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Chapter 1316: Chapter 988: Blind Box Opening (Part 2)

"Master is back! Woof woof!" Today, Ling Di was in a great mood. The divine power of the Heaven-Swallowing Divine Dog had finally achieved a breakthrough in refining, and as soon as it came out from the Menghua Treasure Ship, it felt that the sky was bluer, the clouds whiter, and the small courtyard was beautiful beyond words!

Unfortunately, the disciples of the Cloud Concealment Sect were busy rebuilding the city. They combined cutting Divine Woods and mining with meditation and breathing exercises, achieving excellent results from balancing work and rest. It didn’t want to disturb the kids’ cultivation;

The elder had just swallowed a belly full of Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice and was squinting;

Shi Hu was lazily sunbathing every day, showing a lack of dedication to cultivation, not worth talking to;

After making a large circle and finding no one to boast to, Ling Di felt extremely stifled!

It was so anxious it was scratching its ears, then suddenly sensed the owner’s presence. It immediately bounced up and dashed over, placing its two snow-white paws on Jiang Yuan, exclaiming excitedly, "Master, how did you know I have refined a layer of divine power? Hahaha! Am I amazing, woof woof?"

Jiang Yuan: ...

How could I know if you didn’t say?

But since you mentioned it, let’s give a little praise.

He patted its head and praised it, taking out several different-sized storage bags from the storage bag and tossing them over, "Here, you get to play with blind boxes. Open the storage bags, whatever you like inside is yours."

"Woof? What is ’blind box’?" Ling Di didn’t understand the new term, but it understood what the master said afterward. It was like a lucky draw; no one knew what exactly was inside the storage bags until they were opened.

After sensing a bit, the imprints left by the original owners on these storage bags were shallow, suggesting that their realms weren’t high, and judging by the imprints, the original owners should be dead.

"Being punished by the master, they must have been evil cultivators, quite a number indeed. Master, you’ve worked hard!" Ling Di, in the form of a little puppy, gave a smirk and put a paw on the first storage bag.

"Bang!"

The shallow imprint left by a deceased evil cultivator was shattered by a paw, and as it pried with its paw again, the contents of the storage bag tumbled out.

"Eh? What’s this?" Ling Di immediately noticed a very special glass bottle among the Spirit Stones, refining materials, and various jars, and as it fished them out, found many shimmering points of starlight inside.

Jiang Yuan’s face darkened as he explained, "These are essences extracted using the Bone-Dissolving Evil Technique by evil cultivators from the Leisure Sect from living people. From my understanding, each evil cultivator must submit ten essences per month. Extra submissions are counted as merits, and the higher the merit points, the higher the rank one can attain."

Old Dog widened its eyes, "Woof woof, turning live people into this stuff? Then... wouldn’t the altar masters and squad leaders of the Leisure Sect be killing people like flies?"

"Killing people like flies is an understatement. Since the Leisure Sect formally entered the Wilderness World for the past half-year, countless cities in the Human World have been massacred. Many low-realm demon cultivators have been abducted, murdered, and their living beings turned into these things."

"So, Master, you’ve been busy fighting against the Leisure Sect lately? Can I help with anything?"

"You should all focus on cultivation. If needed, I will summon you over to help." Jiang Yuan summoned Yan Xuan and Shi Hu over to open blind boxes.

According to system conventions, ownerless items need to wait twelve hours before they can be opened.

But handling the items of cultivators by cultivators is much simpler. The three of them broke the remaining divine sense imprints with a paw, and before long, a pile of miscellaneous items lay on the ground.

There weren’t many highly valuable ones, as these were from small Karami evil cultivators in the Leisure Sect who wouldn’t dare lay hands on high-level cultivators no matter how ruthless.

Furthermore, ordinary little demon cultivators wouldn’t have the means or qualification to meet wealthy cultivators, let alone interact closely or harm them. Therefore, even those heinous Leisure Sect evil cultivators were mostly poor and powerless.

"You all continue opening, keep anything you like or can use, and throw everything else into the storage box. I’ll deal with it later." Jiang Yuan took out hundreds of storage bags stored in the warehouse and jumped into the Flame Sea dungeon.

The fiery sea blazed fiercely, and as far as the eye could see, the chaotic jumble of trees, stones, construction debris, and monsters emerging from the fire were indeed gone.

