Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San

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When selecting the settlement, Tang San had carefully considered his options and chose the east side of Jiali City, closer to the direction of the Endless Blue Ocean. With the city itself acting as a shield, even if war were to break out in the future, Jiali City would protect the human settlement.

First, a small town would be established, with plans for urbanization in the future. Temporarily, it was certainly not feasible to allow a large influx of humans into Jiali City, as it would cause too much pushback. However, building a small human town outside the city raised no concerns. After all, the nobles did not believe humans could amount to much.

The Redemption Academy was completely relocated to the small town, and the Redemption Organization sent more teaching staff to join. The leaders of the Redemption Organization were well aware that this would truly be the main base of the Redemption Organization in the future. Having the protection of a main city was far stronger than anything else. There was no longer any need to worry about resources either.

Having completed these foundational tasks, about a whole month had been used up. The transition between the old and new rulers within Jiali City had finally come to a close, and the city had already fully recovered to normal in a short time. Whether the great nobles were loyal to the new patriarch was something only they knew.

However, at least for this past month, Jiali City hadn't encountered any problems, and the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor hadn't returned to cause trouble. Only the accountability report to the Ancestral Court was still a hassle.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Within the Peacock Demon Clan, the elders supported Pretty Girl due to the princess's change of stance. However, they mostly observed from the sidelines. They needed to assess the new leader's abilities.

During this period, the princess kept a low profile, constantly mourning the Peacock Demon King. She only appeared occasionally, but she was often in low spirits.

The younger generation of the Peacock Demon Clan mostly disapproved of Pretty Girl, mainly because she had human blood, which was a serious point of contention within the clan. However, her strength was indeed formidable, and the younger generation could only comply superficially.

Pretty Girl didn't take any particular action against them. Tang San advised her that with the support of the princess, there wouldn't be internal chaos. It was most important to handle external affairs first and then strengthen her own power. Getting through the report to the Ancestral Court was the biggest issue they had to face next.

Thus, while delegating most of the affairs to the two great Deer Demon clans, Pretty Girl also spent more time on her cultivation.

After a month, she had almost completely assimilated the gains from her tribulation, and the residual energy of the lightning tribulation in her body had mostly been digested or absorbed. Her state was stable.

Her cultivation base was actually still at the entry level of God Rank, but her true might was already comparable to that of peak God Rank experts. This was the benefit of undergoing a powerful lightning tribulation. Her bloodline had undergone a significant change after the tribulation, and both the Peacock Transformation and the White Tiger Transformation now included the power of the lightning tribulation, further allowing her to undergo a metamorphosis.

God Rank was a watershed among the strong. The baptism and metamorphosis by the lightning tribulation and the completeness of the bloodline were entirely different. The great changes in Pretty Girl's power were for this reason, not to mention that her lightning tribulation was so unprecedented.

Tang San stayed with her to cultivate, and his own cultivation base gradually recovered. Although the lightning tribulation inflicted significant injuries on him, it also brought many benefits. Even though it wasn't his own tribulation, the might of the lightning tribulation at that time was too strong. In order to help Pretty Girl, he absorbed quite a bit, especially the Golden Body Variation's affinity for the energy of the Golden Slaughter, which he absorbed in large quantities at the time. The benefits became gradually evident, making Tang San's bodily resilience even stronger, and the integration of that slaughterous aura made the Golden Body Variation even more domineering.

As the situation in Jiali City stabilized, Zhang Haoxuan also returned with Wu Bingji and the others from the Ancestral Court. The human small town was in dire need of manpower, and no one was more suited to be the town's leader than Zhang Haoxuan. Therefore, Tang San had him rush back via the Spirit Rhinoceros Commerce's remote communication, to take charge of the affairs here.

"Little Beauty." Tang San knocked and entered, arriving at Pretty Girl's residence.

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After assuming the position of patriarch, Pretty Girl naturally moved into the patriarch's residence as well. It was located at the very top of the Ancestral Land Castle, in a huge circular room. Besides a bedroom and training room, there was also a spacious living room and a study. This was where Pretty Girl usually handled various affairs.

The first time Tang San entered the training room here, he discovered that the Peacock Demon Clan must have used some special methods to channel the energy of the earth veins from the Jiali mountain range to this place. The heaven earth origin energy that could be drawn into this training room was even stronger than that in the Ancestral Court. This was a benefit that came with owning a main city and also the reason why the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor had competed for control of the main city. Having a main city to provide resources behind you made it hard not to become powerful. The former Peacock Great Demon King had failed to become an Emperor purely because of his own lack of talent. Cultivating in this training room was definitely going to yield twice the result with half the effort.

That's why, in recent times, he had been cultivating in this training room alongside Pretty Girl.

When Pretty Girl saw him come in, she smiled and said, "You've arrived just in time. The new batch of Heavenly Fire Fine Iron is here; take this." While speaking, she handed over a storage ring to Tang San.

When the Peacock Great Demon King was still alive, he had already started to have the caravans collect Magma Iron across the Tianyu Empire, which is essentially Heavenly Fire Fine Iron. After the Peacock Great Demon King passed away, Pretty Girl naturally put even more effort into this, instructing the Spirit Rhinoceros Deer Beast and the Golden Deer Demon to purchase it at all costs, regardless of the expense.

The quantity of Magma Iron was more abundant than anticipated and not as valuable as one might think. Over the course of more than a month, they had already amassed four to five batches, to the point where Tang San's Seven-Colored Heavenly Flame Liquid had increased more than threefold compared to the initial amount.

Consequently, the rate of crafting the time-space marker had naturally become much faster than before.

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Tang San didn't hesitate to accept the storage ring, saying, "I've come to bid you farewell. I need to return to Golden Valley for a period of seclusion."

"You're leaving?" On hearing he was leaving, Pretty Girl was immediately taken aback, and a complex mix of emotions surged into her heart.

Seeing the change in her eyes, Tang San said softly, "Everything here has now stabilized, and it is best for you to stay and cultivate. I also must make some preparations. The time left for us is getting shorter and shorter. By the time you report back to the Ancestral Court, I must be ready for my Tribulation. My Heavenly Tribulation will be even more terrifying than yours was."

As he said this, he couldn't help but smile wryly.

Pretty Girl had only been influenced by a part of his essence, received some of his aid and enhancement, yet she had to face the Six Harmonies and Eight Desolate Golden Devastation Tribulation. It was imaginable what kind of lightning tribulation he would face—no less than the fearsome Eight or Nine Heavenly Tribulations. Such a thing, even the current Emperors might not be able to withstand. He had to find an alternative path if he wanted to succeed. Therefore, it was essential to make all sorts of preparations.

"Is there anything I can help you with? Whatever resources you need, I can help you prepare to the best of my ability. No one will oppose, after all, the princess is also depending on you to resurrect her father."

When Peacock Great Demon King had died, Tang San used the time-space marker to seal a portion of his bloodline power and divine consciousness. With the protection of the time-space marker, the divine consciousness and Bloodline Brand would not dissipate. He had then told the princess that if he could ascend to Godhood, there would be a possibility to resurrect the Peacock Great Demon King.

Although the princess was skeptical, as a woman who was desperate for her husband's resurrection, she could only choose to believe. This was also why she had not restricted Pretty Girl in any way and had not even come forward to manage Jiali City.