After Shangguan Clan Leader rose, everyone followed suit. Fu Changsheng walked behind Shangguan Hongyu and whispered, "Miss Hongyu, may I first make a trip to the Outer City?"
According to the intelligence:
The Ancestral Temple of the Celestial Dragon Tribe in the Outer City still holds a small amount of demon beast materials.
If we don’t retrieve them this time, there might not be another opportunity. It looks like the Shangguan Family intends to take over this city of the Celestial Dragon Tribe.
"No problem, I’ll inform my father."
Shangguan Hongyu nodded slightly.
They have twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators, while the Niuteng Tribe has only three able to fight. This battle may only require breaking through the Niuteng Tribe’s Mountain Protection Array, after which it would be without suspense.
Moreover.
They are all Qi Cultivators.
They will be the last to step forward.
After thanking her, Fu Changsheng left the Inner City, donned the Invisibility Cloak, and quickly headed toward the Ancestral Temple of the Celestial Dragon Tribe in the south. All the cultivators in the tribe had been exterminated, and only a mere mortal was guarding the Ancestral Temple.
He easily entered the Ancestral Temple.
According to the intelligence, the secret chamber is in the third main room in the rear hall. Pushing the door open, the room looked like a study. After searching around, his gaze fell on the bookshelf.
The neatly arranged books, among which one was inscribed with Inner Region script. Fu Changsheng felt a jolt of joy in his heart and tried to pull out the ancient book.
As he did so, the bookshelf pivoted outward.
An entrance appeared.
To be safe.
Fu Changsheng cast a technique on his Qilin Armor, and specks of red light lit up, forming a protective red light shield around him.
The moment he stepped into the secret chamber.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Accompanied by the sound of cutting through the air, venom-tipped arrows shot towards him, but they clattered against the protective shield of the Qilin Armor and fell limp to the ground.
The protective light shield did not waver.
Fu Changsheng couldn’t help but feel delighted:
"This Tier Two Spiritual Artifact indeed has different defensive power."
Descending the stone steps.
A small room appeared.
On the long table inside were various demon beast materials, all cut from Tier One Demon Beasts, but there were over thirty items.
With so many raw materials.
They were enough for Liu Runzhi to forge a Magical Artifact for each clan member.
Fu Changsheng waved his sleeve and collected all the demon beast materials on the long table into his storage bag.
At this moment.
A familiar voice rang out in his mind:
"Ding"
"You have avenged your deceased clansmen and eliminated a significant hidden danger, earning fifty-eight Clan Contribution Points."
Fu Changsheng felt elated.
This meant.
He could participate in a draw once, in addition to redeeming four pieces of intelligence.
With the battle against the Niuteng Tribe imminent, if he could obtain a useful Magical Artifact, he would have another card up his sleeve.
His mind immediately moved:
"Redeem the draw!"
Buzz!
The panel in his Sea of Divine Sense trembled slightly, a flood of yellow light surged, and as the Clan Contribution Points decreased from fifty-eight to eight, a box suddenly appeared in his sleeve:
"I wonder what I’ve drawn this time."
With some anticipation.
He opened the box.
An ancient-looking flying sword came into view:
"A Flying Sword!"
Fu Changsheng was both surprised and delighted. He had a large-scale attacking Magical Artifact, the Thousand Layers Peak, and a Flying Needle for ambush, but nothing for flexible attacks.
As soon as he touched it.
A stream of information flowed into his Sea of Divine Sense:
"Tier One High-Grade Flying Fish Sword, with an Invisibility Restriction that, when activated, allows the sword to become unseen."
A High-Grade Spiritual Artifact with an invisibility restriction.
This draw indeed feels like a stroke of luck!
Fu Changsheng joyfully imprinted his Spiritual Brand on the Flying Fish Sword.
He continued:
"Redeem intelligence!"
If this intelligence could lead him to a treasure trove like before, it would be great.
Buzz!
The panel trembled slightly.
Yellow light surged.
Then lines of text reflected out:
[1: The Niuteng Tribe’s Mountain Protection Array is an Array-in-Array with a Tier Three Array Master presiding.]
[2: Due to your recent performance, Shangguan Feng is very satisfied with you and plans to list you as a seed candidate for the Celestial Wave Secret Realm twenty years from now.]
[3: The phoenix tree on the Niuteng Tribe’s mountainside is a Blinding Technique concealing their Spirit Medicine Garden, guarded by a Tier Two Demon Beast.]
[4: Shangguan Feng led a team to the Niuteng Tribe’s Treasure Vault and was killed by a master hidden within.]
Celestial Wave Secret Realm?!
Fu Changsheng had never heard of it.
This was the second time the intelligence mentioned it.
If it’s a Secret Realm, it surely contains numerous heaven and earth treasures. Being selected by Shangguan Feng would be an immense honor, but seeing the fourth piece of intelligence, his pupils contracted!
Shangguan Feng actually perished in this battle.
The reason their Fu Family hadn’t been disturbed by the other four Noble Families and Loose Cultivators was Shangguan Feng’s overwhelming presence. If Shangguan Feng were to die, the Fu Family might struggle to develop peacefully.
Especially with the newly arrived Zhang Family, which is an affiliate of Shangguan Hui’s faction. Shangguan Hui and Shangguan Feng have always been at odds; if Shangguan Feng were to die, Shangguan Hui might orchestrate for the Zhang Family to absorb the Fu Family:
"Shangguan Feng must not come to harm!"
Fu Changsheng’s mind raced.
However.
Deciding on the strategy for the war was beyond his place.
"What to do?"
As he mulled over this, Shangguan Hongyu, seeing him stand for a while outside the Ancestral Temple, quickly approached and asked with concern, "Fu Clan Leader, what’s going on?"
Seeing Shangguan Hongyu.
Fu Changsheng’s mind churned, and he immediately had an idea:
"Miss Hongyu, to be honest, while eliminating the ten remnants of the Celestial Dragon Tribe, I found a useful piece of intelligence."
"Wait a moment,"
Shangguan Hongyu’s eyes lit up.
She formed a seal with her right hand.
A Sound Insulation Light Shield enveloped the two of them:
"Fu Clan Leader, you can speak now."
Fu Changsheng glanced around, confirming no one was paying attention to them, and then transmitted, "Miss Hongyu, there’s a hidden Spirit Medicine Garden halfway up the Niuteng Tribe’s mountain. However, it’s reportedly guarded by a Tier Two Demon Beast. I’m afraid the two of us can’t handle it alone. Could you suggest to your father that he strives to be responsible for that section halfway up the mountain?"
Generally speaking.
Mountain resources are usually concentrated in the Treasure Vault.
However.
The treasures in the Treasure Vault are divided among the twelve Foundation Establishment cultivators. Qi Cultivators like them can only hope to pick up scraps. Shangguan Feng being responsible for the mountainside won’t affect his yield.
Shangguan Hongyu responded pleasedly:
"A Spirit Medicine Garden guarded by a Tier Two Demon Beast must have Tier Two Spirit Grass and Spirit Medicine, and given its hidden location, the three of us can privately divide it. My father would surely be happy to!"
"Then I shall trouble Miss Hongyu to convince Elder Feng!"
As long as Shangguan Feng remains alive.
The Fu Family would still have two hundred years to develop.
At the very least.
There’s no worry for the next decade.
Furthermore, he also has a chance to enter the Celestial Wave Secret Realm as indicated by the intelligence.
The two quickened their pace and caught up with the troops ahead.