Chapter 86 Meeting with Chen Chuan
Ling Jie had set her publicity standards very early on, but she didn't say anything.
Ling Jie only thought that when her influence expanded slightly in the future, she would let Fang Che personally experience the consequences.
This kind of thing, only by letting Fang Che experience it himself, would he make changes.
It was unrealistic to expect Fang Che to give up his interests just by saying a few words.
Now that Fang Che had the idea of controlling public opinion, which happened to align with Ling Jie's publicity standards, Ling Jie finally spoke of her standards.
Fang Che didn't know Ling Jie's thoughts, but after confirming Ling Jie's publicity standards, he agreed:
"I agree with the Commander's publicity standards. The most important thing in this world is military strength. With military strength, you have everything. As for what the Fierce Tiger Group gives, it's not worth mentioning at all and can be discarded at any time."
Upon receiving Fang Che's definite reply, Ling Jie finally smiled and replied reassuringly, "Leave the publicity to me."
Fang Che nodded and said, "Then I'll go exchange for resources."
Afterward, Fang Che went to Slaughter Saber Academy to exchange for resources and also received the resources provided by the Fierce Tiger Group from Lü Jing.
Then, Fang Che returned to the Blue Sky Group's base, handed the exchanged resources to Ling Jie, and said:
"This time, the Fierce Tiger Group provided a quarter of the cultivation elixirs, and they should provide no less in the future than they do now.
However, the Blue Sky Group shouldn't relax either. Continue to collect elixirs; I need many, many elixirs."
Upon hearing this, Ling Jie speculated that Fang Che might have low aptitude, or perhaps he hadn't fully comprehended the cultivation technique, leading to low efficiency in utilizing elixirs, so he could only win by quantity.
Ling Jie didn't ask further, only nodded and said, "Alright, I'll have my subordinates collect more materials."
Afterward, Fang Che returned to his residence and continued cultivating.
Time flew by, and a year passed in the blink of an eye.
By this time, Fang Che had used up all the tools that accelerated his cultivation speed and had completed half of his cultivation progress.
This speed was not fast. If Fang Che hadn't slacked off and played around, and had persisted in cultivating daily, he would have completed at least two-thirds of his cultivation progress by now.
Of course, compared to other Second-Order Professionals, Fang Che's cultivation speed was still very fast.
An ordinary Second-Order Professional, without assistance, needs to perform missions daily to acquire resources, leaving very little time for cultivation.
If he gets injured during a mission, it will also delay his cultivation progress.
A typical Second-Order Professional would take at least fifteen years to complete half of his cultivation progress.
Even if a Second-Order Professional joins a group and receives assistance, it would still take about ten years to complete half of his cultivation progress.
Fang Che was already very satisfied with his current state.
On this day, Fang Che once again came to Slaughter Saber Academy and went to Lü Jing's office.
As soon as he entered Lü Jing's office, Fang Che saw Chen Chuan, who had a smile on his face.
Fang Che paused slightly, then closed the door and smiled:
"This is the first time I've seen Senior Chen Chuan since I signed the contract with the Fierce Tiger Group. May I ask what brings you here?"
Chen Chuan looked at Fang Che and said with a smile, "A few months ago, I asked Instructor Lü Jing to send a batch of materials to Fang Che to thank him for squeezing the Blue Sky Group members last year. I wonder if those materials were useful?"
Fang Che smiled and nodded, "They were alright."
In fact, ever since the Blue Sky Group started serving Fang Che, he had been either cultivating or slacking off, and had not used those materials.
Chen Chuan smiled and said, "That's good. If more members leave the Blue Sky Group this year than last year, then I will definitely give Fang Che more materials next year!"
Chen Chuan came to find Fang Che specifically today because he couldn't bear it any longer.
The Fierce Tiger Group had only provided cultivation elixirs to Fang Che for four consecutive months, originally thinking that Fang Che would work harder to squeeze the Blue Sky Group members and make them join the Fierce Tiger Group.
Unexpectedly, the number of members joining the Fierce Tiger Group actually decreased.
Moreover, the recent news from the Blue Sky Group was a mix of truth and falsehood, making it difficult to distinguish.
Chen Chuan wanted to inquire about the internal situation of the Blue Sky Group, but all the spies he had arranged before couldn't endure the hardship and all ran away.
Now, due to the continuous victory of the Fierce Tiger Group's public opinion war, no one was joining the Blue Sky Group, so there was no opportunity to arrange new spies.
It was precisely for this reason that Chen Chuan came to find Fang Che, to tempt him with benefits and make him work hard to squeeze the Blue Sky Group.
