Chapter 26: Improved Methods of Promotion Ceremony
After observing for a long time, the improvement information still did not appear.
Fang Che, currently idle, did not give up and kept staring at the curse master gem.
After an unknown period, his ethereal eyes flickered slightly, and he finally saw the information recorded on the Curse Master Professional Gem change!
Fang Che was slightly excited, then observed carefully.
There were three pieces of improvement information. The first piece of improvement information was:
"Be resented and cursed by twenty first-tier Professionals who restrain Curse Masters, obtain their cursing energy, and after completing the breakthrough, you will not be subject to any Professional restraint in the future."
This piece of improvement information was good.
Professional restraint is a very critical issue; facing a Professional who restrains you, your skills cannot harm him in the slightest, and in front of him, your own energy circulation will be affected, meaning you lose half the battle upon meeting.
If the Professional restraint issue could be resolved, survival ability would definitely improve.
However, regarding this improvement method, Fang Che felt it would be very difficult for him to complete.
There are not many Professions that can restrain Curse Masters, and most Professions are difficult to awaken, so gathering twenty would be very difficult.
Fang Che frowned and continued to look at the other improvement information.
The second piece of improvement information was: "Be resented and cursed by fifty Professionals who have awakened different Professions, obtain their cursing energy, and after completing the breakthrough, you will be able to restrain all Professions in the future."
This piece of improvement information made Fang Che slightly relieved.
Fifty different Professionals are easy to gather, and the improved ability is also good.
Even if Fang Che faces a Professional who restrains Curse Masters in the future, he can still restrain the opponent, weakening both sides simultaneously.
If both sides' strength is weakened simultaneously, it is equivalent to neither being weakened; at least they can fight fairly!
This improvement information was much better than the first.
Then, Fang Che looked at the third piece of improvement information.
"Make the Plane Will disgusted, obtain the curse of the Emperor Plane Will, use the cursing energy of the Emperor Plane Will to complete the breakthrough, and in the future, you will not be restrained by any Profession and will restrain all Professions!"
Seeing this piece of improvement information, Fang Che's eyes widened, and he subconsciously rejected this improvement plan.
As a creature of the Emperor Plane, making the Plane Will disgusted is akin to seeking death; the knowledge he learned at Slaughter Saber Academy did not allow Fang Che to do so.
Yet, for some reason, Fang Che looked at the third improvement plan, and his mood was unusually excited, like a fish seeing water.
This was a bodily instinct, and Fang Che felt that this third piece of improvement information might help Fang Che go further.
Fang Che hesitated for a moment but still decided to choose the third improvement method to complete the breakthrough!
Fang Che had learned at Slaughter Saber Academy that after making the Plane Will slightly disgusted, he could complete some tasks beneficial to the Emperor Plane in the future to change the Plane Will's impression of him.
After making these decisions, various methods to make the Plane Will disgusted appeared in Fang Che's mind.
Ninety percent of these methods were directly life-threatening.
For example, senselessly killing Soul Masters, large-scale slaughter of ordinary people on the Emperor Plane, robbing newly awakened Professionals on the Emperor Plane, repeatedly violating contracts, and other methods were all self-destructive, and Fang Che absolutely could not choose them.
Fang Che recalled the remaining ten percent of non-fatal methods and quickly found a relatively easy one to implement: finding dark star stone.
This dark star stone was once a specialty of the dark star Plane, containing rich energy.
When the dark star Plane and the Emperor Plane went to war, they severely damaged the Emperor Plane Will with the power of the dark star stone.
After the battle ended, the benefits gained by the Emperor Plane could not compensate for this severe damage.
Moreover, due to the special modifications of the dark star Plane, the dark star stone was difficult for the Emperor Plane to utilize perfectly.
Therefore, the Emperor Plane Will was extremely disgusted by the dark star stone.
However, because of the rich energy of the dark star stone, the Emperor Plane Will was reluctant to discard it, so it could only use these dark star stones to build a series of structures like garbage disposal sites and sewage treatment ponds.
Fang Che remembered that there was a Deprecated sewage treatment pond near Slaughter Saber Academy.
A long time ago, Slaughter Saber Academy was still very glorious, and the surrounding population was dense, requiring many sewage treatment plants.
Later, Slaughter Saber Academy declined, unable to cultivate powerful students, and the surrounding population gradually moved away.
With the decrease in population, the amount of sewage produced decreased, and the sewage treatment plant was also abandoned.
All the good things in this sewage treatment plant were sold off, and as for the dark star stone, because it was disliked by the Plane Will, not many people dared to touch it for long, so it remained.
