Number 1 Pill-Servant, Yuan Yao! (1)

"The two of you... I, Yuan Ting, curse you even if I'm going to hell!" Yuan Ting gathered all his might to curse the two people before him. Behind them are multiple piles of corpses that belonged to both Ten Thousand Pills Sect and Polished Jade Tower.

"Big brother, kill him. I'm going to add a few more wounds on the dead bodies as ordered by our elder." the younger twin left them. Moving from one dead body to another, the younger twin left additional wounds like breaking their bones and even ruining their appearance.

This way, they can remove the possibility of getting tracked back to them after this incident.

"Goodbye, brother Yuan Ting."

"Third Level Phantom Lotus Fist!" a three-chain strike hits accurately at Yuan Ting's forehead, throat, and underbelly, right on his Dantian. Yuan Ting coughed a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground with his eyes still open.

Six mountain of dead bodies, some intact, some missing a limb or head. Their total number reaches 1450 servants, 759 of them belonged to the Polished Jade Tower, and 691 of them is with the Ten Thousand Pills Sect.

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At the same time, the battle result in Emerald Serpent Swamp finally came out. 3600 Pill-Servants were killed in this battle, along with 4900 smith's attendant.

Upon their return, the total headcount is calculated with numbers of Spatial Jade Bracelet they brought back. Although only 2900 people managed to return to Steel Refinery this time, all of them had gone through the ritual of blood.

The total number of treasures they brought back is also a shocking amount. Other than the increases of 3600 bracelets, they also bring back supplies enough to be used for the next three years.

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Same time, near Demon Tiger Mountain.

"Clear everything you can find. Pile the body belonged to the three Sects into three piles for their convenience. The soldiers belonged to Earth Fort shall go back and rest." the captain of this battalion gave his order.

"Captain! The Ten Thousand Pills Sect is going to take these treasures with us. Order your people to get out of our way." one of the senior from Ten Thousand Pills Sect come to the captain and made his complaint.

"Ah! Master Alchemist. Do not worry. I will tell my men to leave the treasure for your sect." the captain replied with a smile. After exchanging a few words with the senior from Ten Thousand Pills Sect, he warmly waved his hand on the exit.

Along with a gesture of a thumb drawing across on his neck.

The soldier that was alerted with this sign quietly pull their sword out from the scabbard before stabbing the body of the senior pill-servant.

"Clean it up." that's all the captain said.

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"Go to help others." Yang Guang takes over another 4th Layer cultivator after he killed the first one. It did not take him too much time to kill this guy as well, but Yang Guang must take a short break before he continued.

To reduce the time needed to recover his Soul Qi, Yang Guang absorbs two Soul Jades at once. His wealthy action immediately caught the attention of everyone present.

"Aargh!" the third guy drops dead. This guy is the first person that was attacked by two cultivators at once. Now, the differences between them started to disappear slowly due to Yang Guang's action. Very soon, the fourth and fifth cultivator lost their life along with the few previous people.

This battle slowly sways to the side of Polished Jade Tower.

When Tian Peng and ten or more book-servants coming back from the Inner Region, the scene before them gave everyone a shock. Corpses belonged to the members of Ten Thousand Pills Sect littered around the battlefield.

And surprisingly, only one of the fifteen members died in the battle against the Pill-Servants. Amongst the thirteen 4th Layer Realm cultivators, Yang Guang killed six of them.

"Brother Tian! We won! We won the fight!" the others cheered when they saw Tian Peng coming back. Although the battle ended, it won't hurt to have a few additional help.

"What happened to brother Yang?" Tian Peng checked their injuries and waited for their explanation.

"We think... Brother Yang Guang is undergoing a breakthrough into the 5th Layer of Jade Formation Realm," they replied.

"Brother Yang is breaking through to 5th Layer Realm?" Tian Peng smiled. After making sure that nobody needs his attention, he came to Yang Guang's side to make sure this junior of his is protected.

Yang Guang remains seated on the patch of grasses, with all his attention placed on absorbing and refining his Dantian.

One hour... Two hours...

Three hours later, Yang Guang successfully advances into the 5th Layer of Jade Formation Realm. A surge of excess Soul Qi is removed from his body, along with some impurities within his body.

Once a cultivator reaches the 5th Layer, multiple changes are applied to his body. His meridian is now strengthened along with the bones and flesh, allowing him to advance further in future cultivation.

After this, Yang Guang's next hurdle would be during his advancement from Peak Formation Realm to Assembling Realm. From the 5th Layer onward until the 10th Layer and Peak Formation, Yang Guang will focus on expanding his meridian and refining Soul Qi.

"Congratulation, Brother Yang!" Tian Peng get closer after he notices what happened to Yang Guang. Now, Yang Guang can be said to be the second strongest book-servant in the group, after Tian Peng.

"Thank you, brother Tian. Its..."

"Not bad! Advancing after a battle. But unfortunately, the Polished Jade Tower doesn't have the luck to enjoy these benefits." a voice barge in before Yang Guang completed his sentence. Judging on his voice, he's no weaker than Tian Peng.

"Yuan Yao!" Tian Peng recognized the person behind this voice.

"Tian Peng... Tian Peng... We met again."

"Are you here for another lesson from me?" the top pill-servant of Ten Thousand Pills Sect came forth and provoked Tian Peng.