Fang Che asked expectantly, "How many resources will you give me next year?"
Chen Chuan smiled slightly, took out a cyan stone and placed it on the table, replying, "It won't be less valuable than this thing!"
Fang Che glanced at the material, a surprised smile appearing on his face.
The item Chen Chuan provided was called 'resentful azure mud', and its rarity reached Third-Order.
If resentful azure mud was combined with other precious materials, Fang Che could refine new Curse Tools.
Fang Che unhesitatingly put away the resentful azure mud and smiled, "You don't need this thing either, so just give it to me. I will definitely work hard to squeeze the Blue Sky Group members."
Chen Chuan smiled and nodded, "You've worked hard."
Although this resentful azure mud was a Third-Order material, only Curse Masters could utilize it; others had no use for it at all.
Chen Chuan had no plans to cultivate a Third-Order Curse Master, and he used to trade resentful azure mud for materials with many Third-Order Curse Masters.
However, those Third-Order Curse Masters were all poor and had nothing good on them, so they couldn't trade for resentful azure mud at all.
Therefore, this resentful azure mud had been thrown into Chen Chuan's storage ring and hadn't been touched for several years.
Now that Chen Chuan wanted to entice Fang Che, he took out this resentful azure mud.
Anyway, Chen Chuan couldn't use this thing, so he didn't feel it was a waste to give it to Fang Che.
As long as he could squeeze the Blue Sky Group members, everything was worth it.
Afterward, Chen Chuan took out a storage ring and smiled, "These are the resources collected by the members who joined the Fierce Tiger Group in the first half of this month. Please keep them."
Fang Che took the storage ring and, after checking, found that it contained half of the elixirs exclusive to Second-Order Curse Masters, and the other half were materials that Curse Masters could use.
Seeing these things, Fang Che was slightly stunned.
In the previous few months, the Fierce Tiger Group had only given cultivation elixirs. Why were there some materials this time?
Chen Chuan saw Fang Che's stunned expression and sighed helplessly:
"Originally, I planned to give you elixirs exclusive to Curse Master cultivation this month, but we have too few people and couldn't get such a mission. But don't worry, we will definitely work hard to collect elixirs next month!"
Upon hearing these words, Fang Che understood that Chen Chuan wanted him to squeeze the Blue Sky Group members.
If Fang Che's squeezing efficiency was too low and he didn't make Blue Sky Group members join the Fierce Tiger Group, the cultivation elixirs provided in the future would definitely decrease.
Unfortunately, Chen Chuan had miscalculated.
Because Fang Che worked in fits and starts, he still had many cultivation elixirs unused.
However, Fang Che had never publicized this aspect, instead accepting all elixirs without refusal.
This led many people to naively believe that Fang Che's aptitude was too poor, and his efficiency in absorbing and utilizing elixirs was low.
In fact, the elixirs Fang Che currently had stored were already enough for him to break through, with plenty left over!
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Chapter 87: Evil Rising Formation
Fang Che faced Chen Chuan, still not revealing that he had no shortage of cultivation pills. Instead, he feigned anxiety and eagerly promised, "You must provide me with more pills! At most, in half a year, I will definitely get members of the Blue Sky Group to join the Fierce Tiger Group!"
Chen Chuan smiled and said, "I'll do my best."
Chen Chuan had already decided that as long as the number of people joining the Fierce Tiger Group did not significantly increase, he would continue to reduce the supply of cultivation pills.
"I'll hurry back to deal with this matter." After saying this, Fang Che rushed to the welfare office to exchange resources, then returned to the Blue Sky Group.
After handing the exchanged resources to Ling Jie, Fang Che resumed his cultivation lifestyle of fishing for three days and drying nets for two.
Whenever he stopped cultivating, Fang Che focused his attention on his Niwan Palace, using his dual-eye ability to observe a special pattern.
As for the promise he made to Chen Chuan, Fang Che couldn't be bothered to pay attention to it at all.
After two months passed like this, the Fierce Tiger Group stopped providing cultivation pills.
Another half a month later, Fang Che returned with exchanged resources. After giving the resources to Ling Jie, he requested, "I have something I need to borrow your healing ability for."
Ling Jie asked curiously, "Is a friend of yours injured?"
Fang Che shook his head and replied, "I'm preparing to set up the Evil Ascension Array to absorb the energy from pills and quickly complete the process of energy accumulation!"
"Evil Ascension Array?" Ling Jie pondered for a moment, then frowned and asked,
"Are you talking about that Evil Ascension Array that discards ninety percent of a cultivation pill's energy and only uses ten percent to increase one's cultivation?"
