Chapter 429

"Good! This scheme is brilliant, let's do it!"

Jiu Kang slammed the table heavily in excitement.

Having come up with a way to deal with Qi Chi, the pressure on the Gu Kings present was greatly reduced, and they began to chat and laugh, the atmosphere finally becoming much more relaxed.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that 'better early than late', we could actually catch the day the River God Secret Realm opens."

"Since we're here, I must join in the fun."

"Let's go together! Let's go together! I'm also very curious about this River God Secret Realm. Since we've caught it, naturally we must go in and take a look," another Gu King laughed.

As expected, the other Gu Kings all became interested at this time and responded one after another, all intending to enter the River God Secret Realm to take a look.

Seeing the Gu Kings in the conference room talking one after another, all intending to enter the River God Secret Realm, Jiu Kang's mouth twitched twice, and he secretly thought that things were not looking good.

He had already realized that with the opening of the River God Secret Realm this time, the number of Gu Kings entering would be more than imaginable, and the danger level would increase by who knows how many times.

With so many Gu Kings entering the River God Secret Realm, they would inevitably take away more opportunities, causing the harvest of the people of Wine City itself to be greatly reduced, and even bringing a higher casualty rate to the city's own geniuses. This was naturally not a good thing for the local forces, so how could his expression be good?

But these out-of-town Gu cultivators were nominally all here to help the Huiyue Empire's forces solve the disaster, so he could not refuse, otherwise he would surely provoke public anger.

So he could only bite the bullet and say: "You all may not know, but the River God Secret Realm will only open when good tea and good wine appear simultaneously at the Tea Tasting Assembly and the Wine Tasting Assembly and are offered to the River God."

"If good tea and good wine do not appear at the Tea Tasting Assembly and the Wine Tasting Assembly, then the River God Secret Realm will not open."

"Good tea and good wine that can satisfy the River God must be worth a fortune, and the owners naturally would not be willing to spend their own money to benefit others."

"Therefore, the assembly rule is that only those carrying good wine and good tea are qualified to enter the River God Secret Realm, and those with the highest quality tea and wine will be given extra rewards."

"The rules cannot be broken. If there were no threshold limit, I'm afraid the number of people flooding into the River God Secret Realm would be in the hundreds of thousands."

"If you all want to enter the River God Secret Realm, you must also abide by the rules that Wine City has always had."

As soon as his words fell, someone immediately said: "Understood! Understood! When in Rome, do as the Romans do. We naturally won't rely on our status to break the local rules."

"Isn't it just good tea and good wine? Easy to handle, just spend a fortune to buy some!"

"That's right! Isn't it just high-quality tea and wine? With the wealth of us Gu Kings, it's not hard to get. Isn't your Jiu Clan's brewing technique unique in the world? I want to buy some good wine from your Jiu Clan; I assume City Lord Jiu won't refuse to give me face!" someone laughed with malicious intent.

"And you, Cha Clan. The Cha Clan's tea path is unique in the world; I assume there must be good tea in the clan. Give this old man some face and sell me some, how about it? I am willing to pay a high price to buy some."

Another old man looked at Deputy City Lord Cha Shan and actually began to buy tea from him on the spot.

Cha Shan was stunned, caught off guard by this voice, and looked at Jiu Kang with dissatisfaction.

At this time, the other Gu Kings also responded one after another, indicating that they would strictly abide by the rules of Wine City, and not one of them revealed an expression of dissatisfaction.

Jiu Kang sighed bitterly in his heart. Good wine and good tea are hard for ordinary Gu cultivators to obtain, and the threshold is very high, enough to keep the vast majority of people out of the River God Secret Realm.

But for a powerhouse at the Gu King level, this threshold is like a mere formality.

It is not difficult for a Gu King's wealth and face to buy good wine and good tea.

What's more, the Jiu Clan, which is good at brewing wine, the Cha Clan, which is good at making tea, and the He Clan, which is good at both, are all concentrated in Wine City.

There is no shortage of good wine and good tea in Wine City; this group of Gu Kings can just get materials nearby.

Don't even think about this threshold limiting any Gu King present; the upcoming River God Secret Realm will surely be overcrowded—no, it will be plagued by Gu Kings.

At this moment, Jiu Kang's head was getting big.

Half a month later, Ten Thousand Monkey Mountain, in a cave.

"Hehe! Truly unexpected, we spirit beasts can actually learn human artifact refining techniques. You are truly a genius."

"If human artifact refining techniques can be learned by us spirit beasts, then by the same logic, can alchemy, talisman making, array formation, Gu refining... and other magical methods all be learned by us spirit beasts?"

