Chapter 833: A mere four peaks, that is all

This Junior Sister from the Jade Maiden Peak actually believed the words of these two old fellows, truly thinking that the Huangji Sect and the Ghost Valley had fought a great battle.

One cannot blame her; the expressions, tone, and actions of Ji Wushuang and Facing Qi Xiong were simply too realistic, with not a hint of falsehood to be seen.

Moreover, it was not just her; many other disciples also believed it to some extent.

Only the older generation like Hong Zun and Shi Song, along with natural-born schemers like Xu Jie, could remain absolutely clear-headed.

After a bout of extreme tug-of-war, Ji Wushuang finally stopped obstructing them, merely putting forward a requirement that they could not move about as they pleased.

In any case, the meaning was: since your Dao Yi Sect has gone to the Ghost Valley, you can only move about within the Ghost Valley; you cannot go to other places.

To this, Facing Qi Xiong naturally agreed immediately; after all, his goal was the Ghost Valley anyway, so other things did not matter.

Watching Facing Qi Xiong being warmly invited inside by Ji Wushuang, Hong Zun and the others could not help but give a thumbs up.

"The Senior Brother is still the Senior Brother."

They entered the Huangji Sect's territory without any obstruction, and along the way, Ji Wushuang even personally escorted them.

It was not until they reached the Ghost Valley that Ji Wushuang left, though, naturally, he must have left people behind in secret to monitor them.

Facing Qi Xiong did not care; he opened the Spirit City, activated the array formation, and it was time to eat.

The Dao Yi Sect side had long been craving food, but because Ji Wushuang had been following them, they had no opportunity to cook.

Now that it was finally time for a meal, who had the mood to pay attention to other matters?

As for Ji Wushuang, before he had even returned to the Huangji Sect, he received contact from the Ghost King of the Ghost Valley.

Inside a gloomy Ghost Palace, the Ghost King, whose entire body exuded thick ghost energy, said in a chilling tone:

"Ji Wushuang, what is the meaning of this?"

The arrival of the Dao Yi Sect was naturally detected by the Ghost Valley immediately. Thinking that the Huangji Sect and the Dao Yi Sect had joined forces, the group of Ghost Kings in the Ghost Valley were all shocked.

However, to this, Ji Wushuang's answer was as follows:

"It is the Dao Yi Sect that wants to come and eradicate your Ghost Valley; it has nothing to do with me."

Did the Huangji Sect and the Ghost Valley fight a great battle? Naturally, they did not; it was pure nonsense.

Hearing this, the Ghost King stared fixedly at Ji Wushuang on the other side of the light screen, and only after a long while did he speak:

"In that case, your Huangji Sect will not intervene?"

"I will not."

"Good."

After speaking, he directly hung up the call, while Ji Wushuang gave a cold smile and returned directly to the Huangji Sect. Let them fight; the more intense the fight, the better.

Upon learning that the Huangji Sect would not intervene, inside a gloomy Ghost Palace in the Ghost Valley, more than a dozen Ghost Kings gathered together.

The Ghost King who had spoken with Ji Wushuang earlier had eyes filled with bloodlust as he said:

"Does the Dao Yi Sect really think it is the leader of the human race? It even wants to intervene in the affairs of my Ghost Valley?"

"Heh, it seems their momentum is too strong lately, and they have become too arrogant."

"Regardless of how it is, do they really think my Ghost Valley fears them?"

"Haha, well said. If the Dao Yi Sect were to come out in full force, we might fear them a little, but mere disciples of four peaks, what do we have to fear?"

"But will the Huangji Sect side..."

Some Ghost Kings worried whether Ji Wushuang was deceiving them, but soon, another Ghost King retorted:

"Unless he, Ji Wushuang, no longer wants those heavenly treasures."

Because the Ghost Valley is rich in ghost energy and has a special environment, it has given birth to many unique heavenly treasures.

Although they were born in a place rich in ghost energy, they also have great benefits for cultivators, and apart from the Ghost Valley, no other place has them.