Fang Che nodded and said, "That's right."
Ling Jie said in disbelief, "Are you crazy? That ninety percent of discarded pill energy will destroy your body, tearing it apart; even if I can help you heal, the pill's toxins will accumulate in your body, preventing you from ever breaking through!"
Fang Che smiled and said, "It's fine. The Evil Ascension Array I'm setting up is a modified version; there won't be any problems. If you're worried, you can also sign a contract with me. As long as I can never break through to the third stage, the Blue Sky Group won't have to serve me."
Ling Jie was silent for a moment, then spoke, "What you said is very appealing to me. However, setting up the Evil Ascension Array requires a massive amount of pills. Do you have that many pills?"
Fang Che nodded and said, "Yes, the pills previously provided by the Blue Sky Group and the Fierce Tiger Group are enough for me to complete the upcoming cultivation."
Ling Jie asked in confusion, "With your aptitude, can you use that many resources?"
Fang Che smiled and said, "I'm not usually diligent in cultivation, so the resources are already enough."
Ling Jie said in disbelief, "It seems your aptitude is very good. If you had cultivated diligently, you would almost have completed the energy accumulation process by now. Why do you need to do this?"
Fang Che shook his head and said, "Even if I had countless items to speed up cultivation, even if I cultivated non-stop from the moment I broke through to the second stage, I would still have to wait three more months to complete energy accumulation. However, I don't have that many items to speed up cultivation now, nor do I have unyielding perseverance. If I were to cultivate now, I would have to endure at least four more years to accumulate all the energy. My only choice now is the Evil Ascension Array. As long as the Evil Ascension Array is set up, I can complete the energy accumulation process in half an hour. I think setting up the Evil Ascension Array is much faster!"
Ling Jie sighed and nodded, "Alright, I'll help you. If you can never break through to the third stage, I will also help you find resources to solve the problem, as a thank you for your help to the Blue Sky Group. Sign the contract."
Fang Che took out the contract he had drafted earlier and smiled, "You don't need to help me find resources. I have confidence in myself."
Ling Jie directly reached out and snatched the contract, quickly added a few pieces of information, then stamped it with the Blue Sky Group's emblem, and handed it to Fang Che.
Fang Che took the contract, looked at the newly added clauses, and shook his head, "You are too kind-hearted. Being too kind-hearted is not a good thing. You need to restrain the influence of your professional energy on you."
Ling Jie's face turned cold, and she said somewhat unhappily, "I don't need you to remind me. Sign the contract."
"Alright." Fang Che nodded, injecting Curse Master energy into the contract, and the contract was instantly signed.
Ling Jie immediately asked, "What do we do next?"
Fang Che turned and said, "To my room."
Arriving at Room 303, Fang Che took out a pile of resources from his storage ring, ground them into powder, and mixed them with a special liquid to create a kind of ink.
Then, Fang Che dipped his brush in the ink and drew the Evil Ascension Array in the room.
Ling Jie stood by, watching Fang Che's actions, and an endless feeling of regret arose in her heart.
Ling Jie believed that Fang Che was destined to never break through to the third stage, yet she had actually agreed to such a thing just to stop the Blue Sky Group from serving Fang Che.
This caused Ling Jie immense mental and physical torment.
Ling Jie silently advised herself that this was a good thing for the development of the Blue Sky Group, and the reason she regretted it was because the Fleshly Body Bodhisattva's unique professional energy was influencing her.
However, this advice had little effect; instead, it made Ling Jie even more tormented.
At this moment, Fang Che had already finished drawing the modified Evil Ascension Array.
Fang Che took out the Curse Master exclusive pills he had accumulated during this period and placed them in several array eyes of the Evil Ascension Array.
Only two array eyes remained empty: one was the core array eye where Fang Che needed to absorb energy, and the other was the auxiliary array eye where Ling Jie needed to release healing energy.
Fang Che looked at the conflicted Ling Jie and said, "Go to the empty array eye in the corner and release healing energy."
The regretful Ling Jie was startled awake by these words. Then, Ling Jie suggested, "Give up on this Evil Ascension Array. It's just a few more years of cultivation; why take such a risk?"
Fang Che was very happy to see Ling Jie's compassionate heart burst forth.
If it were anyone else from the Blue Sky Group, when faced with Fang Che using the Evil Ascension Array, they would definitely support Fang Che, then deliberately slow down the healing effect, exploit contract loopholes, and kill Fang Che.
This way, Fang Che would no longer be able to restrain the Blue Sky Group.
But Ling Jie was different.
