aircannonsinc 150. Chapter 150 Win-Win!
150. Chapter 150 Win-Win!
Chapter 150: A Win-Win!
"I'm telling you, this deal can be done!"
"Look at that old blackhead, why has he recently been able to afford spirit stones and even married a noblewoman he couldn't have before?"
"Isn't it because he took a job from me, completed it, and received a reward?"
"Don't be scared by those haunted places. We're not going to those blood sacrifice sites. We just go in and out on the outskirts, helping the owners find their lost items."
"The death rate is not high!"
"At most, we'll be contaminated by evil energy, which is harmful to our cultivation."
"But let's be honest with ourselves, if we don't earn spirit stones, do we still have a path to follow?"
In the teahouse, the middle-aged cultivator who acted as the intermediary for the bounties spoke fluently and confidently.
Many of the dozens of scattered cultivators sitting in the teahouse were indeed persuaded and showed expressions of interest.
Then, a few scattered cultivators gritted their teeth, stood up, and cursed that even if they were eaten by evil spirits, they couldn't die in poverty!
After finding the middle-aged cultivator and registering, about one-third of the scattered cultivators were motivated and signed up to receive information, as well as set the time and place for the upcoming gathering.
Several tens of minutes later, the middle-aged cultivator, feeling proud, walked into an alley and began to scold the three scattered cultivators who had been waiting there.
"I've told you so many times, be more natural with your expressions and tone. Don't you know that at least half of the people here know that you're just a stooge?"
"Fortunately, the current situation is not good. Even if Master Baihe is merciful, he allows us scattered cultivators to temporarily waive various fees."
"It's so difficult to cultivate and live a better life."
After the middle-aged cultivator finished scolding, he took out a bottle containing low-grade elixirs and distributed them to these scattered cultivators.
Spirit stones were precious, and the most commonly used by lower-level cultivators were low-grade elixirs that could be bought with a single spirit stone and had a large consumption rate.
After the middle-aged cultivator let these people leave, he leisurely changed into a new set of clothes.
Then he prepared to leave the Jiuye Mountain Market and go to a larger market with more variety to pass the time.
Suddenly, a wave of pressure descended from the sky.
He saw a flash of white in front of him.
Even though he didn't see clearly, the middle-aged cultivator's face changed drastically. He fell to his knees and begged for mercy on the cold stone floor.
"Get up, as long as you haven't lied, there's no need to worry."
Su Ping slowly approached the middle-aged cultivator and said calmly.
The middle-aged cultivator was sweating all over and quickly said:
"In front of Master Baihe, I dare not lie... Although I love money, I also know the principle of taking it properly. Although I used some means, everything I told those scattered cultivators is true!"
"In this regard, there are others like me in other markets, and there is even an official bounty hall in the Yunshan Market."
"Master... you can check it!"
Su Ping neither confirmed nor denied it, but took all the information from him.
After carefully reviewing it, Su Ping finally understood.
These bounties mainly consisted of personal bounties from the immortal cultivation families who had fled the area.
They are reluctant to forget the things they took away, but they are unwilling to go back and face the risk of encountering evil spirits or being invaded by evil energy.
So they simply provide maps, markings, and rewards, hoping to find someone to help them bring the things back by offering spirit stones.
In addition to the rewards, during this period, everything that those people gain naturally belongs to themselves.
This can also be considered as a benefit tacitly approved by the scattered cultivators who are willing to take risks.
With the map markings, the scattered cultivators can also find good things more easily.
In a sense, it can be considered a win-win situation.
And as this person said, the destinations are all on the outskirts of the dangerous area, not in the blood sacrifice area.
On the one hand, it is natural for the scattered cultivators to make money, not to sacrifice their lives. On the other hand, the blood sacrifice area does not have cultivators who come out alive to offer rewards.
Su Ping is not interested in rewards.
But seeing so many cultivation families leaving so many books and artifacts outside, he couldn't bear it in his heart, so he decided to help.
He obtained more map information through the middle-aged cultivator.
Then, after a quick flight in the afternoon.
Su Ping saw a completely withered and blackened mountain range, with an average height of over ten thousand meters, lying in front of him.
And he saw that within this continuous mountain range, black energy would occasionally erupt with strange cries, echoing through this mountain wilderness.
"Crossing this mountain range means leaving the Golden Domain and entering the Wooden Domain of the Immortal Sect."
"The outbreak of evil spirits this time occurred in several areas near the mountain range in the Wooden Domain."
"The closest one to me... should be the Wooden Spirit City!"
"Unlike the Golden Sparrow City, the Wooden Spirit City was built on a second-grade spiritual vein due to its historical origins, and therefore, many cultivation families live inside."
"It is one of the few areas where cultivators and mortals coexist the most."
"It is also one of the places where blood sacrifices have been successful."
Su Ping did not enter the mountain range but found a place to hide.
He used the Memory Staff to summon the Exorcist Yun Kong and the Fire Knight Elvin.
Then, with divided attention, he sent the two memory illusions rushing in different directions.
In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the black mountain range.
Along the way, they encountered evil spirits. If they were too strong, they would avoid them, but if they were weak, they would directly approach and slay them with a sword!
Even if they didn't deliberately hunt down these weak evil spirits.
