Chapter 642

In the nearly one hundred years, the Su family's strength had increased rapidly. First, because the Su family was a new family, there wasn't so much petty infighting; from the Clan Leader and Elders down to the ordinary disciples, almost everyone was dedicated to the family.

It could be said that with concentrated power, development was naturally extremely easy.

Secondly, it was resources. After taking down the Liuyun Mountain Range, the Su family's resources suddenly became abundant. Coupled with the relationship with the Tainan Chamber of Commerce, there was no shortage of resources needed for Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion.

Naturally, the Su family's strength increased rapidly. The Tainan Chamber of Commerce was a cross-provincial chamber of commerce, and the Su family's spirit stone income had been increasing over the years, so they were naturally not short of spirit stones.

The family disciples' cultivation also progressed quickly.

There were no fewer than eighty Foundation Establishment cultivators alone. Of course, one-sixth of them were outsiders who had joined.

After all, the Su family was powerful, and some Foundation Establishment loose cultivators, seeing this situation, were also willing to join the Su family.

As for Purple Mansion stage cultivators, the Su family's own clan already had three: the Su Clan Leader, the Great Elder, and one Elder of the Shao generation.

There were four Purple Mansion stage cultivators from the outside, all coming from Jinguang's hunting squad.

Two of them were original Purple Mansion cultivators, and two were originally Foundation Establishment cultivators who had later promoted.

After all, the Su family's foundation was insufficient. Although there were many Foundation Establishment cultivators, most of them had been newly promoted in the last few decades, so those Purple Mansion treasures could only be cheapened for Jinguang's hunting squad.

But fortunately, these people had all joined the Su family sincerely.

They weren't fools. The Su family itself was powerful, and behind the Su family was an Alchemy Master who was also a Golden Core cultivator, and they had a relationship with the Tainan Chamber of Commerce. Joining such a force was much better than fighting alone.

Plus, the Su family had the Taihe lineage as external aid, and the Bai family. With the three parties united, except for the most powerful Golden Core strength being a bit inferior to the Yunyang Sect, the other strengths were not much worse than the Yunyang Sect.

Together, the three parties had more than a dozen Purple Mansion stage cultivators and over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators.

As for Qi Refining cultivators, they were indeed inferior to the Yunyang Sect, but Qi Refining cultivators were considered cannon fodder.

Naturally, they were wary of the Yunyang Sect.

But the Yunyang Sect didn't dare to suppress them either. After all, they couldn't understand the power behind the Su family. Su Fan, who played the role of the Su family's Supreme Elder, was too mysterious. Moreover, the Su family had frequently brought out treasures for opening the Purple Mansion over these years; even the Yunyang Sect couldn't obtain such treasures so frequently.

After all, treasures for opening the Purple Mansion were strategic-level resources in the several countries surrounding Zheng State.

Purple Mansion cultivators were also the mainstay in the several small countries surrounding Zheng State.

Such resources would not be easily leaked out. Although Zheng State also had spirit lands with treasures for opening the Purple Mansion, they would only be born once every few decades or even a hundred years.

Most of the time, they needed to be obtained from other places. The Yunyang Sect had wealth, but sometimes they couldn't buy such resources.

Only the Su family, because of the Tainan Chamber of Commerce, could obtain treasures for opening the Purple Mansion. Such resources were actually nothing when placed in the Tainan Chamber of Commerce; they could only be considered medium-grade.

As long as there were enough spirit stones, the Tainan Chamber of Commerce would sell them. Of course, this was also because of Su Fan.

Otherwise, the Tainan Chamber of Commerce wouldn't care about ordinary Golden Core families or sects at all.

After all, although the Tainan Chamber of Commerce was a chamber of commerce, its own strength was not much worse than the Wu State overlord, the Yuanding Sect.

Even the number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators was higher. It was just because it was a chamber of commerce, and its internal power was not as concentrated as the Yuanding Sect.

For such a behemoth, collecting resources was quite easy, let alone just medium-grade treasures.

And it was precisely by relying on these that the Su family's strength had skyrocketed in the last hundred years.

Coupled with the Liuyun Mountain Range, with the advice provided by Su Fan, the development was much deeper than other mountain ranges, and resources were collected faster.

Over time, other families also began to imitate the Su family. As a result, the Liuyun Mountain Range became increasingly prosperous.

The Zhenzheng Mountain Range began to be developed. Over a hundred large and small spirit veins were developed, and there were no fewer than six thousand disciples in the entire mountain range.

As for the mortal population, it was also nearly ten million.

It could be said that the Liuyun Mountain Range was the most prosperous mountain range outside of the Yunyang Sect's own sect.

Even the Taihe Mountain Range, a holy land for loose cultivators, could not compare. After all, in recent years, the Taihe lineage had also moved to the Liuyun Mountain Range.

The reason for this was that the Su family could bring out many treasures, whether second-tier or third-tier, not only in large quantities but also of extremely high quality.

People in the world of immortal cultivation were not fools. Not to mention immortal cultivation families, those loose cultivators were obviously flocking there even more.

In the past, such resources were firmly controlled by those families and the Yunyang Sect, and rarely leaked out.

Even if they did leak out, those loose cultivators had to pay a great price. Compared to that, the Su family was relatively cheaper.

It was precisely because of this that the Liuyun Mountain Range had become so prosperous today. After all, only when there are people is there a commercial atmosphere!

In addition, the spiritual energy of the Liuyun Mountain Range was also one of the reasons why many loose cultivators chose it. Originally, the Liuyun Mountain Range was only a third-tier spirit vein. Although the spiritual energy was not bad, compared to old-established mountain ranges like the Taihe Mountain Range, it was still somewhat lacking.

But in these decades, the Su family's development, and Su Fan also sent back several heaven and earth spirit roots. The greatest effect of heaven and earth spirit roots was to improve the earth veins and enhance spiritual energy. Of course, some heaven and earth spirit roots produced spirit fruits, which was also a great effect.

However, the spirit roots Su Fan sent back were not of the spirit fruit type; they only improved the earth vein power, which also greatly increased the spiritual energy concentration of the Liuyun Mountain Range.

Moreover, Su Fan also set up a Starlight Essence Extraction Array in the Liuyun Mountain Range. This was a divine technique Su Fan obtained from those gods in the Great Qin world.

By gathering starlight to temper the heaven and earth great veins and improve the earth veins, the Starlight Essence Extraction Array also included an earth vein technique.

Immortal cultivators could practice it, combined with the great array, to improve the earth veins.

Su Fan felt that this great array divine technique was the best secret method he had obtained from the Great Qin world.

Because this technique could assist cultivators in obtaining heaven and earth merit.

After all, this kind of secret method could improve earth veins, and even if practiced to a high level, it could dredge earth veins.

The world of immortal cultivation, having experienced so many years, some earth veins were actually exhausted. After all, cultivators were actually plundering, and there was very little feedback.

Unless it was after death, when one's energy returned to heaven and earth.

But in the end, there was more absorption and less feedback.

And this divine technique array was like giving back to heaven and earth. Those who practiced it could dredge earth veins and let the earth veins recover some vitality, just like those heaven and earth spirit roots absorbing void power.

Although the effect was small, with more people, they could still obtain some heaven and earth merit.

This kind of merit that was beneficial to heaven and earth was actually more important for human cultivators. In the future, when crossing tribulations, the lightning tribulation would also be a bit weaker.