Chapter 241 Gathering Soul Fragments
Leaving the Iron Hand Group, Fang Che collected soul fragments while heading to the Mission Hall to find a suitable assassination mission.
However, in the Curse Master Mission Hall, there was a group of Curse Masters who possessed the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
Even if a mission appeared, Fang Che couldn't snatch it from them.
In the All-Profession Task Hall, there was a group of incredibly fast-handed Divine Thieves.
These Divine Thief Professionals specialized in snatching assassination missions for Curse Masters.
After a mission token appeared, Fang Che couldn't even make out the words on it before it was snatched away by a Divine Thief.
As for the Other Mission Halls, Fang Che was limited by his profession and couldn't enter them at all.
Although Fang Che could change his profession through a formation and deceive Other Professionals, the Mission Hall contained Concession Tokens and was under the strict surveillance of the Plane Will, so Fang Che's formation couldn't deceive the Plane Will.
To accept missions from Other Mission Halls, he could only ask Other Professionals for help.
However, various groups were already doing this, and Fang Che couldn't compete with them, so he had to give up.
Although he couldn't complete assassination missions and wouldn't get resources, Fang Che didn't care.
Now that the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book had appeared, the Curse Master profession was bound to become a popular profession, and resources for the Curse Master profession would certainly be in high demand in the future.
And Fang Che, relying on the Curse Flag, could force Other Plane Wills to condense exclusive materials for Curse Masters.
As long as he sold these materials, he could exchange them for more resources that Fang Che needed.
Fang Che was only taking on missions now because he was too bored and wanted something to do.
After some more time passed, Fang Che arrived at a Curse Master Mission Hall and saw a request for defensive items to resist the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
Fang Che had seen similar information in Other places, but here, the price offered for the items was exceptionally high.
This made Fang Che very tempted.
Fang Che quickly walked to the counter that was acquiring defensive items, took out a defensive item, handed it to the Curse Master behind the counter, and said, "I want to sell items that defend against the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book."
"Please wait a moment, I'll check it," the Curse Master said with a smile, taking the item.
He then took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, placed the two together, and examined them.
A moment later, the Curse Master put away the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and said:
"I cannot confirm whether this defensive item can withstand the attack of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book;
However, according to my judgment, to resist the attack of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, the refining materials of the defensive item must completely counteract the refining materials of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book;
Your item has already met the standard, and the combination of various materials is very harmonious, without any awkwardness;
This is better than the items I have received before, and I am willing to give you two tenths more resources on top of the original acquisition price, what do you think?"
"I agree." Fang Che nodded, took out the defensive items Li Xing had given him, and said, "I hope to sell these items to you as well."
The Curse Master looked at these materials, glanced at Fang Che in surprise, and said:
"It seems your backing is very strong. If the items are fine, I can buy all of them, and the price can all be increased by two tenths. In the future, if you have more items, you can also come here to sell them to me."
Fang Che nodded gently and said, "Okay, you can check them."
The Curse Master then took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book again, carefully inspected all the items, took out a list, and said with a smile:
"What materials do you need? You can mark them, and the extra two tenths of materials can be provided according to your needs."
Fang Che took the list, picked up the brush on the table, and circled the materials for refining the Concession Token.
The Curse Master checked the material information, then took out a storage ring, retrieved a pile of materials from his Niwan Palace, put them into the storage ring, and handed it to Fang Che, saying, "Please check them."
Fang Che took the storage ring, carefully checked the materials, and after confirming there were no problems, smiled and said, "I'll come back to you when I have more of these items. Farewell."
"Take care."
Fang Che turned to rent a cultivation room, and after confirming that no tracking marks had been left on him, he left the cultivation room and quickly changed his appearance.
Afterwards, Fang Che continued to the next Mission Hall to find a suitable assassination mission to pass the time.
Time flew by, and several months passed quickly.
On this day, Fang Che returned from the Niu Jiao Ren Plane, and not long after opening the gourd item, the gourd item lost its sense of familiarity.
At the same time, this gourd item also did not give Fang Che a sense of strangeness.
No familiarity, no strangeness, and no Other feelings meant that the gourd item had gathered all of Fang Che's soul fragments dispersed throughout the Emperor Plane.
