All the members of the Black Horse Branch—men, women, the elderly, or the children—were huddled around his residence, and each of them wore a satisfied expression on their faces.

Even ‘Kindness’ was part of the crowd.

Moreover, when Song Shuhang had appeared, the members of the Black Horse Branch did not sense anything at all. They simply continued to remain in that state of great satisfaction from which they could not seem to extricate themselves.

“What’s happening?” Song Shuhang did not know whether to laugh or cry. He wasn’t an enlightenment stone, so why were all these people gathered around his residence? Furthermore, neither Lady Onion nor the enlightenment stone were with him.

Song Shuhang lightly leaped and landed right beside ‘Kindness’.

It was not until this moment that the members of the Black Horse Branch regained their consciousness one after another.

“Eh?” The head of the Black Horse Branch was puzzled.

The other members of the branch similarly looked surprised.

Kindness looked up and saw Song Shuhang standing beside her.

She blinked, and said, “Senior Tyrannical Song.”

Song Shuhang asked, “Why are you all gathered here?”

She looked around while in deep thought.

Then, she raised her head to look at Song Shuhang again, and replied, “I’ve no idea either.”

Song Shuhang: “…”

“I remember sleeping in my room. After that, I had a really wonderful dream. And that lasted all the way until just now, the dream suddenly broke apart and I woke up.” Kindness organized her thoughts, and said, “After waking up, I immediately saw Senior Tyrannical Song as well as my seniors in the branch. ”

“A dream?” Song Shuhang pinched his chin.

Could they have all been influenced by the man with the mink fur coat who brought me into that dream?

At this time, all of the members of the Black Horse Branch who had woken up suddenly exclaimed out loud.

“Eh? The true qi in my body has grown stronger! This much growth is worth a few days of bitter cultivation.”

“My body’s qi and blood energy has grown a lot as well.”

“Haha, another one of my apertures has opened up. I thought that it was still going to take a few more months before it was going to open!”

“Same here, my Dragon Tail Dantian has cleared up!”

There were all kinds of expressions of surprise coming from the various members of the branch.

Although Song Shuhang could not understand what they were saying due to the language barrier, he could hear the joy in their tones.

Kindness raised her head and said to Song Shuhang, “Senior Tyrannical Song, it appears the strength of our entire branch has improved.”

After saying that, she closed her eyes and tested out her qi and blood energy. After that, she raised her head, and rejoiced, “It’s the same for me, my qi and blood energy have greatly improved.”

In addition to the increase in qi and blood energy after being exposed to Song Shuhang’s pressure last night, ever since she came across him, her total qi and blood energy’d had an increase of around half a month’s worth of bitter cultivation.

What’s happening?

Is it possible that the ‘dreamland’ where the man with the mink fur coat brought me yesterday could enhance one’s cultivation?

Song Shuhang checked his own strength.

It had indeed risen a bit, but such a small increase wasn’t of much significance.

So what really happened?

At this time, the head of Black Horse Branch got all the members of the branch to thank Song Shuhang in unison.

Song Shuhang: “?”

Kindness explained, “The head of the branch is thanking Senior Tyrannical Song. He believes that the improvement in everyone’s cultivation last night was due to your intervention.”

She believed so as well. After all, everyone had gathered around Senior Tyrannical Song’s residence to practice for one night, and their cultivations had rapidly improved.

Song Shuhang was quite embarrassed for having taken the credit for something he did not do.

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The head of the Black Horse Branch felt that inviting Profound Sage Tyrannical Song to be their guest last night was the most correct decision that he has made in his life.

After giving their thanks, the members of the branch gradually dispersed.

Although the members of the branch wished to stay with Profound Sage Tyrannical Song for a while longer, they were forcibly barred from doing so by the head of the branch.

What would happen if Senior Tyrannical Song got annoyed due to being surrounded by everyone?

The branch head only allowed two sensible members and Kindness to stay with Song Shuhang.

Kindness could allow them to communicate with one another, while the other two members could run errands for Song Shuhang.

Song Shuhang casually strolled around the Black Horse Branch in hopes of finding some clues.

As he strolled around, the virtuous lamia floated behind him.

At the same time, Song Shuhang checked out the situation in the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion through the eye of virtue.

Currently, Pavilion Master Chu appeared to be in good condition.

In the dreamland yesterday, that Great Master Ivory Trigram had said that Pavilion Master Chu would not be in much danger, but Song Shuhang was still rather worried… What if that Great Master Ivory Trigram was another shady fortune teller?

Although Great Master Ivory Trigram had denied being a shady fortune teller, if you were to think about it, which shady fortune teller would ever admit that they were a shady fortune teller?

After all, even Immortal Master Copper Trigram’s signboard read: [Copper tooth, iron tooth, a single word holds an entire world of divinations within it! When it comes to divinations, none can compare to this Great Immortal Master!].

After confirming that Pavilion Master Chu was alright, Song Shuhang got in touch with Scarlet Heaven Sword once again.

After losing its job as a translator yesterday, Scarlet Heaven Sword had been swallowed by the lamia.

Song Shuhang asked, “Senior Scarlet Heaven Sword, why did the members of the Black Horse Branch who surrounded my residence last night experience a rise in their strength?”

“It should be because of the Eighth Stage whale feast.” Scarlet Heaven Sword replied, “The power of the whale feast you consumed the last time was half-sealed so that you could slowly absorb it rather than just having your body explode. Read more chapters at L.istnovel.com.When practicing, the sealed energy of the whale banquet will be unsealed, aiding you with your practice. While you were practicing last night, some of the energy from the whale feast in your body probably scattered around and was then absorbed by the members of the Black Horse Branch outside. Moreover, since their cultivation techniques are in the same system as your ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique❯, perhaps even part of the same set, they were able to easily absorb the energy leaking out of your body.”

