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Chapter 322: Blood Refining

Myriad Emperor World, Southern Vermillion Bird Continent, Fire Tempering Domain, Origin Pill Dao Sect:

Wang Wei opened his eyes. Three days have passed since he decided to cultivate the [Controlling Flame Art] and he has reached the 6th level. This technique is not that difficult–especially since he already witnessed the power of the 7th level from his third senior sister.

On top of that, Lou Cheng already cultivated to the 4th level, so he only had to learn the two remaining levels.

Unfortunately, his current research on the mystery of this cultivation technique has come to an end. With his current identity, the best way to find out is to either ask his master or his third senior sister.

Unfortunately, his master only told him to cultivate to the 6th level before coming to him. Although Wang Wei has already done so, Lou Cheng had only cultivated to the 4th level a few months ago and used this opportunity to break through the Supernatural Realm.

So, he could not explain to his master how he managed to reach such a level in just a few days; he did not want to raise suspicions.

After placing the task about the flame scripture in the back of his head, Wang Wei entered the small world inside his space ring. Soon, he found himself in a large pool full of blood.

After turning to his original body, he used his nail to make a small cut on his wrist. Golden blood dripped down, however, the blood did not fall on the ground. On the contrary, it went back inside his body, and the wound closed by itself.

"I have already tempered blood. Now it's time for the second step," muttered Wang Wei.

Without hesitation, he removed his clothes and jumped inside the pool. As soon as he entered, he began to run the [Ancient Desolate Body Refining Scripture].

A white light flew from the blood pool and entered his golden. A large amount of vitality was then infused into his body.

The blood refining part of the scripture was divided into three parts: blood tempering, vitality absorption, and Enlightenment.

The first part is self-explanatory: use any means necessary to temper the blood inside the body, remove the impurities until the blood is thick and golden.

Wang Wei used the cycle of the Five Elements from his organs and his Good Fortune Flame to temper his blood, so he already reached the requirement.

As for the second part, all he needed to do was absorb a large amount of life force or vitality.

Three hours after entering the blood pool, the color had changed from bright red to a watery white color. Wang Wei looked at this with a frown on his face.

He waved his hand and the water in the pool disappeared. He clutched his hand in the air, then the space broke. Immediately afterward, a bunch of demonic beasts appeared from the cracks.

There were different varieties of them: Golden Lion Race, Battle Ape Race, Golden Rock Race, etc. There were more than 10,000 of them, and all of them had two things in common: they had Emperor Bloodline flowing through their veins and had a cultivation of the Supreme Realm.

Wang Wei used his Divine Sense to check these demon races and he could feel that their auras were very unstable. Most likely because they were force-fed medicines to reach their current realms.

If they were humans, this would be almost impossible to cultivate so many Supreme Realm Powerhouses with resources alone. This was different for the demon race as they relied mostly on their bloodline.

As long as they have enough resources and as long as their bloodline is strong enough, they can quickly grow. This is also one of the reasons that humans forced the demon race to live in the continent with the least amount of resources.

After checking these demonic races that have been cultivated specifically for him, Wang Wei waved his hand and a string appear to form a cut on these beasts.

Then, their blood flows into the pool, replenishing it. An hour later, the corpses of these demonic beasts turned into dry mummies. Under his control, Wang Wei also removed their Blood Spirits–which is the equivalent to human's Primordial Spirit–and used a secret technique to turn it into vitality.

Then, Wang Wei entered the blood pool again to absorb vitality.

During the process, he started to think about his future cultivation. Currently, refining his blood has become a bottomless pit. The amount of vitality he requires to cultivate his blood to great perfection is beyond his expectation.

Accordion to the scripture, each person has different requirements for the amount of vitality needed based on their strength and talent.

As for Wang Wei, there are a few reasons that he needed so much. For one, he cultivated every part of his body to perfection and beyond. Second, his body refining talent drastically increased after refining Ji Song's body.

Third, after opening his 7 Chakras, his body took another leap in strength.

Finally, and the main reasons, he decided to cultivate his organs before cultivating his blood. On top of that, he used Innate Materials for his organs, making his foundation and strength reach an unimaginable level.

