Chapter 69: The Three Forces Merge

  At night, Duan Lingkong called Duan Yifeng to the pavilion on the mountain, and the two drank wine while chatting about something.

  "Haha, so that's how it is! Merging, what's there to fear? As long as it benefits us, we'll merge, even if it's a third-rate sect at the bottom!" Duan Yifeng listened to Duan Lingkong's description of the current situation in Luoke Town and immediately felt that this matter could be done.

  "In fact, in the Thousand Yuan Dynasty, many of the third-rate sects are actually pseudo-third-rate sects. Only a few can be considered true third-rate sects, which require at least one Lingyun General to preside over them, apart from having tens of thousands of disciples. Many sects with tens of thousands of disciples but only have a Lingyun Lieutenant presiding over them, superficially called third-rate sects, are actually not qualified and can only be called pseudo-third-rate." Duan Lingkong continued to explain to Duan Yifeng.

  Duan Yifeng thought to himself: "I didn't know that, it turns out there's a fake third-rate sect like this. It reminds me of the fake nuns. I wonder if there are any fake nuns in Lingyun Continent? So it seems that Xue Bang is one of the few true third-rate sects."

  "Hmm, what if there's a power with Lingyun Shuai in charge but only has 4 to 5 thousand people? What would that be considered? A third-rate sect?" Duan Yifeng suddenly thought of the current Hongyan Fortress, which was exactly in this situation.

  "This, this is also considered pseudo-three streams, Lingyun Shuai generally either does not establish power or establishes a large true three-streams sect. Like you said, it's rare for Lingyun Shuai to establish a small force." Duan Lingkong was also uncertain because he had never encountered such a situation.

  "False Three-Flow is also divided into many types, and generally, False Three-Flow must have two Lingyun Generals to preside over it. Among them, only those with low-level Lingyun Generals are considered low-level False Three-Flow, while those with mid-level Lingyun Generals are considered mid-level False Three-Flow, and naturally, those with high-level Lingyun Generals are considered high-level False Three-Flow. The same classification applies to True Three-Flow, which is also divided into high, middle, and low levels."

  "Ah! So, third-rate sects not only distinguish between true and false, but also have three levels of high, middle, and low. This is really a fine distinction!" Duan Yifeng didn't expect there to be so many distinctions, it seems that second-rate and first-rate sects are probably similar as well.

  "Yes, it's a very fine line. The lower-level pseudo-three streams are hard to survive because the mid and high-level pseudo-three streams don't want to see them grow and expand, they will swallow them up, which will greatly increase their power. This is what I'm worried about now, and we also lack skills and divine soldiers, if we really merge, the road ahead will be extremely difficult!" Duan Lingkong said, picking up the wine bottle and taking a big swig directly.

  "Old man! I still have a bit that's not quite clear, now the sects are called something sect, some are called something gate, and some are called something faction. Since they are sects, should they be called sect masters or faction masters or gate masters?" Duan Yifeng was really confused about this.

  "Haha, this one, for example, like a certain Baidu Tieba, it's okay to call the owner or the master, there isn't much fuss about it." Duan Ling Kong chuckled and said, not expecting that Duan Yi Feng would also care about these things.

  "Take these, we're currently in dire need of them." Duan Yi Feng said as he handed over a Lingyun bag to Duan Ling Kun. Inside the bag were the divine weapons they had obtained from Qimiao Pavilion and the medicinal pellets from Danxiang Hall. These items were extremely scarce for Kuangjian Mountain Villa at this point.

  Duan Lingtian took a look and suddenly smiled with joy, never expecting Duan Yifeng to bring back so many good things.

  "Father, what is the highest level of our current cultivation method and martial skills?" Duan Yifeng asked again.

  "Not bad, the highest ones are all low-grade Xuanpin, hehe, for a force like ours to have such a method and martial skills is already not bad." Duan Lingkong said with a very satisfied smile, apparently this was something he took pride in.

