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An uproar spread in the audience upon seeing the events. They had seen the two core disciple attempt to suppress Wang Xiong and now he was openly opposing them despite the threat of the disciplinary pavilion.
There were few people who were unafraid of the disciplinary pavilion, and even the elders were not free from their clutches. Perhaps only the high elders and the sect patriarch could ignore them and resist their actions.
It was safe to say though, the two core disciples were absolutely offended by his words.
"JUNIOR, YOU DARE!" both of the core disciples shouted in unison.
"YES, I DARE! I challenge you two to a duel!" Wang Xiong shouted before talking out an object from his spatial storage ring.
"Stop him! He's trying to use a forbidden talisman!" one of the core disciples shamelessly accused.
He had said this casually, trying to frame Wang Xiong further, he had seen that the object in Wang Xiong's hand was a communication jade slip but he didn't care for it. Sadly for him… his fake accusation was true.
~crack~
~shua~
A blinding light came from the jade slip as Wang Xiong shattered it. The light was too bright for even the elders to be seeing anything and they had to close their eyes. As for those that were in the audience, they flinched with pain.
"ARGH! It hurts!
Their eyes hurt from the bright light and even closing their eyelids didn't work as much and they needed to put their palms against their eyes.
~Rumble~
The people could hear some noise coming from the stage while the ones who were on the stage felt the ground shake.
Then… it happened.
~boom~
The sound of an explosion could be heard as the pieces of the stone stage flew everywhere.
"What was that? I can't see!" the people in the audience shouted.
When the light finally faded away, they saw a shocking scene on the stage. Wang Xiong was now looking quite different from before.
He was covered in a green crystalline armor that fully covered his body from head to toe. There were gauntlets with a spiky exteriors and boots that had talons. His shoulders had long curving spikes on them and a malevolent looking helmet covered his face.
The helmet looked like the skull of a beast and had two red horns on top of it. But that was not all, as Wang Xiong was now floating in the air while strong spirit Qi fluctuations came off his body.
"W-what is is that!" the people in the audience couldn't help but wonder.
This was unlike anything they had seen, and they were intrigued by it.
The elders were also anxious now and wondered if what the two core disciples had said was true or what. After all, Wang Xiong's current appearance did look quite like that of a demonic cultivator.
"See! I told you all he was a demonic cultivator!" The man with the command token proclaimed.
Wang Xiong paid no attention to their words anymore and directly attacked.
~Shua~
The speed of the attack was very fast and wind attribute spirit Qi was mixed in it.
"Damn! How did he suddenly get so powerful?" The man with the command token said as he blocked the attack.
He was pushed back ten steps before he was able to stop. The second core disciple took out an Axe and slashed at Wang Xiong as a shockwave spread around him as the center.
~DENG~
"HOW?" The core disciples said upon seeing that his attacks were blocked by Wang Xiong's hands.
There was nary a scratch on the armor, and it was as if nothing could harm it. Even the elders were now wary of Wang Xiong and entered into an offensive stance.
"Wang Xiong, stop this now." The elder said.
"No! I will not. I now know what kind of people they are. Nothing will come out of this. I shall take it into my own hands!" Wang Xiong said as he pushed back the Axe.
The two core disciples and Wang Xiong continued exchanging blows while the elder kept watching from the side.
Wang Xiong was about to punch again, but then a sword made out of ice suddenly attacked him from the side.
"I said stop!" the elder said he hands in an attacking position. It was evident he was the one who had shot out that attack.
"Do not interfere, elders!" Wang Xiong warned.
"You leave us no choice, Wang Xiong." The other two elders said as they too, joined the stage.
Wang Xiong gritted his teeth and looked at the five opponents that he now had.
"SO BE IT!" he uttered.
'Senior, do it, I'm ready!' Wang Xiong said in his mind.
"About time. I was getting bored with them." Lin Wu said with a chuckle.
Everything that happened after the two core disciples entered the stage was planned by Lin Wu and he had already told Wang Xiong that something like this would have happened. Lin Wu had also left instructions with him on what to do if something like this happened.
Though Lin Wu had not expected that they would be so influential that even the elders would not question them.
'Seems like I overestimated this sect's capability. While they look good from the outside, internally they are already corrupt.' Lin Wu thought.
"Though this just makes things a bit easier than before." Lin Wu murmured.
Lin Wu knew that if they were corrupt, the thing that they would listen to best would be nothing other than pure power. While Lin Wu was wary of the Dao Shell realm cultivators of the sect, he had been watching the map the entire time and no reaction could be seen on it.
'For them, this is probably just some meaningless squabble that is below them. Thankfully, this gives me plenty of time to work things out.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He then spoke, "Wang Xiong! Prepare to have the fastest breakthrough of your life!"
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When Wang Xiong had heard Lin Wu's plan, he had thought that it was not something that could be possible. It was so absurd, according to all he had learned till now, that he had a hard time believing it.
But he finally did believe it because it was his senior speaking it. He had personally seen the Taiji Celestials tomb and the murals in it. He had also taken part in the trials and knew to make something like that would be incredibly difficult if not impossible for anyone in this world.
Not to mention the Cultivation inheritance that he had received, which was the biggest proof.
With all these things combined, Wang Xiong just realized that his scope of understanding of this world was much less and he should just do as Lin Wu was instructing him to do.
It was Lin Wu's plan for him to use the communicating jade slip and break it. The jade slip had a part of Lin Wu's power contained in it, which Lin Wu had secretly added without telling Wang Xiong.
Originally it was supposed to be a backup plan in case Wang Xiong went against him or something like that. But now that very thing had come in handy in a different way. Not only that, but it also served as an illusion for Lin Wu to transform into the armor that Wang Xiong was wearing.
Since Lin Wu's body had grown a lot than before, he was now able to form a full sized body armor. Not to mention Wang Xiong was a few sizes larger than Shirong, who was much slender.
In fact, Lin Wu had to levy all his innate skills potential to make an armor like this. The way he did this was to first shrink himself to the smallest form he could and then wrap around Wang Xiong in a very specific manner.
