Ximen Changqing led his army to capture the strongholds occupied by the demon clan and seized a large amount of resources.
At the same time, a large number of newly occupied resource bases are also continuing to produce various resources.
Due to the excessive occupation of resource bases, there is a slight shortage of manpower, especially for those with higher cultivation levels, which is a serious shortage.
In the beginning, at least three Immortal Lord monks were required to guard the Immortal King-level mineral veins. Later, it was changed to one person. If the mineral veins of this level were continued to be occupied, there would not be enough Immortal Lord monks.
In order to solve this problem, the Ximen family increased their efforts in cultivating their clan members and used 90% of the resources captured this time to improve their clan members' strength.
It is fundamental to increase the number of high-level tribesmen. In addition, it also increases the efforts to cultivate talents of Qingling Sect and Jinxuan Sect.
Previously, I only trained a group of Golden Immortal disciples, but too few Immortal Lord disciples were trained. This time I decided to train more Immortal Lord disciples with good character.
At the same time, the two major sects have increased their efforts to recruit new disciples, and a large number of true immortal disciples have entered the two major sects, greatly reducing the pressure on resource extraction.
Whether it is the mineral veins or the fairy plant garden, a large number of low-level monks are needed. This time, there are more newly occupied resource points. The high-level monks are responsible for guarding, and the production work will naturally be left to the low-level disciples.
One year later, five new Immortal King clansmen were born, and they joined Jin Xuan Sect, bringing the number of Immortal King monks in Jin Xuan Sect to six.
At the same time, some people from the Xianzun and Jinxian tribes also joined Jinxuanzong step by step to increase their control over Jinxuanzong.
Later, the Ximen family occupied the demon clan's stronghold and divided into two teams. Ximen Changqing was responsible for leading the Qingling Sect disciples to capture the demon clan's stronghold along the way.
Jin Xuanzong's team was led by the newly promoted Ximen Yunlong.
The two groups of people advance together, and the efficiency of attacking the occupied points increases a lot.
Ximen Changqing is responsible for conquering the strongholds with relatively strong defensive power, while Ximen Yunlong is responsible for the weaker strongholds. They will not provoke any stronghold that has more than ten Immortal Kings stationed there.
In order to facilitate control, the two groups of troops tried to capture strongholds that were close together. After an important stronghold was captured, nearby small strongholds were also captured to connect the city.
If the captured strongholds are all isolated islands, and the surrounding areas are occupied by other large forces, this situation will be very unfavorable.
Even if the progress is slower, we must connect as many strongholds as possible.
Even some True Immortal level mineral veins will be stationed with several True Immortal disciples and deploy a set of Earth Immortal level formations.
With the Ximen Family and Nanli Immortal Sect taking the lead, other surviving sects also began to launch a counterattack against the Monster Clan.
For a time, the demon clan encountered a huge crisis in the Linglong Immortal Domain, and the previous attack had turned into defense.
The demon clan in the southern part of the Immortal Realm abandoned their strongholds on a large scale and rushed to the northern part of the Linglong Immortal Realm to join the demon clan in the north to strengthen their defensive strength.
The sects in the southern region, represented by the Nanli Immortal Sect, are busy seizing and digesting strongholds in the south, and have no more power to develop in other regions.
The Qingling Sect and Jinxuan Sect controlled by the Ximen family are also relatively limited in strength. They have become somewhat unable to achieve their goals through large-scale seizure of points.
Some small strongholds were even attacked by small demon clan troops that collapsed, resulting in the loss of many low-level disciples.
Therefore, with the current strength, the Ximen family has no way to continue to expand and must make every effort to digest the territory it already occupies.
With this large-scale expansion, the spheres of influence of the two major sects have expanded more than a hundred times. As long as the new territory is stabilized, the income will definitely increase by more than a hundred times.
In particular, the occupation of some rare high-level resources allows Ximen Changqing to refine Immortal King Puppet on a large scale, thereby further enhancing the family's strength.
In addition, during this war, the Ximen family enslaved many high-level demon clans and turned them into their immortal pets.
Among them, the Immortal King-level immortal pets owned by the Immortal King tribe were all enslaved by Ximen Changqing. They were all in the early stage of Immortal King strength and were equal to the strength of the tribe.
In order for the tribe to smoothly control these immortal pets of the same level, Ximen Changqing spent a lot of effort.
As for the Immortal King clan members, after possessing the same level of Immortal Pets and Immortal King Puppet, their strength has been greatly improved, and they can fight across levels without any pressure.
There are still dozens of Immortal King Demon Clan imprisoned in Ximen Changqing's Nine Heavens Space. If the clansmen need it, they can be taken out at any time and enslaved by the clansmen.