As a result of this, he has to pay the price for his actions. Luckily for him, his family is rich and can give him all the resources he needs. But Wang Wei is still not satisfied.

According to his calculations, he will take a lot of time before his blood reach saturation. Furthermore, he still has to deal with the third step of refining his blood.

So, he began to ponder ways to reduce the time needed to succeed. His first plan is to ask for the sect to give him an Emperor Pill that has a lot of vitality.

However, he denied this plan as this would be a waste. His body is not nearly strong enough to withstand such a powerful pill. Plus, using such a level of resources because he did not want to waste time seemed unnecessary.

His second plan was to find another Innate herb and used it. Regrettably, this plan was still not practical as the sect no longer had any Innate Material. Maybe he could get some from other sects.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Wei thought of another possible option: the Wood Essence he used for his organs.

As an Innate herb full of vitality that can even heal a Great Emperor, logically speaking, it should be enough for Wang Wei to temper his blood. The majority of the vitality he is using to temper his blood comes from it.

However, there is a problem.

Innate materials are different from Emperor Tiers one for a reason. For a material to become Emperor Tier, it has to be grown by a Great Emperor. After years of being baptized by his Dao, the material will transform itself into higher quality.

As for Innate material, they have their own advantage as well. Since they are bred by Heaven and Earth, they contain Innate Laws inside of them. If someone gets such material, the Innate Law has a lot of benefits.

For example, if some mortal was fortunate enough to acquire an Innate Treasure, then that person is set for life. They can study the Innate Laws inside of the material, and it became very easy for them to cultivate and comprehend the Law.

The Innate Material is a perfect teacher that slowly teaches its owner about the laws of Heaven and Earth, making the lesson as easy and understandable as possible.

As for Emperor Materials, they do have laws inside of them as well. However, it is the law of the Emperor that cultivated them. Not only are those laws difficult to understand, but it also belongs to someone else.

If someone comprehended them, they might acquire some powerful divine abilities, but their path of cultivation would be forever cut off.

When it comes to Innate herbs, they also have some law embedded inside of them. If someone wanted to use them to their fullest potential, they have to activate the power inside of them.

And what's the best way to do so?

Comprehend the law inside of them and resonate with it.

However, here comes another problem. To be able to comprehend the law, a Primordial Spirit is required and Wang Wei does not have one.

He once asked Wu Hong if his Paragon-quality could bypass this restriction, she told him that it was possible, but a certain price must be paid.

For example, he has to change to another cultivation system and recast his Dao Foundation.

Of course, he could still comprehend the law without a Primordial Spirit or changing cultivation system. The only problem is that his heaven-defying comprehension will be rendered to an ordinary genius.

In other words, he will take a very long time to comprehend the law.

Wang Wei frowned as his thoughts reached this conclusion.

"Wait," he suddenly muttered. "Why am I in such a hurry?"

He realized that his state of mind was wrong; he seemed in too much hurry for success.

Right now, he was at the Peak of the Divine Body Realm while most of his competitors were still in the Human Stage. Even if he took his time to either cultivate his blood or reach the Primordial Spirit Realm, it did not matter.

He was just given them time to catch up to him.

Additionally, having a faster cultivation speed did not really matter that much in this world. Even if he cultivated to the Quasi-Emperor Realm as soon as possible, he could not reach the next realm.

Only after most if not all the members of his generation reach a certain realm will Heavenly Dao create the Heaven Will and launch the Batte of Emperor.

So, Wang Wei took a deep breath to calm himself down and adjust his state of mind. He could take his time to comprehend the law in the Wood Essence.

No matter how slow it was, it would still be useful once he succeeded. 

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    Nicee
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    See ya'll in five years when the Heaven's Will Battle Arc starts
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      Oof
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    Chapter 324 - Precision


    After flying for a while, Wang Wei finally arrived at his destination. He walked in with great side heading straight to the counter and registered for his test.

    According to the rules of the Alchemy Association, each participant of the test has to pay a certain fee, no matter the success or failure of the test. Because of Lou Cheng's master and status, he can receive a discount for the fee.

    Unfortunately, it was not free, secretly complained Wang Wei. Although he was rich, Lou Cheng was not. So, with a pained expression, he paid the fee for the test.