Fang Che decided that after completing the mission, he would go there to collect some dark star stone.
After thinking about these matters, Fang Che's attention focused on the Voodoo Doll.
Fang Che planned to eliminate more tribes.
For the Plane Will, eliminating intelligent creatures from Other Planes is the best way to please the Plane Will.
If enough intelligent creatures are eliminated, one can even receive rewards from the Plane Will.
Now that there was an opportunity to eliminate intelligent creatures from Other Planes, it absolutely could not be wasted.
Under Fang Che's control, the Voodoo Doll quickly moved away from the Huanghu Clan territory, heading to other places to find targets for hunting.
Time flew by, and soon it was the evening of the second day.
During this period, the first-tier Tiger-man's arrows continued to fire, but not a single Tiger-man passed through the Plane Passage.
And the Blue Sky Group members often cast expectant glances at the square white stone.
At this moment, most of the white stone had already sunk underground, with only a thin layer exposed.
It was estimated that in a little more time, the white stone would completely sink underground, completing the mission!
Fang Che ignored this stone and continued to hunt Tiger-men.
At this moment, in the Mission Hall near Slaughter Saber Academy, the Fierce Tiger Group members were still residing there.
The other Professionals in the Mission Hall had long been accustomed to this scene, and no one paid attention to these Fierce Tiger Group members.
This made the Fierce Tiger Group members much more at ease.
Just then, a fierce tiger pattern appeared out of thin air in the Mission Hall, followed by spatial energy rapidly gathering around it, opening a subtle spatial rift.
Captain Li excitedly shouted, "The Group Leader and the others are back!"
After shouting this, Captain Li's excitement faded, and he suddenly looked troubled.
The faces of the other Captains around him were also not very good.
These days, the Fierce Tiger Group members had been staying in the Mission Hall, which was quite disgraceful.
Being disgraceful was one thing, but they didn't even dare to accept their own rightful benefits, making the Captains truly afraid to face the Group Leader.
A moment later, the rift opened to its maximum, and a man with a long sword on his back and sharp eyes walked out of the rift.
The next second, the Mission Hall, which had been somewhat lively, suddenly fell silent.
The man looked around, saw the Fierce Tiger Group members, and walked over with a slight look of confusion.
Behind the man, more core members of the Fierce Tiger Group walked out of the rift, following his steps.
Captain Li and the others quickly lined up, standing straight, and nervously shouted, "Greetings, Group Leader."
"You may dispense with the formalities." Chen Chuan, the Group Leader of the Fierce Tiger Group, waved his hand and asked curiously, "How did you know I was returning today?"
The core members of the Fierce Tiger Group behind him also looked curiously at Captain Li and the others.
Captain Li and the others exchanged troubled glances, none daring to speak.
Chen Chuan frowned, realizing something was seriously wrong, and immediately said, "We'll talk about it back at the base."
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Chapter 27 Mission Completed and Tiger Group Attacked
Chen Chuan left the Mission Hall, and the Fierce Tiger Group quickly followed, afraid that if they walked too slowly, they would be eliminated by an unknown enemy.
After the Fierce Tiger Group left the Mission Hall, the Professionals who had accepted missions immediately started discussing, and the Mission Hall suddenly became much livelier.
Outside the Mission Hall, Chen Chuan heard the discussions behind him, his expression unchanged, but his walking speed suddenly quickened.
Not long after, Chen Chuan returned to the Fierce Tiger Group's headquarters hall and asked with some confusion, "Where are Mu Hai and Li Yuan? Did they go on a mission?"
The captains looked nervous, and Captain Li bit the bullet and replied, "The two young masters were killed by assassins a few days ago!"
Chen Chuan's expression turned grim, and he frowned, saying, "Tell me in detail what has happened these past few days."
Seeing that their leader didn't go crazy, the captains relaxed a little, and then Captain Li began to recount what had happened these past few days.
After Captain Li finished explaining everything, he finally added, "This subordinate speculates that the group most likely to have hired the assassins and the Poison Doctor is the Blue Sky Group!"
Chen Chuan said calmly, "Even if it wasn't the Blue Sky Group, we must pin the blame on them. Only then can we stabilize morale."
The captains immediately flattered him, "Our leader is brilliant."
Chen Chuan glanced at their nervous expressions and comforted them, "The Flesh Bodhisattva is too precious. If I wanted to win over a Flesh Bodhisattva, I wouldn't violently harm the Blue Sky Group created by Ling Jie. I won't blame you."
Captain Li and the others were slightly stunned by his words.
