The mastermind behind the scenes starting with the calamity of all races

Yun Jie thought for a moment and said, "Let's replace half first, and the other half later."

"Okay, then the candidate..."

Without much thought, Yun Jie replied directly, "Whatever, but Xing Hong is not an option for now."

As he spoke, Yun Jie turned his gaze to the side.

At this moment, Xinghong couldn't help but jump out, "Why can't I? My strength is so great, it's better than that grumpy big monkey Tianmie, right?"

Yun Jie smiled at him, "It's because you're strong that Su Yu still needs your protection. For Su Yu's safety, we can only temporarily trouble Xing Hong to guard him."

But what Yun Jie was really thinking was, "You little brat, you've already gone easy on me by making fun of me. I've kept all that in my notebook. I'll make you suffer for a while and collect some interest."

If Xingyue hadn't been in Xinghong Ancient City, Yunjie would have simply had Su Yu switch places in Hongmeng Ancient City instead of going through all that trouble to bring Su Yu back to his original path.

After Yun Jie finished speaking, Xing Hong looked at the Hongmeng Old Turtle with a bitter face. The old turtle said indifferently, "Then you should wait. There's no rush. The Great Xuan King just said that he will replace you all before the Upper Realm opens. Anyway, it won't be long, at most ten years. Just wait. We've waited for 100,000 years, so there's no need to rush now."

"Boss..."

Xinghong had a long face, looking utterly hopeless. Yes, ten years wasn't a long time, it would only be a blink of an eye. But now that he had tasted the sweetness of freedom, his heart had become wild. If he really had to wait another ten years, it would feel like an eternity.

Although Su Yu could bear the death energy for him, he was still bound by the rules, which was not true freedom. There was still a big difference between the two.

However, the Hongmeng Old Turtle ignored him. What was the rush? He wasn't worried even though no one was replacing him. Xinghong would just need to wait a little longer, so the Old Turtle simply disregarded him.

Old Turtle chose to ignore Xinghong, so Yunjie was even less likely to do so. As a result, Yunjie and Hongmeng quickly finalized the replacement list, replacing people like Tianmie, Yunxiao, and Yuhong.

"Then please wait another half a month. In the next half month, we will work hard to forge the divine weapon and then replace it."

A crucial step in replacing the guardians is replacing their divine weapons. As everyone knows, the ancient city is now made up of the weapons that these guardians themselves possess. If you want them to unleash their full power, you have to replace both the people and their weapons.

Hongmeng Old Turtle was taken aback at first, then said happily, "No rush, no rush. In that case, we'll wait another half month. I just don't know if you have enough materials. If not, we can provide some. I've accumulated a little bit of savings over the years."

Although he slept most of the time, over two hundred thousand years, he still had quite a lot of stuff in his little treasury, commonly known as "a little bit".

Yun Jie's eyes flickered. Well, might as well take it. Anyway, the old tortoise doesn't need it. Besides, forging eighteen divine weapons at once would require quite a lot of materials.

"Okay, thank you very much."

"Of course."

Soon, Yun Jie left the ancient city with "a few hundred million" of materials.

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PS:

The typhoon has been really strong these past two days, the winds are incredibly strong!

I woke up this morning to find that the window in my mom's bedroom was shattered! Terrifying!

Fortunately, it was made of tempered glass, otherwise it would have fallen to the ground. Otherwise, falling from more than 20 floors would have had unimaginable consequences!

So I quickly found someone to fix it, which is why the update is a little late.

Just a friendly reminder to everyone to take precautions and be careful when you're out and about, in case... well, whatever.

I'm updating a 3000-word chapter first to prove I didn't ask for leave. The remaining 7000 words are being worked on, so please be patient.

Chapter 409 A Swift and Decisive Strike [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

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Human realm.

Daxuan Palace.

"Tianzhu and Tianqi, you two quickly summon all weapon forgers above the Xuan rank within the territory. I need you to forge eighteen divine weapons within half a month."

