Chapter 342: Seizure and Distribution

Ji Zhi was once also a student at Wanfa University.

After graduation, he joined a pharmaceutical company, responsible for the cultivation and planting of medicinal herbs.

With outstanding professional skills and a hardworking spirit, he overtook the seniors in his position and single-handedly managed a large medicinal herb plantation area.

His salary grew higher and higher, and the floor of the apartment he rented also got higher and higher.

The elixirs he took were gradually replaced with big brands, and the magical artifacts on his body were one by one swapped for high-end goods.

He started to be able to eat a bit of meat each month, and from time to time he could attend a guidance lesson from an Infant Soul True Lord.

He no longer used the magnetic rail for commuting, but walked in anti-gravity corridors.

Just when Ji Zhi thought he was getting richer step by step and his life would get better, heaven seemed to play a joke on him.

"Level 18 baleful qi severe contamination; the baleful qi has seeped into your internal organs. Surgery must be performed immediately, or within at most one month, you will lose your ability to work."

When he heard these words from the doctor, Ji Zhi only felt dazed and his mind went blank.

Later he learned that the growth hormone used by the company to cultivate medicinal herbs contained a large amount of Level 18 baleful qi.

This baleful qi was a key element for the growth of the drugs he cultivated, but long-term exposure was extremely harmful to the human body.

To scrape together the surgery costs, Ji Zhi took on a load of debt, and after the surgery was completed, he still had to spend spiritual coins daily on baleful qi purification treatments, treatments that would continue for life until his death.

He wanted to change jobs, but discovered that with his work experience and professional skills, he couldn't find any formal job outside of medicinal herb cultivation that could also cover his treatment costs.

He wanted compensation from the company, but the lengthy procedures and passing the buck between departments exhausted his patience.

He understood in his heart: "They are waiting for me to die."

"Just like how they dealt with those victimized customers."

So to support his medical expenses, Ji Zhi could only continue working at the company.

But to reduce the harm of baleful qi contamination, Ji Zhi's work efficiency inevitably declined, and his salary and performance evaluations also got lower and lower.

At that time, Ji Zhi finally understood the look in the eyes of the seniors he had eliminated.

It wasn't jealousy or hatred; it was looking at their former selves, just like he now looked at the college graduate who was about to eliminate him.

To fill the funding gap caused by his declining income, Ji Zhi had to cut back on his expenses.

The floor of his apartment got lower and lower, the magical artifacts on his body gradually replaced with cheap goods, and the medicines he took mainly came from the company's defective products.

But this made his work ability decline again, and he eventually ended up on the company's layoff list.

Losing the company income, Ji Zhi could only temporarily rely on odd jobs to make ends meet, making it even harder to afford his treatment costs and debts.

Just when he was at his wit's end, the Maiying Society found him and offered him a job cultivating Ground Qi Wheat.

This immortal wheat seed contained strong food essence, but the difficulty of planting was also high, requiring experts like Ji Zhi to cultivate in large quantities.

At first it was just farming, then flour processing, and then to increase his income, he took on tasks like murder for silencing witnesses, gang fights, and the like.

Later, to further increase the harvest of Ground Qi Wheat, he launched a project to steal mortals to make blood pool fertilizer, turning mortals into his resources to sustain his life.

"This is Kunxu. In Kunxu, you have to eat people to have money, to keep living."

"Just like the company eats us, just like we eat mortals."

And so, Ji Zhi lived hand to mouth in the dark realm of cultivation, his life hanging by a thread.

Until today…

Under the siege of Zhang Yu and the other two, Ji Zhi's heart was filled with rage, and explosive killing intent surged forth: "If I were at my peak… how could I be so suppressed by you?"

Roar!

Amid the roar, the built-in agents in the magical artifacts on his arms automatically injected, Ji Zhi's body swelled again, and violent protective qi surged out, carrying terrifying heat spilling in all directions.

With his vision covered by advertisements and his attacks continuously blocked, Ji Zhi then erupted with full force using his Scorching Sun protective qi, launching an all-directional attack with a high-temperature field.

Zhang Pianpian warned: "He's going to destroy the goods, don't let him succeed."

Zhang Yu: "I'll block him head-on."

Feeling the intense heat rushing toward him, Zhang Yu was the first to step forward, working together with several humanoid protective qi projections to restrain the opponent.

As the Gang Qi of both sides collided and forces compressed, Zhang Yu felt as if he had caught hundreds of tons of concrete in a single breath.

Yu Xinghan, using the Three-Eye Divine Ability, instantly grasped the changes in everyone's techniques on the scene. With a flash of his body, he braved the rolling high temperatures and punched straight at the flaw behind Ji Zhi's back.

With a bang and the explosion of Gang Qi, the Gang Qi that had originally covered Ji Zhi's back was blasted open into a large hole by Yu Xinghan.

And just as the Gang Qi surged rapidly and was about to close again, this spot was clearly marked out in Zhang Pianpian's Dharma Skeleton, with two golden characters written on it: "Hit Here."

Under the empowerment of the Deep Cold Dharma Lineage, Le Mulan pointed a finger. The freezing ice mana, mixed with the medicinal power inside her body, had been sent into the center of Ji Zhi's back before the Gang Qi closed.

Ji Zhi, already in an explosive state, was stimulated by this surge of medicinal power. The blood vessels throughout his body dilated, and his heart began to beat even more violently.