    Meanwhile, during the entire process of registration, he had to ignore the weird look that some people gave him. He guessed their reasons for doing so.

    Lou Cheng was nothing but a Low-level Tier 2 Alchemist. But now, a little over three months after breaking through to the Supernatural Realm, he was applying to become a Middle Tier 2 Alchemist.

    Wang Wei ignored their chatter and lined up like everyone else. His eyes scanned the surroundings, then an idea came to him. He secretly hypnotized one person and had the person approach him, have a short conversation with him before leaving.

    Then, he waited for his term; this wait lasted for a full three hours. Finally, Wang Wei along with five other people entered a large room. The first thing he noticed after entering the room was the five old man floating in the air while sitting cross-legged.

    They all had white long hair and beard, had tanned skin, most likely because of always being around intense flames for alchemy. Additionally, a faint scent of medicine could also be detected from them.

    The five old men looked at all the participants, only briefly pausing on Wang Wei before ignoring him. The old man in the middle who was referred to as Elder Fang Lie said:

    "You should all be aware of the rules. You can refine any Middle Earth Grade pill. To pass the test, you have to refine at least 3 pills with normal quality. You can have as many trials as you want during the allocating time.

    "Now, show me your materials."

    All 6 of them took out the materials needed for the refinement, then the five old men used their Divine Sense to check and ensure that nothing was wrong or any cheating did not occur.

    Finally, Elder Fang Lie waved his hand and 6 ordinary-looking cauldrons appeared in front of the participants.

    According to the Association's rules, the test required the participants to use ordinary cauldron as a way to display their true skills.

    Wang Wei checked the cauldron in front of him: it was nothing but a Low-level Profound origin artifact that only Body Refining Realm cultivators would use.

    Since everyone was restricted to the same rule, he did not say anything. Countless runes starting appeared on his body as he immediately used his Innate Talent.

    With it, he instantly understood the perfect ratio needed to refine the pill he chose: the Fortune Enhancement Pill. The purpose of this pill is to increase the strength of a cultivator's Good Fortune Flame, which will in turn increase the speed that they can temper their bodies in the Divine Body Realm.

    This pill is quite popular amongst cultivators, and the difficulty to refine it is between middle to the upper levels.

    After Wang Wei used his Innate Talent, the five judges were not surprised as many alchemists have Innate Talent that helped them in pill concocting. In this group along, there was another person who was also using his Innate Talent.

    The only difference was that the person had already entered the Divine Body Realm, so runes did not appear on his body.

    Wang Wei ignored everyone as he concentrated on his refinement. After using his talent to get the perfect ratio for his recipe, he did not stop there. Instead, he used his [Precision] talent to find the precise or perfect way to remove impurities.

    After controlling the flame properly to do so, he melted the herbs into liquid, mix them into one before condensing the mixture into pills. Finally, he engraved the necessary runes.

    After Wang Wei finished, he ended up with 3 normal pills and 2 superior ones. The judges checked the pills, nodded in satisfaction before giving him a badge with his newly updated status as a Middle Tier 2 Alchemist.

    The information regarding his status was updated in the main brain of the Association that was located at the city right in front of the Origin Pill Dao Sect.

    While leaving the Testing Pavilion, Wang Wei used his Divine Sense to refine the new badge, and also review the new benefits he will receive with his new status.

    For one, he will receive a few hundred sect points. Although not a lot, still better than nothing.

    However, the greatest advantage of that badge is the discount it can be used for. Whether it was buying herbs from the Sect or directly from the Association, whether he can send missions, he will receive a discount.

    And that's not all. Many places that are unrelated to Alchemy will give discounts to professionals as long as they showed their badges. For example, when using Teleportation Array, renting Flying Demonic beasts, and even using the constructs that Wang Wei popularized: the badge can be used to get a discount.

    Finally, the badge contained a Defensive Formation inside that can protect the user based on their tier. With Wang Wei's badge, the formation can be used to protect him from a powerful attack from a Peak Divine Body Realm cultivator.

    From what Wang Wei knows, the Tier 3 badge is actually very precious as it contained not only a defensive formation that can protect from Void Shattering Realm cultivator but also can be used as a Void Breaking Talisman.