After doing this he altered the joins and his surface such that they looked to be joined without any seams. This way the armor was flexible rather than being rigid due to having multiple smaller parts.
There was another important thing that Lin Wu needed to add to it though, and it was the ability to fly. His weight was far too much, such that Wang Xiong would have been crushed under it if not immobilize.
Thus to address this problem, Lin Wu was counteracting his weight with his ability to fly. He made his body levitate just lightly, such that it was unnoticeable. But this was only when Wang Xiong was on the ground when he was in the air, Lin Wu didn't need to do anything like that and he could just let Wang Xiong fly within him.
Lin Wu had totally ripped off this idea from one of the comic book superheroes from his past life.
There were multiple parts to Lin Wu's plan. His first phase was to let Wang Xiong defeat Niu San and then wait for his companions to act. Then once they did that, Lin Wu would wait for them to show their true colors and let Wang Xiong show his stance.
With that being done came the third phase, which could either make or break the situation. He called this the domination phase, and Wang Xiong was supposed to show his supremacy over the others.
But how would he be able to do this if he had a lower cultivation base than his opponents?
Thus Lin Wu thought what better method than to make Wang Xiong breakthrough in front of everyone. Not only would he be breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, he would also be doing so in an absolutely domineering way.
Lin Wu already had three experiences with heavenly tribulations, which was a lot more than anyone here. Not only that, but he was now able to properly manipulate the lightning, thus he knew even with him being here the extra punishment brought by the heavenly tribulation would be controllable.
The people who had been watching everything suddenly felt the spirit Qi in the area stir. It was as if a magnet had been placed in front of them and all the spirit Qi was being attracted to it. This magnet being none other than Wang Xiong himself.
"Relax your control over your Dantian and let your meridians flow freely. The armor will do the rest for you." Lin Wu spoke to Wang Xiong's mind.
"As you command senior." Wang Xiong said faithfully.
He could sense the spirit Qi in the area forming into a vortex and then pouring into the armor. Then from the armor, the spirit Qi would transfer into him directly through the specific acupoints on his body.
~shua~
Wang Xiong's body floated up even higher in the air as the spirit Qi started to become even dense, now looking like a cloud of mist.
"What in the world…." The elders couldn't help but say.
~Weeng~
More spirit Qi joined the fray and formed a curtain around the previous vortex. This spirit Qi was not normal though, it was wind attribute spirit Qi and if anyone tried to come close to it, they would be cut by it.
Even the two core disciples who were wanting to fight Wang Xiong were now a bit apprehensive.
"What do we do, senior brother?" one of the core disciples asked the one who had the command token.
"We have to stop him… whatever he is doing." He answered.
He then gritted his teeth and took a step forward, but with the movement he did, he felt something that sent chills all over his body.
~RUMBLE~
The cracking sound of thunder could be heard echoing across the sky as dark clouds soon appeared over everyone's heads. They couldn't help but look up and saw that the beautiful white clouds of the Frozen Cloud sect were now gone, replacing them were dark and gloomy tribulation clouds.
"He-Heavenly Tribulation clouds… it's a heavenly tribulation!" someone finally shouted.
~Rumble~
Streaks of lightning coursed through the dark clouds, leaking a threatening aura. The people frozen in place and couldn't help but gasp in fear.
~boom~
The first Tribulation Lightning bolt fell from the clouds rather quickly and stuck Wang Xiong. It was a bit underwhelming for him as he realized all of the impacts had been absorbed by the armor and he only got the necessary lightning that was needed to crack his core.
After the first bolt fell, the people finally came to terms with their situation.
"RUNNNNNN!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" The people started screaming in fear.
Some of them leaped off the seats while others did their best to go through the stairs, but none of them dared to fly, for the fear that they would be struck by a stray bolt of lightning.
Even the elders didn't dare to stand there and swiftly took out their defensive spirit tools before retreating.
"What do we do now, elders? This tribulation is happening out of the confines of a tribulation platform and we have far too many people in its radius." One of the elders said.
"THIS WANG XIONG HAS GONE MAD! HE'S NOT ONLY GOING TO KILL HIMSELF WITH THE TRIBULATION, HE'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE US WITH HIM!" The two core disciples finally realized.
The thing was, even if they were Nascent Soul realm cultivators and had gone through the tribulation themselves, they had done so in a very planned manner, ensuring the best level of safety.
Wang Xiong here though, was being extremely reckless. Not only was he risking his life undergoing tribulation so suddenly but he also did so in the presence of hundreds of other people, which would probably lead to the backlash from the heavenly tribulation.
Thankfully till now, the tribulation had not considered them to have interfered in the breakthrough, and thus they had not been struck by lightning. But if Wang Xiong made any moves in this time and came close to them, they would no doubt be caught within it.
~boom~
The second tribulation bolt came and struck Wang Xiong, cracking his core further. Unlike Shirong or Lin Wu, his breakthrough was relatively simple and didn't have any unknown factors which restricted him.
Even with the addition of the inheritance of the Taiji Celestial, he didn't have a problem. In fact, he could now sense new things while he was undergoing the heavenly tribulation.
"This energy… it is… the extreme yang of tribulation lightning!" Wang Xiong sensed and gained some insights.
Seeing that this was beneficial to him, he simply closed his eyes and let Lin Wu handle the breakthrough. He on the other hand, focused on sensing the tribulation lightning and the insights that were hidden within them.
He could tell that if he could grasp even one percent of them, he would have great progress with his comprehension of the Taiji Celestials' inheritance.
Wang Xiong had learned that the Taiji Celestials' inheritance heavily emphasized upon the Yin and Yang aspects of the world. He himself used the cultivation techniques of the Frozen Cloud sect that were mostly focused on ice type technique.
Ice inherently belonged to the Yin and thus he already had some insights into the Yin part of the Taiji Celestials inheritance. But in the case of Yang, he had little progress, and thus his technique could be said to be incomplete.
While he had tried to apply a few concepts he had picked up to make his own application of the Unity Reversal Scripture, such as in the Yin Return and Yang Push, it was barely enough for him to execute it.