Therefore, these heavenly treasures produced by the Ghost Valley are very popular in the Eastern Continent.

And all these years, the Huangji Sect and the Ghost Valley have been cooperating in secret.

The Huangji Sect provides living people to the Ghost Valley as sacrifices, while the Ghost Valley allows Huangji Sect disciples to collect these heavenly treasures.

Both sides cooperate, each taking what they need, and the Huangji Sect has thus made a fortune.

The only ones who suffered were those ordinary commoners.

Originally, under the protection of the Huangji Sect, they did not need to worry about safety issues.

Just like the commoners under the protection of the Dao Yi Sect; let alone worrying, they would find it strange to even see an evil spirit.

But the Huangji Sect? It simply uses the lives of these ordinary people to exchange for resources.

Of course, all of this is done in secret. On the surface, the Huangji Sect remains one of the four great sects renowned throughout the Eastern Continent.

Things like this are actually not uncommon. In the eyes of many cultivators, the lives of ordinary people are about the same as ants; if they die, they die, as long as the total amount is controlled and they don't all die out at once.

Looking at the Dao Yi Sect, although they are all incredibly cunning and heartless to the extreme,

if you go and ask the commoners under the protection of the Dao Yi Sect and listen to what they say, you will know the difference.

The Dao Yi Sect is insidious, shameless, and unscrupulous, but that is only toward outsiders and alien races; they never do so to their own people.

After eating, the disciples discussed and began to enter the outskirts of the Ghost Valley.

A group of Elders, deacons, and Peak Masters like Hong Zun were responsible for protection, guarding against the Ghost Kings making a move.

As for Ye Changqing, the night was deep, and accompanied by Fairy Baihua, he had long since gone to bed, but it was not until midnight that the light was extinguished...

Vaguely, one could still hear Fairy Baihua's complaints.

"You're so bad, hurry and extinguish the night-luminescent stone."

"It's easier to operate when it's a bit brighter."

"So embarrassing."

A night of silence passed. Early the next morning, many disciples returned one after another.

There had been quite a few battles throughout the night; some evil spirits had attacked the disciples, and the disciples had also slain quite a few evil spirits.

However, when eating breakfast, everyone's mood was not high.

Looking at the listless Zhao Zhengping, Xu Jie, and the others, Ye Changqing, holding a bowl of tiger-penis soup—he had been a bit indulgent lately and needed to replenish—asked curiously:

"What's wrong?"

"Don't mention it. Damn it, there isn't even a hair to be found in the outskirts of the Ghost Valley, only evil spirits."

Xu Jie cursed with a look of displeasure.

They had searched all night, and let alone any Heavenly Fragrant Ghost Fruits, there was nothing at all; it was practically barren.

There were plenty of evil spirits, but the disciples were not interested in that stuff.

It wasn't an ingredient, nor was it a seasoning, so they couldn't even be bothered to kill them.

It was truly strange; these evil spirits didn't need heavenly treasures either, so where the hell did they all go?

Finally, it was Xu Jie who reacted first: it was likely all harvested by the Huangji Sect.

After all, all these years, many heavenly treasures unique to the Ghost Valley were only sold at auction houses affiliated with the Huangji Sect.

It could be said that the Huangji Sect had monopolized the heavenly treasures of the Ghost Valley.

They hadn't paid attention to this matter before, but now they remembered.

"I knew it, this Huangji Sect has long been cooperating with the Ghost Valley in secret."

"Indeed. Look at this thousand-mile radius of the Ghost Valley; there isn't even a single city, and many villages were long ago abandoned. It was clearly slaughtered by evil spirits."

"If it weren't for the tacit approval of the Huangji Sect, could the Ghost Valley have reached such a state?"

"Damn, eating human-blood buns again."

Regarding such matters, although Xu Jie and the others were angry, to be honest, they were already accustomed to it. Although the Dao Yi Sect would never do such a thing, such matters were all too common among other sects in the Eastern Continent.

Using the lives of ordinary people to exchange for heavenly treasures—in the eyes of those powerhouses, this was a business without capital. ===== CHAPTER 834 =====