"What!?"

King Tianzhu and King Tianqi exclaimed simultaneously, their eyes widening as they stared blankly at Yun Jie. It was as if they had heard something unbelievable. Had they misheard? In half a month, there should have been eighteen Heavenly Rank weapons, right?

Forging eighteen Heavenly Rank weapons in half a month wasn't too difficult, thanks to the efforts of the two invincible warriors and numerous weapon-forging masters. But if they hadn't misheard, then…

The Heavenly Artifact King asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, did you misspoke just now?"

Tianqi Wang, whose real name is Wu Qi, was one of the six hundred people secretly trained by Yun Jie. He recently caught up with the wave of proving the Dao and his current title is Tianqi, which is only one character different from Tianzhu. However, both of them are weapon-forging masters who can forge divine weapons.

Yun Jie glanced at him and said seriously, "No, I didn't say anything wrong, and you didn't hear wrong either. It is eighteen divine weapons. Moreover, you only have half a month. Time is tight, so don't waste time here. Quickly gather your people and start."

"This...this is impossible, Great Xuan King. Even if you kill us, we still can't do it. Besides, where would we find so many good materials? Without good materials, we can't even make a divine weapon."

King Tianzhu was having some difficulty breathing. Forging eighteen divine weapons in half a month? What kind of fantasy was this? It was simply unheard of.

Yun Jie frowned slightly and said calmly, "Why would I kill you? Hurry up and stop dawdling. Do what I tell you to do. Don't give me this nonsense. For the next two weeks, Lao Zhu, the others, and I will fully cooperate with you. Also, do you think we have enough materials?"

After saying that, Yun Jie threw out a savings ring.

However, King Tianzhu did not investigate immediately. He said blankly, "You and King Daming are fully cooperating with us? No, King Daming didn't enter the starry sky... Wait, could it be that the one who went in wasn't King Daming? Then who was he?"

Yun Jie glanced at him and said indifferently, "These are not things you should care about. Just do your own thing."

"Oh, okay," King Tianzhu nodded quickly. Fine, I won't ask anymore, okay?

Then, the Heavenly Forging King gently probed his willpower into the storage ring, quite nonchalantly, "Materials for eighteen divine weapons, how come..."

Whoops, I'm going!

King Tianzhu's hand trembled violently, and he almost dropped his storage ring.

"This...this..."

Startled!

King Tianzhu was completely stunned. What did he see? My God, I'm going to go blind!

"Heavenly Artifact King, take a look."

King Tianzhu handed the storage ring to King Tianqi, hoping he could help him verify it.

However, the Heavenly Artifact King did not reach out to take it. He secretly thought to himself, "The Heavenly Forging King is really making a fuss over nothing. Since His Majesty has already taken it out, it means that there are definitely enough materials. Is there any need to be so surprised? He had already expected this."

Well, I heard that King Tianzhu is quite poor, so it's normal that he was scared.

“No need to look,” Tianqi Wang waved his hand casually, then looked at Yun Jie and said, “Your Majesty, I will take care of it right away.”

He was just shocked. He was determined to carry out Yun Jie's orders. As for whether he could complete them, he could only say he would do his best.

King Tianzhu was a bit confused. What happened? He seemed to have been looked down upon by King Tianqi just now. That look in his eyes seemed to say that he had never seen the world.

Holy crap!

Dozens of items were lying in the storage ring—who has ever seen anything like this before!

Moreover, that's not all. There were also some second-tier materials, enough to forge Heaven-rank weapons, densely packed, almost covering the entire storage ring. How could he not be shocked?!

Seeing that Tianzhu Wang was still standing there in a daze, Yun Jie glanced at him and he instantly snapped out of it. Then he followed Tianqi Wang to make preparations.

do not care!

We can produce as many as we can in half a month.

