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“Senior Brother, over here.”

Outside the Qingyun Mountain gate, the spirit masters from the Town Evil Department headquarters, who had arrived late, heard a shout.

These were spirit masters with severe Divine Soul erosion, arranged to come to Qingyun Mountain to seek relief from Xuan Huang and to inspect Qingyun Mountain.

The leader was Gao Ming, the eldest disciple of Daoist Ma, and the senior brother of Gao Jue.

Gao Ming, nicknamed 'Long-Range Vision'.

“Let's go, everyone. My junior brother has come out to welcome us.”

The group of twenty-seven people were all in poor condition. Originally, it shouldn't have taken so long. One of them controlled a strange object, an ancient carriage, capable of short-range space travel.

This strange object was good at traveling, capable of slight space traversal.

It was expected to arrive in a few days, but they still underestimated the drastic changes in Blue Star. They encountered dangers several times, as well as some inexplicably appearing strange places.

Fortunately, they were all spirit masters, and there was also Gao Jue, a second-order expert. Gao Jue's 'Long-Range Vision' was very good at detection and perception.

This allowed the group to arrive safely.

These spirit masters mostly guarded Xia Capital and the surrounding areas and had not traveled such a distance in a long time.

They thought, how much could Blue Star change? This time, they had truly seen it.

“This is the ninth year of the revival of the strange, right? What a big change.” An older spirit master sighed.

Strictly speaking, the widespread revival of the strange was just over seven years, not yet eight.

But as members of the headquarters, they knew it was the end of the eighth year, and soon it would be the ninth year.

The reason everyone knew was that the Town Evil Department headquarters was established early in the revival of the strange. It just wasn't called the Town Evil Department at that time, but the Special Affairs Bureau.

It slowly changed its name to the Town Evil Department.

It wasn't the widely circulated seven or eight years, but the end of the eighth year.

“Elder Jin, are you talking about the ten-year period?” A middle-aged woman asked.

The spirit master called Elder Jin said, “That's right, the ten-year period. It is said that ten years is a year of great change, like the revival of the strange ten years ago. It is a deadline. At that time, the strange will be more numerous and more powerful, and the changes in Blue Star will be even greater. More fragmented worlds and spaces will be integrated.”

Everyone knew this rumor. No wind, no waves. Everyone believed this news.

Therefore, they were very confused about the future. They had struggled for eight years, and the ten-year period would be even more cruel. This damn world.

“Putting aside everything else, how many fierce beasts did we encounter along the way? How many newly born regions did we encounter? This is actually very obvious.”

“So, the appearance of Xuanshi is good news. I don't understand what those people who target Xuanshi are thinking?”

Gao Ming immediately smoothed things over.

“Senior Brother!”

Gao Jue, who had rushed over, tightly held Gao Ming's hand, looking him up and down.

“Why are you still like a child, so unsteady. Come, let me introduce you. This is…”

Gao Ming was happy about his junior brother's concern, but with so many people, he had to pay attention.

After the introductions, he said, “Is Master well? Your disciple, Gao Ming, is unfilial and cannot serve him. I rely entirely on you, Junior Brother.”

“Senior Brother, Master is well. After learning the Xuanshi's methods, his cultivation has improved further…”

The two brothers exchanged feelings and expressed their concerns.

They entered Qingyun Mountain while talking.

“Hmm? As expected.”

“Ha, what a relaxed feeling.”

“Indeed, just the suppression and silence of the strange has made me feel much lighter.”

“Wait, why am I like this too?” This last sentence was said by Gao Ming.

He had heard that Qingyun Mountain could suppress first-order strange and spirit masters but was useless against second-order ones. Why was his own second-order being suppressed?

“Haha, Senior Brother, your feeling proves it. We knew before that the Tongtian Jianmu had advanced, but we couldn't guarantee it was second-order. After all, you know… Now we have finally confirmed that the Tongtian Jianmu is second-order, haha…”

Gao Jue was excited.

Everyone knew about the changes in Tongtian Jianmu before, but the Xuanshi didn't tell everyone, so everyone could only guess it was second-order.

Now it was finally confirmed that the change in Tongtian Jianmu that time was its entry into the second-order.

“Is that so?”

The spirit masters were shocked. It was already second-order.

Then what about the Xuanshi?

“How can it be so fast… No… I mean, is it even faster than us spirit masters?”

A spirit master said in surprise, not looking down on Xuan Huang, but not daring to imagine it.

“Otherwise, how could he become a Xuanshi? You will slowly learn about the magic of the Xuanshi.” Gao Jue smiled.

