So this is how the monthly keyword updates work.
Only one entry can be refreshed at a time. If a better entry is found, it will directly replace the existing entry. If the entry is not good, it will be discarded.
Ling Yi currently possesses four "Death Squad" entries.
Green Self-Destruct, Red Damage Transfer, White Wisdom, and white enhances cesium.
Self-Destruct, Self-Destruct cannot be replaced by Damage Transfer or using Wisdom, is currently the only effective way for suicide squads to kill enemies.
Damage Transfer is a means of survival, but it cannot be used to replace an injured person.
Wisdom can save Ling Yi a lot of trouble and make it much easier to control the assassins.
They cannot be replaced either; otherwise, these assassins would become mere puppets, and their lethality would be greatly reduced.
The only thing that can be replaced is enhancement.
Doubling your overall physical fitness doesn't actually have much of an effect.
Even if the power is doubled, he's still just an ordinary person, not even comparable to Third Rate Martial Practitioner. This slight increase is negligible.
Ignore 20% defense is already pretty impressive.
It should be understood that the Self-Destruct assassins can only injure Martial Practitioner at or below the Acquired Realm. For Innate Martial Practitioner, Internal Energy is transformed into True Yuan, the power of their Self-Destruct is simply insufficient to break through their defenses.
Of course, if the explosions continue and the True Yuan is exhausted, even Martial Practitioner at the Innate Realm can be killed.
However, this doesn't apply to Martial Practitioner are at the Master or above.
Once you reach the Master, you start manipulating the Heaven and Earth Genki. As long as the Heaven and Earth Genki doesn't dissipate, you can't break through Master's defenses.
When you reach the Grandmaster, you become even more powerful. They not only manipulate the Heaven and Earth Genki, but also the power of heaven and earth.
Then there's even less chance of breaking through the defenses.
But with this 20% defense- Ignore bonus, not to mention Grandmaster, even Land Immortal can break through defenses.
If you can break through their defenses, you can kill them.
Chain explosions, endless explosions—even if each explosion only deals 1 point of damage, it can lead to an infinite chain kill.
"Next time I want to add a new entry slot, I'll need to reach 10,000 kills!" Ling Yi muttered.
Based on this calculation, to reach 10 kill counts, would you need to reach 1 billion?
Ling Yi shook his head, thinking that he'd probably have enough power to max out all the stats in his lifetime.
One billion! The entire Central Plains region combined probably doesn't even have a billion people right now, does it?
Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it. Things will work themselves out eventually. Ling Yi turned and went back to her room to sleep.
The next morning, Ling Yi packed a few things and left Green Mountain Town with more than a hundred assassins.
It should be noted that the remaining assassins were sent out by Ling Yi last night to act freely.
Ling Yi's orders to them were simple: arrive at Mount Song ahead of time and gather intelligence along the way.
Ling Yi divided them into eleven groups of one hundred.
Every day, they receive the memories of each group of assassins through Sharing Perception, thereby gaining more information about the Jianghu.
He himself arranged for a rather luxurious carriage and slowly made his way towards Mount Song.
A so-called luxury carriage is actually just a larger carriage, stronger horses, and a more comfortable interior layout.
When Ling Yi left Green Mountain Town, he was unaware that several figures were standing on the tallest building in the Green Mountain Town, watching him.
There were exactly four men and five women.
Well, if we consider Dongfang Bubai as a woman.
The four men are Zhang Wuji, the Ming Cult; Yang Xiao, the vice leader; Yang Xiao, the former leader and current vice leader of the Sun Moon Sect; and Zhuge Zhengwo of the Divine Constabulary Ren Woxing.
The five women are Shangguan Haitang, one of the four secret agents of the Dragon Guarding Manor; Emotionless, one of the Four Great Constables of the Divine Constabulary; Dongfang Bubai, Yaoyue leader of the Sun Moon Sect; and Yaoyue, the first palace master of the Flower Transferring Palace, Lianxing, the second palace master.
These people should belong to different martial arts Jianghu, or even different factions, but now they have all gathered together because of the Tianxia Society.
"What do you think of Ling Yi?" Ren Woxing asked first.
"I don't understand it, I can't see through it!" Zhang Wuji shook his head.
Ren Woxing was at the Innate Fifth Layer, and his strength was not considered high among these people.
Zhang Wuji was at the Pinnacle of the Innate Realm, just one step away from entering the Master Realm.
Like Zhang Wuji, Dongfang Bubai was also at the Pinnacle of the Innate Realm, just one step away from Master.
Yang Xiao, Emotionless, Shangguan Haitang, and Lianxing are all at the Innate Realm, specifically at the Middle Xiantian -late stage.
Only Yaoyue and Zhuge Zheng the strongest among them.
Yaoyue is Master Seventh Stage, Zhuge Zhengwo is Master Fifth Stage.
"These assassins..." Zhuge Zhengwo stroked his beard, his brows furrowed.
"Not human." Yaoyue added to Zhuge Zhengwo's words.
"It seems that Moon Palace feels the same way I do. These assassins have no human aura whatsoever, and they do give the impression of not being human, yet they are clearly human."
"No, they are not human." Yaoyue shook her head.
Compared to Zhuge Zhengwo, her Perception was more acute.
"How so?" Zhuge Zhengwo asked.
"My cultivation of the Mingyu Gong is nearing Perfection. I can now Perception life Aura that ordinary Martial Practitioner cannot Perception. All living beings possess life force; even a flower or a blade of grass has the will to live."
Even when a living being dies, as long as the body remains intact, it will retain the life force; only inanimate objects lack the life force.
