Chapter 236 Strengthening Various Items
Currently, Fang Che lacks the materials to enhance the Curse Flag. However, he can take the Curse Flag to Other Planes and compel them to create the materials needed for Curse Masters.
This way, Fang Che won't need to spend money buying Curse Master materials, and after creating a Curse Master in the future, he can also enable the Curse Masters of his own Plane to grow rapidly.
Fang Che decided that he would take the Curse Flag to the Niu Jiao Ren Plane and Sound Curse Master Plane to try it out later.
Of course, before that, Fang Che needed to use other materials to enhance the Curse Tools he already possessed.
The first thing Fang Che enhanced was the Creation Coffin, which had always been placed in the Real Domain and was not bound to the curse master gem.
Fang Che placed various enhancement materials on the Creation Coffin, used his Spiritual Flash skill, and the materials instantly merged into the Creation Coffin.
The information about the Creation Coffin also changed:
[When a Professional is injured, they can lie in the Creation Coffin, and the Creation Coffin can absorb external curse energy to heal their injuries.
If a Professional dies, the teleportation function will be automatically activated, sending the body into the coffin, restoring the Professional's life state to a youthful state, and allowing them to live another life.
After a Professional is resurrected, their strength will degenerate to Tier 1. At the same time, the Curse Tools refined at Tier 1 will revert to their newly refined state, and all other Curse Tools will be shattered.
If the Creation Coffin is placed in a Plane controlled by a Professional, it can enhance the Plane's recovery ability. If the Plane is damaged, it can be restored through the Creation Coffin.]
The original Creation Coffin, after resurrecting Fang Che, would turn him into an ordinary person, requiring him to re-awaken his profession, and all the tools he had refined would also be shattered.
After enhancement, a Tier 1 strength is retained.
Tier 1 strength is very weak, but it is much better than re-awakening a profession.
Moreover, Fang Che had refined the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and the Voodoo Doll at Tier 1, possessing powerful strength.
Even if the effects of the two tools reverted to their newly refined state, they could still protect Fang Che's life.
Furthermore, this Creation Coffin can continue to be enhanced. When it is enhanced to its limit, perhaps it can achieve infinite resurrection.
Fang Che was full of confidence for the future.
Afterward, Fang Che took out the Revenge Evil Mirror and began to enhance it.
After the enhancement was completed, the information of the Revenge Evil Mirror also changed.
[When an enemy launches a mysterious attack, it can immediately display useful information about the enemy and their Plane, as well as the enemy's location, on the mirror surface.
If the information of the target to be found is pasted on the Revenge Evil Mirror, the target's location can be discovered without any cost.
If materials from Other Planes are placed on the Revenge Evil Mirror, the coordinates of Other Planes can be discovered. After discovering the Plane coordinates, no cost is required.
If the Plane being searched for is at war with Other Planes, one can choose to pay the cost of an arm to lock the Plane's location.]
After the Revenge Evil Mirror was enhanced, it could not only find the Professional who attacked him but also their Plane.
This allows Fang Che to expand the Real Domain better. Even if he cannot defeat the Plane they are in now, he will have a chance for revenge in the future.
In addition, no longer needing to pay a cost to find a single Plane is also a good improvement.
As for Planes that are currently at war, the previous Revenge Evil Mirror couldn't even find them. Now, being able to find them by paying a cost is also a huge step forward.
Of course, Fang Che will not search for Planes that are currently at war now. It will not be too late to use this function after further enhancements in the future.
Next, Fang Che took out the Substitute Puppet, retrieved the enhancement materials, and used the Spiritual Flash skill to complete the enhancement.
[The Substitute Puppet can be dispersed into one core talisman and forty-eight Substitute Talismans. By integrating the Substitute Talismans into the bodies of three hundred and eighty-seven types of Professionals, such as Curse Masters and Fire Manipulators, these three hundred and eighty-seven types of Professionals can be regarded as substitutes.
When the user suffers fatal damage, the core talisman can transfer the damage to the body of any substitute, and the substitute will bear the fatal damage.
When the Substitute Talisman is stationary, the Plane Will is difficult to detect.
