Chapter 270: A Great Harvest (Please Subscribe)

You actually dare to go to Yunyi City?!

Wouldn't a normal person at a time like this stay as far away as possible, the further the better?

Tong Wenrong and Zuo Kui were dumbfounded, but thinking back to how he faced the True Monarch just now, it seemed he really did dare; or rather, it seemed like a matter of course?

I have to say, it feels quite similar?

Hiss!

Once such a thought occurred, they couldn't help but shiver and hurriedly killed off the stray thoughts.

Meng Changqing here also had something he wanted to say but hesitated, finally unable to help but smile bitterly, rubbing his temples, and muttering: "The subjective initiative of this subordinate is too strong, it's truly helpless, but, hmm, forget it, let him go if he wants to, meeting each other might even resolve the conflict, that would be better..."

Listening to such muttering, Du En was somewhat thoughtful.

Then, as if afraid Du En would spill more shocking news, Meng Changqing didn't say much else, hurriedly cut off this contact, focused his attention, and ran off to supervise the rectification actions of True Monarch Zhuding.

This office fell into silence.

Du En looked after the two people on the side, and after they had fully recovered and wiped away their sweat, he looked at Tong Wenrong and said: "City Lord Tong, I would like to stay here for a while, you..."

"No problem! Absolutely no problem! Please feel free to do as you wish!"

Tong Wenrong gave a start and answered loudly.

Besides being shocked by the background of this Traveler Du, he also felt a sense of gratitude.

The fact that Zhou Ze's matter ended this way this time, and that the two of them were not implicated and likely wouldn't be affected by the rectification, was clearly all because of Du En!

Of course, they had to be grateful!

Exchanging glances, the two had already unanimously decided that if Du En had any requests later, as long as it wasn't too much of a violation of rules, they would help him get it done!

My contribution isn't actually that significant...

Du En watched their little actions without wasting breath to explain, because even if he did, it would likely just be taken as modesty, and besides, there were indeed some things where he needed them to make things a little convenient and not cause any trouble or obstruction.

In short, under the solicitousness of the two local superiors, Du En temporarily took up residence in this Lin'an City.

The sky gradually brightened, and he took stock in the room.

An Yan's Red Tip Pot, because it was a life-bound dharma treasure, was mostly ruined after its owner died, but it still barely possessed its form, the material was not bad, and the construction was solid, so it could be melted down later to refine tools.

The value of the pot itself was average, but the various raw materials and spiritual herbs stored inside were completely different!

Du En poured them out, directly piling them up on the floor in front of him until they were almost as tall as a person, and the grade was at least third-tier high-grade.

"How much did this person embezzle in secret? The value must be tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones, right?"

"And there are others..."

After breaking open the storage bag, even though he could only salvage thirty percent, it still came out with a clatter, piling up another heap of pill bottles, at least several hundred bottles of pills.

They were mainly recovery pills used to sustain combat endurance.

There were no extra items; presumably, before the operation, everything had been gradually exchanged for these combat supplies, clearly taking into account the difficulty of the battle and making as much preparation as possible.

After a simple addition, An Yan's net worth must be at least nearly one hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones!

"Compared to this, the room full of low-grade spirit stones of City Lord Tong is completely just a pile of trash accumulated over a century..."

Du En couldn't help but sigh, and then began to break open Wang Zhun's net worth.

There were no surprises here; it was basically all preparation specifically for this battle.

A pile of third-tier talismans, even thirty percent was over ten thousand!

If he had used them all at once before... actually, he couldn't, because talismans require external spiritual Qi, and the result of using them all at once would be to directly deplete the spiritual Qi in the area, making them unable to form attacks and causing them all to be scrapped.

And the thousand or so that could barely be supported couldn't make a splash against Du En and were easily countered and broken, so Wang Zhun didn't waste his effort later, and now they all benefited Du En.

"They are all quite good, and finally, there is that sword cultivator's..."

Du En took them out again to count, then couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

One can only say, as expected of a sword cultivator who focuses everything into one sword; by comparison, they were truly thoroughly poor, with meager assets and basically no external objects...

"No, perhaps there was some setup outside the city; after all, that guy went out alone, clearly intending to do something, and since there were no clues on his person, it could only be that he had already set things up outside, just waiting for me or those two to walk into his trap."

If Zhou Ze could play a role, then he would launch a surprise attack on Du En within the city.

If Zhou Ze failed to play a role, then the suitable place for the ambush would be somewhere outside the city.

In short, considering the existence of city defenses, the three had originally planned it this way.

It was just that Du En struck first and then won quickly, so he could calmly think about their actions now.

"Unfortunately, the people from the Hub City should have already gone to the outskirts to investigate, and as a focal point, it's not suitable for me to run around right now..."

Du En didn't think for too long, and after generally sorting out the situation, he turned to the present.

The talismans could be used later; that goes without saying.

There were plenty of spiritual herbs and materials for auxiliary use, enough for him to use for a long time, but the main materials were still insufficient, and for now, he could only keep gnawing on that Wutong tree.

Those miscellaneous materials, along with a few scattered finished dharma artifacts, when put together, could only make up for ten or so dharma artifacts; he would still have to moonlight later.

There weren't many high-grade spirit stones, but they had accumulated to 1,565, so he would keep saving them to exchange for spells and the like later.

And there was the merit...

"What kind of merit will this be? It can't be D-grade again, right?"

Facts proved that Du En's inner muttering was not wrong at all.

The Hub City side, after finishing the handling of the aftermath of the Outer City Affairs Office and conducting a brief investigation around Lin'an City, returned quickly before dawn and then officially evaluated Du En's merit and rewarded him.

Recorded one D-upper grade merit.

It was, after all, a matter involving the Rotten Forest Immortal Sect, yet the result was only this; although they might need to be wary of that Immortal Sect and couldn't openly reward him heavily, it still seemed strangely stingy.

However, Du En didn't bother to think too much about it, because when he contacted Meng Changqing later, or went to the Hub City, he would be able to know the reason.

In fact, he was already thoughtful about this and had a rough idea in his heart.

Then.

Having obtained the merit, before it was even warm, he exchanged it for a strange object.

A wisp of Thousand-Change Glimmer.

It was a glimmer, stored within a triangular crystal cone, constantly refracting inside and changing into thousands of different forms and wavelengths; this was precisely the quality required for the Thousand-Change.

Under normal circumstances, combining the Dream Stone, Flame Flower, and this Thousand-Change Glimmer would actually be enough for Du En to forge a special Natal Artifact around his middle dantian, the Crimson Palace.

However, Meng Changqing insisted on forging only the best, so he added an extra wonder-item to the forging method to build a better foundation for it, allowing for greater extensibility and expansion in the future.

(End of chapter)