Chapter 211 Niu Tian is well prepared
After the older Horned People expressed two ideas, a Horned Person immediately asked, "Clan Leader Niu Tian, you are older and have experienced more things. What are your thoughts?"
The older Niu Tian humbly shook his head and said, "Being old doesn't mean knowing a lot. For this matter, I don't know how to make a choice either.
My suggestion is to have all the Village Administrators vote anonymously. We will collect the votes and examine them together at this location.
To prevent interference with the Managers' votes, we can have Horned People with different ideas team up to collect the votes. What do you all think?"
The numerous Horned People instantly fell silent.
Although the Horned People present controlled large areas, the thoughts of the Managers below them were not necessarily the same as their own.
If it were public voting, there would still be room for manipulation, but anonymous voting might not be accurate.
Unless they replaced the Managers of each village right now.
Just then, Niu Tian took out a notebook and introduced, "This is a list of Village Administrators that I had people collect from each village.
I have verified it, and there are no issues. Everyone should count the votes according to this list. If a Manager is not present, then the Second and Third-Order Professionals in the entire village will vote.
After the votes in the village are tallied, the idea with the most votes will be chosen as the village's idea."
When the numerous Horned People heard these words, they felt a bit helpless. Niu Tian was so meticulous in his preparations; he must have had this plan in mind for a long time, but just hadn't said it.
It was too late for everyone to come up with a solution now.
After Niu Tian put down the notebook, he took out a pile of wooden boxes and introduced:
"These are specially customized tools. Inside, there are two choices: 'Agree' and 'Disagree'.
The voter injects energy into the wooden box, and outsiders cannot detect it. As long as one's energy touches a certain choice, the choice can be completed, and the box will automatically seal.
Everyone can inspect them and make a choice freely. I will then show you the accuracy of the voting results."
The Horned People immediately picked up the boxes, injected energy, and paid attention to their surroundings.
A moment later, the Horned People confirmed that it was indeed difficult to observe the internal situation of these wooden boxes. Only their own energy-releasing hand could feel the internal situation of the wooden box.
After the choice was made and their hand was withdrawn, they themselves didn't even know what they had chosen.
At this moment, Niu Tian took out a square black cloth, placed it on the table, and said, "Everyone, put the wooden boxes on it."
Everyone immediately threw the wooden boxes onto the square black cloth, and the wooden boxes instantly shrank.
When all the wooden boxes were on the black cloth, Niu Tian folded the black cloth, wrapping the wooden boxes.
As Niu Tian injected energy, three lines of numbers immediately appeared on the black cloth.
Niu Tian glanced at the numbers and smiled, "The first line of numbers represents agreement, the second line represents disagreement, and the third line represents no choice made.
It seems three friends did not make a choice, wanting to see if my tool is accurate."
As soon as his words fell, three Horned People immediately said in unison, "I did not make a choice."
Immediately after, other Horned People also stated their choices.
After everyone's choices were tallied, the information was the same as the choices on the black cloth.
Seeing this, Niu Tian opened the black cloth. Only three of the wooden boxes inside were intact; all the other wooden boxes had turned into fragments, and no one could tell which wooden box they had used before.
Niu Tian said, "Those that were not destroyed are the wooden boxes that did not vote. Other voting wooden boxes, to ensure safety, were all destroyed after the votes were counted!"
Upon hearing this, many Horned People were filled with regret. If they had known that these wooden boxes would be destroyed, they would have randomly fabricated a choice to make everyone lose trust in Niu Tian. That way, they would have had more opportunities to manipulate the votes.
Alas, it was too late now.
At this moment, Niu Tian opened a drawer, took out a pile of red beads, and introduced:
"These are recording stones. The entire voting process has just been recorded. Everyone gets one.
When the votes are tallied, show them to the Managers of each village, lest they have any concerns."
Seeing Niu Tian so thoroughly prepared, everyone felt displeased, but they could only control their emotions and accept the recording stones.
At this moment, Niu Tian took out the notebook again, flipping through it as he spoke, "Everyone present has some minor conflicts and some minor favors with the Managers.