  "Hehe, these low and mid-grade skills and techniques are very valuable, so be sure to keep them safe. Don't let anyone who isn't completely trustworthy practice them, I'm sure Father knows what to do?" Duan Yifeng took out several skills and techniques from his spatial ring.

  "Earthly treasure, heavens! How is this possible!? Wind, how did you get it?! Nothing will happen, right?" Duan Lingtian hastily put the items into his own spatial ring and then asked in a low voice. The earthly treasures were extremely rare, yet Duan Yifeng had taken out several of them at once, which made him cautious.

  "This is because I obtained the legacy of a saint in Longyin Abyss, which is my master. Among the things left by Mufeng to Duan Yifeng, there was no Xuanpin, and at worst, it was a low-grade treasure, because Mufeng was an elder-level figure of the largest sect in Nangong, so you can imagine what he left behind."

  "A saint?" Duan Lingtong was somewhat perplexed, he also didn't know if there were saints.

  "Haha, we knew that the highest realm was Lingyun Zizhu before, but now I know that there is actually a Saint behind Lingyun Zizhu, and behind the Saint is the Holy King!" Duan Yifeng explained, if he hadn't met Mu Feng, he wouldn't have known about the existence of Saints either.

  "Ah, it seems I've been narrow-minded indeed. I didn't expect there to be Saints and Holy Kings. No wonder you can bring out top-grade cultivation methods and martial techniques! It turns out you've received the legacy of a top expert on the continent! En, I know what to do now. These things must be kept safe."

  "Now we can merge the Proud Dragon Abyss and the Wind Moon Valley, right? Haha" Duan Yifeng laughed.

  "Well, with these things, it won't take a few years for us to develop rapidly!" Duan Lingtian finally had confidence in becoming a low-level pseudo-third-rate sect after the merger.

  "Great Uncle and Second Uncle seem to have stopped at the peak of High-Level Lingyun Master, they must have encountered a bottleneck. You can give them these two elixirs, which can help them break through to Low-Level Lingyun General. This way, our strength will increase rapidly." Duan Yifeng took out two more elixirs, also left by Murong Feng for him.

  "Haha, now your two uncles will definitely be overjoyed." Duan Lingtian happily accepted the elixir.

  "Tomorrow, send someone to Fengyue Valley and Aolong Spring, tell them about the merger. If they disagree, just attack directly." Duan Yifeng said calmly.

  "Alright, since my son is so bold in his actions, I've also decided to take drastic measures!" Duan Lingkong said firmly.

  The next day, Kuangjian Mountain Villa directly sent people to Fengyue Valley and Aolong Spring.

  Although Fengyue Valley and Aolong Spring did not expect Kuangjian Mountain Villa to suddenly become so powerful, they still agreed to the merger after prior discussion. On the surface, it was a merger, but in reality, it was equivalent to annexation, as Fengyue Valley and Aolong Spring would cease to exist from then on.

  The Kuangjian Mountain Villa has carried out a major rectification of the Fengyue Valley and the Aolongquan, completely dispersing them. Dugu Cai and Wang Aolong were awarded the position of elder. From then on, Luocheng Town was left with only one dominant force, the Kuangjian Mountain Villa, and no other forces could rival it.

  Kuang Jian Manor was renamed Kuang Jian Gate after merging with Feng Yue Valley and Ao Long Quan, and some warriors with poor cultivation and talent in Feng Yue Valley and Ao Long Quan were directly dispersed. Although Kuang Jian Gate gave these people a lot of money, Dugu Cai and Wang Ao Long were not satisfied with this point.

  Of course, when they saw Duan Jian and Duan Sword of the Kuangjian Gate break through to the lower level of Lingyun General on the second day, they no longer had any opinions, but instead were full of confidence in the Kuangjian Gate. Moreover, when Duan Lingkong gave each of them a high-grade yellow artifact divine soldier, the two of them couldn't stop smiling, they had only heard of divine soldiers before, and hadn't even seen one, now that they had one in their hands, they were naturally very excited.