"My Fox Clan is one of the smartest spirit beast clans. At this moment, this King truly has the intention of sending a large number of clansmen to sneak into human territory to steal and learn various human inheritances."

A beautiful woman whose appearance could be called bewitching walked behind Qi Chi, her seven fluffy white tails swaying behind her.

"It's very difficult. Spirit beasts don't have the talent to learn those things. My success is not so easy to replicate."

"What's more, the only human willing to teach spirit beast skills is likely my master. There will never be another one within ten thousand years."

Thinking of his master, Qi Chi's expression became lonely, his mood extremely low.

It was he who killed his master. Even though much time had passed, his heart was still filled with self-reproach.

"This principle is naturally understood by this King. This King has killed countless human Gu cultivators and obtained countless human inheritances from their storage bags, but I haven't grasped even a bit of the fur until now."

"You are a freak. A spirit beast that can learn human inheritance—you are enough to be called a once-in-ten-thousand-years occurrence."

The woman walked over, smiling and standing side by side with him.

"Still thinking about your master? Valuing feelings and righteousness is the greatest weakness of spirit beasts; it's not good."

"I know a way to resurrect your master; do you want to hear it?"

The woman stopped her words, looking at him with a smile, deliberately keeping him in suspense.

"What exactly is the method? Tell me quickly!" Qi Chi hurriedly turned his head, staring at her with bloodshot eyes, his expression extremely out of control as he looked at her.

Seeing his ferocious expression, the woman lost the mood to tease him and said seriously: "I can tell you, but refine a divine artifact for me first. I have already prepared the materials."

"This divine artifact ranks fifth on the Gu World Divine Artifact List and is called the Rainbow Sword. Once refined, it will be enough to attract a lightning tribulation."

"You also know that human spirit tools are too light and don't fit spirit beasts, making them extremely uncomfortable to use. This is also the reason why this King has killed so many human Gu cultivators and seized countless spirit tools, yet never uses human spirit tools."

"I need you to adapt the Rainbow Sword formula and adapt the Rainbow Sword to be suitable for seven-tailed fox spirit beasts."

"Adapting a formula is very difficult for others, but with your ability as the artifact refining competition champion, it shouldn't be difficult."

"Hehe! Thinking about how the human artifact refining competition was won by you, a spirit beast, makes me want to laugh. They have truly lost all face, and it's no wonder they want you dead. Your existence makes those human genius artifact refiners feel ashamed."

The woman covered her mouth and chuckled, her gaze looking at Qi Chi.

Qi Chi's expression revealed pain. He had promised his master before that he would never refine artifacts for other spirit beasts in this life.

Before, for the sake of revenge, he had already broken his oath once; could it be that he had to break his oath again this time?

He clenched his fist. In the face of the hope of his master's resurrection, he finally chose to compromise.

He secretly decided in his heart that since he had sworn that he would apologize with death if he ever refined artifacts for other spirit beasts, then he would absolutely not live on after this matter was settled. A will to die gradually began to appear in his eyes.

"I agree to your condition. Tell me, what is your method that can resurrect the dead, and is it reliable!"

Qi Chi stared closely at her eyes, his breathing rapid.

"I have never seen that thing, so how could I know if the news is true? This kind of thing can only be judged by yourself. If something goes wrong, this King will not be responsible."

The woman's mouth hooked up, finally no longer keeping him in suspense, and she smiled and said: "I killed a human Gu King who was hunting us and found an atlas about spirit medicines on him."

"This atlas has detailed records about the Three Great Divine Trees, Four Great Divine Bamboos, Five Great Spiritual Ginsengs, Six Great Divine Spiritual Wisdom, Seven Great Divine Lotuses, Eight Great Divine Flowers, Nine Great Divine Herbs, and Ten Great Divine Trees."

"These spirit medicines are all unique in the world. As long as one grows in the world, a second one will never grow. Each has extremely heaven-defying medicinal effects."

"Among them, the Otherworld Flower, one of the Eight Great Divine Flowers, has the heaven-defying medicinal effect of being able to resurrect the dead. Even if this person has been smashed to bones and ashes, they can be resurrected out of thin air by the Otherworld Flower. It's simply absurd."

"Whether it's true or false, judge it yourself. I cannot guarantee the authenticity of this atlas."

"Where is the Otherworld Flower? Tell me quickly!" Qi Chi asked loudly, unable to wait. At this moment, his eyes were red, his appearance extremely out of character.

"Who should I ask? That is something so rare that it's unique in the world; how would I know where such a rare thing grows?" The woman rolled her eyes at him.

"You can send monkeys to inquire everywhere, but I expect that for something so rare, even if you inquire for a hundred years, don't even think about finding out..." (End of chapter)