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In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.

For seven days, the Heaven and Earth Furnace, the Gui Xu Great Grinding Mill, and the Tongtian Jianmu, among others, had all stabilized.

The Void Blade and the Heavenly Intent Hammer had also undergone tremendous changes.

The Void Blade had officially reached the peak of the first tier. Due to the refinement of the Black Ash Fusion True Intent, its breakthrough was only waiting for an opportunity, perhaps a battle, or perhaps a hearty drink.

The Heavenly Intent Hammer had officially reached the second-tier standard, even without the blessing of the Heaven and Earth Furnace.

Xuan Huang hadn't been idle for the past seven days either. Although his cultivation hadn't improved significantly, he had condensed the second Celestial Gate.

With four Celestial Gates, Xuan Huang initially thought it would become more difficult as he progressed, but he didn't expect the three treasures entering the second tier to greatly boost him.

He felt that even condensing the third Celestial Gate would be achievable within ten days.

Next was to condense the fourth Celestial Pillar. Once the fourth Celestial Pillar was condensed, he could begin tempering the fourth layer of Xuanbian's will. Xuan Huang was already a little impatient.

Looking at his Qi Sea Dantian, the area of one hundred and twenty zhang allowed Xuan Huang to possess a physical strength of 1,200 tons.

This was already comparable to the strength of second-tier anomalies who were not proficient in power.

The vast golden Qi Sea became even more concentrated and was transforming into a liquid state.

In the north of the Qi Sea, amidst the mist, three golden Celestial Pillars stood tall, often connecting heaven and earth. These three Celestial Pillars had become very mystical, not only the foundation of Xuan Huang's cultivation but also Xuan Huang's exploration of formations.

Formations were almost akin to the Dao, and they should be the most difficult among the arts of pills, talismans, weapons, and formations.

Formations required the drawing of inscriptions, which meant you needed to understand talisman techniques. Formations required the crafting of formation plates and flags, which meant you needed to understand weapon refinement. Furthermore, feng shui and geomancy were also necessary.

Formations were also a manifestation of the rules of heaven and earth. Therefore, Xuan Huang felt that formations were the closest to the Dao.

The second Celestial Gate was in the due south direction, imprinted on the Heaven and Earth Furnace, only lacking the corresponding three Celestial Pillars.

During these seven days, Xuan Huang also sorted out his gains from this time.

There were many anomalies, a great harvest. Besides Wu Deren's anomalous rat mouth and anomalous rat eyes, which had already been refined, there was also Wu Deyi's anomalous rat body, Wu Deli's anomalous rat tail, and Dong Xingbao's weather-vane anomaly, which wasn't purely plant-based, but was indeed in a grass-like state.

There was also Sun Xuelian's anomalous red dancing shoes, Liu Yuting's anomalous snake hair, Lv Yuan's anomalous glass ball, Wei Zixuan's anomalous blood mouth, and Ji Dahu's anomalous hanging rope.

Xuan Huang planned to continue to have the Gui Xu Great Grinding Mill and the Tongtian Jianmu devour and refine the anomalous rat body and anomalous rat tail to bring them to at least the mid-second-tier level.

This was originally the plan.

Let the Heaven and Earth Furnace refine and devour Wei Zixuan's anomalous blood mouth to strengthen the Heaven and Earth Furnace's ability to devour and refine.

In this way, the Heaven and Earth Furnace could also step into the mid-second tier.

It could be said that the harvest was full. Solving this group of people at once would allow all three artifacts to achieve the mid-second tier.

The three artifacts were originally treasures. The early-second tier was equivalent to the late-second tier of anomalies. Now that the three treasures had reached the mid-second tier, they were already at the peak of the second tier.

With the three artifacts as protective tools, Xuan Huang could be fearless of all existences in the second tier, whether they were creatures, spirit masters, or anomalies.

This week, Qingyun Mountain was also undergoing changes, visible to the naked eye.

Although winter had already arrived, the ten-mile radius of Qingyun Mountain covered by the Jianmu was lush with trees, a scene of spring.

As the spirit root, the Tongtian Jianmu transformed the earth and the environment, resulting in a very dense spiritual energy and a noticeable improvement in plants.

Some plants could finally evolve normally like the revival of spiritual energy.

