Chapter 225: Requesting Compensation [Earth Finger]
Chapter 225: Requesting Compensation [Earth Finger]
"Forehead--"
Wang Yu was stunned. He thought that was what was said before.
"Could it be..."
"Yes, this is the personal compensation I came here to give you."
Wang Yu heard this and said without hesitation.
"Junior wants the [Earth Finger]!"
"Oh?"
Old man Xuanyan stroked his beard. He really didn't expect that Wang Yu would actually want to inherit a second-grade top-grade magic technique.
Although this technique is good, if it is not integrated with the Xuanyin Hand, it is actually just an ordinary thing. Could it be that... ?
Elder Xuanyan, who had guessed some of the truth, nodded.
"Then I will ask for the [Earth Finger], if it doesn't suit your taste, don't regret it."
"The younger generation can save it."
Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Wang Yu didn't care too much. After Lei Ling's corpse was taken away by Lei Huojun, Old Man Xuanyan's attitude towards him became much colder.
He vaguely felt that the problem was with the token. Compared to the many spiritual rewards, Old Man Xuanyan seemed to want the token that Wang Yu had obtained more.
Human favors are more valuable than spiritual objects, even for great men like Lei Huojun.
If the other party had not been so eager to come to Guiling City to retrieve the corpse, Wang Yu might not have gotten any benefits at all. And Old Man Xuanyan's indifference was not because he had any opinion about him, but a kind of... envy?
Wang Yu couldn't explain it clearly either.
However, since he has the chance to collect the [Huangquan Great Handprint], he will definitely give it a try. This magical power is one of the most famous magical powers of Huangquan Temple in Chiyuan!
There must be a reason why it is so famous.
As for the innate magical power he would learn after forming the elixir, Wang Yu had not yet thought about it. He still had a lot of time to ponder it and was not in a hurry.
No matter what, the other party was willing to personally ask for the [Earth Finger] for him, which would offset the matter of "giving away the corpse". Besides... he didn't have the ability to settle the score.
Being at a higher realm is already overwhelming, let alone being two realms higher. His thoughts are not important.
Now that the negotiations are coming to an end, he just hopes they will be over as soon as possible.
Guiling City, where one person has the final say, is more suitable for him.
"Half a month later, during the final negotiation, you can come and listen. It will be my way of repaying your kindness in giving me the corpse."
"The senior ordered me to do this, and I dare not disobey."
After saying this, Wang Yu left Xuanyan Hall with no emotion on his face.
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The secret training room and insect room in the City Lord’s Mansion.
This is the second room that Wang Yu had opened up next to the quiet room on the underground floor. The immaculate jade toad eggs he had previously harvested from the Yama Ghost Market were being carefully soaked in the poison pool.
He specially bought a secret technique of taming insects from Han Jia of Tianbao Pavilion. It has already left a mark on the eggs, and after several years of rituals and refinement, they are about to hatch.
It was quite a coincidence. Strictly speaking, the Immaculate Jade Toad was the first thing he had found after many years of cultivation. If he cultivated it well now, it would be of great use to him in the Heavenly Demon Bone Forest in the future.
At least it can help him avoid the greatest danger in the Land of Ten Thousand Poisons - poison!
This effect alone is enough for him to devote all his energy to cultivating it.
At least it's more useful than the three-tailed snow fox~
"Little one, it's time to hatch."
Just as he finished speaking, the rice-grain-sized egg sac suddenly pushed outwards, and then a tadpole-like plankton emerged from it.
It is only as thick as a hair and two millimeters long.
Soaking in the poison pool carefully prepared by Wang Yu, it looked like a fish in water. After hesitating for a while, it opened its little mouth and began to absorb the toxin.
The white jade-like body was quickly infected by purple, but it returned to normal in just one or two breaths, and it absorbed the toxin crazily like an insatiable glutton.
The body begins to develop abnormally, growing hands and feet and becoming thicker.
It swims in a sea of toxins, absorbing all the toxins it can come into contact with.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the newly born Immaculate Jade Toad began to emerge from its cocoon and reconstruct its body.
Wang Yu sat aside and watched.
This is my first time raising insects, and I’m very curious.
One day later.
The insect that broke out of the cocoon truly possessed the body of a pure jade toad. This time, it absorbed the toxin at an incredibly fast speed. It soaked in the water and opened its mouth to suck.
The toxins that were originally dissolved in the water were forcibly sucked into its stomach. This time it lasted for three hours, purifying the poison pool into a clean water pool.
The second cocooning begins.
"Interesting, this growth rate is simply shocking. If human cultivators can possess this ability, I'm afraid the entire world will be sucked dry within a hundred years."
While expressing his emotion, Wang Yu realized that this transformation and reconstruction of the body would not be completed in a short time, so he practiced while waiting.
half a month later.
The last negotiation was about to begin, and the Immaculate Jade Toad also emerged from its cocoon. Compared to when it was just born, it had grown to the size of a fingernail. Its white jade-like body had no protruding poison cells, and its two horizontal frog eyes were the color of blood jade. As soon as it saw Wang Yu, it jumped over impatiently.
Croaking at him.
If someone who doesn't know it sees this appearance, they might really think it is a magical frog.
The Immaculate Jade Toad is a functional strange insect. It has no attack capability and no realm of cultivation. Compared to a strange insect, it is more like a magical medicine that can detoxify.
If used at critical moments, it is more useful than any secret method.