But there was no way he had explored its full potential. But now he had the opportunity to study the Extreme Yang of the Tribulation lightning, which not many people got the chance to study.
Originally he would be studying the Yang aspect by learning more about Fire attribute cultivation techniques. But lightning was considered to be superior to fire in terms of Yang and thus it would be more beneficial for him.
~Boom~
The third tribulation lightning bolt struck Wang Xiong and was easily absorbed by Lin Wu before being guided into Wang Xiong's core.
"He's already at three bolts! Heavens! Will he be having a unique tribulation?" The audience wondered.
Most of them were still trying to leave but for some reason were unable to go any further.
"What's happening, why are the gates not opening?!" the people questioned.
Soon panic spread through the disciples as they found themselves unable to leave the area due to the restrictions blocking them.
"Hehe! Do you think you can leave so easily? I gotta have someone to witness all this and be dominated. How else would this plan succeed?" Lin Wu laughed.
Lin Wu had gone ahead and asked the system to block the exits of the stage area by making changes in the formation array.
"Why can't they leave? Elder Bo, please go check!" one of the elders asked the other elder.
Elder Bo nodded and quickly made his way to the exit and checked the formation array. But just in a few seconds, sweat covered his forehead.
"This is bad! The formation array is malfunctioning." Elder Bo said.
"WHAT! HOW CAN THIS BE?!" The disciples questioned, feeling dumbfounded that their sect's formation array would ever malfunction.
~Sigh~
"It's the heavenly tribulation… it is having an unknown effect on the formation array. It is not made to operate under conditions like this." The first elder realized.
His words were spoken softly, yet were heard by everyone since they all had their spirit sense spread around. Hearing these words nearly scared them to death and the ones who were weak hearted directly fell unconscious.
"Disciples! Listen to me very carefully. Everyone is to move as far as they can from the stage and take out whatever defensive treasure you have. But make sure you don't let out any strong spirit Qi waves or it may interfere with Wang Xiong's breakthrough and be considered as punishable by the Heavenly Tribulation." The first Elder ordered.
Having no other choice, the disciples went silent and did as they were told. Some of them even brought out their life saving trump cards hesitatingly.
"Hehe, the fun is just starting!" Lin Wu exclaimed to himself, feeling a strange kind of excitement.
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It had been about ten minutes since Wang Xiong had started his breakthrough and he had already taken three bolts of tribulation lightning by now. Looking at his current condition one could not even tell if he was really undergoing a tribulation or not.
Usually, cultivators who had their Heavenly tribulations at the nascent soul realm would be very haggard and tired looking after taking the hits of the tribulation lightning bolts. But for Wang Xiong who was clad in the emerald green crystal armor, he seemed to be casually floating in the air with no shouts or grunts of pain being released.
For everyone here, this was an eye opening revelation. They never expected something like this was even possible or not. The elders and the two core disciples couldn't help but remember the day when they went through the heavenly tribulation.
'How much did we suffer that day? And this guy is taking it all as if he's in a warm shower enjoying it…' They all thought.
~Rumble~
But this was just the start. The real tribulation was about to begin. After all, Lin Wu was the one assisting Wang Xiong so there was no way the tribulation would be a normal one. The triangulation clouds soon changed into a dual layered tribulation and the lightning bolts underwent a qualitative change.
"Du-Dual layered Heavenly tribulation!" The elder called out.
"He's a genius! Wang Xiong is a genius! How did the sect never find out about him till now?" Another elder couldn't help but comment and felt a little pity.
Now that Wang Xiong had openly opposed the sect and even put the disciples in danger like this, it was likely that he was going to be considered a criminal from now on.
~Rumble~
~Boom~
The tribulation lightning bolt finally formed and struck Wang Xiong after being attenuated by Lin Wu. Still… unlike before, he actually felt a bit of pain from it, as Lin Wu couldn't fully suppress something like that.
He had wondered what the reason behind could be and reckoned that the transparent part of the lightning when he saw it using the radiation perception was the cause. It was something that was beyond the understanding of the system and Lin Wu as well.
That unknown factor could be the only thing causing a problem like this. Still, it was fine since Lin Wu merely had to split it into two, with one of them going directly to Wang Xiong after processing and the other one taken up by Lin Wu himself.
"You all just wait, you'll get the taste of this 'rare' lightning too… hehehe." Lin Wu chuckled as he shrugged off the pain from the lightning bolt.
This bolt was enough to crack Wang Xiong's core by seventy percent and the next one would probably be enough for him to completely shatter the core. Lin Wu watched the sky aptly and the moment the next tribulation bolt left the clouds, he acted.
~boom~
The bolt hit the armor clad Wang Xiong, making it light up in an eerie green glow. For a moment there, everyone who was observing him couldn't help but feel a terrifying presence. But it only lasted for a fragment of a second before disappearing.
~Crack~
A crack that was inaudible to others was heard inside Wang Xiong, as his core was now finally covered in cracks fully.
~shua~
A blinding light came from the cracks of the core, and the birth of his Nascent Soul started.
"Action time…" Lin Wu said as he looked at the two core disciples and the tribulation clouds.
The two core disciples felt a gaze trained on them, which sent shivers down their spine.
"Senior brother, I don't feel so good…" One of the core disciples said before an explosion was heard.
~KABOOM~
The head of the core disciple suddenly exploded as a tribulation lightning bolt hit his head. A wave of terror spread throughout the entire area as the people watched on in sorry. The elders couldn't believe their eyes and some disciples directly pissed their pants.
"LOOK!" Someone shouted, "Wang Xiong is pointing at the core disciples."
Everyone looked and saw that Wang Xiong's right hand was extended with his index finger pointed at the now dead core disciple. Faint sparks of electricity could also be seen coursing around the armor.
This was actually not Wang Xiong intentionally pointing at the core disciples, but rather Lin Wu controlling his hand by moving his body. Wang Xiong himself was deep in comprehending the extreme yang of the tribulation lightning and had no idea this was happening.
