"Only the cultivation of the Third Stage of Vein Forging Realm? Co, fully activate your spiritual power, let us see your true cultivation!" The Ancient Demon City guard, at the Seventh Stage of Vein Forging Realm, said seriously.
This made Ye Zhen secretly alard. The power of the Dragon Alliance was so enormous; not only did it cause the islands to start checking martial artists of the Fourth Stage of Vein Forging Realm, but they were also so ticulous!
Undoubtedly, at this ti, the guards of the Ancient Demon City were interrogating the martial artists of the Fourth Stage of Vein Forging Realm without reason, which must have been a hundred percent due to the request from the Dragon Alliance.
Ye Zhen had anticipated this point, but what he did not expect was the level of seriousness, that even after disguising himself as a martial artist of the Third Stage of Vein Forging Realm, he could not escape!
However, Ye Zhen, being experienced with great storms, remained expressionless, taking a few steps forward, intending to activate his spiritual power!
"Brother Wang, long ti no see, on duty again today?" Shii Bei, who was following behind Ye Zhen, suddenly stepped forward, blocking in front of Ye Zhen.
"Uh..." The martial artist surnad Wang at the Seventh Stage of Vein Forging Realm saw Shii Bei instantly, his face changed, clapping his hands together, his first reaction was to guard himself thoroughly.
Seeing this, Shii Bei chuckled, "This is my distant nephew, who has quite a talent for cultivation. I brought him here today to start cultivating on the Ancient Demon Island; please take care of him in the future!"
Saying this, Shii Bei made a cupped fist salute, yet to Ye Zhen’s surprise, these guards, including the Establishnt King, faced Shii Bei’s salute with full vigilance as if Shii Bei were so kind of plague.
"Since he’s Mr. Shi’s nephew, please go ahead!"
After thinking for a mont, the Establishnt King frowned and waved his hand, making way for Shii Bei, allowing him to swagger in with Ye Zhen into the Ancient Demon City.
"Master, you see, my reputation here in the Ancient Demon City is quite useful, isn’t it?" Once inside the city, Shii Bei, a bighearted guy, naturally began to seek credit from Ye Zhen, whom he had just recognized as his master.
"Reputation? I think it’s more of a notorious reputation, right?" Ye Zhen sneered.
Shii Bei’s expression turned a bit awkward, "Master, whether it’s a real reputation or a notorious one, being useful makes it a good reputation; after all, I saved you quite so trouble just now, didn’t I?"
"That’s true!"
If it weren’t for Shii Bei earlier, Ye Zhen would not only have a big problem, but even his plans would have to change.
"Tell , what’s up with your reputation? I need to have an idea!" Ye Zhen inquired.
"Heh, Master, this is a long story..."
"Make it short, or I’ll make sure you can’t talk for a day!" Ye Zhen abruptly shouted.
"Uh... Master, when I was young, I had nothing to eat, so I was a thief. Even after entering martial arts, I continued my old trade. As my cultivation got higher, I still didn’t give up my old trade, and even my martial skills naturally developed in ways advantageous for stealing, even the spiritual artifacts I used are so!
Master, although my combat power is just average among the Fifth Stage Establishnt Kings, in this Ancient Demon City, even those at the Sixth or Seventh, let alone Eighth Stage Establishnt Kings, feel an incomparable headache seeing !
So, they rarely offend !"
"Oh, why?"
"Heh, anyone daring to offend will find visiting their ho within days, with their wealth gone, and even so scandals created, like hanging their concubine’s lingerie at their front door, and even more potent ones... Heh, Master, you understand!
They know it’s , yet they have no evidence. My old nickna as the Unseen Thief in Jianghu is not for nothing!" Shii Bei said more and more proudly.
"You think those Sixth or Seventh Stage Establishnt Kings are made of clay? To deal with you, they need evidence?" Ye Zhen queried.
"Heh, Master, I’m not foolish. Normally, I wouldn’t foolishly offend Establishnt Kings above the Sixth or Seventh Stages! I sotis make an example out of those who co upon my bad luck among Third or Fourth Stage Establishnt or Vein Forging martial artists. Heh, in this Ancient Demon City, ordinary people really dare not trouble !"
Listening to this, Ye Zhen found himself speechless. This Shii Bei he had recruited was indeed quite the oddity.
Listening to Shii Bei’s bragging, an idea suddenly struck Ye Zhen, "Since you’re so well-connected in the Ancient Demon City, go find out why they are deliberately starting to interrogate martial artists of the Fourth Stage and below of the Vein Forging Realm?"
Ye Zhen knew the real reason; they were likely after him. However, Ye Zhen wanted to know the specific details to facilitate his future actions!
"No big deal, just a small favor!" Shii Bei readily agreed.
Then, Shii Bei ford a few talisman lights and threw them into the sky.
"Are you so confident?" Ye Zhen was a bit doubtful.
"Heh, Master, you forgot what I used to do: highway robbery, specializing in robbing outsiders. The information about you outsiders is entirely supplied to by captains or even commander-level Establishnt Kings of the Ancient Demon City.
These guys are fed by heartily in normal tis, such small-scale intelligence is truly nothing!"
Just as Shii Bei was boasting, several Dao Talisman Communications flew from the heavens and landed in Shii Bei’s hands.
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Shii Bei whispered, "Master, it’s quite sothing, what happened at the city gate earlier was indeed the Dragon Alliance’s intervention. The Dragon Alliance offered a bounty with three islands having gathered earth veins suitable for living and cultivating, for the capture of a Fourth Stage Vein Forging Realm martial artist nad Zheng Fuyun, whose trait is carrying a demon servant Cloud Winged Tiger King, around twenty years old..."