Ling Jie was a Fleshly Body Bodhisattva. She was affected by her professional energy, and her compassionate heart was incredibly strong.
Even if Ling Jie thought about harming Fang Che, her compassionate heart would influence her, making her fully commit to saving Fang Che!
It was precisely because of the existence of this compassionate heart that Fang Che dared to ask Ling Jie for help.
Fang Che smiled and said, "Group Leader, my use of the Evil Ascension Array is beneficial to the cultivation and development of everyone in the Blue Sky Group. You cannot harm other members of the Blue Sky Group for my sake. Please enter the array."
Ling Jie was slightly stunned. Thinking of the Blue Sky Group members, she immediately felt incredibly conflicted.
Should she help Fang Che, or help the other members of the Blue Sky Group?
In a daze, Ling Jie walked to the auxiliary array eye and released healing energy.
Seeing this, Fang Che immediately stepped into the core array eye and activated the Evil Ascension Array.
In an instant, all the pills released terrifying energy, transforming into a golden mist that rapidly drilled into Fang Che's body.
After one-tenth of the energy entered Fang Che's body, the remaining energy transformed from golden to black and also drilled into Fang Che's body.
The next second, the black energy raged through Fang Che's body, tearing open cracks on his skin, and blood flowed continuously, quickly dyeing Fang Che's clothes red.
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Chapter 88 Improved Plan for Advancing to Level 3
Ling Jie, who was assisting at the formation's core, saw Fang Che bleeding and immediately stopped overthinking. She fully released healing energy, injecting it into the Evil Ascension Array, while silently praying that Fang Che would overcome this crisis.
The Evil Ascension Array quickly applied the healing energy to Fang Che's body. His wounds slowly healed, and at the same time, the black energy was gradually purified by the healing energy.
Each time a portion of black energy was purified, a wisp of black smoke would detach from his body and be absorbed by the Evil Ascension Array.
At the same time, a portion of golden energy drilled into his Niwan Palace.
The purified black energy and the golden energy entering the Niwan Palace had a fixed ratio: nine to one.
Fang Che endured the pain in his body, integrating all the golden energy into the illusory altar on the third floor.
Half an hour later, all the black energy was purified, and Fang Che's wounds healed.
All the golden energy entered his Niwan Palace, filling the third-floor altar, allowing it to shed its illusory state and become like reality.
At this moment, Fang Che had completed the Second-Order energy accumulation process and could prepare materials to advance to Third-Order!
Fang Che closed his eyes with relief, silently muttering: Observe.
Illusory eyes appeared out of thin air, staring at the advancement method on the Curse Tool.
The next second, the improved plan for the advancement method was seen by Fang Che!
This speed of Observe was many times faster than before.
After careful examination, Fang Che found that the improved advancement potion had hundreds of additional materials.
Most of these materials were not valuable and were easy to gather.
The only one that was relatively difficult to find was a Third-Order earth-attribute material that could be used by a Curse Master.
Third-Order materials could generally only be obtained by undertaking Third-Order missions. If the Blue Sky Group were to search for it, they would have to rely on luck.
However, Fang Che had met Chen Chuan last time and obtained a resentful azure mud, which perfectly met the requirements!
However, what puzzled Fang Che was that a Second-Order Curse Master only needed Second-Order materials to break through to Third-Order, so why would an improved version require a Third-Order material?
Soul Master Gu Ning also seemed to have mentioned that he needed a Third-Order soul to advance to Third-Order. Although Fang Che was curious at the time, he did not ask too many questions.
After Fang Che breaks through, he can ask Gu Ning about it.
Immediately after, Fang Che continued to examine the improved information.
After adding some materials, the method for refining the advancement potion did not become significantly more difficult.
As long as the corresponding materials were weighed accurately and then mixed according to the steps, it would be fine.
In addition to the advancement potion being improved, the advancement ritual was also improved.
There were two improved advancement ritual options in total.
The first option was: [Being cursed by a Third-Order Professional and absorbing the cursing power of the Third-Order Professional allows one to ignore the mental pressure released by Professionals one realm higher than oneself.]
Mental pressure is a very special kind of power.
To give some simple examples.
Facing a Professional whose realm is higher than yours is like standing at the foot of a mountain and looking up at the peak; you will feel your own insignificance deep in your heart.
If someone whose realm is higher than yours attacks you, it's like a mountain collapsing and crashing down on you; fear will surely arise in your heart.
The feeling of insignificance and fear when facing a tall mountain is a clear form of mental pressure.
However, mountains cannot move, while Professionals can.
Therefore, when facing a high-level Professional, this mental pressure will be even stronger!