Lin Wu then controlled Wang Xiong's hand to point it at the Niu San who had now gained consciousness. The man was lying on the ground with his back to the seating area and could barely keep his eyes open.
Unlike others, he had seen what had happened before clearly. Wang Xiong had extended his finger to the first core disciple and then the tribulation lightning bolt that had hit him was sent to the core disciple.
"No!… NO!…NOOO!" Niu San screamed in fear.
~Rumble~
While Wang Xiong had already taken enough lightning bolts to completely crack his core, the tribulation had not yet ended. The extra punishment due to Lin Wu being here was still left after all.
~Boom~
The bolt fell on Wang Xiong's head and coursing through the entire armor before being shot out through his finger.
~splat~
This time the lightning bolt hit the chest of Niu San, directly reducing it to mush. His ribs, lungs and heart were all minced together while his head hung back, barely handing by a few pieces of flesh from his neck. His tongue fell out from his mouth, half bitten, and his eyeballs popped due to being boiled.
"MURDER! MURDERER!" The crowd started shouting, finally realizing that Wang Xiong was intentionally doing this.
~gulp~
The elders couldn't help but swallow their saliva after seeing this. Unlike the other disciples, they knew what kind of a feat Wang Xiong had just shown.
"What kind of a monster did Niu San offend…" The elders couldn't help but say
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While Lin Wu was killing using Wang Xiong as a proxy in the real world, Wang Xiong himself was gaining enlightenment.
He had found himself in a dark space where he was floating, without any sense of direction. He didn't know how long it had been since he arrived here, but it could have been from a few seconds or tens of hours.
Wang Xiong's sense of time was skewed and he could not accurately tell anything. After being in this dark space for an unknown amount of time, he suddenly saw a small speck of light appearing in the distance.
At first the light was only a tiny dot but soon it started expanding till it covered the entire world. Now instead of a dark space, Wang Xiong was in a white space. He was still floating in it aimlessly, without any reason as to what he was supposed to do.
"Why am I here?" He questioned himself.
More time passed, and another change occurred. A black dot appeared in the white space which then started expanding rapidly, taking over the entire space again. The space had now become dark again.
Wang Xiong curiously observed everything without any fear. He didn't know why this was, but he felt a strange sense of both comfort and unease here. He kept on observing the space and an unknown amount of time later, it turned into white again. More time passed and it became black.
This change continued on for countless times and with each cycle, Wang Xiong could feel like he started to understand.
"From Yin, Yang is born and Yang shall eventually return to Yin only to give birth to Yang again. The cycle of Taiji is unbroken and even heavens shall not deny it."
A mysterious voice was heard in the space.
As soon as Wang Xiong heard this, it was as if the gates of Dao were opened for him and insights rushed into his mind.
~shua~
In the real world, a mysterious energy that fluctuated between white and black was released from Wang Xiong's body. This energy was hidden from everyone's eyes due to the Emerald green armor and directly seeped into his Dantian.
In there the energy surrounded his fully cracked core which was about to birth the nascent soul.
~shatter~
The core finally shattered and an infant that looked similar to Wang Xiong was born. It was naked, but as soon as the fragments of the core disappeared from around him the strange energy that fluctuated between white and black surrounded it.
The energy flowed around the infant, forming into a set of tiny robes. Half of the robes were black and half of them were white, giving the infant a sense of superiority.
All this did not go past the system's gaze and it informed Lin Wu the moment it had occurred.
"Hmm… so he got a unique nascent soul as well…" Lin Wu muttered to himself and observed the nascent soul for a few seconds more.
Moving his perception from Wang Xiong, Lin Mu looked back at the core disciple who was left trembling on the other corner of the battle stage.
Lin Wu controlled Wang Xiong's finger and casually pointed it at the core disciple.
"No… no… no! Wang Xiong forgive me! ~thud~thud~thud~" the core disciples suddenly fell to his knees and heavily kowtowed to Wang Xiong.
Tears flowed out like a river, and snot dripped from his nose. The all-powerful nascent soul realm core disciple had been reduced to a crying brat. Those who were watching could not believe their eyes and pinched themselves.
~Rumble~
"No MeRcY! DiE!" A distorted screechy voice was heard coming from Wang Xiong that seemed to be inhuman.
~KABOOM~
The final tribulation lightning bolt descended from the sky, three times as powerful than the one before, striking Wang Xiong. His hands slightly trembled, but the lightning finally redirected towards the core disciple.
~Shua~shua~shua~
Suddenly, multiple treasures came out to form barriers and shields around the core disciple. He had used up all of his trump cards that he had been holding since now.
Alas! It was all for naught.
~shatter~
The barriers and shields broke like glass before the tribulation lightning hit the core disciple. The man lit up like a light-bulb before slumping back to the ground, dead. The smell of burnt flesh spread in the area mixed with that of ozone.
~thud~thud~thud~
This scene was too much to bear for many disciples and they all fainted, collapsing on the ground. The fear and pressure exuding from Wang Xiong was evidently too much for them.
"Welp… I may have overdone it with the voice I think…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
~Huala~
Finally, Wang Xiong's breakthrough was complete and the spirit Qi vortex started forming around him. This was the infusion of spirit Qi that came after a successful breakthrough and it could be considered as a reward of the heavens for successfully surviving the heavenly tribulation.
The spirit Qi was incredibly pure and easily restored the condition of Wang Xiong's body. Even if Lin Wu had reduced most of the effects of the heavenly tribulation, Wang Xiong's body was still under quite a lot of stress.
It was just not perceivable to himself as much. The hidden damage that was done to his body was quickly healed, and his Dantian started to fill up once again. Soon it was saturated with spirit Qi and the infant that was dressed in black and white robe floated in it freely.
Wang Xiong who had now completed his enlightenment, opened his eyes and looked around the area feeling absolutely stunned.
"What in the name of heavens?! When did all this happen?" He couldn't help but exclaim, except his voice could not be heard by others due to the strong wind that was blowing.
