Chapter 3651

Choosing one of the three Covenant Prices, Su Xiao chose the third one without any hesitation. In his view, this Covenant Price was not a debuff, but a rare gain.

For others, increasing the near-death health limit from 10% to 20% was extremely dangerous, but Su Xiao had the Black King Armguard. The core ability of this armguard was to exempt the debuffs caused by the near-death state, allowing him to fight to the death in his strongest state even if he entered the near-death stage.

Not only that, the Black King Armguard, combined with the Blood Gun Master, also achieved Su Xiao's third stage, which was the peak combat state he could reach.

Previously, when fighting the Abyss Archbishop, he relied on this third stage to kill the Abyss Archbishop. With the stacking of various passive attack intensity bonuses, he slashed away one-third of the Abyss Archbishop's health in one strike.

All along, Su Xiao's third stage had a drawback: he had to reach below 10% health to enter the near-death state. Just like when fighting the Abyss Archbishop before, in order to enter the near-death state, he even stabbed himself to let his state slide into the near-death stage.

Now, this increased Su Xiao's near-death health line to 20%. Although this was still a dangerous health level, at least it was much better than the previous 10%. Don't forget, he had 720,000 health points. Even if only 20% remained, that was still over 140,000 health.

Su Xiao looked at the 【Covenant Object: Life Reversal】 in his hand. This thing was a small pendant, and it didn't need to be worn on the body. After obtaining the Covenant Object, the equipment storage slot connected to his storage space activated the corresponding slot.

Various equipment had two ways of wearing: equipment like 【Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan】, 【Heart of Berg】, and 【God's Judgment】 must be worn on the body or held in the hand to exert their full effects.

Some were in another situation, such as 【Wolf Blood: Moon Ornament】, 【Covenant Emblem: White Dragon】, and 【Soul Lock Lamp】, all of which could be stored in the corresponding equipment storage slot to take effect.

The 【Covenant Object: Life Reversal】 obtained now could be equipped in this type of equipment storage slot, but only one Covenant Object could be equipped at most.

The characteristics of 【Covenant Object: Life Reversal】 were very interesting. Its covenant gain effect had no effect on Su Xiao, but conversely, its covenant price was a gain for Su Xiao.

With 45 pieces left, Su Xiao didn't plan to exchange for anything else. Although the 【Greedy Money Bag】 was quite tempting, he seriously suspected that the opening profit of this item not only depended on luck but also on the Void Tree reputation.

Otherwise, even if his luck was bad, he wouldn't have ended up with a heaven-defying result like -1 Soul Coin. It must be because the Void Tree reputation was too low that led to this. Yes, that's right, that's it.

Having figured this out, Su Xiao closed the Abyss Shop and began to consider subsequent matters. His purpose in coming to this world was actually only two: completing the hunt and finding the Awakening Monument of the Law-Extinguishing inheritance. Now these two things were happening together.

Regarding the traitor's trail, there was still no clear news. He only knew it was in the Northern Territory Empire, but where exactly, he really didn't know.

If he wanted to go to the Northern Territory, he certainly couldn't ride a dragon; that would be equivalent to declaring war there. If he took a train, the journey was long and would take about 34 days. Thinking this way, he could set off now. By the time he arrived in the Northern Territory by train, the Blade Demon Spirit within Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan would have completed its devouring.

There was one more point: this trip to the Northern Territory was to fight the traitor to the death, not to go to war with the Northern Territory. Thinking this way, bringing Dre, Silver Face, and Veronica all seemed inappropriate. As for the High Priest, that old guy had long since slipped back to the Saint Lan Kingdom.

This time, going to the Northern Territory Empire, Su Xiao only planned to bring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, and Saint Poetry. Previously in Ghost City, Saint Poetry, this healer, had just muddled through. This time, dealing with the traitor, this big healer had to be present; otherwise, there would be even less chance of winning.

Suddenly, Su Xiao thought of someone. This time, going to the Northern Territory Empire, it was best to bring the Northern Territory Princess. Although in the competition, the Northern Territory Princess had turned herself from a participant into a spectator with her "excellent" performance, this time going to the Northern Territory, with the Northern Territory Princess as a guide, many things would be easier to handle.

