Humans are devouring and selling off the heavens.

Chapter 28 Hong: Martial artists must stay in martial arts schools
After everyone finished their transactions, Audrey finally asked the question that had been bothering her for a long time.

Is the Capin case related to the Tarot Society and Mr. Fool?
To this question, Klein did not respond tactfully or indirectly as before, but instead smiled directly and said:

"Yes, he is another of my companions."

Another being with a demigod or higher, perhaps even a Sequence 3 being.

Once again, everyone was amazed by the incredible power of the "Fool".

Klein felt the immense awe and respect in everyone's eyes, and his own thoughts immediately became clear and at ease.

His previous caution and discretion were simply because he lacked power; once he gained power, he naturally no longer needed to pretend.

The tarot session ended amidst cheers praising the Fool.

“Kavituva, the god of the sea…” Klein pondered the name the Hanged Man had mentioned.

The Roside Islands… Klein stroked his chin. Once he dealt with Ince Zangwill, who was still in Backlund, he would go there to take a look.

Klein's desire to find the evil spirit was not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

After absorbing spiritual imprints and sensing the negative pollution within his body, he also began to contemplate some things.

"Whether it's the ritual or the auxiliary materials, they are essentially just to stabilize the soul of the ascendant, or to neutralize the negative contamination in the potion, so that it doesn't get out of control."

"The captain once said that we were pathetic bastards who were obsessed with confrontation... Now it seems that he was right. Confrontation is the essence of this system."

"The reason why the gods need faith is probably because, for them, the faith of mortals is an efficient way to combat madness."

"Yes, that makes sense. People only bestow favors when there is something to gain. Otherwise, why would the gods care about humans and respond to mortal rituals?"

This is Klein's guess.

However, there is another reason.

The faith in the Yangshen world can strengthen the soul, enabling one to reach the level of a creator, or even higher.

Can faith in this world also be considered?
However, he cannot verify these things yet.

After all, this is Backlund, and proclaiming one's faith might very well attract the attention of the true god...

He currently does not know what level he is at, let alone what level an angel-level powerhouse is.

Therefore, Klein did not want to have a conflict with the Church of the True God for the time being. He needed to find some regional evil gods who were inherently evil spirits and belonged to the demigod level...

You have to choose the softest persimmons.

The powerful are called evil gods, and the weak are just wild food, aren't they?
If you hadn't told me, I would have thought that this extraordinary trait had fallen to the ground and no one wanted it.

As for the "fallen" creator, he will eventually settle accounts with him.

However, before that, I need to develop my power, obtain extraordinary traits of a higher rank, and then resell them to the Heavenly Pavilion...

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Meanwhile, in the world of "Swallowed Star," above a massive arsenal, monsters tens or even hundreds of meters tall continuously flew in and then suddenly disappeared.

However, the surrounding residents and workers at the arsenal turned a blind eye to this.

This scene has been going on for almost a month now. At first, they were shocked, but now they're completely numb to it.

Xu Qing hunted monsters and then collected them into the Zhutian Pavilion.

After finishing his hunt for the day, Xu Qing looked into the factory's warehouse.

"Oh, we've already had 900 million Gauss rifles and nearly 100 million tubular pulse guns this month."

"You're working pretty hard."

……

"Damn it, why is my martial arts career like this?"

Inside the factory, Luo Feng, dressed in his worker's clothes, wiped away his sweat. He was about to take a break when he realized his predicament and quickly put his hand down, but it was too late.

"Luo Feng! You've used up your slacking-off quota for today! Don't you want your points anymore?"

Suddenly, Xu Qing's voice came, sounding like a homeroom teacher suddenly appearing at the back door to check on students, startling Luo Feng. "Oh no." The thought had barely crossed Luo Feng's mind when he heard it.

With a whoosh, Xu Qing appeared like a ghost. He swung his whip, leaving a "snap" on Luo Feng's body. Although there was no physical mark, the mental attack hurt so much that Luo Feng almost ground his teeth to powder.

It's not physical pain, it's mental pain.