"Moreover, Master, you don’t know, in these few days alone, over twenty Fourth Stage Vein Forging Realm martial artists have been captured and interrogated, but most were released, leaving only a few who couldn’t be ruled out as suspects."
This greatly surprised Ye Zhen!
After going to sea, Ye Zhen had always used the alias Zheng Fuyun. The Dragon Alliance’s pursuit of Zheng Fuyun did not surprise Ye Zhen at all.
What shocked Ye Zhen was the three islands with gathered earth veins suitable for living and cultivating.
Although it was Ye Zhen’s first ti coming to the Outer Domain Dead Sea, he had heard about the prices of islands on the Outer Domain Dead Sea.
On the Outer Domain Dead Sea, any island that can be inhabited and has an Earth Vein for cultivation, even the smallest ones spanning a few hundred miles, are valued at over a hundred thousand pieces of High Grade Spirit Crystals.
Moreover, as long as it is an island, it will have so special yields, regardless of size. Basically, even the smallest habitable, cultivation island’s value exceeds a hundred thousand pieces of High Grade Spirit Crystals.
And they are in demand without a market!
Let alone three islands!
That equates to at least three hundred thousand pieces of High Grade Spirit Crystals, possibly up to a million pieces, and they are High Grade Spirit Crystals.
One High Grade Spirit Crystal can be exchanged for about one hundred and ten Mid-grade Spirit Crystals.
And the target is rely a Martial Artist at the Fourth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm, who wouldn’t go crazy?
In this context, it’s not surprising that the guards of the Ancient Demon City are so diligent and dedicated.
For a mont, Ye Zhen felt an overwhelming pressure.
People die for wealth, just as birds die for food. It can be imagined, once Ye Zhen’s identity is exposed, fearfully, the whole Outer Domain Dead Sea’s martial artists would go crazy over him.
"Master, in your early twenties, Fourth Stage of Vein Forging Realm, surna Zheng, this doesn’t seem too far off from you. Change the surna, improve the cultivation by another stage, and add a demon....."
Halfway through the sentence, Shii Bei suddenly realized sothing and abruptly shut his mouth.
Ye Zhen glared hard at Shii Bei, who imdiately beca solemn, understanding that such jokes can’t be casually made.
"Since you’re so familiar with the Ancient Demon City, then you know about the black market in the Demon Spirit Square, right?" Ye Zhen asked in passing.
"Black market?"
"Master, you want to......"
"Sea Map, do you have one?" Ye Zhen asked.
At these words, Shii Bei shook his head, "Sea Maps have always been forbidden objects, hard to obtain for the uninitiated. Most of us travel by the official Sea-Crossing Shuttles, rarely does anyone have a personal Sea Map!
However, I do know about the Demon Spirit Square’s black market, hehe, I’m a frequent visitor there, well, a frequent supplier, actually!" Shii Bei chuckled as he spoke.
Ye Zhen imdiately understood what he ant, realizing that the black market at Demon Spirit Square was a place for Shii Bei and even the martial artists of the Ancient Demon City to offload their stolen goods.
"Master, the last black auction just ended a few days ago, the next one won’t start for another nine days." Shii Bei said.
"Nine days?"
Hearing this number, Ye Zhen’s brow furrowed tightly.
Currently, whether thinking about going to Shuili Island or evading the pursuit of the Dragon Alliance, both are extrely ti-sensitive.
The forr requires urgency, while the latter dictates not staying in one place for too long.
Ye Zhen wasn’t too worried about the Seventy-two Commanders and Nine Domain Dragon King dispatched by the Dragon Alliance. What concerned him was the mysterious aura, with a similar origin to the Black Dragon Martial ridians, rapidly approaching.
Ye Zhen suspected that person was likely the Leader of the Dragon Alliance.
As ti passes, the sense of crisis hovering over Ye Zhen’s heart will gradually intensify. Suppressing the Black Dragon Martial ridians, Ye Zhen believed that in the short term, even the Leader of the Dragon Alliance couldn’t sense Ye Zhen’s exact direction.
But Ye Zhen worried that once that Leader was closer, their directional sense would beco more precise.
Staying still for nine days is far too long!
One misstep could an complete disaster for Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen could barely handle the Seventy-two Commanders, facing the Nine Domain Dragon King ans only running for his life, let alone if the Leader of the Dragon Alliance, who commands the Nine Domain Dragon King, appears.
"Why, Master, is your ti very tight?" Seeing Ye Zhen’s frown, Shii Bei felt secretly delighted because Ye Zhen had said that once he left here, he would give Shii Bei his freedom.
"Nine days, it’s indeed too long." Ye Zhen’s expression was sowhat heavy; staying in place for nine days was far too risky.
"Haha, Master, are you going to the black auction to get a Sea Map?" Shii Bei asked.
"Exactly!" Ye Zhen nodded.
"Then that’s settled! Why wait for the black auction to get a Sea Map? The black auction is strictly for you outsiders, those fat sheep....."
ntioning ’fat sheep,’ Shii Bei gave a sheepish grin under Ye Zhen’s gaze, "Don’t worry Master, with here, there’s no need to go to any black auction. You won’t need to be a fat sheep to get a Sea Map."
"Oh, how do you do it?" Ye Zhen looked delighted.
"Follow !" Shii Bei thumped his chest with a confident look! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian to vote for recomndations, monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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