More precisely, this time going to the Northern Territory, he must have the Northern Territory Princess as a recommender; otherwise, the monarch of the Northern Territory would certainly not agree to Su Xiao stepping into the Northern Territory.

This was actually easy to understand. Looking at Su Xiao's record after taking office as the Dean of the Asylum, one could understand the Northern Territory monarch's approach. After Su Xiao took office, the first thing he did was take the lead in cleaning up the Dark God Sect.

Later, he went to sea to destroy the Nightmare King, turned around and went to the Saint Lan Kingdom, first slashed the God of Radiance, and then arranged for the Pain Queen who controlled the Saint Lan Kingdom. This was not the end; he immediately led people to the Sand Kingdom, collapsed the Sand King's legion with an Original Sin Object within two days, then destroyed the Sand King, turned around and went deep into the Great Swamp area, stationed in Ghost City with a small team, and after slashing the Abyss Archbishop, the entire Dark God Sect was almost uprooted.

With such a record, would the Northern Territory monarch and the Northern Territory's high-level officials and generals agree to Su Xiao stepping into the Northern Territory? The Northern Territory monarch would certainly become suspicious, thinking: "This guy, he's not here to slash me this time, is he?"

In general, the difficulty of Su Xiao stepping into the Northern Territory now was greater than one of the four Grand Councilors going to the Northern Territory. This was also why Su Xiao never thought about bringing Dre, Silver Face, Veronica, and others to the Northern Territory from the beginning, and he didn't even plan to bring the Storm Flame Dragon, Dis.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao said: "Go find the Northern Territory Princess and tell her I want to see her."

"Yes, my lord."

Silver Face appeared silently to the side and disappeared silently. Baja, who was squatting on the chandelier sleeping, opened one eye, and after noticing no abnormality in the aura, closed its eyes and continued to sleep.

An hour later, a stretched luxury car drove into the asylum courtyard. After the car door opened, first an old butler with a serious expression and proper attire got out, opened the back car door, and the Northern Territory Princess, dressed in a gorgeous dress, got out.

A moment later, the door was knocked. The Northern Territory Princess walked into the office. The accompanying old butler stood guard by the door with a serious expression and did not enter the office.

The Northern Territory Princess sat down opposite the office desk. Her long hair, which was faintly light blue in white, was draped down smoothly. The silver earring on her right ear added a touch of charm to her face, which was beautiful beyond compare. That elegant and slightly lazy temperament—if it were someone who didn't know her, they would find it hard to look away at first sight.

"In the end, you finally remembered me."

The Northern Territory Princess sighed softly, her sorrowful eyes as if saying that the competition had already ended before he remembered her.

The Northern Territory Princess's unique style of speech made Baja recall the scene when it first met the Northern Territory Princess. It couldn't help but put on a mask of pain. For so long, the Northern Territory Princess was the first person to completely confuse Baja.

"There is something I need to trouble you with."

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, a different look appeared in the Northern Territory Princess's eyes, but then she said:

"Sure enough, you only remember me when you need me. In your heart, am I just like this?"

Hearing this, Su Xiao looked at the Northern Territory Princess opposite. When he noticed the faint smile in the other party's eyes, he knew why the Northern Territory Princess was like this. The Northern Territory Princess was really smarter than imagined.

The style shown by the Northern Territory Princess would make people feel that she was not very reliable, but the problem was that in this competition, Dark Sun, who was stronger than her, was out; Black A was already doubting life; the Sun Apostle chose to endure; Alisa fought to the death with various enemies throughout the process. Only the Northern Territory Princess, or Crystal Ji, lived a regular and comfortable life every day, plus took some time to improve herself. Her style made the other four devourers choose to ignore her.

This also led to the Northern Territory Princess getting this ending despite a mediocre start, which was already a perfect ending.

"Is this also Crystal Ji's specialty?"

Su Xiao looked at the Northern Territory Princess opposite with great interest and began to consider whether to add the Northern Territory Princess to the mining team. His gaze made the Northern Territory Princess opposite feel her heart skip a beat, and the faint, hidden smile in her eyes disappeared.

"Kuss City is not very safe recently, so we decided to send you back to the Northern Territory."

