Chapter 922: Exchange

He Lingchuan searched in his mind; that was a small island of about one qing, roughly sixty thousand square meters, separated from Dragon Spine Island by two other islands, but it was only a fifteen-minute boat ride away. "Fine, you can be the acting island master."

Dong Rui was skeptical: "Just like that?" It was not like He Lingchuan to be so straightforward. "No other additional conditions?"

After finishing this cup of wine, he suddenly became an island master?

"Of course," He Lingchuan patted him on the shoulder. "However, when you can become the island master depends on when I can drive away the evil spirits on the island."

"Can't you just stand on the island?" This fellow was a human-shaped black hole; the Yin-Sha energy that everyone avoided like the plague disappeared when it met him. It was truly outrageous.

Dong Rui secretly suspected that this had something to do with the treasure He Lingchuan stole from the Star-Plucking Tower in the Tiangong.

"Yin-Sha turbid energy gushes out from the earth veins every seven days," He Lingchuan shook his head and sighed. "But I am short of hands."

Forty-two islands, he couldn't drive away the evil spirits one by one. If he had to come for a round every seven days, would he be tied to the archipelago for the rest of his life?

"You have a solution, right?" Dong Rui didn't want to be fooled. "Otherwise, you wouldn't have spent a lot of money to buy the islands!"

"A solution, yes, there is one," He Lingchuan picked up a piece of lobster meat and chewed it slowly. "I need to refine a few magic artifacts to suppress the islands, with effects as if I were there in person."

"Can they also absorb Yin-Sha?"

"Yes."

"Then when can I get my island?"

"It depends on when the magic artifacts are refined," He Lingchuan shook his head. "Before the evil Yin-Sha is driven away, do you dare to go to the island?"

Dong Rui picked up his wine cup and took a sip: "So the difficulty lies in refining the magic artifacts?"

"Correct."

So the trap was set here. Dong Rui sighed: "What are you missing again?"

"As expected of you, you understand righteousness!" He Lingchuan smiled. "I can get other materials by spending money and effort, but I really can't get divine bones."

"Divine bones again?!" Dong Rui frowned. "How many?"

He knew that the pie falling from the sky would definitely hurt his head first.

Judging from his words and actions, He Lingchuan's worry was half-relieved. This fellow really had more! Last time in Lingxu City, he said he was out, that he gave it all to him, and that he had no stock left; it was indeed a lie.

He Lingchuan held up his little finger and shook it in front of him: "As big as a fingernail on the little finger."

Dong Rui breathed a sigh of relief; fortunately, it wasn't much.

Little did he know that He Lingchuan's next sentence was: "I need forty pieces."

"Pfft!"

Dong Rui spat out all the wine in his mouth.

He Lingchuan's skills were not practiced in vain; before the wine splashed, he took the stir-fried crab in front of him and flashed half a zhang away.

"Can you be a little hygienic? I still want to eat this dish!"

"Forty pieces of divine..." Dong Rui said angrily, "Why don't you go rob someone!" He knew that this meal wouldn't be easy to eat.

"Isn't this..." there's nowhere to rob? Being a newcomer, he didn't know where there were divine bones around the Bailie territory. "Don't I have to ask my own people for help first?"

"No!" Dong Rui refused firmly.

"Think about it, with Alfalfa Island, you can do experiments in broad daylight without being disturbed. Without your permission, no one can easily go to the island," He Lingchuan lobbied. "As a fugitive from Lingxu City, where else can you enjoy such safety, comfort, and peace?"

Dong Rui's Adam's apple moved. He had indeed been on the run for too long and also wanted to enjoy the comfort of the human world.

"This quantity is too much."

"The island area is large, so it needs two or three magic artifacts," He Lingchuan said seriously. "Forty divine bones, I didn't ask for even one extra."

"No!" Dong Rui said angrily. "You want to exchange my divine bones for a barren island where birds don't lay eggs? You're dreaming!"

Did he think he couldn't do the math? He Lingchuan had expected this reaction: "Then let's add a chip. I'll give you a Kui Beast?"

"Kui Beast? It's not like I haven't seen one." Dong Rui was a little moved. His monster puppet research was based on Kui Beasts; getting a few more samples might inspire more inspiration.

"Alive." He Lingchuan pointed to the table. "Fresh, fresher than this lobster before it went into the pot."

Dong Rui was stunned: "Where? Don't tell me it's left in some secret realm, and you want me to spend all my energy to catch it?"

"Would I cheat a friend?" He Lingchuan patted his chest. "If you agree, the Kui Beast will be yours immediately."

Is a Kui Beast dried goods? This fellow has it whenever he wants? Dong Rui looked at him suspiciously, but thinking that this guy did keep his word and didn't make empty promises, he fell into deep thought.

He Lingchuan didn't urge him either, drinking wine, eating food, and watching the opera by himself.

After a long while, Dong Rui asked: "Tell me clearly first, where did this Kui Beast come from?"

He knew there were Kui Beasts in the Tiangong, but in He Lingchuan's Tiangong operation, Dong Rui was just a driver, specifically waiting outside Xushan to pick them up, so he didn't see the giant Kui Beast "Chenyuan" controlled by the Lord of Douyun.

Later, when He Lingchuan and Mother Zhu talked about it, he was envious and kept saying "You guys are really lucky."

"It was brought out by He Jing, the Lord of Douyun in the Tiangong. There were four in total, originally attached to human bodies, and only released during battle," He Lingchuan picked up a piece of spicy shredded chicken. "I don't know why, but this one just refused to come out."

"Hidden in a human body? Wonderful, otherwise this thing wouldn't obey management and would be difficult to transport over long distances," Dong Rui's eyes lit up. "Tell me, what kind of Kui Beasts are there?"

He Lingchuan told the truth.

He Jing summoned four Kui Beasts to help in the Panlong Secret Realm, but only three came out. Until the end of the battle, the last one was still hidden in the unconscious Tiangong attendant.

He Lingchuan taking this person into the mirror world was just an expedient measure, thinking that once the person died, the Kui Beast would break out of the body. But he observed for several months and found that although the Tiangong attendant was brain-dead, the body remained active, and he didn't know if it had anything to do with the Kui Beast.

To avoid accidents during the sea voyage, he also used medicine like Yuan-Nurturing Pills to maintain the life of that skin, so the Kui Beast had been sleeping until now, until it waited for its true master—

Dong Rui.

His eyes were already shining: "You mean, the breed and appearance of the Kui Beast are unknown?"

"Everything is unknown," He Lingchuan encouraged him. "You have no idea what kind of Kui Beast you will open."

"Then, then..." Dong Rui grinned and said reluctantly, "Alright then."

For his island, sigh.

"Good brother!" He Lingchuan immediately poured him wine. "Come, bottoms up!"

"Alright, alright, wait until I cut it up, and I'll give it to you in a few days."

He Lingchuan was curious: "Where did you get so many divine bones?"

Divine bones and divine blood have always been taboos of the Heavenly Gods; even the dignitaries of Lingxu City didn't dare to touch them much. How did this fellow seem to have an endless supply?

Dong Rui rinsed his mouth with wine: "I happened to find an ancient battlefield, or you can call it a divine tomb. The remains of the Heavenly Gods are well-preserved, and many still have activity."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 923 =====