If one can ignore mental pressure, they will be able to exert their own strength more calmly in the future, and their combat power will not be weakened by fear.
Although exerting full strength would not allow one to kill a Professional of a higher realm, in a chaotic battle, one would have the ability to escape.
However, completing this advancement ritual was not easy.
There was only Chen Chuan, a Third-Order Professional, nearby, and Chen Chuan did not want Fang Che to break through to Third-Order; it was impossible for him to help Fang Che.
To succeed, he would have to ask Soul Master Gu Ning for help.
Gu Ning needed Fang Che to find two Third-Order souls, and he might help Fang Che, but this would incur a lot of favors, which might affect Fang Che's purely transactional relationship with Gu Ning.
Fang Che did not dwell on it further and quickly focused his attention on the second improved option.
The second option was: [Being disliked by the Plane Will, and using the Plane Will's power of dislike to complete the advancement ritual, allows one to ignore the mental pressure of all powerful individuals!]
Seeing this choice, Fang Che immediately remembered that when he advanced to Second-Order last time, in order to be disliked by the Plane Will, Fang Che had searched for many dark star stones.
Now, there were still some dark star stones stored in his storage ring!
Additionally, the Voodoo Doll had killed thirty thousand people in the Tiger-man Plane before, and the grievances of these thirty thousand people could please the Plane Will.
After breaking through, as long as these grievances were released, the Plane Will's dislike could be weakened. This had already been tested during Fang Che's last breakthrough.
Fang Che immediately decided to choose the second improved advancement ritual option!
While Fang Che was examining the improved options, Ling Jie's attention was also focused on the Evil Ascension Array.
Ling Jie observed carefully and found that this Evil Ascension Array was indeed somewhat different from the Evil Ascension Array she knew.
Is this the improved Evil Ascension Array? I wonder if it will be effective?
Ling Jie glanced at Fang Che, who was silent with his eyes closed, and asked, "Fang Che, are you alright?"
Fang Che opened his eyes and smiled, "Everything is fine."
Ling Jie immediately took out a universal pill and handed it to Fang Che, saying expectantly, "Don't consume the pill; absorb the energy within it with your body."
Fang Che smiled slightly, took the pill, and the next second, the energy inside the pill drilled into Fang Che's body. The pill also turned dull, as if it had been stored for a long time.
Upon seeing this, Ling Jie's face showed an excited smile.
Being able to absorb the pill's energy through physical contact without consuming it meant that the Professional's body was not affected by pill toxins and could continue to cultivate and break through.
Fang Che completely ignored the terrifying side effects of the Evil Ascension Array!
Ling Jie asked somewhat excitedly, "Can you sell me the improved Evil Ascension Array?"
Fang Che directly took out a notebook and handed it to Ling Jie, introducing, "The improved plan is in here. It's a gift to you, as thanks for helping me with the healing."
"Thank you." Ling Jie took the notebook, examined it carefully, and then said excitedly:
"With this, when advancement materials are plentiful, Professionals can be advanced in large batches. This is a treasure that can solve the crisis of group destruction. Thank you so much. If you need anything, just tell me."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote down various materials he needed, including materials for strengthening Curse Tools and dark star stones.
Although Fang Che currently had a batch of dark star stones stored, he was worried it wouldn't be enough, so he needed the Blue Sky Group to help collect more.
After writing down all the materials, Fang Che handed the list to Ling Jie and smiled, "Once these things are found, the Blue Sky Group members won't have to serve me anymore."
Ling Jie took the list and briefly looked at it, not understanding why Fang Che wanted dark star stones.
However, Ling Jie did not ask further, only nodding and saying, "I will inform everyone of the materials you need as soon as possible. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now."
Fang Che nodded and said, "Take care."
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Chapter 89 Unexpected Changes in the Promotion Process
After Ling Jie left, Fang Che looked at the Evil Ascension Array on the ground and sighed softly.
Although the Evil Ascension Array had been modified, its consumption had not decreased.
In addition, the Fleshly Body Bodhisattva, which provided auxiliary healing, was a crucial core of the Evil Ascension Array.
The Fleshly Body Bodhisattva had to be at a cultivation level equivalent to or higher than the person absorbing energy for the Evil Ascension Array to be activated.
These two requirements alone could trap countless people, and it would be incredibly difficult for Fang Che to accumulate energy using the Evil Ascension Array in the future.
As for improving Ling Jie's strength and having her continue to assist Fang Che, that was also impossible.
This was because the modified Evil Ascension Array could not help the Fleshly Body Bodhisattva accumulate energy.