"Are you going to abandon me in the end?"

"Set off now."

"Don't, I... I can still do a lot of things. Didn't you just say you have something to entrust to me?"

The Northern Territory Princess's tone style recovered to normal at an astonishing speed. Seeing this, Su Xiao opened the office desk drawer, took out a document from it, flipped through it, and said:

"Your relationship with your sisters is good, especially your eldest sister. She dreams of slaughtering you now."

Su Xiao pulled out a bounty tucked in the document. The bounty was 300 million Gulang to capture the Northern Territory Princess alive. Seeing this bounty from the underground world, the Northern Territory Princess was first stunned, then her bright eyes dimmed. She took the underground bounty order, and the crystallization that appeared from the place she touched showed how she felt.

"Eldest sister, did she really go to this extent? I have already hidden in the Alliance."

Seeing the Northern Territory Princess like this, Baja flew over with a teapot and poured a cup of hot tea for the Northern Territory Princess. The Northern Territory Princess barely squeezed out a smile to express her gratitude.

Su Xiao didn't speak. He didn't know what grudges there were between the Northern Territory royal descendants, and he didn't let the Hunter Corps help investigate. Investigating the intelligence of the Northern Territory royal descendants was truly too difficult, and everyone had their own secrets, so there was no need to investigate.

"So, what can I do for you in my current situation?"

Although the Northern Territory Princess's tone was still slightly lazy, what she said was already much more normal. Clearly, when talking about serious matters, the Northern Territory Princess was still relatively reliable.

"I plan to go to the Northern Territory..."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the Northern Territory Princess, who was tasting maple tea, choked. She looked at Su Xiao in surprise, as if she felt she had misheard, and asked: "What did you just say? Did I... mishear, or?"

"I plan to go to the Northern Territory."

Hearing this again, the Northern Territory Princess's eyes were exceptionally serious. She hesitated and asked tentatively: "Are you going to kill my father?"

"In your cognition, am I someone who would assassinate the Northern Territory monarch?"

"Uh."

The Northern Territory Princess was suddenly speechless, her mind recalling strong people like the Nightmare King, Black Rose, God of Radiance, Sand King, and Abyss Leader Silvis.

"In my opinion, Dean Bai Ye, you are not that kind of person."

After saying this, the Northern Territory Princess's conscience hurt severely. She drank a sip of maple tea to soothe her uncomfortable conscience.

"This matter is not entirely impossible." Speaking of this, the Northern Territory Princess paused, drank a sip of maple tea, and continued: "The problem is, the risk of me returning to the Northern Territory now..."

Before the Northern Territory Princess finished speaking, Su Xiao had already pressed a contract on the table and pushed it. The contract parchment slid in front of the Northern Territory Princess. She picked up the contract parchment, and after seeing the content clearly, her heart beat faster, but a few seconds later, she shook her head sadly.

"Seeing other worlds is indeed an irresistible temptation for me, but my own combat power is a problem. Moreover, after joining this team, what can I do? My combat power is not as good as Black A and Alisa, and my strategy is not as good as the Sun Apostle. Adding someone to share the profits, the three of them will be dissatisfied. Although I have a lot of assets now and it's fine not to share the benefits, I always feel that after joining this team, I seem to have nothing to do."

Hearing the Northern Territory Princess's words, Baja cast a glance. The Northern Territory Princess said: "Don't be so surprised. Before my grandfather passed away, he gave me a share contract of a Chamber of Commerce. My grandfather loved me the most when he was alive, and fortunately, my grandfather took me when I was young, which kept me from becoming like my sisters, with only power in their eyes and no family affection. Also because I value family affection, my father valued me so much, which aroused the jealousy of my brothers and sisters. Sigh."

Speaking to the end, the Northern Territory Princess sighed, inadvertently showing her "money power."

"Chamber of Commerce? Which Chamber of Commerce?"

Baja asked. Hearing this, the Northern Territory Princess replied: "Shadow Chamber of Commerce. Speaking of which, it's very strange. I have never met the high-level officials of this Chamber of Commerce, but I am a high-level official. They are very strange. Every year, they send people to deliver Soul Coins on time, but they refuse to agree to my request to go outside and see, saying that the outside world is very dangerous."

