Chapter 1834: Daylight Robbery
In an instant, plenty of thoughts flooded Zhang Ruochen’s mind.
But, there was one thing he could not figure out.
Since the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving Print was used to fish out Xie Canghai, why did Jiang Yunchong chose not to deal with Xie Canghai directly, and instead took a liking to the Godslayer Cross Shield instead?
Could it be…
The settler was not Tianjue Pavilion at all, and was someone else?
Zhang Ruochen had a lot of questions in his mind, but he could not immediately ask, for fear of being eavesdropped by Mister Godcliff’s powerful spiritual powers. Now, he could only choose to trust Jiang Yunchong.
From the private room on the west side of the fifth floor, rays of brilliant lights radiated out of it and enveloped the Godslayer Cross Shield.
Immediately after, the Godslayer Cross Shield turned into a light spot, and was taken away.
“What a powerful move, it seems like the seller is also a very terrifying powerhouse,” Zhang Ruochen said to himself.
A storage bag flew out the western private room on the fifth floor, and fell into Jiang Yunchong’s hands.
“Pavilion Master Jiang, good doing business with you. When I have treasures next time, this old one will still bring them to Tianjue Pavilion for the auction.”
The voice was rather hoarse, and became more and more distant. It was clear that the mysterious seller of the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving Print had left Tianjue Pavilion.
Jueyan Hu wanted to pursue, but was stopped by Mister Godcliff.
Mister Godcliff looked on solemnly. “You are not his match.”
“The Godslayer Cross Shield is an ancestor weapon of the Immortal Vampires, and is extremely powerful. Once there was a god that nailed to death on it, how could we let this treasure slip us by?”
Jueyan Hu recognized the origins of the Godslayer Cross Shield, and a strong greed grew in his heart.
Mister Godcliff said, “The most important thing now, is to take over the Eastern Region Saint King Manor. At this juncture, there is no need to create any other enemies.”
Jueyan Hu was extremely reluctant, but he finally nodded.
“The value of the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving is probably far above the Godslayer Cross Shield. Is it really necessary to let the guy who claims that he is the disciple of Yanshen take it?” the Drifter said with a smile.
“We will leave this matter to Xie Canghai to deal with himself. If he could not even secure a single Demonic Blood Ax Engraving, then I would have to wonder if his capabilities is sufficient to deal with the matter that he will be tasked to do,” Mr Godcliff said calmly with a strategizing demeanor.
Xie Canghai approached Zhang Ruochen and once again tried to negotiate with him.
“Your Highness, name your price, what does it take for you to let the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving go?” Xie Canghai said.
Zhang Ruochen was worried about raising Xie Canghai’s suspicions, so he did not immediately change his attitude. He still wore that contemptuous look and said. “I’m not really lacking in anything.”
Xie Canghai thought for a bit before he said, “It seems like Your Highness is rather interested in the Tears of the Void?”
Zhang Ruochen was about to push the door and enter the private room as he heard that. His movements slowed down, and he said, “I am a little interested.”
Xie Canghai felt that he had grasped Zhang Ruochen’s weakness, and he was elated as he said, “I can take those thirty drops of Tears of the Void out as part of the bargaining chips to exchange the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving with Your Highness.” Zhang Ruochen turned around, and stared at Xie Canghai with a cautious look. “Mister Xie, I think you are cultivating the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving, right? No… It should be the rubbed engraving print.”
Xie Canghai’s expression was a little awkward while he said, “That’s right.”
“in this case, the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving should be regarded as a priceless treasure for Mister Xie right? Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen continued. “If you want the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving, Mister Xie, I think you need to show sufficient sincerity.”
If it weren’t for the fact that this person claimed to be a secret disciple of Yanshen, Xie Canghai would have killed him with a single slap, how could he allow the former to be so arrogant?
Xie Canghai said, “Three-hundred-thousand-year-old sacred medicine, a Taiyi Primordial Stone, plus thirty drops of Tears of the Void. They should suffice, right?”
“Not enough.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Add another 10 billion Saint Stones to that.”
Xie Canghai’s heart almost jumped out as his arms trembled, and he was just that bit away from lashing out and turning Zhang Ruochen into mush.
This was clearly taking advantage of him, and was deliberately trying to squeeze him dry.
“If Mister Xie, you think that I’m trying to make things difficult for you, then I can only bring the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving to the auction house in the Celestial Court to sell it. By then, the number of Saint Stones I’d obtain would not just be 10 billion Saint Stones,” Zhang Ruochen said with a smile.
Xie Canghai snorted and said to himself, “If you auction off a treasure like the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving, it would be strange if your master did not kill you himself. You clearly know that by taking the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving back to the Celestial Court you would need to hand it over, and would not gain any benefits. That’s why you are trying to swindle me.”
He had no choice, so Xie Canghai finally chose to compromise.
“All right then, deal! But 10 billion Saint Stones is just too huge an amount, and I don’t have it with me. Could you give me a month’s time to transfer the Saint Stones from Blackdemon Realm and hand it over to Your Highness personally?” Xie Canghai said.
A month?
A moth was enough for Xie Canghai to get a grip on Zhang Ruochen’s identity, how would he agree to that?
Zhang Ruochen shook his head. “It seems like Mister Xie, you aren’t sincere enough. I will look for another buyer then. There are many cultivators in Blackdemon Realm who are cultivating the Demonic Blood Ax Engraving, and there will bound to be someone who can afford it.”
“Wait, I’ll think of another way.”
