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The Queen returned to the Merfolk Kingdom, intending to explain everything to her subjects and usher in a new era.

The Queen hadn't informed her subjects about entering the Dream Realm recently, but now was the time for formal announcements and plans.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Qiao Liangyu silently stared at the empty room.

Gone again, or rather, unreachable again.

This was the third time. The Three Weird Rats weren't summoned by him, but they were the first to disappear from his Weird Clubhouse.

That incident started the feud with Xuan Huang. Afterwards, he found Christopher, and with great difficulty, confirmed that Christopher was killed by Xuan Huang.

Unwilling to give up, he then sought out Li Huan, who, not long ago, confidently told him not to worry, assuring him he had complete confidence.

But who would have thought that he would disappear again?

How strange?

A Third Order disappearing without a trace, who could be responsible?

If Xuan Huang did it, wouldn't that mean he could also be silenced by Xuan Huang?

But if it wasn't Xuan Huang, who else would be so coincidental?

Or was it that Nuo Dance Li Huan was playing him?

Qiao Liangyu fell into silent contemplation, even losing the desire to vent his anger on Rose.

Recently, the Weird Clubhouse had been declining rapidly. Wherever cultivators set foot, they would target the Weird Clubhouse.

Not to mention other places, in the entire Haidai Province, the Weird Clubhouse had become a thing of the past. When cultivators occupied a city, the first to be expelled and eliminated were the Weird Clubhouses.

The Weird Clubhouse had now become a joke online.

And he, the director of the Clubhouse, had become the object of everyone's ridicule.

"A tiger fallen in the plains is bullied by dogs," Qiao Liangyu sighed.

It seemed like only half a year ago that the Weird Clubhouse was infinitely glorious, but for the past six months, it had been battered by wind and rain.

Due to his previous decision not to recruit strong individuals, the entire Weird Clubhouse was under his sole control, leading to the current situation where there were no strong individuals who could independently support a region.

And once everyone saw the weakness of the Weird Clubhouse, with no experts to support it, collapse was only a matter of time.

However, Qiao Liangyu wasn't completely disheartened.

The Weird Clubhouse without experts had its drawbacks, but it also had its advantages. The advantage was that ninety percent of all abilities came from him. As long as he didn't collapse, there was still hope for a resurgence.

It could only be said that it was a mix of good and bad.

"Perhaps, I should temporarily abandon the assassination of Xuan Huang and shift my focus back to taking care of my own strength first," Qiao Liangyu rarely introspected.

A door opened, and a slightly haggard Rose walked in.

She was the second strongest in the Weird Clubhouse, after Qiao Liangyu, a late Second Order existence.

Since Qiao Liangyu didn't take action, she needed to handle the affairs of the Weird Clubhouses in various locations, so Rose looked very weary.

"Thank you for your hard work," Qiao Liangyu rarely expressed 'pity' to his subordinates.

"Huh?" Rose was stunned, but hurriedly said, "This is what I should do. Director, if you have any instructions, I will definitely fulfill them."

"It's nothing major. I've been reflecting recently, and it seems I've been overly focused on Xuan Huang. To be honest, Xuan Huang is, after all, the Fourth Teacher of Humanity, respected by all beings. He's not just any small character."

Rose paused, not understanding what the Director was going to say.

Qiao Liangyu continued, "Such a person doesn't give face, but I didn't need to react so intensely. Haven't I been scolded by Bi Xia, Zhao Zheng, Han Wu, and others enough? Even the God Lord and the leaders of the Devil's believers have publicly scolded me several times, and I just acted like nothing happened. But with Xuan Huang, I seem to be too fixated."

He continued, "When he started, Xuan Huang was indeed weak, and I felt like I was being provoked by an ant. But I shouldn't have repeatedly treated him as a small ant. In fact, he can already stand on equal footing with the God Lord and others. I didn't use a progressive perspective to view him."

Rose finally understood and breathed a sigh of relief.

You should have done this a long time ago. You've been staring at Qingyun Mountain in Nanshi, staring at Xuan Huang all day long.

Why don't you look at his current potential and the scale of his development?

To be honest, in Rose's heart, the strongest force right now is the Town Evil Department, and the second is Qingyun Mountain in Nanshi.

Especially after cultivators become extraordinary.

So many cultivators. Don't underestimate them just because they are weak now, they have a large number.

There are already several Transcendent ones, and in a while, there will be even more Transcendent cultivators.

Besides the Town Evil Department, which can compete with them, other forces will fall behind.

Perhaps other forces have an advantage in terms of top-tier combat power, but the top-tier Xuan Huang is already no less than the top-tier combat power of the major forces.

They are also self-cultivating cultivators, not afraid of losing control, and good at long-term endurance.

Spiritualists don't have this ability after all, Spiritualists are not durable.

"Xuan Huang Xuan Master is indeed not an ordinary person."

Seeing the change in Qiao Liangyu's mentality, Rose followed her heart and called Xuan Huang Xuan Master.