Too many things had happened in the past few days, and Captain Li had no intention of winning over Ling Jie at all.
To be precise, it was just that everyone held a glimmer of hope, yet also felt fear.
However, now that Chen Chuan had already made up so much in his mind, Captain Li and the others did not reveal the truth, but simply responded in tacit understanding, "Our leader is brilliant."
Then, Captain Li said, "Now the Blue Sky Group has accepted a dangerous mission arranged by the Plane Will, so it's impossible to win over Ling Jie. When shall we go out and eliminate the Blue Sky Group?"
"No need for so much trouble," Chen Chuan said, taking out a palm-sized short sword from his storage ring.
"I will use the last item bestowed by the Plane Will to eliminate Ling Jie and her people. Do you have a portrait of Ling Jie?"
"Yes," Captain Li quickly took out a notebook from his storage ring, opened the first page, and handed it to Chen Chuan.
Captain Li said, "This records information on some members of the Blue Sky Group. It was painstakingly collected by this subordinate, but it took too much time, so only a small portion of people's information was collected."
"That's enough," Chen Chuan tore off Ling Jie's portrait, laid it flat on the table, and then plunged the short sword into Ling Jie's portrait.
The next second, the short sword melted, covering the portrait.
Immediately after, the portrait transformed back into ink, detached from the white paper, and condensed into hundreds of finger-length ink daggers, flying towards the West Desolate Volcano where the Blue Sky Group was performing their mission.
...
Near the Plane Passage of the West Desolate Volcano, the square white stone had completely sunk into the ground.
In an instant, the curtain-like Plane Passage emitted a faint light, blocking the arrows shot by the Tiger-men.
At the same time, vast and ethereal energy enveloped the Blue Sky Group, and a circular blue emblem condensed above Ling Jie's head.
Within the blue emblem, a few white clouds occasionally drifted by, as if a corner of the sky had been placed inside the emblem.
At this moment, the Plane mission was complete!
"We finally survived!"
"We finally completed the mission!"
"Oww..."
The Blue Sky Group members cried out excitedly.
In the corner, Fang Che closed his eyes, paying attention to the situation in his Niwan Palace.
After the square white stone sank into the ground, Fang Che lost contact with the Voodoo Doll.
However, this Voodoo Doll was bound to Fang Che, and the moment contact was lost, the Voodoo Doll symbol on the curse master gem flickered with light.
Then, the Voodoo Doll was directly teleported back to the Niwan Palace.
Immediately after, the eye of the plane appeared out of thin air in the Niwan Palace.
Next to the eye of the plane, lines of text condensed.
Fang Che read carefully and found that this was the contract he had previously signed with Ling Jie.
When the contract was fully condensed, the eye of the plane released a pile of black gems containing rich curse energy.
Fang Che estimated that absorbing all these gems would allow the second-layer altar to escape its illusory state and reach the breakthrough standard.
Immediately after, the eye of the plane released another pile of items; these were all materials for refining the Curse Master promotion potion.
Finally, the eye of the plane released another jade bottle, which contained a curse energy belonging to a first-tier Professional!
At this moment, the Plane Will had fulfilled the contract previously agreed upon on behalf of Ling Jie!
The next second, the eye of the plane disappeared.
Fang Che opened his eyes and looked around, finding that most of the people around him were looking at Ling Jie with anticipation, waiting for Ling Jie to distribute rewards.
Yun Tian and Ye Ling were not as eager as the others, presumably they, like Fang Che, had already signed a contract with Ling Jie in advance.
Under everyone's gaze, Ling Jie put away the emblem above her head, took out a crystal ball, and said,
"This records the scene of the battle just now. We'll rest for a while, then watch it together. As agreed before, the second-tier resources will be distributed to six people, and I will arrange four portions of resources myself;
After everyone breaks through to the second tier, I will then sell the Group Healing Banner in exchange for resources to provide to everyone, helping everyone break through;
Also, the contracts you signed with me when you borrowed money before are all void!"
As her words fell, everyone was overjoyed.
And just at this moment, the sound of arrows cutting through the air came from the entrance of the cave.
Having just experienced battle, everyone instinctively raised their shields and looked towards the entrance when they heard the commotion.
Then, everyone's faces turned pale and ugly.
They saw hundreds of finger-length black daggers flying into the cave entrance, each emitting a terrifying aura that made everyone feel a deadly danger.
In the blink of an eye, the black daggers flew into the cave and hovered above everyone's heads, with one or two black daggers above each person's head.
Everyone quickly raised their shields above their heads.
The next second, the black daggers easily pierced through the shields and stabbed towards everyone's heads.