If the surrounding enemy's domain range is smaller than the Real Domain, the Substitute Talisman cannot be discovered.
After the Substitute Talisman is integrated into the Professional's body, the Professional's body can be controlled through the Substitute Puppet.]
After the Substitute Puppet was enhanced, the number of Professionals that could be selected increased.
However, the Substitute Puppet can still only control forty-eight people. No matter how many types of professions can be chosen, it doesn't have much significance.
The enhancement effect of this Substitute Puppet is mediocre.
Fang Che shook his head with slight disappointment and then took out the Voodoo Doll to begin enhancement.
After the enhancement was completed, the information of the Voodoo Doll changed:
[If the Voodoo Doll is buried in the living area of a certain group, the highest-ranking person in that group will go insane and slaughter other members within the group. The group's size must be controlled within twenty thousand people, otherwise, it will be ineffective.
The Voodoo Doll can excavate and move underground, disguising its aura as all surrounding matter, making it undetectable by weaker Plane Wills.
The Voodoo Doll can hear sounds from above ground and record surrounding visual information.
When the Voodoo Doll attacks the leader of a certain group, it can increase energy consumption to completely lock onto that group leader. Before the leader loses control of the group, the Voodoo Doll will not change its attack target for any reason.
The internal space of the Voodoo Doll is connected to the Real Domain. After collecting items in Other Planes, they can be directly transmitted to the Real Domain, and items within the Real Domain can also be transmitted to any Plane.]
After the Voodoo Doll was enhanced, the number of group members it could handle increased, and its stealth ability improved to a higher level.
However, as long as the number of people does not reach infinity, it is not considered powerful.
In addition, in the past period, Fang Che had used the Voodoo Doll without being detected by the Plane Will. The current enhancement, while seemingly good, is actually mediocre, with no obvious improvement.
Fang Che put away the Voodoo Doll and took out the last item: the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
This Nailhead Seven Arrows Book had stopped being enhanced as early as when Fang Che advanced to Tier 4, and it still hasn't gained Plane-related abilities.
The main reason Fang Che stopped enhancing the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book at that time was that he didn't want the Soul Master to be afraid, avoiding irrational actions from the Soul Master in a state of fear.
Earlier, when Fang Che met Soul Master Gu Ning, he found that Gu Ning's fear of him had dissipated, and the slight hostility hidden within the fear had also disappeared.
This proves that Fang Che's previous choice was correct.
Now, if he continues to enhance the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, it will make Soul Master Gu Ning fear Fang Che again.
Gu Ning, who had just relaxed, would feel fear again, which would disturb his emotions.
In an emotionally abnormal state, anything is possible.
Therefore, after a brief consideration, Fang Che still decided to stop enhancing the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
It would not be too late to enhance the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book when he advances to Tier 5 in the future and completely breaks free from the Emperor Plane's control.
Afterward, Fang Che returned to the Emperor Plane, activated the Plane coordinates, and directly went to the Sound Curse Master Plane.
Upon arriving at this Plane, Fang Che quickly burrowed underground, took out the Curse Flag, and injected energy into it.
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Chapter 237 Purchase of Horned Man Captives
After the Curse Flag absorbed Fang Che's energy, the flag fluttered and rustled as if blown by the wind.
At the same time, an invisible force rapidly expanded outwards.
Not long after, Fang Che sensed that the Plane Will had been activated and was emitting the aura of a Curse Master.
Fang Che understood that the Curse Flag had taken effect.
Fang Che immediately released the Voodoo Doll, which burrowed out of the ground to observe.
Then Fang Che saw ten shimmering lights appear in the sky, each emitting the aura of a Curse Master.
These lights merged with beasts, and the beasts instantly awakened, becoming first-order Curse Masters.
At the same time, Fang Che discovered that a nearby ore vein absorbed curse energy, and some of the internal ores were transformed by the energy into basic materials that Curse Masters could use!
The Voodoo Doll moved continuously, allowing Fang Che to see more exclusive Curse Master materials being created by the Plane Will.
While creating materials, the Plane Will was also rapidly weakening.
Not long after, the Plane Will fell silent, which meant that the Plane Will had suffered immense loss and could no longer remain conscious.
