Everyone just stood by the painting card, watching the Sword Fairy send her message.

Since she personally inserted the painting card, she must have made contact, we're just waiting for typing on both sides.

"Brothers, can you be serious? It's either forging, fighting ancestors, or typing."

"I have to hit something, don't I?"

"Dizzy is over there."

"I'm begging you to be human, can't we all urge an update together?"

"My gosh, three chapters a day is exhausting to write, don't rush."

"That's true."

"The Sword Fairy is starting to write, hurry to see the update!"

...

Pingchang City.

This city has a population of over seventy-six million.

The people are concentrated within the city for living.

This is how the population is structured in this world.

In this world, although the Human Race is predominant, other alien races are also very powerful, and they build their own cities too.

The living style of the alien races is similar to that of humans.

The oceans in this world are said to be even more dangerous.

Because the marine life is vast, it's almost a mix of live fish and ghost fish, you never know if the small fish is eaten by a big fish or a big ghost.

In short, forests, oceans, these wild areas are very dangerous. Only forces capable of establishing independent safe zones can sustain people outside.

But the range is definitely not large.

Like the Sword Casting Manor now, which has surrounded itself with a very small piece of land.

The entire city wall of Pingchang City is surrounded by more than 30,000 ancestral graves, with Three Elements Great Cultivator's ancestral graves spaced some distance apart, most are Four Viscera Realm cultivators.

After all, the normal probability of generating Embers is one in tens of thousands, though various treasures can increase it.

But the higher the cultivator's level, the harder it is to increase the probability of generating Embers, requiring higher-grade treasures.

This consumes an unknown amount of resources, and if it fails, the family suffers huge losses.

Just like how blacksmiths draw Embers cards, investing 50 Magic Coins with Ning Zheng, with a one in ten chance of not drawing out an Ember means a total loss.

And if the probability-boosting treasures consumed can't help the ancestor "live," it means losing far more than 50 Magic Coins.

Moreover.

Among the Three Elements Realm ancestral graves, there are obvious differences in strength.

Five-Body Realm has five realms, each with a huge gap.

The further you go, the greater the gap between realms.

The essence, Qi Yuan, and Divine Essence of the Three Elements Realm are worlds apart.

Most noble family ancestral graves are Three Elements Cultivators of the essence level, only those with Divine Essence level graves are considered overlords among current Great Cultivators.

At this moment.

A large number of cultivators gathered before the city walls.

"Quick, remove that side too."

"Don't slow down."

...

They were not defending against Ash Disasters, but rather dismantling the city walls.

One by one, they extracted the numerous ancestral graves, turning the Earth-bound Spirits into wandering ghosts.

On the city wall.

Several Great Cultivators gracefully gazed at the sky.

"That person has come, why haven't they destroyed that Demon Manor."

They sighed.

The shocking giant phantom, they naturally saw it.

That day, with the awakening of Embers, a heavenly phenomenon occurred, a king among the Ash Disasters emerged, they naturally sensed it as well.

They all thought that the manor would be erased as a bonus, but it was a false joy.

As they sighed, they could only think of getting through this Red Sun first.

Below the city wall.

"Hurry up, there are three ancestral graves to the north too." In a corner, Zhang Huaping said to the Sword Fairy, "We still need to assist with the excavation."

Today, they were hired to assist some families in extracting graves.

One could say that loose cultivators are like bricks, moving wherever needed, temporary workers who work for money.

"There's another one over there!"

The Sword Fairy looked over at the list in her hand.

Because now, in the city wall area, it is filled with ancestral graves, Earth-bound Spirits, and one by one the successfully extracted wandering ghosts.

In a hundred-ghosts night walk, her ghostly form didn't even stand out.

Everyone even thought she might be a concubine of some ancestor's household.

After all, ancestral graves also maintain some ghost maids, concubines, attending to the daily life within the Paper House.

One could only say that the wealthy dead live better than the living.

Zhang Huaping looked at the city wall and sighed, "Even the city defenses have to be removed, it looks like turmoil in Pingchang City is going to deepen."

Previously, city defenses could block most ghost invasions.

Now, there's nothing left!

Why is the Red Moon dangerous?

Not just because Embers are agitating, but also because the city walls are gone!

At this time, the entire city is like a stripped-down lamb, easy to bully!

The people will suffer.

"Even the ones tormenting the city's common folk aren't just the terrifying ghosts that lack city walls to defend against, but also the old ancestors from the ancestral graves within the city."

All the ancestral graves have been unearthed, over thirty thousand of them, how chaotic is that?

When they go crazy, they might eat people, attack the city's common folk, inherently perilous....

But they have no choice but to unearth them!

They can only watch over their own ancestors to minimize damage, after all, the noble families don't want too many deaths, that's their foundation.

Of course, the ancestors are also likely to face a huge melee.

In the past, everyone swallowed their pride, as their own ancestors were bound earth spirits, reluctant to step outside easily.

But now.

Since my ancestor has already emerged, should I not also take the opportunity to tattletale to them?

Particularly those noble families with grudges spanning generations, from ancestors to descendants, when the ancestors emerge, enemies meet, and their eyes blaze with anger.