However, King Tianzhu quickly changed his mindset. Looking at the storage ring in his hand, he was overjoyed. Usually, when he forged a weapon, he had to piece together the materials from various places, and it would take a long time to collect them all. He was never satisfied with forging. This time, with so many good materials, he could finally enjoy it to the fullest!

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Soon, the weapon forgers of the human realm received the order and rushed to the Great Xuan Palace without stopping. For those with lower cultivation levels, the Great Xuan Palace directly sent Sun and Moon Realm experts to pick them up. The pomp and circumstance were simply amazing!

In an instant, the entire realm was mobilized. The process of forging weapons not only required weapon-forging divisions, but also people from all walks of life.

In short, the Great Xuan Mansion has found everything that can be used.

Just as everyone was working enthusiastically, Landlord Zhu found Yun Jie and asked with a puzzled look, "Old Yun, why are you making such a big fuss all of a sudden? Even if you're going to forge a divine weapon, there's no need to rush."

“No, I’m quite anxious,” Yun Jie shook his head and said, “Do you remember when we formed an alliance with the Holy City faction?”

Landlord Zhu nodded. "But what does this have to do with them?"

Yun Jie glanced at him, then quickly explained the plan to replace the garrison commander to Landlord Zhu, who then understood.

"Wow, that's impressive, Old Yun! You've really pulled off a big move! This is so sneaky and insidious! This time, all the races are probably going to be caught off guard again, hahaha..."

Yun Jie rolled his eyes. "Go to hell! You're the cunning one. You can't even speak properly. If it weren't for our centuries-old friendship, you'd be on my blacklist by now."

Soon, Landlord Zhu said excitedly, "Is there anything I can do for you now? Just tell me."

Yun Jie nodded slightly. "Yes, we will join forces to inscribe formations on these divine weapons. They are intended to be used to guard the passage to the dead, so they must be sturdy and able to resist the erosion of death energy."

"Okay, no problem."

Landlord Zhu was full of fighting spirit and seemed somewhat impatient.

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And just like that, half a month passed quietly.

During these two weeks, apart from the occasional lightning tribulation, the entire Great Xuan Mansion was quiet.

Finally, dark clouds gathered over the Great Xuan Mansion once again, and lightning flashed, as it faced its eighteenth divine weapon tribulation.

The people of Da Xuan Fu said they were tired of seeing this kind of lightning tribulation after half a month, and the initial novelty had worn off. Apart from a few idle kids who carried stools and stared intently at the sky, everyone else went about their business as usual, unmoved.

The lightning tribulation quickly dissipated, and the eighteenth divine weapon was successfully completed.

At the same time, the Heavenly Forging King, the Heavenly Weapon King, and a group of weapon forgers collapsed. Besides them, many others also collapsed, exhausted from the past two weeks.

Zhu the landlord watched them lying on the ground without any restraint, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes. He wanted to lie down too, but... he had to maintain his image, and besides...

He glanced at Yun Jie and saw that Yun Jie seemed completely unaffected, so he couldn't afford to be intimidated either.

Noticing Zhu the landlord's gaze, Yun Jie also looked over at him and gave him a smile.

Old Zhu, stop trying to be tough. You think you can compete with me? Give me a break.

Landlord Zhu returned the smile, but he soon couldn't hold back any longer. "Old Yun, I think I've finished everything, so I'll be leaving now. There are still some things I need to take care of in the Seeking Realm."

Yun Jie smiled and nodded: "Okay, then... be careful."

Be careful not to fall asleep halfway through the flight; a plane crash wouldn't be a pretty sight.

Zhu the landlord didn't pay attention to what Yun Jie said. Yun Jie had only said "Okay, then you" when he flew away.

Yun Jie smiled, then withdrew his gaze, waved his hand to put away the eighteen divine weapons, glanced at Tianqi Wang and the others, and said with a faint smile, "Then you all have a good rest, I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Yun Jie disappeared from the spot.