Just as the black daggers were about to pierce into everyone's bodies, a vast and ethereal power suddenly released from their bodies.
This power condensed above their heads, forming the Blue Sky Group emblem pattern bestowed by the Plane Will.
"Bang bang~"
The black daggers suddenly collided with this emblem, instantly shattering and producing a crisp sound of jade breaking.
Then, the shattered black daggers turned into ink, scattered on the ground, and the Blue Sky Group emblem pattern also disappeared.
Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Ling Jie put away her nervousness and said, "To be blocked by the emblem, it must be an attack launched by a certain group against us. Now, the only group with a conflict of interest with us is the Fierce Tiger Group;
But unfortunately, the Fierce Tiger Group was one step too late. Let's go back now, cultivate well, recruit members, and fight the Fierce Tiger Group in the future!"
Everyone nodded, their hearts burning with anger, and their aversion to the Fierce Tiger Group surged.
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Chapter 28 The Change of Mentality of the Tiger Group
Seeing that everyone's emotions were roused, Ling Jie said, "Alright, let's all watch the video together. Ye Ling, you few can leave first."
Ling Jie injected energy into the crystal ball, and the scene of the battle immediately appeared within it.
Everyone carefully watched the battle footage, while Ye Ling and Yun Tian left the cave directly.
Before Fang Che left, he glanced in the direction of the Plane Passage and noticed the Tiger-men tapping and knocking on the other side, as if they couldn't see what was happening here.
After leaving the cave, Yun Tian asked, "Are you two going together?"
Ye Ling nodded and said, "Okay, it's good to have someone to look out for."
However, Fang Che shook his head and said, "I won't be going with you. I plan to stay outside for a while and return later."
"Alright, then be careful on your way." Yun Tian and the other person didn't ask where Fang Che was going; they just exchanged a few simple pleasantries and then left the area.
After Fang Che watched them leave, he found a place to meditate and cultivate the Mo Yuan Curse Cultivation Method.
As Fang Che began to cultivate, the black gemstones bestowed by the Plane Will instantly released curse energy, which merged into the second layer of the illusory altar.
The curse energy from the black gemstones was incredibly dense and very easy to absorb.
One minute of Fang Che's cultivation was equivalent to half an hour of his previous cultivation, directly increasing his cultivation speed by sixty times.
Moreover, these black gemstones, unlike elixirs, didn't contain trace amounts of toxins, allowing for continuous cultivation!
Fang Che used the black gemstones to cultivate until he felt irritable, then he set off for the abandoned sewage treatment plant.
In the time that followed, Fang Che traveled quietly, cultivating when he was tired and traveling when he was tired of cultivating.
Fang Che did not choose to continuously travel or continuously cultivate.
Because Fang Che was not the kind of person who could patiently do one thing; doing one thing for a long time would make Fang Che feel tired and generate feelings of annoyance.
Fang Che needed to adjust his emotions.
While Fang Che was traveling and cultivating, in the Fierce Tiger Group's stronghold, Chen Chuan was also staring at the white paper on the table.
Previously, Ling Jie's portrait was recorded on the white paper. Since the portrait condensed into an ink fine sword and went out to kill, no one had touched this white paper.
At this moment, Chen Chuan suddenly sighed, saying helplessly, "The white paper shows no change, proving that my item failed to harm Ling Jie, or even anyone in the Blue Sky Group; Such defensive means are only possessed by badges granted by the Plane, it seems the Blue Sky Group has completed the task assigned by the Plane!"
Captain Li, who was nearby, heard this and asked hopefully, "Could it be that the item hasn't found Ling Jie and the Blue Sky Group yet?"
Chen Chuan shook his head and said, "That's impossible. After the item is activated, it will eliminate the enemy within a quarter of an hour and report the situation within half an hour; If it exceeds this time, it means the item was blocked by them. Now, everyone should cultivate well and prepare for a decisive battle with the Blue Sky Group in the future."
Upon hearing these words, Captain Li and the others' expressions turned serious.
Originally, everyone had not associated the Blue Sky Group with Assassins or Poison Doctors; they merely regarded the Blue Sky Group as a scapegoat to stabilize morale.
But now, everyone felt that the Blue Sky Group truly knew some Assassins, Poison Doctors, and even more powerful Professionals.
Otherwise, how could the Blue Sky Group block the Group Leader's item? How could the Blue Sky Group possibly complete the dangerous mission arranged by the Plane?
Thinking of this, the fear that the Poison Doctor had previously instilled in Captain Li and the others actually diminished considerably.
What Captain Li and the others feared were enemies of unknown identity and origin.
