Successfully completed the task
"Congratulations, host! All missions completed, you have a chance to revive!"
The system popped up again at an inopportune time, and Xiao Ze really wanted to slap him to death.
Ignoring the frantic system, Xiao Ze asked Elder Yuan, who was taking elixirs to heal his injuries, "I can't believe you're from the Soul Devouring Hall. No wonder the Right Protector swore last time that my fake injury wouldn't be discovered."
"I didn't expect that. The Right Guardian said you had joined the Soul Devouring Hall, but today you ignored the Right Guardian's orders and actually tried to kill me."
"Isn't it the same with Elder Yuan? Are the orders from the Right Protector today true? You appear to be working for the Right Protector, but in reality, you're using the power of the Soul Devouring Hall to satisfy your own selfish desires. What do you think would happen to you if the Right Protector found out?"
A trace of fear flashed across Elder Yuan's face, but it was concealed well.
Xiao Ze noticed it with his sharp eyes.
It seemed Xiao Ze had guessed right. This Elder Yuan had been stuck at the Nascent Soul stage, unable to advance. The things on Chen Zheng's body were probably what the Soul Devouring Hall wanted, but he had secretly taken some of them to help him advance to the God Transformation stage.
The Right Protector should know nothing about this matter.
Not to mention, Xiao Ze thought that if Elder Yuan really advanced to the God Transformation Realm, he would be the first to reveal the lair of the Soul Devouring Hall and lead all the major sects to wipe it out directly, destroying this stain on himself and continuing to be a highly respected elder of the sect.
With the other party holding the upper hand and being seriously injured, Elder Yuan couldn't kill Xiao Ze, and Xuantian Sect couldn't return. As expected, he wanted to cooperate with Xiao Ze.
"If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. Isn't that the case with you, Xiao Ze?" Elder Yuan said, "How about we not make things difficult for each other?"
"Of course, but how do I know you will always keep your promise?"
Elder Yuan cast a spell and swore an oath, stating that neither he nor Xiao Ze would tell anyone in the Soul Devouring Hall about their second thoughts about the Soul Devouring Hall. Breaking the oath would result in death.
The two of them input spiritual power together, and the oath spell flew into their bodies.
Elder Yuan was relieved and sat aside to heal his wounds.
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Return to Soul Devouring Hall.
This was the first time that Xiao Ze came to the Soul-Devouring Hall's lair openly, so he was familiar with the way.
The Right Guardian, standing on the high platform, saw that both men were seriously injured and quickly came forward to ask, "What's going on?"
"The two of us had successfully found Chen Zheng. When we were about to take him away, the leader of Tianxuan Sect arrived and beat us seriously." Elder Yuan looked like he was seriously injured and would not live long.
"Did you get the things back this time?" asked the right protector.
"Chen Zheng was discovered before he could harvest the crops." Elder Yuan lied without changing his expression.
The right protector breathed a sigh of relief when he knew that the thing had not been discovered.
It seems that this thing is very important. I will study it carefully when no one is around.
After they walked away, Elder Yuan finally couldn't help but ask, "What's on Chen Zheng's body?"
"I gave it to my senior brother." Xiao Ze said.
He put the things into his backpack. Even if a cultivator in the fusion stage or the Mahayana stage came, they would not be able to find the things on him.
"What exactly is that thing?" Xiao Ze couldn't help but ask.
The two of them were no longer hostile to each other, and Elder Yuan's temper had improved a lot. "It's the power extracted from those beggars. I set up a formation on Chen Zheng to extract it. Every time he gets close to those beggars, they'll generate a large amount of emotional power out of fear or anger. This then condenses into spiritual energy beads. A good spiritual energy bead is equivalent to ten years of cultivation."
No wonder Mr. Yuan and the right protector attach so much importance to this thing.
"Tsk, this Chen Zheng is really a piece of shit. He was raised like this when he was little, and he can't bear to treat his own son like this, so he kidnaps beggars to vent his hidden anger."
"Those kids are happy at one moment and scared at another. The power extracted in this way is the most powerful." It was not known whether Elder Yuan was talking to Xiao Ze or to himself. After saying this, he walked away and no longer paid attention to Xiao Ze.
The right protector asked Xiao Ze to find a cave to live in. Xiao Ze picked and chose and finally found a pretty good one. He cleaned it up so that it was habitable.
Just as I sat down to catch my breath, the system popped up: "Congratulations, your mission is complete. Do you want to continue living here, or return to your original world? As long as you want, I can satisfy you!"
The mission was successfully completed, and the system did not need to be sent back to the factory for scrapping. I am really happy now.
"If you laugh again, I will pluck all the petals off your flower one by one." Xiao Ze has now become the most violent person present.
The system finally sensed something was wrong with Xiao Ze: "What's wrong with you? The mission is completed, aren't you happy?"
"System, in the novel, will the Soul Devouring Hall grow stronger and become a disaster for the world?"
"How do you know?"
"What about Su Qingjun? What was he doing when the Soul-Devouring Hall was wreaking havoc on the world?" Xiao Ze asked again.
Seeing Xiao Ze's eager expression, the system softened its heart: "Alright, alright, since you've successfully completed the mission, I'll tell you. Su Qingjun has become the leader of the righteous path in resisting the Soul Devouring Hall."