Even if it cannot be used in the future, it can be refined to obtain a special physique that is immune to all poisons, or to cultivate another kind of spiritual insect.
After making hand seals and completely establishing a relationship with Wujie Yuchan.
Wang Yu held a round brown earthenware jar in his hand. This was a second-level magic weapon [Spirit Insect Jar] specially made for collecting strange insects and poisonous insects. He also bought this one.
After collecting the jade toad.
After shrinking it, putting it on a rope and hanging it on the belt, the matter was considered settled. Wang Yu immediately left the secret room and went to the large meeting hall in the City Lord's Mansion which was specially built for negotiations.
This place is large enough to accommodate thousands of people to discuss matters at the same time. In the middle is a long table prepared for representatives of both parties, and in the back is where people from both parties sit and stand to support each other.
We can always check historical materials to fight back, for example, how a certain sect and another sect had a conflict many years ago and how it was resolved, and we should follow their example.
When it comes to the issue of face of the overlord, neither side will give in. And the compensation of Wang Yu, a small lord of Guiling City, is a trivial matter. Not to mention millions of spirit stones, even tens of millions are not enough to cause any serious damage to Huangquan Temple.
The higher the realm, the more information about the dominant forces one is exposed to. The so-called spiritual slaves are really just a small money bag given to the true disciples of each peak.
It was not until this time that Wang Yu realized how ridiculous his thoughts and perceptions were back then.
They are just some spirit slaves who are lowly to the core. How can it really affect the status of a true disciple? In the naive youth, it is true that one can only see the world from a well and cannot understand how big the world is!
The loss of that arm was indeed caused by his own mistake.
However, it was that lesson that gave him the character he has today, and it is hard to say whether it is good or bad.
Large meeting room.
Old Man Xuanyan said nothing. The other party's leader was named [Demon Lord of Cursed Ghosts]. Wang Yu had met him once or twice during this period. His cultivation was comparable to that of Old Man Xuanyan.
He is the elder of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and is fully responsible for this negotiation. He looks leisurely at this moment, sipping the spiritual tea he brought with him with some boredom.
Wang Yu stood in the crowd at the back and listened to the swearing for half an hour.
At this time.
The Cursed Ghost Demon Lord said, "Xuan Yan, that's enough. You have gained a lot this time. If you get more... some people will be worried."
"Don't worry? You, the cursed ghost, keep an eye on people's hearts every day. I want to ask you what your intention is!
"Then, according to the terms of the 281st negotiation, you will teach the [Earth Finger] to Guiling City Lord, and the matter will be settled.
"I don't want your Huangquan Temple to make an apology known to the world. How about that?"
The Cursed Demon Lord was a little surprised when he heard this.
The strange eyes were directed at Wang Yu, and locked onto his hands at a glance: "Interesting, your hands have been tempered with Yin marrow fluid, it seems that you have learned the Xuanyin Hand~"
Wang Yu was a little nervous. He felt very uncomfortable being stared at by an old demon in the Nascent Soul stage.
After a moment of silence.
The Curse Demon Lord said, "Okay, I'll do as you say, but let me be frank. Without practicing the Yellow Springs Blue Sky Sutra, it is almost impossible for him to practice the Yellow Springs Great Handprint."
"This has delayed me for several years. It's time to end this matter."
In this regard, Elder Xuanyan did not express any opinion.
Wang Yuben didn't care. No matter how special the prerequisites were, he could achieve them by placing the bar.
Huangquan Guan was confident in passing on the Xuanyin Hand, but there must have been limitations that he was not aware of.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be embarrassing if the streets were filled with cultivators who had mastered the [Yellow Spring Great Handprint]?
Their purpose of spreading the Xuanyin Hand is to recruit grassroots talents, and there must be this backup plan. Wang Yu had already speculated about this.
The reason why Old Man Xuanyan didn't tell him was because of a little bit of evil thoughts. It couldn't be said that he had any great malice, but Wang Yu was still very unhappy with him.
The compensation will not be received in a short time.
Therefore, after the negotiation ended, the Curse Demon Lord returned with his subordinates, and Old Man Xuanyan also left with the people from Yunling Prefecture City without speaking to him again.
Instead, he sent a foundation-building cultivator over to explain the general situation to him.
The three monks who were causing trouble in the Thunder Pit have now become high-level spirit slaves of the Ni Ling Xue Sect. They will be exiled back to the Ni Ling Xue Sect and become machines for producing high-quality spirit stones.
Then, the one million returned holy offerings were sent to the mountain gate as usual, and the spiritual stone compensation of 15 million was divided among the group of people.
Another two million went to Wang Yu.
Some resource points in Youzhou and a secret realm for foundation-building were ceded to the Nilingxue Sect permanently, and the territory was compensated with three townships and nine cities.
It can be said that not only did they lose the lady but they also lost their soldiers, which was a considerable loss.
The benefits that Guiling can get from this are limited. In a few years, a new group of monks will come to take charge, and Guiling will no longer be the city closest to the "Dongjijing Ruins".
It is hard to say whether this part is good or bad, especially since City Lord Wang cannot get any benefits, which is really infuriating.
All these prices need to be paid by the lineage of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Only a part of it has been given so far. Wang Yu has no share left, and it is unknown when the money will really reach him.
The same goes for the Di Ming Finger. In the next five to ten years, Huangquan Temple will send people to teach the method, and at that time, a contract will need to be signed, prohibiting him from teaching it to a second person.
(End of this chapter)