What Captain Li and the others worried about was not knowing who to seek revenge from.
Now that the enemy was confirmed to be from the Blue Sky Group, everyone regained their calm and rationality, thinking about ways to eliminate the Fierce Tiger Group.
A few seconds later, the Red-haired Captain spoke, "Since the Blue Sky Group has badge protection, then let's hire others to deal with the Blue Sky Group!"
Chen Chuan gently shook his head and said, "This method won't work. All of you joined the Fierce Tiger Group after it developed, so you haven't understood the Fierce Tiger Group's development or the power of the badge!"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Chen Chuan with some curiosity, waiting for his explanation.
Chen Chuan's eyes were hazy, as if he saw the former Fierce Tiger Group. After a moment, Chen Chuan explained, "The badge bestowed by the Plane represents an opportunity for fair competition; The Plane Will will create an absolutely fair competitive environment. Before the Blue Sky Group grows stronger, methods of cross-tier suppression will absolutely not succeed; The tactic of ganging up on fewer opponents will also not succeed. The Blue Sky Group can even choose to hang a 'no challenge' sign and develop peacefully."
Upon hearing this, the Red-haired Captain and the others finally understood why the Fierce Tiger Group was able to defeat previous groups and develop to its current state.
However, thinking that the Blue Sky Group now also received such treatment, everyone felt very uncomfortable.
But Chen Chuan brought up even more troubles:
"If we hire others to harm the Blue Sky Group, we will receive a warning from the Plane Will. If members of the Blue Sky Group are assassinated, we will have to pay the corresponding price; If the Blue Sky Group is destroyed by the Professionals we hire, our Fierce Tiger Group will also be destroyed by the Plane Will; Even if we expel someone from the Blue Sky Group now and have him hire an Assassin, it won't succeed; Most importantly, if our friends in the Fierce Tiger Group have the idea of helping the Fierce Tiger Group eliminate the Blue Sky Group, they must also abide by these rules."
Captain Li and the others' expressions became very grim. Captain Li asked somewhat irritably, "Are we just going to wait for death?"
"No!" Chen Chuan shook his head, answering with hope:
"When the Blue Sky Group's strength is equal to ours, the badge's protective power will disappear, allowing for a fair battle; Furthermore, if the Blue Sky Group actively provokes powerful Professionals whom we don't know, and is eliminated by those powerful Professionals, then we don't have to worry about the Plane Will's punishment."
Upon hearing this, everyone relaxed slightly.
As long as the Blue Sky Group doesn't endlessly grow stronger, everyone will have the confidence to fight them!
As for the method of the Blue Sky Group provoking powerful individuals and being eliminated by them, Captain Li and the others didn't take it to heart; they believed more in their own strength.
Seeing that everyone's emotions were roused, Chen Chuan continued, "There's also some good news: since it's fair competition, our Fierce Tiger Group will also be protected; The strong members of the Blue Sky Group, and their strong friends, will not be able to harm our Fierce Tiger Group's weaker Professionals!"
Upon hearing this, Captain Li and the others showed brilliant smiles on their faces.
With the Plane Will's protection, the Blue Sky Group would not be able to hire Second-Order Assassins and Poison Doctors to kill people.
Even if Second-Order Assassins and Poison Doctors joined the Blue Sky Group, the safety of the First-Order members could be guaranteed, and it would not affect the interests of the group.
As for Second-Order Professionals like Captain Li, even if they were no match for a Poison Doctor or an Assassin, they could hold out until the Group Leader arrived with reinforcements.
Everything was developing in a better direction.
Seeing that everyone was no longer tense, Chen Chuan smiled slightly and said, "Everyone, go and comfort your subordinates, and start recruiting Professionals. Prepare for war with the Blue Sky Group."
Captain Li and the others said in unison, "Understood!"
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Chapter 29: The Blue Sky Group Recruits New Members
Time flew by, and ten-odd days later, Fang Che arrived at a desolate place.
This place was precisely the abandoned sewage treatment plant.
After wandering around for a while, Fang Che saw several pools for holding sewage.
Now, there was no sewage in the pools, only a layer of black sludge that covered the entire pool.
Fang Che took out a shovel from his storage ring, scraped off the sludge attached to the pools, revealing the black wall bricks.
These wall bricks resembled the night sky, completely black, with occasional white light spots visible.
This was the dark star stone that the Plane Will detested.
Fang Che pried off the dark star stone, put it into his storage ring, and then went to pry off other dark star stones.
After collecting a portion of dark star stones, Fang Che felt a bit tired and began to cultivate.
