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"Do you understand?"

Ji Zhongfu, who had been paying close attention to the major forces, asked.

The subordinate next to him shook his head, "No, it always feels very complicated."

"It is indeed very complicated, but this is the environment you will face in the future. You need to watch and listen more. Joining a large force is fine, but if you have ideas and want to build your own force, you must be prepared."

Ji Zhongfu was carefree and felt exceptionally happy to be relieved of his burden. Watching these people fight, he felt very comfortable being an onlooker.

"We don't have any ideas about building a force. Unless we are irrelevant and shut ourselves off to be a local tyrant, if we want to build a force with a certain strength, we must gain a foothold in Qingyun Mountain. However, the Four Great and Eight Medium powers in Qingyun Mountain all have territories divided by Xuan Masters. It is too difficult for us to build a force, and it is a thankless task."

One of the subordinates saw it very clearly.

The Eight Medium and Four Great powers all had their own territories in this Qingyun Mountain advancement, which was the Xuan Masters' recognition.

If they built a force themselves, could they get such treatment?

Probably not. Unless one of the Eight Medium powers disappeared and they replaced it.

Otherwise, it would be meaningless. Only those who stayed in Qingyun Mountain could grow stronger. If they didn't establish themselves in Qingyun Mountain but went to another place, they would at most be a local small force.

Maybe after a long, long time, when the Four Great and Eight Medium powers developed, the Xuan Masters would drive them away.

And let them find a place to establish their headquarters themselves.

But that would take a long, long time.

At this current stage, the Xuan Masters would not do this. They would still protect them as they grew, and escort them under their wings.

When the day really came when these forces could break away from the Xuan Masters' protection and face everything independently, then the Xuan Masters would definitely drive them down the mountain.

It would be like graduating and needing to find their own dojo headquarters.

But these things were too far away. It would be almost possible to do this after the Four Great powers produced Fourth-Order cultivators.

Now?

No, it was still too early, far too early.

Including the current 30,000 people in Qingyun Mountain.

These were the same. At this current stage, they were competing to stay, and those who couldn't compete would leave.

But after these 30,000 people reached a certain level of strength, they would also be driven away by the Xuan Masters to find their own dojos.

What was the point of relying on the Dao Lord here all day long?

People in the Divine-Devil World saw some things further than the cultivators in the Main World, because they had a long history of such processes.

Xuan Masters, as beings like Dao Lords, would open up a dojo holy land when they began to preach, allowing their disciples to survive, develop, cultivate, and grow stronger.

After the disciples graduated, they would branch out and spread to various places, becoming founding ancestors, ancestral founders, and founding patriarchs in various places.

It was equivalent to spreading the Dharma to the world even further.

And such an era was an era envied by countless later generations.

The Time-Space Demon Gods, the Second Ancestors, in their world, that is, the Primordial Second Ancestors, preached the Dharma to the world in this way.

The later Eight Ancestors, including countless religious sects, were almost all descendants of the two old ancestors.

They were born late, and they could only watch the records and listen to the elders tell stories about how envious they were.

And now, a new Dao Lord has appeared, and that is the Xuan Master.

Naturally, they would not miss the period when a Dao Lord first preached and opened up a dojo. Naturally, they would follow the Dao Lord and cultivate diligently.

When they graduated in the future, they could also create a force and become a founding patriarch of one side.

The cultivators in the Main World may take this lightly, because they have never seen it and have never heard of it.

Those in the Divine-Devil World knew.

They understood better than anyone that it was their greatest luck that the Xuan Master was now opening up a dojo and preaching the Dharma to the world.

They were just waiting for Sun Tong to dismiss everyone.

As for the points earned by the cultivators in the battle, there was no need to mention them here, as they had already been entered into their respective point tokens.

Everyone was very satisfied. One Black Gold Battlefield was worth a year's harvest.

With these gains, as long as the points were converted into resources, their strength would be further improved.

"The rewards have been distributed. There is one more thing. Since everyone is here, I will say it so that everyone can understand the message issued by the point token."

Just when everyone thought the meeting was about to end, Sun Tong said again.

Everyone was stunned and quickly pricked up their ears to listen carefully. What Director Sun was about to explain in person must be a big deal.

"You all know that the Xuan Master's three supreme treasures, Lord Gui Xu, Lord Jian Mu, and Lord Furnace, have all entered the Third Order."

Sun Tong said this first.

"The Xuan Master's Dao is profound and his divine power is boundless. We congratulate the Xuan Master, congratulate Lord Gui Xu, congratulate Lord Jian Mu, and congratulate Lord Heaven and Earth Furnace!"

The cultivators also cooperated very well. Following Sun Tong's pause, they immediately offered congratulations and admiration.

Including the hundred people led by Ji Zhongfu, they were all very familiar with it.

After all, the three supreme treasures were also related to the three fundamental methods of their cultivation.

"The advancement of the three lords to the Third Order is a manifestation of the growth of our Qingyun Mountain… I think everyone has felt the benefits brought by Lord Jian Mu's advancement before, right?"