Under normal circumstances, after the Plane Will falls silent, it can only bestow skills and rewards upon Professionals.
As for its other abilities, they would be completely lost.
However, Fang Che discovered that under the influence of the Curse Flag, the silent Plane Will was still being forced to create materials!
The Plane Will continued to weaken, and Fang Che only retrieved the Curse Flag when the Plane Will's aura became chaotic.
The current Plane Will had reached its limit; continuing to use the Curse Flag could easily cause the Plane Will to collapse.
If the Plane Will were to collapse, this Plane would completely die, making it difficult even to cultivate Professionals.
Fang Che wanted to maximize his benefits, so he could only wait for the Plane Will to stabilize and reawaken before using the Curse Flag again to cultivate materials.
Afterward, Fang Che stored the Curse Flag in his Niwan Palace before leaving the area and heading to the Niu Jiao Ren Plane.
Upon arriving at the Niu Jiao Ren Plane, Fang Che observed the defensive line set up by the Iron Hand Group, and after confirming that the Iron Hand Group's defense had not been breached, he immediately took out the Curse Flag and injected energy into it.
Subsequently, various materials needed by Curse Masters slowly began to grow on the Niu Jiao Ren Plane.
The growth rate of the materials was very slow, not comparable to the previous Sound Curse Master Plane.
This was because the Niu Jiao Ren Plane was too powerful, while Fang Che was too weak.
If it weren't for the Niu Jiao Ren Plane Will being suppressed by the Iron Hand Group, it could easily break the Curse Flag's ability, leaving Fang Che with nothing.
Fang Che continued to let the Curse Flag influence the Plane Will, while the Voodoo Doll went to the gathering places of the Horned People.
At this time, the Horned People, having lost their fourth-order patriarch, had completely fractured.
Some Horned People, even from the same tribe, had become enemies!
Numerous Horned People, organized by village, were fighting each other.
Those Horned People warriors who had fled from the front lines had now joined various villages and were competing with other surrounding villages.
Most of the Horned People Fang Che had chosen to set up the curse rituals had already died.
Some were discovered performing curse rituals and were killed by the Village Administrator.
Some died during battles with other villages.
The unluckiest ones were captured during combat and refined into Death Sculptures!
As for the Horned People who survived, they produced very few sculptures.
If they were relied upon to refine sculptures and process materials, the speed would definitely slow down.
If the Village Administrators were asked for help, the speed would be much faster, but these Horned Human Managers might not agree to Fang Che's request.
Horned People are different from Centaurs; Horned People have very deep connections among themselves, unlike Centaurs who are easily fooled.
Getting a Horned Human Manager to help process sculptures would be a very difficult task.
After pondering for a moment, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to collect materials and understand the situation of each village.
Not long after, Fang Che chose a Horned Human Manager he could converse with and controlled the Voodoo Doll to appear before him.
The Horned Human Manager, upon seeing the Voodoo Doll, instantly cast a defensive skill and vigilantly asked, "What are you?"
Fang Che immediately controlled the Voodoo Doll to write information that the Horned People could understand: "I am here to purchase Horned People captives."
Fang Che felt that asking a Horned Human Manager to perform a Curse Master ritual was less effective than directly purchasing Horned People captives and performing the ritual himself.
Doing it himself would resolve many troublesome issues.
The Horned Human Manager, seeing this information, frowned and said, "So it's a friend from the eastern village. Your tool is truly impressive to be able to bypass layers of defense and appear before me!"
Seeing the Horned Human Manager's misunderstanding, Fang Che continued to control the Voodoo Doll to write information:
"I am not from the east, nor am I your enemy. I am here to buy captives to accomplish my own affairs;
I guarantee that the captives will not be re-entered into war. If you don't believe me, you can leave a mark on the captives. If they re-enter combat, you can activate the tool or simply cripple them."
The Horned Human Manager looked at this information, feeling slightly confused.
If it were truly an enemy from the eastern village wanting to redeem captives, they would certainly want them to return to the battlefield; they wouldn't need crippled captives.
Moreover, if it were an eastern enemy, they wouldn't propose buying captives; it should be an exchange of captives.
But if this puppet wasn't sent by an eastern enemy, where did it come from?
