This was definitely a great thing for the commoners. Hence, the Apothecary Guild's status surpassed that of the Temple of Light in their hearts.
However, it was a nightmare for the rich. The richer they were, the more they had to pay. 10% was not a small sum.
Trying to escape this rule was impossible.
No one's wealth could be hidden from the eyes of the Ten Great Empires. If they wanted to live, they had to obediently hand over their wealth.
Under this rule, the Apothecary Guild didn't suffer any losses. On the contrary, the wealth they earned was incalculable. Hence, the Apothecary Guild developed faster and faster. In just over a year, every city in the Ten Great Empires that had a Temple of Light had an Apothecary Guild. In everyone's opinion, the Apothecary Guild's importance surpassed that of the Temple of Light. Even the commoners near the Sacred Mountain of Light had started to move.
For a moment, the Temple of Light was in a panic. The Holy Lord of Light had gone missing and had yet to return.
Initially, a year wasn't a big deal. Sometimes, the Holy Lord of Light would go into seclusion for more than a decade. However, at this juncture, no one could really make the decisions for the Temple of Light. Furthermore, under the threat of the Ten Great Empires, they didn't dare make any moves. They could only watch helplessly as the Apothecary Guild stole the people's hearts.
The Temple of Light had gone through a lot of hardships to accumulate the people's hearts. This was their final trump card, but it had completely lost its effectiveness.
When Feng Hao returned, the Ten Great Empires would be more than happy to help him fulfill his wish as long as he was willing to say the word. After all, the Temple of Light was like a fishbone stuck in their throats that they couldn't wait to remove. To them, this was the best of both worlds. Not only could they get rid of the thorn in their side, but they could also shorten the distance between them and Feng Hao. Why wouldn't they do it?
Because of this, the Apothecary Guild became famous in the Primordial World and became a force that no one could ignore.
Feng Hao didn't know about all this. He was still at the ancestral worship ground …
It had already been a year and two months since he entered this place. Compared to before, his situation was much better.
At this moment, Feng Hao was sitting cross-legged on a rock below the waterfall. Although his face would occasionally twitch and his muscles would tremble, he didn't scream like he did a year ago.
His willpower had already been tempered to the point where he could endure the pain of Soul Tempering. To be more precise, he was already used to this kind of pain.
No one would believe him if he told others about this. However, in the past year or so, Feng Hao had indeed gotten used to this unbearable pain that penetrated deep into his soul.
Furthermore, he could no longer remember exactly how many Saint Beast's Soul Essences he had refined in the past year. His physique was no longer comparable to before.
Although the closer one's physique was to its peak, the harder it was to improve it, his physique had improved greatly under this inhumane torture. This was evident from the fact that his body could withstand seventy-nine Saint Beast's Soul Essences. His physical body had long become unimaginably strong. It could even be said that his physical body was truly supreme.
However, the small ball's movements did not stop. As long as Fenghao refined a Holy Beast's Soul Essence, there would definitely be another Holy Beast's Soul Essence that would crash into his body, causing the capacity in his body to be constantly full. He could not relax for a moment.
"It's almost there. Nine is supreme, and nine by nine is eighty-one. As long as he can withstand eighty-one Saint Beast's Soul Essences, he can be considered to have a truly supreme physical body."
Huang Tianyun glanced at Fenghao, who was under the waterfall, and muttered something that no one could understand.
"Yiya."
Little Ball's gem-like eyes flickered with an indescribable excitement. He was quick enough to summon two Saint Beast's Soul Essences into Feng Hao's body.
"Yes."
Immediately, Feng Hao suffered. His entire body rapidly swelled up, his face flushed red, and his expression was ferocious. It was extremely terrifying, and his body seemed like it was about to explode.
Even though he was able to contain the energy of seventy-nine Saint Beast's Soul Essences in his body, in reality, he was just like a camel that was carrying a load. Adding on a piece of straw would crush him to death. Furthermore, this was a Saint Beast's Soul Essence. In an instant, the situation was extremely dangerous.
After a short while, blood flowed out of his seven orifices. Not long after, terrifying wounds appeared on his muscles that were as hard as metal, and fresh blood flowed out of them.
"You bastard, are you trying to kill him?"
Huang Tianyun, who had been glancing over, immediately jumped up and cursed at Little Ball.
This fellow, as expected, as long as he was complacent, he would forget himself. After so many years, he had never changed. Now, he was in trouble again.
Little Ball was also a little dumbfounded. It knew it was in the wrong, so it didn't refute him. It turned into a white shadow and came to Fenghao's side. When it grabbed Fenghao's chest with its glittering claws, suddenly, Fenghao's body was plated with a layer of glittering light. With a loud buzzing sound, his swollen body actually slowly recovered, and the wounds were also healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The waterfall rushed down from the top of his head, washing away the bloodstains on his body. His body emitted a thin layer of glittering light, like a divine armor, as if nothing had happened.
In that extremely dangerous moment, Feng Hao's physique once again broke through its limit, and was able to bear eighty Saint Beast's Soul Essences.
Little Ball was stunned for a moment before it retracted its claws and once again flew back to the grass above the waterfall. Furthermore, it proudly raised its claws towards Huang Tianyun, as if to say that it had foresight.
"Heh."
Huang Tianyun let out a light breath and laid down once again. The corners of his mouth curled into a faint smile, and his eyes narrowed slightly as he said indifferently, "Do you believe that when he wakes up, I'll tell him what you did just now? … I believe that as long as he knows that someone almost murdered him, he will definitely be very happy, won't he? … Sigh, at that time, will a certain someone stay in that damned place forever? Tsk tsk … How pitiful."
His words, whether intentional or unintentional, immediately caused Little Ball's body to tremble. It froze there, and a hint of panic flashed across its eyes.
"Heh heh, …"
Seeing its reaction, Huang Tianyun let out a bone-chilling laugh, as if he was extremely pleased with himself. His playful gaze made Little Ball feel even more uneasy.
Just now, it had indeed forgotten itself.
It had no choice but to raise its two claws and reach an agreement with a certain someone. Immediately, it sat down on the grass dejectedly, somewhat listless.
However, Feng Hao had made a breakthrough. As long as he made another breakthrough, he would be able to possess a truly peerless physical body, and from there, control the power of the Illusionary Martial Arts.
It's already four in the morning, can I still get up in the afternoon? I don't want to write at night, I really don't want to … I'm going to squat in the corner and cry, don't stop me.
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