Chapter 96 Trading
Chapter 96 Trading
Everyone gathered in the Qingmu Sect's meeting hall.
Tan Tai Lin sat in the main seat of the sect leader, calmly drinking spiritual tea. The owner of this seat, Yao Zhengsheng, stood aside with the other three people from the Qingmu Sect without saying a word.
Wei Zhong stood beside Tan Tai Lin, and seeing that he had no intention of asking questions, he immediately realized that the other party had left the communication to him.
Wei Zhong took the initiative to ask:
"How much do you know about the matter of True Lord Xuehai?"
There was some surprise in the eyes of several people. They never expected that the two came for this matter.
Yao Zhengsheng took the initiative to answer:
“As for True Lord Xuehai, my Qingmu Sect doesn’t know much.
Several decades ago, when my junior sister had not yet reached the Jindan stage, she coveted his inheritance, but she fell into his trap.
My junior sister was almost possessed by him, but fortunately I discovered it in time and destroyed one of his souls.
Only then did he survive.
That was also the closest time that I had come into contact with True Lord Xuehai.
Afterwards, I heard that there was a great commotion in the neighboring Yunjiang Prefecture, and it was suspected that the blood body of True Lord Xuehai had taken action.
At the same time, another Jindan force in this prefecture, Hanzhu City, was not spared.
According to rumors, True Lord Xuehai possessed the body of Qingzhu, a disciple of Taoist Kuzhu, who was the city lord at the time.
Qingzhu killed his master, stole the Taoist master's magic weapon, the Demon-Suppressing Tower, and then disappeared.
As for what happened afterwards, there was no further news.”
“In fact, if you want to know the news about True Lord Xuehai,
Why not ask the Yunji Chamber of Commerce? This chamber of commerce not only sells various spiritual objects, but also engages in intelligence transactions. Perhaps they know more than I, Qingmu Zong."
Tan Tai Lin gave him a strange look.
Wei Zhong took over and said:
"Sect Master Yao, there is no need to think about diverting the blame. The seniors from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce will take care of it. Before that, Sect Master Yao and the others, please think about whether you have missed anything.
I would like to remind you that the other party may have escaped into the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. Have you found anything strange?"
After a while of reminiscing, Zhao Bai answered:
"Speaking of which, a strange thing did happen when I was guarding the front line more than 30 years ago."
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.
He continued:
“I saw it when I was chasing a third-level wind wolf.
Wind wolves are social monsters. If a wind wolf is hunted by cultivators like us, it will definitely flee to its companions.
But the strangest thing is that during the chase, the other side never showed up with any help.
It was not until I chased into the enemy's lair that I discovered that all the monsters in it, regardless of their ranks, had been killed.
Moreover, the death was extremely strange, as if all the flesh and blood were sucked away by an unknown creature, leaving only smooth white bones.
When the third-level wind wolf saw the scene before it, it immediately ignored me and let out a shrill roar.
It seems that there was a pack of wolves living here before, but they were all slaughtered in a short period of time.
At that time, I didn't think much about it. I took Fenglang's life and returned to the base.
Looking back now, it does seem a bit suspicious.”
After hearing this, Tan Tai Lin continued to drink his tea calmly, with a look of indifference on his face.
Wei Zhong said:
"It's just that it's missing flesh and blood. Aren't there a lot of monsters in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range? There are many monsters that are capable of eating up an entire tribe. It doesn't mean anything."
As soon as Wei Zhong said this, everyone present in the Qingmu Sect understood that these two people could not be fooled with just a few words.
"Is there any other information? If you really can't remember, please provide us with all the files of your sect related to the Mountain Range of Ten Thousand Beasts for review."
"file?"
Several people's expressions changed at the same time.
The Qingmu Sect does have such files and records, but they involve many secrets about the Qingmu Sect, and even clearly record how much wealth the Qingmu Sect has obtained from the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.
"this······"
Seeing that everyone was hesitant, Tan Tai Lin's face suddenly turned unhappy. He put down the tea bowl in his hand and said sternly:
"Could it be that you are hiding something from me? You are covering up some of the files."
As soon as the words were spoken, the oppressive feeling of a Nascent Soul cultivator instantly enveloped the entire meeting hall, causing everyone in the Qingmu Sect to feel depressed.
"Please don't be angry, senior. I will get the file right away," Yao Zhengsheng said hurriedly.
Tan Tai Lin then snorted and withdrew his pressure.
Yao Zhengsheng winked at Yu Xianglan beside him, who bowed and left the hall, apparently to get the files.
After a while, the other party returned with a bundle of jade slips.
Tan Tai Lin had no intention of looking through these files. After Wei Zhong took them, he started to read through them one by one.
Although there were many files, with Wei Zhong's Jindan stage consciousness, he finished reading them all in less than an incense stick of time.