The benefits brought by Jian Mu's advancement were the greatest and the most intuitive for the cultivators to feel.

For example, the heightening of Qingyun Mountain, the division of territories, the domain of a hundred miles, and so on.

"We are grateful to the Xuan Master and thank the three lords for their protection."

Sun Tong nodded with satisfaction and continued: "What needs to be explained this time is that the three lords will no longer refine holy pills or refine weapons after entering the Third Order… After all, the three lords also need to cultivate. It is very time-consuming for the three lords to refine pills and weapons for us like this. There was no way before, we were weak, so the three lords could only do so under the guidance of the Xuan Master…"

"What?"

"How could this be?"

As Sun Tong finished speaking, the cultivators exclaimed in disbelief.

The three lords no longer refined holy pills, and Lord Furnace no longer refined weapons. What were they going to do?

Ji Zhongfu and others were also confused. They hadn't gotten on the bus yet?

Before they got on the bus, the bus left. Were they late?

"Silence, listen to me finish."

Seeing everyone discussing, although no one dared to protest, their expressions were worried.

Holy pills were sacred medicines for many cultivators to break through barriers, especially since they had just earned so many points and were thinking of splurging, but now they were gone?

"The Xuan Master and the three lords have other arrangements! … Look at the way you are. What kind of decorum is this? It was because we were weak before and couldn't do anything that the Xuan Master arranged for the three lords to support us in starting. How has it become a dependence now?"

Sun Tong was not used to this. Xuan Huang only needed to maintain holiness and be aloof.

She needed to do some reprimands and spurs, even ruthless things. Anyway, she didn't care how the cultivators looked at her.

After being reprimanded by Sun Tong, the cultivators calmed down.

Director Sun's words were harsh, but they were the truth.

Thinking carefully, the Xuan Master had really brought the food to their mouths.

They were too weak and just starting before, so protection was protection. Now there were quite a few Transcendent cultivators, it was time to wean them.

【What the Mystic Master and the three great leaders mean is that the restrictions on Divine Soul Visualization objects are loosened, and Rank Four cultivators can refine Saint Pills themselves, while Magical Artifacts require Transcendent cultivators to refine them independently… In other words, if you want Saint Pills in the future, refine them yourself; if you want Magical Artifacts, strive to reach Transcendence as soon as possible. If you haven't even reached Transcendence, don't spend all day thinking about Magical Artifacts…】

Sun Tong dropped a bombshell amidst everyone's silence.

After these words were spoken, everyone suddenly understood, 'So that's how it is.'

They could refine Saint Pills themselves?

As for the Rank Four restriction, everyone ignored it. Who present wasn't Rank Six, or even with Rank Six being the lowest cultivation level here?

Late-stage Rank was currently the mainstream at Green Cloud Mountain.

【As for pill refinement, that's it. As for artifact refinement, it's actually a return to the truth. Transcendent cultivators could originally refine them independently. The previous allowance for you to refine artifacts with the help of the Furnace Master when you reached Rank was partly for experimentation and partly to help you. It was a special exception, and now it's a return to the truth.】

In terms of artifact refinement, it's equivalent to merely cutting off the ability to use the strange power to refine Magical Artifacts at the Rank level.

Transcendent cultivators can suppress strange entities themselves without the Heaven and Earth Furnace, and refine Magical Artifacts from the strange entities they can refine.

They can only refine strange entities weaker than themselves, ones they can suppress.

Unlike before, they could use the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine strange-type Magical Artifacts beyond their level.

This point actually had little impact on everyone.

It only affected those who had painstakingly obtained sealed strange entities, and whose own cultivation was only at Rank, waiting to accumulate points to summon the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine Transcendent Magical Artifacts.

There weren't actually many like that.

As long as the ability to refine Saint Pills remained, everyone was happy.

【What needs to be explained is that the resources required to refine Saint Pills are more than what you spend points to buy, and there is also a need for proficiency. In other words, there is a chance of failure, which you need to understand.】

Sun Tong focused on explaining.

Everyone nodded in understanding. It could be explained in one sentence: Saint Pills were more expensive.

【Actually, there is a second benefit to doing this, which is the important reason why the Mystic Master no longer allows the three great leaders to continue refining pills… You refining pills yourselves isn't really refining pills, after all, refining pills requires talent, and most of you don't have that talent.】

Sun Tong directly launched a face-smacking attack, mocking everyone.

【The so-called Visualization Object Pill Refinement is actually using all the strange entities, fierce beasts, etc., that you have slain, as long as you can suppress and refine them. You can extract the essence from these using the Divine Soul Visualization Method. The essence is the Saint Pill. It's not asking you to refine pills, do you understand this?】

"Understood."

"Phew!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. So that's how it was. They thought they had to learn pill refinement techniques.

How could they possibly know such high-end work as pill refinement?

They only knew how to use knives to kill strange entities and fierce beasts.

It turned out that they used to hand over the fierce beasts they killed to the Merit Hall in exchange for points, but now, if they didn't want to exchange for points, they could use the Visualization Object to refine them.

