"With so many cultivation resources, our family can recruit soldiers and horses."
Han Daobin said excitedly that with the current number of cultivators in the Han family, they could not completely control the sixty-five islands. The best way was to rent them out to provide shelter for cultivators from small families and have them pay tributes regularly.
The Han family has focused its development in recent years on the open sea, and has not had many opportunities. The Han family has some vassals, but their strength is very weak. With the support of the Han family, the Liu family has grown a lot and already has three foundation-building cultivators, but it is still too weak.
With sixty-five islands, the Han family can recruit soldiers and expand their power. Most of the cultivators that the Han family can mobilize now are from the Han family, and there are very few foundation-building cultivators from other families.
"The Lu family has suffered a heavy loss this time, and there might be some unexpected consequences. Changming, don't rush to the outer seas. Stay for a while. Once the situation in the inner seas is stable, it won't be too late to go to the outer seas."
Han Deling suggested that the Lu family had suffered a great loss and might not admit it. In addition, the Han family's territory had expanded, and Han Deling was alone in the inland sea, so the defense was too weak.
"Xin'er should go back to the outer sea first and tell the clan leader about the situation in the inner sea. If possible, transfer Uncle Daojing back and let him heal in the inner sea. At the same time, strengthen the power of the inner sea. If Seventh Aunt wants to go to the outer sea, then transfer Benfu back first."
Han Changming expressed his opinion. Han Deling had been in the inner sea for decades. If she wanted to go to the outer sea for training, then Han Benfu should be transferred back. Han Daojing was injured, so it was just right for him to be transferred back to the inner sea. On the one hand, it would strengthen the family's strength; on the other hand, it would allow him to heal his wounds with peace of mind.
"I don't plan to go to the outer sea for now. I'd better practice hard in the inner sea for a while."
Han Deling shook her head and refused. She originally wanted to go to the outer sea to see the world, but there had been two beast tides in the outer sea within a hundred years, causing heavy casualties among the cultivators. Even veteran Jindan cultivators like Chen Li and Lu Haibin had died at the hands of monsters. She planned to improve her strength before going to the outer sea.
Ye Xin nodded and said, "Okay, I will leave for the outer sea immediately. The outer sea is in urgent need of healing pills, and there are many Jindan cultivators who are asking about my husband's whereabouts. If my husband goes to the outer sea, he will definitely make a lot of money."
Han Changming gave her a few instructions and asked her to leave Huludao and head for the open sea.
"Uncle Daobin, I'll leave the matter of recruiting soldiers to you. We have nearly a hundred islands and our territory has expanded several times. We need quality rather than quantity."
Han Changming suggested that the Han family must expand massively, but they cannot recruit just anyone, as quality is more important than quantity.
Han Daobin nodded and said confidently: "No problem, I'll take care of it. You guys have worked hard on this expedition, take a good rest for a while!"
After returning to Qianyang Courtyard, Han Changming said hello to Ye Xue and came to Bailing Valley.
There were a lot of lush spiritual trees growing in Bailing Valley. As soon as he walked into Bailing Valley, a sharp bird cry was heard, and a crow covered with golden feathers flew towards him. The crow's eyes were golden, and it was the Golden Crow with Golden Pupils.
The wings of the Golden Crow with Golden Eyes were three meters wide when spread out. It flapped its wings constantly, blowing up gusts of hot wind. It had already advanced to the second level and was fed regularly by its tribesmen, so it never starved.
The Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow had been tamed by Han Benmin and became the Han family's guardian bird, but the Tiger Eagle had been unable to advance to the third level and had reached the end of its lifespan, and had already turned into dust.
The potential of the Golden-Eyed Golden Crow is higher than that of the Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow. The Golden-Eyed Golden Crow is only a lower-grade second-level, while the Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow has been promoted to the third level under the careful training of the Han family, and there is a special person to take care of the Golden-Eyed Fire Sparrow.