As long as the Fleshly Body Bodhisattva used the Evil Ascension Array, she would be locked into the auxiliary healing position.
As for more powerful Fleshly Body Bodhisattvas outside, Fang Che did not trust them and would not use the Evil Ascension Array in front of them.
Fang Che would have to find other ways to quickly accumulate energy in the future.
Fang Che sighed, no longer thinking about these problems, and instead took out paper and pen to write letters to Lü Jing and Chen Chuan.
Fang Che needed to trick them into leaving when he advanced to the Third Stage, and then kill them after breaking through, so that their resources would fall into his hands.
It would be too much of a waste to simply kill the two of them casually.
After writing the letters, Fang Che placed them into a storage ring, then cut his palm and dripped blood onto the storage ring, combining it with curse energy to form a seal.
As long as someone checked the contents of the storage ring, the seal would inevitably be broken and could not be restored.
After dealing with the storage ring, Fang Che wrote another transfer contract, transferring the Slaughter Saber Academy's qualification for exchanging resources to Ling Jie.
Currently, the Slaughter Saber Academy was in decline, with not many Third Stage resources available for trade, and as for Third Stage resources suitable for a Curse Master, Fang Che had not seen any in the past few years.
Once Fang Che broke through to the Third Stage, this resource exchange contract would no longer be helpful to him, so it was better to give this qualification to Ling Jie.
Just as he finished writing the contract, Ling Jie's voice came from outside the door: "Fang Che, I've gathered the resources you need!"
Fang Che was slightly stunned, quickly walked to the door, opened it, and asked in surprise: "Gathering these resources would take at least one or two months, how did you finish so quickly?"
Ling Jie handed a storage ring to Fang Che and smiled:
"This is still thanks to you. Previously, you allowed Blue Sky Group members to claim missions they needed after helping you collect three sets of resources;
Over the years, everyone has accumulated a lot of resources from doing missions. Just now, I told everyone, and they directly took out their accumulated resources and exchanged them for the breakthrough resources you needed from outside!"
Fang Che was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
He hadn't expected that some of his previous idle thoughts would actually help him at this moment.
This feeling was truly wonderful.
Fang Che smiled and said: "Thank everyone for me, please come into the room, I have something to tell you."
Ling Jie entered the room and asked: "What is it?"
Fang Che closed the door and handed the resource exchange transfer contract to Ling Jie, smiling:
"This thing is useless to me now, I'm giving it to you, to thank the Blue Sky Group for their help over the years."
Ling Jie heard the meaning of departure in Fang Che's words, took the contract, briefly checked it, and said with emotion:
"Thank you, I will develop the Blue Sky Group well, and the Blue Sky Group's door will always be open for you!"
Fang Che smiled and said nothing more, only handing the sealed storage ring to Ling Jie and explaining:
"Inside are the letters I'm giving to Lü Jing. To prevent her from seeing my current strength, I won't go to her myself;
Please trouble the Group Leader to deliver these items to Lü Jing for me. I need to use these letters to lure Chen Chuan out and eliminate him!"
Ling Jie took the storage ring, thought for a moment, and asked: "Can I discuss something with you?"
Fang Che asked curiously: "What is it?"
Ling Jie replied: "Since you are going to eliminate Chen Chuan, I plan to announce publicly that you are increasing the exploitation of Blue Sky Group members;
This way, most of the Blue Sky Group members can join the Fierce Tiger Group, earning a huge amount of liquidated damages, directly emptying the Fierce Tiger Group's coffers and preventing them from ever developing!"
Fang Che thought for a moment and nodded: "This way, the possibility of me luring Chen Chuan out will be even greater. Let's do it."
Ling Jie smiled: "Thank you, I'll take my leave now. I wish you a successful breakthrough."
Afterward, Ling Jie turned and left, while Fang Che took out various tools and arranged them in the room.
The purpose of these tools was to conceal Fang Che's aura of advancing to the Third Stage, preventing him from being discovered by outsiders.
After arranging the tools, Fang Che took out resentful azure mud and injected curse energy into it.
After absorbing the energy, the iron-hard resentful azure mud slowly softened and turned into a lump of clay.
Then, Fang Che placed the resentful azure mud into a glass container, took out other materials, weighed and crushed them, and then put them into the container.
One by one, the materials were put into the container, quickly undergoing a magical reaction, slowly melting, constantly changing colors, and emitting a strange fragrance.
A moment later, all the materials were added together, and Fang Che obtained a pitch-black promotion potion.
Fang Che put the potion into his Niwan Palace and directly sprinkled it onto the curse master gem.