At the same time, Zhang Yu activated the Nine Heavens Cloud and Sky Force again. As the human-shaped Gang Qi suddenly embraced Ji Zhi, waves of scorching Supreme Sun Gang Qi burst forth abruptly.

"What?!"

"My Supreme Sun Gang Qi?"

Originally, Ji Zhi's body temperature had already risen along with the activation of the Supreme Sun Gang Qi. Now, Zhang Yu's attack was like adding fuel to the fire, causing his internal temperature to skyrocket again.

This surge in temperature also accelerated the effect of the medicinal power inside his body. Combined with the violent beating of his heart, Ji Zhi felt a wave of dizziness in his head.

But this wasn't the end. Just after the Supreme Sun Gang Qi brought by the Nine Heavens Cloud and Sky Force struck out, Zhang Yu followed up with a palm strike, pouring terrifying cold energy into Ji Zhi's body.

The freezing ice mana of Zhang Yu and Le Mulan converged inside Ji Zhi's body and then burst forth together.

The two forces—one burning, one freezing—conflicted within Ji Zhi's body, causing some of his Qi and blood to be wildly accelerated and some to be extremely slowed or even frozen, leading to a series of ruptures along his meridians.

Pfft!

Ji Zhi suddenly spewed a large mouthful of blood. His surrounding Gang Qi also leaked slightly, leaving his center wide open in an instant. Yu Xinghan seized the opportunity and struck him with several more punches.

Zhang Yu and Le Mulan followed up the next moment, unleashing a furious assault that completely engulfed Ji Zhi in an instant.

After just a few seconds, Zhang Yu, Le Mulan, and Yu Xinghan all stopped at the same time. Looking at the now silent den, they subconsciously let out a sigh of relief.

It was impossible not to be nervous when the three of them learned they would be fighting gang members from the Dark Seed territories.

After all, from what they knew, these gang members were extremely vicious, killers without number, and would fight to the death once a conflict started.

And if even one person slipped away, it would be a huge disaster.

However, under Zhang Pianpian's guidance, this operation could be said to be "know your enemy and know yourself." Not only did they choose the moment when the enemy's defenses were weakest, but they also held the upper hand from start to finish.

"Don't get too happy too early." Zhang Pianpian's voice came into their ears. "The most important part is next."

She walked in slowly, her gaze sweeping over the brick-like piles of flour.

Because combat-type talismans were too easily detected by the Proper Gods, Zhang Pianpian did not directly intervene but chose to provide support from behind.

Now, looking at the flour bricks all over the ground, Zhang Pianpian said, "We need to move this batch of goods out."

Yu Xinghan asked, "What about the Earth Qi Wheat still growing in the fields?"

Besides the storage room they were currently in, the entire den also had a planting room where a considerable amount of Earth Qi Wheat was being grown.

Zhang Pianpian said, "We can't touch the Earth Qi Wheat in the planting room. It would be too easy for problems to be discovered. Leave it for the Sweep Meal Unit to investigate."

"As for this batch of flour bricks..." Zhang Pianpian estimated, "The market price is about a hundred-plus Spirit Coins."

Hearing these words, Zhang Yu, Yu Xinghan, and Le Mulan all felt their breathing quicken.

"This batch of bricks is worth about a hundred-plus Spirit Coins. That's enough for us to split."

Yu Xinghan couldn't help but say, "It's so valuable, and yet they only sent one Foundation Establishment to guard it? They really weren't careful enough."

Zhang Pianpian said flatly, "Usually there are two Foundation Establishments. We simply chose the moment when the other one was away."

"Besides, no matter how many Foundation Establishments there are, it's meaningless against a patrol team. The key in Dark Seed territories is concealment. The hidden passage here is secret enough, and their Dharma Skeletons and surveillance aren't connected to the external network."

"If Zhang Yu hadn't stumbled upon the clue by chance, and I hadn't forcibly intruded, this place could probably have operated smoothly for a long time."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If it weren't for the heretical god's ritual, I wouldn't have been able to confirm that people from the Dark Seed Farmer Realm were here either."

Yu Xinghan crouched down, looked at the Dharma Skeletons on the corpses, and asked curiously, "They clearly have goods worth over a hundred Spirit Coins on their hands, but their Dharma Skeletons look like cheap junk."

"Those Qi Cultivation gang members also look skinny and weak, as if they haven't eaten enough."

Zhang Pianpian said casually, "Who told you that farming means you get enough to eat? Do you think that just because they grow Earth Qi Wheat, they can afford to eat it?"

"Besides, after these goods are sold, the bulk of the profits have to be shared with the higher-ups."

"Just the fact that they could set up this kind of underground cultivation base in Huidragon Garden—do you think there’s no inside collaborator in the cemetery working with them? That inside collaborator’s status is probably not low."

Yu Xinghan felt a slight stir in his heart upon hearing this, and said thoughtfully, "So there are people above who are cracking down hard on the dark plant realm, but also people secretly supporting the dark plant realm, just to make money off it?"

Zhang Pianpian said, "Alright, stop wasting time. Zhang Yu, set aside one-tenth of the goods."

"One-tenth?" Thinking that one-tenth was only a little over ten spirit coins, Zhang Yu couldn’t help saying, "One-tenth… aren’t we taking too little?"

Zhang Pianpian said calmly, "The one-tenth is left here for the patrol team."

"We’ll take the remaining nine-tenths for ourselves."

Zhang Yu was startled and said, "How do we ship it out?"

"This is a cemetery," Zhang Pianpian said. "The simplest method is, of course, to ship it out as cremains."