The system indicated that the current dungeon progress had reached 99%. Once the eerie army kills the last BOSS and acquires the Earth Seal, the Flame Sea can be completely purified.

"Young Jiang, you’ve truly worked hard. This time you’ve sent over so many newcomers, I’m almost overwhelmed." The Elder Scholar smiled broadly, rushing to ask for credit and a reward, "It’s thanks to my earnest persuasion that Qi Baijun had a change of heart, and Ugly Slave is willing to use his skills in exchange for merit.

He voluntarily confessed, saying that most of the arrays used by the evil cultivators from the Leisure Sect in the Wilderness above were arranged by him. Even if not set up by him, he could try to control them upon inspection. Do you think he can be useful somewhere?"

Jiang Yuan cast an appreciative glance at the Elder Scholar, "Well done! What would you like? As long as it’s within my means, I won’t be stingy!"

"Supplies are not a major concern..." The Elder Scholar chuckled, "Though I don’t need to work and have enough water and food, even fruits to stay cool, this really isn’t a place for people. Can we negotiate to find a relatively more comfortable location once they wear down that big monster?"

The environment here was certainly harsh, initially being the habitat for demon beasts. However, once the purification of the Flame Sea dungeon was completed, those pieces with similarly harsh environments captured in the Void could be fully utilized.

The plan to rectify chaos above the Wilderness could also be fully underway, utilizing the power of the Ancient Ten Great Sects to transport many demon beasts to their new world!

"No matter how harsh the environment, it takes the eerie to clean it up. How about this, you can observe and appoint promising talents as officials. Those disobedient eerie can be penalized to open wasteland in harsh areas, while the obedient ones can follow you to develop in a relatively comfortable Ghost Realm."

"Very good, very good! Wonderfully so!" The Elder Scholar beamed, extending an invitation, "A subordinate just reported that the last big monster is about to be slain. Young Jiang, you’ve been so busy with official duties that you haven’t had a chance to witness the outstanding performance of the eerie army against the monster. Shall we take a look?"

Since everything was well in hand, with the clone playing Qi Baijun on the Immortal Ship keeping things unknown, nobody was aware the Holy Land was in turmoil again. Estimating the time, Jiang Yuan nodded, "After you, Elder Scholar."

"After you, Young Jiang!"

One person and one eerie courteously let each other go, and eventually, Elder Scholar got on a sedan chair carried by four eerie, swiftly heading deeper into the Flame Sea upon command.

Huo Yi silently resisted the flame’s damage, while Jiang Yuan flew leisurely in mid-air, collecting into the storage bag all the foundational materials like piled wood, stone, and wild grass along the way.

Once all the Earth Seals were gathered and the Flame Sea purified, these basic materials could be used normally.

The new home on Conch Island had just begun construction, and there would be plenty of places needing basic materials in the future.

"Group one, retreat quickly!"

"Retreat! Hurry up, or you’ll die again!"

"Group two, stand by and charge after the big guy roars!"

"For goodness’ sake, who stepped on my foot, can’t you watch?"

"If you keep dithering and talking shit, go back and smash rocks instead of hanging around the elite group living off the fat of the land..."

...

From a distance, Jiang Yuan could already see the final BOSS of the current dungeon—a giant formed of flames, roaring and transforming into a sea of fire, engulfing everything around.

And the shouting eerie showed organization, discipline, and tactics, retreating from the attack range before the opponent’s roar and ultimate move. When the fiery ambition subsided slightly, seeing it about to reform into a giant, no less than forty or fifty eerie swarmed forward!

Some wielded axes, sickles, and other tools; most relied on tearing with hands or biting, methods were primitive, but the eerie numbers were vast, and the health bar over the BOSS’s head was slowly declining.

"These are the smart and clever eerie I’ve carefully selected." The Elder Scholar smiled on the sedan chair, "Just like people, there are distinctions between the smart and the dull, and after becoming eerie, some remain smart while others are still dull.

The fools are assigned to tasks that don’t require thinking; the smart eerie are organized into groups to cooperate and specifically handle the monsters. Although it requires effort, the conditions I provide are quite favorable, should an eerie have the fortune to find one of those Seals you mentioned, they can earn extra merit. Young Jiang, what do you think?"