Chapter 304: Post-War Merits

"Clan Leader, has the demon race retreated?"

Facing the praises of the various Elders, Su Fan's expression remained calm and rippleless; he merely smiled with a humble look, and then he asked.

"Indeed, the demon race has retreated."

"We have won."

The Clan Leader smiled and said, but Su Fan saw a hint of lingering fear in the other's eyes.

"This Great War between humans and demons, it only lasted a year and a half?"

Su Fan asked in surprise.

"Haha! Although this great war did not last long, the process was extremely arduous..."

Immediately, the Clan Leader began to explain the process of the great war to everyone.

This explanation lasted for over an hour; the entire process was heart-stopping, and even those present were drenched in sweat as they listened, breaking into a cold sweat for the Clan Leader and the Great Elder.

This great war was likely the most severe one among the several times the demon race had attacked; it was unclear about other cultivation nations.

But in Zheng Guo, a full four Fourth-tier Demon Kings appeared; in the previous few times, there were only three, or even two.

This time, four appeared all at once.

At the beginning, it truly made the cultivators on the front lines of Zheng Guo feel despair.

However, fortunately, the Yunyang Sect finally brought out its trump card.

Lu Lao Zu of the Yunyang Sect unleashed a Fifth-tier magical artifact, single-handedly taking on two Fourth-tier Demon Kings and suppressing them in battle; furthermore, with the help of two Fifth-tier Spirit Talismans, he killed the Golden Back Lion King and severely wounded another, the Iron Feather Eagle King.

He displayed his combat power at the Golden Core Eighth Layer Peak.

At the same time, the Yunyang Sect also had an additional Golden Core Ancestor, a Golden Core Ancestor who had ascended within the last hundred years; it was precisely this Ancestor Hua Peng and another Golden Core Third Layer Ancestor who held off the other two Fourth-tier Demon Kings, allowing Lu Lao Zu to slay that Golden Back Lion King.

With top-tier combat power, the Yunyang Sect gained the upper hand and killed one Fourth-tier Demon King.

As for the Purple Mansion level, although the Yunyang Sect still could not compare to the Third-Rank Demon Beasts in terms of numbers, they managed to block them by relying on the Great Array.

Moreover, relying on the combat power of Ancestor Taihe, who was a Half-step Golden Core, and coordinating with the Yunyang Sect and some Loose Cultivators of the Purple Mansion stage, they launched surprise attacks and killed nearly ten Third-Rank Demon Beasts in succession.

Such heavy casualties naturally made the attacking demon race feel as if they had been struck by a heavy hammer.

After the low-level demon beasts could not break through Taihe Mountain and Wuyuan Mountain, the several great Demon Kings finally retreated, so the battle ended.

In this battle, Zheng Guo could be considered a complete victory.

They killed one Fourth-tier Demon King and thirteen Third-Rank Demon Beasts; as for Second-tier ones, there were even more.

Although many cultivators died during this process, the Yunyang Sect alone lost six Purple Mansion cultivators, among whom four died in battle and two were injured.

Over at the Taihe Mountain Range, one of Ancestor Taihe's Purple Mansion disciples also died.

It was not quite "killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of one's own," but at least it was losing five hundred.

As for the Qi Refining cultivators, the deaths were even higher, especially in the final tragic slaughter, where more than thirty of the Yunyang Sect's Qi Refining cultivators died.

Roughly calculating, in one great war, the number of Qi Refining cultivators lost by Zheng Guo was nearly eighty or ninety.

That was almost half of the Yunyang Sect.

After this battle, the entire strength of Zheng Guo had lost at least one-fifth.

Of course, after this battle, Zheng Guo gained a hundred years of peaceful development, and having killed so many demon beasts, the Yunyang Sect could refine more than ten furnaces of Foundation Establishment Pills in the coming period.

By then, there would be nearly seventy or eighty Foundation Establishment Pills, and the Yunyang Sect would at least have to bring out half of them as rewards.

Although these dozens of Foundation Establishment Pills could not guarantee everyone a successful Foundation Establishment, at least in the next twenty years, there would be dozens of additional Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Of course, with the victory of the great war and the killing of a Golden Core level Demon King, that Demon King's Demon Pill was the greatest harvest of the entire war.

