The next morning, all the people Paul invited arrived, with Jing being the first one.
Not long after her, the city lord's family arrived, followed by the province lord's family, and both families brought guards, who immediately took defensive positions.
Right after them came the three ladies from the Gu family, followed by the Yang family, and many people who were guests in Paul's mansion not that long ago.
-Thank you all for arriving.
Paul said once everyone gathered.
-The reason I asked for your help is that Lady Jing was cursed.
I can remove the curse by absorbing its power, but since it's most likely that the person who cursed her is from the seventh realm, the curse contains way too much mana for me to absorb alone, and according to my calculations, it will take over two hundred people to absorb it all, safely.
You will all take turns entering the circles on the ground, and after absorbing up to five levels' worth of energy, you will need to switch with the next person.
This will give you time to assimilate the power.
Paul explained.
He was sure that most people here could absorb ten levels' worth of power easily, but he preferred to be safe rather than sorry.
-Lastly, if you gather enough energy to make a breakthrough, then my mansion as well as the neighboring one are at your disposal.
After that, he asked everyone to form a line, following his ladies, who entered the circles first.
-This might take a while.
He warned Jing, who was already lying on the bed.
-Then we'd better get to it.
She smiled.
Paul sat down and once again connected with the curse before absorbing its energy.
This time, however, he was not going slowly, since he served as a conduit for a dozen circles, in which his ladies sat and absorbed all the mana and Qi he released through the array.
It only took fifteen minutes for the ladies to all gain five levels and switch out to absorb the power.
Since Paul didn't need to worry about absorbing the mana or purifying it, he allowed it to pass through him, releasing an incredible amount of power capable of sustaining the cultivation of a dozen people at once, while he also absorbed a small amount of the power.
During the next five hours, over two hundred people absorbed the energy, rotating every five levels.
Before the last group of soldiers entered the circle, Paul's ladies were ready to go at it again.
The problem, however, was such that during this whole time, the curse barely lost around 5% of its energy.
On the other hand, Paul found the pace at which he felt comfortable while transferring the power, which allowed him to go at it for a long time.
Before anyone noticed, the whole day went by, and they were nowhere near depleting the power of the curse.
The good news was that the people absorbing the energy felt their cultivation skyrocketing, and some of them even started their breakthroughs.
To not interrupt the absorption rate, Xiao Han sent for more guards and some of his officers, who he knew were nearing their stage breakthrough.
-At this rate, it might take a whole week to deplete this curse.
Luo Mo said, seeing as the next batch of people took their place in the circles.
-Yeah, but with this method, we all get to benefit while helping this woman.
Liu Lili said, standing next to him.
-I'm a bit worried about Paul; he has been transferring all this power for a whole day.
Jing Su said, looking at the young man with worry.
-I'm sure he knows what he's doing, and if at any moment it becomes dangerous, I'm certain he will stop.
Lili said with confidence.
She doubted that he would risk an injury or any complications when he is so close to reaching the pinnacle of this realm.
Paul felt the fatigue as it was not easy channeling all this power through his body, but he decided not to stop until he either depleted the power of the curse or was unable to continue anymore.
Additionally, he also absorbed some of the power, gaining levels every few hours.
He was so focused on his task that he didn't even notice when the day went by and the night was the same.
The one thing he focused on was depleting the curse, and it was being depleted at a good pace.
By the morning, it lost more than a fourth of its power and was still being drained.
Another result that no one saw coming from this was that all the participants could see the difference in their power level compared to the people from the seventh realm.
If one curse could fuel the cultivation of so many people, then the difference was almost unimaginable.
The next three days looked similar, with many people breaking through and gaining more levels at an astonishing rate.
Paul's ladies all reached the next cultivation stages, and except for Su, who had a smooth breakthrough as usual, they were all breaking through to their next stages.
Liu Lili, Xiao Han, Luo Mo, Jing Su, Cai Xiao, and most of the other people invited for this were now breaking through the stages, and their spots were mostly taken over by soldiers, who were eager to gain more power, as many of them also had broken through.
By this point, Paul was exhausted, but also happy as he managed to gain a few levels from this as well.
Luckily for him, the power of the curse was now almost depleted, and it was only a matter of an hour or two before it was fully depleted.
Within the next two hours, the curse was fully depleted, and its shape had shattered like a glass once the last of its power was drained.
-It's done.
Paul said, and took a deep breath.
He was tired but happy, as everyone gained a lot from this.
What he didn't know was that a certain sect elder in the seventh world felt pain in his chest and spat a mouthful of blood; at the same moment, the curse disappeared.
-Impossible, how did she do this?
The elder mumbled, not believing what he just experienced.
He received a backlash after his curse was dispelled, but he was almost certain that this woman had no idea she was cursed and that no one from a mortal realm could detect his curse.
So the only logical explanation was that someone from the higher realms had removed the curse, which meant that she either found someone from realms higher than the seventh realm or one of the rival sects got to her and removed the seal.
Either way, it was already too late to do anything about it, as it was not worth it to offend someone from the higher realms or start a sect war over this girl.