The curse master gem emitted a suction force, firmly adhering the promotion potion around the curse master gem, with not a single drop of the promotion potion falling.
Then, Fang Che took out the dark star stone, absorbed the energy from it, and stored it within his body.
When his body stored enough dark star stone energy, a vast and ethereal energy enveloped Fang Che's body, and immediately after, an eye of the plane condensed in his Niwan Palace, looking at the curse master gem with great disgust.
The disgusted aura of the eye of the plane was instantly absorbed by the curse master gem, and immediately after, the curse master gem seemed to turn into modeling clay, being kneaded by an invisible large hand, slowly transforming into a human shape.
Seeing this, Fang Che was incredibly shocked.
According to the knowledge Fang Che had learned, a Professional gem transforming into a human shape was a cultivation process after breaking through to the Third Stage!
Lü Jing once said that after a Professional breaks through to the Third Stage, they will receive a unique skill bestowed by the Plane: [Soul Escape].
After acquiring this skill, if the body dies, the soul can be hidden in the Professional gem to escape danger and seize another body for rebirth.
However, during the escape process, memory loss would occur, and after a successful body seizure, one would be affected by the original memories of the seized target.
In short, after seizing a body, one would no longer be the original self, but would become a completely new person.
To solve this problem, one needed to cultivate and shape the Professional gem into a human form.
Therefore, the cultivation process of the Third Stage was the process of shaping the Professional gem into a human form.
Third Stage cultivation would no longer condense new altars; all accumulated energy would be stored in the Professional gem, helping the Professional gem transform into a human shape.
Once the Professional gem completely transformed into the Professional's appearance, using the [Soul Escape] skill would not result in any memory loss.
In addition, the Professional gem transforming into a human shape also meant the end of the energy accumulation process, allowing for advancement to the Fourth Stage.
It was just that Fang Che was only at the Second Stage of strength now, so why would he suddenly become like this?
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Chapter 90: Lu Jing and Chen Chuan left
Fang Che was puzzled as he watched the Professional Gem continuously transform into a human shape.
However, Fang Che was not impatient.
This promotion method was improved using his eye ability, and things that have been improved are certainly different from their normal state.
Fang Che just needed to wait patiently for the Professional Gem's subsequent changes.
While Fang Che was breaking through, Ling Jie had already completed the public relations work and then came to Slaughter Saber Academy, entering Lü Jing's room.
As soon as Lü Jing saw Ling Jie, she frowned and asked, "What is it?"
Ling Jie showed a humble smile on her face, took out the storage ring Fang Che had given her, and replied, "This is something Fang Che asked me to deliver to you."
Lü Jing frowned and asked, "Why didn't he come himself?"
Ling Jie replied, "Fang Che failed several times in refining tools, so he was a bit irritable and wanted to go out.
I was worried he would exploit the Blue Sky Group members, so I gave him some resources. He happily went to refine tools, and before refining them, he asked me to give the storage ring to you, Mentor."
Upon hearing this, Lü Jing took the storage ring. Seeing that the seal on it was unbroken, she relaxed slightly, then dismissed Ling Jie, "Since the item has been delivered, you may leave."
Upon hearing this, Ling Jie's smile became even more humble, and she pleaded,
"Mentor, Fang Che told me that you take good care of him and he respects you very much. So, could you please persuade Fang Che not to continue exploiting the Blue Sky Group members?"
Upon hearing this, Lü Jing sneered inwardly.
Lü Jing never thought Fang Che respected her.
Fang Che said this merely to cover up the issue of helping the Fierce Tiger Group exploit the Blue Sky Group members.
Just as Lü Jing was about to refuse Ling Jie, she saw her take out another storage ring.
Ling Jie held the storage ring with both hands, presenting it to Lü Jing, and pleaded, "Please help me, Mentor. This is a small token of my appreciation."
Lü Jing immediately swallowed her refusal, took the storage ring, and examined it. Her brows instantly relaxed, and she smiled, saying,
"I can talk to Fang Che about it, but I cannot guarantee whether he will agree."
Ling Jie bowed excitedly, exclaiming, "Thank you, Mentor! I will go back and await your good news!"
Lü Jing nodded and said, "Take care."
After Ling Jie turned and left, Lü Jing walked to the window and waited until Ling Jie had exited the office building before sneering, "You want me to help you? No way! Just wait to die!"
Afterward, Lü Jing broke the seal Fang Che had left and took out the letter inside.
Upon opening the letter, a contract fell out.
Lü Jing picked up the contract, examined all the information, and then excitedly took out her communication token to send a message to Chen Chuan: "I'm coming to the Fierce Tiger Group to find you."