    That way, once the alchemist is in danger, they can run away. Even if the opponent blocks the void, they can still tear it open and run away.

    The badge is one of the reasons that many professionals are eager to join the Associations–especially the loose cultivators. After all, the badge is equal to a second life for them.

    After leaving the pavilion, Wang Wei flew back to his cave. However, midway through, he received a Communication Talisman and changed his destination.

    "Disciple has seen master," bowed Wang Wei.

    "Little fifth, I've heard the news about your promotion, congratulation," said Ye Lao.

    'It seems that my master's power is not as bad as I imagined. Not even a few minutes after my test he already received the news. However, from his body language and tone, he seems to wonder about my sudden increase in alchemic ability," thought Wang Wei, who placed a happy smile on his face as he said:

    "Master, it's all thanks to Innate Talent. At first, it could only be used to find the perfect ratio of herbs to use for Alchemy. Then, I thought to myself, why not try to use to find the precise way to remove impurities in the herbs, then it worked.

    "I could not believe it. Now, I have so many ideas. Maybe I can use it to find the perfect way to control flames and more important, to engrave runes. If can succeed, I cannot imagine what I could achieve in the future."

    As Ye Lao watched his excited apprentice babbled on, his eyes lit up in surprise, albeit his face remained calm. If his disciple succeeds to develop his Innate Talen to this level, his Alchemy Talent would reach an unimaginable level.

    Ye Lao became excited after hearing this. This is one of the advantages of the Origin System as a cultivation method. With the right Innate talent, a mediocre person can quickly become extraordinary as long as they developed their talents in the right direction.

    "Good, good, good." Ye Lao repeated his words three times. "You did well, Little Cheng. You did not disappoint your master."

    'I have finally removed this guy's suspicions. Plus, from now on, I do not have to worry about showing too much talent.'

    Wang Wei personally developed Lou Cheng's Innate Talent in that direction to display his talent and be more favored by his master, thus also increasing his chances at achieving his goals for coming here.

    Truth be told, he has even more ideas for the development of this talent. For example, in the future, he wants to develop this [Precision] talent to apply to other things.

    For example, develop the perfect way to apply physical strength, the perfect way to control origin essence, the precise way to apply the soul. Finally, the precise way to control the Law.

    Although Lou Cheng's ability seemed to be limited to only alchemy, for now, Wang Wei will try to develop in these directions. If he succeeds, he will not return that talent to Lou Cheng after giving him his body back.

    Even if he fails, he will try to develop a cultivation technique that has these effects using that talent as a springboard–just like Empress Wu did with her Universal Seal.

    After being praised by Ye Lao, Wang Wei displayed a happy face, followed by a little shy and embarrassed appearance. Then, a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

    "Little Cheng, do you have something in your mind?"

    "Master, I've been wondering about the [Controlling Flame Art]."

    "Is there a problem? If there is something that you do not understand, I can explain it to you."

    "No, it's not this. While I was waiting for my test, a disciple named Jiang Yu approached me. Based on my brief conversation with him, I could feel like he was interested in what cultivation method I cultivate.

    "I don't know. I somehow feel like this technique has some secret."

    Ye Lao frowned after hearing this. According to the information he receive, someone did approach little fifth. And that guy also belonged to Fu Caiyun's faction.

    'Has he already suspected something?'

    With a calm look on his face, Ye Lao said: "You do not have to worry about anything. As long as you cultivate it to the 6th stage and break through the Primordial Spirit Stage, you will know everything."

    "Master, I feel like, with the combination of my Innate Talent, I should be able to cultivate to the 6th stage really soon."

    The Controlling Flame Art is a weird technique that not only showed how to control flame but can also be used as a cultivation method. As such, it is possible to cultivate it to a high level without reaching the realm–as long as you have enough talent.

    "I understand that you're curious," said Ye Lao. "But you have to understand, some secrets cannot be known without the appropriate strength."

    'It seems that I have to find another way to quickly learn the secret of this technique.'

    Wang Wei nodded his head, chatted with his cheap master for a while before returning to his cave.

