Chapter 234: Such a Small Amount of Spirit Stones Might Not Be Enough

Two Jin Dan stage cultivators shuttled through Luofeng County city. They clearly knew the path by heart. Luofeng County arranged for cultivators to patrol at night, and these two cleverly bypassed the patrol route.

At this time, Li Haoran was woken up by Su Shishi. After listening to his fiancée briefly finish the ins and outs of the matter, his expression was a bit strange.

"Senior Brother Meng's showing off of wealth was finally targeted?"

"What do you mean by showing off wealth? Can't I tell others when I have money?" Meng Jingzhou glared. When he was the young master of the Meng family in the Imperial City, who dared to target his things?

Su Shishi led the three to follow the two Jin Dan stage cultivators in the dark. When shuttling on the roof, Lu Yang caught a glimpse of shadows in the distance shuttling on the roof just like himself.

"Is the night in Luofeng County this lively?"

Lu Yang wanted to chase over to see the situation, but saw the two Jin Dan stage cultivators flip into a high-walled mansion, so he had to take care of the matter at hand first.

"I remember this is... the County Magistrate's mansion?" Li Haoran hesitated, suspecting that he had remembered wrong.

The Phoenix Blood Stone worth 500,000 spirit stones was indeed precious, but it wasn't precious enough to move a County Magistrate.

Unless the Phoenix Blood Stone Senior Brother Meng bought had another hidden story.

The high-walled mansion was shrouded in formations. If one advanced rashly without knowing the method, they would be discovered by the people inside the mansion.

Su Shishi ignored the formation and successfully brought the three into the mansion.

"Master, we are back." The two Jin Dan stage cultivators said respectfully to the middle-aged man who stood with his hands behind his back.

Li Haoran had never seen the County Magistrate and didn't know if this middle-aged man was the County Magistrate or a person like a housekeeper.

The middle-aged man said "hmm" faintly: "Did you get that thing?"

The two were a bit ashamed: "We encountered an accident. We were worried that the movement would be too big, so we didn't continue to steal that thing."

"Accident?"

"Yes, we encountered people who also went to steal that thing at Li Haoran's house. Although they didn't reveal their identities, I suspect they were people sent by the Mo family."

"What's going on? Tell me in detail."

The two restored the scene at that time one by one, who knew the master was furious: "Hmph, you were deceived! What you encountered wasn't the Mo family at all, but Congwendao Sect disciples!"

"If my guess is correct, they are eavesdropping on the roof now!"

"I've said it to this point, you should come out. Let's talk openly and honestly."

Li Haoran was shocked and was about to appear, but was pulled by Lu Yang.

Lu Yang shook his head and didn't say anything.

The master waited for a long time and didn't wait for anyone to appear: "It seems that what you encountered was indeed the Mo family. Sure enough, the Mo family also knew about the existence of that thing."

He had just casually bluffed.

He had heard from his subordinates yesterday that three Foundation Establishment Dao-Seeking Sect disciples had come to Luofeng County, one of whom was a local of Luofeng County. However, he didn't take this matter to heart.

Who knew that this afternoon, his subordinates reported that one of the Congwendao Sect disciples had bought an extremely rare Phoenix Blood Stone and went to other shops to look for similar Phoenix Blood Stones.

He heard his subordinates describe the appearance of the Phoenix Blood Stone and was shocked, suspecting it was that problematic Phoenix Blood Stone.

This couldn't fall into the hands of the Congwendao Sect. It would be terrible if the Congwendao Sect discovered the clues.

He sent two subordinates to steal the Phoenix Blood Stone and encountered the Mo family.

The Mo family was the number one family in Luofeng County and didn't get along with him, the County Magistrate, always wanting to catch his handle.

"Tsk, I don't know how that thing flowed out. Did you ask the shop owner who sold that thing?"

"The person is no longer there. I heard from the clerk that the shop owner earned a large sum of money and took his wife and children out to travel. He won't be back for a while. Now only a few clerks are left to watch the house."

"It's really enviable."

"Ah, what did you just say, Master?"

"Nothing."

The County Magistrate thought that after finishing this ticket, he would also take his wife and children to other places to turn around.

"What about the mine? When will the work be finished? We can't always use the mine collapse as an excuse to stop the miners from going in to dig."

The reason for the mine collapse could only delay for a while. After all, in the cultivation world, finding a few cultivators with high realms could directly hit a new mine.

Taking himself as an example, as long as he made a move, he could open a mine in half a day. Now he announced to the outside world that he had made a mistake in cultivation and couldn't make a move within half a month.

"They said they still need three days."

"Let them speed up, but pay attention to confidentiality. Absolutely don't let outsiders know about this. This matter not only concerns us but also the interests of the Phoenix clan!"

"Yes!"

Lu Yang and the other three were stunned after hearing this. Listening to the County Magistrate, he was also colluding with the Phoenix clan?

With the arrival of the Great Era, the struggle between the Central Continent and various forces was intensifying, including the conflict between the Central Continent and the demon race.

Some in the demon race wanted to go to war with the Great Xia Dynasty, and some wanted to ease the relationship with the Great Xia Dynasty and face the crisis of the Great Era together, so the demon race was internally divided into the main war faction and the main peace faction.

"I just don't know which faction the Dragon clan and the Phoenix clan belong to."

Lu Yang heard that the demon race had sent many spies to sneak into the Central Continent, intending to cause chaos in the dark.

"Also, do you know how to treat them after they finish this matter?"

Speaking of this, the County Magistrate revealed an expression of reluctance, but forced to do so.

The two Jin Dan stage cultivators were stunned, and then murderous intent appeared in their eyes.

"You mean... these few days count as their overtime, and we have to settle their wages at three times the pay?"

"Yes."

The County Magistrate turned his head and saw the eyes of the two Jin Dan stage cultivators, and was stunned for a moment.

"Why do you have this look?"

The two Jin Dan stage cultivators' tone was a bit resentful: "Master, you never said you would add money to us when we worked the night shift, just like tonight."

Even if the Jin Dan stage doesn't need to sleep, you can't use us during the day and then use us at night, right?

My wife is still waiting in the quilt.

Why do others get extra money for overtime, and we work for nothing?

"... I will add money to you too."

"Master, what about that Phoenix Blood Stone?"

"Hmph, since the dark way doesn't work, then come to the bright way. You pretend to be merchants tomorrow and say that the Phoenix Blood Stone is very rare, and spend a lot of money to buy it!"

"How heavy?"

"One million spirit stones!" The County Magistrate didn't believe it. This was a business that earned 500,000 spirit stones net. Would the Foundation Establishment Congwendao Sect disciple not be moved?

The two Jin Dan stage cultivators showed hesitant expressions.

"What's wrong? If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Master, that Congwendao Sect disciple might not be short of these spirit stones."

"Then 1.5 million spirit stones!" The County Magistrate was ruthless. He didn't believe that 2 million spirit stones wouldn't be enough for the other party to let go?

"Maybe it's still not enough."

"2 million!"

"Still not enough."

The County Magistrate was furious: "Then you tell me, how many spirit stones will it take for the other party to let go! I don't believe it. The other party is only in the Foundation Establishment stage. How many spirit stones can he have? Will he not be moved by 2 million spirit stones!"

"We heard that the other party is the eldest son of the Meng family."

Meng family, eldest son—these two words combined meant monstrous power and wealth, and no one dared to provoke them.

The Meng family, as the number one family in the Central Continent, was famous far and wide.

The County Magistrate was even more angry when he heard this, and was not afraid of Meng Jingzhou's identity at all: "So what if he is the eldest son of the Meng family? At worst, I will go steal it myself tomorrow night!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 235 =====