Xie Canghai turned around and walked into the east side private room.
Seeing Xie Canghai’s frustrations turning into anger, yet he was unable to vent them out, Zhang Ruochen felt quite comforted and happy.
“All those people have profound backgrounds. It shouldn’t be difficult for them to come up with 10 billion Saint Stones, right?” Zhang Ruochen was looking forward to this.
One needed to know that 10 billion Saint Stones was already close to the totaly sum of wealth of a poorer Supreme Saint.
A moment later, Xie Canghai handed three hundred thousand-year-old sacred medicines, the Taiyi Primordial Stone and thirty drops of Tears of the Void to Zhang Ruochen. Immediately afterwards, he pulled out another storage bag, and handed it very reluctantly, with trembling hands, to Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen opened the storage bag and used his spiritual powers to scan through it. It was actually filled with a huge amount of Saint Stones, piled into a mountain.
There were at least 3 billion pieces.
Zhang Ruochen was not someone who had never seen the world before, but his emotions were still roiling, and almost failed to keep a straight face. With this many Saint Stones, how many cultivation resources can he purchase?”
“Not enough. Why are there only 3 billion Saint Stones?” Zhang Ruochen said with a straight face, his tone displeased.
Xie Canghai felt his heart ache, as he pulled out a black metal box, and spoke to Zhang Ruochen via telepathy. “There are four God Stones in there, and each is worth a billion Saint Stones each.”
Zhang Ruochen could not help but to swallow his saliva. Could it be, for the initial effort he had expended to search for the God Stones, only to have them fall effortlessly into his hands now.
As he opened the black metal box, Zhang Ruochen carefully inspected it, and determined that they were real God Stones. He then kept them in his Dimensional Ring, and said impassively. “There’s still quite a bit left!”
“What insatiable greed.”
Xie Canghai cursed all eighteen generations of Zhang Ruochen’s ancestors, before pulling out a jade box engraved full with patterns.
The jade box was blood-colored, and one could tell that it was not an ordinary item at first glance.
“This is… a half-done King-grade sacred pill. the Thousand-Revolution Path-Peering Pill.” Xie Canghai’s voice trembled as he spoke.
One needed to know this, Thousand-Revolution Path-Peering Pill was the first treasure he had prepared to break into the realm of Supreme Sainthood.
“Could it really be a King-grade sacred pill?”
Zhang Ruochen had seen a handful of Heaven-grade sacred pills, but a King-grade Saint Pill was like a legendary object. He had never seen one before.
One need to know, once a sacred pill had reached a certain grade, it could produce a pill spirit.
And the pill spirit of a heaven-grade sacred pill was no less weaker than a Saint King.
What sort of power would the pill spirit of a King-grade sacred pill have? A Nine-step Saint King? Or a Supreme Saint?
“This Thousand-Revolution Path-Peering Pill is still in a half-done state, and needs to be kept in the blood jade box until it undergoes a final transformation before it turns into a true King-grade sacred pill. Before that, do not take the pill out, don’t ever do that.” Xie Canghai exhorted.
“If I don’t take it out, how would I know if it’s real or not?”
As he said that, Zhang Ruochen was about to break the seal on blood jade saint box and take the Thousand-Revolution Path-Peering Pill out.
“Insolence…”
Xie Canghai’s aura became tyrannical before it immediately vanished again. “I, Xie Canghai, am an elite of the Precept Domain realm, how would I come up with a fake pill to lie to you? Before the Thousand-Revolution Path-Peering pill is matured, taking it out will see its effects greatly reduced,” he said.
“What does this old coot mean to say? He’s both advising and threatening me at the same time. Is he preparing to snatch the pill away in secret?” Zhang Ruochen said to himself.
His identity as a secret disciple of Yanshen could only be used to hold Xie Canghai back on the surface.
However, if it was somewhere no one else was, forget being Yanshen’s disciple, even if he was Yanshen’s own son, he would still die if he was to step on Xie Canghai’s personal benefits.
“Well, I’ll believe you then.”
Zhang Ruochen held his hand out and patted Xie Canghai on the shoulder as he spoke with a smile. “The Demonic Blood Ax Engraving is yours. Good doing business with you.”
As he returned to the private room, Xie Canghai’s expression was extremely cold, but he was restraining himself. He knew that there were many cultivators present were from the Heavenly Realm.
There were so many people there, and someone might say something to the outside world.
Even if he had a killing intent, he had to endure it.
King Daxi said, “The identities of both Yanshen’s secret disciple and Tianjue Pavilion’s master are both odd. Should we test them?”
“I agree,” Xie Canghai said.
A smile appeared on Mister Godcliff’s face as he said, “I understand how you two feel. But, in six hours time, it will be the time for us to attack the Eastern Region Saint King Manor.”
“That Chen Clan has sent up a total of 81 Saint King Manors in the East Region Holy City.”
“Each Saint King Manor is a base in itself.”
“When all eighty-one bases are connected together, it will form a Great Orbital Array, and could mobilize the power of the entire Eastern Region Holy City. To take down the Saint King Manor, we need to first break through the Great Orbital Array.”
“So, everyone has an assigned task, and it is best that we don’t court unneccesary trouble.”
“This old one promised everyone of you, as long as we take the Eastern Region Saint King Manor, every treasures that you fancy is yours to take. Anyone that you want to kill, is yours to kill. Including the persons and treasures within this Tianjue Pavilion.
At that moment, Mister Godcliff was like a god standing above all living beings, and as life and death were determined by his very words.