There is no pressure at all for an Immortal King tribesman to enslave an Immortal King demon tribe.
Fairy pets and puppets complement each other, and their combat power is greatly improved. After all, fairy pets are living beings. When fighting, they do not need to be controlled by their masters at all. They know how to fight by themselves.
With the blessing of the Immortal Pet, the Ximen Family has taken another big step forward in its expansion, and the area under its control has become even larger.
After ten years of accumulation, the new territories controlled by Qingling Sect and Jinxuan Sect have been completely stabilized, and the exploitation of various resources has reached maximum efficiency.
Among them, the income of Qingling Sect increased by 230 times, and the income of Jinxuan Sect also increased by more than 80 times than before the expansion.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Qingling Sect was once an Immortal Lord Sect with a relatively low starting point, while Jinxuan Sect has always been an Immortal King Sect, and its own income is much higher than that of Qingling Sect.
Under the control of the Ximen family, the two sects are basically equal in strength and have formed an alliance. The areas they control are not far from each other and they can support each other when necessary.
After the situation stabilized, the stronghold was never breached again, because as long as someone attacked the stronghold, reinforcements would arrive immediately to eliminate the intruders.
The combined territory of the two major sects exceeds that of most of the Immortal King sects in the southern part of the Linglong Immortal Territory. However, compared with the Nanli Immortal Sect, it is only one-third of the other sect.
There is no way, the Nanli Immortal Sect's foundation is too strong, and there are enough affiliated sects, so the speed of territory expansion will naturally be higher.
After the expansion of many forces, the unclaimed land in the south of Linglong Immortal Domain is no longer available. If you want to expand, you can only attack the territories of other sects.
As the war between humans and monsters has not yet ended, it is naturally not appropriate to attack the same clan. All the major sects are also making every effort to digest the newly acquired territory and enter the development stage.
"The new territory has been consolidated for ten years. If you want to continue to expand in the Linglong Immortal Territory, you can only go in other directions. I think the western part of the Immortal Territory is good. They are basically under the control of the demon clan and can be regarded as invincible.
The land of the Lord.”
In the Patriarch Hall of Huanyue Canyon, Ximen Changqing put forward the suggestion of expansion.
"The west is indeed a good place, but the demon clan has an absolute advantage. It would be too dangerous for us to open up wasteland in the past." Ximen Rende frowned.
He takes the safety of his tribe very seriously and is worried that his tribe will be killed by demons.
Ximen Changqing also has this concern. However, in the southern part of Linglong Fairyland, there is really no territory that can be expanded. If the family wants to become stronger, it needs the support of massive resources, and the expansion cannot stop.
Naturally, the safety of the clan cannot be ignored, so when sending troops to the west this time, Ximen Changqing's idea is to only bring the Immortal King clan members.
"Grandpa, I also know that the west is dangerous, so I plan to lead only a few people from the Immortal King clan there, and first control an Immortal King-level sect in the west.
Then, use this Immortal King-level sect to seize the territory of the Demon Clan step by step. Even if there are casualties, the ones who die will only be outsiders and will have no impact on the clan members."
Ximen Changqing expressed his thoughts. Since the Qingling Sect and Jinxuan Sect can be controlled in the south, there is no problem in controlling another Immortal King-level sect in the west.
In order to avoid attracting attention from others, the best way for the Ximen family to rise is to control more sects and hide the family's strength in each sect.
"Well, this is a good idea. However, the Immortal King Sects in the West have basically been defeated, and many of them have been exterminated. Is it possible to establish an alliance of Immortal King Sects in the West?" Ximen Rende proposed improvements.
Opinion.
Hearing this, Ximen Changqing hurriedly said: "What grandpa said makes sense. This is also a good idea. If possible, a force similar to the Star Reaching Alliance should be formed."
After continuing to discuss the details, the list of personnel for the expedition was finally determined. In addition to the leader Ximen Changqing, there were also Ximen Changyunfei, Ximen Changkong, Ximen Yongxing, Ximen Yongyang, and Ximen Yongsheng.
The six people will gather within three days, and the territory they are stationed at will be replaced by new clansmen. Some stable territories can even be directly handed over to the Immortal Lord clansmen for guarding.
Three days later, six people from Ximen Changqing took a fairy boat, left Huanyue Canyon, and headed straight to the west of Linglong Fairyland.
If they don't take the teleportation array, it will take them about half a year to reach the western part of the Fairyland.
In order to save time, they chose to take several teleportation arrays along the way, and two months later, they arrived in the western part of the Fairyland.
