Chapter 433: Ghost Object Pricing, Craftsmanship Transcendence, Martial Arts Competition Finale

The surprises Xia Hong received after leaving seclusion were far from over.

Political Hall, after roughly understanding the situation of the Eight Departments, Xia Hong immediately took Xia Chuan, Director Yu Wen Tao, Yuan Cheng, Lin Kai, Watching Yue Feng, and Lu Yang to the Camp Needs Department Hall with Qiu Peng.

In the deepest part of the Camp Needs Department, a warehouse of about two hundred square meters was filled with all kinds of dazzling materials:

Thousands of weapons hung on the four walls, silver ones were all above the ten-thousand-forged level; iron ones were above the hundred-thousand-forged level; the area close to the walls was filled with hundreds of wine jars, and judging from the level of the seal, the value was clearly not cheap; in front of the wine jars were pill racks, on which only more than fifty kinds of pills were placed, Longli, Qingxue, Heisha, Ninggu, Jugu, etc., were all the most precious in the camp at present, and there were other special beast skins, silk gauze, minerals, etc...

This warehouse was clearly specially used to store precious materials.

And besides the other materials, there was a table in the middle of the warehouse, on which three very conspicuous silver boxes were placed.

Qiu Peng took Xia Hong and others directly to the table, then opened the three boxes one by one and introduced them to Xia Hong:

"The ghost objects contained in these three boxes were all handed over to the headquarters from Hong Sect City this year. We named them Shadow Demon Insect, White Knife Willow, and Possession Bead respectively..."

Speaking of this, Qiu Peng paused and turned to look at Lin Kai.

Lin Kai got the signal, immediately stood out, clasped his fists and said: "Since the opening of the port last year, people from outside Hong Sect City have been coming in an endless stream, and quite a few ghosts have mixed in, committing many murder cases and causing quite a few deaths. This year, I personally led the Penal Department, with the assistance of Secretary Director Yu Wen and Secretary Yuan, and successively solved the three cases of serial beheading, the Snow Night Butcher, and the daytime door-breaking. These three things are the items we obtained after killing the ghosts..."

Xia Hong listened to Lin Kai telling the ins and outs of the three cases while reaching out to pick up the three things in the silver boxes to look at, his eyes full of strange colors.

The Shadow Demon Insect is a black jade-colored insect egg that likes to hide in light sources and kill people using the shadows refracted; the White Knife Willow is a twenty-centimeter-long willow branch shaped like a knife, good at disguising as a swordsman in the snow to kill people; as for the last cyan Possession Bead, it can be attached to different people at will, likes daytime actions the most, specializes in striking at the relatives and familiar people of the possessed person, and repeatedly breaks doors to commit crimes during the day.

"These three ghosts, specialize in killing Cold-Resisting levels?"

Hearing Xia Hong's question, Lin Kai nodded immediately: "That's right, although they also killed some Earth-Digging Realms in the early stage, the ones they killed later were all Cold-Resisting levels. We have also summarized the rules. These ghosts will choose more powerful killing targets as their strength continues to increase."

Hearing this, Xia Hong's brows tightened.

This rule clearly does not apply to the ghosts he had dealt with before.

Wood Puppet Ghost, Yin-Yang Mirror, Bai Lu Ghost, Sumeru Nightmare, Five Great Masters...

These ghosts were basically killing indiscriminately on a large scale. Even the Sumeru Nightmare above the Double Dragon Mountain captured a large number of cold beasts indiscriminately. They wouldn't specialize in killing powerful ones.

After Great Xia integrated into the Southern Foothills of Mount Mo'ao, it also learned a lot of news about ghosts, including the division of ghost levels, but the rules of these ghosts killing people were really a bit confusing.

"Actually, we are also a bit confused. These three ghosts, no matter what means they use, can only exert Cold-Resisting level strength. Theoretically, like the Mirror Immortal and Bai Lu Ghost, they are intermediate ghosts, but they don't seem to have the ability to kill on a large scale and can only improve their strength by killing Cold-Resisting levels."

Xia Chuan also spoke at this time. He clearly also studied these three ghosts. Seeing Xia Hong's brows furrowed, he immediately guessed what he was thinking.

With the exchanges and contacts with the Eight Towns, Great Xia was no longer completely unfamiliar with ghosts like before. It had long been clear that low, medium, and high levels of ghosts correspond to the three realms of human Earth-Digging, Cold-Resisting, and Xianyang.

"It seems that even for ghosts of the same level, their abilities vary in size. You should be careful when you encounter them in the future. Small torches, condensed fire oil, and yellow candles, these three things should be carried with you!"

Thinking that the Yin-Yang Mirror had been recognized by many ghosts before, Xia Hong shook his head immediately and stopped thinking about it, turning to exhort everyone.

"We understand!"