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    Sorry about the mistake.. I even got the chapter title wrong using the next chapter's title.
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    Chapter 323 - Material Alchemy


    After calming himself down, Wang Wei decided to take his time and not rush. He will do the best he can to speed up the process, but if he failed, then that's fine; it's not a big deal.

    Plus, he already had an idea in mind.

    In the Exchange Pavillion, he saw that sect points could be used to exchange the Phoenix Heart Pill–which is one of the most famous pills unique to the Origin Pill Dao Sect.

    Alchemists are weak by nature compared to other cultivators as they spent most of their time refining pills. As such, in ancient times, they focused on better ways to save their lives in case of danger.

    Most alchemists have healing pills on them in case they need to heal, but it is still possible to be killed even before they have the chance to take it out. So, many alchemists of the Origin Pill Dao Sect who wanted to deal with this problem came out with a solution: the Phoenix Heart Pill.

    Although the name has phoenix in it, the pill recipe does not have anything to do with that legendary Innate Demon. The pill is one full of vitality that is lodged inside the heart of the alchemist.

    Once he or she is injured, it will instantly release the vitality to heal them. This was a way for alchemists to acquire a powerful healing ability similar to Body Refiners.

    Unfortunately, over the years, the material to make this pill has become very rare. So, it is not as common as it used to be in the Ancient Emperor Era.

    Now, there are only two ways to exchange for this pill. One is being the Heaven Chosen of the Origin Pill Dao Sect that will compete for this generation's Heaven Will.

    Wang Wei pondered whether he should show enough talent to become the sect's Heaven Chosen. However, after thinking about it deeply, he refused that idea.

    The current political landscape of the Origin Pill Dao Sect was a mess. His master–despite being the sect master–has very little power and is constantly fighting with Fu Caiyun.

    If he were to become the sect's Heaven Chosen, he could foresee that Fu Caiyun would do everything possible not only to assassinate him but also reduce the number of resources he would receive.

    There is no way he would be treated with the same level as the Dao Opening Sect or other Emperor Lineages.

    Furthermore, becoming the sect's Heaven Chosen would draw too much attention to himself–even though his rise will still force him to clash with Fu Caiyun and his faction, it was not on the same scale.

    Additionally, although Wang Wei had faith in his [Fate Stealing Technique], he did not want to take any unnecessary risk.

    So, the only option left for him is to acquire enough Sect Points to exchange the pill. Although this process will take longer, if he plays his card right, it will be fine.

    After making a preliminary plan, Wang Wei spent the next three months inside his cave refining pills and preparing for the future. Then, he left.

    He headed straight to the Testing Pavillion; his goal was to raise his Alchemist rank.

    One of the advantages of being a disciple of the leader of the Alchemist Association was the fact that, unlike other people, he did not have to go to any of the branches or Main Branch to test his rank; he could do it inside the sect and the information will be sent to the proper authorities.

    While Wang Wei was flying to his destination, he quickly caught a group of people surrounding two people competing against one another.

    Of the two people competing against one another, one of them caught his attention: it was a girl dressed in blue clothes, sitting on the floor with a cauldron in front of her.

    The girl was in deep concentration as she refined her pill. Unlike her opponent that only had a few dozens of materials near him, she had hundreds of them; to be precise, 320.

    She would take the material and place it inside the cauldron, control the flame to burn the impurities, then mix them together. She did so with all 320 materials, mixing them in the right ratio.

    A few hours later, her opponent started to inscribe runes on the pill, but she was still removing impurities from the material and mixing them. Once everything was done, she started to condense the liquid herbal mixture into pills.

    Soon, both of them were done and they showed their pills.

    What they were refining was the Top-Level Earth Tier Pill, Primordial Spirit Condensing Pill. This pill allowed the Primordial Spirit to be more condensed and increase in strength.

    Once the two competitors finished their refinements, they opened their cauldron at the same time to compare. The boy managed to refine 4 pills, with three normal grades and one superior grade.

    The girl made 6 pills with 4 normal grades and 2 superiors. So, the winner was decided.

    The boy coldly snorted as he said: "So what if you win? This world is ruled by Rune Alchemy. There is no room for you Material Alchemy people. In your life, you will never become a Tier 3 Alchemist."

    After saying that, he left without looking back. All the people who watched the battle left with a few people sighing in pity. As for the girl, she was calmed during the entire process–even when she left.