"So the burden of resisting the Soul Devouring Hall falls on him alone? Is there anyone helping him? Where's the protagonist?"
"Ah, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Su Qingjun should bear these responsibilities. Otherwise, why do you think the leader of Tianxuan Sect values him so much? It's because he has always been training him as someone who can protect the world."
So that's why. No wonder the Sect Leader wanted to kill Elder Yuan when he was kidnapped by him, but he immediately stopped after seeing Su Qingjun.
Compared with their life and death and Su Qingjun's safety, the latter holds a higher position in the leader's heart.
"Where's Jiang Xi? Isn't he the protagonist?"
"Well, this..." The system hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "You don't have the authority. In order to prevent the subsequent plot from being disrupted, I can't tell you."
"I understand." Xiao Ze lay on the bed irritably, closed his eyes, recalled the limited information he had obtained, and analyzed his current situation.
The right protector is gradually trusting him, so Xiao Ze can use this identity to provide intelligence to the righteous sects, and even severely damage the Soul-Devouring Hall at the right time.
In this way, even if the Soul-Devouring Hall really openly opposes a sect and brings disaster to the world in the future, Su Qingjun's pressure will not be as great as in the original novel.
"I don't know how he is doing." Xiao Ze sighed. He suffered such a serious injury today. He hoped that Su Qingjun could stay in the sect and recuperate well.
But what exactly is Su Qingjun's feeling towards me? She actually risked her life to save me.
When he was about to rescue Jiang Xi at Chen's residence, Su Qingjun asked himself, "Do I really like Jiang Xi that much? Do I like him so much that I would risk my life to save him?"
But isn’t Su Qingjun also risking his life to save himself?
"Does Su Qingjun like me?"
This idea suddenly popped up in Xiao Ze's mind.
But why does Su Qingjun like him?
Is this liking based on Su Qingjun's full understanding of herself?
How long can this love last?
What are his feelings towards Su Qingjun?
My mind is in a mess and I can't make any sense of it.
Kicking these confusing things into a corner, Xiao Ze began to arrange his future plans.
The most important thing is to intensify your cultivation and improve your own skills. The rest seems to be just a matter of adapting to circumstances.
After thinking it through, Xiao Ze sent a message to the right protector, saying that he was going to go into seclusion to strive for the Nascent Soul stage, and asked the right protector to forgive him if he could not reply in time if there was any news during this period.
The right protector was naturally happy to see the Soul Devouring Hall have another Nascent Soul cultivator. He immediately expressed his understanding and even sent a number of magical weapons that could resist thunder tribulations.
Xiao Ze accepted all of them.
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A month later, dark clouds gathered over the cave where Xiao Ze was. The thunder tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage should not be underestimated.
Fortunately, Xiao Ze was fully prepared within this month.
Still following the method of overcoming the golden elixir thunder tribulation, Xiao Ze used a magic weapon to block one thunder, and then used his body to face the other thunder.
He survived the thunderstorm without any danger.
Raindrops filled with spiritual energy began to fall densely. Xiao Ze continued to meditate. He waited until the spiritual rain ended before he stood up, cast a cleansing spell, and changed into clean clothes.
The system poked its head out when Xiao Ze was going through the thunder tribulation, but ended up having several petals chopped off. It was so scared that it only came out now.
"Host, when will you use this resurrection opportunity? If you don't, I will have to stay here forever and won't be able to leave."
"Let me ask you, when does a person need to be resurrected?" Xiao Ze looked at the stupid system and asked.
"After a person dies."
"Yes, I'm not dead now, how can I use it?"
"Ah? What should I do? I want to return to the space station as soon as possible." The system felt a little aggrieved. It didn't expect that the work caused by its own negligence has not been completed yet.
"Wait a little longer, maybe one day I will tell you that I don't need it anymore?" Xiao Ze teased the system.
"Really? Fine, I'll wait a while. But don't think you can stop cherishing your life now that you have the chance to be resurrected. The prerequisite for resurrection is that your body must be intact."
"Okay, I understand." Xiao Ze replied.
The system disappears on the spot.
After successfully coming out of seclusion, in order to show his respect and loyalty, Xiao Ze decided to visit the Right Protector.
On the way to the main hall, Xiao Ze saw people from the Soul-Devouring Hall coming and going in a hurry, as if something big had happened.
When I arrived at the hall, it was empty.
Xiao Ze went to the room on the left, where the right protector always handled official business.
After knocking on the door, the voice of the right protector came from behind the door: "Come in." There was obvious fatigue in his voice.
Xiao Ze walked in, bowed, and then said respectfully, "I have come out of retreat today and have successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul stage. I have come to inform the guardian."
The right protector then smiled a little, stood up from his chair, walked to Xiao Ze, and patted his shoulder: "Okay, okay, okay."
As if finally seeing a capable subordinate, the Right Protector relaxed a little. "Alas, during your retreat, the righteous sects went crazy, investigating whether there were any undercover agents from the Soul Devouring Hall within their own sects. Now, most of our spies have been eliminated."
Hey, this is ridiculous! I just went into seclusion, and the Right Protector trusts me so much now! They even tell me something like this?
It seems that the Soul Devouring Hall, which is in its early stages of development, is now sparsely populated and has no one available.
"You have advanced to the Nascent Soul stage and are very useful. I just happen to have an important matter that I need you to take care of."
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