When he grew tired of cultivating, he would go back to prying off dark star stones.
A few days later, Fang Che collected all the dark star stones here into his storage ring before returning to the city where the Slaughter Saber Academy was located.
Fang Che did not return to the Blue Sky Group but instead stayed in an inn belonging to the Slaughter Saber Academy.
After sleeping in his room, Fang Che took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, retrieved the white papers with Fierce Tiger Group members' information written on them, and began a new round of hunting!
When he returned earlier, Fang Che had heard that the core members of the Fierce Tiger Group had come back and blamed the deaths of their previous members on the Blue Sky Group.
However, they did not know that the perpetrator was Fang Che; instead, they believed that the Blue Sky Group had hired Second-Order Assassin and Poison Doctor to commit the acts.
Currently, the Fierce Tiger Group members were united in their hatred, single-mindedly intent on retaliating against the Blue Sky Group.
And this was not what Fang Che wished to see.
A united and determined enemy seeking revenge was too difficult to deal with; the Fierce Tiger Group had to be made to panic again.
And the way to make them panic was simple: continue eliminating Fierce Tiger Group members!
Fang Che was well aware that the emblem bestowed by the Plane Will would help the two groups create fair competition opportunities, and neither side could hire powerful individuals to kill the weaker members of the other side.
However, the Fierce Tiger Group mistakenly took Fang Che for a Second-Order Assassin and a Second-Order Poison Doctor.
As soon as Fang Che started killing people, the Fierce Tiger Group would realize that the Second-Order Assassin and Poison Doctor had nothing to do with the Blue Sky Group.
In this way, the Fierce Tiger Group would be unable to frame the Blue Sky Group, and with Fierce Tiger Group members unable to find a target for revenge, panic would erupt again!
Under Fang Che's efforts, all the white papers recording the Fierce Tiger Group members' information were torn to shreds!
After completing these tasks, Fang Che continued to cultivate.
After staying at the inn for a few days, Fang Che left his residence and walked towards the Blue Sky Group, preparing to see if there were any materials for strengthening Curse Tools.
At this time, outside the Blue Sky Group's base, a long queue had already formed, and at the end of the queue, Yun Tian was registering people.
As soon as Fang Che walked into the courtyard, Yun Tian called out, "Fang Che, the Group Leader is waiting for you. Go to the room in the corner of the mission hall."
Fang Che nodded, walked into the mission hall, ignored the people accepting missions, entered the corner room, and met Ling Jie.
Ling Jie looked at Fang Che, smiled slightly, and asked, "When will you break through to the Second Order?"
Fang Che replied, "In two days, probably."
Ling Jie was slightly surprised and said, "That's quite fast. It seems you'll be the first person in our Blue Sky Group to break through to the Second Order."
Fang Che smiled and said nothing.
After Fang Che refined the Voodoo Doll, the Plane Will rewarded him with a jade stone that accelerated cultivation speed.
With that jade stone, Fang Che could surpass most people with just a little cultivation.
Ling Jie also did not inquire about the reason for Fang Che's rapid cultivation speed; instead, she took out a storage ring, retrieved a pile of items, and said with a smile, "These are the things you need."
Fang Che looked at the pile of items and said in surprise, "How did you suddenly get so many things? Did you complete many missions these past few days?"
Ling Jie gently shook her head, a smile on her face, and replied, "It was also our good fortune to get these things.
Previously, when members of the Fierce Tiger Group died, they framed our Blue Sky Group, saying we hired a Second-Order Assassin and Poison Doctor to kill people, and they kept fighting a war of public opinion against us. No one believed us when we refuted them.
But a few days ago, another group of First-Order Professionals from the Fierce Tiger Group died, and since we have the emblem to maintain fair competition, it's absolutely impossible for us to hire killers!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che secretly rejoiced, realizing that even the Blue Sky Group had been fooled by him.
This was good; it perfectly aligned with Fang Che's idea of secretly harming others.
Ling Jie's smile grew even brighter as she continued to explain to Fang Che:
"After we publicized the emblem's ability, public opinion reversed. Everyone thought the Fierce Tiger Group was incapable of finding the killer and was just making false accusations and framing us.
The Fierce Tiger Group's internal stability was poor. Those who wanted to join the Fierce Tiger Group were worried about being killed by the Poison Doctor, and they also didn't trust the Fierce Tiger Group's reputation.
Therefore, most people came to join our Blue Sky Group, and these newly joined people directly brought out a pile of unused treasures, filling the Blue Sky Group's warehouse. That's how these things came to be!"
