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Now that the questions about cultivation are done, let's get to work.

The four had gained a lot, so their previous worries had dissipated quite a bit.

Isn't it just summoning a strange entity and then suppressing it?

What's there to fear with a Xuan Master watching over us?

The four seemed to return to a long time ago, when the Xuan Master led them to resolve the strange clock incident.

Back then, the weak selves were led by the Xuan Master to gain experience, and even the 'sightseeing' trips, where participation was the main thing, were so memorable.

But now, the four of them are extraordinary cultivators.

So, we have become stronger.

When summoning strange entities, there is naturally a selection process. Those that require specific times, such as midnight, or must be at specific times, are filtered out first.

There's no time to wait until midnight; naturally, we summon those that can come anytime, anywhere.

"Let's experiment first. Let's start with something simple, like the pirated Strange. You all know this one, right?"

Xuan Huang asked.

The so-called pirated Strange is a type of online Strange.

There is a novel called 'Long Aotian's Interdimensional Tour.' This novel has been banned, and it is the key to summoning the pirated Strange.

As long as you see this book and spread it to three people, and have them enter a specific web search for the pirated 'Long Aotian's Interdimensional Tour,' you can summon the pirated Strange.

This pirated Strange can erode the mind. You think you are reading a pirated book, but you are actually selling your conscience, your soul, etc.

It's true that you don't spend money to read the book, but your soul and desires are the bargaining chips.

Your soul and emotions will be constantly extracted according to the joys and sorrows in the book, and you will be very engrossed. It's not that you can choose not to read it.

Desire and the rules of the Strange will tempt you to keep reading.

Gradually, people become weaker and weaker until their souls are drained, becoming a puppet of the pirated Strange, constantly passing the pirated book 'Long Aotian's Interdimensional Tour' to strangers.

"I know it; I have the original," Yan Lai said immediately.

Although the way this kind of Strange spreads has been prohibited.

But why are there still victims? This explains everything.

Complete prohibition is impossible; we can only achieve relative prohibition.

Yan Lai and the other three had previously worked at the headquarters of the Town Evil Department, coordinating the forces of the Three Teachings, so they naturally had a deep foundation and many methods.

This kind of forbidden thing is also a kind of foundation.

"Good!" The three nodded.

Everyone knows the summoning method of the pirated Strange.

Therefore, Yan Lai began the ritual.

"Jiu Tong, you're still reading the original book; aren't you stupid? Haha... I'll tell you a secret, a way to read books without spending money, haha..."

Jiu Tong: "But isn't that bad? Isn't that unconscionable?"

Yan Lai: "Can conscience be eaten? Haha..."

Jiu Tong: "Okay, you teach me."

The above...

This is not a joke; this is the way to summon the pirated Strange.

The person spreading the word must laugh loudly three times and have a look of madness, thinking that everyone else is stupid and they are the smartest.

The person being told doesn't have to be like that; they just need to respond simply.

Sure enough.

Under the combined efforts of Yan Lai and Jiu Tong, an invisible wave came from all directions.

It was caused by Xuan Huang leaving the Purgatory undefended. If Xuan Huang closed the Purgatory, this pirated Strange wouldn't be able to enter.

But in order to ambush and kill it, it would naturally be opened.

Even the Purgatory was hidden by Xuan Huang's manipulation, like air, temporarily turning off its own field.

This way, the Strange will come without any hindrance.

When Jiu Tong, according to Yan Lai's instructions, started searching the website and opened the book, a gray mark appeared on both of their necks.

This mark is difficult to see without the extraordinary level; it is a mark invisible to ordinary eyes.

The mark is a frenzied, mocking face portrait, which is the pirated Strange.

But it has only been spread to one person; it needs to be spread to three people before it will descend.

The five people present are all experts, and they have all faintly felt the fluctuations.

It's just that it is still two people away from completely descending.

"Continue!" Xuan Huang said.

Having reached this step, Xuan Huang was relieved. As expected, it could be done if he didn't summon it himself. Even though the four are extraordinary cultivators, their willpower is not strong.

After all, their true will is only barely at the seventh level.

The reason why the extraordinary do not lose control is because of his suppression.

Doing this for the first time after becoming extraordinary.

"Xuan Master, I feel that as long as I activate my mana, or activate the visualization diagram and the spirituality in my dantian, I can break this mark," Jiu Tong said.

Reporting his situation to Xuan Huang.

"Me too," Yan Lai also agreed.

It's equivalent to saying that the two of them have three methods to break this mark: one is to break it with their own mana.

The second is to break it with the visualization object, and the third is to break it with the spirituality in the dantian.

"I know. It's just a first-order Strange. It's not difficult to break the mark of the Strange's rules," Xuan Huang said, "Continue."

"Yes!"

Yan Lai continued.

"Ming Hui, you're still reading the original book; aren't you stupid? Haha..."

Another spread, and this time, all three of them had marks on their necks.

