X-Dragon Era

After testing their individual changes, Xin Yun and his group began to deal with various matters that had accumulated over the past year. Although most of these matters had already been delegated to Luo Fu, Zixia, and Chu Rui, there were still many issues that required decisions from Xin Yun and the others.

The first stop was Shouyang Mountain Cave Heaven, where they arrived via the Taiji Diagram. Compared to a year ago, the place had undergone a dramatic transformation. Looking around, the huge circular mountain range was covered with dense, terraces of crystal-like energy skulls!

Indeed, up to now, the Sky-opening Axe had been unsealed up to the fourth layer and was making progress toward the fifth. With the fourth layer unsealed, the Netherworld White Bone Banner could now summon 9999 crystal-level skeletons. Although these might still seem insufficient for battle, they were grossly overqualified for mining.

Spiritual Copper was admittedly hard, but the crystal-level skeletons were powerful, easily scooping up head-sized pieces of ore with a single shovel. In one second, a single crystal skeleton could wield its mining shovel three or four times. From this, one could imagine how high and frightful their efficiency was!

The mining output of a single crystal skeleton was terrifying enough, but now there were nearly ten thousand of them here, only one short of the full ten thousand. Every second, they could scoop up thirty to forty thousand head-sized pieces of Spiritual Copper, which was a staggeringly high efficiency that left people dumbfounded!

After the Sky-opening Axe was unsealed to the fourth layer, the Four Great Innate Treasures were also unlocked to the fourth layer. They were now capable of destroying crystal-level experts and posing a threat to amethyst-level experts. Up to this point, the power of these four treasures had finally begun to show itself.

Without a doubt, as long as these Four Great Innate Treasures were used, everyone besides Xin Yun, including Ming Xuan, Yi Luo Xiang, and Yan Qingying, would surely suffer a crushing defeat. The Innate Supreme Treasure unsealed to the fourth layer was not something that any entity of the same rank could withstand; it was a treasure that even sages would have to walk around, let alone mere mortals.

Unfortunately, as formidable as the treasure had become, it still posed no threat to diamond-level experts. Only after unsealing it to the fifth layer could it destroy amethyst-level experts and threaten diamond-level experts.

It could be said that unsealing the fifth layer was the basis for the Sky-opening Axe to begin leveraging its power. However, even though it had now been unsealed to the fourth layer, a significant distance remained to the fifth layer, even after the large amount of gold had been plundered from the Kashi Family. The question that followed was... it was going to be difficult to rob further, as the Golden Family's gold had been exhausted and the other families, despite their wealth, could not possibly possess such a large quantity of gold.

Therefore, Xin Yun's forthcoming plan was crucial. That's right... the bank project led by Chu Rui was vital. Only if the bank project could proceed smoothly might there be a possibility to gather a large amount of gold in the shortest time to repair the fifth layer of the Sky-opening Axe. Once repaired to the fifth layer, the Sky-opening Sect would truly rise to power and be fully capable of facing any challenger.

Although now, through the use of the Blood Killing Technique and the Demonic Dragon Disintegration Technique, a certain level of damage could be inflicted on the major families, strictly speaking, this approach was still rather low-grade, mainly relying on brutality and ferocity to intimidate, without inflicting fundamental damage on the Kashi Family.

For ordinary people, diamond one-star and two-star were already considered very powerful and impressive experts. However, for the Ten Great Families, even for those ranked lower, diamond one-star and two-star were merely for show and not considered core. Ten-star experts represented the true backbone of the family!

Take the Kashi Family, which is currently in conflict with the Sky-opening Sect and ranks seventh, as an example. They have many ten-star diamond-level experts. Over the past two years, the Sky-opening Sect inflicted heavy losses on the Kashi Family, but the losses involved not only money but mostly the elimination of peripheral grassroots forces. The core strength of the Kashi Family remained out of reach for the Sky-opening Sect.

Up to now, the battle with the Kashi Family held no more interest. Aside from eliminating some peripheral members of the Kashi Family, the financial gains were diminishing and could almost be disregarded.

If possible, they really didn't want to continue this fight, but the problem now was that after having robbed the Kashi Family of so much gold and slaughtered so many of their grassroots members, the conflict between the two had become irreconcilable. The struggle would only end with the destruction of one side, and stopping was not an option.

After inspecting the situation in Shouyang Mountain Cave Heaven, Xin Yun and his companions rushed back to the Pot-in-the-Sky. By then, Zixia and Chu Rui had already arrived after hearing the news. When Xin Yun arrived, only Luo Fu had yet to return.

Upon inquiring briefly, Xin Yun received news that filled him with joy. It turned out that after Xin Yun's last retreat, Luo Fu had an epiphany amidst the slaughter, then began his retreat to comprehend the mysteries of the diamond level. As for whether he would succeed or not, there was no doubt. The only thing to look forward to was probably what path Luo Fu would choose in the end.

In the subsequent meeting, Chu Rui reported on the implementation of the bank project. Since all the cities were under strict control of the Kashi Family, all Chu Rui had managed to accomplish was the site selection for the bank and its branches. The houses had been chosen, and extensive advertising had already begun. These were actions not afraid of destruction, but as of now, that was all that could be done. If the bank were really to open, it would certainly be destroyed directly by the Kashi Family. Not only would the money be lost, but the people would not fare well either.