It was already passed noon and the Gu Ji Hung along with the clan members were still busy with their relocation.
Gu Yu Xing was not back from the tunnel exploration and were yet to return.
Gu Lin Fang found a massive advanced grade spirit gathering array at the center of the Manor, apparently it was where clan members held general training.
Unfortunately, the advanced array was damaged and wasn't entirely as functional as a real advanced array.
It was a peak medium grade at best.
All the same, Gu Lin Fang was happy about this. Scattered across the manor were small patches of bamboo forests, it was surprisingly used as decorations for the paths.
Some paper lantern were hanging on poles at strategic angles.
When Gu Lin Fang registered this place as a clan sub base, a complete map was updated for him and it even included the tunnel, unfortunately it only showed the part close to the entrance at the hall.
The second resource the world system informed of, was a spirit garden that was much better than the one he had in the old mansion.
'perfect, now I'll increase my cultivation and the Clan's numbers.' Gu Lin Fang mutters in his heart as he cultivated in the main pavilion,'our number isn't enough for all this properties.'
There was a medium grade spirit gathering array in the main pavilion where Xu Wu Qong used to stay, so he decided to his daily cultivation.
[Ding! You have successfully cultivated for two hours, you have received 30650 experience]
[Name: Gu Lin Fang.
Affiliation: Gu Clan(Upcoming).
Bloodline: Snow Vein Demon snake(Purple).
NPC qualification: Purple rank Elite.
Reputation level: Silver I (locked) (Northern Desert).
Named Subordinates: Gu Yu Xing (Gold III)
{Attributes} +
Occupation: Poison maker lv 5(Primary), Alchemist lv 4(Subsidiary).
Standing: Gu clan Patriarch.
Title: Doting Father.
Cultivation Base Qi: Nascent soul Early stage.
Cultivation Base Body: Auroras Core realm
Cultivation manual: Blood Demon Tao Lv10 (Maxed).
Martial art Techniques : Golden snake sword (Purple), Banshee's footprint(Green) lv 5, Crooked war finger(Orange)Lv 2.
Dao: None
[Traits]
[Personality]
Special equipment: Balki's zombie refining method (Blue) Lv 2.
Nascent soul middle stage realm: (014920/345000)
Experience Pool: (389450)]
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He looked at his status one more time before deciding to level up to the mid stage of Nascent soul realm.
Immediately the wind changed, Gu Lin Fang suddenly let out a deafening roar.
Red blood smoke started emerging from his sweat pores as his body began to heat up.
It was at this moment, he found out that there was a possibility of failure, so he focused his mind.
The red smoke then transformed into a huge Snake head, it shot towards the sky immediately.
Opening it's mouth at the air and began to suck wildly. The air turned frigid as the serpent devoured aura from the heaven.
The surrounding wind became restless as it attracted attention, Gu Yu Xing and Lin Ju had been approaching when this begun, now they were left shocked.
Without delay Yu Xing told Gu Lin Ju to wait as they decided to watch out for anyone who tried to be funny.
'As expected from Lord father, so domineering... breaking through without fear for anyone else' Gu Yu Xing was in awe.
In the blink of an eye, the reddish white serpent devoured all Qi in the air, and the air around the main pavilion suddenly felt stuffy.
The blood in their veins was agitated and seemed subservient to the serpent now glaring at them.
Both parties bowed without delay.
Gu Lin Fang no longer looked like he was in pain, and he now gave off a faint cold feeling as his heart beat seemed to slow down but became more powerful.
When Gu Lin Fang opened his eyes once again, a slight explosion occurred as the air rippled outwards from within the pavilion. He felt a refreshing feeling when he clenched his fist.
Hand wrapped around the his cane, Gu Lin Fang stood up and then struck the other end on the ground, and it began to freeze slowly till he chose to stop.
Crack... crack… crack…
The upper layers of the ground was like glass, creating tearing and cracking sounds as it spread around.
The Duo outside were still in shock until Gu Lin Fang said, "won't the two of you come in?"
Right now Gu Lin Fang was in a good mood, although dangerous, he had been successful.
And to top it off, his bloodline had been improved slightly along with some ability.
Now he could condense the serpent's phantom to help in combat.
He felt flooded with so much power and he suddenly realized how weak he was before.
Each big realm was a giant leap from the previous strengths, At the same time, he was now feeling the shackles that was suppressing the world from going passed the Nascent soul peak stage.
'That must the present level cap' Gu Lin Fang stroked his beards before removing his outer robe.
"Congratulations father! On your successful promotion'.
"Congratulations Lord father! On your successful promotion'
Gu Lin Ju and Gu Yu Xing bowed as they said their congratulations, the smile on their faces could not be hidden.
Seeing their expression, he snorted and said, "this is nothing, it just means I'm one step closer to my former strength".
The eyes of the two youngsters flashed, no one knew what they were thinking.
Gu Lin Fang's eyes continued to glow red and he was once again having trouble controlling it.
In the end, he ignored it for now.
"Lord father, I'm afraid I bring bad news" Gu Yu Xing spoke first as Gu Lin Fang got comfortable in his seat.
At the same time, Gu Ji Hung and Ji Wan gave their salute from outside.
"Come in" Gu Lin Fang nonchalantly respond.
""Congratulations Patriarch Lin!""the two Elders suddenly greets while cupping their fists.
Gu Lin Fang noticed the mode of address had changed, so he smiled at the two without a word, urging them to sit before urging Yu Xing to continue.
"I'm unsure how long the Xu clan had been working on these tunnels but it is spread across most of the inner city, with many paths leading to unknown location.
We were unable to find the remnants" Gu Yu Xing spoke slowly while frowning from time to time.
Gu Lin ju and the other frowned in deep thought, only Gu Lin Fang looked at it differently as he laughed, "looks like Xu Wu Qong was more ambitious than imagined, unfortunately he gave me this big gift".
Everyone looked at him in confusion, 'doesn't this mean we're in trouble?'.
Gu Lin Fang saw their expression and decided to explain, "this is both a blessing and a curse"
"..."
"Imagine being able to use this for business or launching attacks, fine...
I know you are worried about the Xu clan using it against us, but isn't that perfect?" He relaxed his back and added, "we'll make more corpse puppets and hide the in there, according to what you said, there's an intersection that connects all the path.
So if we have a way to alert us when someone uses the intersection, we can immediately attack with the puppets.
We won't be losing any warriors and will only be getting more puppets.
We're bound to win either way".
Gu Yu Xing and Lin Ju's eyes looked like they had heard something interesting but the Elders looked confused
"Corpse?"
"Puppet?"