She wouldn't have dared to call him that before, she would have been reprimanded by the Director.

"That's right, Xuan Huang can indeed be called Xuan Master. Respecting the strong is the iron law of our Spiritualist world, but I was lost before, unwilling to acknowledge the rise of a strong person," Qiao Liangyu said.

Rose believed that the Director had really changed.

"To be honest, I previously asked my friend Nuo Dance Li Huan to assassinate Xuan Huang."

Qiao Liangyu finally told Rose about his recent arrangements.

"Ah?" Rose expressed that she didn't know.

Qiao Liangyu said, "Unfortunately, just like before, it's been almost half a month, and Li Huan has mysteriously disappeared, disappearing just like Christopher before."

Rose: WTF, I thought the Director had changed his nature, but it turns out that Xuan Huang solved the Third Order expert, so he acknowledged Xuan Huang's ability.

But don't you think it's too late?

First targeting, then finding Christopher, and now finding Nuo Dance Li Huan.

This is equivalent to completely cutting off any room for maneuver with Xuan Huang. It's too late to regret it now.

"I'm looking for you to solve the troubles the Clubhouse is currently facing. I agreed to your previous proposal to recruit some Second Order experts. The Weird Clubhouse is currently being targeted everywhere. I was too confident before, but it's not too late now. You do this…"

Qiao Liangyu opened up the recruitment of Second Order Spiritualists.

He planned to find more experts to sit in the main branch halls and stabilize the precarious Clubhouses.

"Yes!" Rose breathed a sigh of relief, at least there was a change, wasn't there?

But Rose always felt that the ship of the Weird Clubhouse was a bit dilapidated, and she didn't know how long it could sail.

What should she do?

—

[Due to the great outbreak of weirdness, with the idea of saving ordinary living beings, our Weird Clubhouse has increased the degree of protection for ordinary people, and sincerely invites Second Order Spiritualists… ]

— Weird Clubhouse Rose.

After Rose returned, she immediately released a statement on the Internet.

In fact, there was no need for this. You could completely contact people secretly if you wanted to recruit personnel.

Doing so was to let everyone see that our Weird Clubhouse was still there and still strong.

It also eliminated the vigilance of many Spiritualists through the open and honest announcement.

After all, it was announced openly and honestly, so there was no need to worry about fake news, and there would be no pitfall behavior.

But soon after she released it.

"Hmph, what a grandiose announcement? Since when did the Aberrant Syndicate have the idea of saving ordinary people? You man-eating demons are actually shamelessly saying you'll better protect ordinary people?

How will you protect them? By dismembering and eating them? Or training them into slaves to be toyed with?

I've seen shameless people, but never this shameless. Everyone, be they human or ghost, claims to be just and selfless. How can the Aberrant Syndicate even say such things?

To be honest, the Aberrant Syndicate is our target for eradication. We'll eliminate every branch we find. I hope all spirit masters considering joining the Aberrant Syndicate will think twice.

Joining such an evil force means the time for reckoning won't be far off... This isn't a threat, but a sincere warning. Can there be any good in joining a group of rats?

I sincerely hope spirit masters will think thrice before acting."

— Sun Tong, Grand Manager of Azure Cloud Mountain.

Going against the Aberrant Syndicate is Sun Tong's unwavering conviction. As long as the Aberrant Syndicate takes action, it will suffer her blows.

This scene has been going on for more than half a year.

The spirit masters and cultivators online are already used to it.

Immediately after the Aberrant Syndicate's statement, Sun Tong uploaded the cruel videos and images she had previously taken.

All of them were tragic scenes of humans being trained into slaves and dismembered by the Aberrant Syndicate.

"Damn it!"

Rose's teeth ached with anger.

The ability to delete posts was blocked by the Dragon Master. The Aberrant Syndicate doesn't have the ability to delete posts on its own, not even under its own posts.

"This is outrageous!"

Rose was depressed. "We want to become better, but you won't let us.

Don't you think it's too much to keep pestering us like this?"

As for who is seeking justice for those innocent people, they had long forgotten.

Isn't this how ordinary people should be?

It's not excessive to be treated as slaves and food when you're so weak. Who told you to be weak?

Anyway, the Aberrant Syndicate won't reflect on itself. Instead, they think it's normal.

But for you to keep harping on me is just outrageous.

It's so damn hypocritical.

【Madam Sun Tong, Grand Manager of Azure Cloud Mountain, don't you have anything better to do? We're not going to argue with you...】

Rose chattered on for a long time, basically saying that Azure Cloud Mountain was being too unreasonable.

【Reckoning will come sooner or later. Useless to say more, let me tell you this: as long as cultivators discover an Aberrant Syndicate, it needs to be eliminated. This isn't about pestering, it's a matter of principle.】— Sun Tong.

The cultivators and spirit masters online discovered that these two ladies had started fighting again, which was nothing new.

Some people were naturally biased, feeling that Sun Tong and Azure Cloud Mountain were being too unreasonable. People were planning to change and not compete with Azure Cloud Mountain, yet you were still holding on?