Hearing the Northern Territory Princess mention the Shadow Chamber of Commerce, Su Xiao suddenly thought that this world was named Shadow World in the notarization of the Samsara Paradise. The Shadow World and the Shadow Chamber of Commerce were not only connected, but perhaps the Shadow Chamber of Commerce rose within this world and then slowly expanded its business to various Paradise camps.

Many of the same-quality weapons needed for Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan's promotion were bought from the Shadow Chamber of Commerce. This Chamber of Commerce attached great importance to regular customers. Sometimes, even if they earned less, they had to maintain a good relationship with regular customers. It was precisely because of this that now, whatever Su Xiao lacked, he would think of buying from the Shadow Chamber of Commerce first, followed by the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, and if he really couldn't get it, then the Black Sail Chamber of Commerce.

If the Shadow Chamber of Commerce rose within this world, then the Northern Territory Princess's grandfather might be one of the veterans of the Shadow Chamber of Commerce, which was why she had the share contract of the Shadow Chamber of Commerce.

"How many shares of the Shadow Chamber of Commerce do you have?"

Baja asked out of pure curiosity. Robbing the Northern Territory Princess was something that couldn't be done. No matter what, this was the former Northern Territory Princess Crystal Ji, and it was only after the fusion of the two souls and consciousnesses that the current Northern Territory Princess existed.

"Twenty percent."

"Damn, a major shareholder."

"Not really."

The Northern Territory Princess smiled "modestly." That smiling look almost explicitly said: "Praise me a few more times, I'm actually very happy."

Of the several devourers, Black A chose the Dark Son, Boiling Red chose Alisa. Originally, they thought that the two of them were good enough at choosing, belonging to a dream start. Now looking at it, Crystal Ji's choice was simply high to the atmosphere.

Ask, among Black A, Alisa, and the Northern Territory Princess, who is stronger? In terms of combat power, it must be Black A. If it's just about killing opponents, it might be the Northern Territory Princess who is stronger. No one knows how many one-time props she, as a shareholder of the Shadow Chamber of Commerce, has hidden. It might be that after the battle starts, she throws props out one by one, using "money power" to kill opponents.

"Actually, I really want to go to other worlds to see, traveling through the myriad worlds. Just imagining it makes me feel that I haven't lived in vain. But I know how difficult and dangerous it is to leave one's original world without 'notarization.' So I thought about it, when the mining team encounters an opponent, do we really have to solve the problem with violence from the beginning?"

Speaking of this, the Northern Territory Princess's eyes were radiant, and she smiled from the heart. She proposed a plan:

After entering the Tier 8 world, if the mining team encounters trouble, the Northern Territory Princess will negotiate first. If the other party insists on going their own way, let Alisa assassinate the enemy's high-level officials. If the enemy still opposes the mining team, then Black A, who is good at group battles, will appear, and the Sun Apostle will torture the opponent's mentality behind the scenes.

After the resource extraction is completed, the Northern Territory Princess can sell these resources through the channels of the Shadow Chamber of Commerce in her capacity as a shareholder of the Shadow Chamber of Commerce. This price will be at least 15%–30% higher than bulk sales.

In this way, the mining team's world selection, world entry, resource search, extraction, subsequent armed protection, necessary negotiations, and final resource sales are all perfected.

The Northern Territory Princess doing this will certainly make her an indispensable member of the mining team. If she encounters danger in the Tier 8 world, let alone Alisa and the Sun Apostle, even Black A will not sit idly by. No one has a grudge against Soul Coins.

The Northern Territory Princess is a typical style of saying that she can't play any role in the mining team, but after actually showing her trump cards, she leaps to become a main member of the mining team.

Without too many twists and turns, the subsequent matters were settled, and the Northern Territory Princess joined the mining team.

"There is a question, I'm actually quite curious."

Baja spoke. The Northern Territory Princess, who was drinking tea, indicated that she was all ears.

"What made you choose to join our side?"

"Many reasons. First, you don't care about the power of this world at all. As long as it's blocking the way, you clear it all. So the probability of you conspiring with my sister and the others is too low. Second, the little old man who cooperates with you seems to be the famous deceiver. Finally, because Dean Bai Ye is strong, isn't it good to find such a strong backer?"