Ancestors clashing, even massive melees, is a common occurrence.

Moreover.

Some declining and weakened families dread unearthing too many ancestors, fearing they won't be able to control them.

In past Red Suns, some overly greedy declining families wished to protect more ancestors in the next Red Sun, thinking highly of themselves, unearthed several ancestors all at once, only to find themselves overwhelmed when those ancestors went mad, unable to suppress them, and consequently wiped out the entire clan, descendants and all.

This is a blood-soaked lesson.

Therefore.

Some families, gradually declining over the years, will act according to their strength, tearfully forsaking most of their ancestors and abandoning past symbols of glory and illustrious history!

Thus, some noble families have gradually declined over generations.

And whenever this time arrives, the business at the Red House thrives!

Once their ancestors are unearthed, fearing they might lose control if madness ensues yet unwilling to let go, what should they do?

Send them to the government organization—the Red House.

There, it's a [safe zone] unaffected by the Red Sun, better than being drained by the earth veins!

But the conditions at the Red House are extremely harsh.

Women, with astonishing talents, righteous cultivators, chaste maidens.

Even if successfully sent to the Red House, rescuing them afterward is even more difficult.

Get into the Court's mouth and expect it to let go?

In each location's Red House public mausoleum, part of the headlining courtesans, extraordinary women, and talented female cultivators are sent by various families.

"Damn, the Red House's official card pool is poison." The Sword Fairy mocked, continuing to secretly type text, posting updates, and communicating in real-time.

The other side was also typing:

[One can only say the Court is too ruthless!]

[Damn, this card pool is too powerful.]

[Turning private mausoleums into public ones, in the future, scholars and literati could visit the Red House and point out your ancestors, discussing talents altogether; this must be some new kind of Tauren?]

[Simply against Heaven! This gentleman has booked the venue today, brother, summon all of your beautiful ancestors!]

[Hahaha, too miserable, haha, how could this family hold their head high in the city with all this greenery?]

[After the public beta, can a pay-to-win option be opened? I want to cash draw cards, to draw out all their ancestors, rescuing them from dire straits!]

...

Almost every family in Pingchang City is overwhelmed with busyness.

Throughout the entire Red Moon, they are relocating graves!

No one would choose to unearth the ancestors on the very last day, it should definitely be done ahead of time.

Only those families in decline to the point that they don't even have a single Three Elements Cultivator, unable to unearth any ancestor, will leave behind their Three Elements Realm ancestral graves.

Zhang Huaping saw the Sword Fairy engrossed in the "phone", frantically typing, and involuntarily explained:

"Previously, various families preferred to conceal their cultivator backgrounds, not letting outsiders know how many powerhouses they had."

"But now, one only has to look at whether or not your family's ancestral graves have all been unearthed, and how many have been unearthed, to calculate your family's underlying foundation."

The Sword Fairy nodded, a vivid image formed instantly.

Once every one hundred and fifty years, a grand family parade.

Competing on the number of ancestral graves unearthed, let your bros see the strength of your family!!

Of course, if your family's strength is secretly declining, to maintain appearances and status for the sake of pretense, and forcibly unearthed two more ancestral graves, and you can't control them leading to extermination, that's not our concern.

The Sword Fairy looked toward a very large area.

Hundreds of Four Viscera Realm and three Three Elements Realm ancestral graves, yet not a single one has been unearthed.

The passing cultivators all looked fervently, like wolves and tigers, yet dared not act rashly,

Zhang Huaping softly said: "That is the Zhang Family, in this generation, even a single Three Elements Realm is gone!"

"Don't they plan to unearth a few hundred Four Viscera Realm ancestors?" The Sword Fairy thought settling for the next best thing was an option.

"It's useless, without top-tier combat power emerging, the others cannot influence the battle."

Zhang Huaping shook his head, saying: "Rather than wasting significant effort to unearth those Four Viscera Ancestors at the last moment, it's better to focus on breaking through a Three Elements Realm!"

The Sword Fairy nodded, that does make sense.

Zhang Huaping continued: "But now everyone is in no hurry, fearing a retaliatory strike before the opponent's last breath, all waiting for that day's Red Sun, when the Saint pardons all, the moment their ancestors are entirely drawn away."

The Sword Fairy nodded: "At that time, the whole family becomes a lamb among the wolves, ready to be swallowed!"

Their only way to survive is to make an emergency breakthrough within the last thirty days.

Let a Four Viscera Realm Great Perfection in the family force through to become a Three Elements Great Cultivator, save the ancestors, and potentially avoid the tragic fate of extermination.

As for whether they can establish alliances, give up interests, asking other families to help unearth their ancestors?

This situation exists, but it's very rare!

Because isn't it better for everyone to watch you die miserably so they can divide up the spoils, why save you?

Besides, your own ancestors, during their crazed moments, might not even be manageable, adding more ancestors from other families means uncontrollable madness that could lead to extermination.

Who would take such a risk for your family?

Relying on others is worse than relying on oneself.

"A storm is brewing." The Sword Fairy sighed.

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