Fang Che nodded in sudden understanding, directly put away these items, then picked up a white paper, and while writing, he explained:
"I'll write down some more things I need. Please trouble the Group Leader to help me exchange them. The information I wrote before can be discarded."
Ling Jie nodded and said, "Okay. There's something I need to discuss with you. In the past few days, representatives from other groups have come, wanting to purchase a Group Healing Banner.
I have already selected the transaction target. After everyone breaks through to the Second Order in a few days, we will go to negotiate the transaction with them.
I will bring Ye Ling and some Professionals who are good at combat. I hope you will stay at home and manage the team with Yun Tian."
Ling Jie did not plan to bring Fang Che to this transaction because Fang Che, as a Curse Master, was not good at direct combat and would have difficulty resolving sudden dangers, so she could only leave Fang Che at the team's base.
However, given the gloomy nature of a Curse Master, Ling Jie was worried that Fang Che would overthink things if she didn't arrange something else for him.
Therefore, Ling Jie arranged this task of managing the team.
Although a Curse Master was also not skilled at managing a team, with Yun Tian present, there wouldn't be any major problems.
But Fang Che, hearing this, shook his head and said, "I don't understand management. It's better to leave it to Yun Tian. Yun Tian awakened the Manager profession and is best at managing groups. I will follow his arrangements."
Fang Che did not want to trade for any Group Healing Banner, nor did he want to manage any team; he only wanted to slowly increase his strength and do what he enjoyed.
Following Yun Tian's management was good enough.
Of course, if Yun Tian were to truly issue some command, Fang Che would not accept it one hundred percent.
Ling Jie felt slightly relieved upon hearing this and said with a smile, "Okay, then leave most matters to Yun Tian. If you have anything, you can find Yun Tian; he will help you solve it."
Fang Che nodded, quickly finished writing the information, and handed it to Ling Jie.
Ling Jie took the information, then took out a notebook and handed it to Fang Che, saying:
"When you break through to the Second Order, you will definitely be noticed by the Fierce Tiger Group. This notebook records the names of important Fierce Tiger Group members. You must be careful of them."
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Chapter 30: Improving Two Items at the Same Time
Fang Che took the notebook and carefully checked the Fierce Tiger Group members' information.
Fang Che had wanted to check this notebook a long time ago and then use the information on it to eliminate Fierce Tiger Group members.
It was just that Fang Che didn't want to expose the fact that he could eliminate Fierce Tiger Group members, so he didn't actively check it.
Now that Ling Jie had taken it out, it was acceptable to look at it.
The notebook recorded that Chen Chuan, the leader of the Fierce Tiger Group, was a Third-Order Sword Immortal, capable of controlling swords to kill people, and with the blood-sucking sword bestowed by the Plane Will, he could instantly kill most Third-Order Professionals.
Besides Chen Chuan, the notebook also recorded forty-seven Second-Order Professionals.
The forty-seven Second-Order Professionals were formidable, but as long as Fang Che broke through to Second-Order, killing them would be simple.
In addition to these individuals, the notebook also recorded seventeen First-Order Professionals who were currently collecting materials and preparing to refine advancement potions.
Furthermore, there were seventy-one First-Order Professionals who had awakened powerful professions.
Fang Che noted down the information of these people and said with a smile, "Thank you, Group Leader, for providing this information. I will avoid them. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."
Ling Jie smiled and said, "Walk slowly."
Afterward, Fang Che left the Blue Sky Group and returned to his inn. He took out two Curse Tools and the materials Ling Jie had just given him.
Fang Che placed these materials on the two Curse Tools and quickly used the Spiritual Flash skill.
Various materials quickly integrated into the Curse Tools, and the strength of the two Curse Tools also greatly increased.
After the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book was improved, the seal script changed, and the ability description also changed.
Now, it only required one bow to directly eliminate the enemy; other aspects had not changed much!
After the Voodoo Doll was improved, the target group it could deal with increased directly from fifty people to three hundred people.
In most Planes, three hundred First-Order Professionals, putting in their full effort, might be able to exhaust a Second-Order Professional to death.
For stability and safety, most groups would at most allow a Second-Order Professional to manage two hundred ninety-nine First-Order Professionals.
In other words, the Voodoo Doll was already capable of threatening a team led by a Second-Order Professional.
It was a pity that Fang Che was currently only a First-Order Curse Master and could not unleash the full power of the Voodoo Doll. He could not kill a Second-Order Professional at all.
However, Fang Che was not in a hurry. In a couple of days, Fang Che would be able to break through to Second-Order, and then he would be able to unleash the full power of the Voodoo Doll.
