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"Nine years!"

The rogue cultivator sighed from the bottom of his heart as he stepped into the Merit Hall.

These nine years of perseverance were worth it; he had finally entered the Merit Hall of his dreams.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

After a long period of investigation, the operation to clean out the parasites had entered deep waters.

This time, unlike the previous few times, it didn't end hastily. This time, with Bi Xia leading the team, more internal problems were dug out due to his unremitting efforts.

This caused a great uproar online.

Even the Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families were shocked.

They didn't expect that so many rebellious things were being done behind their backs.

Originally, they wanted to stop Bi Xia's deep investigation, but after seeing such shocking circumstances, the Four Superpowers immediately changed their minds.

This might be a good thing, an opportunity for internal cleansing.

They couldn't do it themselves before, but this time, with the help of Bi Xia's Demon Suppression Department, they could clean up very well.

Therefore, the attitude changed from secretive perfunctory to strong support now.

Bi Xia also breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving this news. After all, even he felt the pressure from the Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families.

Fortunately, the top echelons of the Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families were mostly intelligent people who knew the benefits of his actions.

At the same time, he sighed that the Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families had unique qualities. Not everyone could perform such a bone-scraping treatment.

The Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families had not let down their reputation.

Meanwhile, due to deeper understanding, Bi Xia knew the strength of the Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families was almost omnipresent, which was terrifying.

Throughout the cultivation world, any place with any merit had their branches.

Like a giant spider web, they were attached to the entire territory of cultivators. He had really underestimated their vast numbers before.

It would be very difficult to replace any of them.

At least his Spirit Envoys didn't have the same numbers as the Four Superpowers. Even assigning one person to each location would be a bit of a stretch.

"What are you afraid of?" Long Shi asked with a smile.

"No, you misunderstood. I'm not afraid of the reaction of the Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families. They won't blame us, and may even thank us. What I'm afraid of is the countless low-level cultivators," Han Wu said.

What he was worried about was that the Demon Suppression Department's deep investigation would offend countless low-level cultivators.

This should have been an internal problem of the major forces themselves, requiring them to undergo bone-scraping treatment themselves.

Now, the Demon Suppression Department had become the knife.

The low-level cultivators of these major forces, as well as countless rogue cultivators outside Nanshi, would hate the Demon Suppression Department the most.

If the Demon Suppression Department hadn't dug so deep, they could still be superior people, still be able to command wind and rain in one area.

Now, their hopes had been shattered.

"Alas, they are important, but also not important," Long Shi said with a sigh.

"I understand. If our Demon Suppression Department becomes *the* Demon Suppression Department, then they are not important. But if it doesn't, then they are very important," Han Wu replied seemingly logically.

Long Yue nodded, he understood what Han Wu meant.

"I think the possibility is very high, and the deeper Minister Bi Xia goes, the greater the hope. What do you think?" Long Yue said.

"Yes!" Han Wu thought for a while and nodded.

If the Demon Suppression Department really becomes Qingyun Mountain's Demon Suppression Department, then there is no need to fear the resentment and hatred of these low-level cultivators. That's exactly what they are doing, and with the support of the Profound Master, there is nothing to fear.

If they cannot be promoted, then it will be very serious.

However, if they want to be promoted to Qingyun Mountain's Demon Suppression Department, the deeper Bi Xia digs, the closer he gets.

This is a road of no return, they can only move forward.

The more deeply they investigate, the more the Profound Master and Grand Manager Sun of the Merit Hall will approve of the Demon Suppression Department.

That way, they can be promoted.

"Don't think about it. It's already at this point. I think Minister Bi Xia has already considered it."

Bi Xia had indeed considered it a long time ago.

He was currently being scolded.

"Bi Xia, what right do you have to interrogate me? Do you know that you are offending a group you cannot afford to offend? I advise you to stop as soon as possible."

A transcendent cultivator threatened Bi Xia resentfully.

This person was a local principal of a high school alliance who had been dug out.

Although he was a principal, he only did evil things.

It was still a very clichéd reason. After transcending, he discovered that his potential was exhausted. Unwilling to accept this, he began to walk the evil path.

He played it a bit more sophisticated. It would be impossible to discover him without careful investigation.

This person was good at formations. He had set up a formation created by him and an evil cultivator in the entire school.

This formation was very special. It could continuously and persistently absorb the spiritual energy of the living beings in the formation.