To prevent these conflicts from affecting the voting results, I have assigned everyone to different groups to meet the Managers of different villages and collect their votes. Now I will read the list…"
As the Horned People understood the content of the list, the expressions of the Horned People present became very serious.
The Horned People teamed up present had more or less conflicts, and the Village Administrators they were responsible for were not familiar with them; some names they had never even heard of.
Niu Tian was truly too well prepared!
For a while, everyone simply couldn't figure out how to win votes for themselves.
While the Horned People Clan Leaders racked their brains over the voting issue, the Voodoo Doll underground quietly approached the surface, affixed Substitute Talismans to the soles of these Horned People's feet, and then returned underground.
After some time, Niu Tian finished reading the assigned tasks, and the Horned People Clan Leaders teamed up and headed to different villages.
Two of the Horned People traveled eastward and soon arrived at the nearest village, where they met the Village Administrator.
After the two Horned People introduced the information about the voting box to the Village Administrator, they took out the recording stone and displayed information about voting and vote counting.
When the Village Administrator saw the content recorded by the recording stone, he was incredibly excited.
When the Intruders appeared, the Village Administrator was unable to fight the Intruders, but instead became a bodyguard, protecting the Clan Leader's children during their retreat.
Later, as the Horned People were defeated repeatedly, the Village Administrator also fled to this place with the Clan Leader's children and was appreciated, managing a village.
However, other Village Administrators had participated in resisting the Intruders, making it difficult for them to have in-depth communication with each other and solidify their positions.
In addition, the Patrol Captains in the village who had participated in the battle had always coveted the Manager's position, which made the Village Administrator even more worried.
Later, rumors from outside spoke of helping the Plane Will absorb materials from Other Planes to break the Intruder's Suppression, which gave the Village Administrator hope.
The Village Administrator wanted to use this opportunity to gain experience on the front lines and enhance his reputation.
However, his own Clan Leader opposed the war, and the Village Administrator could not openly refute him, so he could only suppress his emotions.
He had thought there would be no chance to fight the Intruders, but unexpectedly, this anonymous voting method appeared.
This gave the Village Administrator an opportunity to fight the Intruders.
The Village Administrator tried hard to control his agitated emotions and calmly said:
"I am against letting the Plane Will devour materials from Other Planes. Things are perfectly fine as they are now, why provoke the Intruders?"
After saying these words to express his loyalty to the Clan Leader, the Village Administrator extended his hand into the wooden box, preparing to select the option to 'Agree' to the Plane Will devouring materials.
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Chapter 212: Voting Manipulation
Just as the Village Administrator was about to select the 'Agree' option, his body suddenly lost control and injected energy into the 'Disagree' option.
The Village Administrator was terrified and wanted to shout loudly, but he couldn't utter a single word.
The two Horned People responsible for tallying the votes were unaware of the Village Administrator's situation and did not believe what the Village Administrator said.
Too many people say one thing and do another; only after the results are truly tallied can their thoughts be confirmed.
Carelessly believing what others say will surely lead to being tricked to death.
Afterward, the two Horned People put away the wooden boxes used for voting, turned, and left for the next village.
"Please take care, two sirs." The Village Administrator smiled and waved goodbye to the two Horned People, then turned and entered his room, closing the door.
The next second, the Village Administrator screamed in terror: "Who is controlling me? How have I offended you?"
Although the Village Administrator appeared to be shouting on the surface, his voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz.
The next second, the Village Administrator lost control of his voice.
Fang Che, manipulating the Village Administrator's body through the Substitute Talisman, replied in the Village Administrator's voice:
"Don't worry about who I am; you just need to remember that we cannot go to war right now. Do not disclose today's conversation. You can continue to be your Manager, and if there's an opportunity in the future, I will greatly reuse you."
Subsequently, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to leave some resources behind the Village Administrator and buried monitoring tools underground, then paused the control over the Village Administrator's body.
The moment the Village Administrator regained control of his body, he felt a strong energy aura coming from behind him.
The Village Administrator turned his head to look behind him and was instantly captivated by the valuable resources, falling into a dazed state.