"Xuan Master, after spreading it to two people, I found that the mark has strengthened. My mana can break it, but it takes time to consume it. In addition... the visualization object and spirituality can still break it as before."

After Yan Lai spread it to Jiu Tong and Ming Hui, he continued to report the situation to Xuan Huang.

It's equivalent to saying that the mark has been strengthened. When it was spread to Jiu Tong, his mana could break it.

But after being passed to Jiu Tong and Ming Hui, mana can still break it, but it takes a certain amount of time.

The remaining visualization object and spiritual intent are still the same as before.

"Me too."

"So is this little monk."

Jiu Tong and Yan Lai also said.

"I know; continue." Xuan Huang actually knew better than them.

But the three of them were eager to report, so it wasn't good not to respond.

After all, one is for ambush and killing, and the second is for experience. The four of them also need experience.

"Yes."

Yan Lai took a deep breath. Next, he would spread it to Sun Hui, and once it was spread to three people, the pirated Strange would descend.

It would be the moment of facing danger.

Actually, Xuan Huang was very clear.

It was just a mid-stage first-order Strange. The current fluctuation was at the peak of the early first-order, and after three people, it would be mid-stage first-order.

Judging from Yan Lai's report, even though the three of them were in the early stage of Xuan Transformation, just having comprehended the visualization diagram to perfection.

But the three of them were already fearless of ordinary early first-order Strange.

This is where cultivators are stronger than Strange, caused by the fact that Xuan Huang's fundamental method is too strong.

Of course, the pirated Strange is just a trash Strange; the Strange's characteristics are not strong, which is also a reason.

"Sun Hui, you're still reading the original book; aren't you stupid? Haha..."

Yan Lai continued to spread it.

Until...

A field suddenly emerged, and the basis for its emergence was the marks on the necks of the four.

The marks on the necks of the four reflected each other, and a field that could allow the pirated Strange to descend appeared.

Once the pirated Strange appeared and quickly took over, this field began to strengthen rapidly, as if it came from an unknown place.

To be honest, this kind of Strange that exists on the internet is also very special.

Xuan Huang witnessed everything firsthand and finally understood where these strange entities in the virtual world came from.

Divine Soul, Spirit, and Will – everything is inseparable from these five aspects. 'Will' actually broadly refers to the mind, also called Divine Soul, Spirit, Will, and Mind.

The pirated anomalies are of the Spirit type, like the Corpse Dog.

They are always present but not visible. They are born from the ethereal essence of living beings' souls and spirits. If subdued, they become divine powers; if not, they become anomalies.

They are formed from the consumption and dissipation of living beings' souls and spirits into the world, condensed by the anomalies.

Therefore, their method of harming people also starts with the Spirit, then to the Soul, and finally to the Divine Soul and Spirit.

When a person's Soul and Spirit are completely consumed, they naturally become a soulless puppet. The Divine is the master of a person; without the Divine, there is no master.

"Don't attack yet, first go and sense it, test it out."

Without a single mistake, one head, one hair, one inside, one appearance, one existence, one look!

The pirated anomaly descended, mixed with distorted Divine Soul impacts, and the dimness and coldness formed by the anomalous field.

The four were a little nervous for a moment, planning to use their magic power to suppress it.

But Xuan Huang's shout stopped their actions.

Although the three of them were involved in body refinement, Qi refinement, and spirit refinement.

They wouldn't just enhance one aspect.

For example, Sun Hui, who was extraordinary in body refinement, had not cultivated Qi refinement and spirit refinement, but because of the feedback from essence, his Qi and Spirit were both at the seventh level of the entry stage.

This is another powerful manifestation of Xuan Huang's three fundamental methods.

The feedback of a chain reaction: when essence is strong, Qi is naturally sufficient, and when Qi is sufficient, it naturally generates Spirit, making the Spirit particularly strong.

Conversely, Ming Hui was extraordinary in spirit refinement, previously at the fourth level of body refinement and the eighth level of Qi refinement.

But now that he is extraordinary in spirit refinement, both Qi refinement and body refinement are at the eighth level.

This is because the Spirit is strong, leading to the generation of essence. Although the Spirit is the master of a person, essence is the basis of a person's existence, the fortress of a person's existence.

Without a physical fortress for the Spirit to exist in, the Spirit cannot exist alone, unless the Spirit is strong enough.

For example, the Spirit of a second-level Tong Xuan can rely on mysterious existences.

Yan Lai is also like this, previously at the fourth level of body refinement and the eighth level of spirit refinement, now extraordinary in Qi refinement, with body refinement and spirit refinement both at the eighth level.

Qi is the vitality of a person, harmonious Qi, Yin and Yang. A person is formed by the harmonious blend of Yin and Yang Qi. Qi includes Yuan Qi, Zong Qi, Ying Qi, and Wei Qi.

Not just the air we breathe.

Qi generates Spirit. Sufficient Qi means flourishing Yin Qi and flourishing Yang Qi.