    Meanwhile, Wang Wei who was watching this competition began to rummage through his mind to remember the information he read about Material Alchemy in the sect's library and Secret Archive.

    In the Ancient Emperor Era, after Wang Wei's ancestor Emperor Qiyuan gained the title of [Daofather] and started the era, many people were competing for the title of Ancestor, including many Alchemists who wanted the title of [Alchemy Ancestor].

    At that time, the only existing form of alchemy was what the boy called "Material Alchemy" as the concept of using runes for alchemy did not exist yet. Runes were only used in talisman making, weapon refinement, and formation.

    Material Alchemy revolved around combining many different herbs to accomplish a certain effect by the consumer; it did not rely on runes for anything.

    At that time, this kind of alchemy was the mainstream was steadily being developed–until the Danyuan Emperor appeared and developed the concept of Rune Alchemy.

    Unlike Material Alchemy, Rune Alchemy had many advantages, one the main ones being the few materials needed in the process. As long as the few main materials of a pill are used, runes can be used to replace the auxiliary materials.

    As for Material Alchemy, each pill required hundreds of auxiliary materials. Furthermore, the higher the pill, the more material required. The profession of alchemy is a resource-burning one as each alchemist require many trial and errors before successfully refining a pill.

    When it came to Material Alchemy, each failure was the loss of hundreds or thousands of materials. Because of this, back then, Alchemy was truly a noble profession that only a few people could partake one, that only the wealthy could become.

    Then, the Danyuan Emperor invented Rune Alchemy; this method lowered the number of resources required for alchemists. Because of this, this form of Alchemy soon became mainstream in the world.

    And once he managed the [Alchemy Ancestor] proved the Dao and acquired the title, this form of alchemy became the orthodox one practiced by all the cultivators of the Myriad Emperor World.

    From historical records, Wang Wei knew that at that time, Material Alchemy was still a very powerful type of alchemy practiced by many people. The Alchemy Ancestor did not discriminate against it and even preached about learning from it and taking some of the advantages it had.

    Unfortunately, his descendants were not as open-minded as him. The other Great Emperors of the Origin Pill Dao Sect started a campaign to forever suppress it.

    They destroyed countless pills recipes, ruined the reputation of material alchemists, and erased some of their contributions to the world. Things got so bad that at some point, the only recipe for material alchemy left could only refine Top-level Profound Pill that only Divine Altar Realm cultivators could use.

    It was only after the sect did not produce a Great Emperor for so long that material alchemy got a chance to breathe and develop. However, without many people developing it, the highest level of pill that they could make now was Top-level Earth Pills.

    While floating in the air, Wang Wei was thinking about the Alchemy Ancestor and Rune Alchemy. From the records he read, material alchemy is the mainstream of the majority if not all worlds in the Endless Void.

    Most Alchemy System is a variation of this. Using runes for alchemy probably did not exist. In one of the books that he read, it was implied that the concept of Rune Alchemy was most likely invented by the Alchemy Ancestor and spread through other World's Communities.

    "Based on the little information that I've read about Danyuan Emperor, why do I feel that this guy was not ordinary; that he was more than he seemed on the surface," muttered Wang Wei as he watched the girl fly away.

    Personally, he also agreed with Rune Alchemy becoming the mainstream of the world. Based on the resources needed to cultivate an Alchemy Master, imagine if material alchemy was the mainstream of this world.

    After so many Eras, how much resources would have been used and wasted; the number is simply astronomical. Not to mention that there would never have been as many alchemists throughout history without Rune Alchemy.

    Although, he still thought that the Great Emperors of the Origin Pill Dao Sect went too far on their suppression of this form of Alchemy. Although these guys used the issue of resources as an excuse for their actions, Wang Wei could see that they were doing it for luck.

    With Rune Alchemy being invented by their ancestor, once it became mainstream, their sect would be blessed with abundant Qi Luck and ensure their survival for many Eras to come.

    Without such abundant Qi Luck, their sect might not have cultivated so many Great Emperors; they might become as miserable as the sect created by the Formation Ancestor.

    After shaking his head, Wang Wei continued to fly to his destination.
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