"I took a few liberties while you were busy with your breakthrough. Hope you don't mind." Lin Wu spoke in Wang Xiong's mind.
"Senior, you did this?" Wang Xiong asked.
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Wang Xiong could feel the traces of lightning in the air that were still present. Since he had gained insights into the extreme yang of lightning, he could very well tell that this was caused by the Tribulation lightning itself.
"Nope, it was done by you. Or more accurately your body." Lin Wu replied to Wang Xiong.
"What?" Wang Xiong questioned, still feeling confused.
"We can talk about this later. Right now we have more important things to do." Lin Wu stated.
"What do we do now then?" Wang Xiong asked.
"Well… I'd say just do what you want. I've set up the stage for you, do the rest." Lin Wu said.
Wang Xiong's gaze stiffened and he nodded his head. He could tell that while all this seemed problematic, there may be some ways with which he could resolve this all. After looking around he found the elders who were still shivering in the corner, their defensive tools active.
"Alright senior. I won't disappoint you." Wang Xiong replied with determination.
Lin Wu hummed in response before making his body which was in the form of an armor, glow brightly. The people who were still awake were scared by this and were thinking that it may be their turn to be killed next.
But then when the light stopped, they saw Wang Xiong floating there without his armor. Lin Wu had taken this opportunity to get away and dug deep into the ground. There was already a crater below Wang Xiong due to the impact from the tribulation lightning and thus it wasn't hard for him to make use of that as a disguise.
Lin Wu didn't go too far though. He was still observing the situation and wanted to see how it would proceed. He had done enough to make Wang Xiong seem like a genius which he hoped would sway the opinion of the sect.
"The rest of them should be coming right about… now." Lin Wu muttered as he saw hundreds of cultivators flying towards the Central battle stage.
The most eye catching one from them was a middle aged man who was exuding strong spirit Qi fluctuations. The strongest that Lin Wu had seen till now.
"That must be the Dao Shell realm sect patriarch of the Frozen Cloud sect." Lin Wu recognized.
There were more of the Dao shell realm cultivators among the group, but the spirit Qi fluctuations coming from them were far less. Evidently, those were the head elders of the sect. Overall, six Dao shell realm cultivators had shown themselves while four more were still hidden where Lin Wu had seen them on the map.
"WHO IS BEHIND ALL THIS!" The sect patriarch questioned in a thunderous voice.
Wang Xiong looked up at the powerful man and gritted his teeth before flying up to meet him.
"I am the one who did all this sect patriarch." Wang Xiong stated fearlessly.
"You!? You killed your fellow disciples?" The sect patriarch questioned with a stern gaze.
"They forced my hand patriarch. They have become corrupt with power and were abusing it. I reckon others elders will very well verify my claims." Wang Xiong said as he gestured towards three elders who were at the side.
The three elders looked at Wang Xiong and suddenly felt a dangerous aura lock on to them. They couldn't tell where it was coming from, but they knew if they did not act quickly, they may be in mortal danger.
"YES PATRIARCH! What Wang Xiong says is right! Niu San and his two companions intended to use the authority of the Discipline hall to suppress a genius like Wang Xiong." The elder quickly spoke.
"Yes, yes, patriarch. He was even forced to undergo a heavenly tribulation so that he could compete against the core disciples." The second elder spoke.
Surprise could now be seen in the eyes of the patriarch. While he had seen the heavenly tribulation and knew someone was having a breakthrough. But from looking at Wang Xiong, he couldn't tell that he had newly broken through.
If a cultivator broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, their cultivation base would take a while to stabilize and their aura would fluctuate a lot. But nothing of that sort could be felt from Wang Xiong. In fact, now that the patriarch thought about it, Wang Xiong's aura seemed to be almost comparable to that of an Adolescent Soul Stage Nascent soul realm cultivator.
"You are the one who had the dual layered Heavenly tribulation?" The sect patriarch asked for confirmation.
"Indeed patriarch." Wang Xiong nodded his head and displayed the full extent of his cultivation.
Everyone present here could feel two types of auras coming from Wang Xiong. These auras mixed and separated, sometimes being individual, sometimes together.
"Yin and Yang Duality Physique?" Someone among the head elders recognized.
~Gasp~
Shocked gasps spread among everyone as they heard about the legendary physique.
"AHAHAHA! MY FROZEN CLOUD SECT FINALLY HAS A TRUE GENIUS!" The sect patriarch laughed out loud, completely pushing aside the matter of three core disciples being killed.
"Bingo!" As soon as Lin Wu heard this, he knew his job here was mostly done.
He still waited and saw the rest of the events, which progressed rather quickly. The patriarch ordered this matter to be investigated and Lin Wu conveniently cleared the recordings of the recording formation of the central battle stage.
He also left some traces of Niu San and his companions on the formation node, which only smeared their identities further. Sanctions were issued against the discipline hall and their members went a shift.
Lin Wu discovered that the sect patriarch had actually been bothered by the Discipline hall for a long time but couldn't act against them due to the sect's rules. These were rules that were embedded into the main formation array of the sect by the ancestors and could not be changed.
Wang Xiong had just given him the very opportunity that he had been waiting for and he quickly took it, switching the members of the discipline hall with his own people.
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Overall, everything went much better than Lin Wu had expected. Wang Xiong himself was on cloud nine after all that happened as a lot of his problems had been solved with Lin Wu's intervention.
Not only had they had absolved Wang Xiong of all charges, but he had also actually been directly promoted to Chief disciple and would be directly under the tutelage of the sect patriarch. This was a time for great celebration for the sect, since they have not had a Chief disciple in nearly two hundred years now.
While the frozen cloud sect had a lot of core disciples, none of them were qualified to become a chief disciple. After all, the position of a chief disciple was not obligatory like that of the core disciples, inner court disciples and outer court disciples.
A chief disciple would only be chosen if the said disciple was said to have great talent and Wang Xiong was overqualified for that.
When his story was heard by the elders and the patriarch, they were stunned to say the least. After all, it was carefully modified by Lin Wu to make it very impactful. Even the companions of Wang Xiong got a part and they were rewarded for their efforts and also got compensation for being targeted all this time.
