Chapter 63: A Clever Way to Make Money
Chapter 63: A Clever Way to Make Money
Facing an attack of this level, even though Ling Yi had stepped into the middle stage of Meridian Unlocking, he still found it difficult to dodge. He could only instinctively pull Gu Tong beside him and desperately dodge to the side.
However, several flying swords were about to pierce through Ling Yi and Gu Tong’s bodies. At that moment, an invisible energy spread from Ling Yi’s body, covering Gu Tong as well.
Thud, thud, thud…
Several flying swords formed of condensed energy struck the protective layer, making a sound like rain drumming on banana leaves.
Ling Yi was badly frightened.
The Enchantress in his mind was also furious. It had taken a lot of effort to accumulate a bit of energy, and it was almost depleted at once. She could hardly resist the urge to act immediately.
But at this time, Qian Luoying, also boiling with rage, had already made her move!
Qian Luoying shouted angrily. A large expanse of blue light from her body transformed into a long sword and slashed towards the middle-aged man.
The sword light was dazzling, emanating waves of cold chill, and it almost instantly pierced towards the middle-aged man… The spot where the blue light sword struck immediately distorted, like water ripples.
“Break!”
Qian Luoying’s voice was icy cold.
The defense shattered instantly as the blue light sword slashed toward the middle-aged man’s head!
The middle-aged man also reacted at the same time. He extended two fingers to clamp the blue light sword—
Clang!
A trembling metallic sound rang out. The blue light sword was actually clamped firmly between the middle-aged man’s two fingers, but those two fingers instantly turned blue and, along with that blue light sword, shattered with a crack!
The middle-aged man let out a scream. His figure flashed, and he directly flew up into the high sky.
Qian Luoying, still not satisfied, gathered large swaths of blue light from her body once more and blasted it towards the middle-aged man who had already flown into the sky.
The blue light instantly became enormous, blotting out the sun, like a huge net descending upon the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man turned and struck back, attempting to block the blue light.
But he was still entangled by the large expanse of blue light. One of his arms was instantly frozen solid. Following Qian Luoying’s Divine Sense, that arm shattered with a crack!
The middle-aged man screamed again. Like a dog with its tail between its legs, he fled in panic.
Wang Tingjian, seizing the slight moment when Chu Yuhua was somewhat stunned, launched a frenzied attack.
A bright yellow flame landed on Chu Yuhua’s head, burning his originally meticulously kept hair completely off and severely scorching his scalp.
Chu Yuhua shrieked, transforming into a beam of light and fleeing far away.
At the same time, he left behind an extremely angry threat: “Wang Tingjian, you lackey! This feud between us has become serious!”
Wang Tingjian snorted, not taking it seriously at all.
If it weren’t for the difference of a minor realm, he would have made sure to keep that old thing here today.
At this moment, Qian Luoying came up to Ling Yi. She nervously looked him up and down. “Are you okay?”
Ling Yi shook his head. “Fine, I’m alright.”
He felt extremely depressed inside. Daoists were truly too strong!
With his current strength, even facing someone at Golden Body Peak, he wasn’t without a fighting chance if he fought desperately. But facing a Daoist… that was a deep sense of helplessness.
The gap in realms was simply too great!
Seeing that Ling Yi seemed somewhat upset, Qian Luoying couldn’t help but comfort him. “You’re so young. Having this level of strength already is remarkable. At most in ten years, none of the people present today will be your match!”
In Qian Luoying’s view, Ling Yi’s rate of improvement was too fast. He might not even need ten years to possibly achieve Dao Enlightenment.
Ling Yi looked at Qian Luoying and smiled. “Sister, it seems you’re not always so harsh with your words?”
Qian Luoying was momentarily stunned, then said, “Everything I said was the truth…”
Gu Tong was still somewhat dazed over at the side. His heart was beating wildly. If his adrenaline were checked now, it would definitely be off the charts.
I actually… survived unharmed under the sneak attack of a Daoist?
Looking at Ling Yi, who was patting the dust off his clothes with a look of disgust, Gu Tong still found it hard to believe.
Wang Tingjian also walked over at this time. A look of greater gravity entered his eyes as he gazed at Ling Yi, but he asked nothing.
At that critical moment, being able to escape the sneak attack of a Daoist… this young man must absolutely be hiding a massive secret!
But clearly, he didn’t want to talk about it and wouldn’t reveal it.
Asking randomly would be far too presumptuous.
As long as he was on their side, then such secrets were the more the better!
The few of them walked back from the manor entrance. Seeing the corpses of those few Golden Body Peak individuals, they all completely relaxed.
The identities of these Golden Body Peak individuals were also uncovered very soon thereafter.
They were all big shots with name and reputation within the Chaos Zone.
Men die for wealth, as birds die for food. Even those with status and position couldn’t escape this law.
Regarding the handling of these corpses, a slight disagreement arose among them.
Following Dong Ming and Wang Tingjian’s opinion, they should simply find a place to bury them.
But Ling Yi put forward a suggestion that left even the two Dao Enlightenment Masters somewhat speechless:
Contact the involved factions. Have them bring money to retrieve the bodies.
“Is that even allowed?” Qin Hao also felt a bit bewildered. He didn’t think Ling Yi’s suggestion was bad, just doubted if it would work.