And what was the puppet's purpose in buying captives?
In the past, one could ensure their interests through contracts without needing to ask too many questions.
However, now that the Plane Will was suppressed by the Intruder, contracts had lost their effect, and the Horned Human Manager had to think more carefully.
Seeing the Horned Human Manager's silence, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to continue writing:
"Among all the nearby villages, your strength is the weakest; your village will be the first to be destroyed;
To survive, it's best to choose to sell captives in exchange for resources;
If you fail, these captives won't save your life!"
The Horned Human Manager looked at these words and grinned.
He had chosen to keep the captives before, not to secure his own escape if he failed, but to eliminate the captives in front of all his enemies after failure, and then spread false news that the enemies were unwilling to redeem their captives.
Once this news got out, it would be difficult for the enemies to recruit soldiers, and they might even suffer internal divisions.
The Horned Human Manager intended to take revenge in this manner!
Now, being able to exchange captives for resources might lead to victory, making it unnecessary to devise methods for revenge after death.
Living now was most important, so why bother with the puppet's identity?
The Horned Human Manager said, "Wait here for a moment. I'll go deal with the captives and then give you their price."
After saying this, the Horned Human Manager quickly left without waiting for the Voodoo Doll's reply, preparing to discuss the trade value with his subordinates.
Fang Che left the Voodoo Doll in place, but his gaze remained fixed on the Horned Human Manager, watching him find his subordinates to discuss the price, watching him personally cripple the captives, and then watching him place the captives into a cloth bag tool before returning to the room.
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Chapter 238 Niu Xuanhai's Harvest
The Horned Human Manager held a cloth bag containing captives in one hand and a list in the other, and said to the Voodoo Doll:
"Prepare the items on the list, and I will hand over the captives to you."
Regarding the contents of the list, Fang Che had already seen them through the Voodoo Doll and prepared the materials.
Fang Che directly manipulated the Voodoo Doll to throw out a pile of materials.
The Horned Human Manager glanced at the resources, then at the Voodoo Doll, thinking that the Voodoo Doll was like a unique storage ring, probably storing many more resources.
This sparked greed in the Horned Human Manager's heart.
However, the Horned Human Manager quickly suppressed his greed, placed the cloth bag in front of the Voodoo Doll, and said:
"I will continue to capture more captives in the future; I hope you can come often to trade with me."
Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to put the cloth bag into the Real Domain. Then, Fang Che released his domain power, took out the cloth bag, and injected energy into it.
The next second, Fang Che saw the Horned People in the cloth bag with their limbs severed and Professional gems sealed.
Fang Che put the cloth bag aside, dug a pit, and manipulated the Voodoo Doll to write: "I will always buy Horned People captives; the price is negotiable."
Upon seeing this message, the Horned Human Manager completely abandoned the idea of snatching the puppet's resources and asked: "How do I contact you?"
Fang Che continued to manipulate the Voodoo Doll to write: "No need to contact me, I will come to find you."
After writing these messages, Fang Che did not intend to continue talking with the Horned Human Manager. He manipulated the Voodoo Doll to burrow underground, continuing to search for Horned People willing to sell captives.
On the other side, Fang Che also successfully dug the pit, buried the materials that needed to be processed, and threw the cloth bag into the pit.
Immediately after, Fang Che released a burst of energy, hitting the switch on the cloth bag. The bag instantly opened, and a group of crippled Horned People were released, filling the pit.
Many Horned People looked around in terror, then saw Fang Che lying at the mouth of the pit above them.
The Horned People became even more terrified.
Although the Horned People did not recognize Fang Che, they clearly remembered that Fang Che looked exactly like the previous Intruders!
Outside the pit, Fang Che checked the voice translation device on his body, confirmed it was working, and smiled:
"I love dealing with you Alien the most. Do you know how I deal with you? First..."
Fang Che began to describe various extremely cruel torture methods.
The Horned People were initially terrified, but as Fang Che substituted the victims' identities with the Horned People's relatives and friends, their fear vanished, and they glared at Fang Che with intense hatred.
Fang Che immediately sensed the cursing energy emanating from these Horned People.