A moment later, the Village Administrator muttered to himself: "So many resources, they can allow me to cultivate for a very long time;
Moreover, he said he would greatly reuse me if there was an opportunity in the future. He must be someone who does not support allowing the Plane Will to devour Other Planes' materials;
Anyway, my tribal chief also doesn't support this matter, so being controlled by him isn't a big deal!"
After saying this, the Village Administrator complacently collected the materials on the ground and no longer considered reporting the matter upwards.
At the same time, Fang Che, through the Four-Order Horned People's tribal chief, transferred the Substitute Talisman to the Village Administrators who had agreed to let the Plane Will devour the materials.
And he used the Substitute Talisman to manipulate their bodies into making other choices.
Although the wooden box tool could block the Horned People's perception abilities, in Fang Che's eyes, it had no concealing ability whatsoever.
Fang Che could determine the positions of the two options just by observing with the Voodoo Doll.
Whenever Fang Che manipulated a Horned People to complete a choice, he would throw down a pile of materials to stabilize them and monitor their every move to prevent them from tattling.
These Horned People generally regarded Fang Che as a Horned People who did not want the Plane Will to devour materials, viewing all of this as an internal struggle between various tribal chiefs, and all chose to remain silent, with no one leaking information.
This allowed Fang Che to confidently retrieve the Substitute Talisman from them and transfer it to more Horned People.
Time flew by, and soon seven days had passed.
On this day, the Four-Order Horned People tribal chiefs collected all the votes from the Village Administrators and returned to the gathering place of the tribal chiefs, where they met Niu Tian.
Niu Tian looked at the dust-covered Horned People and said, "You have all worked hard. Let's first tally the votes, and then you can rest."
After saying this, Niu Tian took out a black cloth and spread it out on the table.
The Horned People immediately took out the opinions they had tallied over the past few days and placed them on the black cloth.
As the wooden boxes touched the black cloth, they rapidly shrunk, and as more and more wooden boxes were placed, their volume continued to decrease.
Once all the wooden boxes were placed, Niu Tian folded the black cloth, wrapped the wooden boxes, and then injected energy.
The next second, three rows of numbers appeared on the wooden boxes: forty-seven, three hundred twenty-five, zero.
The moment the numbers appeared, the Horned People who disagreed with allowing the Plane Will to devour materials excitedly said:
"The first row is 'agree,' the second row is 'disagree,' and the third row is 'no choice made.' We won!"
"That's great! Everyone knows that if the Plane Will devours materials, it will anger the Intruder. Great minds think alike!"
"If the two choices were evenly matched, I would have to consider the implications of making a choice. Now that the difference between the two choices is so great, there's no need to even consider it. Let's continue selling materials from Other Planes!"
"I have someone here named Niu Xuanhai who is very good at sales. Everyone can give me their materials, and I'll have Niu Xuanhai sell them at the highest price!"
"I've heard of this Niu Xuanhai..."
The Horned People who disagreed with allowing the Plane Will to devour materials were very happy and began discussing the sale of materials from Other Planes.
Those Horned People who hoped for the Plane Will to devour materials were extremely disappointed, but with the results laid out, everyone stopped insisting and could only remain silent.
Only Niu Tian had an expression of disbelief.
Niu Tian hoped for the Plane Will to devour materials and escape the state of Suppression.
Because even before the Plane Will was suppressed, it had promised Niu Tian that he would be the first to advance to Five-Order!
Over the years, Niu Tian had been manipulating public opinion.
After so many years of manipulation, Niu Tian believed that most Horned People would agree to let the Plane Will devour materials and escape the Intruder's Suppression.
To ensure success, Niu Tian had even secretly replaced a group of Village Administrators.
Unexpectedly, the tallied votes were completely different from Niu Tian's predictions.
Niu Tian didn't know if he had been tricked by the Village Administrators of various villages before, or by the people he had sent out, or by these Horned People tribal chiefs who tallied the votes.
Niu Tian simply couldn't figure it out, couldn't understand.
How could he change the outcome now? Should he go to the defense line and communicate with the Horned People warriors there?
Niu Tian thought for a moment and still felt it was useless.
Those warriors came from different tribes and only listened to their tribal chiefs. Now that these tribal chiefs had accepted the voting results, they would order the warriors to obey the outcome.