"And these things, however, have no trace of life."
"But they are clearly human. Ling Yi must have used evil magic to turn them into inanimate objects," Shangguan Haitang said.
"No, they are not human. If they were human, they would have a life Aura. Humans cannot be made into inanimate objects. If they were truly human, even if they were death puppets, they would still have a life Aura." Yaoyue shook her head again.
Dongfang Bubai asked in a masculine voice that was completely out of character for her, "Are you saying that these assassins weren't Refinement from humans at all, but were originally inanimate objects?"
Yaoyue nodded. "When I was young, I went to the Great Qin. There were a few special cultivators there who could draw paper figures using certain methods; their methods were truly amazing."
"These assassins are mostly similar individuals."
"Drawing paper to depict people? Is there such a thing as drawing paper to depict people?" Ren Woxing exclaimed in surprise.
"But why does Ling Yi have no cultivation at all? If he has no cultivation, how could he create these assassins?" Zhang Wuji asked.
Yaoyue shook her head. "That's not Martial Practitioner's technique; it can't be judged from Martial Practitioner's perspective."
"Are you talking about Qi Refining?" Zhuge Zhengwo asked.
"Yes, it must be the method of Qi Refining Refiner. Qi Refining Refiners are different from Martial Practitioner; they follow a completely different path of Martial Practitioner. It's normal that we can't see Ling Yi's cultivation level."
"I never imagined that Qi Refining Refiners actually exist in this world. I always thought it was just Legend," Zhuge Zhengwo said, his eyes full of inquiry.
"What do we do next?" Zhang Wuji asked.
Zhang Wuji asked this not because he didn't know what to do, but because he wanted to hear everyone's opinions; he actually already had a plan.
"According to the message relayed by Life Chaser, Bu Jingyun did not go directly to Mount Song, but instead headed south to Dali," Zhuge Zhengwo said.
" Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm?" Dongfang Bubai's eyes flickered as he spoke.
"That Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm is no simple matter. Without the strength of Grandmaster or above, one cannot even get close to it, or one will be frozen into an ice sculpture in an instant," Zhuge Zhengwo said.
"Our primary objective is to ensure that the Innate Pill does not fall into Xiongba's hands. Our secondary objective is to deal with Bu Jingyun. As for Ling Yi, we can ignore him for now."
"We'll go to Mount Song first to meet with Perfected Zhang, and then we'll make further plans."
"I'm quite curious about Ling Yi. You go ahead, I'll be there shortly," Yaoyue said.
" Moon Palace, you're probably coveting the methods of this Ling Yi Qi Refining, aren't you?" Dongfang Bubai sneered.
"I do covet it!" Yaoyue nodded in admission.
He then glanced at everyone and said, "Who among us doesn't covet it?"
"But I must tell you that Martial Practitioner and Qi Refining cultivators cannot coexist. Once you become Martial Practitioner, you Facheng Qi Refining cultivator, and vice versa."
Zhuge Zhengwo nodded in confirmation. "I have indeed heard of this saying."
Despite this, many still coveted the abilities of Qi Refining.
You can't practice it yourself, but you can train new Qi Refining cultivators!
Qi Refining cultivators are shrouded in mystery, and there are many Legend.
It is said that powerful Qi Refining cultivators can Overturning Rivers and Seas and reverse the heavens and earth with a wave of their hands, and can Longevity forever, never aging or dying.
The important thing is this immortality.
"Don't worry, I will arrive at Mount Song on time and won't delay our business." Yaoyue glanced at everyone, then her Ying Yi and disappeared from the spot.
"What this Moon Palace truly covets is probably not just the Qi Refining technique, but Ling Yi himself," said Emotionless, who had remained silent until now.
Everyone nodded, but their primary task now was to Innate Pill.
Compared to the Void the Ethereal Qi Refining, the Innate Pill is the key focus.
"Is this Ling Yi really Qi Refining Refiner?" Zhang Wuji asked, glancing at Emotionless.
"His methods and condition are very similar to those of Legend Qi Refining Refiner, so he is most likely Qi Refining Refiner," Zhuge Zhengwo, stroking his Little Mustache.
Without Martial Practitioner cultivation, yet able to Summon assassins out of thin air, this perfectly matches the characteristics of Qi Refining cultivator in Legend.
"Let's go. While Bu Jingyun is heading to Dali, we can head to Mount Song ahead of time and make preparations in advance," Zhuge Zhengwo said.
Everyone nodded; they all understood perfectly well what was more important.
The Tianxia Society is now the true enemy of the entire Great Ming Jianghu and the Great Ming Dynasty court.
As for Qi Refining cultivators, even if they obtain the methods of Qi Refining, they still need time to practice.
Unlike them, Yaoyue 'Yaoyue Flower Transferring Palace was located at the border between the Great Ming and Great Qing dynasties.
Strictly speaking, Flower Transferring Palace does not entirely belong to the Jianghu (martial arts world) of the Great Ming.
The Yaoyue came here was also for the Innate Pill.
However, after learning that Ling Yi was most likely Qi Refining Refiner, how could everyone not have their own thoughts?
It's just that it's not as obvious as Yaoyue's behavior right now.
On the other side, Yaoyue and Lianxing flew through the treetops at great speed, catching up with Ling Yi's luxurious carriage in the blink of an eye.
The two women stopped in the treetops, their feet resting on the branches, watching Ling Yi's carriage.
"Sister, why did you tell Zhuge Zhengwo and the others about the Qi Refining?" Lianxing asked.