Wang Daoyuan nodded, then used a formation to send a message, reporting that he had taken over as vice hall master and had applied for Taiyi essence gold.
About two hours later, a message came from the headquarters, indicating that they already knew that he had taken over as vice hall master. The Taiyi essence gold would be delivered within ten days.
The sable smiled. "Alright, there's news from the headquarters. The handover is complete. I should return to the main hall.
With Mo Yu and Jackdaw here, you won't have any problems.
I'll leave you with five of my direct subordinates.
They were originally independent cultivators from Shanbei, so they have some ability.
I've already packed my things. I'll leave the vice hall master's cave residence to you. You can move in at any time. "
With that, the sable walked out of the cave residence and left the underground branch with more than thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators.
With the sable gone, it was time for Wang Daoyuan to clean up the mess.
The cultivators under the stewards didn't know much about the higher-ups, so there was no need to clean them up.
The only ones he had to deal with were Jackdaw and the five direct subordinates left behind by the sable.
They weren't like the cultivators from the headquarters, who left things like soul lamps.
After they were killed, the headquarters would immediately know.
If too many of them died, the headquarters would definitely send people to investigate.
After the sable left, no one would care about it except for the five direct subordinates.
He had to get rid of the bigger threats first. The first thing he had to deal with was Jackdaw.
He had followed the sable for more than a hundred years. There was no way he could be of one mind. Keeping him alive would only ruin his plans.
If he killed him, there would be no one to manage his subordinates, which would be very troublesome.
He might as well refine him into a clone and keep him to manage his subordinates.
After Wang Daoyuan moved into the vice hall master's cave residence, he had Jackdaw and Mo Yu come to see him.
As a new official, he had to explain some things to his subordinates. Jackdaw didn't suspect anything.
After the two of them entered the cave, Wang Daoyuan closed the door.
He walked to Jackdaw's side and patted his shoulder.
Jackdaw thought he was going to say something, but Wang Daoyuan suddenly used the Soul Splitting Blade and hit Jackdaw's forehead.
Then he took out a Soul Nurturing Pendant, took out a soul fragment, and injected it into Jackdaw's sea of consciousness.
Afterward, he put Jackdaw back into the Soul Pearl.
With the help of the flow of time in the space, the divided soul could quickly control the avatar.
Four hours later, Jackdaw had complete control over the clone.
Wang Daoyuan let him out of the Spirit Pearl's space and let him and Mo Yu leave the cave together.
After dealing with the steward, it was even easier to deal with the five direct subordinates.
These people were all in the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage and were not well-versed in the arts of cultivation. They were not of much value, so there was no need to refine them into clones.
He assigned them to Jackdaw and Mo Yu and gave them a few dangerous missions. That was about it.
Five days later, the shopkeeper of the Welcoming Immortals Tower sent a message saying that there was a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Building realm in the store who wanted to see Vice Hall Master Ming Hu.
Wang Daoyuan left the underground branch. Under the guidance of the waiter, he arrived at a small courtyard in the backyard of the Immortals Welcoming Tower.
The newcomer was a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, dressed in the attire of a rogue cultivator.
Seeing Wang Daoyuan come in, the man asked, "May I ask if you are the Deputy Hall Master of the Shanbei Branch, Senior Ming Hu?"
Wang Daoyuan took out his token and said, "I am Ming Hu."
The man took out a foot-long stone box from his storage bag and bowed. "I am here on the orders of the Tririver Branch's Hall Master to deliver something to Vice Hall Master Ming Hu.
The Hall Master gave this to me and didn't open it on the way. Please verify its authenticity, Vice Hall Master.
However, there is a restriction on this box, and I don't have the means to open it.
The Hall Master said that you will naturally know how to open it after receiving it. "
Wang Daoyuan condensed spiritual energy in his hand and slapped the stone box.
The stone box was only a high-grade Tier 2 magic artifact and was not strong enough.
Although his palm didn't break the stone box, all the restrictions were destroyed.
Inside was Taiyi Pure Gold, which was said to be the hardest material of its grade. Even a Tier 3 magic artifact would find it difficult to damage it.
