Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Feng Guohai took a deep breath and said decisively, “Since young master here is so easygoing, let this old man behave in the same manner. I shall take in all the amethysts, with six thousand upper-class spiritual jade pieces per crystal! As for any future cooperation on our part, well, I’d like to decide about that after we see the Spirit’s Grave.”
“Very well! Please make the following arrangements then,” Yun Yang agreed, nodding his head.
Feng Guohai replied, “If so, can I ask both of you to wait here for two days? I have to report this to the upper management.”
Yun Yang inhaled and answered, “This matter holds much importance. I don’t wish for too many people finding out and all the more I hope that irrelevant ones will not be around… This concerns the matter of life and death, after all…”
“I understand the significance of this. Do not worry, young brother.”
Feng Guohai smiled and continued.
“It involves a massive profit as well. We, the General Commerce League, will not miss it.”
Both Yun Yang and Shi Wuchen then stayed at the General Commerce League’s franchise. The ten pieces of Ethereal Amethysts were sold, and Yun Yang’s spatial ring was sixty thousand upper-class spiritual jade pieces richer.
Yun Yang was calm and collected, but Shi Wuchen was losing his sanity!
‘What’s all this about? What about selling our loot? How did it become a legitimate transaction?’
‘These items are actually Ethereal Amethysts – not just one, but ten pieces! Furthermore, there are subsequent deals, more Ethereal Amethysts to sell – and the Spirit’s Grave…’
In spite of this, Shi Wuchen, who had been bewildered in the General Commerce Trade’s franchise, dared not say a word now. He could only give Yun Yang incredulous looks. He honestly thought that he was near his breaking point.
‘Big brother, how are you salvaging this massive deception?’
‘How are you going to create a Spirit’s Grave that could appear everywhere and be activated by blood out of nowhere? Why aren’t you in heaven yet, if you’re so great? No, wait, to activate the Spirit’s Grave with blood is already f*cking slitting open the void!’
‘Do you think the General Commerce Trade is so naïve? If what ensues is the least bit untrue, you’re committing fraud – the General Commerce Trade will never let us slip away!’
‘What’s more, we’re in their territory; we won’t be able to run, even if we wanted to.’
‘This is suicide, big brother!’
‘I thought you were really here to dispose of the booty. It looks like I’m thoroughly mistaken. Your boldness is to the extent of unlimited suicide – I see that now… What a pity that I’m still in my prime…’
Shi Wuchen was close to tears, but he had to put up a front as calm as Yun Yang was displaying. The contradiction was indescribable… What made him felt worse was how casual and relaxed Yun Yang was as he stayed comfortably in the league. It was driving him insane.
Yun Yang was oblivious to Shi Wuchen’s, who was close to panic, seemingly collected state. He disclosed not one bit of information.
“There’s nothing that can’t be spoken of. Our main objective today is to seek a partnership wholeheartedly. You can speak of what’s on your mind without hesitation, no need to use the psychic voice, lest we are suspected of collusion. This is how we earn the credibility of partnering.”
Yun Yang said this openly. This was also the only information he gave Shi Wuchen, but he might as well have omitted to say it.
Shi Wuchen was speechless.
‘You’ve already placed your neck under the blade of a steel saber – I’m truly impressed that you’re still so calm now!’
‘I’m completely impressed!’
‘Even my buttocks are impressed!’
‘You have weaved such a big net of lies, creating impossible stories, and I’ve been the one by your side along the way. Will I not know your background? When have you ever gone to the Spirit’s Grave?’
Throughout the days, Feng Guohai would come over to chat with Yun Yang when he was free. As for the others, not a single one of them was allowed to approach. He had indeed kept it as confidential as he could. Even when they spoke, the elder opened up a Heaven and Earth Cage to lock the surrounding space, in order to prevent any untoward accidents.
Yun Yang and Feng Guohai made quite the acquaintance and it was not due to giving anyone face. It was mainly because Feng Guohai was an actual martial world veteran and an encyclopedia of the strange and peculiar incidents of the martial world. What he knew and had encountered trumped even Fatty Qian Duoduo’s experiences. His incredibly extensive martial experience was a good offset to Yun Yang’s shortcomings.
From the celestial courts and palaces to the ordinary citizens, he had endless stories that Yun Yang was never bored of listening to.
Yun Yang listened to him earnestly. As the days passed, Feng Guohai gradually understood that he was indeed a newbie in the Bound of Universe and he was learning from him. Yet, Feng Guohai recounted the tales without reservation, teaching him his experiences and knowledge.
There were only a few days left before those from the General Commerce League’s headquarter were due to arrive. By then, they could decide if Yun Yang’s words were true and plan the appropriate countermeasures.
If he were lying, they would kill him with a slap. It did not matter how much he had learned. For making up lies, his death would be well deserved. The celestial punishment would not target them, so they had no loss to endure. In addition, there would be ten pieces of Ethereal Amethysts that they could pocket.
If Yun Yang was being truthful, it would be better. They would reap further profits and both parties would actually become partners. It did not matter how much Yun Yang learned – it would be best if he could learn more and use it in times of need.
After all, Yun Yang was the direct connection to the existence of the Spirit’s Grave. His life was very valuable indeed.
“Back in the day, when the leader of our Sacred Heart Palace, Lord Huo, fought with the top Daemon King of the Yao race, Nine-Lives Cat, all the mountains and rivers, for tens of thousands of miles around, save for super sects that had the Celestial Luck Banners, turned into charred ground… Later, Lord Huo used the stars as his sword and the sun and moon as his saber. Harnessing the universe’s power and gathering the earth’s force, he dealt a severe blow to King Nine-Lives Cat. This is how the Sacred Heart Palace earned thirty thousand years of rest. Otherwise, at least four hundred thousand miles of our territory would have been lost to the Yao race!”
“It was also after the battle that Lord Huo confirmed the pinnacle position of a Divine Saint. However, after the battle, he was also enlightened with a realization and went into closed-door meditation.”
“The King Nine-Lives Cat reflected on the shame and took courage, cultivating in concentration. It has been said that his cultivation base improved by leaps and bounds throughout these years and he was not any weaker than the Regal Daemon Lord. He was finally ready for some action… The sudden change in heaven and earth’s spiritual Qi this time was like a signal – a telltale sign that a long-awaited war of the century will soon erupt… There are trails of Daemon Generals from the Nine-Lives Cat millions of miles within our Sacred Heart Palace’s territory… and there are some of the Yao race here and there as well.”
“Perhaps… this world will lose its peace soon.”
Feng Guohai sighed. His snow-white eyebrows gathered into a frown filled with worry.
“If the Yao race invades and restarts the war, the location of the Sacred Heart Palace will be their first target. Although the humans are allowed various professions and martial practitioners are encouraged to improve in extreme leaps and bounds, our development still lacks much compared to the Yao race. The total combat power can’t even fight them off.”
“In comparison to the human race, the Yao race’s reproduction sees multiplications in birth… especially the lower class Yao race among them. Their offspring numbers are mind-boggling. It’s insane to think about. They reproduce in litters…”