"The Qingmu Sect has made a lot of money since developing the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range."
Wei Zhong looked up at Yao Zhengsheng, Yu Xianglan and Yi Liu who had advanced.
Such wealth is definitely not something that these three Jindan masters can digest. Even if their disciples use a part of it, the rest will be enough for four or five Jindan masters to survive.
Wei Zhong couldn't help but think of the former leader of Qingmu Sect and the mysterious Supreme.
The cultivation base of these two people should both be in the late Jindan stage, but I don’t know if they have the hope of condensing Yuanying.
Seeing Wei Zhong looking up at his people, Yao Zhengsheng also realized that the other party was surprised at the wealth recorded in it.
But as the leader of a sect, he still managed to maintain his composure.
Wei Zhong took out a few jade slips from the pile and handed them to Tan Tai Lin.
There are three things that Wei Zhong cares about.
One is the incident of a demon beast tribe being annihilated as mentioned by Zhao Bai, but there were more than one recorded incident. There were several others that were discovered by the deceased Dan Palace Master Duan Delong and the former Sect Master Nie Yuansen.
Wei Zhong had doubts in his eyes. This was the tonic action taken by True Lord Xuehai in order to restore his own strength.
The second is that there was a thunder tribulation in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, but it was not a thunder tribulation caused by monsters, but rather a thunder tribulation that was somewhat similar to the thunder tribulation caused by the elixir formation of human cultivators.
"Could it be that True Lord Xuehai used Taoist Qingzhu's ID card to form a pill?"
The third thing came from a recent file, which recorded that the monsters in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range had been going crazy in recent times, and their aggressiveness had increased a lot more than before, and they had repeatedly attacked the Qingmu Sect’s camp.
Some monsters seemed to have lost their minds and frantically snatched the flesh and blood of the monks.
Therefore, the two most powerful Jindan fighters of Qingmu Sect, the former sect leader Nie Yuansen and the supreme elder Lian Chengjue, rushed to the front line to be responsible for garrisoning.
After Tan Tai Lin read the contents, his expression changed a little.
Aoki Zong and his men felt uneasy when they saw this situation. They didn't know whether these two people really made a discovery or they were just coveting the wealth that Aoki Zong had obtained in the files.
"Boy, this is definitely a trace left by the sea of blood. Only a blood-based method like the Blood Spirit Scripture would require so much blood to replenish.
Even the magic cultivators in Fengzhou are far inferior to such methods. "
Tan Tai Lin transmitted the message to Wei Zhong.
"What do you think of the monster going crazy, Senior Tan Tai? Is it possible that the Blood Sea Master is behind this?"
"I'm not sure about this. There are too many ways to make monsters go crazy, including some driven by high-level monsters, and some special drugs can also do it. In this case, why don't we two investigate it first?"
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The discussion is over.
Wei Zhong looked at the people from Qingmu Sect and said:
"My senior and I are planning to go to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range to investigate. Is there anyone willing to be our guide?"
Hearing that the two wanted to leave, everyone was naturally happy.
However, Yao Zhengsheng took into consideration his two elders who were still on the front line and the ongoing deployment of defenses, and decided to delay for a while to give the front line some buffer time.
The four of them looked at each other, and Yao Zhengsheng took the initiative to speak:
"You two may as well wait for a day. Recently, a Jindan cultivator from my Qingmu Sect will be returning from the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. You may as well learn about the situation from him before setting off."
Wei Zhong looked at Yao Zhengsheng, knowing in his heart that this was the other party's attempt to delay.
Unexpectedly, Tan Tai Lin nodded:
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Although Wei Zhong was confused, he did not ask.
Seeing that Tan Tai Lin agreed, Yao Zhengsheng was quite happy and immediately offered to arrange a place for the two of them to rest.
Wei Zhong and Tan Tai Lin followed him to a mountain.
There was a group of houses on the top of the peak. He took the two of them to a courtyard with a large area of flowers.
Then he bowed and said goodbye and left.
Wei Zhong then looked at Tan Tai Lin in confusion:
"Why did you accept the other party's delay?"
Tan Tai Lin said calmly:
"Of course I know that the other party is stalling, but even if they delay, so what? The Qingmu Sect will still serve me as a pawn.
Besides, aren’t you aware that there have been some recent changes in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range?
The monster's rage this time was not at its most violent.
If it is really the Blood Sea who is behind this, wouldn't it be a rude awakening for me to head to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range now?"
Wei Zhong nodded after hearing this: "Senior, what you said makes sense."
Tan Tai Lin glanced at the mask on Wei Zhong's face and asked:
"What do you mean by dressing like this and giving a fake name? Do you have a grudge against the Qingmu Sect and are you worried that your identity will be discovered?"
