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Seven days later, the two sisters woke up one after another.
Brilliant light flashed in their eyes, and turbid Qi was expelled from their mouths.
By then, new skin had grown on the two sisters' bodies, and a Spiritual Root less than an inch long had appeared in their Sea of Consciousness.
That Spiritual Root possessed a hint of bewitching red; it was indeed the Fiend Spiritual Root.
Qi Refining Fourth Layer, achieved.
Attempting to draw Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into their bodies without the help of the Blood Jade Worm, the Spiritual Qi in the room was truly absorbed into their meridians and finally gathered in their Qi Sea.
Yun Hui let out a cheer, threw herself onto Fang Huai, trembling all over, and could not help but wail.
Although Yun Ping was excited, she tried hard to restrain herself, and the look she gave Fang Huai was full of a different kind of radiance.
Fang Huai nodded. The reason he had been so eager to hasten the maturation of the Yun Family Sisters over the past six months was that more and more Floating Life Demons were being sent to the Purification Bureau, and the highest cultivation level of these Floating Life Demons had already reached the Qi Refining Fifth Layer.
Either the Floating Life Demons were advancing extremely quickly, or the All Righteous Sects, which had caused such a great disaster, were gradually losing control over the Heavenly Demon invasion.
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Fierce Tiger Gang Main Hall.
Sandalwood smoke curled in the air, and a plaque engraved with "Vibration Across Eight Directions" hung from the beam.
Fang Huai leaned back in the heavy wooden armchair, his fingertips tapping lightly on the dark jade armrest.
Last month, Fang Huai helped Toad Old Seven seize the position of leader of the Fierce Tiger Gang with thunderous momentum.
When the news spread, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator whom the former leader relied on arrived aggressively, and seeing that Fang Huai only had Qi Refining Perfection cultivation, he threatened to grind him to dust.
Seeing that the opponent was at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, Fang Huai showed no fear, dodged the opponent's technique, and engaged in close-quarters combat, trading blows with him.
"Bang!"
A thunderous roar.
Fang Huai stood motionless, while the Foundation Establishment Cultivator retreated several steps, his Face flushed, unable to suppress the surging blood, which spewed from his mouth.
The members of the Fierce Tiger Gang were stunned, and some even nearly wet their pants.
To go head-to-head against a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with Qi Refining cultivationβwhat terrifying strength!
Unable to save Face, just as the Foundation Establishment Cultivator was about to fight to the death with Fang Huai, Fang Huai revealed the Deng Family token.
The Foundation Establishment Cultivator's Aura immediately withered, and he turned and left.
Fang Huai, however, tossed him one hundred Spirit Stones and blamed the Deng Family for the takeover of the Fierce Tiger Gang.
Relationships in Sanxian City were complex, and Fang Huai saw no need to make an enemy of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator at a critical moment.
Presumably, the other party would not dare to go to the Deng Family to hold them accountable over a Mortal Gang.
After this battle, Fang Huai helped Toad Old Seven ascend to power, and the Fierce Tiger Gang fell completely under Fang Huai's control.
He divided the Gang's forces into four halls, each with their own duties.
White Tiger Hall: recruiting Refugees and cultivating believers.
Green Tiger Hall: managing industries and collecting rent.
Xuan Tiger Hall: maintaining internal and external order, and restraining Gang members according to the iron laws newly established by Fang Huai.
Red Tiger Hall: served as Fang Huai's eyes and ears outside; Disciples in the hall either disguised themselves as vendors or laborers, or infiltrated other Gangs to collect information everywhere and pass it back to the main hall immediately.
In addition, Fang Huai selected ten people from the Refugees who had succeeded in Qi Refining, personally helped them mature their Light Body Technique to Minor Achievement, and formed a scout team.
The scout team was responsible for investigating the situation outside the city, especially paying attention to whether any unseen Yao Beasts appeared.
The masters of the four halls stepped forward in turn to report on the affairs within their jurisdiction.
From the reorganization progress of the Refugees in the White Tiger Hall, to the monthly revenue of the Green Tiger Hall's industries, to the troublemakers dealt with by the Xuan Tiger Hall, and the movements of various parties detected by the Red Tiger Hall, they reported everything one by one.
Fang Huai rubbed the dark jade chair armrest nonchalantly. After the last person finished reporting, he said indifferently: "You may all withdraw. In the future, report these matters to Leader Toad."
Everyone bowed and retreated, leaving only three people in the main hall.
Fang Huai in the main seat, Toad Old Seven standing on the side, and the scout captain Xiao Ding standing with his head bowed below the steps.