He took out the Taiyi Hualing Gourd, uncorked it, and poured out ten beast-raising pills, each of which had a pill pattern on it.
According to the agreement, the Han family of Jinjiao Island would sell some beast-breeding pills to the Han family of Ziyue Island every twenty years. This is what Han Wenbin sold to the Han family not long ago. Han Zhangxiang and Han Debiao kept a small portion and sent most of it back to the inland sea.
Han Changming used the Taiyi Hualing Gourd to purify the Beast-raising Pills to medium quality.
The golden-eyed golden crow smelled the strange fragrance of the beast-raising pill, let out a happy neigh, and flapped its wings excitedly.
Han Changming fed it a beast-raising pill, and the golden-eyed golden crow spread its wings and flew high, chirping happily as it flew.
He slapped the spirit beast bag, and the Amethyst Flying Scorpion and Thunder Rhinoceros Insect flew out and landed on the ground.
They circled around Han Changming, making strange hissing sounds from their mouths.
Han Changming fed them each a beast-raising pill, and they were satisfied.
Two colorful phoenix butterflies flew towards Han Changming. They were still lower-grade third-level, but they were larger in size. It was not easy for spirit insects to advance.
Han Changming also fed them each a Beast Breeding Pill, so that he only had five mid-grade Beast Breeding Pills left.
The stone man is not interested in elixirs, but is more interested in rare metal ores.
A loud bird's cry was heard, and the Lingxi peacock flew towards Han Changming. Han Changming had fed it for a period of time before, and it did not reject Han Changming.
Han Changming took out a beast-raising pill and fed it to the Lingxi Peacock, but it was not satisfied and made a shrill chirping sound. Han Changming fed it another beast-raising pill, and the Lingxi Peacock left contentedly, circling in the sky.
Han Changming smiled bitterly in his heart. With them around, no matter how many beast-raising pills he had, they would not be enough.
After flying for a cup of tea, the Lingxi Peacock landed on a huge tree canopy and fell asleep. It was unknown whether it could advance to the third level after refining the medicinal power.
Han Changming asked the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion and the Thunder Rhinoceros Insect not to disturb the Lingxi Peacock, hoping that the Lingxi Peacock could advance to the third level.
Returning to Qianyang Courtyard, Han Changming saw Ye Xue making talismans in the stone pavilion. He did not disturb Ye Xue and walked into the basement.
He sat down cross-legged, took out the alchemy materials and the Green Flame Burning Heaven Furnace, and started to make the elixir.
Before Ye Xin returned to the Inner Sea, she purchased a batch of alchemy materials and transported them back to the Inner Sea for Han Changming to make the alchemy.
During the more than 20 years of his seclusion, Han Zhangxiang and others collected a lot of alchemy materials, and asked Ye Xin to bring them back for Han Changming to make alchemy.
Han Changming pinched his fingers and a spell hit the Green Flame Burning Sky Furnace. A green flame suddenly emerged from the bottom and the temperature in the room rose instantly.
He threw the elixirs into the Green Flame Burning Heaven Furnace one after another, and soon a strong medicinal fragrance filled the air.
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Caixia Island, Chen family.
The door of a secret room suddenly opened, and Han Desheng walked out, emitting a powerful spiritual pressure. He had already cultivated to the great perfection of foundation building and was ready to break through to the Jindan stage.
After decades of recuperation, the Chen family has slowly recovered its vitality. Under Han Desheng's arrangement, his confidants have completely taken control of all important positions in the Chen family.
As long as he advances to the Jindan stage, no one in the Chen family can go against his will. By then, he can do more for the Han family.
In order to form a Dan, one needs a Dan spiritual object. The price of one Dan spiritual object starts from 300,000 spirit stones. The Chen family failed to buy a Dan spiritual object. Han Desheng planned to ask for help from his family. He knew that the number of Dan cultivators in his family was increasing, and they should have mastered the method of refining Dan spiritual objects.
