Hong Jun had some good things he had already accumulated over the years and this it wasn't difficult to help Li Ping with this issue.
He pulled out a small pot and pushed it before Li Ping.
"Drink this as you practice your body refinement technique. Make sure to use in moderation, after all your body can't withstand drinking it once." This was something he had gotten in the past.
It was very useful in improving the Qi and blood in the body. The effect was too strong and it had even allowed him to enhance his physique to the pinnacle of grandmaster realm.
He even thought it was extravagant to give away this thing, but it was no longer of any use to him and Su Qingqin. When it came to Hong Xianli, it was still far off for her to practice martial arts.
Exhaling slightly, he looked at the excited Li Ping and said, " After you leave, make sure to inform those assistants that from now on im going to reduce the number of assistants and open another higher position for those that achieve grandmaster realm. It is time for them to work hard or be replaced."
This was what he had planned to do but kept postponing. He felt that this guys might have forgotten the significance of strength. But the moment he unleashed his intention, he could feel that the eyes of many of them had changed.
It was the effect he wanted, or he might have just summoned those that had achieved pinnacle of body refinement secretly. But with them witnessing more people with the potential to enter grandmaster realm recieve guidance from Hong Jun, it gave off a different effect.
The pressure wasn't directed at them but it was enough to scare them. More importantly, they wouldn't be willing to let such a chance to advance.
Telling Li Ping to inform them of the changes,is a way to even reinforce the idea of pushing their martial arts realm higher.
Watching Li Ping retreat, Hong Jun stopped paying any attention to the guys on the floor.
He controlled the intention suppressing them and thus knew it was not dangerous. It wouldn't cause them serious trouble, but it would be enough to give them a problem.
Since that was the case, he had no plans to focus on them until someone managed to stand up.
He didn't loose anything using his intention this way, and thus he didn't mind.
His attention was on his daughter who was playing with the milk gourd with an excited expression after having her fill of the mIlk.
"Indeed! Children can never be bored. Just alone and she is able to have this level of enjoyment." He complained slightly, before his sight fell on some old woman at the entrance of the hall.
"Nany Wei! Come in!" Called without even restraining his voice.
The old woman felt a sight fall on him and it brought along a strong sense of oppression.
"Nanny Wei! I ask you, has anyone other than my wife put their hands on my daughter?" Nany Wei was just a normal person that has not practiced martial arts, and now the oppression from Hong Jun was enough to make her spill out all secrets, but she didn't say anything rather her face became pale, but hesitant to speak.
"Interesting!" His eyes suddenly turned cold.
He has always thought that as long as those Qi refiners don't enter the Hong clan village, things would be okay. Only now did he realize he might have been oversimplifying things.
His intention that had been released towards those guys that had just attained pinaccle of body refinement was directed towards Nanny Wei and she collapsed on the ground directly.
It wasn't the end, rather Hong Jun's intention spread out covering the entire Hall, and even spreading outwards.
Within the hall, those that had been struggling to resist the intention suddenly felt as though he he heaven was collapsing on them.
They where instantly forced back to the ground.
In this intention that had been revealed, they could feel a strong coldness slowly gathered.
For some people, this change was like a huge blow and they instantly collapsed to the ground, while for others it was a chance.
It brought about anger in their hearts while others felt death approaching and this was enough to stimulate the desire to survive.
Just in a single instance, the fates it nine people changed instantly.
Just like Nanny Wei, the rest passed out. It was obvious they were not as lucky to see a glimmer of hope in the moment of life and death that was presented before them. Only fear was left in their minds.
When Hong Jun regained his composure and his intention in the room disappeared, the only person enjoying themselves was his daughter.
Clearly she wasn't affected by this and he didn't dwell on this.
He closed his eyes and his perspective changed.
"Let's use this method to observe and see if I can locate the source of trouble." He found himself as one with the Celestial Suppression Pillar.
At this moment, his perception was enhanced to the point that he could see everything within the range of the village.
"Calm down!" With all this coverage, he actually felt like a god. But he still managed to calm himself down.
"Let's see if I can check the storage ring I got from before without passing out." With this thought his perception converged onto himself.
The next moment, he felt the connection with the ring on his hand, and everything with it was presented to him.
Just as he accomplished this, another thought appeared in his mind.
"Could the things in the storage ring be left inside the Celestial Suppression Pillar?" The moment he had this thought, he was shocked to discover the ring was empty.
"Hiss! How many functions of the jade pillar don't I know if?" He couldn't help but be shocked by this discovery.
Other than that, his mind was already working fast and discovered this could he leveraged with the use of contribution points.
"It used correctly, those from the grandmaster stage and above can directly collect resources using their contribution points and status without having to go through long processes." He smilled as he put this thoughts aside.
He then felt clearly and all the things taken from the storage space appeared in his mind one after another.
He could see them clearly, and only one of them caught his eye.
It was difficult to discover it when in the storage ring, but inside the Celestial Suppression Pillar, it was actually absorbing some white energy and cracks appearing on its surface.
A purple pigeon sized seed appeared in his sight with silver lines on its surface.