"Your complexion is not good. Speak, what did you discover?" Fang Huai signaled for Xiao Ding to speak.
Xiao Ding: "Immortal Master, recently, besides the common Floating Life Demons outside the city, there have been demons called Formation-Breaking Demons.
These demons look like armored worms, with bodies as hard as refined iron, ranging in size from several zhang to a hundred zhang, and even the ones with the lowest cultivation are at the Late Qi Condensation Stage.
They lurk deep underground, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. The most terrifying thing is that their giant mouths are born with law-breaking fangs, which can actually gnaw on Formation runes and tear through the city-protecting barrier.
Recently, many Mortal towns in the jurisdictions of various sects have suffered from their poison. Once the city-protecting Formation is broken, these demons frantically devour the Mortals in the city, and the entire town turns into a living hell in the blink of an eye."
Fang Huai said with a solemn tone: "What kind of damage has this demon done in the jurisdiction of Sanxian City?"
Xiao Ding said: "Two Mortal towns in the jurisdiction of Sanxian City have completely fallen because of this demon."
Toad Old Seven's expression changed slightly as he heard this, and he couldn't help but interject: "There is actually such a thing? The city-protecting Formation of Sanxian City..."
Fang Huai raised his hand to stop him, a cold light flashing in his eyes, and the rhythm of his fingertips tapping on the chair armrest suddenly quickened.
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As the Fierce Tiger Gang came under Fang Huai's control, all land surrounding the Barren Lands that did not belong to the grain-growing area was acquired by Fang Huai.
The area of the Barren Lands expanded from the original thirty mu to more than two hundred mu, and the number of Refugees there also reached three hundred.
On the surface, the Barren Lands was a specialized Colorful Chicken farm, where the youming wood planted inside was crushed and used as an additive for chicken feed to feed the Colorful Chicken.
The youming wood grew extremely fast and could mature in three months, just in time to feed the Colorful Chicken.
But in reality, only the dross part was fed to the chickens, while the essence part was transported to the newly excavated underground palace in the center of the Barren Lands.
The palace was heavily guarded and ordinary Refugees were not allowed to enter. The essence of the youming wood was transported to the entrance above the palace ground and carried inside by believers.
The palace was divided into six parts: storage area, grinding area, processing area, papermaking area, and origami area.
The storage area stored youming wood, Yao Beast remains, and various Materials;
The grinding area was responsible for grinding the youming wood and other Materials into powder;
The processing area was responsible for mixing all the powders together to make paper liquid;
The papermaking area was responsible for making the paper liquid into paper.
As for the origami area, only Fang Huai and Ji Ming could enter, and Fang Huai practiced Origami Art here.
γ Origami Art Entry: 100/100 γ
After practicing for half a month, the proficiency of Origami Art was stuck at the Perfection of the entry level, and the paper people and paper demons created were always a little bit off.
Either the joints were stiff, or they didn't follow commands; in Fang Huai's eyes, they were all defective products.
"Observe its form, imitate its state, use youming wood as the body, and the soul as the spirit."
Fang Huai closed his eyes, entered a state of selflessness, and outlined the appearance of a Sharp-toothed Porcupine in his mind.
The Sharp-toothed Porcupine was the first Yao Beast he had dissected, and it was also the most common Yao Beast around the Corpse Fiend Sect. Fang Huai had seen it countless times and it had long been imprinted in his mind.
His movements did not slow down. When he opened his eyes, an eyeless Sharp-toothed Porcupine had already been folded.
He took out the soul banner, summoned a Sharp-toothed Porcupine soul, and poured it into the paper pig.
Then, he dipped his index finger in the blood of a Yao Beast and dotted it onto the empty eye sockets of the paper pig.
"Roar!"
The paper pig trembled a few times and let out a roar. Its majestic appearance was truly like a First Level of Qi Refining Sharp-toothed Porcupine.
Brilliant light flashed in Fang Huai's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Kneel!"
The paper Sharp-toothed Porcupine trembled all over, its front limbs bent, and it actually knelt on the ground.
γ Origami Art Proficiency: 6/100 γ
"Ji Ming, come and kill this Origami Demonic Beast."
"Sharp-toothed Porcupine, give it your all and attack Ji Ming."
Although the paper pig was quickly killed by Ji Ming, Fang Huai was still very satisfied.
Although this Origami Demonic Beast was not as good as a real First Level of Qi Refining Yao Beast, it still had combat strength. If mass-produced, it would definitely be of great use.
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