These ghosts themselves originated from the Guyuan Era. Wanting to understand the many secrets contained within them is clearly not something he can do at the current stage.

Hearing everyone's answer, Xia Hong turned to look at Lin Kai and asked with a smile: "Who killed these three ghosts, and why aren't they used?"

"The Shadow Demon Insect was killed by this subordinate, the White Knife Willow was obtained by Secretary Yuan, and the last Possession Bead was killed by Secretary Director Yu Wen. Secretary Yuan can't use it. As for me and Secretary Director Yu Wen, the reason for not using it is..."

Lin Kai paused at this point, showing an embarrassed expression.

"They look down on them!"

Xia Chuan directly answered for him with a smile, then continued to explain: "They all covet the internal organs of the three great masters brought back by the Lord last year, thinking that they can fuse that kind of ghost object that can improve combat body aptitude in the future."

Xia Hong was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled lightly, but then a look of approval appeared in his eyes, and he nodded: "Aptitude is very important, it can indeed wait."

This time breaking through to the middle Xianyang stage, Xia Hong once again witnessed the huge gap caused by aptitude. At present, Great Xia has no pills to improve aptitude. It seems that there is only this one way to improve aptitude through ghost objects.

Qiu Peng, Lin Kai, and Watching Yue Feng are all old people from the Great Xia dirt slope period. He naturally also hopes that these three can go further in the future, so waiting is indeed fine.

Qiu Peng suddenly thought of something and said with a smile: "Lord, the price of these three ghost objects hasn't been set yet. The three of them have been waiting for a long time."

Hearing this, Xia Hong turned his head and saw Director Yu Wen Tao, Yuan Cheng, and Lin Kai looking at him with full expectation, and smiled.

The price of the ghost objects hasn't been set, so the three of them naturally can't get the corresponding contribution points.

He put the three ghost objects into the silver boxes and immediately fell into thought.

As of now, the ghost objects recorded by the Camp Needs Department are only the internal organs of the three great masters. He set them at 10 million before. These three things, judging from the value, are clearly not as good as the master internal organs, so 10 million is naturally inappropriate.

"How about this! From now on, all ghost objects captured by the camp, low-level pricing between 500,000 and 2 million; intermediate 3 to 6 million; high-level 7 to 12 million. The specific price will be formulated by the Camp Needs Department according to the hunting difficulty."

The most difficult part of dealing with ghosts is actually not their strength, but their strange means, and some even have the ability to confuse people's hearts. This determines that the difficulty of hunting them is much higher than hunting cold beasts, so the corresponding price must be set higher.

Hearing this, everyone nodded immediately, especially Director Yu Wen Tao, Yuan Cheng, and Lin Kai, whose expressions were even a bit excited. Intermediate ghost objects are between 3 and 6 million. Killing these three ghosts, they contributed the most, and they can get at least 50% to 60%, so they can get at least 1.5 million contribution points.

Tap tap tap...

Suddenly, someone ran in in a hurry from outside the door.

"Pay respects to the Lord, pay respects to all the Lords!"

Seeing Xia Hong and others, the man immediately bowed and saluted, then leaned to Lin Kai and bowed: "Lord Lin, the two hundred people in the top 100 of the two groups of the martial arts competition have all entered the inner city. You should go to preside over the finals."

Hearing this, Lin Kai immediately looked up at Xia Hong.

"You go first, I will go over to take a look in a while."

"Then this subordinate will withdraw first, waiting for the Lord to come to watch the competition!"

Hearing that Xia Hong would also come to watch the competition in a while, Lin Kai's expression vibrated slightly, and he hurriedly bowed and retreated with the man.

After Lin Kai left, Xia Hong turned to look at Xia Chuan and asked softly: "Lin Kai's Three Towns Integration is progressing well. What about you? I asked you to promote the Jiuzhen Alliance. Is the progress big at present, and how long is it expected to take?"

Hearing this question, Xia Chuan's expression was solemn, and he bowed: "After the truth of the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce murder case was revealed last year, the name of Cai Qiu has spread throughout the Eight Towns. The reaction of the middle and low-level people in various towns is relatively intense.

It's the upper echelons, the reaction is not intense, especially the three northern towns. According to the situation returned by the spies, Yang Zun, Qin Feng, and Shangguan Yang all had the intention to dilute and suppress the negative impact of Cai Qiu at the beginning, strictly ordering people in the town city not to discuss the Cai Qiu Fanzhen casually.

Including Duan Hong, but Chui Shan is closer to us, coupled with the cooperation of the Mu clan disciples and those old subordinates of Mu Longhe, currently among the six northern towns, Chui Shan is the most seriously infiltrated by us. I sent a large number of people to secretly push the waves, and currently Chui Shan Town has an anti-attitude toward foreign Fanzhens;

The remaining Cao Qianyang and Long Mingyuan have not expressed their specific attitudes until now. According to my observation, these two people act according to the overall attitude of the town city. As long as we can find a way to incite their middle and high-level personnel, we can basically influence the ideas of these two lords. Coincidentally, the middle and high-level personnel of these two towns are extremely wary of foreign forces under our pushing."