Fang Che had now reached the standard for advancing to the fifth rank.
Fang Che excitedly capped the gourd, returned directly to the Real Domain, and crushed the gourd.
Immediately after, Fang Che atomized his body and quickly integrated it into the Plane.
The moment he merged with the Plane, Fang Che perceived that at the location where he had crushed the gourd item, there were countless tiny energies that brought him a strong sense of familiarity—these were precisely Fang Che's soul fragments.
Fang Che mobilized the Plane's energy to contact these soul fragments, and the soul fragments were instantly attracted by this energy, integrating into the Plane and coming into contact with Fang Che's atomized body.
At this moment, as long as he absorbed these soul fragments, Fang Che's soul would reach perfection.
However, a perfect soul would only slightly improve his aptitude, which was not very useful.
Fang Che directly prevented these soul fragments from approaching his atomized body, then mobilized the Plane's energy to transfer these soul fragments to a key position in the Plane, and firmly bound them, preventing the soul fragments from moving further.
Immediately after, Fang Che, following the information he had seen with his eyes earlier, changed the Plane's terrain, using the terrain to condense a special formation.
This formation could allow the soul fragments to integrate into the Plane on Fang Che's behalf, and then help Fang Che advance to the fifth rank.
After the formation was arranged, Fang Che returned to the Emperor Plane and used materials to arrange another formation.
The purpose of this formation was precisely to activate the switch of the terrain formation.
The choice to arrange it in the Emperor Plane was to establish a connection with the Emperor Plane, making the Plane Will mistakenly believe that Fang Che was advancing using ordinary methods.
As long as he could deceive the Emperor Plane Will, Fang Che would be able to continue living in the Emperor Plane in the future.
Not only that, but after establishing a connection with the Emperor Plane, he could also steal the Emperor Plane's advancement information to improve the Real Domain's advancement plan!
A moment later, Fang Che had arranged the formation, then released his domain power and injected it into the formation.
The moment the formation was activated, a mysterious power affected Fang Che's body.
The body change caused a change in the domain, and in the next second, the Real Domain's terrain formation was affected by the change and instantly activated.
Immediately after, the confined soul fragments slowly shrank, transforming into surrounding golden soul light, spreading outwards, and affecting the entire Real Domain.
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Chapter 242 Promotion to Level 5
After the soul's golden light influenced the entire Real Domain, the Real Domain produced a mysterious power that, in turn, affected Fang Che's body.
Fang Che only felt his mind clear and his wisdom elevate; just by glancing at the dirt on the ground, he comprehended much hidden knowledge of the Plane.
As his comprehension of knowledge increased, Fang Che's aura grew stronger and stronger, gradually surpassing the fourth-tier limit and advancing towards the fifth tier.
At this moment, Fang Che bit the tip of his tongue and spat a drop of fresh blood onto the formation.
The next second, Fang Che's body energy changed, and the domain energy he released outward changed. The energy in the surrounding area was affected by these two changes and also transformed.
The three energies interacted, constantly changing, and slowly formed a balance.
This state is precisely how ordinary Professionals advance to the sixth tier.
For an ordinary Professional to advance to the sixth tier, he needs to find a balance between himself, his domain, and the Emperor Plane.
Once the balance is achieved, he can strip a portion of the Emperor Plane's power, complete his advancement, and master the Create skill.
However, the process of seeking balance that Fang Che currently displayed was a deceptive disguise, aimed at establishing contact with the Emperor Plane and perfecting the Real Domain's advancement plan.
After some time passed in this manner, the soul's golden light within the domain connected into a single expanse, dyeing the entire Real Domain golden.
At the same time, Fang Che's body energy, domain energy, and Emperor Plane energy successfully reached a state of balance.
A stream of energy belonging to the Emperor Plane was deceived out, merging into Fang Che's Niwan Palace and fusing with the curse master gem.
The Emperor Plane energy and the energy of Fang Che's Real Domain repelled each other. The moment the Emperor Plane energy merged into the curse master gem, the Real Domain quickly gathered energy, preparing to counterattack.
However, this energy was now crucial for deceiving the Emperor Plane Will and absolutely could not suffer any loss.