According to the story, Wang Xiong had been a hardworking disciple for many years. This part was legit and could easily be verified needing no change from Lin Wu. But the part about him gaining the inheritance of a peerless expert was astounding.
Thankfully, since Wang Xiong had gained the clues to the tomb from the sect's own library, Lin Wu didn't have a problem making changes there. He simply changed the part about the location of the tomb of the Taiji Celestial and shifted it to a different part of the forest.
Lin Wu had intentionally done this as he needed an actual place away from the tomb to interact with other powers. The sect was prevented by investigating this when Wang Xiong claimed only the inheritor could access that inheritance grounds and that when it 'opened next time' he would have the authority to take the next contenders.
This was all planned by Lin Wu to slowly gain more followers, but only after they were deemed to be worthy of it, of course. Though he would be needing to make a lot of changes to the Tomb before he could attempt all this.
~Ding~
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TASK COMPLETED: Barrier penetration test
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The system's notification came at this moment, and a smile appeared on Lin Wu's face.
"Time to head to the spirit Qi spring…" Lin Wu muttered to himself before making his way to the underground cave.
The cave was quickly illuminated by Lin Wu's body as he asked the system to start the plan.
~Ding~
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MODIFYING PARAMETERS: Please initiate intrusion
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"Alright, here we go…" Lin Wu said before extending his tail and pressing it on the barrier of the spirit Qi spring.
Qi amplification was in full effect as the faint layer of spirit Qi that had been modified by the Sapphire meridians.
~shua~
Soon a small hole was opened in the barrier, which was about the size of a pinhead. Lin Wu kept on pouring more and more spirit Qi which kept on expanding the hole. Soon it reached a size through which Lin Wu could easily pass through. He had already shrunk his body to the smallest size possible, which made it a bit more convenient.
Once Lin Wu passed through the hole successfully it closed behind him.
"Alright, first part is done. Time for the next step." Lin Wu said before bringing up a window.
"System, begin the changes to the formation array." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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REROUTING SPIRIT QI: Site elected- Main reservoir
INCREASING OUTPUT: Auxiliary spirit Qi spring output increase to 60%
REDUCING OUTPUT: Current spirit Qi spring output decreased to 0%
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Since there were multiple sources of spirit Qi in the sect and all of them were operating at 50% what Lin Mu did was to simply increase that by 10% and stopping the output from this spirit Qi spring completely.
This way it would seem like that everything was normal and the rest of the spirit Qi sources will be compensating for the missing source. Lin Wu knew that the sect probably did not direly check up on the spirit Qi springs as they did for the spirit stone mines for mining.
Thus he expected that they would not discover this for a very long time.
"Hehe, all this went well. Now for the main part." Lin Wu said before approaching the spring. The moment his body touched the liquid spirit Qi, he felt incredibly comfortable.
"Ahh~ this is comparable to the hot springs of my past life, even though it is not hot." Lin Wu said in pleasure.
He forcibly controlled himself and went to the center of the spring. He then swam to the bottom of it where the source crystal of the spirit Qi spring was located.
"There you are," Lin Wu said as he touched the source crystal before storing it in the inventory.
~Huala~
An instantaneous effect could be seen upon the disappearance of the source crystal. The ambient spirit Qi in the ground started to reduce while the liquid spirit Qi started to dissipate.
"Oh? May as well take it all rather than to waste it. Hehe." Lin Wu reckoned before swallowing the liquid spirit Qi in large gulps while also absorbing it through his body itself.
~shua~
The level of the spring started to fall at a visible pace as it got taken by Lin Wu. The Host data screen of Lin Wu was updating and the numbers started to increase. It took Lin Wu about five minutes to absorb what was probably a century's worth of accumulation of the sect.
"Ah~ Free stuff is always so good." Lin Wu stated when he heard the notification by the system.
~Ding~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 351,276 units (liquid spirit Qi)
HOST CULTIVATION: Infant stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/1,500,000] units (liquid spirit qi)
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 1,368,911 units [liquid spirit qi]
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Lin Wu had spent quite a bit of spirit Qi in helping Wang Xiong breakthrough and also to get him through the heavenly tribulation. In fact, it took Lin Wu more spirit Qi to control the tribulation lightning than it took him to push Wang Xiong past his bottleneck.
But now that he had absorbed all the spirit Qi in the spirit Qi spring, he had not only gotten that amount back, but he had also made a little profit on top of it. Lin Wu felt happy about this as it had put him closer to his own breakthrough to the Child stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Still, Lin Wu would a lot more spirit Qi than just the minimum amount needed to upgrade as he needed to do other things as well. There were the needs of the system and the analysis that it would do along with the other cultivation techniques Lin Wu was using.
Even the Undaunted Sapphire Body Art took up a part of his spirit Qi as he was only practicing it for its unique effect of changing his meridians into sapphire meridians. And now using it to refine spirit Qi.
If he really used it to do that, his speed of refinement would be lesser than that of the Taiji Dual Unity Scripture. Having said that, Lin Wu now needed to leave the area quickly as he still didn't know how the barrier would react.
The barrier would stand for a few more months or even years, but eventually, its integrity would fall and the sect would notice it. The formation would send an alarm when the barrier disappears as well.
Lin Wu couldn't change this part and he didn't intend to either. After all, he already got what he wanted and it would be better if he didn't interfere more. Now all he needed to do was wait and watch things while slowly guided some things from the back.
"Alright, let's head out." Lin Wu said before placing his tail on the barrier and repeating what he had done before.
A few minutes later, a hole large enough for him to pass was opened up and Lin Wu escaped through it. He then went up and took one last look around the sect before deciding to leave. He had already placed a new communication jade slip in Wang Xiong's spatial storage ring when he had helped him and would issue instructions from it.
Plus, this new jade slip actually had a few more functions that Lin Wu had added. The system had improved upon the previous design and had made a new version that could work due to Wang Xiong having a stronger cultivation base.