The most obvious change was the gourd vine, the Tongtian Jianmu's newly acquired follower. The gourd vine's luck was heaven-defying. Soon after taking root, it encountered the Jianmu transforming into the second tier.

Therefore, it also advanced, from an ordinary plant to an existence of the first-tier transcendent.

However, it did not bloom or bear fruit, only the vines became more robust, like gnarled roots, and the leaves spread out, each emitting a flowing light.

And in the spirit fields sorted out by Qingyun Mountain, there were constantly being transplanted medicinal plants, which, along with the Jianmu's improvement, had all evolved. The six strongest plants had already reached the critical point of the first-tier transcendent.

As long as they accumulated time, achieving transcendence was just around the corner.

In addition, Qingyun Mountain became taller, which was noticed by the cultivators.

Even though the increase in height caused some small losses, it did not make everyone dissatisfied. What dissatisfaction could there be with such an environment?

Moreover, staring at the Tongtian Jianmu every day had become a trend in the past few days.

The second-tier Tongtian Jianmu's Dao rhythm flowed, which was equivalent to a weakened version of the Tongtian Jianmu visualization diagram. Although the effect was vastly different, it was, after all, something that could be seen at any time.

Even if they comprehended the visualization diagram, they could compare it with the Tongtian Jianmu for reference. According to many cultivators, they had benefited a lot.

The entire Qingyun Mountain had animals.

Especially many birds. With their keen senses, they had long been attracted by the spiritual energy and heavenly secrets of Qingyun Mountain. They didn't understand why, but their instincts wouldn't be wrong.

This led to many birds and animals approaching Qingyun Mountain without fear of death, even planning to stay for a long time.

They had previously hidden from people out of instinctive fear, but now that the Tongtian Jianmu had advanced, they seemed to have gone all out, not afraid of death. Even if you chased them away, they wouldn't leave.

Not only wouldn't they leave, but they would also fight back, even if it meant death.

Fortunately, these animals didn't amount to much and didn't cause any casualties.

After a few days, the cultivators let them be. The four families also spoke, saying that there was no need to care about wild beasts that didn't hurt people.

All the wild beasts that came here had considerable intelligence, knowing what kind of people they couldn't afford to hurt. As long as the two-legged animals didn't drive them away, they couldn't beat them anyway, so they lived in peace.

Especially the trees around the Jianmu, often circled by some birds. They didn't dare to perch on the Jianmu, so they had to get as close to the Jianmu as possible.

The center of Xuan Huang's courtyard formed a vacuum zone. The terrifying pressure inside directly suppressed their instincts. Their instincts didn't dare to drive them to approach, but instead urged them to stay away and not seek death.

Currently, occupying the sky was a pair of golden eagles from who knows where, and on the ground, there were two big cats that might have escaped from the zoo.

The big cats seemed to be used to humans. After discovering that they couldn't beat them, they were really 'catty,' even letting people pet them without resisting.

The cultivators were very happy to see this. They would give them some meat from the killed fierce beasts and wild beasts from time to time, and the two big cats completely refused to leave.

They had just come out of a place where they were taken care of, and survival was very difficult. They didn't expect to find another place where they were taken care of. It was too good.

And outside Qingyun Mountain.

In the Anomalous Clubhouse, Qiao Liangyu had been very uncomfortable these past few days.

"Seven days, a week! That damned Xuan Huang still hasn't apologized."

With a twisted face, he vented his twisted emotions.

During this time, he used small accounts to curse Xuan Huang everywhere, stirring up the hatred of spirit masters towards Xuan Huang everywhere, but the gains were very small.

The Dragon Master's deterrence was still very strong.

Even the kill orders previously issued by the God Alliance and the Demon Worshiper Church against Xuan Huang were silently deleted and revoked.

They didn't want to be banned, so they could only turn to underground targeting.

Unfortunately, the bargaining chips were too low, and no one dared to assassinate Xuan Huang. The bargaining chips were too high, and they were reluctant.

Even the Anomalous Clubhouse's secret missions now had very few assassins willing to contact them, and a few even offered sky-high prices.

Twenty bottles of Divine Blood, at least twenty bottles.