Hearing the last sentence, Baja's expression was a bit strange. It said: "Then do you know that we are hostile to the Arcane Eternal Star?"

"Who doesn't have an enemy? It doesn't matter."

The Northern Territory Princess didn't care about this, which made Baja's eyes serious. Some things must be made clear before cooperation.

"Do you think the God of Radiance is strong?"

"Uh, very strong. I have actually heard some things about the Arcane Eternal Star, but because I haven't left this world, I don't know much about the Void. How many people of the God of Radiance level are there in the Arcane Eternal Star?"

Hearing this, Baja used its wing as a hand to make a shape of raising an index finger.

"Only one? No way."

"It's a group."

"?"

The Northern Territory Princess's eyes began to be confused. She deliberated and asked: "This group, what does it specifically refer to?"

"It's just a group, I don't know the specific number. The God of Radiance isn't even one. In the Arcane Eternal Star, as far as we know, there must be three or four, one, and existences stronger than."

After hearing this, the Northern Territory Princess's small face turned a bit pale, but she didn't say anything about quitting. Instead, she felt that choosing to cooperate with this side was the right choice. At the very least, her partner didn't hide the fact that they were hostile to the Arcane Eternal Star from her, and they popularized the strength of the Arcane Eternal Star for her.

"I guess, a Void major force like the Arcane Eternal Star wouldn't bother to pay attention to me at all. Dealing with me would only lower their status. I am a collaborator of their enemy. They haven't even eliminated the enemy they are directly opposed to, and they come to clean up a little girl like me from a world in the myriad worlds? It really doesn't make sense."

The Northern Territory Princess was right. The Arcane Eternal Star was indeed hostile to Su Xiao, but the hatred was all concentrated on Su Xiao.

Su Xiao checked the time and was not in a hurry to go to the train station. He pointed to the traitor's portrait on the table and said to the Northern Territory Princess: "My purpose in going to the Northern Territory this time is to find this person. If..."

"Isn't this the Stone Carver?"

The Northern Territory Princess opposite cast a suspicious look, seemingly not understanding why Su Xiao wanted to find the person in the portrait.

"Stone Carver, do you know him?"

"I've only seen him twice. When I was young, I went out with my grandfather and saw him once. Later, at the banquet where my father sealed the monarch's position, I saw him once."

"You remember quite clearly."

Baja spoke in its usual tone. It must be determined what the relationship between the Northern Territory Princess and the traitor was.

"Of course I remember clearly. This Stone Carver's stone carving level is average, more like a hobby to pass the time. But the Northern Territory's combat representative, the Northern Territory General, is a disciple taught by him. For such a person, it's hard for me to forget even if I want to."

"..."

Su Xiao frowned slightly. Things were more complicated than expected, but the good news was that the traitor's trail was easier to find.

When the sunset shone on the horizon, the long-distance train at Kuss City Station set off. This was a train to the Northern Territory's main city, Winter City, so they were all individual compartments. At this time, in the No. 1 VIP compartment, Su Xiao was sitting cross-legged on the bed meditating. Seeing the train start, Baja pulled the compartment curtains.

Amidst the train's whistle, Su Xiao suddenly noticed space fluctuations in front. Caesar was already sitting on the opposite bed.

"My dear friend, the matter is settled."

Caesar patted the wooden box in his arms, which contained a treasure. This time going to Ghost City, Su Xiao and Caesar certainly had some cooperation, which was that while Su Xiao destroyed the Dark God Sect, Caesar took the opportunity to attack the Dark God Sect's treasury.

For this profit, Su Xiao didn't take a cent, but Caesar had to help him get a secret treasure. This thing was not too difficult to buy in the Samsara Paradise, but if he wanted to get it in this world, he had to use some extraordinary means. Now, Caesar had completed this matter.

Not only that, Caesar didn't plan to do anything else later. From this, it could be seen how much Caesar had profited from cooperating with Su Xiao this time. His exuberant soul of greed was actually briefly and slightly satisfied.