When they rushed out of the mountain range, both the Exorcist and the Fire Knight had harvested dozens of evil spirit remains.
Then, the Exorcist Yun Kong headed towards the small family estates in the less dangerous areas on the edge.
The Fire Knight Elvin, on the other hand, headed towards the Wooden Spirit City.
If there are precious materials or even legacies in this area.
It must be the area around the blood sacrifice.
Those places are the first to be affected by the arrival of the evil gods or evil spirits after a successful blood sacrifice, and most cultivators don't even have a chance to bring things out before they die.
Evil spirits or evil gods, I have no interest in these things.
As long as they haven't been destroyed, they are most likely still in their original place.
This makes Su Ping feel like he can take a risk.
There's no other way, it's because his foundation is still too weak. Even a large library can't hold all the transcendent-related books.
So he can only rely on the memory illusions to help him collect what others don't want and supplement his own foundation.
Several tens of minutes later.
There is a mansion shrouded in black mist, so no wandering cultivator dares to enter and scavenge.
Suddenly, a giant ice sword descends from the sky, breaking the usual tranquility.
With the appearance of the ice formation, a cold light shoots up into the sky.
The evil spirits in the mansion melt into the formation like ice cream encountering dazzling sunlight.
After confirming that there are no evil spirits to bother him, the white-haired youth who set up the formation begins to collect what he needs from house to house.
This is already the third mansion with cultivators that the white-haired youth has found in a short period of time.
The previous two mansions didn't have black mist, but the harvest was not much, mainly consisting of books and some antiques, ancient scrolls, and other artworks.
However, after opening the basement of this mansion, Su Ping in the distance couldn't help but exclaim.
It turns out that in this basement, there is a peculiar wooden Buddha statue.
At the same time, there are scrolls of Buddhist scriptures in the room, surrounded by black mist.
"A seemingly mysterious Buddhist scripture, the content inside should also be considered as extraordinary knowledge, right?"
"Tsk, this group of cultivators doesn't seem to be good people either. Perhaps the black mist left by Zhuangzi is a precaution against being discovered by those wandering cultivators?"
"Let me see, the owner of this Zhuangzi seems to be the Mu Ling Mo family!"
Su Ping was recalling the map.
Suddenly, he noticed that the exorcist put the Buddhist scripture into his storage bag.
The wooden Buddha suddenly opened the three eyes on its face.
A voice came through it:
"Who has intruded into the secret chamber!"
"You are..."
Before the words could finish, the exorcist Yun Kong had already slapped it with a palm, directly shattering the upper body of the wooden carving!
Then he activated the ice-cold formation and purified the remaining wreckage of the statue.
Afterwards, the exorcist Yun Kong quickly left the underground chamber and headed towards the next location, dragging his feet.
As for the obviously problematic Mo family,
Su Ping will take action and report them in the guise of a kind-hearted person.
At the same time,
In a temporary residence near the mountains, not far from the Mo family's Zhuangzi, their ancestor suddenly became furious.
Soon, the remaining Foundation Building of the Mo family disappeared into the sky with more than ten Qi Refining late-stage cultivators on a small immortal boat.
Meanwhile, on a mountain outside the original location of the Wood Spirit City, Knight Elvin stood on the mountaintop, gazing into the distance.
He could see that the original city no longer existed, completely transformed into a circular pit.
It was unclear whether it was the work of the evil god or the powerful Gold Core cultivators who came to clean up the mess.
However, there were still many ruins on the outskirts of the pit, including ruins that resembled tall towers.
"Throughout the journey, the danger seems to be not as great as imagined."
"But this is also thanks to the unyielding will, the blessing of the evil-warding and evil-punishing stone lion, and the help of the invincible blessing."
"If it were other cultivators, even those at the Foundation Building stage, they would feel the spiritual pressure and mental burden brought by the invasion of evil qi, right?"
Knight Elvin kept the aerial view in his mind.
Then he leaped directly and landed in a ruined tower.
With a sweep of his divine sense, he immediately saw a half-collapsed warehouse inside.
He took out a specially prepared large storage bag.
Knight Elvin entered the ruins and began to collect things into his bag.
He circled around the edge of the pit like this.
The storage bag brought by Knight Elvin, who had gained a rich harvest, was already eighty percent full.
Among them, more than half were various books.
This made Su Ping very happy, even if most of them were duplicates.
It should be enough to meet the minimum requirements of the Great Library.
Just as Su Ping was happily planning to find the next target for Knight Elvin...
He suddenly noticed a fairy boat flying overhead.
And judging from the direction the fairy boat was flying, it should be the location of the Mo family's estate.
Although it could only be considered a guess.
But... on this side, Mage Yun Kong discovered the basement and destroyed the Buddha statue.
And then a fairy boat hurriedly flew over.
Isn't it a bit too coincidental?
After all, that place is shrouded in evil qi.
Even large commercial alliance fairy caravans would choose to bypass it and not pass through that airspace to increase their risk.
However, with just a small fairy boat and the mobile power of a small cultivation family... how dare they?
Wait, it seems that this illusion of Yun Kong still looks like a Qi Refining late-stage cultivator?
Hmm... that can be understood then!
(End of this chapter)