With these skills and the cloning technique, Han Cai was now the perfect escape artist. He also upgraded his cloning technique to level 2, so his clone could exist for a day without disappearing.


    Toplete most of the missions, he would just go to the area where the mission required him to go then he would send the clone to finish the mission.


    The space escape also was leveled up. Some limitations of the space escape technique were removed. With his current cultivation level, Han Cai could travel around 5 miles in one jump, and he could also transport living beings with him. The skill still required a significant amount of Qi, and Han Cai couldn''t use it too frequently.


    Besides the skills, Han Cai also updated the system and added some new features.


    In thest three years, he updated the system five times. And each time he upgraded the system, he unlocked a new feature.


    The summon feature appeared after the 4th system update and was a proper pay-to-win feature. Through this feature, he could summon a cultivator or beast that could fight for him or do chores for him.


    But this feature had some limitations; The highest level cultivator or beasts that he could summon could not be more than two levels above his level. Since his cultivation was at the golden core, he could summon up to a soul formation level cultivator.


    If he summoned a cultivator of his level, it would cost him 1% of one trading point per minute; if he summoned a cultivator one level above his cultivation, that would cost him 10% of one trading point, but if he summoned a cultivator two levels above him that would cost him one trading points per minute. So it was proper to pay to win in the cultivation world.


    This was not the only pay-to-win feature he unlocked; Vision allowed him to pay per view. Han Cai could pay the system and view the live broadcast of five miles of the area near the location he or his clone were or had passed through. For locations he and his clone had visited in the past, the time limit was one day; after one day, the vision would refresh and show him a live broadcast of the next location he was in or had been through. It was basically as if he installed CCTV cameras in locations wherever he passed through, but the cameras would stop working for that specific location after a day.


    Teleport was another handy pay-to-win feature. He could set up three teleport points at a time and use them to instantly transport himself from one point to another, and there was no distance limit as long as he had enough trading points. He could teleport from anywhere to the designated teleport point. This could save him a lot of time and effort when traveling long distances or escaping dangerous situations.


    Han Cai also unlocked a new defense feature. This feature provided protection. When Han Cai activates it, the system creates a special energy shield that epasses the entire area, which resembles a translucent dome. The shield would scan everyone who tries to enter the area and detects any malice or threatening intentions. If it identifies any such person, it activates a powerful mechanism that prevents the unwanted crowd from entering, regardless of their cultivation level. It was like a better version of the sect''s array. The sect''s array could be broken by anyone who was a nascent soul or above. This defense was unbreakable as long as Han Cai provided the system with enough trading points.


    In case of an attack, the shield would charge a different amount of points depending on the strength of the attacker. If it was a small cultivator, it would cost only a few points to deter their attacks, but if a powerful cultivator attacked, the system would consume a massive amount of points every minute to deter the attack. The energy shield appeared imprable and invisible to the naked eye, but when attacked, you can notice a vibrant blue hue, indicating that it is fully activated and ready to defend the designated area.


    Thest seal feature would allow Han Cai to create a powerful seal that locks down a target or an entire area. Once sealed, the target would be unable to use any cultivation techniques or escape techniques, making them vulnerable to attack. The seal could be made tost for as long as Han Cai kept supplying the points; just like the security, the seal also had a different price range depending on the strength of the cultivator.


    While Han Cai was lost in the view on the terrace, someone came up on the terrace; it was none other than his loyal butler Yongnian. Han Cai did not turn around to look at him.


    Yongnian spoke: "Someone from the dark hall came. The sect master and elder Dongmei are expecting you in the sect master''s abode this afternoon."


    After speaking, Yongnian left.


    Now dark hall elders and disciples had stopped appearing directly inside his cave abode.


    Even though Dark Hall had ess to all the formations in the sect, they could enter any abode without permission. But they did not try to enter Han Cai''s abode without his permission any longer.


    That was because one time, when Han Cai was meditating peacefully, a dark hall elder appeared right into the meditation room to give him some news. Han Cai disliked the intrusion, so without any mercy, he thrashed the golden core dark hall elder. He sealed him and kept beating him for hours.


    After that, on a few more asions, whenever members of the dark hall entered his abode directly without permission, trying to act mysteriously, he would thrash them without giving them a reason.


