Chapter 88 Organizing Materials

  Dark Tiger, with an organization of twelve people, each with a cultivation level above the seventh grade of the Grand Earth, acted secretly and rampaged through the Tianxiang Mountains and Tieyi Mountain Range for over sixty years, committing all sorts of evil deeds and becoming the archenemy of scattered cultivators. Ten years ago, they were besieged by various small forces and have since disappeared without a trace.

  This is intelligence information about Dark Tiger obtained by Yang Tong through his own channels.

  Yang Tong returned to school after that, apart from refining armor to pay off debts, he was studying this mysterious but small-scale organization.

  An organization that disappeared for ten years suddenly popped up, isn't it a bit too strange? Is it because I killed their members myself?

  No kidding, Yang Tong absolutely didn't believe it! Although the guys he had taken down himself weren't anything good either, but they were on a completely different level from Dark Tiger.

  In the following days, more and more information about Dark Tiger was gathered, and even Yang Tong bought a lot of more detailed intelligence from the Mercenary Guild with his contribution points.

  After careful sorting and comparison, Yang Tong discovered a strange place, that is, the Dark Tiger's move on scattered cultivators was actually not much, or it didn't show much in the data, only about 10%, while the moves on some medium-sized families and forces occupied 90% of the data.

  This data doesn't prove anything, but it makes Yang Tong even more certain that the eight people he killed were absolutely not from the Dark Tiger. The answer is simple, because judging from the storage rings obtained from those people, they had robbed many people, but there wasn't a single ring with very good equipment inside, all of them were some white silver level spiritual objects. This proves that the people they robbed were all some scattered cultivators who didn't have much power, and this kind of scattered cultivator is precisely the kind that Dark Tiger looks down on.

  Moreover, judging from the equipment on those people, equipping a golden-grade weapon with a silver-grade armor is already the biggest loophole. If they were from Dark Tiger, it's impossible that they couldn't even equip three pieces of golden-grade armor.

  After getting the result, Yang Tong was confused and didn't understand why they wanted to find him since he hadn't offended An Hu. There was only one possibility: they were after his money and wanted to get rid of him.

  Yang Tong offended only two forces: the Lin family and the Qin family, especially the Lin family!

  "Sneaky and cowardly, you're just like a mouse!" Yang Tong disdainfully curled his lip, put the documents aside, and ignored him.

  Yang Tong thought it was clear that he had no intention of leaving the school recently, and he didn't believe that the Lin family would dare to rush into the school to deal with him. The longer the time dragged on, the higher his cultivation would be, and the stronger his strength would become.

  "However, to prepare for the unexpected, I must also make some preparations." Yang Tong, although not concerned about Dark Tiger's logic and threats, similarly needs to supplement his own strength.

  For now, progress in cultivation is relatively stable and upward. To break through to the sixth level of the Earth Realm, it will still take some time, but not being able to make progress in cultivation does not mean that one's strength cannot be increased.

  Yang Tong returned from the wilderness survival course and found that a person can be weak in everything, but their ability to survive cannot be weak.

  There are many ways to save one's life, in addition to defensive capabilities, there are also escape abilities, hiding abilities, hiding locations, and anti-reconnaissance capabilities.

  Yang Tong decided to start with these aspects, and in terms of defensive capabilities, Yang Tong was not lacking. The equipment he currently wore was a four-piece golden-grade battle armor that he had personally crafted, which had forged a powerful defense mechanism, far surpassing the ordinary golden-grade battle armor.

  Yang Tong needs to cultivate is the art of escape and hiding his breath, as well as refining the treasure for concealment and flight.

  However, the only escape technique that can be used during the foundation-building period is the Blood Escape! This is a self-mutilating escape technique that requires burning one's own essence and blood, and Yang Tong dare not use it recklessly unless absolutely necessary. Cultivation can start first, and by the way, some medicinal herbs to replenish essence and vital energy need to be collected as well. The Five Elements Escape Technique requires a complete understanding of the mysterious principles corresponding to the Five Elements, but Yang Tong has only touched the edge of these principles for now.

  The real treasure is on the Dharma treasure, not a spiritual tool, but the real Dharma treasure. The Dharma treasure can be considered as a spiritual tool, but a spiritual tool cannot be considered as a Dharma treasure.

  To pay off his debts, Yang Tong had to spend a lot of time every day forging defensive equipment, leaving him with little time for self-cultivation and contemplating the refinement of magical artifacts.

  So, Yang Tong changed and came up with an innovative refining method, group refining technique! This method can only be done by Yang Tong, who owns the law-panacea-level Coiling Dragon Purple Gold Furnace.

  Yang Tong experimented with this dozens of times before figuring out that he could only refine seven spiritual artifacts at a time. If there were more, the success rate couldn't be guaranteed and his divine sense would also be overdrawn.

  This group refining technique has an undeniable flaw, which is that the refined spiritual equipment rarely exceeds white silver grade. To put it bluntly, quantity is prioritized over quality. When refining a single three-star defensive equipment, with Yang Tong's skills, as long as the materials are sufficient in quantity and quality, there is a 40% chance of refining it to gold grade, a 40% chance of refining it to white silver grade, and a 20% chance of failure, resulting in all materials being scrapped.

  However, when writing off the debt, it was 1,500 pieces of armor, and there was no requirement that the quality must reach gold level.

  So Yang Tong simply used group tempering techniques, seven spiritual tools a day for one day, and the remaining six days could be spent studying his own things.

  In a certain secret underground chamber, twelve guys wearing black hoods, their entire bodies hidden in the darkness, were paying respects to another hooded person. These thirteen people were none other than Dark Tiger and Lin Jin Kuang.

  "Our lord, we can't even get started. That kid is holed up in the Royal Advanced Academy and never comes out. The school is full of experts, we can't even get in." The Dark Tiger leader reported with difficulty.

  "Alright, I understand." Lin Jin Kuang was furious, but he also knew that this matter couldn't be blamed on his subordinates. Recently, a large amount of defensive equipment had flooded the market, and the Lin family's industry had suffered a severe blow. They had already begun to use their old capital to support themselves, and if things continued like this, even if the Lin family didn't collapse, they would suffer greatly and fall from their position as the second-ranked family among the four major families, dropping to third or fourth place, or even being eliminated from the ranks of the four major families.

  "Hmph, that kid's family background is too simple. Since he won't come out himself, we'll force him out!" Lin Jin had Yang Tong's background information in his hand as well.

  "What does the master mean?" The leader of the Dark Tigers was somewhat uncertain.

  "Hmph, capture his family and lure him out. Use any means necessary if you have to. Just get this matter settled for me." Lin Jin said coldly, then left the secret room alone. "Remember, make it quick and clean."

  "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we understand." The twelve Dark Tigers replied in unison.

  Lin Jin Kuang left with a sense of pride in his heart. Who would have thought that the notorious organization was actually an elite team he had single-handedly brought out back then? The Lin family would definitely surpass the Zhao family and become the leader of the four major families, or even stronger. He would become the greatest master of the Lin family in three thousand years.

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  Uh, I'm so annoyed, I accidentally posted the first update yesterday, so there are only two chapters today...

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