There was no possibility of a comeback.
Niu Tian sighed inwardly, tried to control his emotions, and smiled:
"Since the voting results are out, everyone should go back and get some good rest. You've all worked hard these past few days;
As for the Plane materials, I suggest everyone keep some and not rush to sell them. If they are needed in the future, it will be troublesome to collect them."
"Understood." The tribal chiefs nodded in agreement, but in their hearts, they were thinking about how to sell these materials for a good price.
The territory was too small now, and the tribe lacked resources. Besides selling materials, there was no better way.
If materials were needed in the future, that would be dealt with then.
In short, they had to solve the current problems first to have a chance to live into the future.
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Chapter 213 The Gradually Unified Centaur Tribe
The Horned People clan leaders left one after another, and the Voodoo Doll underground also left the area to search for Niu Xuanhai.
As soon as the Voodoo Doll emerged in front of Niu Xuanhai, Niu Xuanhai anxiously recounted,
"For this period of time, I have been exaggerating the prices of materials from Other Planes, hoping to use this method to make the various clan leaders give up handing over Plane materials to you.
However, my plan had just begun when I heard that the clan leaders had organized a vote to decide whether to hand over the materials from Other Planes to you through voting. I really have no way to resolve this."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to write on the ground: "I still haven't received the materials from Other Planes they sent over, perhaps there's been another change.
You continue to help me collect Plane materials and continue to hold the Curse Master ritual."
Niu Xuanhai nodded slightly and said, "Understood. I will continue to collect materials and hold the ritual, but right now I am not clear about the selling price of materials from Other Planes, so I will need some time to tell you."
"Understood." The Voodoo Doll wrote down a few new burrow locations and then left the area.
Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to dig new burrows at the locations he had just written down, burying the materials that needed to be processed and setting up the formations.
Afterward, Fang Che returned to the Real Domain, diffused his body into mist, and continued to control the Real Domain, preparing for his future advancement.
Time flew by, and several months passed in a blink of an eye.
On this day, Fang Che came to the Plane of the Centaurs and Merfolk, and discovered that the Centaurs on a certain continent had already achieved unification!
At this moment, only one tribe remained on this continent.
Currently, the priest of this tribe was performing a sacrificial ritual with the last group of Centaurs.
Inside the burrow, the bound Centaurs were filled with terror, anxiously shouting,
"We also understand your current sacrificial ritual; that puppet didn't just choose you.
The puppet is deliberately inciting us to fight among ourselves, to make us kill each other. If you kill us, the puppet's master can easily occupy this continent, and then you will all be dead!"
The Ma Ren Priest outside, holding molten aluminum, heard these words, caressed the item Fang Che had provided on his body, and sneered,
"With these items, all tribes on this continent can be easily eliminated; there's no need to incite us to kill each other.
You must know this, otherwise, you wouldn't have used the Centaurs from other defeated tribes for rituals before.
Your idea should be the same as mine: collect as many items as possible, so that when other continents attack in the future, even if we can't win, we can still claim a territory with these items.
The only difference between you and me is that you failed, and I succeeded. Anyway, no matter what you say, you are all dead!"
The Centaurs in the burrow, seeing that persuasion was futile, knew they had no way out, and began to curse loudly.
The Ma Ren Priest stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the cursing Centaurs, and murmured, "It seems not everyone can calmly accept failure.
But this is good too; the more they curse, the more perfect the ritual, and the more items I will get!"
Subsequently, the Ma Ren Priest poured the scorching molten aluminum into the burrow.
When all the Centaurs in the burrow had turned into Death Sculptures, the Centaurs outside the burrow cheered happily.
At this moment, they would monopolize the entire continent, and if they were lucky, they might even eliminate the Centaurs from other continents and unify the entire Plane!
And just then, a red light flashed in the Ma Ren Priest's eyes, and he looked at the cheering Centaurs with disgust, saying, "So noisy!"
Subsequently, the Ma Ren Priest crushed an item on his body, and sharp stone spears instantly shot out from underground, piercing through the bodies of all the Centaurs present.