Wei Zhong shook his head:
"No, it's just a little unpleasant friction with him."
Upon hearing this, Tan Tai Lin did not ask any further questions.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door suddenly.
Wei Zhong used his spiritual sense to probe and found that they were a group of maids dressed in various kinds of gauze.
After walking into the yard and opening the gate, he found out after asking that these people were arranged by Yao Zhengsheng to serve Wei Zhong and the others.
Looking at the scantily clad women in front of him, Wei Zhong spoke up to drive them away.
Wei Zhong is not a promiscuous person. As for Tan Tai Lin, he has lived in a remote valley for a long time and would not have such a hobby.
After dismissing the maid who had just arrived, Wei Zhong found a room in the other courtyard to practice.
Feeling the spiritual energy around, it has reached the standard of a third-level spiritual land. It seems that this place is located on the main vein of the Qingmu Sect's spiritual vein.
However, it is still inferior to the spiritual land in Wei Zhong Cave.
While practicing, he took out the secret method of forging spiritual roots to comprehend.
"Dong dong!"
There was another knock on the door.
Wei Zhong put away the jade slip in his hand, used his spiritual sense to probe, and found that it was Yu Xianglan who was outside the door.
Opening the door, Wei Zhong asked doubtfully:
"What can I do for you, Palace Master Yu?"
The other party took out the pill bottle and said:
"My Qingmu Sect has prepared a small gift for you, fellow Taoist. May I go in and talk?"
Wei Zhong looked back, then turned sideways and said, "Come in."
The two of them sat down in the room, and Yu Xianglan then presented the bottle of elixir.
Wei Zhong opened the pill bottle, and what came into view were several golden pills, which were the Haoyuan Pills.
It is fine to give this pill as a gift to a Dan-forming cultivator, but it is very inappropriate for a pill master like Wei Zhong.
There are ten pills in the pill bottle, all of them are low-grade. Two of them are even obviously dull in color, barely reaching the threshold of low-grade, and only one step away from being useless.
Wei Zhong is now refining Haoyuan Pills, and each one he makes is of mid-grade quality, and he can even occasionally refine a few of top-grade quality. Naturally, he looks down on these low-grade pills of average quality.
Pushing the pill bottle back, Wei Zhongyan said:
"It seems that your sect's third-level alchemist, Master Duan, passed away a few years ago. Could it be that these pills were made by your sect's newly promoted third-level alchemist?"
Yu Xianglan was a little surprised:
"That's right. This pill was made by our sect's newly promoted third-level alchemist Qi Yun. But is there anything wrong with that?"
"Qiyun?"
Wei Zhong thought of the alchemist who had once refined the Foundation Establishment Pill for him. He did not expect that the other party’s alchemy skills had now advanced to the third level.
Wei Zhong picked out two defective pills from the pill bottle:
“Although these two pills have reached the low-grade level, their quality is poor and they are considered the lowest of the low-grade.
The poison of this kind of elixir is deeper than that of ordinary elixirs. It is probably unwise for us, the Jindan cultivators, to practice with it."
Yu Xianglan took the pill and took a closer look. She found that the pill had a flaw and said quickly:
"Please forgive me, Daoist Tiezhen. It was my negligence. I will ask someone to bring some pills over right away."
Wei Zhong shook his head: "Your sect seems to be in great need of these third-level elixirs?"
Yu Xianglan looked puzzled.
Wei Zhong had already taken out a jade bottle: "Daoyou, why don't you take a look at the elixir in the bottle first."
Yu Xianglan opened the bottle stopper and immediately saw ten round pills with a golden surface. She asked in disbelief:
"Middle-grade Haoyuan Pill?"
Looking at the golden pill, Yu Xianglan couldn't help swallowing.
For Yu Xianglan, who is in the middle stage of Jindan cultivation, the role of low-grade Haoyuan Pill in promoting her cultivation has become much smaller. Now only medium-grade or even high-grade pills have some effect.
As for Qi Yun, the newly promoted third-level alchemist in the sect, his alchemy skills were very limited, and it was very difficult for him to refine a low-grade Haoyuan Pill, let alone a mid-grade one.
Even if everyone gathered in the Chamber of Commerce, there was still a limit on the quantity of this type of elixir, which was far from enough for the few people in the sect to practice.
Seeing so many mid-grade Haoyuan Pills at this moment, Yu Xianglan couldn't take her eyes off them.
"Cough cough!" Wei Zhong coughed twice before he came back to his senses.
"I wonder what Fellow Daoist Tiezhen means?"
Wei Zhong replied calmly:
"I am very interested in the spiritual medicines that Qingmu Sect obtained in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. I wonder if your sect can make a deal with me?"
Then he pointed to the elixir bottle in his hand and said, "Use this elixir as a bargaining chip."
(End of this chapter)