Chapter 290: Episode 7: Elder Tianhe and Yu Yong

First floor of the Hunyuan Palace, Shop No. 3.

"Oh!" The chubby old man Bu You widened his eyes, observing the corpses of low-level Hunyuan lifeforms stored in the storage bag. Among them, a massive, crimson corpse was the most conspicuous. "Judging by the body size and aura, this is a low-level Hunyuan lifeform at the mid-stage God Emperor layer."

Bu You looked at Luo Feng and Brother Di Qing in surprise.

In Yulan City, being able to hunt a "mid-stage God Emperor" low-level Hunyuan lifeform already proved the team's strength.

"Hurry and make an offer." Brother Di Qing urged.

"For this Yanzheng corpse, I can offer up to 12.5 million Hunyuan Crystals." Bu You said. "Including its 10 battle merits, that's a total of 13.5 million Hunyuan Crystals."

Luo Feng and Brother Di Qing looked at each other; this was already the highest offer. The other two shops they had just visited, excluding battle merits, had only given highest prices of 12 million and 12.2 million respectively.

"This Yanzheng corpse is yours." Brother Di Qing laughed.

Bu You laughed loudly upon hearing this. He was determined to get this complete Yanzheng corpse; the core tendons of the Yanzheng corpse were long-term acquisitions of the force behind him, and other body materials could also be used for refining weapons, entering medicine, refining puppets, etc.

Don't look at it as just a "mid-stage God Emperor" low-level Hunyuan lifeform corpse; that was because these lifeforms had a lower realm and couldn't exert their own advantages. As existences born having jumped out of the cage, their corpses were still very special, and in the hands of cultivators, they could exert greater effects.

Even some scraps at the end could be used as materials for cultivators to contemplate and cultivate.

"Sold everything."

Luo Feng and the others walked through the three most familiar shops on the first floor of the Hunyuan Palace, and everything suitable for sale had been sold.

"The one mid-stage God Emperor and seven early-stage God Emperor low-level Hunyuan lifeforms we hunted this time sold for a total of 19.5 million Hunyuan Crystals." Luo Feng and Brother Di Qing also simply divided the income.

Three-seven split; Brother Di Qing took away 5.85 million Hunyuan Crystals, and the remaining 13.65 million Hunyuan Crystals belonged to Luo Feng.

Luo Feng had also borrowed 300,000 Hunyuan Crystals from Brother Di Qing to purchase the array map secret treasure, which he also returned to the other party.

"Don't be in a hurry when processing the spoils from killing Kumo." Brother Di Qing said. "Look around more in various places in Yulan City."

Luo Feng nodded.

Processing those spoils was quite troublesome.

If he were lazy, he could sell them all here at the Hunyuan Palace! But the discount would be too great.

Complete low-level Hunyuan lifeform corpses could be sold here. But many scattered materials, even many prepared ghost poisons, and some precious materials prepared for refining poison, still needed to be sold to those who knew their worth.

"Let's spend a few more days processing them." Luo Feng was not in a hurry at all; with such a large sum of spoils, he naturally had to process them well.

"You also have to be careful of Kumo's master, 'Yu Yong', and the Ghost Workshop!" Brother Di Qing reminded him before leaving.

Luo Feng also went to process those spoils.

There were a total of three forces in Yulan City that long-term engaged in "theft and plundering": the Insect Nest, the Wan Ying Xiao Lou, and the Ghost Workshop!

One had to know that there were 723 people in the entire city with the strength of a late-stage God Emperor Dao-seeker! These three forces dared to plunder like this, not afraid of offending enemies, which showed they were very confident.

"Vice Workshop Master, 'Kumo' of the Black Light team is dead." The four experts of that team had returned to Yulan City one step ahead of Luo Feng and the others, and they naturally reported the news.

The entire Ghost Workshop had a total of eight Vice Workshop Masters! Each possessed the strength of a late-stage God Emperor Dao-seeker, and five of them served as "Elders" of Yulan City.

The eight Vice Workshop Masters were the ones who actually managed the Ghost Workshop.

As for the Workshop Master?