Immediately after, a hole appeared in the Ma Ren Priest's chest, and he instantly fell to the ground, dead.
At this time, the Voodoo Doll emerged from underground and, under Fang Che's control, collected all resources.
After collecting all resources, Fang Che noticed that another Centaur tribe had unified the continent they were on.
Fang Che immediately controlled the Voodoo Doll to go over and continue to destroy the Centaur tribe.
These Centaurs, after long periods of conflict, had a reduced population, and most of them were weak in strength, so even if Death Sculptures were refined from them, their value was not high.
If the Centaurs were allowed to recuperate, unfavorable variables would certainly arise for Fang Che.
When the Centaur tribes grew stronger, they would definitely unify the entire Plane, and by then, Fang Che's deception would surely be exposed.
If these Centaurs used some special methods to awaken the Plane Will and let the Plane Will cultivate Fifth-Order Professionals, Fang Che would definitely not be able to cope.
Therefore, Fang Che decided to eliminate all Centaurs, then go eliminate the Merfolk in the sea, and devour this Plane!
In the time that followed, Fang Che eliminated the Merfolk encountered by the Voodoo Doll, eliminated the Centaurs who had unified continents, and collected all the materials.
After continuously eliminating three Centaur tribes that had unified continents, the Plane Will of this Plane was awakened.
Subsequently, Fang Che perceived streams of energy that were helpful for a Professional's advancement gathering towards certain locations.
Fang Che immediately took out the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and placed it beside him, then controlled the Voodoo Doll to go to the nearby energy gathering areas.
Fang Che quickly saw two Centaurs, full of terror, reluctantly increasing their strength.
These Centaurs still had not forgotten the mysterious deaths of the Fourth-Order Centaurs from before.
Although a long time had passed since that incident, these Centaurs were still afraid of advancing.
However, at this moment, under the control of the Plane Will, they had no power to resist, passively advancing like puppets on strings.
Fang Che recorded the information of these advancing Centaurs for cultivation, then controlled the Voodoo Doll to move to the next energy gathering place.
After some time, the Voodoo Doll identified all the energy gathering locations.
Most of these locations were on land, helping Centaurs advance, while a small portion was underwater, helping Merfolk advance.
Fang Che stopped at the last underwater energy gathering area and silently observed the Merfolk, who were enveloped by energy and forced to advance.
A moment later, the Merfolk successfully advanced to Fourth-Order, and all the surrounding advancement energy dissipated.
Fang Che took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, just about to act, when he saw that the Merfolk began to gnaw at its own body.
Fang Che somewhat misunderstood the Merfolk's behavior, so he temporarily gave up on eliminating the Merfolk and instead eliminated the Professionals in other areas where advancement energy had dissipated.
Each time the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book was used to eliminate a Professional, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner automatically absorbed their souls.
Judging by the soul energy, they had all advanced to Fourth-Order.
After eliminating a group of newly advanced Fourth-Order Professionals, Fang Che discovered that a powerful energy suddenly appeared on the body of the Merfolk that was gnawing at itself.
This was the energy required to advance to Fifth-Order!
As soon as this energy appeared, it flew towards the east.
Seeing this, Fang Che immediately eliminated the Fourth-Order Professionals in the east.
After Fang Che eliminated all Fourth-Order Professionals in the east, that mass of energy for advancing to Fifth-Order immediately changed direction and moved in other directions.
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Chapter 214: Devouring the Centaurs and the Murlocs
Fang Che used the Voodoo Doll to observe the energy promoting to the Fifth-Order, eliminating Fourth-Order Professionals in the direction the energy moved.
After Fang Che eliminated all the Fourth-Order Professionals in this Plane, the energy dissipated instantly.
At the same time, the Plane Will was weakened again and became quiet, no longer cultivating Fourth-Order Professionals.
Seeing this, Fang Che continued to eliminate Professionals in this Plane and collect resources.
In the blink of an eye, two months later, the last Professional was eliminated by Fang Che.
The Plane Will was weakened once more, without any reaction.
Seeing this, Fang Che released the power of the Real Domain, spreading it across the entire Plane, and the Plane Will did not make any move to stop him.