Therefore, with a thought, Fang Che directly suppressed the Real Domain's rebellious energy.
Just then, vast and ethereal energy gathered on Fang Che, and immediately afterward, an eye of the plane condensed in his Niwan Palace.
The eye of the plane gently rotated, locking onto the Curse Master Professional gem, or more accurately, locking onto the Emperor Plane energy absorbed by the curse master gem.
After confirming the existence of the Emperor Plane energy, the eye of the plane immediately released a ball of light, which merged into the curse master gem.
Fang Che instantly mastered the Create skill!
From this moment on, Fang Che would no longer receive advancement rituals provided by the Emperor Plane, nor would he receive skills bestowed by the Emperor Plane after advancing.
Everything had to be created by Fang Che himself!
The next second, the eye of the plane disappeared.
Fang Che also quickly returned to the Real Domain.
Upon entering the Real Domain, Fang Che released the curse master gem that had just absorbed the Emperor Plane energy.
The energy in the domain detected this incompatible power, instantly turned chaotic, and directly enveloped the Emperor Plane energy, continuously grinding it away.
Although the Emperor Plane energy was powerful, without the Emperor Plane as support, it was quickly erased completely.
After the energy was completely worn away, Fang Che's body merged into the Plane. The soul fragments immediately made way, granting Fang Che control over the entire Plane.
Immediately afterward, Fang Che used the Plane's energy to cast the Create skill bestowed by the Emperor Plane.
The Plane itself possessed the ability to create everything, and upon sensing the Create skill, it quickly resonated with it.
At the same time, an infinite amount of knowledge became clear to Fang Che.
This knowledge was all left behind by the Emperor Plane!
When the Emperor Plane bestowed the Create skill upon Fang Che, it would utilize knowledge from various aspects.
This knowledge would integrate into the skill and dissipate over time.
Ordinary Professionals are not on the same level as the Plane, so even if the knowledge didn't disappear, it would be difficult for them to comprehend the Plane's core knowledge.
However, when encountering Other Planes of the same level, this knowledge had nowhere to hide.
And this was Fang Che's method of stealing knowledge!
As various knowledge became clear to Fang Che, he finally understood the essence of the Create skill.
The so-called Create skill is a simplified version of the Plane's instinct.
Instinct allows the Plane to develop in the best and most comprehensive direction.
The Create skill, however, only allows Professionals to find their own strengths and develop them to their fullest potential.
However, because a Professional's body is not as powerful as a Plane, when developing strengths, he can only develop his strongest strength.
At the same time, ordinary strengths become nutrients, absorbed by the strongest strength.
When the strongest strength is developed to its fullest, it is also when ordinary strengths disappear.
Additionally, a Professional's Create skill is bestowed by the Plane Will.
Therefore, the advancement methods and new skills created by a Professional using the Create skill must be those possessed by the Plane Will, or those instinctively recognized by the Plane Will.
If the Plane Will does not recognize it, then no matter how powerful the skill is, it cannot be created.
Fortunately, Fang Che now controls a Plane and does not need to rely on the Emperor Plane; he can freely develop Creation and find the most suitable powerful skills for himself.
Fang Che continued to study the knowledge of the Emperor Plane, and not long after, he discovered the most powerful skill suitable for a Curse Tool Curse Master: [Fusion Enhancement].
Using the [Fusion Enhancement] skill, one can fuse the Curse Tools he has refined.
The fused tool possesses the abilities of all the original tools, and it can also allow various abilities to cooperate, unleashing stronger power, and even creating new abilities.
With this skill, Curse Tools can be infinitely enhanced, breaking free from the influence of the tool's original creator, allowing the tools to be continuously strengthened!
If someone else mastered this skill and fused the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book into it, he would obtain a tool even more powerful than the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book!
However, the [Fusion Enhancement] skill has a weakness: it is countered by the [Origin Protection] skill.
If someone were to fuse the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book with other tools, the fused tool would be unable to harm Fang Che in the slightest.
Fang Che did not like this kind of countered skill.
Fang Che's Curse Tools were already powerful enough, and as the creator of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, he could continuously strengthen the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, so there was no need to create a weakness for himself.