The group walked into Xuan Huang's residence in shock.

At the entrance of the residence, Daoist Ma was waiting, looking into the distance.

“Thump!”

Gao Ming saw the figure in the distance, rushed over, and knelt in front of Daoist Ma.

“Unfilial disciple, Master, sob sob…”

“Fool, fool, get up, get up.”

Daoist Ma was also teary-eyed. He hadn't seen his eldest disciple for two or three years. Since his disciple went to the headquarters, he had only seen him three times in five or six years.

Both disciples were orphans, raised by Daoist Ma. They were personal disciples who would inherit his mantle, even more reliable than sons.

After a while, the two calmed down.

“We'll talk when we have time. Don't keep the Xuanshi waiting. Knowing you were coming, the Xuanshi came out of seclusion.”

It was sad to say that the Xuanshi had been too busy recently and was always unavailable.

If his eldest disciple hadn't led people here, he wouldn't have been able to see the Xuanshi.

Under Sun Tong's guidance, everyone entered the courtyard.

The entire courtyard was very simple but full of rhythmic beauty, a perfect sense of stability of heaven and earth being corrected.

Especially the big tree in the center. Seeing it, the spirit masters felt a sense of oppression.

It wasn't that they were oppressed, but the suppressed strange was releasing danger signals.

When they saw Xuan Huang, the spirit masters carefully observed him and were very respectful and friendly to him.

The spirit masters who came here who had opinions about Xuan Huang simply didn't come. Those who came were biased towards Xuan Huang.

No dog-blood drama happened.

Under Xuan Huang's arrangement, they successively took the magic beads and were pleasantly surprised and shocked to feel their twisted Divine Souls being absorbed.

Even though they had made preparations in their hearts, they were still in a daze when it happened.

Xuan Huang explored a few and found that they belonged to the severe level.

One person should be controlling a strange stomach. His internal organs were almost hollowed out. The reason he was alive was that the strange stomach was playing a role. This person's talent had also reached its limit, making it difficult to advance or combine puzzles.

Xuan Huang felt that such a person was most in need of entering the furnace for a walk and being refined again.

Otherwise, even if the erosion is alleviated, their lives will be short. Moreover, there are three such individuals: two women and one man.

They received their compensation from the Xia Capital Headquarters, all in the form of divine blood, ten bottles in total, a considerable expenditure.

Xuan Huang didn't mind, as the Demon Pearl's absorption of distorted divine souls was a win-win situation. The spirit masters of Nan City had all been relieved once, and he was worried about not having enough distorted divine souls for the Gui Xu Great Grinding Wheel to use.

Now it's good, with more than twenty severely 'ill' individuals. The Demon Pearl is round and lustrous, and it's been used four or five times without any problems.

These things aside.

Xuan Huang looked at the two women and one man and said, "You are all in serious condition. Even if your divine souls are relieved, you don't have much time left."

Among the three, the middle-aged woman said, "Master Xuan, I am Wu Hui. Thank you for your help and your reminder. I am well aware of my situation, but... perhaps it's because my name is Wu Hui, so I have no regrets. When I chose this path, I knew what the situation would be like today. Countless spirit masters have left before me, and the three of us are merely following the old path of our predecessors."

"Master Xuan, I..."

Without a mistake, a head, a hair, an inner, a capacity, a look, a look!

"Wait!" Xuan Huang interrupted, "I'm not asking about that. I'm saying that if you want to live, you can come to me. I might be able to give you a new life."

"Huh?"

The three were momentarily stunned. They were just about to display their righteousness and selflessness, expressing their willingness, but they didn't expect Master Xuan to be talking about something else?

Not praising them, but saying he could give them a new life.

A new life...?

"What? Give us a new life?!"

The three suddenly woke up, had they misheard?

"You didn't mishear. You can obtain a new life, a new life that reaches the heavens in a single bound. As for how to do it, go ask Taoist Ma and Gao Jue. If you have this idea, then don't leave Qingyun Mountain yet, wait for me to finish my work."

"This?"

The group of nearly thirty people were all shocked.

Taoist Ma and Gao Jue were also overjoyed. Finally, there was time to refine themselves?

Taoist Ma immediately stood up and said, "Everyone, if you have any questions, you can ask me. I will explain everything to you."

This was big news.

Don't be fooled by the heroic appearance of the three.

When it comes to being able to live, who wants to die?

No one wants to die.

It's just that there was no way before, but now there's a turning point.