It seemed that Fang Che's previous attacks had already caused the Plane Will to completely lose its ability to resist.
When the Domain energy spread to the entire Plane, space energy erupted, instantly cutting the Plane and teleporting it into the Real Domain.
In a moment, the entire Plane was swallowed by the Real Domain, and Fang Che, along with the last piece of dirt from the Plane, was also teleported into the Real Domain.
Subsequently, Fang Che atomized his body, spreading it to the boundary between the Real Domain and the Merfolk Centaurs Plane.
Half of this Merfolk and Centaurs Plane was ocean, and half was land; after devouring this Plane, the land connected to the Real Domain, while the ocean was at the edge, surrounding all the land.
It was the first time Fang Che had devoured a Plane with such a large ocean; previously, the Planes he devoured basically had no large oceans, only a few rivers.
However, Planes with wider oceans were actually easier to integrate into the Real Domain.
Fang Che directly modified the terrain, excavating hundreds of river channels, allowing the river water controlled by Fang Che to flow along the channels and merge into the ocean.
At the same time, Fang Che's energy also entered the ocean with the movement of the river water.
The sea water mixed with the river water, allowing Fang Che to easily control this ocean area, and his atomized body rapidly expanded.
Subsequently, Fang Che manipulated the ocean, condensed waves, integrated the Real Domain's energy into them, and together they crashed onto the continent, gradually assimilating the newly devoured continents.
Not long after, Fang Che took control of these continents and spread his atomized body over them.
However, even though his body was atomized and spread, controlling this area still felt a bit awkward.
Thus, Fang Che used his atomized body to mobilize Plane power, filling the core area's soil into the ocean to create islands.
As the number of islands increased, Fang Che's control over this ocean area rapidly improved, and the Real Domain's array power was also strengthened.
However, as the connection between the ocean and Fang Che strengthened, the awkwardness brought by those few continents actually increased significantly.
Fang Che was not in a hurry and continued to create islands.
Not long after, Fang Che, following the plan observed by his eyes, shaped three hundred islands.
The islands were distributed in various corners of the ocean, forming an incomplete array.
Immediately after, Fang Che began to excavate soil from the several continents, filling the soil into the core area of the Real Domain to fill the newly dug pits.
After a large amount of soil was excavated from those newly devoured continents, seawater quickly poured in.
From the surface, these continents quickly separated from the Real Domain and became brand new islands.
When the number of islands reached three hundred and sixty, the incomplete array was completed, and the awkwardness instantly diminished by more than half.
Subsequently, Fang Che began to change the state of the three hundred and sixty islands.
Fang Che first transferred the gold mines within the Domain to seventy-two scattered islands, making the seventy-two islands golden.
Fang Che also dug secret passages underground, allowing groundwater to flow along the passages into the seventy-two scattered islands, forming seventy-two lakes.
These seventy-two lake islands were next to the seventy-two golden islands, only a thousand meters apart.
Immediately after, Fang Che transplanted trees to another seventy-two scattered islands, turning the entire islands into green forests, with tree roots growing underground, connecting to the continent.
These seventy-two forest islands were all next to the lake islands, a thousand meters apart, and further away from the golden islands.
Subsequently, Fang Che gathered fire-attribute materials on seventy-two scattered islands; after all the fire-attribute materials were gathered, seventy-two islands instantly showed a volcanic eruption landscape.
These volcanic islands were also a thousand meters away from the forest islands.
The last seventy-two islands, Fang Che did not do any processing, they were just rocks and soil, looking unremarkable.
These unremarkable islands were placed next to the golden islands and volcanic islands, at the same distance from both types of islands.
At this moment, the three hundred and sixty islands were divided into seventy-two groups, with five islands per group, coexisting in a manner of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements.
Five different energies intertwined and spread outwards.
As the energy spread, the last bit of awkwardness disappeared, and the Real Domain instantly became incredibly harmonious.
At the same time, the array within the Real Domain also received a huge boost, and with the blessing of the Turtle World's array, Fang Che's cultivation speed increased again.
However, Fang Che's processing of the Real Domain was not yet finished.
Fang Che quickly re-gathered his atomized body, then took out materials and set up an array.