Afterward, Fang Che continued to study the knowledge of the Emperor Plane, seeing more information on Other Professions, various problems in Plane development, and their solutions.
After an unknown period, all the knowledge stolen from the Emperor Plane was finally understood by Fang Che, and Fang Che gained a deeper understanding of Plane development.
Fang Che observed his own Plane based on this knowledge and found that this Plane already met the requirements for creating Professions.
However, the creatures within the Plane had not yet reached the standard for awakening Professions.
Now, Fang Che could first create the Professions and then let the creatures within the Plane awaken them themselves in the future.
Of course, to be safe, Fang Che did not rush to create Professions but silently muttered: Observe.
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Chapter 243: Creating a Profession and Exploiting the Formation
Illusory Eyes appeared out of thin air above Fang Che's Plane, taking in the entire Plane.
Originally, Fang Che's Observe ability could only be projected into the Plane, but as Fang Che advanced to the fifth rank, his eye ability greatly improved, allowing him to appear directly within the Plane.
He could even transform into an eye of the plane, like in the Emperor Plane, and appear in other Professional's Niwan Palace.
Under the Observe of the Illusory Eyes, improved information condensed in various areas of the Plane.
Fang Che quickly mobilized Plane energy, and according to the information observed by his eyes, he moved mountains and rivers within the Plane to improve it.
A moment later, the Plane's improvement was complete, and the entire Plane became incredibly harmonious.
Within the harmonious Plane, various substances coexisted harmoniously and released vibrant auras.
These auras were absorbed by the creatures in the Plane, causing their bodies to mutate and continuously strengthen, quickly reaching the standard for awakening a profession!
The next second, the Illusory Eyes found the best Creation method for the Curse Master profession and selected a group of creatures suitable for awakening the Curse Master profession.
They were a group of humanoid creatures only one meter tall, their most distinctive feature being the three pointed horns growing on their heads.
Fang Che felt the rich curse aura emanating from these humanoid creatures and was very satisfied.
Subsequently, Fang Che mobilized different Plane energies, mixing them in different sequences and proportions to form a gray light cluster.
This gray light cluster was the Curse Master profession created by Fang Che.
As the Curse Master profession appeared, curse energy rapidly converged towards the center of the Plane, driving out all other energies.
Once only curse energy remained in the center of the Plane, the light cluster descended and merged into the ground, completely occupying the core position of the Plane.
From this moment on, the Curse Master profession would become the core profession of Fang Che's Plane, and all Curse Masters would become the Child of the Plane of this Plane!
The moment the first profession was born in the Plane, many creatures felt a premonition and moved towards the core of the Plane.
Leading the way were those small humanoids with three horns on their heads.
Fang Che quickly shifted his gaze, continuing to observe the methods for creating items like the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
Fang Che wanted the creatures in his Plane to be able to refine the items he possessed the moment they awakened as Curse Masters, thereby enhancing their life-saving abilities!
Under the Observe of the Illusory Eyes, Fang Che quickly found the Creation methods for various items.
However, the materials used to create these items in this Plane were completely different from those in the Emperor Plane!
The reason for this was that the energy, rules, and all other information Fang Che controlled in this Plane were different from those in the Emperor Plane.
Things created in the Emperor Plane might not be suitable for Fang Che's Plane.
Moreover, because Fang Che's Plane was too weak, it could not bear the burden of items like the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
If these items were forcibly created, the Plane would struggle to develop for the next thousand years, and the Plane Will would need to remain dormant to recover.
However, for this situation, the Illusory Eyes had already found a solution.
As long as Fang Che found some special materials, the Plane could return to normal and continue to develop.
Since it could develop, Fang Che unhesitatingly mobilized Plane energy to create the information for items like the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
Subsequently, Fang Che directly projected this information into the center of the Plane, fusing it with the Curse Master profession.
From this moment on, anyone who awakened the Curse Master profession would be able to refine items like the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
However, Fang Che felt as if the entire Plane had solidified, appearing lifeless, with only a few areas still showing some vitality.
Fang Che used his Illusory Eyes to observe the vital areas and found that several other professions could be created in these areas, each intricately linked to the Curse Master.
Fang Che unhesitatingly created these professions, then threw them around the creatures suitable for awakening them, avoiding formations and Concession Tokens, merging with the earth, and changing the energy of a small surrounding area.