Wang Daoyuan's palm would not cause any damage to it.
After the restrictions were destroyed, the box naturally opened.
When the lid was lifted, a wave of killing intent rushed out.
Wang Daoyuan was a dignified Zifu Realm cultivator, but he felt a slight sting on his face.
The peak Foundation Establishment cultivator who delivered the item took a few steps back.
After the killing intent disappeared, there was an irregular spherical metal material with a diameter of about five inches.
This metal was dazzling silver-white and looked exactly the same as the legendary Taiyi Pure Gold.
He wrapped his hand with gold spiritual energy and took the Taiyi Pure Gold out of the box.
He weighed it and found that it weighed more than 15 kilograms. Blood Shadow was really generous.
He used the Golden Saber Technique and slashed the Taiyi Pure Gold, but it did not leave any marks on it. This was definitely Taiyi Pure Gold.
Wang Daoyuan put it into the stone box and smiled. "There is no problem with the item. Thank you for making this trip."
After saying that, he used the Vice Hall Master token to send a message to the headquarters, telling them that he had received the Taiyi Pure Gold.
After a few breaths, the headquarters replied that 150,000 contribution points would be deducted.
This price was a little too cheap. Generally speaking, a piece of Primordial Essence Gold that weighed more than 15 kilograms should be worth at least 300,000 spirit stones.
It seemed that Elder Xu valued him very much and directly gave him a half-price discount.
Unfortunately, he was going to disappoint him.
Speaking of which, Zhou Luan had always said that the black marten was an idiot. She was not wrong.
It was fine that she was fooled by him this time, but she did not expect that he had refined her most trusted Mo Yu into a clone.
He had just become the Vice Hall Master, and Elder Xu was already so generous. Previously, the black marten had been here for more than a hundred years. How many resources had Elder Xu invested in her?
With so many resources, not only did he not kill Zhou Luan, but his cultivation also did not catch up.
The resources that Elder Xu had invested for more than a hundred years were all fed to dogs.
After the headquarters replied, the cultivator who delivered the item left and returned to the Three River Branch.
Wang Daoyuan also brought the Taiyi Pure Gold back to the underground branch.
Refining the White Tiger Blade only required about 10 kilograms of Taiyi Pure Gold.
There were still more than 20 kilograms of Taiyi Pure Gold left, and he could keep it well.
In the future, if he wanted to refine metal-attribute magic weapons, he only needed to add a little Taiyi Pure Gold to greatly increase their strength.
One of his main goals of sneaking into the Shanbei Branch had been achieved.
However, he was not in a hurry to refine the White Tiger Blade now.
Refining the White Tiger Blade was not as easy as refining the Black Tortoise Shield.
The main material of the Black Tortoise Shield was the Spirit Spring Pearl. It was invisible and did not need to be forged.
The two materials of the White Tiger Blade, Taiyi Pure Gold and Demonic Gold, were both famous for their hardness. They needed to be forged into shape before they could be stored in the body.
Forging would cause too much of a commotion. He really did not feel at ease if his safety was not guaranteed in the Shanbei Branch.
It was better to wait until he had settled the matters here and returned to the Jade Spring Peak.
Two months later, with the cooperation of Wang Daoyuan and Zhou Luan, the five direct cultivators left behind by the black marten all died in the mission.
The cultivators that he had pulled up before were all recruited later and had nothing to do with the black marten.
The cultivators under Jackdaw and Mo Yu rarely came into direct contact with the black marten, so their involvement was not too deep.
The black marten had already returned to the headquarters. Even if some people were still loyal to the black marten, they did not have the ability to contact her, so there was no need to eliminate them for the time being.
After cleaning up the black marten's forces, he found a few cultivators with decent potential among the cultivators he had recruited and took them in as his direct subordinates.
The rest of the manpower was divided between Jackdaw and Mo Yu, the two stewards.
Wang Daoyuan only treated the Blood Shadow Mountain's northern branch as a channel for him to fish for resources. He did not really want to become a vice hall master here.
He had already obtained what he could obtain so far. There was no need to continue staying here.
After bidding farewell to Zhou Luan, it was time to return to the clan.
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