And they were familiar with refining, after all, the Visualization Object could refine everything before, it was just that there was one more option now.

One option was to absorb and strengthen themselves after refining, just like before, and the other option was to condense them into Saint Pills.

That was the only difference.

【However, don't think it's simple. I just said there is a second benefit. The second benefit is that while condensing Saint Pills, you also temper your will and control. This is the second benefit.】

【Do you understand what I mean?】

Sun Tong asked.

Everyone nodded to indicate they understood.

No wonder it was the second benefit. It could also improve the tempering of will and control while refining pills. The Mystic Master really had good intentions.

This was using painstaking efforts to help them grow.

As for what Chief Manager Sun Tong said about not thinking it was simple, they also understood.

Tempering the will and enhancing control meant that if they didn't control it well, they would fail, and failure meant wasting the refined resources.

But the cultivators didn't think so. They even felt that there was no such thing as failure.

Because even if they failed, they still tempered their will and enhanced their control. How could this be called failure?

This was a perfect path where success meant pill formation and failure meant tempering, without any waste.

【Alright, now that everyone understands, let's dismiss… Oh right, you four great factions have discovered the Dao Soldier Pool, right?】

Sun Tong added this at the end, causing the four great leaders to stumble.

"Dao Soldier Pool?"

"Could it be?"

"The four great factions know?"

Everyone was immediately attracted. The Dao Soldier Pool had been rumored for a long time, saying that the Mystic Master was researching it.

After it was researched, it would further enhance the strength of the current cultivators. It was a very important method of protecting the Dao.

The four great leaders were very embarrassed. They hadn't told anyone yet, intending to hide it for as long as possible, at least until they were familiar with it themselves.

Unexpectedly, it was exposed. The people from the Eight Schools and some rogue cultivators smiled slightly, but their eyes looked at them with dissatisfaction.

"Everyone, don't misunderstand. We were planning to say it later, after all, good things come in pairs. We should at least wait until after the Triumphant Return Assembly before saying it. We definitely had no intention of hiding it," said Sun Hui.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!" Yan Lai.

"Correct!" Jiu Tong.

"That's right, um, monks don't tell lies," Ming Hui.

【Alright, I will announce to everyone on behalf of the Mystic Master that there are five Dao Soldier Pools for Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, located in the center, east, south, north, and middle respectively, as well as a second-tier Dao Soldier Pool for Yin Yang Five Elements, located on the central main peak, a total of six.】

After speaking, the four great leaders were also confused. There was also a second-tier one.

Just hearing the name sounded very powerful, Yin Yang Five Elements, not purely Five Elements.

【Although they are located next to the four great factions, they are natural choices for the Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth directions, they don't belong to your four great factions, do you understand?】

Sun Tong directly opened fire on the four great leaders, even uncles wouldn't do. This belonged to the Mystic Master.

"We wouldn't dare, we wouldn't dare, we're wronged!" The four great sect leaders quickly said.

In fact, the four of them weren't stupid. They understood that Sun Tong was representing the Mystic Master to announce this, indicating that everyone would be treated equally.

Therefore, they cooperated very well and expressed that they were wronged.

【It's good that you understand. Anyone among the 30,000 fellow Daoists of Green Cloud Mountain can use the Dao Soldier Pool to nurture Dao Soldiers. As for how to do it, the Dao Soldier Pool will reflect the Divine Soul when you practice. Remember that everything requires strength. Don't lose the sesame seeds while trying to pick up the watermelon, thereby suffering a great loss because of a small gain… These are also the words of the Mystic Master.】

"We respectfully obey the Mystic Master's decree, we will definitely treat it with caution," everyone quickly expressed.

【I advise everyone not to waste their thoughts on the Yin Yang Five Elements Dao Soldier Pool in the center. It starts at the second tier, you can't do it, well… um, Senior Ji Qian might succeed, just take him as a benchmark.】

Combining her own inquiries with Xuan Huang's opinion, Sun Tong gave guidance.

She wasn't always playing the white face, she would also occasionally reveal some information to everyone, so that everyone would remember her kindness.

Very clever.

"Yes, thank you Chief Manager Sun for your guidance."

"I dare not accept the title of Senior Chief Manager Sun. Chief Manager Sun, you flatter me. I am just a few years older than everyone, I am ashamed, I am ashamed."

Ji Zhongfu was suddenly named, and quickly expressed himself.

Being praised by Sun Tong was also equivalent to introducing him. He was very good at handling things, and quickly stood up, nodded to everyone, and thanked Sun Tong, hoping that he could make Chief Manager Sun have a good impression of him.

"Senior is too polite. The Mystic Master also has instructions regarding your migration. Please stay behind after the meeting, I have something to discuss with Senior," Sun Tong said to Ji Zhongfu with a smile.

"Yes, thank you Chief Manager Sun," Ji Zhongfu said excitedly.

He didn't expect that there would also be arrangements for his people, a little excited.

… (End of this chapter)