Arrangements in advance

According to the Emperor's description, the creatures of ancient times were enveloped in a world of chaotic energy, which made them powerful.

The Divine Man Plate can even shatter the heavens with its power; its unparalleled divine strength is unmatched.

The Emperor's introduction is filled with admiration for the powerful, but there is also some overlooked information: in a society where the strong prey on the weak, only the divine beings can reach the top.

After the deity Pan died, many other deities emerged.

Only a very small minority enjoy the benefits of a chaotic world; most people are merely bystanders.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't mind at all that Badun and the others left this world.

Besides reducing his workload of transporting food, this also allowed Zhang Xuezhou to conduct continuous investigations with fewer people, and he might even receive the Emperor's assistance in two or three years.

Zhang Xuezhou's sharing was completely genuine; he even offered to answer people's questions, demonstrating his utmost sincerity.

"I don't understand why you agreed to this!"

After nearly two days of communication and mutual assistance, Ren Yisheng finally found Zhang Xuezhou.

"Badun and Naggs's mental training methods are almost useless against us," Ren Yisheng said. "We're at a disadvantage trading our strength for theirs. If they gain the ability to enter and leave this place, everything will become very passive for us!"

"The outside world needs Badun," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"That reason is not sufficient," Ren Yisheng shook his head.

"If this area holds benefits, even rare benefits," Zhang Xuezhou said, "What would happen once they were found?"

"This place has undergone an almost exhaustive search..."

Ren Yisheng looked around.

Without the towering Soul-Locking Pillar, there would be almost no undulating terrain here; as far as the eye could see, it was all flat land, with only some boulders less than ten meters high interspersed among them.

This terrain was very easy to search; the group explored almost every area, except for digging around everywhere.

"You mean something is hidden underground?"

Zhang Xuezhou was right. Recovering from injuries in such a place is twice as effective, and even the near-death injuries of the group were slowly healed by the Spiritual Qi.

The longer the time passes, the higher the recovery rate of Badun and the stronger their power will become.

The Scarlet Alliance State initially held an absolute advantage in controlling the situation, but became increasingly passive as time went on.

If there's any hidden treasure, the fewer people in this kind of place, the better.

With nothing unusual in sight, Ren Yisheng could only think of the underground.

However, the underground in this area is not so easy to excavate; three feet below the mud lies a thick layer of rock, which is as hard as iron.

The fireball burned up so much as it entered the atmosphere that it felt like everyone was standing on a dust-covered meteorite.

Badun and his companions initially believed in the existence of treasure and searched for it like hamsters. However, they ultimately gained nothing and were unable to dig for it, so they had to give up their treasure hunt and instead looked for a way out. This led to everything that followed.

Upon suddenly hearing Zhang Xuezhou mention the inherent benefits of this area, benefits so great that Zhang Xuezhou described them as 'rare', Ren Yisheng was momentarily incredulous.

"I'm not sure either," Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand and said, "As long as we send one or two out, the rest will be our own people, or we can control them. I think things are pretty good!"

Nagos, the Eighth Sequence fighter, was unable to hold the line, and Chimon Hagrid was powerless against the siege of numerous Seventh Sequence fighters, not to mention the auxiliary attacks from Ren Yisheng and Ren Anran.

As long as Badun leaves, everyone will have absolute say and won't fight over any treasures they find.

"What you said is not wrong," Ren Yisheng nodded.

"If everyone can come and go freely, then I'll be free too, no longer trapped in North Rehe all the time," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Speaking of which, I really want to visit the Aomeijia Alliance!"

"You want to go to the Aomeijia Alliance again?" Ren Yisheng asked curiously.

"For some reason, Grian is currently serving as the Grand Council Speaker of the Aomeijia Alliance. If Badun needs to take control of the Alliance Council, I will definitely need to go back and perform another spell," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"The Aomeijia Alliance is out of options, so Grean is the tallest among the short..."

That's not how it works!

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head.

Normally, if a ritual sacrifice is performed, Grean will fall into a state of fortune collapse.

If Grean lives a careful and cautious life, avoiding contact with outsiders, his daily life will not be too bad, except for a few minor mishaps.

But Grean surprisingly became the Grand Council Speaker again, his good fortune so great that Zhang Xuezhou could hardly find anything to complain about.

He did want to see how Grian was doing, whether there was a problem with his own handling of the ritual, or whether there was an oversight in Xuanming's method, or whether he could squeeze Grian again to benefit from the good fortune and thus seek to amplify the effect of a low-probability event.

Zhang Xuezhou explained in a low voice for a while. Ren Yisheng didn't understand the technique, but he knew very well that Zhang Xuezhou really hoped that Badun and the others would leave from here.

This timeframe can be one month, two months, three months, or even longer, and Zhang Xuezhou is willing to accept it.

Zhang Xuezhou was not bothered by the fact that his control was being imitated, nor did he care that Badun and others would have the ability to enter and leave this world in the future.

Some things require a time lag, and this time lag occurred after Zhang Xuezhou performed his sacrificial ritual.

"An Ran, did you go and check out that main hall area?"

Zhang Xuezhou asked the person beside him, and the head of Ren Anran's Yang Soul incarnation appeared in the air. He then nodded in agreement.

"I sent my avatar there, but it was empty and there was nothing there. It was difficult to find the original main hall. I don't know if it was moved or destroyed," Ren Anran said.

"It might require a bit of luck, or perhaps some kind of recognition, to even get in!"

Exploration is nothing more than going up to the sky and down to the ground. If it is impossible to explore on the ground, then everything that remains may be hidden in the sky.

Zhang Xuezhou repeatedly wanted to explore the main hall, but he forcefully suppressed his curiosity.

In short, there's no harm in cleansing oneself and absorbing good fortune before doing anything, especially when there's a high probability of success. He personally maintains a heartfelt mindset and decides to take things one step at a time.

Before doing these things, he would constantly observe while traveling to try to obtain more information.

Without Donghua as a sword hanging over his head, Zhang Xuezhou will undoubtedly be more methodical in his actions in reality. He will no longer rush headlong into things as before, but will instead obtain the greatest benefit with the least cost. Consequently, the time it takes him to do something will inevitably be longer.

However, this pace is destined to be quite agonizing for Ren Yisheng and others.

"Aren't you interested in the mental cultivation method that Badun and Naggs came up with?" Ren Anran asked.

"I'm going to try Badun's nurturing method!"

What is being nurtured?

"A treasure for proving one's path!"

In reality, Zhang Xuezhou lacks top-tier weapons, making it difficult for him to practice the methods provided by Badun. However, in another world, he does possess Law Treasure that he can use for a long time.

Given the difficulty in rapidly advancing the Heart Sutra and the inherent risks involved, he was eager to try his luck with the innate spiritual wood staff from Abbot Island to see if it could compensate for the lack of spiritual energy.

Zhang Xuezhou also did not shy away from Nagos's imprint and divine mark, as this method was similar to and connected with the Heart Sutra, much like a weakened version.

If he can integrate and apply his knowledge, he might have the opportunity to bypass the two Western religious leaders and create another version of the Heart Sutra that is not bound by constraints.

Even if this version is weaker, being able to complete it is still better than being stuck and unable to improve.