Fang Che was very satisfied. Then he took out molten aluminum and said:
"There's a tunnel underground; you can escape. Those who run slowly will die. Of course, you can also wait to die and curse me as much as you want while you wait."
Then, Fang Che poured the scalding molten aluminum into the pit, instantly turning one Horned Person into a sculpture.
The remaining Horned People quickly fled.
However, a group of Horned People had their legs cut off. They moved their bodies with difficulty using their hands but were quickly overtaken by the molten aluminum and turned into sculptures.
The fleeing Horned People soon began to curse loudly.
Fang Che stood outside the pit, ignoring the changes inside, and calmly manipulated the Voodoo Doll to move.
Not long after, there was no more cursing sound inside the pit. All the Horned People had turned into sculptures, and the materials for refining the Concession Token had been processed.
Fang Che mobilized his domain power, collected all the sculptures, materials, and surrounding soil into the Real Domain, and continued to bury the tools for refining the Concession Token.
While doing all this, the Voodoo Doll successfully purchased another batch of captives.
Fang Che once again performed the ritual, processed the materials, and obtained Death Sculptures.
After some time, the Voodoo Doll successfully bought captives from all the weaker villages.
As for the Managers of powerful villages, Fang Che did not let the Voodoo Doll approach them.
These Managers of powerful villages had no survival worries and were difficult to sway with Fang Che's small amount of resources. They might even see problems in Fang Che's actions of buying captives.
For safety, it was best not to contact them.
The best opportunity to buy captives would be after they weakened.
Afterward, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to go to Niu Xuanhai's residence and found the Death Sculptures filling the entire pit.
Among them, Fang Che even battled the Death Sculpture of a Third-Order Professional.
This left Fang Che a bit confused.
Niu Xuanhai was only at the Second-Order strength, so how could he have captured a Third-Order Professional?
With a puzzled mind, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll, collected the Death Sculptures and materials, repaired the damaged formation, and emerged in front of Niu Xuanhai.
As soon as Niu Xuanhai saw the Voodoo Doll, a neurotic smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"Recently, all the villages have been fighting and slaughtering, strictly prohibiting outsiders. However, everyone has heard of me and knows that I specialize in selling resources from Other Planes;
Everyone needs resources for fighting and is happy to let me pass. Moreover, they have many internal conflicts and often ask me to help resolve them. Most of the corpses underground were given to me by others!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che suddenly understood. No wonder there were Death Sculptures of Third-Order Horned People; it turned out to be internal strife.
"Heh heh." Niu Xuanhai suddenly sneered twice and continued:
"Such a small village, yet still fighting endlessly internally, and so many conflicts. I finally understand why our tribe used to cause trouble externally;
If we didn't provoke some external enemies, simple internal strife alone could split the tribe;
Perhaps when those Intruders arrived, the Managers of the various tribes were cheering;
They must have been imagining that after eliminating most of the Intruders, they would keep the remaining Intruders, continue to create conflicts, reduce internal strife, or use the Intruders to eliminate their internal enemies;
Unfortunately, the Intruders were too strong and treated all the Horned People like livestock, completely messing everything up!"
After saying these words, Niu Xuanhai laughed neurotically again.
After laughing for a long time, Niu Xuanhai threw out a pile of materials from Other Planes, then took out a list and placed it in front of the Voodoo Doll, saying:
"Help me gather these resources. I want to use them to buy more Third-Order Horned People!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che readily took out the resources and placed them in front of Niu Xuanhai.
Currently, Niu Xuanhai was much more powerful than Fang Che. The captives Fang Che bought were at most Second-Order strength.
Fang Che needed to satisfy Niu Xuanhai's demands to maximize his profits.
After taking out piles of resources, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to collect the Other Planes resources and began writing down some new locations.
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Chapter 239: Changes Brought by the Seven Arrows Book
Niu Xuanhai looked at the address Fang Che wrote down and curiously asked, "Is this the location of a new cave?"
Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to write a reply: "There are some resources here. You can take them for your own use, or you can spread the word and let others fight over them."
These resources were all created by Fang Che, who forced the ox-horn people plane will using the Curse Flag.
These materials were conveniently located in the area where the Horned People gathered.