The array quickly covered this newly expanded area, the Real Domain's power was further enhanced, and Fang Che's cultivation speed also increased.
Immediately after, Fang Che took out the Death Sculpture and Concession Token, filling the entire Real Domain.
As Fang Che handled everything, black mist rose from the ocean, gathered in the small volcanic islands, and was incinerated into nothingness by the flames within the islands.
These gray energies were remnants of the original Plane, just like the remnant array energy of the Turtle World, they were characteristics of a Plane.
However, the remnant array energy of the Turtle World was beneficial to the Real Domain, while these gray energies were not of much benefit to the Real Domain.
As early as when Fang Che used his eyes' ability to plan, he had planned to integrate all beneficial things, and as for these unfavorable things, they would all be completely cleared!
Fang Che perceived the state of these gray energies and found that they possessed the characteristic of mutual devouring to improve strength, just like raising Gu.
Previously, in that Plane, the Merfolk and Centaurs had often improved their strength by devouring their own kind.
Fang Che was not repulsed by this method, and even felt it could be used as a trump card.
However, since the improved plan from his eyes excluded this characteristic, Fang Che felt no need to insist on keeping it; if it caused bad effects in the future, Fang Che would be unlucky.
While the flames incinerated the gray energies, Fang Che also used the Concession Token to refine new tools, replacing the Concession Tokens of the Emperor Plane.
Not long after, all the gray energies were incinerated, and all the Concession Tokens of the Emperor Plane were replaced by Fang Che.
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Chapter 215 Confirmation of the Seven Stars' Acquisition of the Relic
As the last Concession Token of the Emperor Plane was replaced, Fang Che suddenly found that his control over the Plane had greatly improved.
Not only that, Fang Che felt that the entire Plane was conveying a sense of intimacy to him.
Fang Che closed his eyes, vaporized his body, and diffused into the Plane.
At this moment, Fang Che felt as comfortable and at ease as if he had burrowed into a warm quilt on a cold day.
The feeling of comfort and ease did not last too long; after Fang Che's vaporized body diffused throughout the entire Real Domain, everything returned to its previous state.
However, Fang Che was surprised to find that his control over the Real Domain had suddenly increased significantly.
Fang Che estimated that after another half month of continuous cultivation, he could begin his promotion to the Fifth-Order!
And before replacing the Emperor Plane's Concession Token, Fang Che would have had to cultivate for several more decades to reach the promotion standard!
Fang Che smiled with some excitement, then continued to control the Plane, preparing for his promotion.
After cultivating for a few days, Fang Che felt a bit irritable, so he stopped cultivating, returned to the Emperor Plane, and retrieved the materials that the Iron Hand Group had helped him collect from the mailbox at their residence during this time.
Fang Che calculated the resource situation and found that the Iron Hand Group had already collected all the resources for him; to obtain more resources, he would have to sell another Concession Token.
So, Fang Che took out paper and pen, wrote down the materials he needed, then went to Li Xing's residence and knocked on the door.
A moment later, the door opened, and Li Xing walked out of the room.
Fang Che glanced at Li Xing and found that Li Xing's aura was even stronger than before!
Fang Che immediately cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, Senior, on your promotion to the Seventh-Order!"
"No need for such formality," Li Xing said with a smile, lifting Fang Che's arm, and continued, "Speaking of which, I should thank you. If you hadn't brought back the resources provided by the Soul Master, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to be promoted."
Fang Che respectfully said, "Senior is too kind. Junior merely acted as a messenger, helping the Iron Hand Group contact the Soul Master."
Li Xing waved his hand with a smile. "Let's not talk about that. Are you here this time because you need new resources?"
Fang Che nodded and said, "Subordinate wishes to exchange a Concession Token for a batch of resources."
Li Xing pondered for a few seconds, then smiled and said, "Let's talk inside the room."
"Understood."
Fang Che entered the room and closed the door, after which Li Xing said, "I originally had no interest in Concession Tokens, as my task was merely to handle some management duties at the group's stronghold.
However, now that I've been promoted to the Seventh-Order, I might need to go to Other Planes to work in the future, which will require a Concession Token for self-preservation.