After walking out of the secret room, Han Desheng took out the communication disk, typed in a spell, and ordered: "Yuan Guang, come to my place, we're going out to do something."
"Yes, Patriarch."
Not long after, a short and fat young man in red appeared in front of Han Desheng.
The young man in red is called Chen Yuanguang. He was promoted by Han Desheng and has entered the foundation-building stage.
"Has anything big happened recently?"
Han Desheng asked casually.
"Tinghai Pavilion, the Han family and the Qingyun Sect joined forces to deal with the Taixu Sect and the Lu family, forcing the Lu family and the Taixu Sect to give up part of their territory."
Chen Yuanguang said truthfully.
Han Desheng asked in confusion: "Tinghai Pavilion didn't recruit our family?"
"No, maybe it was for confidentiality, or maybe it was not needed. The war was over in less than two months."
"So that's how it is. Let's go to Kuixing Market! I hope we can purchase some spiritual items to form a dan."
Han Desheng waved his sleeves and took Chen Yuanguang away from Caixia Island.
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Off the coast, Ziyue Island.
In the meeting room, Han Zhangxiang, Han Debiao, Han Daojing and Ye Xin were talking about something.
Ye Xin traveled day and night and arrived at Ziyue Island as quickly as possible. She reported the situation in the inland sea truthfully.
"You did a good job in resolving this matter so quickly."
Han Zhangxiang praised, his face full of satisfaction.
Whenever wars broke out in the Inner Sea in the past, Foundation Establishment cultivators were the main fighting force, and Core Formation cultivators were just there to hold the fort. However, this time was different from the past. After experiencing a large-scale beast tide, each force suffered heavy casualties, and the Han family did not have many Foundation Establishment cultivators, so simply training their clansmen would be enough. The most important point was that this war was not a war of genocide, but just a battle to cut flesh from the Lu family. As long as they taught the Lu family a lesson and gained some benefits, it would be enough.
"Our territory has expanded. It is not enough to have only De Ling as a Jindan cultivator. I need to recuperate. I will go back to the inner sea! Let Chang Ming and Ye Xue come to the outer sea."
Han Daojing's tone was a little weak. He had not fully recovered yet and needed to rest for a while. It just so happened that Neihai needed manpower.
"You go back with Ye Xin. Dao Jing and De Ling will stay in the inner sea, and Chang Ming and his companions will go to the outer sea. In the past few months, there have been many Jindan cultivators coming to visit us. Most of them are here to visit Chang Ming or to ask for medicine."
Han Zhangxiang chuckled and said that many Jindan cultivators were injured in the beast tide and needed elixirs to heal their wounds. Now the price of third-level healing elixirs is rising steadily and the supply is in short supply.
"Okay, we'll leave right away."
Ye Xin and Han Daojing had no objection and agreed without hesitation.
Han Zhangxiang gave them a few instructions and asked them to leave Ziyue Island.
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Tinghai Pavilion, a secluded courtyard.
Han Changshuo sat on a stone bench with a solemn expression. A well-mannered young man in red and a pretty girl in a blue skirt stood in front of him with respectful looks.
The young man in red has a simple and honest face, giving people an impression of being honest. The girl in blue skirt has a pair of big black eyes and a pair of shallow dimples on her face, making her look playful and cute.
The young man in red is called Zhao Zijie. He comes from a family of immortal cultivators. The Zhao family has considerable influence in Tinghai Pavilion. More than 20 members of the family are disciples of Tinghai Pavilion. The Zhao family is an immortal cultivator family within Tinghai Pavilion and does not have its own independent territory. All members of the family are disciples of Tinghai Pavilion.
The girl in the blue skirt is called Yu Xinxin, and her father works in the Law Enforcement Hall.
After Han Changshuo entered the Jindan stage, he began to accept disciples to expand his influence within the sect. There were some things that he still had to leave to his own disciples to handle, and Tinghai Pavilion would no longer be able to recruit Han family members.
