If the Western Continent had been a pool of stagnant water before this, even faintly giving off a foul stench, its waters so murky that no one could tell whether any living fish remained beneath the surface, then the appearance of the Heaven-Seeking Tower, led by Xue Fuyao, was like dropping a catfish into that stagnant pool.
It thrashed recklessly through the stagnant water, not only churning up all the filth that had sunk to the bottom and been buried beneath the sludge, but also breathing new life into the pool.
Look, hadn't all these lively, leaping fish come out now?
Within the different space, Xue Fuyao looked at the cultivation resources plundered from those annihilated sects, piled into a small mountain. These were merely some of the more precious items, not including the countless low-grade Spirit Stones, ordinary pills, and gold, silver, and treasures, all of which Xue Fuyao had ordered distributed to ordinary people.
Since the Heaven-Seeking Tower wanted to pose as a secluded sect and replace the Buddhist Sect, it certainly needed to win people's hearts.
Accomplishing this required a great deal of manpower. Shadow Five and his few companions certainly weren't enough.
Even summoning Shadow One and the others, every last one of them, would not be enough.
To resolve the manpower shortage, Xue Fuyao taught the Puppet Art to Shadow Five and his companions.
When they had wiped out those sects earlier, they had also brought back quite a few corpses, which were just right as materials for refining puppets.
Incidentally, those people's souls were all in Xue Fuyao's hands as well, currently held inside the Heavenheart Bottle.
Half a month later, Shadow Five and the others gained a basic grasp of the Puppet Art, then began distributing the gold, silver, pills, medicinal herbs, and