After the refining process was completed, the group carefully counted the results and found that they had produced a total of 105 Foundation Establishment Pills.
After finishing the count, Elian couldn't help but smile and said, "A great victory indeed. It seems that the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in Bianzhou Region will significantly increase in the next hundred years."
Jiang Linglong also smiled and remarked, "This time, we've made a substantial number of Foundation Establishment Pills. It seems we can lower the price a bit—let's set it at twelve thousand spirit stones per pill."
The group exited the alchemy room and found that the results of the Tianxu Mountain campaign had already been tallied. Jiang Linglong then summoned the Purple Mansion cultivators from the various prominent families.
Not long after, everyone gathered, their faces showing varying degrees of satisfaction.
Elian reviewed his family's contributions and found that the Chen family's achievements were second only to the Xu and Yang families. In fact, due to his and the Patriarch's critical contributions during pivotal moments, their achievements were not far behind those of the Xu and Yang families.
"This great victory is thanks to everyone's efforts," Jiang Linglong said calmly as she looked around. She then shifted the topic.
"Although Bianzhou Region did not lose any Purple Mansion cultivators in this battle, we suffered significant losses among Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators."
"Over four thousand Qi Refining cultivators perished in battle. Tianxu Mountain will provide compensation for this."
"Twenty-six Foundation Establishment cultivators died, accounting for more than 20% of our forces. For each fallen Foundation Establishment cultivator, I will allocate one Foundation Establishment Pill and additional resources equivalent to three thousand spirit stones."
"Once this compensation is distributed, you must ensure that no one targets these families."
Hearing Jiang Linglong's stern warning, everyone nodded, understanding that she would not tolerate any underhanded actions regarding this matter.
Seeing their agreement, Jiang Linglong glanced at Yang Yuanhe and continued, "During this battle, Yang Zhengyuan performed admirably. Now he is gravely injured and has lost his clan's protective treasure."
"So I plan to allocate the Golden Sky Net as compensation. Do any of you have objections?"
After a moment of contemplation, the group agreed with Jiang Linglong's decision.
In this campaign, the Yang family patriarch fought across three battlefields, earning the highest achievements after Tianxu Mountain. However, the Yang family's contributions were only marginally higher than those of the Chen and Xu families.
In both major battles, Elian had been pivotal in breaking through the enemy lines, and the Chen family had slain multiple Purple Mansion demonic beasts, significantly influencing the outcomes.
Similarly, the Xu family made substantial contributions, with Xu Daoyuan achieving repeated victories and Xu Qianyang holding off the Purple-Striped Wolf King for an extended period.
The Yang family's contributions were worth about 320,000 spirit stones, while the Golden Sky Net was valued at over 200,000 spirit stones.
Without further compensation, the Yang family would have little left after claiming the treasure. By offering the Golden Sky Net as additional compensation, Jiang Linglong effectively saved the Yang family 200,000 spirit stones.
After ensuring consensus, Jiang Linglong produced a collection of third-rank treasures and laid them before the group.
"You all contributed greatly in this campaign. Feel free to choose from these treasures."
Seeing the third-rank treasures before them, the group was ecstatic. In this campaign, the families of Bianzhou Region had worked together, led by Jiang Linglong, and managed to slay 20 Purple Mansion demonic beasts.
This effort yielded a total of 23 third-rank treasures—10 of which were from the seven beasts slain by Jiang Linglong, while the rest came from the combined efforts of the others.
Most of these treasures were lower-grade third-rank, with only five being mid-grade third-rank.
Jiang Linglong kept two mid-grade and five lower-grade treasures for her disciples, then offered the remaining 16 treasures for the group to choose from.
The treasures were priced based on their quality: lower-grade third-rank treasures ranged from 30,000 to 50,000 spirit stones, while mid-grade third-rank treasures were priced at 80,000 to 100,000 spirit stones.
Among the mid-grade treasures were the Thunder Tribulation Bead, the flying sword of the Purple-Striped Wolf King, and a water-attributed treasure bottle.
Xu Qianyang, overjoyed, immediately exchanged 230,000 spirit stones for the Purple-Striped Wolf King's flying sword and three lower-grade third-rank treasures. With 60,000 spirit stones remaining, he purchased five Foundation Establishment Pills at the price of 12,000 spirit stones each.
Yang Yuanhe, with 320,000 spirit stones, spent 180,000 to acquire the Thunder Tribulation Bead and the water-attributed bottle. With 140,000 remaining, he opted not to buy lower-grade treasures and instead purchased 11 Foundation Establishment Pills.
Elian calculated that the Chen family's contributions were worth 260,000 spirit stones. He spent 35,000 to obtain the Flaming Heart Piercing Needle for the Patriarch.
He then exchanged 90,000 spirit stones for the Golden Vajra Seal and Vajra Banner, two defensive treasures, with the latter being exceptionally rare. With over 130,000 spirit stones left, he decided to acquire a lower-grade third-rank treasure clock.
This clock, the Kunwu Earth Bell, was once the natal treasure of a Purple Mansion cultivator from Qingyang Sect a century ago. It was an exceptionally powerful defensive treasure. Elian planned to visit Yan Kingdom after the beast tide to acquire a Crystal of Water Essence for trading, as it might prove more valuable than 100,000 spirit stones.
After exchanging for four lower-grade third-rank treasures, only five treasures remained. Elian used his remaining 100,000 spirit stones to purchase eight Foundation Establishment Pills.
Seeing the treasures distributed, Jiang Linglong addressed the group, "After slaying the beasts, we've obtained many materials. I plan to refine a few furnaces of third-rank pills and forge some third-rank treasures."
"If you need anything, you can purchase it through Tianxu Pavilion."
The Xu and Yang Purple Mansion cultivators showed interest. As established Purple Mansion clans, their resources far exceeded those of the Chen family, allowing them to purchase additional third-rank treasures.
Elian, however, showed little interest. The Chen family had far fewer cultivators—less than a tenth of the Xu and Yang families. Acquiring more treasures for them would be futile without the cultivators to wield them.
Instead, he focused on purchasing more Foundation Establishment Pills to increase the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in his clan, which would have a more lasting impact.
He used 36,000 of the Chen family's 40,000 spirit stone reserves to purchase three additional Foundation Establishment Pills from Tianxu Pavilion.
With the treasures distributed and the beast tide chaos concluded, Elian delivered the Foundation Establishment Pills to his clan, allowing the Patriarch to assign them as needed. He then returned to Tianxu Mountain to assist Jiang Linglong in refining third-rank pills and treasures.
By the time they finished processing the materials from the demonic beasts, they realized they had been working tirelessly for nearly half a year.
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