"From today on, you will be my disciples. You must practice diligently and bring honor to me, not bring shame to me."
Han Changshuo warned in a heavy tone.
"Yes, Master."
Zhao Zijie and Yu Xinxin agreed in unison, looking excited.
Han Changshuo is a third-rank alchemist. It is their honor to be able to become his disciple.
Han Changshuo nodded with satisfaction, gave them a few instructions, and asked them to leave.
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Huludao, Qianyang Courtyard.
In the basement, Han Changming sat cross-legged on a cushion with the Green Flame Burning Heaven Furnace placed in front of him.
The room was filled with an extremely strong medicinal aroma, which made people feel refreshed.
After a while, Han Changming's magic formula changed, and the green flame at the bottom of the Green Flame Burning Heaven Furnace disappeared. The top cover flew up, and Han Changming stepped forward to take a look. There were fifteen light golden pills inside. The pills were full and looked like golden beans from a distance.
Jinlu Pill is a third-tier healing pill. It is made with the third-tier golden-toothed beast's demon pill as the main ingredient and more than a dozen hundred-year-old spiritual medicines as auxiliary ingredients. It is mainly used to heal external injuries. The materials of the Seven-Star Recovery Pill are all spiritual medicines and have better effects. Han Changming kept all the Seven-Star Recovery Pills for his own use.
Han Changming showed a look of satisfaction on his face and put away the fifteen Golden Dew Pills.
A sound transmission note flew in and landed in front of him.
Han Changming crushed the sound transmission note, and Ye Xue's voice rang out: "Husband, Seventh Aunt said that she has something important to discuss. If you are free, please go to the meeting room."
Han Changming put away the alchemy furnace and alchemy materials and walked out.
Not long after, Han Changming came to the conference room and Han Deling was talking to Han Daobin.
"Changming, Desheng is preparing to reach the Jindan stage and is asking for our help. However, there is only one Jindan spiritual item in our clan. Can you give us another one?"
Han Deling looked at Han Changming with anticipation on her face.
The Chen family has more cultivators than the Han family. If Han Desheng advances to the Jindan stage, he will be able to completely control the Chen family, and it will not be a problem for him to bring the Chen family to join the Han family.
"It's a small matter, no problem."
Han Changming took out a light golden jade bottle and handed it to Han Deling.
Whenever he made elixirs for his family, he would always leave some pills for emergency use, and the golden elixir was no exception.
"Great! With two Jindan spiritual objects, Desheng has a better chance of advancing to the Jindan stage."
Han Deling's face showed joy. She suddenly remembered something and took out a green storage bag. She handed it to Han Changming and said, "Oh, right, these are the poisonous herbs and poisonous pills that the Chen family has collected over the years, as well as two thunder-attributed spiritual medicines."
The Chen family is quite powerful, but they just don't have any Jindan cultivators. After Han Desheng was elected as the head of the Chen family, he has been collecting immortal cultivation resources for the Han family. On the surface, the Chen family is selling these immortal cultivation resources, and Han Desheng personally handles the transactions every time, so it has not aroused suspicion from others.
Han Changming took the storage bag, scanned it with his spiritual sense, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "The Chen family's ability to collect immortal cultivation resources is really great. It is a good thing to let Uncle Desheng control the Chen family. I hope he can advance to the Jindan stage, and then he can do more things."
He took out a golden porcelain bottle, handed it to Han Deling, and said, "Seventh Aunt, this is the Jinlu Pill I just refined, a healing pill, you can keep it for emergency use."
Han Deling had no credit for guarding the inner sea, but she had worked hard. She lacked medical care and medicine, and her cultivation speed was relatively slow. Han Changming remembered her kindness.
Han Deling did not hesitate and accepted the bottle of Jinludan with a smile.
After chatting for a while, Han Changming said goodbye and returned to his residence.