The Workshop Master's strength was extremely strong, already approaching the layer of the three Hall Masters! Usually, they didn't appear. The Workshop Master's main energy... was on the clone in the Dark Holy Realm. Maintaining the existence of the Ghost Workshop was merely to obtain enough benefits.

"Kumo is dead?" A handsome man wearing white robes sat there, his entire skin surface naturally having a thin layer of light halo. If one looked closely, the light halo was actually formed by thousands of protective layers.

The handsome man was one of the Vice Workshop Masters of the Ghost Workshop—Elder Tianhe.

"I only have twenty teams under my command in total. The Black Light team suddenly lost one team member, and reallocating team members is quite troublesome." Elder Tianhe smiled lightly. His fingers were fair, like crystal jade, and he reached out to pour wine leisurely. "How did he die?"

"Vice Workshop Master, the detailed information is here." The golden-armored figure respectfully offered the information.

Elder Tianhe's gaze swept over it.

The entire process of the battle recorded in the information was fully revealed.

"Luo Feng?"

Elder Tianhe whispered softly, "A cultivator who has only been in Yulan City for seven hundred epochs, but his physical body technique is somewhat interesting."

However, he didn't pay much attention to it.

He was also an expert who walked out of the Source World, serving as an Elder in Yulan City and a Vice Workshop Master in the Ghost Workshop, all to obtain benefits along the way! His main energy was also in the Dark Holy Realm.

As a Dao-seeker who had long reached the late-stage God Emperor, the wealth accumulated over long years, even in Yulan City, meant he had a complete and powerful set of secret treasures, so he naturally didn't put Luo Feng in his eyes.

"He killed my subordinate, so he must compensate somewhat." Elder Tianhe looked at the golden-armored figure. "You go find Luo Feng and tell him... compensate fifty million Hunyuan Crystals, and this matter will be dropped."

"If he is unwilling to pay, you don't need to say more; just come back." Elder Tianhe instructed.

"Yes." The golden-armored figure respectfully responded and left immediately.

Elder Tianhe drank wine leisurely, his mood not fluctuating at all.

A subordinate died? He didn't care at all.

The clone left in Yulan City had the sole purpose of accumulating resources.

"Yulan City has been boring for too long." Elder Tianhe revealed a hint of a smile. "Luo Feng? I really look forward to you refusing me; that would be some fun."

To obtain benefits in Yulan City for a long time, besides fame, one must have enough deterrence!

Deterrence is earned through killing!

"Hmph, hmph."

Elder Tianhe's eyes were cold.

Compared to the cruelty of the Dark Holy Realm, the days in the Jiuhe Holy Realm were purely for relaxing his mood for Elder Tianhe.

... A cave dwelling in the core area of Yulan City; in terms of safety and energy supply, this place was above Brother Di Qing's cave dwelling.

"Kumo is dead?"

Yu Yong received the news in the cave dwelling, and also received the entire battle process sent by the four companions.

Yu Yong's body was much more towering; he was not of the Dao-seeker lineage, but a Hunyuan bloodline cultivator! In terms of strength, he had already nearly pushed his Hunyuan bloodline to the "half-Hunyuan layer."

But he was still lacking a tiny bit.

Only the status of a true half-Hunyuan layer "bloodline cultivator" was equivalent to a late-stage God Emperor Dao-seeker. With Yu Yong's current strength, wanting to go to the Dark Holy Realm might barely pass the lowest threshold. But he was unwilling to try.

If he went, he would be at the very bottom.

He would rather continue accumulating in the Jiuhe Holy Realm, at least until he truly reached the half-Hunyuan layer.

"Kumo." Yu Yong sighed softly. "I said long ago that since we came to the Jiuhe Holy Realm, days are rarely this relaxed. There was no need to join that Ghost Workshop."

Yu Yong and Kumo climbed up from the very bottom.

!

During this process, they had other companions, but in the end, only the two of them came to the Jiuhe Holy Realm together.

For Source World cultivators, the cultivation path was even more difficult, and the difficulty of becoming a God Emperor was unfathomably high! But the pressure they faced within the Source World was not that great.

However, Yu Yong and Kumo possessed various resources, making cultivation much easier, but crises were everywhere, and death approached time and time again, forcing them to cultivate.