Subsequently, Lü Jing released energy, infused it into the contract, and left her mark.
Immediately after, Lü Jing requested leave, put on her cloak and mask, and hurriedly left Slaughter Saber Academy, heading towards the Fierce Tiger Group's base.
Upon arriving outside the Fierce Tiger Group's base, Lü Jing saw many Blue Sky Group members who had defected to the Fierce Tiger Group.
Lü Jing bypassed these people and went to the back door, gently knocking on the door three times.
The next second, the back door opened, and Chen Chuan welcomed Lü Jing inside. They then went to a secluded room, where he asked, "What's the matter?"
Lü Jing took out the materials Fang Che had prepared and explained, "When Fang Che was looking for advancement materials previously, he accidentally discovered a place with unique terrain. At the time, Fang Che didn't pay much attention to it.
A few days ago, while reading, Fang Che learned that such unique terrain can condense special magnetic fields, blocking various detection methods, making it most suitable for hiding treasures.
Fang Che asked the two of us to go take a look. He promised me one percent of the resources and you five percent. Let's go together and see!"
After examining all the information, Chen Chuan frowned.
Not long ago, many Blue Sky Group members wanted to join the Fierce Tiger Group, and the Fierce Tiger Group helped these people by paying a lot of breach of contract fees.
Originally, Chen Chuan only thought that Fang Che had increased the intensity of exploitation and didn't think about other possibilities.
But now seeing the information provided by Fang Che, Chen Chuan felt there was a conspiracy.
It was all too coincidental!
Seeing Chen Chuan's hesitation, Lü Jing grew a bit anxious and said, "I must go with you to find the resources! You can't just ditch me and go alone."
Upon hearing this, Chen Chuan felt a bit annoyed.
Chen Chuan knew Lü Jing's thoughts clearly; she was simply worried that he would monopolize all the resources and then lie about not finding any.
Lü Jing was always like this, losing her head when she saw a profit.
Chen Chuan couldn't very well mock Lü Jing, so he could only patiently remind her, "I'm worried that Fang Che and the Blue Sky Group are setting a trap for us."
Lü Jing relaxed slightly, seeing that Chen Chuan was not planning to monopolize the resources.
However, Lü Jing was also worried that Chen Chuan would be overly cautious and unwilling to seek resources, so she persuaded him:
"We are Third-Order Professionals, why should we be afraid of the Blue Sky Group setting a trap? Even if it is a trap, what can they do? You are a Third-Order Sword Immortal!"
Hearing these words, Chen Chuan's mood relaxed significantly.
Yes, I am a Third-Order Sword Immortal, do I need to be afraid of others?
I survived being ambushed by over a dozen Third-Order Assassins before, do I still need to fear the Blue Sky Group, which doesn't even have a Third-Order Professional?
Seeing Chen Chuan relax, Lü Jing continued to persuade him, "More Blue Sky Group members will join the Fierce Tiger Group next.
And Ling Jie, to win these people back, will definitely increase the compensation. If you don't go out and find resources, the compensation will surely drag down the Fierce Tiger Group!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Chuan frowned and said, "Mentor is right. If the resources Fang Che mentioned are real, then I won't have to borrow money from other groups."
Lü Jing smiled and said, "Then let's sign the contract together."
Chen Chuan nodded and left his Sword Immortal energy on the contract, leaving his mark.
At this moment, the energies left by Fang Che, Lü Jing, and Chen Chuan appeared on the contract.
The three streams of energy converged, revealing a line of text: "Somewhere in the fourth canyon east of Slaughter Saber Academy."
Chen Chuan saw this information and frowned, saying, "I've been to that place before, and I didn't find any special terrain."
Lü Jing, worried that Chen Chuan would again be too cautious to approach, immediately reminded him,
"Special terrain is good at deceiving outsiders, so it's normal not to discover it. If you're worried about danger, you can prepare life-saving and escape tools before setting off."
Chen Chuan pondered for a moment, put on his cloak and mask, and said, "Let's leave through the back door now!"
Lü Jing excitedly said, "Let's go!"
Chen Chuan followed Lü Jing out of the Fierce Tiger Group's base, then suddenly stopped.
Lü Jing frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Mentor, please wait a moment." Chen Chuan took out his communication token and quietly instructed,
"I will be leaving for a while now. After signing contracts with the Blue Sky Group members, immediately assign them tasks.
Use the tasks to disperse and drive them out of the base. Do not let them gather. However, our people should gather together and be careful and vigilant until I return!"
After relaying the message, Chen Chuan looked at Lü Jing and said, "Let's go."