“The boss is dead. The group is leaderless. Whoever wants to step up and become the new boss must do something to earn respect from others, right?” Ling Yi looked at everyone and said unhurriedly, “Either seek revenge, or properly retrieve and bury the dead bosses. I doubt they have the guts for revenge, so it can only be the latter…”
Gu Tong praised continuously at the side. “That’s a good idea. We can’t keep these corpses here. Let them pay to redeem them back!”
Soon, someone contacted these factions. Then, bargaining over the price began.
According to Ling Yi’s idea, two billion per person…
Whether it worked or not, start with a huge demand.
Wasn’t that fair?
You came to assassinate because someone paid for our lives. Now that you’ve failed, have your people buy the bodies back.
No hatred involved. Just a business transaction.
After making the suggestion, Ling Yi went back to take a bath.
Rolling on the ground at the entrance earlier was simply intolerable!
During dinner that evening, Ling Yi heard that all four factions were willing to pay to “retrieve” their bosses. They finally settled on a price: eighty million per corpse.
Gu Tong specifically told Ling Yi, “On that underground assassin website, Qin Hao’s head is worth thirty billion. Ours… is worth eighty million!”
Ling Yi put down his chopsticks. “Our lives are worth the same as these four corpses?”
Gu Tong nodded with a bitter smile. “That’s good enough, okay? They’re Golden Body Peak… and not even alive.”
Ling Yi felt a bit angry. “Go check if that assassin website has bounties on these four men. If yes, quickly go claim them! If their corpses are that valuable, wouldn’t their lives be worth even more?”
Gu Tong’s eyes suddenly lit up. “I really hadn’t thought of that!”
He checked on that notorious assassin website. Sure enough, assassination bounties for these four men were quite numerous!
Gu Tong roughly calculated that as long as they could provide sufficient evidence proving these four were dead, they could receive over five hundred million in bounty after the website’s commission was deducted.
Even Qin Hao, Dong Ming, Wang Tingjian, and the others couldn’t help but be somewhat shocked by this amount.
Ling Yi stroked his chin, looking at Gu Tong. “Senior Brother, don’t you think this is a decent way to make money?”
Gu Tong nodded in deep agreement. “It seems in the future, after taking out enemies, we must check this website carefully to avoid missing bounties. Especially people from this Chaos Zone. Probably many have bounties on them.”
Ling Yi said, “And those Daoists… go check if anyone has paid for that middle-aged man’s arm or hand or something?”
Gu Tong: “…”
Qin Hao: “…”
Wang Tingjian and Dong Ming exchanged glances, both looking utterly speechless.
Qian Luoying, who had been silently watching from the side the whole time, also couldn’t help but facepalm while looking at her cheap younger brother. Please, just be human…
That middle-aged man was named Wan Huo. He was the Sect Master of the Wan Huo Sect, one of the largest sects in Ju City. Indeed, there were plenty who wanted his arm and hand. Even more who truly wanted his life.
The bounties related to him on that assassin website added up to over three billion already.
Behind each bounty, there might be some unforgettable hatred.
Additionally, the Chu Yuhua who fought Wang Tingjian was also the Sect Master of the Houtu Sect, the largest gang in Zhu City. Bounties for him on the assassin website reached as high as seven billion!
That alluring woman, Meng Lanlan, came from Lan City. She was a rare powerful Rogue Cultivator in the Chaos Zone, with many nicknames like Poisonous Scorpion, Black Centipede, etc. However, bounties for her weren’t high, only just over sixty million.
The group also found information on that old dog demon on the website. Its enemies were the most numerous among the Daoist powerhouses who participated in the siege earlier.
There were over a hundred bounties targeting it, worth a total of six hundred fifty million, second only to Chu Yuhua, the Sect Master of the Houtu Sect.
“They are all like walking treasure chests. Kill one, and a lot drops out,” Ling Yi said quietly beside them.
But the Enchantress mocked him in his mind, “Better save your energy. You really think killing a Daoist is that easy? If they’ve stood strong in the Chaos Zone for years without falling, they definitely have their own ways to preserve their lives. If you want to hunt them like prey, you’ll have to wait until at least after you achieve Dao Enlightenment!”
“Can’t Golden Body do it?” Ling Yi asked.
“No,” the Enchantress said seriously. “Remember, fighting desperately and hunting prey are two different things.”
Ling Yi began to understand a bit.
At critical moments, a Golden Body cultivator could fight a Daoist desperately. But trying to hunt them down was something far beyond his current ability.
The Enchantress said, “It’s like a full-grown leopard also cannot hunt elephants. Don’t daydream all the time. Be careful that instead of hunting them, you get killed by them. That would be tragic.”
After dinner, Ling Yi returned to his room and continued to seize time to cultivate diligently.
This greatly pleased the Enchantress.
She knew Ling Yi was somewhat stimulated.
Only by witnessing the true nature of this world could one understand one’s own insignificance.
Actually, what did Dao Enlightenment amount to?
Thinking of my past… hmm, who am I?
This question once again surfaced in the Enchantress’s mind.
These past days, she had tried as much as possible not to think about this question because whenever she did, she became particularly irritable.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t find even a single clue.
As long as she didn’t think about it, she felt much better.
Could it be that back then, I deliberately wanted to completely forget who I was?
The Enchantress was very puzzled.