Currently, the Horned People lacked resources, and utilizing these resources would surely cause their villages to engage in a struggle for them.
Niu Xuanhai noted down the address information and grinned, "I'll spread the word when I'm collecting materials from Other Planes."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che stopped communicating with Niu Xuanhai and manipulated the Voodoo Doll to drill underground.
Immediately after, Fang Che activated the Plane coordinates and returned to the Emperor Plane.
Fang Che reopened the gourd stopper and absorbed the soul fragments.
Afterward, Fang Che checked the Transformation Array and then set off for the Mission Hall to look for assassination missions targeting wanted criminals.
Then, Fang Che noticed that there were many more Curse Masters in the Mission Hall; they walked around haughtily, and all the other Professionals around them gave them a wide berth.
Fang Che glanced at these Curse Masters and noticed the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book aura on them.
Curse Masters who possessed the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book could kill people invisibly, so it was normal for Curse Masters to have their current status.
Afterward, Fang Che walked to the mission wall and found that the completion deadline for assassination missions had been directly extended to twenty-one days.
This was exactly the same as the killing time of the initial version of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book!
Thinking of this, Fang Che suddenly felt a bad premonition.
Fang Che quickly looked at the missions to eliminate wanted criminals that had previously been ignored and found that all of these missions had already been taken, with none left.
At this moment, another mission to eliminate a wanted criminal appeared.
The wanted criminal had Third-Order strength, but the reward for eliminating a Third-Order the Criminal was 30% lower than before!
This was also very normal; previously, the rewards for eliminating the Criminal were higher because the Criminal were extremely dangerous, and one had to risk their life to eliminate them.
But now, Curse Masters could eliminate the Criminal by simply kowtowing for a period of time, without taking huge risks to kill.
The cost involved was different, so the benefits would naturally also be different.
However, the current reduction in benefits was actually good news for Curse Masters.
With reduced benefits, other Professionals would not risk taking on these missions, meaning that all missions to eliminate wanted criminals would belong to Curse Masters!
And the destructive power of wanted criminals was evident; no matter how much the benefits for eliminating wanted criminals decreased, they would still be higher than other missions.
Moreover, Curse Masters could not only eliminate wanted criminals but also compete with assassins for assassination missions.
In short, the spring for Curse Masters had arrived.
In the future, Curse Masters would become a profession sought after by everyone, no longer treated as mere tools for groups to accept missions, as they were before.
While Fang Che was pondering, a group of Third-Order Curse Masters began arguing over this new mission.
Fang Che ignored them, turned and left, preparing to see if there were any other assassination missions for Fourth-Order Professionals.
After taking two steps, Fang Che suddenly remembered something.
Fang Che hurriedly left the Mission Hall and went to a secluded spot, taking out the spherical prisons holding the Criminal, and saw that many of the Criminal had already died inside.
Only three of the Criminal were still alive, but now that the information about the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book was widely known, these three the Criminal probably wouldn't live much longer either.
Fang Che somewhat dejectedly released the dead the Criminal and examined their bodies.
Not long after, a smile reappeared on Fang Che's face.
Fang Che discovered that although these the Criminal claimed all resources were hidden, they still carried one or two expensive items with them.
Fang Che even found a brand new Plane coordinate!
The value of this single Plane coordinate alone exceeded the reward for eliminating a wanted criminal!
Fang Che happily put away the Plane coordinate, condensed the Plane pattern and the Real Domain pattern in his Niwan Palace, then silently chanted: "Observe."
Illusory eyes appeared out of thin air, searching for a way to merge the two Planes.
After the merging method appeared, Fang Che stoppered the gourd tool, activated the Plane coordinates, and instantly arrived at an incredibly desolate Plane, barren of vegetation and without a Plane Will.
Fang Che released the Voodoo Doll, carefully confirmed there were no living creatures, then took out the Curse Flag and injected energy into it.
Fang Che wanted to see if this completely dead Plane could create curse materials.
After the Curse Flag absorbed energy, the flag fluttered in the windless air, rustling loudly.
However, this Plane did not create any curse materials; the Plane remained lifeless.
Fang Che somewhat disappointedly put away the Curse Flag, then released the power of the Real Domain, cutting and devouring this Plane.