He sat in the core of the formation, and the extracted innate spiritual energy of the students would be fused into his body.

He used this method to enhance his potential and cultivation.

It was an advanced version of the Spirit Absorption Formation.

Spirit Absorption Formations are very common. Many cultivators can set them up, especially cultivators in remote areas. In order to obtain sufficient spiritual energy, they will build a Spirit Absorption Formation in mountains, rivers, and other places.

It can absorb the surrounding spiritual energy for cultivation.

Under his and the evil cultivator's research, they turned a simple Spirit Absorption Formation into a formation that absorbed the spiritual energy of students, relying on depleting the students' spiritual energy and talent to achieve themselves.

Originally, it was hidden very deeply. Ordinary people would not be able to discover it at all. At most, they would think that the students here were all very ordinary in talent.

It was a small cultivator family who risked their lives to secretly report it.

This small cultivator family, even if it was called a family, had only three people who could cultivate.

And their talents were still very ordinary. Such a force could not cultivate their clansmen themselves.

So they sent their son with the best talent to the school, wanting to use the ability of the high school alliance to cultivate their child.

This is a helpless method for many small forces and small families.

But an accident happened here.

Let's use a number to describe it visually.

Originally, the talent of this small family's child was five, but after entering the school, his talent became weaker and weaker. This attracted the attention of the small cultivator family.

After many secret investigations, it was finally determined that the students in the entire school were being absorbed by an evil formation.

But after he discovered it, he didn't dare to take action. Not only didn't he dare to take action, but he also had to pretend that nothing had happened and continue to let his children go to school to study.

He could indeed expose it online, but what would be the cost?

The cost would be the annihilation of his entire clan. This was certain. The forces of the high school alliance here could easily do it.

Especially since this principal had the ability to do so.

The patriarch of the small cultivator family chose to endure and made a long-term plan, intending to sacrifice this child to buy time.

The best thing would be for the whole family to evacuate, to evacuate this dark place, to evacuate this devil's lair.

Waiting and waiting, he waited for Bi Xia to lead the team to clean out the parasites.

After observing for a long time, he found that this time was not like the previous few times that were just a formality, especially since Bi Xia was leading the team. The patriarch of the small cultivator family couldn't help it and chose to secretly report it.

After Bi Xia learned of this news, Bi Xia attached great importance to it.

After all, in Xia Country, although it has undergone great changes, especially now, it is still the age of cultivators.

But the tolerance for children and students is still the same as before, even more serious than before.

The High School Alliance originated from the Profound Master. It is a force established by the Profound Master's investment. Everyone knows this.

Even if they didn't want to know, they would be bombarded with the High School Alliance's pervasive publicity and PR, accepting it explosively.

Therefore, many things are aimed at the High School Alliance, but they won't affect the children and students. This point is a common understanding throughout the cultivation world.

What's more, Zhu Changxun's groundbreaking choice of barrier-free cultivation allows students to join their favorite forces after graduation without any restrictions.

After this pioneering approach emerged, the Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families all recognized it.

These are not only students of the High School Alliance but also potential future fellow disciples.

Who would dare to provoke such a group easily?

Therefore, when the news was passed to Bi Xia, Bi Xia arranged for people to investigate carefully, and the results of the investigation were shocking.

This situation has been going on for a long time, at least three years.

Moreover, the principal here is also very special, a late-stage Profound Transformation Realm existence.

This makes it seem very unusual.

Generally, late-stage Profound Transformation Realm cultivators, even if they are still front-line principals, would not be in such a small place. They would have gone to large cities or the Southern City long ago.

It is very unconventional for him, a late-stage Profound Transformation Realm existence, to be in such a small place.

Combining the results of the investigation, it was concluded that the Spirit-Absorbing Array really existed.

Bi Xia immediately took action, went straight to the base camp, and quickly arrested the participating principal and the evil cultivators, as well as some related school executives.

After this pot was uncovered, although it was not as bloody and cruel as the previous investigation, the negative significance it caused far exceeded the previously investigated situation.

The principal's name is Fang Bujun. After being arrested, although he was panicked, he did not forget to threaten Bi Xia.

"What kind of group can't I afford to offend?" Bi Xia has become a little immune recently.

As a joke, when he was a spirit master, he had never encountered threats and curses; no one dared to.

Unexpectedly, after coming to the cultivation world, especially as the leader of this mission, he has received countless threats and curses.

He has become a little immune to the scolding.