"In front of you is the Manniu Grassland, which has a large number of low-level immortal veins. It was originally a place where low-level disciples of the Manniu Sect cultivated fairy fields. Now, it has become a gathering place for the Manniu Sect and multiple sects."
Ximen Changqing looked at the Manniu Grassland in front of him and let out a sigh.
Before the invasion of the demon clan, the Manniu Sect was a superior Immortal King sect with eighty Immortal King elders, but now, the Manniu Sect only has two early Immortal King elders left.
The loss of Immortal Master disciples also exceeded 80%, with more than 500 Immortal Master disciples left, and there were 8,000 Golden Immortal disciples.
The massive losses of the Immortal King Elders reduced the Manniu Sect to a weak Immortal King Sect.
Some Immortal King sects that originally looked up to the Manniu Sect are now on an equal footing with the Nanniu Sect.
In fact, the sect with three or five Immortal King Elders can already surpass the Manniu Sect.
For example, the Manniu Grassland was originally the territory of the Manniu Sect and had nothing to do with other sects. However, these sects, without the permission of the Manniu Sect, rashly occupied part of the Manniu Grassland area, including those that had been reclaimed.
of fairyland.
In this regard, the Manniu Sect has no good solution. Many of the other sects are under the banner of jointly resisting the demon clan. They want to use the Manniu grassland as a base to counterattack the demon clan at any time. The Manniu Sect can only use the overall situation
As a matter of fact, I acquiesced in the behavior of these sects.
If the eighty immortal king elders of Manniu Sect were still there, these sects with only a few immortal kings would never dare to do this.
And after so many years, the sixteen Immortal King Sects, including the Manniu Sect, have never discussed counterattacking the Monster Clan.
The so-called counterattack against the demon clan is just a slogan. They all know that it is unrealistic, so they will not implement it.
Now that Ximen Changqing has arrived at the Manniu Grassland, he naturally has to do his best to change everything. The counterattack against the demon clan begins with controlling the Manniu Sect.
"Father, there are sixteen Immortal King sects in Manniu Grassland. The total number of Immortal King monks is fifty-six. They are a force that cannot be ignored.
If we use the Manniu Sect as the basis to form an alliance to counterattack the demon clan, I think it will be completely feasible."
Ximen Yongxing spoke with expectant eyes.
"Yes, from the perspective of the Immortal King's combat power, the Manniu Sect is relatively weak, but if we compare the Immortal Monk and the Golden Immortal Monk, the Manniu Sect is the well-deserved number one.
In some other Immortal King sects, there are more Immortal King elders and only two Immortal Lord monks who are over 100, and their background is much weaker than that of Manniu Sect."
Ximen Yunfei opened his mouth and admitted.
"Changqing, when did we take action to enslave the two Immortal King elders of the Manniu Sect?" Ximen Changkong asked straightforwardly.
"Haha! Brother is quite impatient. Don't worry. We'll wait until we figure out the situation of the Manniu Sect first."
Ximen Changqing smiled and told several tribesmen not to worry, they had to understand the situation first to avoid making mistakes.
Soon, Ximen Changqing hid his cultivation and headed to Manniufang City. Five tribesmen opened a hidden cave nearby and just waited for the news.
Manniufang City is a newly built medium-sized city after the Manniu Sect was defeated in the Manniu Grassland. The other fifteen Immortal King Sects also contributed.
Therefore, the benefits of Manniufang City are equally divided among the sixteen forces, and the Manniu Sect can only obtain one-sixteenth of the profits.
As a hastily established trading market, all the buildings in Manniufang City appear to be relatively crude.
This also has an advantage, that is, it is relatively cheap, and many building materials are of true immortal grade.
There is no entry fee required to enter Manniufang City, which is unmatched by many immortal cities.
Of course, the vast majority of monks who enter Manniufang City are disciples of the sixteen Immortal King Sects, so it is a benefit for the disciples to do so without any fees.
Ximen Changqing disguised himself as an immortal monk and successfully entered Manniufang City. Looking at the simple and inferior buildings, he seemed a little uncomfortable.
When did the trading place of the Immortal King Sect become so low-level? Many of the trading cities of the Immortal King Sect look much better than this one.
However, he can also understand that the demon clan may attack at any time. No matter how good the building is, it is of no use. It will be turned into powder after being attacked by the immortal king demon clan.
There are three powerful Immortal Kings in Fang City who come from sixteen Immortal King sects. Outsiders generally don’t know who they are.
Ximen Changqing entered Manniufang City just to inquire about the news. He found a guide and soon arrived at the store opened by Manniu Sect.
He wants to lure out the Immortal King Elder of the Manniu Sect by trading resources. He believes that as long as the benefits are large enough, the other party will definitely become greedy.