I'm in the Demonic Sect, but my cultivation techniques are being used for palace intrigue!

Upon hearing the words of the figure in black, Zhu Jingguang instantly realized who the person in front of him was!

Clearly, the person in front of him was the same Qi Refining Perfection cultivator who had been killed by him earlier, the one behind Senior Sister Tan!

Zhu Jingguang's mind raced with various thoughts, but his expression instantly shifted to one of respectfulness: "I will obey Senior Brother's orders, but I wonder... what exactly was the task Senior Brother assigned to Senior Sister Tan?"

At the same time, the black-robed figure in the projection looked at Zhu Jingguang with such an attitude and was very satisfied.

Then, as if bestowing a favor, the black-robed figure slowly spoke:

"The Great Sun Sword... I should have handed over the 'Yin-Yang Reversal Sun-Gathering Yang Scripture' to you, right?"

"I need you to use this technique to absorb the vital energy of at least one hundred men over the next month!"

"If you accomplish this, I will not only erase your previous crime of murdering Tan Yuehong, but I will also ensure that you receive the same treatment as Tan Yuehong—traveling within the sect under the name of my 'Yuanyang' forces!"

"From this day forward, no outer disciple of our sect will dare to lay a hand on you!"

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Upon hearing the words of the black-robed figure, Zhu Jingguang chuckled inwardly—no one dares to attack me? You must have forgotten that the last person to walk within the sect under the name of your "Yuanyang" faction, Tan Yuehong, was killed by my newly appointed faction leader!

I, Zhu Jingguang, killed your men, and not only did you not avenge them, you even want me to become your next leader...

So it seems your "Yuanyang" troops aren't all that impressive after all!

Of course, Zhu Jingguang only dared to think these words to himself, but on the surface, he still put on an expression of ecstatic joy and tearful gratitude.

Seeing this, the black-robed figure in the projection seemed even happier!

After offering a few meaningless words of encouragement to Zhu Jingguang and reminding him of the restriction that he must absorb primordial yang as a man, the black-robed figure severed its connection with Zhu Jingguang's projection.

  

The moment the black-robed figure disconnected the projection, Zhu Jingguang tossed the outer disciple token back into his storage bag.

Afterwards, Zhu Jingguang began to ponder the information revealed in the words of the black-robed figure earlier.

"Clearly, this figure in black robes must be the person behind Senior Sister Tan... In this respect, it's not much different from what the Great Sun Sword told me before!"

"Furthermore, the Great Sun Sword had previously mentioned the task of absorbing male yang energy using the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Daily Yang-Gathering Scripture technique, but... there's a significant difference in the task's duration and quantity!"

Previously, the Great Sun Sword said it would absorb the vital essence of thirty men within three months, but today this black-robed figure says it will require absorbing the vital essence of at least one hundred men within one month…

"Compared to what the Great Sun Sword said, I have two months less time to complete the mission, but the number of objectives I need to eliminate has increased by seventy!"

"With time running out, has the workload also become heavier?"

"More importantly, according to what the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Sutra previously stated, the Great Sun Sword's goal from beginning to end was never for me to obediently complete the mission; its goal... was simply to refine me into a magical artifact!"

"But now, the people behind Senior Sister Tan have come directly to me and asked me to complete the mission..."

"This means... something must have happened to the person behind Senior Sister Tan. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to assign a task to someone I've never met before!"

"However, this is actually a good thing for me—because it will give me a month of peace and quiet!"

"And I could, during this time, try to use the formation in my stone chamber to trap and kill the Great Sun Sword!"

"Anyway, the person behind Senior Sister Tan only said that the Great Sun Sword wouldn't bother me during this time, but he didn't tell me not to go looking for trouble with the Great Sun Sword during this period!"

"As for the task assigned to the person behind Senior Sister Tan... while I definitely won't do it myself, I can easily outsource it!"

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Soon, Zhu Jingguang selected the outsourcing candidate... Well, actually, it shouldn't be said that he selected the candidate, but rather that he "designated" one. After all, he knew only a limited number of people within the Demonic Sect, and among the outer sect members, besides the deceased Senior Sister Tan, the Great Sun Sword who had a grudge against him, and the black-robed figure that had just been projected, he only knew Zhao Shigang, who had bought Senior Sister Tan's corpse!

"So, next, I'll go ask Zhao Shigang if he's interested in outsourcing this task!"

"If not, I'll have him introduce me to someone who might take on this task!"

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Having made up his mind, Zhu Jingguang set off for Zhao Shigang's residence without saying another word.

However, before heading to Zhao Shigang's residence, Zhu Jingguang had two things to do!

The first thing to do is to search the corpse—the body of the blood-clad man who was just killed by Zhu Jingguang is still in this stone chamber!

Zhu Jingguang quickly examined the blood-stained man's corpse and obtained four items: the blood-stained clothes, the blood-stained sword, the crying-laughing mask, and the storage bag.

The first three items—the Blood-stained Robe, the Blood-stained Sword, and the Crying and Laughing Mask—are all mid-stage Qi Refining level magical artifacts, and are even among the finest mid-stage Qi Refining level magical artifacts!

Even if Zhu Jingguang sold these three magical artifacts directly, he would still get a considerable amount of spirit stones, not to mention... the blood-clothed man also left behind a storage bag!

However, to Zhu Jingguang's disappointment, the blood-clad man's storage bag contained nothing of value other than two low-grade spirit stones...

"But thinking about it, it makes sense. The blood-robed man with three magical artifacts must have spent all his spirit stones on them. Therefore, it's plausible that he doesn't have any other valuable items in his storage bag!"

After calming himself down a few times, Zhu Jingguang quickly put the blood-stained man's corpse into his storage bag and began to think about the second thing he needed to do.

The second thing Zhu Jingguang needed to do was... he needed to find out Zhao Shigang's address!

That's right, Zhu Jingguang... he had no idea where Zhao Shigang's residence was located!

"Then...who should we ask for Zhao Shigang's address?"

Zhu Jingguang, who had just stepped out of the stone chamber, began to look around.