In the end, Fang Che, along with the last piece of soil from this Plane, was absorbed into the Real Domain.
Back in the Real Domain, Fang Che atomized his body, expanded the Real Domain, and then mobilized seawater to wash over the recently devoured Plane.
The recently devoured Plane quickly became imbued with the aura of the Real Domain, and under Fang Che's control, the Plane was segmented and moved to various positions within the domain.
After the movement was complete, Fang Che quickly set up formations, integrating the Death Sculpture and the Concession Token into the new territory, filling the empty areas.
The strength of the formations and the ability of the Concession Token were once again enhanced.
Afterward, Fang Che returned to the Emperor Plane, opened the stopper of the gourd tool, and continued to absorb soul fragments.
Then, Fang Che returned to the Iron Hand Group.
Now that the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book had appeared, the Iron Hand Group must have already received the news.
As a Curse Master, and one who had a good relationship with a Soul Master, Fang Che needed to show his face there; perhaps he could gain some benefits.
Not long after, Fang Che returned to the Iron Hand Group.
Upon arriving at the market outside the Iron Hand Group's base, Fang Che saw an old acquaintance.
This person was Ling Jie, the leader of the Blue Sky Group.
Now, Ling Jie had already been promoted to Third-Order.
Fang Che immediately walked up to Ling Jie and greeted her with a smile:
"Leader Ling Jie, long time no see. What brings you here?"
Ling Jie saw Fang Che, first smiled happily, then pulled Fang Che to a corner and spoke with concern:
"It's all because of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book. Before, when I discovered the news of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, I had Curse Masters create the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to eliminate members of the Fierce Tiger Group;
But for some reason, one day I suddenly forgot about the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, and those Curse Masters also forgot about it, as if they had never refined the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book;
It wasn't until recently that I suddenly remembered the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book. I was a bit worried about a problem, so I brought the Curse Masters who created the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book here, hoping to ask the Iron Hand Group to help investigate the issue."
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Chapter 240 Obtaining Materials for Refining the Seven Arrows Book
Fang Che had personally experienced Ling Jie instructing the Curse Masters to refine the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
Fang Che also clearly understood the reason why they suddenly forgot about the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
This was all because of the item provided by Gu Ning, which helped Fang Che hide the information about the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
However, Fang Che couldn't say anything about this matter; he could only feign a worried expression and say,
"I also remember this matter. At that time, I was very ambitious and always wanted to create an item better than the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, so I didn't refine the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
Later, I unknowingly forgot about it. I only recalled this matter recently after returning from Other Planes.
This time, I also wanted the Iron Hand Group to help investigate the cause of the amnesia. Since you arrived here early, have you found an answer from the Iron Hand Group?"
Ling Jie sighed and replied worriedly, "A sixth-tier Professional from the Iron Hand Group examined our bodies, and there were no problems.
That sixth-tier Professional guessed that it should be the Emperor Plane Will intervening and hiding the information. Besides that, no one can affect our memories without leaving a trace.
It's just, why would the Emperor Plane Will do such a thing? I find it hard to understand.
It just so happens that the Iron Hand Group is investigating the Professional who created the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, so I plan to wait and gather more information.
If we can find this person, perhaps they can answer the question of our memory loss."
Upon hearing these words, Fang Che felt a sense of relief.
Fortunately, he had asked Gu Ning for help earlier to spread the word that the person who created the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book had already died.
If he hadn't done these things, Fang Che would have been exposed, and then he really wouldn't know how to explain it to Ling Jie and the others.
Fang Che said, "I'll go back now and ask if there's any news about the Professional who created the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book. I'll let you know if there is."
Ling Jie nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you. You are a member of the Iron Hand Group, so you should be able to get information first-hand.
With you here, I won't waste any more time. I still have a lot of things to do over there.
Also, if the Iron Hand Group does not allow information to be transmitted externally, then you don't have to tell me. I won't force it."
Fang Che smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll take my leave."
"Take care."
Afterward, the two parted ways. Ling Jie took her people back to the Blue Sky Group, while Fang Che returned to the Iron Hand Group and went directly to Li Xing's door, knocking on it.