Ten bottles for killing Xuan Huang, and ten bottles for the threat of the Dragon Master. Less than that wouldn't do.

Spirit masters were a huge pyramid structure. Currently, the known third-tier spirit masters, at most, were probably less than a hundred, and they were the leaders and high-level members of the major forces.

Either they are the absolute dominant force of a small faction, or solitary rogue cultivators.

It is said that there are less than five thousand second-rank Spirit Masters, and that's not just in Xia, but the total for the entire world's population of fifty billion.

There are many more first-rank Spirit Masters, too many to count. Maybe he dies today, and tomorrow he successfully masters a spirit and becomes a Spirit Master.

But roughly around three hundred thousand, and the number has been increasing in recent years.

The increase is because there are more anomalies, more experience from predecessors, and the selection and promotion in various faction schools.

Three hundred thousand is already a lot. Out of a hundred promising candidates, maybe one or two succeed.

This means that at least fifty million attempt to master a spirit, but only a little over three hundred thousand succeed, and forty-nine million die.

The deaths further strengthen the power of the anomalies, making mastery even more difficult.

It is said that there's an unwritten rule among Spirit Masters: if ten people fail to master an anomaly, it's best to give up.

It means that this anomaly cannot be mastered and can only be used for Spirit Masters to advance and fuse.

No mistakes, one first, one release, one internal, one containment, one presence, one look!

Anomalies come in all shapes and sizes, everything imaginable and even unimaginable.

Those with some fame and strength are very powerful anomalies. Seventy percent of anomalies are actually very ordinary and seem quite useless. Of course, there are no useless anomalies; it's just that people don't know how to use them, or they are too weak.

Take Qi Long's Shadow Anomaly, for example. Qi Long needs to find puzzle pieces, while Xuan Huang can directly control and devour shadows to grow.

The higher the level of Spirit Masters, the fewer there are, and the higher the level, the more difficult it becomes.

A third-rank Spirit Master cannot be moved by the Anomalies Society. To hire a third-rank Spirit Master, it starts at one hundred bottles of Divine Blood. Even with one hundred bottles, third-rank Spirit Masters may not be interested.

Not everyone needs Divine Blood, and even the higher the rank, the less they need it.

Those who achieve the third rank are peerless geniuses, not forged by Divine Blood.

Divine Blood is more attractive to the middle and lower levels.

They can't hire a third-rank, and the second-rank's asking price is too high, making it difficult for the Anomalies Society for a while.

Qiao Liangyu was furious about this.

Silently adding many people to the blacklist, intending to take revenge when these people need him in the future.

"Chairman!"

His subordinate's voice came.

"Come in."

It was the same woman. The woman had also been puzzled recently. How come the Anomalies Society, which had been invincible before, was in such a state recently?

They couldn't even find a killer to kill someone, and they were threatened by Dragon Master and ridiculed by experts who didn't fear the Anomalies Society.

"Chairman! The Scarecrow Christopher agreed that as long as he gets twenty bottles of Divine Blood and the Anomalies Society is responsible for the transportation, he can kill Xuan Huang."

"Christopher? ... He is indeed good. Should the Scarecrow Army be able to deal with Xuan Huang?" Qiao Liangyu nodded and said, "Have you told him about the Three Rat Fiends?"

The woman said, "Everything has been explained to Christopher. Christopher said that the strongest of the Three Rat Fiends, Wu Deren, is only at the early stage of the second rank, while he is at the mid-stage of the second rank, and he also has the Scarecrow Army. Dealing with Xuan Huang is a piece of cake. If you can increase the price by fifty bottles of Divine Blood, he promises to completely clear out the cultivators of Qingyun Mountain."

"This? No need."

Qiao Liangyu shook his head and said, "Killing Xuan Huang is enough. Completely clearing out the cultivators of Qingyun Mountain will not be let off by the Confucian, Taoist, Buddhist, and Martial families. It is said that the Three Wonders of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are also on Qingyun Mountain. If these three old guys are killed, their disciples and grandchildren will go crazy."

Qiao Liangyu dared not clear Qingyun Mountain.

Good heavens, that's a hornet's nest.

Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism are actually two sects, plus the former government personnel as the main force.

If you dare to touch them, you won't be able to stay in Xia.

