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Tan Shuchang's Alchemy Path Puppet was very popular, but the news that Tan, the Patrol Mountain Envoy's Alchemy Dao treasure had been borrowed never spread.

Because the powers that acquired the Alchemy Path Puppet, even the son of the king of the Qi E Kingdom, who had obtained two Alchemy Path Puppets, had no intention of publicizing it at all.

Thus, the powers traveling to Ghost Mountain Ridge to exchange for the Alchemy Path Puppet were still incessant.

As for why the Alchemy Furnace, originally described as pitch black, had now changed to other colors, Tan Shuchang naturally had an explanation ready. He said that it was due to an alchemy mishap at that time, which caused the Alchemy Furnace to appear that way, and the current appearance of this Alchemy Furnace artifact was its original form.

Seeing that the Alchemy Furnace had undergone some changes in appearance and differed from the rumors but its functions closely matched what was rumored, these powers did not harbor any suspicions.

After all, what they sought was the miraculous utility of this Alchemy Furnace's ability to refine pills on its own.

Tan Shuchang hadn't exchanged many Alchemy Path Puppets, totaling only nine so far, but nonetheless, these powers, no matter how diminished, could gather half of a mortal nation's cultivation resources. Consequently, although the feedback of cultivation progress was not much, collectively, it was less than a year's worth of cultivation, this accumulation of insights finally provided Tan Shuchang with the opportunity to ascend his Lotus Platform.

In the Blood Pool, countless Yin Gods reluctantly transformed into the source of power beneath the Lotus Platform. The blades above the Lotus Platform remained, even sharper than before. The sharpness even possessed the capability to lock onto vital energy.

However, sitting on top of the Lotus Platform was merely a mass of constantly writhing fresh blood, its color a vibrant red with hints of gold, the sense of divinity growing stronger by the day.

In the form of immortal fresh blood, no matter how much the blades oppressed Tan Shuchang, it would ultimately be ineffective.

Because in the state where immortal fresh blood coexisted with the Blood Pool, Tan Shuchang could transfer any lethal attacks. If these blades desired to kill Tan Shuchang, what would shatter first, must indeed be these blades.

These blades originated from the Crimson Spring Path and naturally would not engage in fratricide.

Suddenly, five-colored rays burst forth from above the Lotus Platform, illuminating the entire Blood Pool in different hues. A breeze fluttered by, transforming into a human figure—it was the elderly man in the blue robe.

"Fellow cultivator's strength has recovered a great deal," exclaimed the elderly man in the blue robe with joy.

Because in his perception, Tan Shuchang's level of cultivation had clearly strengthened quite a bit, very close to the level before he cultivated the "Nine Suns Pill."

The Lotus Platform sunk slightly, the bloody water submerged most of the lotus petals, and the immortal fresh blood form transformed back into a human form.

Tan Shuchang stepped out, saluted the elderly man in the blue robe with a fist-held greeting, his face also showing joy, for the effect of this ascension far exceeded previous instances.

He had unexpectedly added two hundred years to his cultivation in one go!

Now, he had restored to seven hundred years of cultivation. Although it was still a hundred years less than before the cultivation of the "Nine Suns Pill," that was a gift from the Demon Luo Heavenly Authority, equivalent to being watered down; whereas now, it was completely self-achieved through arduous cultivation.

Truly, an achievement borne of hardship!

"Nine Alchemy Path Puppets, merely a month's time, and such excellent results. This method indeed suits me best! If at this moment I had a hundred Alchemy Path Puppets, then a cultivation of ten thousand years might not just be a dream!"

Thinking this, Tan Shuchang couldn't help but feel an urge to act.

Unexpectedly, returning to Shenxu Heaven, the fleeting thought to find Yi Qingqing actually led him to discover such a unique and utterly suitable method of cultivation.

Then, stepping out of the Blood Pool, Tan Shuchang prepared to further develop the Alchemy Path Puppets.

However, this time, just as he appeared in Ghost Mountain Ridge, he detected some particularly familiar and special breaths of Immortals outside the ridge.

"Shushan Immortal Sect?"

Tan Shuchang realized that during the last time he lent these individuals the chance to come, he went out to search for the Pill Treasure Fan. His original intention was to confuse the attentions of True Immortals and incidentally allow the cultivators of the Shushan Immortal Sect to come up empty-handed.

Unexpectedly, these people had returned in such a short period of time, it seemed his Alchemy Path Puppet affair had been leaked.

"The likelihood of these people coming to exchange for Alchemy Path Puppets is small, there's a greater chance they want me to bring the Book Dao inheritance back to Shushan...," Tan Shuchang reflected on this and couldn't help but recall his nine predecessors who had received the Book Dao inheritance.

The methods those nine obtained their Book Dao inheritance were more in line with the requirements of the True Immortal who taught the doctrine, yet Shushan Immortal Sect showed an indifferent attitude towards those nine.

Only when it came to him did they suddenly show a determined intention.

Although there was a desire to prove himself to the world, more likely, there were other schemes at play.

Thus, Tan Shuchang did not hesitate to stand these people up; he first returned to the Bizarre Game, then diverted back from the Bizarre Game, appearing directly near the Qi E Kingdom.

One month had passed, and although the Qi E Kingdom had not changed much, Tan Shuchang glanced and noticed that the number of male cultivators with profound cultivation within this mortal nation had increased.

Although this profundity was only relative to the cultivators below the level of confirmed Immortals, it was still a significant improvement.

Besides the male cultivators with profound cultivation, there were also a small number of female cultivators.
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The reason Tan Shuchang regarded the two as similar was that the cultivation techniques practiced by these people had some similarities.

"These must be the trusted followers cultivated by that White fellow, right? Just in terms of the number of cultivators at the realm of seeing the mountains and rivers, this White fellow has already controlled nearly one-fifth of the Qi E Kingdom. But achieving his goal is still an arduous and long journey."