The three thought: We must seize the opportunity and not miss it. We don't want to die yet, we still want to live.

Shocked and doubtful, the group left Xuan Huang's courtyard.

As soon as they entered the reception hall.

"Master!"

Under the pleading gazes of Wu Hui and the other two, Gao Jue spoke up.

"Don't rush, don't rush, sit down and we'll talk slowly."

All twenty-seven spirit masters obediently sat down, they were all severely eroded.

This also meant that they had almost no hope of advancing. Only genius spirit masters didn't worry about being eroded, because their speed of progress was faster than the speed of erosion.

Even more abnormal were several ministers who didn't even know the discomfort of having a distorted divine soul.

Of course, Deputy Minister Tang Zong was an exception, but he had a Strange Daddy.

"It's like this..."

As Taoist Ma slowly explained, everyone finally understood how to obtain a new life.

"So, entering Master Xuan's furnace for smelting, completely merging with the Strange, the Strange's fragments will be refined by Master Xuan into materials for a 'new body'?"

Taoist Ma said, "Yes, that's right. It's about completely merging the body with the Strange rules to forge a first-order transcendent body and be reborn... The difficulty is the tempering of hardship..."

After receiving confirmation, the three's thoughts drifted away.

Taoist Ma spoke of hardship and trials? The three didn't care at all.

Compared to a new life, what is hardship? Over the years, they have been living in a hardship worse than death, they are too familiar with hardship.

Seeing the three's absent-minded appearance, Taoist Ma reminded, "Three, there is one more thing. Let's not talk about whether Master Xuan will give the three of you a new life without asking for anything in return. Even if Master Xuan doesn't ask for any reward, what about you? If you are reborn, how will you repay him?"

After Taoist Ma finished speaking, he immediately added, "Of course, this is my meaning, not that Master Xuan needs your repayment. I'm saying, what will you do in the future?"

"This?"

The three came back to their senses.

Yes, after Master Xuan gives them a new life, how will they repay him?

Although Taoist Ma said that Master Xuan could completely disregard any reward.

But after they are reborn, strictly speaking, they will no longer be spirit masters, but cultivators like the other cultivators, wanting to improve is no longer about merging with the Strange, but about self-cultivation.

Presumably, Taoist Ma is asking: After being reborn, you won't continue to go to the Demon Suppression Department, right?

After a while...

"Strictly speaking, we can be considered to have died once, right?" Wu Hui said.

After she finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement.

The three of them had indeed died once, only to be rescued and reborn.

"If that's the case, I can only leave the Demon Suppression Department and dedicate the rest of my life to serving Master Xuan."

After Wu Hui finished speaking, the remaining two also nodded.

"Overdoing it, overdoing it, everyone. You've misunderstood. Master Xuan wouldn't ask you to do that. Master Xuan has been selfless since he spread the Dharma to the world... You've misunderstood. What I mean is that after you are reborn, you are indeed not suitable for the Demon Suppression Department. You need to cultivate and improve, and there is no place more suitable than Qingyun Mountain."

Taoist Ma quickly explained, while his face was a little pale, feeling that the misunderstanding was too great.

He was indeed thinking about Master Xuan, not wanting to see them leave after being saved by Master Xuan.

But his intention was more that after you are reborn, the Demon Suppression Department is not suitable, and adding bricks and tiles to Qingyun Mountain is the right path.

What's more... I'll make a good start for you, and my eldest disciple will have a place to belong.

A little bit of selfish thoughts.

Seeing the three's serious decision-making appearance, Taoist Ma panicked, fearing that he would be misunderstood as being instructed by Master Xuan to do so.

He had handled this matter wrong, and Taoist Ma regretted it for a while.

But having said that, it was also for the future of his eldest disciple, so he could only try his best to explain.

"Taoist priest, that's what you meant?" Wu Hui and the other two said.

"That's right, what were you thinking? Master Xuan could completely ignore you, since he said he could save you, he didn't think about repayment, moreover, can you afford to repay him? Even... not to mention you, none of the cultivators in our entire Qingyun Mountain can repay Master Xuan's kindness of spreading the Dharma."

Taoist Ma breathed a sigh of relief, finally rounding it back.

"Three, I heard that Minister Han Wu will visit Master Xuan soon. Why don't we wait for Minister Han to come and then talk about it, how about that?" Gao Ming said.

"Yes, yes, yes, wait for Minister Han to come and then talk about it."

"It's good to ask Minister Han, we have contributed our whole lives, now that we are living again, can we choose for ourselves."

"..."