Don't really think that these three families don't have experts, right?

It's just that the Spirit Master experts of these three families can only use their fame and cannot be commanded. Even before, the three families relied on these Spirit Master experts to support their facade.

Although the three families have been very close to Xuan Huang recently, it may make the Spirit Masters of the three families dissatisfied, but blood is thicker than water.

They can make trouble and fight among themselves.

If you outsiders want to bully our own people, are you looking for death?

Typically, I can say that my school or hometown is bad, and classmates and fellow villagers can scold it, and even applaud.

But if you outsiders say we are not good, who do you think you are?

Then they will unanimously deal with outsiders.

"Tell Christopher that he cannot touch the four families of Qingyun Mountain, just kill Xuan Huang. You must clearly tell him, don't let him go crazy."

Qiao Liangyu was also afraid of this kind of madman.

He may not have done as much evil as the Three Rat Fiends, but his level of madness is even more excessive.

"These foreigners don't understand the relationship between the three families. Just say they are churches. They understand their Christianity and Catholicism, right? ... Just tell him this, and tell him that church personnel cannot be touched, or the church will go crazy."

Qiao Liangyu was still not at ease and made an illustrative analogy.

"Chairman, you agreed?" the woman said.

When Qiao Liangyu thought of the depression of the past few days, he gritted his teeth, "Of course I agreed. The Three Rat Fiends couldn't do it, but the Scarecrow Christopher will definitely be able to do it. Even I feel that his Scarecrow Army is very tricky, let alone a second-rank existence, let alone Xuan Huang, this newly extraordinary martial artist."

The woman felt something was wrong when she heard this, so she cautiously said, "Chairman, according to common sense, the Three Rat Fiends are not something Xuan Huang can contend with, but the three brothers just disappeared?"

"This?" Qiao Liangyu was stunned, "That's right, how did he do it? ... Could it be that he has other means? Or did Old Dragon secretly help him? Or were the Three Rat Fiends bought by Xuan Huang?"

Qiao Liangyu made three guesses in a row, but none of them approached the direction of Xuan Huang solving it himself.

Immediately, he muttered to himself, "If there are special means...? But this kind of special means must not be used often, or even used to save lives, and Xuan Huang has already used it up. ... It's also unreliable for Dragon Master to help. Dragon Master can't leave Xia Du. At most, he can find someone to protect him. As long as you pay attention, you should be able to find an opportunity... As for being bought by Xuan Huang? I don't believe that Xuan Huang's bargaining chip this time can exceed twenty bottles of Divine Blood."

"The advantage is with me. This time, I will definitely succeed. We have anticipated all of Xuan Huang's methods. This time, Xuan Huang can't escape," Qiao Liangyu said spiritedly.

"Just do it like this. Tell Christopher all the problems and let him be cautious. The Three Rat Fiends were too careless and didn't know to act in secret. They also blatantly revelled with the traitors of the Southern City Evil Suppression Department, which is why the people from the Southern City Evil Suppression Department leaked the information to Xuan Huang."

He also said, "As long as Christopher is cautious, I am not Gou Jianren. I will not remotely command the Three Rat Fiends but be unable to command them. ... Christopher is aloof and lives alone. He can not care about others, but he dares not offend me. If he offends me, I will transport his enemies to his doorstep for free."

Qiao Liangyu finally regained his confidence and pride.

After sorting things out, he found that his plan had no loopholes.

"Chairman..." After hearing this, the woman still found that the chairman had not found the secret of how Xuan Huang made the Three Rat Fiends disappear, but was just guessing?

Is it really what the chairman guessed?

"What do you want to say?" Qiao Liangyu was a little dissatisfied. Isn't his plan perfect? Aren't his guesses correct?

"I said the chairman is wise and the chairman is brilliant."

The woman followed suit.

After all, she was an old subordinate and had long known the chairman's commanding and strategizing abilities.

I can only say: blind command, reckless action.

Many times, the Anomalies Society's action plans were blindly commanded by the chairman, resulting in many losses.

Moreover, he does not allow rebuttal, does not listen to advice, and is wary of everyone.

He often flaunts: he knows how to use people and is good at using people to control people, but...

It can only be said that he has the demeanor of Principal Chang.

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