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nThis time, a total of five items were displayed. 4,200,000 Mastery points, 300 years of Martial Arts Evolution, 300 years of soul cultivation, Earth-rank Martial Skill Perfection Card, Chess skills (Perfection).

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n“Not bad at all.” Xiao Ran smiled.

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nAfter pausing for a while,

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nhe added 1.2 million Mastery points to the Spiritual Clarity Eye.

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nThe remaining 3 million Mastery points were added to the Nine Heavens Evil Spirit Purification Skill.

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nAfter the attributes were refreshed,

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nSpiritual Clarity Eye: Perfection

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nNine Heavens Evil Spirit Purification Skill: Dominating Refinement

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nThe first skill had skipped “Dominating Refinement” and advanced by two small realms.

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nFor the second skill,

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nwith more than 3 million Mastery points added, there was not even a ripple of improvement this time. However, when the skills technique was circulated, its power doubled, and the purifying spiritual force also doubled.

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nHe was still 570 years away from breaking through to Level 5 of the Profound Realm.

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nIn terms of Spiritual Master Evolution, he was still 120 years away from breaking through to Level 5 of the Earth Realm.

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nAlthough he had not broken through, his spiritual soul energy had increased greatly and was stronger than before.

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nHe took out the Earth-rank Martial Skill Perfection Card and used it on the Transformation Technique.

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nAfter the attributes were refreshed,

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nTransformation Technique: Genesis.

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nHe was only one step away from mastering another life skill.

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nBesides these,

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nthere was also the Source Consuming Pearl. It had devoured energy from more than twenty Great Scholars from the Yin Incubation Institute. In addition to Zhao Jishan, a group of students, and a few Numinous Treasures, the Immense Righteous Energy in it had reached its peak.

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nThe exterior of the bead was covered in cracks, densely packed like a spiderweb.

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nIt had reached its upper limit and could no longer absorb.

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nAfter he crushed it,

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nBuzz!

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nInfinite golden light, accompanied by thousands of Immense Righteous Energy beams, rushed into Xiao Ran’s body and enveloped him.

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nRays of golden light shot out, and the righteous and saintly power rushed into the clouds. A powerful aura enveloped a radius of thousands of feet.

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nNo matter how far away one was, he could see the massive phenomenon happening here.

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nThe Sanctifying Righteous Treasure Tome circulated like crazy, absorbing this extremely thick and dense Immense Righteous Energy with reckless abandon.

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nOver and over again.

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nAfter dozens of breaths, all the Immense Righteous Energy was refined by Xiao Ran.

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nUnder the enhancement of this bountiful Immense Righteous Energy, the Sanctifying Righteous Treasure Tome broke through to the Genesis level in one go.

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nIt had bypassed Perfection and straightaway reached Genesis.

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nThe amount of Immense Righteous Energy contained in his body was equivalent to the energy possessed by a quarter of the scholars in an institute.

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nHe withdrew all the visual information.

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nXiao Ran looked at the ‘Iron Blood Dragon Horse’ and ‘Heavenly Secrets Interlinked Crossbow’ in his hand.

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nThe items were initially blank canvases and required a secret technique to reveal the words on them.

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nHowever, now, with his Spiritual Clarity Eye at the Perfection level, all the contents could not be hidden and appeared in front of him.

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nHe read it through.

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nXiao Ran said, “So what he said is true. They’re fake. If we follow the instructions on it, we can only unleash a third of the power. It’s not proportional to the effort expended.”

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nHe put them away.

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nHe then took stock of everything in the jade pendant.

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n“So all the truly good things are contained here.” Xiao Ran smiled in satisfaction.

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nHe gazed at a spot in front of him.

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n“Are you coming out on your own? Or do you want me to invite you out?”

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nIt was very quiet in the night. One could hear a pin drop.

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nIt was as if he were talking to himself. No one appeared.

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n“You don’t know how to appreciate favors.” Xiao Ran gave a disdainful snort.

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nWith a clap in the air,

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na golden palm print appeared and smashed viciously into an artificial mountain hundreds of feet away.

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nA huge pressure enveloped the surrounding space.

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nEven if the person hiding behind it wanted to dodge, he would have realized that he couldn’t. He could only fight head-on.