The Concession Tokens traded by the Iron Hand Group are currently all for the Leader's use; I have no chance of obtaining them.
Therefore, I would like to trade a Concession Token with you in my personal capacity. It won't be too late to trade another one to the Iron Hand Group when you acquire other Concession Tokens in the future."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che agreed without hesitation. "No problem."
In Fang Che's eyes, Concession Tokens were for trading resources. He didn't care who he traded them to, as long as the resources were in place.
Li Xing smiled happily, then said, "There's no need to sign a trade agreement this time. I will gather all the materials you need at once.
Additionally, regarding the price, it will be as previously agreed, a bit more expensive than the last time you purchased a Concession Token. How does that sound to you?"
"Good," Fang Che nodded, took out a Concession Token, and then handed the material list he had just written to Li Xing, saying, "Junior needs these things."
Li Xing took both items, solemnly put the Concession Token into his Niwan Palace, and then, while checking the list, took out the items Fang Che needed.
Before long, Li Xing had taken out all the items Fang Che needed.
Li Xing smiled and said, "Put them away."
"Thank you, Senior," Fang Che took out his storage ring and quickly put away the materials.
At this moment, Li Xing said, "The investigation into the Black Prison Overlord's relics is almost complete. It can now be basically confirmed that the one who took the relics is Hong Yi, the Leader of the Seven Stars Group!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che felt a surge of emotion.
It seemed his previous guess was correct: the Seven Stars Group had placed the Bandit Professional in the area where Fang Che was carrying out his assassination mission precisely to avenge Hong Fei.
Since there was enmity, he had to firmly eliminate them!
Fang Che immediately asked, "When will we make our move?"
Li Xing said, "This matter cannot be rushed. The Black Prison Overlord's relics contain some imprisoned criminals.
The Seven Stars Group released a small portion of the Criminals to help them overcome difficulties in past crises. It's still unknown how many criminals the Seven Stars Group has left.
We need to secretly eliminate Seven Stars Group members to create trouble for them, forcing the Seven Stars Group to continue releasing criminals, then eliminate the Criminals one by one to weaken the Seven Stars Group's power!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che asked, "Do you have a list of the Criminals and the Seven Stars Group members? Junior also wants to weaken their power."
Li Xing took out a notebook and handed it to Fang Che, explaining, "This contains the list of Seven Stars Group members to be eliminated. As for the Criminal information, due to the passage of time, it cannot be definitively determined, and only a small portion of suspected criminal information is recorded."
Fang Che took the notebook and said, "Junior will do his best to eliminate them. If there's nothing else, Junior will take his leave."
Li Xing said, "You mentioned before that you wanted to involve Slaughter Saber Academy and Blue Sky Group in eliminating the Seven Stars Group. Don't rush to tell them about this. It won't be too late to inform them once the specific action time is determined."
Fang Che respectfully replied, "Junior understands."
Li Xing smiled and said, "There's nothing else. You may go about your business."
"Junior bids farewell."
Fang Che left Li Xing's residence, returned to his room, and flipped through the notebook.
The notebook recorded that the Leader and Vice Leaders of the Seven Stars Group had all been promoted to the Fifth-Order.
Leader Hong Yi was suspected of using special items to complete his Fifth-Order cultivation process, perfecting his Domain, and was currently collecting materials for promotion to the Sixth-Order.
Fang Che was currently unable to eliminate these individuals, so he could only continue to check the list.
Most of the remaining names on the list were Third-Order Professionals, and next to each of their names were six characters: "Currently promoting to Fourth-Order."
After finishing the Seven Stars Group list, Fang Che turned to the last few pages and saw a list of some criminals.
These criminals varied in strength, with the weakest being only First-Order and the strongest even reaching the Sixth-Order!
Without exception, these criminals all possessed dangerous abilities that could threaten the Emperor Plane and the Soul Master, and they had made no contributions to the Emperor Plane; some had even harmed the Soul Master.
These criminals had all been active for a time, but after a certain Black Prison Overlord died in the Fire Play Academy area, these criminals never appeared again.
The Professional who compiled the list added them to the list when he confirmed that these criminals were still alive.