Some people, ninety-nine percent of cultivators, thought that Grand Manager Sun was doing the right thing, and reckoning was necessary.

How could they face the innocent, those miserable and pitiful people, without reckoning?

Until—

【The Aberrant Syndicate is a cult, a demon in sheep's clothing. Starting today, the Evil Suppression Department will officially cleanse the Aberrant Syndicate. The Aberrant Syndicate is officially defined as an evil cult!】

— Headquarters of the Evil Suppression Department.

Everyone was in an uproar.

The Evil Suppression Department officially defined the Aberrant Syndicate as a cult, which meant things were about to change.

Moreover, the Evil Suppression Department's actions were not without preparation.

For a time, in the urban areas where the Evil Suppression Department could still give orders, cleansing and suppression began wherever the Aberrant Syndicate existed.

The entire Aberrant Syndicate began to suffer unprecedented blows.

Fortunately, the Evil Suppression Department's cleansing was not as bloody as Azure Cloud Mountain's.

They would let go of many spirit masters, only suppressing and guarding those Aberrant Syndicate spirit masters who had committed heinous acts.

It could be considered letting off the accomplices and only punishing the main culprits.

"Damn it! Damn it! You're forcing me."

Qiao Liangyu felt that he had already reflected, so how could such a situation still occur?

Azure Cloud Mountain wouldn't let him go, and even the headquarters of the Evil Suppression Department had defined him as an evil force.

They cleansed all the Aberrant Syndicate branches in the urban areas that the Evil Suppression Department could control.

This blow was too great, a blow they were not prepared for.

They were defined as a cult and then suffered a blow.

The entire Aberrant Syndicate was instantly paralyzed, with seventy percent of its branches collapsing.

The remaining thirty percent were in places where the Evil Suppression Department's orders were not effective.

After all, although the Evil Suppression Department was present in every urban area, it didn't mean that every urban area would listen, right?

Some Evil Suppression Department branches were nominally subordinate branches of the Evil Suppression Department, but with the heavens high and the emperor far away, and the Evil Suppression Department unable to send experts due to distance,

many local Evil Suppression Departments had long become local malignant tumors, colluding with various evil forces to form evil factions.

They were merely using the Evil Suppression Department's brand.

Therefore, the Evil Suppression Department's open crackdown on the Aberrant Syndicate was not simply aimed at the Aberrant Syndicate, but also a self-inflicted bone scraping treatment.

A self-reform within the organization.

To see how many were truly on their side.

The result was okay. At least nearly seventy percent were still under control and could follow orders, which was not bad.

As for what to do with the remaining thirty percent?

What else could they do?

Now that aberrant outbreaks were occurring everywhere and there was a shortage of manpower, not to mention that the transformed Blue Star had long severed contact, making it impossible to punish them even if they wanted to.

They could only let them be.

They even had to continue to provide the necessary assistance and support.

Because if they didn't help, these malignant tumors would extend their reach to ordinary people, increasing their exploitation and abuse of ordinary people.

This was currently a very unsolvable problem.

These malignant tumors were already local overlords, with several families or colluding forces nominally the true gatekeepers of a city.

The Evil Suppression Department's headquarters didn't even dare to openly criticize them.

Because if they dared to openly criticize, they would be completely unrestrained.

Moreover, this was more than thirty percent!

If they dared to attack them, they would immediately organize themselves to resist, becoming a fragmented state with smoke rising everywhere.

In short, it was very troublesome.

In the current situation, they could only muddle through and take it slowly.

But, no matter what, from the relentless pursuit initiated by Azure Cloud Mountain to the Evil Suppression Department officially defining the Aberrant Syndicate as an evil organization,

the whole situation left everyone dumbfounded.

The Aberrant Syndicate's open recruitment of spirit masters was a bust.

But would the Aberrant Syndicate collapse directly?

Not necessarily.

Although Qiao Liangyu didn't have a grand vision, he was cautious and careful. As long as he didn't collapse, the Aberrant Syndicate wouldn't completely disappear.

As long as Qiao Liangyu endured, he would still be a powerful force with the aberrant abilities of the Syndicate.

After all, no one could currently crack this teleportation ability, and no one could find his lair.

On the contrary, defining him as a cult would allow him to completely unleash himself.

A mixed blessing.

The Evil Suppression Department's support for Azure Cloud Mountain actually came at a great cost.

And after the cost was transferred, the weakest, ordinary people, would suffer the most.

The completely unleashed Aberrant Syndicate, having become a cult, would naturally be as evil as possible, and ordinary people would inevitably continue to suffer.

And would the spirit masters who were accustomed to the Aberrant Syndicate's special services stop enjoying and consuming them just because the Aberrant Syndicate had become a cult?

No, they would still go.

They wouldn't give up these privileges of eating people and enjoying the pleasure of slaves.

A cult was even better. Before, they were still secretive and restrained, but now it was even better and more crazy. Some spirit masters who were already evil would become even more crazy.

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