Soon, creatures were influenced by these professions and moved towards the direction where the professions were located.
The moment they entered this area, Fang Che immediately sensed it.
Fang Che directly infused the method of awakening professions into their minds, threw various awakening materials into the surrounding soil, and manipulated Plane energy to establish simplified awakening ritual rules.
To awaken the professions created by Fang Che, one needed to hunt other intelligent creatures.
But currently, there weren't that many intelligent creatures in Fang Che's Plane; if he let them kill, the Plane would be difficult to develop.
Therefore, Fang Che could only consume some Plane energy to help them awaken.
When there were enough intelligent creatures, Fang Che could connect to the Sound Curse Master Plane, allowing them to fight and awaken professions there.
Afterward, Fang Che continued to observe the Plane's situation with his Illusory Eyes.
After confirming there were no other areas for improvement, Fang Che reassembled his mist-like body.
Soul fragments immediately occupied the vacant areas, taking Fang Che's place to help creatures awaken professions and bestow skills.
Then, Fang Che closed his eyes and silently thought: Observe.
The Illusory Eyes appeared in his Niwan Palace, staring at the Curse Master profession gem, searching for the next stage of cultivation and advancement plans.
In Fang Che's opinion, the growth of his own strength was more important than the development of the Plane.
When there was a conflict between the two, it was still necessary to prioritize improving one's own strength first.
Once his strength improved, developing the Plane would be easier.
After observing carefully for a moment, the Illusory Eyes quickly saw new information.
For Fang Che to advance and create new professions, the primary task remained accumulating energy.
Only when his own energy was sufficient could he do other things.
And the energy accumulation plan provided by the Illusory Eyes was to set up exploitation formations.
Fang Che needed to set up formations that exploited energy within his Plane.
When creatures in the Plane cultivated, the formations would automatically activate, exploiting a portion of the energy they cultivated and storing it within the formations.
Once the energy filled the exploitation formations, Fang Che could absorb the energy clean from them, completing the energy accumulation process!
As long as there were a thousand Professionals cultivating in the Plane, the energy accumulation speed would surpass that of the Mo Yuan Curse Cultivation Method Fang Che had cultivated before.
The more Professionals cultivating, the faster Fang Che would accumulate energy.
And the awakening materials Fang Che had just thrown into the Plane were enough to allow over ten thousand creatures to awaken professions!
Fang Che was slightly excited; after recording the materials for setting up the exploitation formations, he activated the Plane coordinates and arrived at the Sound Curse Master Plane.
Fang Che observed the Plane Will of this place, and seeing that the Plane Will had recovered, he immediately took out the Curse Flag from his Niwan Palace, forcing the Plane Will to continue creating more exclusive materials for Curse Masters.
Subsequently, Fang Che released the Voodoo Doll to collect the materials that could help the Professionals of the Emperor Plane refine the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
These materials were currently expensive, and Fang Che intended to sell this batch of materials to exchange for the resources he lacked.
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Chapter 244: Bewitching Sound Spellcaster
While the Voodoo Doll was collecting materials, Fang Che discovered that the Curse Masters he had forced the Plane to Create were fighting the Sound Curse Masters.
Although the Sound Curse Masters were weak, as the core Professionals of the Plane, they could exert the strongest power, fighting the Curse Masters to a stalemate.
If the Plane Will had been conscious, these Curse Masters would probably have been eliminated by the Sound Curse Masters long ago.
Fang Che felt that the current situation was perfect for instigating the Sound Curse Masters.
Thus, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to search for literate Sound Curse Masters.
The creatures of this Plane were a group of unintelligent beasts not long ago; although they were creating written language after gaining intelligence, only a few could read.
And Fang Che's Voodoo Doll could not speak, only write, so there was no other way to communicate besides finding literate Sound Curse Masters.
Of course, if Fang Che personally conversed with the Sound Curse Master, that would also be possible.
However, Fang Che was not accustomed to appearing in front of people, and even less so in front of creatures from Other Planes.
The Voodoo Doll searched all the way and finally found a tiger that was writing.
The Voodoo Doll immediately emerged from in front of the tiger.
