Chapter Ninety-Three: Only These Two, Take It or Leave It

“Then it is truly no small feat that you have managed to live until now.” Li Ling'er felt a measure of sympathy.

Su Jian's ordeal sounded twisted and extraordinary even to her.

Not only had his sect been wiped out, but now even his father-in-law was hunting him down.

Su Jian let out a soft sigh. “Little girl, I must ask you to keep this secret for me. From this day forward, all I desire is a life free from strife.”

Li Ling'er said quietly, “Seeing how miserable you are, I won’t haggle with you this time. But from now on, you’re not allowed to make any moves on my Great Yellow!”

Su Jian smiled faintly. “I have never said I intended to eat your dog. You little girl really do have a knack for judging a gentleman’s heart with a villain’s mind.”

Li Ling'er snorted. “I don’t believe you. The way you look at my dog is exactly the same as the day you ate that rabbit.”

Su Jian: “...”

Slander.

This was naked slander.

After the two returned to Spirit-Fair Village, they parted ways there.

“Big bad guy, if there are any fun things like this again in the future, you have to call me, all right?” After saying this, Li Ling'er walked off with light, quick steps.

...

Su Jian directly posted two immobilization talismans on the player trading platform, each priced at seven hundred spirit stones.

He had already roughly calculated the Saint Lord’s current wealth. It was probably around fifteen hundred spirit stones.

These immobilization talismans were rare treasures that could not be bought even when one had money to spare. If the other side could buy them from him, he should count himself lucky.

The main reason was that high-grade talismans were extremely difficult to craft. The process not only drained one’s spirit and strength, but also consumed a staggering amount of spiritual power on the part of the talisman-maker.

For example, if an ordinary Divine Transformation-stage talisman-maker refined one, it would nearly exhaust all of his spiritual power.

The real difficulty was that the success rate was pitifully low. Anyone who could achieve even a ten percent success rate was already a talisman-maker renowned throughout the land.

This alone showed how precious immobilization talismans were.

That was the root of Su Jian's concern. Selling too many of them would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Though he had hidden himself with an obscuration device, it still was not foolproof. From start to finish, he never dared to underestimate the people of the world. The methods of cultivators were endlessly strange and varied.

Technological means could not necessarily evade them all.

He had only one life, and no one would resurrect him.

Only by treading as though on thin ice could he live long.

In the player channel.

Several players had already reached the target point.

They were chatting idly in the player channel with those who had not yet arrived.

Su Jian decided to wait a little longer before initiating the group quest.

Let those who arrived first scout ahead for now.

At that moment, the Saint Lord said, “I do not know which fellow daoist has listed these immobilization talismans, but the price is rather too steep. I am sincerely interested in buying them. Could you perhaps lower it a little?”

Su Jian raised an eyebrow. This ignorant fool of a dragon was actually complaining that the price was high.

Business was difficult these days. Next time, he should quote a slightly inflated price first, and then sell to him.

A passerby said, “There are only two. Take them or leave them. These things are hot commodities. If it were not for the fact that we are all players, how could I possibly have sold them to you so cheaply?”

After saying this, Su Jian immediately changed his name and continued speaking in the player channel.

“Sixteen hundred spirit stones, and they are mine. But I need a few days’ grace. I do not have enough spirit stones on me right now. In a few days I will definitely have the full amount. Could you take the immobilization talisman off the market for now?”

Then he changed back to the name Passerby A and said, “If I did not have urgent need of it today, how could I possibly sell a life-saving means like an immobilization talisman so cheaply? Since you do not have enough money, then purchase one first. The other shall go to whoever is fated to have it.”

Mushroom: “Is this what a conversation between big shots sounds like?”

Ye the Heavenly Emperor: “Senior, I wish to take you as my master. I hope you will not fail to appreciate my sincerity.”

Luo Xiaomi: “I want to bear you monkey children~”

Seeing this, the Saint Lord hurriedly bought the two immobilization talismans.

If he was to deal with Xi Wang, these talismans were indispensable.

If he could obtain only one of them, he feared that by the time he needed it, it would be too little, too late, and all his previous efforts would have come to nothing.

Only after successfully buying the two immobilization talismans did the Saint Lord finally breathe a sigh of relief.

As for the player channel, he could not be bothered to pay it any further heed.

After some thought, the Saint Lord decided that his most urgent task now was to take the two immobilization talismans in hand and go to Bright Capital City to continue the extermination of Xi Wang.

However, this time he could not act rashly again.

Xi Wang would surely be even more guarded now. He had already alerted the snake.

Even with two immobilization talismans in his possession, he still had no absolute certainty.

Then an idea suddenly came to the Saint Lord. He immediately set off for Bright Capital City.

...

Su Jian judged the timing perfectly and began issuing the group quest to the eleven players.

“Although this place appears peaceful, it is in fact not suitable for a long stay. In order to withdraw in the end with success, all players who have arrived here should cooperate in perfect sincerity. Whenever the collected storage rings reach a certain number, one person shall carry them first to Spirit-Fair Village and hand them over to Su Jian. Players who die during this mission will be resurrected.”

Quest reward: three Heavenly Spirit Pills.

Quest penalty: ten years of lifespan.

Su Jian did not know where the players would be resurrected.

He only hoped it would not be at the exact spot where they died. Otherwise, he could only delay their resurrection time.

He already possessed more than three thousand spirit stones.

If nothing unexpected happened, the spoils gathered from this battlefield would certainly far exceed three thousand spirit stones.

Just from the several Divine Transformation-stage cultivators on both sides, their wealth could not possibly be limited to this little.

But that was only under the assumption that nothing unexpected happened.

In a battle of this scale, the cultivators above the Divine Transformation stage would be the ones fighting most fiercely.

In other words, their storage rings would also be the easiest to damage.

The forest stood bleak and desolate, with a cold wind sweeping through it.

Player Wang Runxue, dragging her somewhat frail body, finally reached the target point.

She was the last to arrive. By then, the other ten players had already begun searching and collecting.

They had no objections to the newly issued group quest. In any case, they would suffer no loss in the end.

On the contrary, receiving three Heavenly Spirit Pills was a welcome surprise.

Through the detailed task rewards, they had already learned the uses of these two pills.

The Spirit-Opening Pill could assist cultivation by helping one draw qi into the body, while the Heavenly Spirit Pill was used for cultivation after the Qi Refinement stage.

Looking at the blood-soaked scene before her, Wang Runxue immediately felt sick to her stomach.

Seeing that she was rather pretty, Nuo Yan could not help coming closer with a grin. “Miss, are you pregnant?”

Wang Runxue shot her a fierce glare and cursed, “Disgusting man!”

Nuo Yan sneered. “Since you are here, hurry up and help. This is a group quest. If you want to slack off on the sly, the rest of us will not agree.”

Wang Runxue’s face turned cold. She completely ignored the shameless creature before her and said to the others present, “I am the eldest daughter of the Ten-Thousand-Year Group. Whoever finds my share for me shall be richly rewarded by my family when we return to Blue Star.”

As soon as she said this, everyone on the field was slightly startled. The Ten-Thousand-Year Group was a trillion-dollar conglomerate; they had never expected that the only daughter of Boss Wang would now be in the same plight as them.