A moment later, Li Xing opened the door, and Fang Che immediately cupped his hands in a salute: "Greetings, Junior."
"You may dispense with the formalities." Li Xing asked, "I heard from Ling Jie that you also know about the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book. Have you also suffered amnesia?"
Fang Che nodded with a serious expression: "Yes, I came here this time to find out who created the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book."
Li Xing sighed and said, "Regarding this matter, I originally wanted to pay you to ask a Soul Master. I believe a Soul Master should know the information.
However, I have already been promoted to seventh-tier, so I cannot interfere with too many things, otherwise, it will affect others from accumulating merit and hinder others from being promoted to seventh-tier.
Therefore, this matter has been handed over to others to do, and we still need to wait to see when there will be a result."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che was a little disappointed.
If he were to pay a Soul Master, Fang Che would be able to obtain a lot of resources from it, which was also the purpose of Fang Che's return.
Unfortunately, this matter was handed over to others, so Fang Che would not be able to earn this resource.
Fang Che said, "If you get accurate news, please let me know, Junior."
Li Xing nodded and said, "Okay, there's one more thing. Previously, Ling Jie of the Blue Sky Group, after learning about the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, created a defensive item specifically against the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
We have made preliminary improvements to this defensive item, which can resist the attack of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and pinpoint the enemy's approximate location. I'll give you some now."
Speaking of this, Li Xing took out a string of jade tokens and handed them to Fang Che.
Fang Che took the items and said, "Thank you, Junior."
"You're welcome." Li Xing then took out a storage ring and handed it to Fang Che, explaining:
"Inside are the materials for refining the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book. Although these materials are of high grade, they are scraps and were not originally valuable.
However, with the appearance of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, the value of these materials has increased by seventy-four times compared to before, and I estimate they will continue to rise.
Take these materials and refine a copy of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book. This thing is a huge boost for Curse Masters."
Fang Che already possessed the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, but Fang Che didn't mind having more resources.
Fang Che took the materials, then put on a disappointed expression and said, "Thank you, Junior. I wish I could also create such a powerful item."
Li Xing patted Fang Che on the shoulder and said, "Take your time. One day, you will be able to create an item more powerful than this."
Fang Che forced a smile and said, "Does Junior have any other instructions?"
Li Xing pondered for a moment and said, "When we dealt with the Seven Stars Group before, some of the Criminals weren't found.
We used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to kill all the Criminals on the suspect list."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che thought about the remaining three Criminals who hadn't been eliminated, and then recalled the list provided by Li Xing. Indeed, he didn't find the names of these three fifth-tier Criminals.
Fang Che might be able to eliminate them and receive some rewards after being promoted to fifth-tier.
Thinking of this, Fang Che heard Li Xing continue to explain:
"Now we are accepting missions to continue eliminating other wanted Criminals. We no longer have to worry about wanted Criminals attacking our stronghold.
With the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, you don't have to worry about the Criminals from the Seven Stars Group causing trouble. You can move around freely in the territory."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che's idea of eliminating the fifth-tier Criminals in the future instantly vanished.
Since the Iron Hand Group was going to continuously eliminate wanted Criminals, the remaining three fifth-tier wanted Criminals probably wouldn't live much longer.
Fang Che could only pretend to be happy and smiled, "That's good."
Li Xing continued to explain, "There's one more thing you need to remember: the power of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book is too strong. Those Curse Masters might use the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to plunder resources.
When you go out, don't show off your wealth, don't get into conflicts with Curse Masters, and stay far away from them."
Fang Che was not afraid of other Curse Masters' Nailhead Seven Arrows Book. The [Origin Protection] skill could make Fang Che immune to the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book's attacks.
If anyone dared to use the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to attack Fang Che, Fang Che could use the Revenge Evil Mirror to pinpoint their location and eliminate them!
Fang Che smiled and said, "Junior, don't worry, I will be careful."
Li Xing nodded and said, "I have nothing else here. You can go about your business."
"Junior bids farewell."
Afterward, Fang Che left the Iron Hand Group, used the Transformation Array to change his appearance, and then left the Iron Hand Academy area to continue collecting soul fragments elsewhere.