The tiger-shaped Sound Curse Master saw the Voodoo Doll emerging from underground, pushed off with all four paws, instantly leaped far away, and cautiously asked, "Who are you?"
Fang Che immediately manipulated the Voodoo Doll to write a message in a language the other party could understand: "I'm here to deal with the Curse Masters!"
The Tiger Sound Curse Master saw the text, retreated a bit further, and cautiously said:
"There aren't many Sound Curse Masters who can write, and I know all of them. Why are you being so secretive? Are you a Curse Master?"
Fang Che continued to manipulate the Voodoo Doll to write: "I am not a Curse Master. I approached you this way because I'm afraid the Curse Masters will discover my whereabouts.
My purpose in coming to you is to ask you to capture Curse Masters and kill them using the Curse Master's methods. I need to use the lives of Curse Masters to research some tools!"
The Sound Curse Master felt a little relieved upon seeing that the Voodoo Doll wanted to use the lives of Curse Masters to research tools.
According to the Sound Curse Master's understanding, those Curse Masters were unusually united, and many methods had been tried without being able to divide them.
Anyone proposing to eliminate the Curse Masters could absolutely not be a Curse Masters.
The Sound Curse Master spoke, "To eliminate the hateful Curse Masters as soon as possible, I can help you, but which method of the Curse Master are you referring to? They don't seem to have any special actions when they kill people?"
Fang Che immediately wrote down the method by which Curse Masters awaken their Profession on the ground, then threw down a pile of tools containing scorching molten aluminum.
After checking this information, the Sound Curse Master grinned and said, "I've noted the information. Where are the tools you need to research?"
Fang Che continued to manipulate the Voodoo Doll to write the message: "I will bury the tools underground. You give me a location."
The Sound Curse Master pointed to the spot where the Voodoo Doll was writing and said, "Just dig a pit where you're writing."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che immediately manipulated the Voodoo Doll to dig the dirt.
At the same time, Fang Che transferred a batch of Concession Token refining materials from the Plane, piled them up, and wrapped them in dirt to form a sphere.
Subsequently, Fang Che left an array on the surface of the dirt sphere to enhance its defensive power.
When the defensive power could resist Second-Order Professionals, Fang Che threw it back into the Plane.
On the other side, after the Voodoo Doll dug out the cave, it took out the mud ball and buried it in the cave.
Outside the cave, the Sound Curse Master saw the mud ball and felt curious, but the Sound Curse Master did not understand the principles of tool Creation, so he did not ask further.
A moment later, the Voodoo Doll finished burying the tools, returned to the surface, and continued to write the message:
"The positions of these tools are fixed. You must watch them carefully and not let anyone dig them out.
After capturing the Curse Masters, you must make them lose their ability to resist, to prevent them from destroying the tools.
Also, these tools are prototypes, and there will be several more experiments in the future. Don't worry, I won't let you waste your efforts."
Subsequently, the Voodoo Doll took out some materials that the Sound Curse Masters could use and placed them in front of the Tiger Sound Curse Master.
The Tiger Sound Curse Master's eyes lit up when he saw the materials the Voodoo Doll took out, and he guaranteed:
"These tools are for dealing with the Curse Masters. I will definitely guard them well and not let anyone destroy them."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to leave the words 'Farewell' and then directly departed.
Subsequently, the Voodoo Doll continued to search for materials that could be used to create the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and deceived Other Sound Curse Masters, making them help capture Curse Masters.
After some time, the aura of the Plane Will became chaotic again, on the verge of collapse.
Fang Che quickly put away the Curse Flag and concentrated on manipulating the Voodoo Doll to collect materials.
After some time, all the materials in this Plane used to refine the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book were collected by Fang Che.
Fang Che estimated the value and found that these materials could be exchanged for two sets of materials for refining the Exploitation Array.
Fang Che wrote down the materials for refining the Exploitation Array, and also added some materials needed for refining the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book in his own Plane, as well as materials for restoring the vitality of the Plane.
Subsequently, Fang Che took these items, quickly returned to the Emperor Plane, arrived at the Iron Hand Group, and knocked on Li Xing's door.
A moment later, Li Xing opened the door with a puzzled expression.