If you aren't strong, you die.

"I once saw Senior 'Jin' with my own eyes. Senior Jin said that as long as we can jump out of the cage, he is willing to resurrect a large number of our dead companions for us." Yu Yong sighed. "For us, the most important thing is to jump out of the cage. Not to fight to the death with other cultivators."

Yu Yong understood his disciple Kumo very well.

Kumo grew up in killing his whole life, and after becoming a God Emperor, he habitually walked this path. Because this was the fastest way to earn resources.

"Previously, the environment forced us, and we had to kill. But now the Jiuhe Holy Realm doesn't force us, and we can slow down." Yu Yong cherished these relatively leisurely and gentle days.

"Luo Feng?"

Yu Yong looked at the entire process in the information. "Perhaps, Luo Feng is Kumo's calamity."

He had no hostility toward Luo Feng.

Taking the initiative to plunder, taking the initiative to want to kill the other party! In the end, he died; who could he blame?

On the path of growing through killing, Yu Yong had seen too many companions die; he had even prepared for death at any time. In the end, he and Kumo were very lucky to have completely transcended their original world and arrived in the Jiuhe Holy Realm.

Yu Yong was not surprised at all that Kumo died here.

Choosing the path of "plundering" meant one had to be prepared for backlash.

"I will not avenge you." Yu Yong sighed softly. "I believe, Kumo, you expect the same."

The two of them understood each other too well.

They were called master and disciple, but having grown up together for long years, they were long since life-and-death companions.

"My cultivation path has only one goal, and that is to jump out of the cage!" Yu Yong's eyes were firmer than ever before; only by jumping out of the cage could he make up for too many, too many regrets.

Luo Feng strolled through various shops in Yulan City, seeking a suitable plan to process a large amount of spoils, not demanding to sell at the "highest price," but at least at a close price.

The sky was already dark, and the wind was strong.

Luo Feng had just left a shop when he saw a golden-armored figure appear in front of him, covered in a layer of golden armor, looking at Luo Feng with an indifferent expression.

"Ghost Workshop, Qiu Yike." Luo Feng immediately identified the other party. He had long ago purchased the God Emperor information for the entire city; although he hadn't bought the latest one for the time being, the God Emperor information changed very little in a short time.

Qiu Yike, a member of the Ghost Workshop with the strength of a mid-stage God Emperor Dao-seeker.

"You came because of Kumo's matter?" Luo Feng looked at the other party.

"Luo Feng."

The golden-armored figure looked at Luo Feng. "Kumo was a subordinate of our Ghost Workshop's Vice Workshop Master, 'Elder Tianhe'. You killed Kumo, and the Vice Workshop Master is furious. However, considering that Kumo plundered you first, we are giving you a chance to atone for your sins!"

"Giving me a chance to atone for my sins?" Luo Feng looked at the other party.

"Compensate fifty million Hunyuan Crystals, and the Ghost Workshop will no longer pursue this matter." The golden-armored figure said.

"Fifty million Hunyuan Crystals?"

Luo Feng laughed in anger. "Your Ghost Workshop's team plundered me outside the city and wanted to kill me, I killed one in return, and you still want me to atone and compensate? Does it mean that when facing plundering and killing, I can only let myself be slaughtered?"

"You can kill in return, but after killing, you still have to compensate." The golden-armored figure said. "Within three days, send fifty million Hunyuan Crystals to the Vice Workshop Master. Of course, you can also choose not to compensate. But the consequences are something you don't want to see."

After speaking, the golden-armored figure turned and left.

"Don't wait for three days."

Luo Feng spoke. "Go back and tell the Vice Workshop Master behind you, 'Elder Tianhe', don't even mention fifty million Hunyuan Crystals! Not a single Hunyuan Crystal! If you have any tricks, use them all!"

The golden-armored figure looked at Luo Feng and grinned: "Admirable!"

After speaking, he flew away.

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Thanks to the two new alliance leaders, 'Muyi Baibubai' and 'Jingcai', for their tips! Also thanks to the two old alliance leaders, 'Lao K' and 'Xu Xin Zunzhe', for their tips!

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