Especially the people from the Four Superpowers and Eight Great Families, they are not generally arrogant, and they say at every turn that he is not qualified and threaten that he has offended an existence he cannot afford to offend.

"Hmph, you know it yourself. You are already on the wrong path. I advise you to turn back before it's too late," Fang Bujun continued to threaten.

Bi Xia knows what he said, and Han Wu and Long Yue are also thinking about this issue.

But obviously, Bi Xia had already made a plan, intending to pursue it to the end, intending to go all the way to the dark. He still understood this problem.

Either break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, promoted to the Qingyun Mountain Merit Hall, or fail and be resented by the bottom-level cultivators.

This is a very complicated issue.

Logically speaking, everyone should support cleaning up the moths, but the present world is like this.

These moths are not just individuals. Behind each moth, there is also a huge group, or family members or relatives and friends.

These people are all stakeholders.

By eliminating these moths, Bi Xia is equivalent to cutting off their resources.

If the chief culprit is punished, it is difficult to punish the relatives and friends of these moths.

The moths are not stupid either. They will not tell their secrets to their family members and relatives and friends. The relatives and friends obtain resources from the moths and think that these moths have obtained them through their own abilities.

These people have not done evil, but they have also benefited from the evil deeds. Logically speaking, such people should also be punished.

Unfortunately, at this point, the responsibilities and powers are unclear, and there is no system of joint liability involving family members.

These people are also a considerable group, and Bi Xia is offending them.

"Haha, it's funny. You're talking as if you're on the side of justice. I, Bi, have been in the world for so many years and have never been threatened by anyone. Your crime deserves to be punished, and I will not relax in the slightest... Not only that, but I will also pursue the guilt of your family and friends. Go in peace," Bi Xia said righteously.

In fact, there is no need to say these things to this demon principal at all. It is meaningless to waste words with such a person.

Bi Xia is actually saying it for his own people to hear.

After all, people's hearts are panicking. He knows his purpose and is moving forward firmly towards this goal.

But subordinates may not all be like him, all as firm as him.

Therefore, it is necessary to cheer up the subordinates regularly and boost morale.

"Kill!"

"No, you..."

With a wave of Bi Xia's hand, the demon principal Fang Bujun's head fell to the ground, and his soul was destroyed.

Such demons have no right to go to hell; their souls are directly destroyed.

"Minister, we?" Tang Zong asked pointedly.

"No need to hide. Send all the real data to the internet and let everyone see the despicable acts of these demons... It's not that we are relentlessly pursuing them, but to warn more people that anyone who dares to reach out to the school deserves to die."

"Yes!" Tang Zong understood Bi Xia's thoughts.

He supports such a choice. He has the courage of a former deputy minister of the Demon Suppression Department.

Soon, the deeds of the demon principal were spread out.

Immediately, it aroused the anger of the entire cultivation world.

Of course, the most tormented was the High School Alliance. This news immediately made them panic.

Evil deeds have been exposed before, but this time, the matter is too big, directly involving students.

Students are not just students.

Cultivator students are being cultivated by the High School Alliance, and ordinary people without cultivation qualifications are also the responsibility of the High School Alliance.

Although the Confucian School controls the secular government, the High School Alliance is responsible for students and schools.

Education and administration have been separated.

The entire cultivation world is very concerned about the importance of schools.

Even the Confucian School is watching closely. Yan Hui and others may not care, but the people below are trying their best to take back the management rights of the schools.

Suddenly, such an egregious behavior was exposed. How could the High School Alliance not worry?

Alliance Leader Zhu Changxun came out of seclusion directly, intending to personally take a trip to the starting point to appease public opinion and express his own meaning.

He needs to clear the relationship with this demon principal and express his attitude.

[It's simply outrageous. How can such disgusting things be done? I have to say, Alliance Leader Zhu of the High School Alliance, how are you managing things?... And the formation used, didn't Sect Leader Yuan of the Origin Formation Sect express anything? The formation plate was bought from you, right?... Although Ji is a recluse, some words are inconvenient to say, but I couldn't help but say something when I saw this news... Ji, including the people of the entire Divine Demon World, are very envious of the education system of the main world, where everyone is equal. This is fairness, this is civilization... There should also be people from my former Divine Demon World in the High School Alliance, right? Let me sell my seniority and ask, where is your conscience?] — Idle Cloud Wild Crane Ji Zhongfu

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