Seeing this manifestation of mental power, Luo Feng gritted his teeth.

He truly regrets it.

"Forget it, let's keep going. I'll exchange my points, buy the manual, and then leave."

He then focused on manipulating his mental power, simultaneously assembling the hundreds of Gauss rifles in front of him.

In the distance, the sounds of whips and howls continued incessantly, making Luo Feng's scalp tingle. Xu Qing knew how to use his strength; he wouldn't incapacitate someone or kill them, but would only inflict excruciating pain, making them understand the consequences of slacking off.

The arena was filled with wails, as if they had entered an 18th-century slave plantation. They were no longer high-ranking warriors, but black slaves picking cotton on the plantation!
"This looks just like a sweatshop from before the 21st century..."

Luo Feng mentally complained, but he was still too optimistic. How advanced were the sweatshops of the 20th century? Xu Qing was even comparable to the sweatshops of the Victorian era!

If these people didn't still have basic human rights and weren't his slaves, Xu Qing would have whipped them into a spinning top.

Of course, compared to the slave-based theme that devours the universe, Xu Qing's approach can still be considered an improvement.

Luo Feng originally came to become Xu Qing's apprentice.

Speaking of this, it's truly a story full of bitter tears.

After Xu Qing and Hong completed their deal, they immediately made headlines.

He founded a martial arts school, Qingyang Martial Arts School.

Xu Qing also declared: Dragon Blood, Spirit of Plants and Trees, Black God Set, 20x Physical Strength Enhancement Manual, 40x Mental Power Amplification Manual—as long as you have Qingyang Martial Arts School points, you can exchange them all!

Even the secret manual for unleashing power is cheaper than the Spirit of Herbs and Trees!

The moment this news was released, martial artists around the world were in an uproar. Martial artists from various organizations switched sides one after another, and even big shots who surpassed the level of War God wanted to join Qingyang Martial Arts School.

The organization behind them tacitly approved of this situation. After all, it would be a good thing to be able to exchange for something. Even Hong and Thor sent their personal guards to participate.

Luo Feng was one of them. He was so excited by the promise of a pancake that he signed up without hesitation. Now he has been tricked into coming to this "northern Myanmar" "gayaozi".

As soon as everyone arrived, Xu Qing required them to sign a life-or-death contract, stating that once they entered Qingyang Martial Arts School, regardless of whether they were alive, dead, injured, or disabled, it would be none of Qingyang Martial Arts School's business, for a period of one year.

All the martial artists, whether generals or even those surpassing the God of War, signed the contract without the slightest hesitation.

This is also normal.

After all, even martial arts practitioners sign life-or-death contracts during combat assessments.

Moreover, martial artists walk the line between life and death every day. Even if they die, they don't get any compensation for their families. Most of them get their retirement pay arranged by their team members. So what's the big deal about signing a life-or-death contract?

Moreover, the price Xu Qing offered was very tempting.

A secret manual that grants 10 times the power only requires the points accumulated by a beginner-level War God serving in a martial arts school for one year.

With 20 times the physical strength and 40 times the mental strength, one only needs to surpass the points accumulated over a year of service at the God of War level.

But they were dumbfounded after they signed.

Because it was completely different from the martial arts school life they had imagined.

Tens of thousands of martial artists were taken to the "Martial Arts School Headquarters," where everyone stared in disbelief at the enormous arsenal.

As soon as they signed the contract, Xu Qing threw them into this factory.

Is this what you call a martial arts school?
Am I still a martial artist? What did this come from?

Does Master Xu have some misunderstanding about martial arts schools?

Who the hell runs a martial arts school inside an arsenal?
Those who can come to Jiangnan Base City from other base cities all spend 2000 million to travel by passenger fighter jet; they are all prominent figures.

None of these tens of thousands of martial artists were below the level of a general, and some were even more powerful figures than war gods, exceeding the level of hundreds of millions.

The first thing they did when they arrived at the martial arts school was to "tighten screws" like ordinary people, which was truly beyond their expectations.

(End of this chapter)