Fang Che immediately bowed and saluted: "Greetings, Senior."
The confusion on Li Xing's face instantly dissipated, and he smiled, "No need for formalities. I was just wondering which unfamiliar Fifth-Order Curse Master was looking for me, but I didn't expect it to be you who advanced to Fifth-Order. Congratulations to you."
Fang Che smiled and said, "Junior has also only recently advanced to Fifth-Order. I came this time to sell a batch of materials to Senior."
At this point, Fang Che took out the materials for refining the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and handed them to Li Xing.
Li Xing took the storage ring, casually checked it, and a pleasant smile instantly appeared on his face.
Li Xing said excitedly, "What do you want?"
Fang Che immediately took out the information he had written down earlier and handed it to Li Xing.
After checking the materials, Li Xing said, "Recently, the refining materials for the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book have increased in price again. Many people are hoarding them, making them difficult to buy.
I can give you an additional 10% on top of the current price. See if there are any particularly needed materials in the list, and I'll help you gather them."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Senior. Please give me more of the materials recorded in the third and seventh lines."
Li Xing glanced at the list and nodded, "I'll get you the resources right away."
Subsequently, Li Xing took out a storage ring, put a pile of materials inside, handed it to Fang Che, and said, "Check it out."
Fang Che checked the materials and smiled, "Thank you, Senior. Junior can provide another batch of materials in the future, but the timing is uncertain. I wonder if Senior will acquire them?"
Li Xing readily agreed, "No problem. Regardless of whether the market price rises or falls in the future, I will acquire them at a price 10% higher than the market price. What do you think?"
Fang Che nodded and said, "Junior agrees. Thank you, Senior. If there's nothing else, Junior will take his leave."
Li Xing smiled, "There's nothing else. Take care."
Fang Che bowed and said, "Junior bids farewell."
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Chapter 245: Exploitation Formation
Fang Che left the Iron Hand Group and quietly returned to his Plane, taking out the materials he had just acquired.
Then, Fang Che atomized his body, replacing the soul fragment, personally taking control of the Plane, and then silently uttered: Observe.
Illusory Eyes appeared out of thin air, observing the Plane's condition, as well as the materials' condition.
A moment later, the Illusory Eyes found the best way to use the materials.
Following the method observed by the Eyes, Fang Che first took out the materials that restored the Plane's vitality, threw them into the appropriate area, and crushed them.
Special energy was released from the powdered materials and immediately absorbed by the Plane.
The Plane immediately gained some vitality, no longer as lifeless as before.
After all the energy was absorbed, Fang Che crushed the materials used to set up the exploitation formation, controlled the material powder with Plane energy to combine them, and left different symbols in different places.
After all these symbols solidified, Fang Che mobilized a portion of the hidden formation's power to connect these symbols.
When all the symbols were connected, a faint, sharp suction force was born within the symbols.
This faint, sharp suction quickly enveloped some Professionals who were cultivating, exploiting energy from them and storing it within the symbols.
At this moment, the exploitation formation was complete!
As the exploitation formation took shape, the vitality of the Plane decreased even further.
Fang Che continued to observe the Plane with his Illusory Eyes.
Not long after, Fang Che found the three-in-one binding method for this Plane with the Curse Tool and the curse master gem.
After completing the three-in-one binding, if the Curse Tool was destroyed, the Plane would release energy to reshape the tool and transfer it to the Curse Master's Niwan Palace.
Previously, when Fang Che's Voodoo Doll was destroyed and reshaped in the Niwan Palace, it was by borrowing the Emperor Plane's three-in-one binding method.
However, after the three-in-one binding was completed on the Emperor Plane, the Emperor Plane Will could master the refining method of the Curse Tool.
Ever since Fang Che began refining the Creation Coffin, he had stopped the three-in-one binding.
Now, Fang Che could use the Eyes' ability to see a new three-in-one binding method, allowing him to replace the Emperor Plane with his own Plane as the binding object for the Curse Tool.
This way, no matter what Curse Tools Fang Che refined or bound in the future, they would not be discovered by the Emperor Plane, nor would the Emperor Plane learn their methods.
However, due to the different Plane rules and energy, to bind the Curse Tools owned by Fang Che, new materials needed to be integrated into the Curse Tools.