Speaking of this, Xia Chuan paused, and then continued: "In February and July of this year, I have already sent messengers twice to lobby the six northern towns, without explicitly proposing an alliance, just exploring the tone first.

According to the saying brought back by the messengers, Cao Qianyang and Long Mingyuan have a certain intention to form an alliance. Among the three northern towns, only Jin Shan has a chance to fight for it, and the remaining Beishuo and Wu Chuan towns are all refused.

Chui Shan goes without saying, Duan Hong seems to be determined to follow Beishuo. The old subordinates of Mu Longhe sent back a letter saying that Beishuo has already begun to station a large number of personnel in Chui Shan, clearly to guard against Great Xia!"

After listening to this long paragraph, Xia Hong immediately lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

Muyin and Jiangxia go without saying. Since the promotion of the Three Towns Integration, these two towns have no second way to go except to slowly integrate into Great Xia;

According to Xia Chuan's statement, some upper echelons of the six northern towns, as well as all middle and lower-level personnel, basically have an anti-attitude toward foreign Fanzhens, which actually already has the basis for an alliance. The only obstacle at present is the lords of the six towns.

Not to mention, in the environment of the Frozen Abyss, it is not strange for a camp to be decided by the lord alone, which is to say, even if all middle and lower-level personnel are willing to form an alliance, as long as the lord and some core upper echelons do not loosen their mouths, there is no way.

"Mu Longhe said last year that Yang Zun, Qin Feng, and Shangguan Yang had contacts with Chen Cang long ago, and the relationship is likely to be quite good, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to invite those three Xianyang levels from Chen Cang last year.

A flat refusal, with no intention of forming an alliance, proves that Yang Zun and Qin Feng are likely to have had some filth with the Fanzhen long ago.

Since this is the case, let's ignore these two families for the time being.

You try your best to fight for the two towns of Yangqu and Longgu.

As for Shangguan Yang, I will go talk to him when I have time.

Let Mu Longhe continue to accelerate infiltration, and must control the entire Chui Shan before Beishuo. As long as it is confirmed that Chui Shan is controlled, even if the Jiuzhen Alliance cannot be reached, at least a Liuzhen or Seven Towns Alliance can be made. By then, whether to form an alliance or not will not be up to Yang Zun and the others."

Xia Chuan and others nodded heavily, clearly understanding Xia Hong's meaning.

"By the way, Lord, we have already figured out the identity of the real culprit of the Three Towns Chamber of Commerce murder case last year. That person's alias in the Jiuzhen is Chen Yiqing. On the surface, he is a person from Guyang Village, Dongchuan jurisdiction, Beishuo, but he is actually a person from the Chen Cang Fanzhen. He is in the same batch as that Chen Cang little princess Chu Yanger last year. That person later committed more than a dozen cases in the vicinity of Hong Sect, killing nearly two hundred people in total, every time with the same method, leaving no survivors after killing, and then tampering with memories, trying to incite the relationship between the Jiuzhen."

"How was it found out, didn't you kill him?"

Hearing this, Xia Hong's brows sank. Killing nearly two hundred people in succession just to incite the relationship between the Jiuzhen, this Chen Yiqing is clearly not a good thing.

Xia Chuan immediately told the whole story of Lin Kai designing to lure out Chen Yiqing, killing Chu Dongning, and the subsequent Ji Hong siblings.

Xia Hong listened with furrowed brows. It wasn't until Xia Chuan finished speaking that he asked in a low voice: "That is to say, Ji Hong probably broke his means, just because he was held hostage, he had no choice but to follow him?"

Xia Chuan nodded immediately and signaled to Lu Yang next to him.

Lu Yang immediately stood out and bowed: "Report to the Lord, we can be certain that Ji Hong was held hostage. He himself has no problems. In mid-March, I received a letter from Xia City and immediately sent people to Guyang Village, Dongchuan jurisdiction, to inquire about the situation.

The spies in my hands got in touch with Ji Hong in April. Chen Yiqing didn't know that his identity had been exposed and was still living in Guyang Village in a big way. Ji Hong sent a lot of useful information during this period, until more than a month ago, which was late June, Ji Hong sent a letter telling us that Chen Yiqing was going to take him back to the Chen Cang Fanzhen.

I originally wanted to go and rescue Ji Hong, but was rejected by Ji Hong. Because of the death of Ji Jiang, he hated Chen Cang to the bone and took the initiative to propose to go over and lurk. I thought it would be good to have someone go over to inquire about the situation in Chen Cang, so I didn't refuse him."

Ji Hong, Ji Jiang... ===== CHAPTER 434 =====