Night fell quietly, and Su Xiao was still meditating, which made the journey pass very quickly. Unknowingly, the next day's first sun had already shone on the compartment curtains, giving the dim compartment a bit of brightness.

Day and night alternated unknowingly, and time passed quickly. This meditation gave Su Xiao an unprecedented feeling, so much so that his Heart Meditation ability, which had broken through to Lv. 90, improved by 2 levels in a row. Don't underestimate these 2 levels; after Heart Meditation reached Lv. 90, the difficulty of improvement increased sharply.

However, this improvement was not a realization, or that kind of wonderful flash of inspiration, but the accumulation of his frequent meditation.

【Hint: Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan has devoured the origin energy of the Immortal-characteristic Abyss-bred creature.】

This hint made Su Xiao break away from the meditation state. He didn't feel regret, but had a sense of detachment an hour ago.

【Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan has completed this special promotion and will obtain the following basic improvements.】

【Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan's durability +30 points permanently.】

【Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan's quality limit +5% permanently.】

【Hint: This bonus has absolute priority.】

【Hint: This effect is not activated.】

【Blade Demon Spirit's intensity +28 points. After the Blade Demon Spirit's intensity is improved, the sleep time that appears after killing an enemy will be reduced in the initial stage. When the Blade Demon Spirit reaches sufficient intensity, the killing limit value will be increased.】

【Hint: Because of this devouring of the Immortal-characteristic Abyss-bred creature's origin energy, you have obtained non-characteristic origin energy. You can use the remaining part of the non-characteristic origin to grant Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan one of the following three permanent gain effects.】

1. Sharpness +30 points permanently.

2. Blade Demon Spirit intensity +17 points.

3. Origin-level reinforcement limit level +1 permanently.

It was still three choices. Compared to the last devouring of the Immortal-characteristic Abyss-bred creature, the improvement brought this time was partly lower than the last time, but regarding the intensity of the Blade Demon Spirit, it was much higher than the last time.

Su Xiao discovered one point: devouring different Immortal-characteristic Abyss-bred creatures, Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan's improvement direction was also different. The last time was a surge in durability and sharpness, while this time the benefits in other aspects were higher.

If it was still possible to improve sharpness by 120 points like last time, Su Xiao would choose this point without hesitation, but this time it only improved by 30 points, so it was obviously more appropriate to choose to improve the Blade Demon Spirit's intensity.

【Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan's Blade Demon Spirit intensity +17 points.】

In this way, the Blade Demon Spirit's intensity reached 62 points, which concerned many aspects, such as the sleep time of the Blade Demon Spirit after each use of the Demon Blade ability.

Not only that, if the Blade Demon Spirit's intensity was high enough, it would also increase the killing limit of the Demon Blade. Even if it improved by 5%, making the killing limit reach 30%, it would be a huge improvement, but for the time being, it was not known how much the Blade Demon Spirit's intensity needed to reach to increase the killing health limit.

Su Xiao had been meditating for so long, and at this time he was hungry. After a train meal that tasted okay, he looked out the window. The scenery flying past outside the train window had begun to slow down. The scene that came into view was stone-blue buildings covered with frost and snow. It was almost at the station of Winter City.

When the train stopped, the Northern Territory Princess pulled open the compartment door and walked in, saying with a smile: "Dean Bai Ye, welcome to Winter City. I heard that to welcome your arrival, the dignitaries of Winter City worked overnight to transfer the Northern Territory General back."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. After learning that the Northern Territory General was the traitor's disciple, the Northern Territory General returning to Winter City was not good news.

Su Xiao got off the train with the travelers on the same train. The train station was crowded. His first stop was the Northern Territory Princess's luxurious residence, using that place as a foothold first, and then looking for the traitor's trail.

While thinking, Su Xiao inadvertently looked at the crowd in front. Through the passing pedestrians, a figure came into his view. The other party was wearing loose clothes, with a head of gray-white long hair, wearing round-framed glasses. Although old, he was exceptionally charming as a man. Although his muscles were weak due to old age, he had an aura that made people subconsciously retreat. What was most impressive was his sharp eyes. At this moment, there was a faint smile on the other party's face.

This person was the traitor!

Su Xiao looked at the traitor dozens of meters away, with pedestrians passing between them.