These functions would allow Wang Xiong to scan the books and records in the sect, which would then be transmitted to the system. In short, Lin Wu had made the Jade slip into a small scanner. Though the energy consumption of it was high and a core condensation realm cultivator would also find it difficult to sustain the use.
'Hopefully, once I set up this spirit Qi spirit source crystal in the tomb, it would have more energy to do complex tasks. The range of teleportation should also increase by quite a bit. Thought getting that main source below the Dark Bloom caverns is a must.' Lin Wu thought.
Now that he had seen the sect patriarch of the Frozen cloud sect and the other high elders, who were all at the Dao Shell realm, the other rulers of the Millennium forest seemed to be weak to him.
Not only that, but he also realized why the beasts had managed to survive till now. If the sects wanted to, they would be able to wipe out all the Rulers of the forest in one go, but the reason they didn't do that was that the forest brought them benefits.
The disciples got to train there and find resources along with the forest acting as a sort of barrier between the kingdom's borders. Overall, there were more benefits for there to be the forest than for it to not be.
Another thing was that Lin Wu had figured out the reason why the Ling Kingdom had declared the part of the millennium forest as a forbidden zone, even though there were many stronger sects that could go there.
The reason was simple… they simply could not be bothered to investigate it further. The stronger cultivators would not find it worth their time while the weak ones would only be in danger. Thus they decided the best option would be to declare it as a forbidden zone and save the paperwork.
This became advantageous to Lin Wu though, so he couldn't complain. This was all that Lin Wu thought while he was traveling. He was now about halfway to the millennium forest, and more than a day had passed since he left the sect.
'Wonder how Shirong is doing…' Lin Wu thought before leaving instructions to his main body to return to the forest and letting his consciousness to go back to his avatar.
The moment Lin Wu opened his eyes, he found himself surrounded by people.
"Huh? We're in a city?" Lin Wu realized.
Shirong was walking through the streets and Lin Wu was currently kept inside the ring. But even then the passive perception of the avatar was focused on the outside while recording everything that he saw.
"Let's see what all happened in the past few days…" Lin Wu muttered to himself as he went through the memories.
Shirong had traveled quite a distance and had also slaughtered a lot of beasts, providing Lin Wu's avatar with some spirit Qi. Although most of it was used up in flying, he still got to save about 10% from all that.
They were now in a different kingdom that went by the name 'Ivory Heron Dynasty.' This was a kingdom that was about the same size as that of the Ling Kingdom and had a similar power dynamic as well.
Though there was one thing that Lin Wu found to be different.
"That's a lot of ducks."
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Looking around, Lin Wu saw a lot of ducks. Or more accurately, people wearing clothes with duck patterns on them.
"Either they are big fans of ducks or there's some festival going…" Lin Wu said.
"System, what's the info on this kingdom?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The Ivory Heron Dynasty is a mid level kingdom that has existed for two thousand years. They are famous for their rivalry against the Ebony Duck Dynasty. Their patron beast is the Ivory Heron, which is said to be an Immortal Beast.
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There was more detailed information added to the second window that Lin Wu went through, but he had gotten the information about the question that was bugging him. But it still didn't answer why he was seeing ducks here.
"If this is the Ivory Heron Dynasty, shouldn't there be Herons here and not ducks?" Lin Wu wondered.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The rivalry between the two kingdoms of Ivory Heron Dynasty and Ebony Duck Dynasty goes for thousands of years. It was said that both of them were established by eccentric kings who had the bloodlines of the respective beasts.
Both the Ivory Heron and the Ebony Ducks are immortal beasts and were considered to be unparalleled in their might among the bird beasts according to the records. But, according to the system's analysis, this may be mere propaganda.
Even if the beasts are immortal beasts, the royalty of the kingdom does not even have a trace of their bloodline left in them. Otherwise they would be comparable to the Three Great Clans; the Long clan, The Gui Clan and The Hu Clan.
Every year they would hold a competition between the two kingdoms which would be hosted alternately each year. This time the host is the Ivory Heron Dynasty.
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"Huh… so they're like… Sports fans?" Lin Wu realized.
The whole situation felt hilarious to him, which made him look into it more. He read the info in the window and learned that the winner of the last year's competition was the Ivory Heron Dynasty and they had been winning for three years straight now.
This made Lin Wu wonder what Shirong was thinking about it and looked at him. Shirong though, seemed to be at ease about this all and didn't pay attention to it one bit. Instead of that he just kept cultivating silently even while walking.
"Man's become focused huh…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
He looked at the map and saw that they were just a few days away from the Dread Coil marsh, though if they rushed there they may reach it in less than three days. This made Lin Wu wonder why Shirong had taken a halt in this city. In the last few memories, Shirong had directly bypassed most of the cities when he passed over them.
Lin Wu continued observing the sights and finally saw Shirong moving towards one of the better looking buildings in the city. Lin Wu read the name board and discovered that this was the City hall.
Shirong casually strolled in and entered a locked room by snapping its door off the hinges.
"What the hell…" Lin Wu couldn't help but say.
Inside the room, a man was sitting. He had a stunned look on his face, which was probably due to Shirong bursting in unannounced and breaking the door. Though after a moment of astonishment, the man stood up.
"M-master Shirong!" The man recognized.
"You've got some guts, Yu Guowei!" Shirong said in a stern tone.
'So they know each other.' Lin Wu thought.
"Where are all the records of the expedition and why were they not updated? The clan is not happy with you." Shirong said, his gaze turning serious.
~thud~
Yu Guowei directly kneeled on the ground and bowed.
"P-Please forgive me, Young master. This was not my intention, but my hand's are forced. All the records that we gathered were destroyed." Yu Guowei answered.
"Insolence! You dare lie!?" Shirong questioned, arcs of electricity already flickering around his body.
"I tell the truth young master, I'm willing to take a blood oath!" Yu Guowei hurriedly replied.
"Oh? You are now, huh? Then DO IT!" Shirong scoffed.
Yu Guowei seemed to be a bit taken aback by Shirong's response, but nodded his head.
