefully considered, especially when outsiders are present.

These negotiations would escalate into arguments every ten days or so, either concerning Wang Yu's unreasonable demands for compensation or the issue of falsely reporting losses.

They then used the three people who had been arrested as an example to pin the blame on them.

The old man Xuanyan's attitude was very firm.

He kept bringing up the reputation of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect, demanding an explanation from them. This couldn't be settled with just a few million spirit stones; he also wanted a written apology, to be announced to the world.

This is precisely what the Yellow Springs Temple cannot accept.

The two sides have been at odds for so long, through spring and winter, through three seasons, and now they are halfway through the fourth round, still without reaching a conclusion.

However, many compensation amounts have already been agreed upon.

Wang Yu continued with his life, completely unaffected by the negotiations, doing whatever he wanted.

It was a rare period of peace with a powerful figure in charge, and many of his policies were implemented very smoothly, ever since the failure of the Fragrance Gathering.

He then planned to establish a monks' market in the city, just as the central district had become ruins.

They invited monks from all over to stay in Guiling and developed a new cave dwelling rental business.

You should know that the third-tier mid-grade spiritual vein in Guiling City is a spiritual vein environment that is hard to come by for independent cultivators. He and Qingyang can't even use it all, so they might as well plan to rent out a piece as a cave dwelling.

For cultivators to break through to the Core Formation stage, a third-tier spiritual energy environment is essential, as second-tier spiritual veins cannot provide the massive amount of spiritual energy needed for the condensation of the Golden Core and the transformation of life.

Even Wang Yu couldn't avoid this.

The storage space couldn't instantly provide him with enough spiritual energy to break through; he had previously used spirit stones instead in the Black Mountain Demon Land.

These operational strategies are just minor matters.

In early January of his 30th year as a steward, Wang Yu successfully advanced to the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, truly entering the late stage of Foundation Establishment, thanks to the effects of the Two-Pattern Condensing Essence Pill.

This was somewhat different from his initial two-year plan. He had overestimated his cultivation speed and spent the rest of the time refining two more top-grade Ice Spirit Pills.

A total of 552 drops of true essence were added, and he himself increased by 82 drops through cultivation, reaching the highest record in history!

Now that the lake of true essence within his body has condensed, his recovery speed has increased several times, and his upper limit of true essence has reached 2018 drops. He needs to accumulate 4,000 drops to reach the peak of the seventh level.

He had doubled his dose, and had already taken seven Ice Spirit Pills. He needed to find a new formula for cultivation pills, as this one was about to cause a pill barrier.

The breakthrough in his cultivation left Wang Yu feeling refreshed and energetic, giving him much more drive to do things.

That day.

A notice from Elder Xuanyan prompted Wang Yu to rush to the Xuanyan Hall, which had been built specifically for him!

"Wang Yu greets Senior Xuan Yan."

"No need for formalities. Do you remember when I told you to think about how to seek compensation?"

(End of this chapter)