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n“Falling Wind God Slaying Sword Technique!”

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nA scornful snort could be heard as a resplendent beam of sword light shot into the sky. It was like a huge tornado that contained countless rays of sword light as it slashed at the golden palm print.

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nGasp!

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nAfter exchanging one blow, the masked man retreated a dozen feet before stopping.

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nLooking at Xiao Ran fearfully, his right hand that was holding the sword trembled violently. It took him a while to recover. “Who are you?”

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n“And who are you?” Xiao Ran asked in return.

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nEarlier on, just after he had dealt with Zhao Jishan, he sensed this person’s presence.

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n“You don’t need to know who I am! Just answer my questions.” The masked man was very adamant.

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n“With your abilities?” Xiao Ran replied in mockery.

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nHe took a step and vanished from the spot.

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nThe masked man’s hair stood on end. He was on full alert, as if preparing to face a powerful adversary.

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nA powerful shot of blue light enveloped everything within a thousand feet. His merciless eyes searched for Xiao Ran in the darkness.

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nSuddenly,

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nhe had a bad feeling in his gut. A great sense of danger welled up in his heart.

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nHe hurriedly looked up and saw Xiao Ran hovering above him. He instantly swung his sword and was about to slash out with a destructive ray of sword light.

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nBefore he could raise his sword however, Xiao Ran’s right foot stomped down with an overpowering might.

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nThe ground exploded. The masked man was trampled hundreds of feet into the ground before coming to a stop.

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nWith this strike, he was seriously injured and even his spirit energy that he tried to invoke was forcefully dispersed.

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nGrabbing him by his neck, Xiao Ran pulled him out of the ground.

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nWith an icy cold stare, he asked, “Are you from the Netherworld Dungeon?”

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nAs if sensing Xiao Ran’s killing intent, the masked man became fearful. With his skills evolution at Level 3 of the Profound Realm, he did not even have the strength to counter-attack this person.

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nWhat kind of old monster was the opponent?

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nThis time, he did not dare to be stubborn and was very forthright. “I’m from the palace. I’m here on His Majesty’s orders to steal the ‘Iron Blood Dragon Horse’ and the ‘Heavenly Secrets Interlinked Crossbow’.”

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n“You have anything to prove it?”

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n“I have a waist plaque.”

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nXiao Ran took down the waist plaque on his waist. It was a black tablet the size of a baby’s palm. The character “Shadow” was engraved on the front and on the back, the character “Xia”.

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n“Shadow?” Xiao Ran frowned.

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nApart from the Four Great Institutes and the Five Powerful Government Departments, there were other departments in the Great Xia kingdom? And they were easily all at the level of Profound Realm?

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nThe masked man hesitated, unsure whether to say anything.

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n“If you don’t explain yourself, do you think you can leave this place alive?” Xiao Ran said.

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n“The ‘Shadow’ is a department that operates in the dark. We are the shadow of His Majesty! Since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, we have been in existence until now and we are loyal only to His Majesty,” the masked man explained.

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nPow!

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nA hand chop to the head knocked him out and Xiao Ran threw him to the ground.

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nHe looked at the several streaks of light rushing over from the horizon and quickly left the place.

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nAfter a dozen breaths,

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nseveral figures descended from the sky.

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nLooking at the masked man who was unconscious on the ground, Qin Fangzhen hurriedly went forward to subdue him and sealed his shoulder bones. “Everyone in the Yin Incubation Institute, including Zhao Jishan, was killed! He was the only one at the scene. It’s most likely that he was involved somehow.”

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nOld Gu nodded. “That makes sense.”

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n“I’ll personally escort him to the Celestial Dungeon later. I’ll definitely interrogate him strictly and pry his mouth open.”

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nLooking around, Qin Fangzhen had a bitter expression.

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n“Old Gu, such a major incident has occurred. It won’t be easy for us to report to His Majesty!”

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nOld Gu shook his head. “There’s nothing we can do about it.”

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n“Why don’t you accompany me to the palace this once?”

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n“I still have to go back and copy the scriptures. I’ll take my leave first.” With that, Old Gu hurriedly left.

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nThis was a hot potato that he didn’t want to get involved with.

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