The Demon King's Demon Pill could be refined into a Spirit Pill that assists Purple Mansion cultivators in breaking through to the Golden Core stage; this single pill was enough to increase the success rate of a Purple Mansion cultivator breaking through to the Golden Core stage by ten or twenty percent.

For ordinary Purple Mansion cultivators, the success rate of wanting to break through to the Golden Core stage was at most ten or twenty percent.

Many even had no chance at all.

One could imagine that this Spirit Pill to assist in forming the Golden Core was truly priceless.

At the same time, the great war ended, and humanity won a complete victory; they could even counterattack the demon race—not to mention a full-scale counterattack, at least they could take down two or three more mountain ranges.

By then, the strength of Zheng Guo would increase once again.

One must know that Zheng Guo originally only had three prefectures; over these thousand years, Zheng Guo added two prefectures of land, and even the Taihe Mountain Range was constantly expanding, which would become the third prefecture, Taihe Prefecture.

Taking down a few more Spirit Veins was not a difficult matter for the Yunyang Sect; if Third-tier Upper Grade ones wouldn't do, then they would take Third-tier Lower Grade ones.

"I never thought this great war would be so heart-stopping."

"However, Clan Leader, you and the Great Elder joined forces to kill eight Second-tier Demon Beasts, and you also helped the people of the Taihe Lineage block a Third-tier Demon Beast. What reward will Ancestor Taihe give for these merits?"

The Second Elder's inquiry was what everyone in their hearts wanted to know most.

This time, the Clan Leader also stole the spotlight over at Taihe Mountain; he was definitely the Foundation Establishment First Person.

At least at the Foundation Establishment stage, his merits were incomparable; he single-handedly killed seven Second-tier Demon Beasts, among which three were Second-tier Upper Grade demon beasts.

"Haha!"

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, the Clan Leader laughed a few times and did not keep them in suspense, but said directly: "Ancestor Taihe has already said that when he opens the furnace to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, there will definitely be one Foundation Establishment Pill for our Su Family."

"As for other rewards, they have already been bestowed: three Second-tier magical artifacts, one Third-tier Spirit Talisman, and eight thousand Spirit Stones."

This was all the reward their Su Family received for this great war.

Compared to last time, the Clan Leader obtained more things.

It was only natural; this time the Clan Leader's combat power was stronger, and the military merits he established were naturally greater. Just the fact that he led several Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Taihe Lineage to block a Third-tier Demon Beast, buying a lot of time for several Purple Mansion cultivators of the Taihe Lineage, was a great merit.

"Foundation Establishment Pill!"

Although everyone had thought about it before, hearing the Clan Leader's words now, they still couldn't help but be excited; the younger generation even cheered a little.

Especially those who were under sixty years old and already at the ninth level of Qi Refining, their faces were full of fervor.

If they could obtain this Foundation Establishment Pill, then they would have more than a fifty percent chance of achieving Foundation Establishment.

Who wouldn't want to achieve Foundation Establishment? Once they achieve Foundation Establishment, their lifespan will double.

"Who would have thought Taihe Laozu would be so generous?"

"Clan Leader, next, the Yunyang Sect and Taihe Mountain will surely refine Foundation Establishment Pills in large batches; perhaps our Su Family can purchase another one."

At twenty thousand Spirit Stones per Foundation Establishment Pill, thirty years ago, the Su Family absolutely could not have afforded it, but things are different now.

The Su Family's finances have gradually become more prosperous, with a surplus of over a thousand Spirit Stones each year, and even these past few times they wiped out those Foundation Establishment cultivators, they gained another batch of Spirit Stones.

Therefore, the Great Elder's words made everyone even more excited.

Although there are not enough Spirit Stones in the treasury, the family treasury still has many magical artifacts and the like.

They can sell some, and wanting to raise twenty thousand Spirit Stones is still quite simple.

Everyone present is clear that the family's foundation is becoming increasingly abundant, so hearing the Great Elder's words, they are naturally overjoyed.

"It is not just the Foundation Establishment Pill; the Clan Leader is already at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and is not far from opening the Purple Mansion. We must also help the Clan Leader raise Spirit Stones to purchase spiritual items for opening the Purple Mansion."