Fang Che put the Voodoo Doll into his Niwan Palace and wrote down the information of the Fierce Tiger Group's First-Order Professionals.
Subsequently, Fang Che selected some Professionals who could threaten the Poison Doctor and the Assassin and were about to advance, and began to hunt them!
Since the Fierce Tiger Group believed the killers were a Second-Order Assassin and a Second-Order Poison Doctor, Fang Che would solidify this point.
Fang Che bowed once, and the characters in the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book condensed into seven long nails, all piercing the white paper with the words 'Li Wei' written on it.
Fang Che picked up the white paper and gently tore it into two halves.
In the Fierce Tiger Group, in Li Wei's room, more than ten Professionals were chatting with Li Wei.
When the atmosphere became lively, a Professional took out a stone and said:
"Brother Li Wei, I heard you're about to advance, but you're still missing some materials to refine the advancement potion. A few of us brothers thought we'd help you out."
As soon as he said this, the other dozen or so people also took out a portion of materials from their storage rings.
Li Wei was very excited as he looked at these materials.
Li Wei's profession greatly countered the Poison Doctor. Ever since he learned that the Poison Doctor was killing people, Li Wei had been searching for advancement materials.
However, relying on his own strength alone was too slow.
So, Li Wei often talked about the Poison Doctor with others, always pretending to be calm and confident.
And others quickly found out about Li Wei's situation.
In the first few days, people kept sending things to Li Wei, and Li Wei obtained many materials for advancing to Second-Order.
However, Li Wei was not the only smart person; other Professionals who countered Assassins and Poison Doctors also began to promote themselves and collect advancement materials, which severely delayed Li Wei's progress.
Later, when the Group Leader returned, Li Wei thought he had no chance to collect materials, but unexpectedly, the Poison Doctor started killing people again!
Now Li Wei had gathered most of the materials; he only needed to find six more types of materials to refine the advancement potion.
Li Wei smiled and promised everyone, "Thank you all for the materials. Once I advance to Second-Order, I will definitely protect you from the Poison Doctor's harm!"
Everyone smiled and said in unison, "Thank you, Brother Li Wei!"
Immediately after saying this, the smiles on everyone's faces turned to horror as they quickly moved away from Li Wei, who had suddenly slumped in his chair.
"Li Wei is dead!"
Everyone fled Li Wei's room in terror, heading to Group Leader Chen Chuan's room, preparing to report this information.
Halfway there, everyone saw a group of people also running out of the rooms of other Professionals who countered the Poison Doctor, heading towards the Group Leader's room.
Everyone exchanged glances, and the look of terror on their faces intensified.
Not long after, Chen Chuan heard the news of seven members' deaths, and all seven of these individuals were about to advance, and all of them countered the Poison Doctor and the Assassin!
Chen Chuan didn't care about seven First-Order Professionals dying, but he was very upset about seven Professionals who were about to advance dying.
Chen Chuan suppressed his anger and said calmly, "Don't panic. Collect the materials of these seven people and send them to others who are about to advance, so they can complete their advancement as soon as possible."
Chen Chuan's calm demeanor infected everyone, and they quickly calmed down and left one after another.
After everyone left, Captain Li and others, who arrived a step late, suggested with somewhat panicked expressions:
"Group Leader, let's open the defensive barrier again, or arrange for everyone to go to the Mission Hall!"
Chen Chuan glared at everyone and roared, "Absolutely not! If First-Order Professionals die in the stronghold now, it can still be concealed;
If we directly open the defensive barrier or run to the Mission Hall, it will be clearly telling others that the Fierce Tiger Group cannot solve the enemy, and then the Fierce Tiger Group will not be able to retain people;
You all go out now and tell your subordinates to keep their mouths shut and not to say anything indiscriminately. Also, spread the news that no one in the Fierce Tiger Group has died, and that the news of deaths was fabricated by the Blue Sky Group;
Also, go to Slaughter Saber Academy and have the mentors there promote the excellence of the Fierce Tiger Group, or deceive students into signing contracts to join the Fierce Tiger Group. Our future will not lose! Go quickly!"
Seeing Chen Chuan's anger, everyone dared not linger and quickly left.
At this time, in the inn room, after Fang Che eliminated seven people, he did not continue killing but prepared to cultivate for a period before killing again.
Fang Che believed that if all known enemies were killed at once, the Fierce Tiger Group would only be afraid for a while and it would not cause too much impact.
Killing people in several separate instances would make the Fierce Tiger Group afraid for a long time, and the impact would be more far-reaching.
Fang Che planned to kill people in several batches before his breakthrough, to maximize the impact.