"I Yu Guowei swear upon my lifeblood that I will speak the truth and only the truth to young master Shirong! If I lie, may my life be extinguished by the world!" Yu Guowei said with slight hesitation.
A powerful aura emanated from Yu Guowei's body before calming down. This was the aura of the world itself and would only appear when an oath like this was taken. Taking an oath like this was no easy thing and it could be seen from Yu Guowei's face, which had gone a few shades pale as if he had lost some blood.
Seeing that the man had kept up his end of the bargain, Shirong nodded his head and decided to give him a chance.
"Explain… Explain to me what exactly happened at the Dread Coil marsh and where is my uncle." Shirong demanded.
~Sigh~
"Everything was strange from the very start, but master Quan did not want to stop the expedition and wanted to continue it. Of course, the Dread Coil marsh has always been dangerous and the ghosts there are a problem too.
Even if they don't trouble most cultivators of a high cultivation, they can still be a pain. After a month at the marsh, our people started to get strange nightmares and they got anxious.
This anxiety turned into paranoia, and they started to act crazy after another month. By that time, even Master Quan wanted to stop the expedition, but it had been too late. Our people started disappearing and the ones who tried to find them were killed.
Eventually, Master Quan decided to check it out personally and went deep into the marsh… only to never return. The records which we had so painfully made were all destroyed in a fire.
The strange thing was… the vault they were kept in was never opened and the fire only burned those records and nothing else there." Yu Guowei answered.
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Lin Wu who had also been listening to Yu Guowei's words, felt it all to be quite eerie. It reminded him of those B class trashy horror movies of his past life that were cringy yet felt good to watch while drunk.
Expect in this case it was all real, which meant he would have to deal with all of the happenings. It made Lin Wu feel both anxious and excited.
"Wonder how those ghosts actually look like and act?" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
While Lin Wu was entertaining himself with his thoughts, Shirong on the other hand, was not entertained at all. Unlike Yu Guowei, he could understand the reasons behind all these incidents and had a few guesses.
"Didn't Uncle say that you guys had found some organization in the Dread Coil Marsh? What about them? Are they suspects?" Shirong questioned.
"That sect? Yes, we did encounter their members but they all escaped. They're more slippery than eels and know the marsh like the back of their hand. We couldn't keep up once they started running.
And not only that, they have some unique skills that help them in the marsh. They are quite expert in blending in with the area and can hide their presence as well.
Among everyone in our team, only Master Quan and a couple of others could actually sense them. The rest of us were depending on spirit tools that are used for sensing by even they got lost along with the other members." Yu Guowei answered.
Shirong felt like all of this was much worse than he had thought. He was thankful that he had chosen to break through to the Nascent Soul realm beforehand or it would have become difficult for him when he got to the Marsh.
One had to know his uncle Ji Quan was at the Peak of the Nascent soul realm and was even at the Dao Shell realm once upon a time. His cultivation had regressed due to him becoming injured a long time ago but he still had a lot of his skills and was not an easy person to defeat.
With Shirong being at the Nascent Soul realm, he would at least be able to sense these sect members.
"Do you have any more information? Anything, even the smallest smidgen of it will help." Shirong asked.
Yu Guowei shook his head, but then suddenly thought of something.
"Wait, young master, there is something. But I don't know if it's related to the Dread Coil Marsh." Yu Guowei said.
"Oh, tell me." Shirong ordered.
"The presence of a Nascent soul realm cultivator was felt recently. It came from the east and went to the west. It didn't pass over the city, but about ten kilometers away. Though no one actually saw the cultivator in person, so we think it may actually be a cultivator traveling." Yu Guowei replied.
"Aren't there a few Nascent Soul realms in the city already for the Tournament? How recent are you talking about?" Shirong questioned.
"It wasn't someone from the tournament." Yu Guowei shook his head, "it happened over a month ago. Some of the city's Nascent soul realm cultivators even went to check it out, but found nothing." He added.
"Hmm… it could be nothing… but I'll keep it in mind." Shirong replied.
There were far too many variables in this for Shirong to make a proper guess. Even that Nascent Soul realm cultivator could have just been a random person that was passing by. Lin Wu couldn't think of much either and just kept on listening.
"Ah, I almost forgot. System did you update the map with the new information of the city?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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NOTIFICATION: Map has been updated, since the arrival of the host in the city. The markers are currently set to the default filter thus cannot be seen. If the host want's he can switch it to see the different things on the map.
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"Ah, no wonder I didn't see anything there." Lin Wu spoke.
He switched the filter to cultivators and saw the thousands of markers popping up all over the map. Lin Wu increased the restriction to cultivators that were at the Nascent soul realm and above before checking the results.
"Oh? Quite a few Nascent soul realm cultivators were along with a couple of Dao Shell realm ones as well." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
He checked their location and found them to be all over the city with the two Dao Shell realm cultivators in the location where the Palace was located. He reckoned that the Dao Shell realm cultivators should be part of the Royal clan or something like that.
As for the Nascent soul realm cultivators, there were over ten of them in the city and they were concentrated in a few pockets. Having seen this, Lin Wu switched the filter again to places of interest where he could scan more information like the libraries and found there to be five of those.
"Hmm… I guess I got tonight's task cut out." Lin Wu said.
Lin Wu had been intending to collect as much information he could to upgrade the system's data banks and this new kingdom was the perfect target.
"Alright, system scan and prepare the best routes to those markers." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Parameters selected
ANALYZING PARAMETERS: Plotting Route
PLOTTING COMPLETE: Optimum Route has been charted and the navigation can be activated upon the host's discretion.
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"Perfect." Lin Wu praised.
Shirong talked with Yu Guowei about a few more things before deciding to leave. Lin Wu learned that Yu Guowei was actually one of the external members of the Ji clan and had been assigned to the Capital city of the Ivory Heron Dynasty.
He had become one of the administrators here and was quite influential. Even the responsibility of holding the yearly tournament between the Ivory Heron Dynasty and Ebony Duck Dynasty fell on his shoulders.
Though Shirong did not care for any of these things and just wanted information on his mission.
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