Song Shuhang asked, “Same set? Isn’t theirs a simplified version?”

In addition, only a small part of the energy from the whale feast had leaked from his body. Was that really enough to raise the strengths of all of the members of the Black Horse Branch?

Song Shuhang felt that there had to be other reasons.

Scarlet Heaven Sword suggested, “I don’t know much about your cultivation technique, but I feel that yours and that little girl Kindness’ cultivation techniques are very compatible with one another. You can try using the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts’ Technique❯ and sending a wisp of true qi in her body.”

Song Shuhang said, “I’ll see if I can find a chance to try it out later.”

While they were talking, a cheer resounded from afar.

The branch head who was still in his black suit shouted, “The turtle great master is here. It’s the great master of the Turtle Branch, everyone, come out to greet him!”

Kindness took the initiative to translate the branch head’s words for Song Shuhang. “The branch head just said that the turtle great master has come. He is talking about the great master of the Turtle Branch we were waiting for last night.”

Song Shuhang asked, “Can I go and take a look?”

The little girl nodded, and said, “Of course, Senior Tyrannical Song is a distinguished guest of our branch.”

Song Shuhang was an even more distinguished guest than the turtle great master—this was what the branch head had reminded Kindness yesterday.

Song Shuhang smiled, and said, “Alright, then you come with me. Let’s go to the village entrance and have a look.”

Currently, he could only ride on the turtle shell as it was still going to take a while longer before he could remove it.

As such, Kindness gladly climbed onto the turtle shell.

Song Shuhang made a hand seal and the turtle shell flew towards a position that was not too far away from the village entrance of the Black Horse Branch, but not too near either. They flew to a place that just allowed them to see the village entrance.

A welcoming party similar to the one that had taken place yesterday unfolded.

A long red carpet unfurled outwards and rolled all the way to the three figures outside the village.

Among the three figures, one was an elderly, while the other two were youths.

The old man was carrying a turtle shell on his back and holding a cane in his hand. His strength was at the Fourth Stage Realm.

The two youths consisted of a man and a woman, and they simply followed behind the old man. Additionally, they both carried a small turtle shell on their backs.

It seems that the turtle shell was a symbol of being a part of the ‘Turtle Branch’.

The red carpet unfurled all the way until it reached the turtle great master.

Afterward, welcoming music roared.

At the same time, two rows of pretty ladies exited the village.

They were all of the same height and had similar makeup.

Song Shuhang saw that several of the welcoming ladies had added paddings to their chests in order to maintain a unified style among themselves. Being a welcoming lady was also very hard.

Song Shuhang silently sighed.

Suddenly, his eyes flickered.

By the side of the ladies, there were five or six slender male Black Horse Branch members, who were quickly changing clothes, and there was a makeup artist who was quickly applying makeup to them.

They were truly worthy of being cultivators, they could actually apply makeup in as fast as five or six seconds.

The male Black Horse Branch members changed their clothes and inserted the padding into their chests. After that, they integrated into the team of welcoming girls.

Song Shuhang: “…”

Song Shuhang asked, “Was this how the welcoming ceremony was prepared yesterday?”

Kindness replied, “Mm-hm, our Black Horse Branch is a small branch, and we wouldn’t be able to find too many young ladies of the same height. As such, the branch head came up with this trick, simply adding a male of a similar height into the lines of ladies. As long as they were to wear the same makeup, it would be hard to tell them apart from the rest.”

Song Shuhang raised his head and looked at the sky. He simply couldn’t squeeze out a reply for a while.

The plots in the city ran too deep, so I fled to the countryside. Little did I know that the countryside had also changed. Their plots were similarly deep.

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With a burst of cheers, the two rows of sensual ‘welcoming ladies’ walked along the red carpet at a neat and measured pace.

“Greetings, Great Master of the Turtle Branch, our Black Horse Branch welcomes your guidance.” They shouted out with a neat and sweet voice.

At the entrance of the village, the great master extended his hand and stroked his beard with a satisfied smile on his face.

After that, he took his two disciples onto the red carpet and entered the Black Horse Branch.

The branch head greeted them at the entrance of the village.

The turtle great master arrived in front of the branch head, and the two embraced and shook hands enthusiastically.

The turtle great master laughed, and said, “I’ve already gone to 16 branches on this trip, your Black Horse Branch’s ‘welcoming technique’ is the best out of all of them. I will definitely request the headquarters to increase the resources allocated to the Black Horse Branch next year.”

The ‘welcoming technique’ came from the secret book of the ‘All the Humans of the World Should Unite and Become a Family’ organization.

Depending on the level of their welcoming technique, one could see just how much a branch attaches importance to their guests.

The turtle great master was clearly very satisfied.

The branch head laughed, and said, “It is our pleasure to leave you satisfied.”

With the turtle great master putting in a good word for them, next year, their Black Horse Branch would be able to have a greater amount of cultivation resources.

From this, it could be seen that it’d been worth it to teach the ‘welcoming technique’ to the members of the branch.

The branch head asked, “Great Master Turtle, it’s still early. Would you like to have a meal at our Black Horse Branch first?”

Great Master Turtle waved his hand, and said, “That beautiful welcome was better than any delicacy. Let’s not waste any time, gather the members of your branch and simply allow me to spread the secret technique of the alliance to everyone!