    Soon they got the message loud and clear so as not to disturb him or enter his cave abode without his permission. From that point forward, if Dark Hall Elders or disciples had to visit Han Cai, , they woulde to the entrance of his cave abode, and Yongnian would inform Han Cai.


    No one was allowed to meet or see Han Cai directly. Only four people were allowed to interact with him in the whole sect.


    After the first escapade to absorb the spirit stone mines dry, which gave him an amazing payout, he was already strong enough that he could fight a nascent soul cultivator. It was not difficult for him to thrash the core formation and golden core elders of Dark Hall. The foundation establishment disciples of Dark Hall were not even worth mentioning.


    Many core elders noticed the dark-hall disciples or elders visiting the sect''s core infirmary. Slowly, rumors spread in inner-core circles about dark hall members who were ustomed to entering any abode being pounded by Core Disciple Han when they attempted to enter his abode without his permission.


    When the sect''s core elders heard about this, they were confused. Was Han Cai already this powerful, or was he using the earth-grade treasure? In their eyes, Han Cai''s cultivation showed at the foundation establishment level.<novelnext></novelnext>


    But Elder Dongmei and Sect Master had realized long ago that Han Cai had already be too powerful; if he wanted to fight them, maybe they could not beat him. , but they still did not expect he would thrash the members of the Dark Hall so mercilessly for their intrusion.


    Elder Dongmei, who was ustomed to entering Han Cai''s abode directly without any announcement or permission, had sweat forming on his head. He understood Han Cai more than others did. He knew Han Cai was killing the chickens to scare the monkey.


    He decided that he would no longer visit Han Cai''s abode. Instead, he would send dark hall members to bring Han Cai to the dark hall. This was the only way he could save some face for himself.


    One of the most significant events in the history of the sect took ce on this day: because a core disciple, Han Cai, taught manners to a great grand elder and other members dark hall. This situation had never urred before.


    The great grandmaster of the sect, Elder Dongmei, was genuinely terrified of Han Cai''s skills. He didn''t disy it. But He was aware that, like him, Han Cai was prone to losing his temper and that, if that happened, serious troubley ahead. He knew that Han Cai had developed into a more potent assassin than he had been.


    The sect''s current situation was that the entire sect was terrified of elder Dongmei, and elder Dongmei was terrified of Han Cai.


    But that didn''t mean Elder Dongmei stopped doting on Han Cai.


    The sect master understood why elder Dongmei feared Han Cai. The child was just 16 and had be a cold-blooded killer.


    After a year of Han Cai''s camping retreat, Elder Dongmei started giving him missions to kill bandits, capture rogue cultivators, raid demon sects, and many other missions. He wanted Han Cai to be the sharpest saber of the sect.


    Elder had noticed that there had been a drastic change in Han Cai''s mindset since he went out alone for the first time and came back having captured Cui Family members.


    In the beginning, elder Dongmei thought Han Cai had witnessed ore across some bad situations on his journey and would need to get over them. But even after a year, nothing changed; Han Cai had be more private.


    He would not speak a single word to anyone unless it were necessary, and when he did speak, he would not speak more than a word or a sentence.


    Slowly, elder Dongmei realized the child Han Cai he used to know, the one who would give him a teasing smile or show a smug face, had totally disappeared.


    There only existed a cold, emotionless Han Cai, and Elder Dongmei knew that Han Cai was not pretending to be cold. Because, on his missions, he killed his targets without any remorse or regret.


    There were times when he missed that smug kid in Han Cai. As this Han Cai was too terrifying to even for him.


    Elder Dongmei wondered what kind of circumstances Han Cai had undergone to be so detached from his emotions and whether it was worth sacrificing his humanity for the sake of being a sessful assassin. He assumed Han Cai had changed himself to be a sessful dark hall assassin.


    Despite his concerns, he knew it was not his ce to interfere with Han Cai''s decisions, and he could only hope Han Cai would get over whatever was bothering him.


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    Author''s Note


    I made one error in thest chapter regarding the value of trade points


    One trade point is equal to one million low-grade spirit stones, not one billion.


    If we reach 1000 power stones, I will release a supplementary chapter.


    If we reach 1000 golden tickets, I will release five supplementary chapters.


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