In Qi cultivation, one can cultivate the Spirit above, and refine the body and open meridians and acupoints below, even the divine treasures.

And the meridians and acupoints resonate with the Spirit.

In short, a person is a unified body of essence, Qi, and Spirit, not a separate existence, but a small cycle system.

Xuan Huang's three fundamental methods mean that even if you only cultivate one path, it will drive the other two to progress together.

For example, once Sun Hui enters the second-level Tong Xuan, his Qi and Spirit will be fed back and step into the first-level Xuan Bian.

Therefore…

Although the descending pirated anomaly attacks the Divine Soul, none of the four present are weak in their Divine Souls.

The weakest is also at the seventh level of spirit refinement as a starting point.

In addition, with the existence of visualization objects, the four of them don't need to be nervous at all. They can be bolder and let the anomaly erode them, just to feel its strength.

"Hoo!"

The four were reminded and immediately relaxed a lot.

Thinking about it, it's just a first-level anomaly, a pirated anomaly. With the four of them and a Xuan Master in charge, there's no need to worry too much.

The reason for their nervousness is not only their own factors, but also the Divine Soul erosion caused by the anomalous rules.

If a person is calm and unaffected by anything, the anomaly will also have difficulty. This leads to all anomalies having the ability to impact the Divine Soul, in order to make living beings fluctuate.

Once a pirated anomaly descends, it will impact the Divine Soul and then absorb the Divine Soul of living beings.

But this time, the pirated anomaly encountered a problem.

After several impacts, it found that the four of them were as immovable as mountains, their Souls and Spirits like great mountains, not impacted at all.

Thankfully, it didn't have intelligence. If it had intelligence, this pirated anomaly would have run away long ago.

Good heavens, four existences not weaker than itself shamelessly joined forces to summon it. What were they trying to do?

However, its anomalous rule field only had the strength and power of the mid-stage of the first level. Even maximized, it would only make the four of them falter, making it difficult to completely break through their defenses.

If it were just one person, it would be easier to say, but the joint defense of four people was a bit difficult.

Moreover, the four people's methods had the same source, and they could form a defensive field imperceptibly. This was also a small ability manifestation of the three fundamental methods, not worth mentioning.

"How is it?"

Xuan Huang asked, watching the fun from the side.

"Still, still can, can still hold on," the weakest Sun Hui said.

Purely defending without any counterattack, even if the four joined forces, it would be very uncomfortable.

At this moment, they were letting the anomaly attack without defending or fighting back. If they fought back, it wouldn't be like this.

"Okay, hold on for another five minutes. I'll count for you. Start fighting back after five minutes. It will be good for you to hold on with all your strength for these five minutes."

"Didn't you say you wanted me to guide you? You guys, who rely on comprehension and talent, are not good at it, but this stupid method is suitable for you. Keep up the good work."

The four gritted their teeth and persevered, while Xuan Huang kept outputting from the side.

What he said made the four a little depressed.

Old man, don't say it. We know we lack talent, but you don't have to mention it every time. Are you afraid we don't know it ourselves?

Of course, this was just what they thought in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Keep going, three minutes left. Sun Hui, be tougher, what are you swaying for?"

Xuan Huang continued to count down while scolding Sun Hui.

Sun Hui really wanted to say: If I don't sway, I'll be knocked to the ground.

He even wanted to sing it out.

"This is the best tempering, squeezing yourself. Since you don't have that talent, you have to be willing to go all out. How long has it been since you were injured? You have to persevere even if you get injured this time. No pain, no gain, force yourselves a bit… It's just that I've fed you too well. I haven't even heard of you four getting injured. That's not okay."

Xuan Huang continued to output.

What a chatterbox!

With a "Buzz—" sound.

It was unknown whether Xuan Huang was broken because of what he said, or whether the pirated anomaly was broken.

Sun Hui's scalp went numb, his Divine Soul was damaged, and it was reflected on his body in an instant, his face turned pale, and he was covered in sweat.

"One minute left!"

Xuan Huang continued.

What a long torment, Yan Lai and the other three were about to be unable to bear it.

"Alright, start attacking," Xuan Huang said after five minutes.

"Pirated anomaly, die! Eat a blade from your Grandpa Sun."

"Amitabha, the monk is angry."

"This Daoist is going to uphold justice on behalf of Heaven."

"Your name is 'I Despise You,' we scholars hate piracy the most."

The four were like fierce beasts released from their cages. Perhaps they had been impacted a little miserably just now. As soon as Xuan Huang said to attack, the four immediately began to counterattack.

"Heaven-Breaking Blade!"

"Compassionate Palm!"

"Flying Immortal Finger!"

"Righteous Divine Fist!"

The four people's unique techniques were unleashed in an instant, blasting towards the entire cold and illusory space.

"Boom—Boom—"

Suddenly, the field where the pirated anomaly existed fluctuated violently and began to falter.

But! It didn't break…