These materials were relatively rare, so Fang Che decided to first bind the Creation Coffin and the Curse Flag to this Plane.
These two Curse Tools were refined after Fang Che gained control of the Plane, and they inherently had similarities with Fang Che's Plane, requiring relatively fewer materials to integrate.
Moreover, these two Curse Tools had never been bound to Fang Che, and if they were broken, they could not be re-formed, so this problem needed to be resolved quickly.
As for the other Curse Tools, because they were initially bound to the Emperor Plane Will, unbinding them without alerting the Emperor Plane Will would require more materials.
Fang Che could only temporarily put aside the issue of the other tools and deal with them when he became more affluent in the future.
After recording the materials needed to bind the Curse Tools, Fang Che continued to observe the Plane, searching for improvement information.
Not long after, new improvement information was detected by the Illusory Eyes, and Fang Che immediately mobilized the Plane's power to modify it, making the Plane more suitable for Professionals to cultivate, and also more compatible with Fang Che's exploitation formation.
After the improvements were completed, Fang Che threw various materials suitable for Professional development into the soil near the Professionals, then re-formed his body and handed over control of the Plane to the soul fragment.
Subsequently, Fang Che left the Real Domain, activated the Plane coordinates, and arrived at the Niu Jiao Ren Plane.
Upon entering this Plane, Fang Che once again took out the Curse Flag, forcing the Plane Will to create the materials needed by Curse Masters.
Immediately after, Fang Che threw out the Voodoo Doll to collect materials and to purchase Horned People captives.
Finally, Fang Che used a tool to dig the soil and bury the materials for refining the Concession Token, preparing for the upcoming elimination of the captives.
After the Voodoo Doll collected materials for a period of time outside, Fang Che discovered that as his strength increased, the Niu Jiao Ren Plane Will's resistance significantly decreased, and the speed of material Creation was noticeably faster than before.
However, Fang Che did not detect this increase in strength on the Sound Curse Master Plane.
The reason for this was that the Sound Curse Master Plane was too weak, and Fang Che was worried about destroying the Plane, so he dared not fully activate the Curse Flag.
But in this powerful Niu Jiao Ren Plane, Fang Che had no reservations and could go all out, which allowed him to better understand the changes in his own strength.
After a moment of happiness, Fang Che continued to control the Voodoo Doll to collect materials.
After some time, the Voodoo Doll collected most of the materials Fang Che needed and then entered the area where the Horned People gathered.
After a long period of fighting and slaughter, many village forces had been destroyed.
Due to Fang Che's actions in acquiring captives, the victorious Horned People did not take in the defeated Horned People but instead sold them to Fang Che.
This led to the individual strength of the Horned People in various villages increasing, but their overall strength continuously declined.
However, as the number of Horned People decreased, coupled with the materials created by the Curse Flag forcing the Niu Jiao Ren Plane Will, the remaining Horned People actually lived a better life than before.
The Horned People's desire for resources was no longer as intense as it once was.
As the Horned People's desire for resources weakened, wars also became less frequent than before.
After the Voodoo Doll wandered around, it found that the traces of combat had significantly decreased, and the number of captives purchased was also much lower than before.
To make them fight again, the Voodoo Doll only needed to take away the resources in this area.
However, Fang Che did not do so.
Currently, the Horned People did not lack resources, mainly not because of the resources created by the Niu Jiao Ren Plane Will under duress, but because the war had just ended.
Through the war, the Horned People obtained a massive amount of spoils, and now they could satisfy the needs of different professions by exchanging resources.
Once the spoils were exhausted, and the Plane Will had not created resources for other professions, the Horned People would only have one way out.
That was to cultivate more Curse Masters, and then continue to fight with other villages to plunder more resources from other professions.
Once this Plane only had resources available for Curse Masters, internal village battles would begin until the Niu Jiao Ren Plane only had the Curse Master profession left.
At this stage, the Niu Jiao Ren Plane could truly achieve peace.
By then, it would not be too late for Fang Che to have the Voodoo Doll take away the resources.
Next, Fang Che silently eliminated the purchased captives, and after all captives were eliminated, the Voodoo Doll also arrived at Niu Xuanhai's location.