The head of Taizhen Peak, Zhenren Ping Chu, casually placed a few layers of Array Banners and then sat to the side. He took out a tea set from his storage Magical Treasure and began leisurely drinking tea.

At this point, he had nothing else to do. His main job was to maintain the Array and initiate the Purification Array.

The Purification Array, complemented by Spirit Stones and Array Banners, was gradually expanding on its own, and since the source of the Evil Qi had not yet been found, Zhenren Ping Chu was the most idle at the moment.

Meanwhile, Zhenren Zhi Chu from Taiyi Peak was treating Bai Feng. Seeing Zhenren Ping Chu so leisurely, a line of black appeared on his forehead, but he couldn't say anything because Ping Chu hadn't delayed the task assigned to him. So, Zhenren Zhi Chu shook his head and stopped watching him, adopting an "out of sight, out of mind" approach.

Ye Tianfan was restoring the Spiritual Power within his body, and his meridians were slowly healing. Of course, it wasn't possible to fully recover in a short time. However, Ye Tianfan's meridians had become much tougher thanks to Jade Liquid, so the time it took for him to repair his meridians was much shorter than others. What others could achieve in a month, Ye Tianfan could do in just a week.

Nevertheless, Ye Tianfan still longed for the days with Jade Liquid when a perfect set of meridians could be restored overnight.

Thinking about this, Ye Tianfan silently cursed the Bloodlight Five Elemental Extremity Snake and the Stupid Bird. However, Ye Tianfan was somewhat comforted because both had been significantly strengthened thanks to the Jade Liquid. Although neither could help him in the short term, and it was questionable whether the Stupid Bird would even return, in the long run, it was indeed a very worthwhile trade-off.

If the Stupid Bird returned, it would be the start of the Taichu stage, coming back directly as a powerhouse of the Taichu Realm. As for the Bloodlight Five Elemental Extremity Snake, it would be at least a powerhouse of the Ten Directions Realm. No matter how it turned out, it was a gain for him.

Once Ye Tianfan had restored about seventy to eighty percent of his Spiritual Power, he quickly got up to see if there was anything he could help with.

However, upon waking up and seeing the situation in front of him, Ye Tianfan was stunned.

Several layers of Arrays were peacefully protecting them from the erosion of Evil Qi, and the outermost Array was still slowly expanding.

Yet Zhenren Ping Chu, who was supposed to maintain the Array, was leisurely sipping tea.

Seeing Zhenren Ping Chu's leisurely demeanor and recalling the desperate efforts of Array Diagram Eight, Ye Tianfan felt that their strength was worlds apart from the heads, a gap as wide as heaven and earth.

On the side of Taiyi Peak Head, Zhenren Zhi Chu, Bai Feng had also been treated to about seventy to eighty percent. Unlike earlier when Lu Waner was treating incessantly but without much effect.

Seeing all this, Ye Tianfan regretfully went off to rest, realizing he was not needed here. He figured if he went over, he'd probably just cause more trouble.

At this moment, Senior Brother Yun Tian also barely managed to stand up. Ye Tianfan quickly went forward to support him, fearing he might fall to the ground again.

"Senior Brother Yun Tian, how are you? Come and rest here," said Ye Tianfan as he supported him to the spot where he had been sitting earlier.

Seeing the well-organized survivor base, Senior Brother Yun Tian sighed deeply and bitterly smiled at Ye Tianfan, saying, "Junior Brother Tianfan, it seems our strength is still too weak. A burst of Evil Qi put us in such a sorry state, yet the heads and uncles managed things here so easily. Do you think our mission has been a complete failure this time?"

Ye Tianfan understood why Senior Brother Yun Tian said this, as he had felt the same earlier. The Evil Qi they had struggled to withstand was effortlessly blocked by these heads and uncles, which was a significant blow to them.

In fact, what Ye Tianfan didn't know was that these heads were only able to block so easily because the Evil Qi hadn't fully erupted. If all the Evil Qi within the Copper Gong Town area burst out, just relying on these heads wouldn't work. Not to mention they would be as miserable as Ye Tianfan and the others, they wouldn't even be able to enter once it fully erupted.

By that time, it wouldn't just be a matter for the Taichu Sect, but for all the sects in the world. Whether the demonic path would participate was another matter, but surely the righteous path would return. Because once the Evil Qi fully erupted, this place would turn into the Land of Ultimate Evil. If ignored, it would continuously produce Demons, whose strength would only grow over time. In a hundred years, the strongest Demon in the Land of Ultimate Evil would have a power comparable to Tian Chu Zhenren and be a Demon immune to any pain.

When Zhenren Zhi Chu and the others arrived here, they had already detected that the Evil Qi hadn't fully exploded, so they were somewhat relaxed. However, even if they wanted to be anxious, it would be useless because speeding up the process of sealing the residual Evil Qi wasn't something that could be rushed; the source needed to be found.

Moreover, the source of the Evil Qi was not the large pit where Ye Tianfan had previously excavated the Soul Suppressing Pearl. That was merely the core of the Array used to suppress the Evil Qi. Now, it no longer had any use. While Ye Tianfan didn't know much about Arrays, he knew that place was useless now; going there would just be a waste of time.

Ye Tianfan comforted Senior Brother Yun Tian, "Senior Brother Yun Tian, you shouldn't think like that. Compared to the heads and uncles, their strength is at the Ten Directions Realm. And us? I just recently entered the Thousand Source Realm as a novice, and Senior Brother Yun Tian, you too, are only at the second or third level of the Thousand Source Realm. Comparing to them, we are two major realms apart. What can you compare?

Even if we compare ourselves to them, when they were our age, were they as strong as we are? Our strength will eventually surpass the previous generation, and the time it takes for us to surpass them will be much shorter than we think."

Upon hearing Ye Tianfan's earlier words, Senior Brother Yun Tian felt a bit better, but after hearing the rest, he immediately got a headache. "The time to surpass them is shorter than we think, aren't you talking about yourself? You've ascended from a mere mortal to the Thousand Source Realm within three years, while it took me over a hundred years."

After listening to Ye Tianfan, Senior Brother Yun Tian felt a bit discouraged again.

Ye Tianfan seemed to realize that he had misspoken since his time surpassing the previous generation would indeed be much shorter. Ye Tianfan conservatively estimated it would not take more than fifty years unless there was some significant obstacle blocking his way.

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