Chapter 143: Transaction (2)

  "Uncle!" Iron Bull Little Wang saw the green-shirted guest, overjoyed and terrified, glanced at Hu Xiaoyue, seeing no ghostly soldiers watching him, rushed towards the green-shirted guest in quick strides. He ran to the green-shirted guest's side and suddenly fell to the ground.

  "Uncle, you have to take charge for me and kill them!" Iron Li Guo's small king angrily retorted, looking back at Hu Xiao Yue.

  "You dare to be so presumptuous, not knowing the height of heaven and the thickness of earth! With your cultivation, you think you can make a name for yourself?" The guest in green robes coldly snorted, pulling him up to turn around and leave.

  "How did you suddenly appear?" Qing Shan Ke pulled Iron Li Guo's Xiao Wang to the foot of the hill and asked in a low voice.

  "I don't know, it seems I was sent into a space where a stream of air entered my body. This stream of air is sometimes under my control and sometimes not, it's very strange. How can Uncle Wang ask like this?" Iron Li Guo Xiao Wang said in a low voice.

  "I suspect that Guo Fei has a precious treasure on him, which is a spatial object that can store living things. This kind of artifact is even difficult for the Ling tribe to create. There are many mysterious aspects about him, and this is also the reason why these old monsters who don't go out into the world are swarming around him." The guest in green clothes muttered to himself.

  A treasure that can store living things is always extremely tempting. This is equivalent to having a mobile space.

  Unfortunately, the young king of Tielu seemed perplexed and couldn't explain himself. Qing Shan Ke could only shake his head helplessly and led him to a forest at the foot of the hill to wait and see what would happen next.

  "Miss, please return my brother!" Zhu Tianyu was very polite, watching as Tie Lideguo redeemed the young prince, then bowed to Hu Xiaoyue.

  "My master is a man of his word, first produce the Ling Stone, and then we will naturally hand over the person." Hu Xiaoyue said with a smile.

  "This won't do. If you don't hand over the person, how can I hand over the Ling Stone? First let me see if my younger brother is safe and sound." Zhu Tianyu said in a deep voice.

  "Your demands are not excessive!" Hu Xiaoyue smiled, and suddenly Zhu Tianlei appeared beside her. Behind him, two ghostly soldiers of the Corpse Demon level emerged, their long spears pointing at his back. If he made even the slightest movement, they would kill Zhu Tianlei instantly.

  Huo Pao's face twitched, and with his cultivation, he couldn't see how these people appeared. It was as if they suddenly emerged from a space in an instant. Moreover, he sensed that the two big men behind Zhu Tianlei were not weak in their cultivation, and there was a master hiding in the underground cave beside Hu Xiao Yue. If he made any sudden movements, Zhu Tianlei would probably be killed instantly.

  "Big Brother, Uncle!" Zhu Tianlei saw the two of them and suddenly shouted in surprise.

  Zhu Tianyu looked at Huo Pao Zun and threw the ring in his hand, saying: "This is 500,000 spirit stones, minus 10,000 pieces, which was used as the value of the Qiankun Ring."

  "You're really petty, Ming Empire! Even the Iron Legion gave us a Qian Kun Ring!" Hu Xiao Yue sneered, her divine sense probing in to verify the number of spirit stones. She nodded at the ghost soldier beside her, who then pushed Zhu Tian Lei forward. Zhu Tian Lei hastily rushed out and ran towards Zhu Tian Yu and the others.

  "Hiss!" Just as Zhu Tianlei rushed to Zhu Tianyu and the others, Huo Pao's phoenix feather fan flapped, and a small beast spirit with flames all over its body flew out of the fan. The little beast spirit grew rapidly in the wind, instantly growing into a three-meter-long fiery red bird, its entire body flashing with orange-red flames, pouncing fiercely at Hu Xiaoyue. The surrounding rocks and dense forest were instantly ignited, the temperature of the flames around her body was astonishingly high.

  "Fire Cannon Old Man, what are you doing!" Xuan Shui Zun was furious, his palm waved, and a sword emerged from the scabbard on his back, emitting a dragon's wail in mid-air. On the surface of the sword, a giant python beast spirit suddenly appeared, also expanding to over ten meters long in an instant. Its body turned blue-black, surrounded by extremely cold airflow, flying out in mid-air and blocking the attack of the Phoenix Beast Spirit. The two beast spirits clashed, releasing a massive amount of fog and intense explosions into the air.

  "The instrument has a spirit, and can seal the beast's soul inside. Its attack is unmatched." This is the description of the revered instrument's properties in the book.

  Guo Fei naturally knew that for a growth-type magic tool refined through the ages, it must reach the realm of a soul tool to store and seal the beast's spirit to assist in attacks. As for ordinary magic tools not refined through the ages, only when they reached the level of a revered tool would the "spirit space" be born within the tool, allowing the tool spirit to control and seal the beast's spirit, commanding it to attack.

  "Fire Robe Old Man, do you really think I'm afraid of you! Don't get too presumptuous." Xuan Shui saw that Fire Robe still didn't back down, and suddenly became furious. His palm flipped over, and a dazzling blue light burst out from his palm, looking like he was about to unleash a desperate ultimate technique.

  "Xuan Shui old goods, just kidding with you, no need to get excited. Haha haha." Huo Pao burst into laughter and instantly withdrew the Phoenix Beast's aura.

  "This account will be settled with you sooner or later!" Xuan Shui's anger had not dissipated, and he let out a cold hum. The dragon beast's spirit in the sky also hid into the sword body behind him.

  "Little girl, let him go quickly!" Xuan Shui suddenly changed to a kind face and said gently to Hu Xiao Yue.

  "This old gentleman, of course, we will release the person. My master seeks wealth but does not kill people. However, as previously agreed, Tang Wan wants 800,000 spirit stones and Miao Yu wants 1 million spirit stones. Tang Yi has already volunteered to become my master's maid. My master is a noble figure, so being a maid would also bring her status up. If you insist on ransoming the person, at least 2 million spirit stones are required." Hu Xiao Yue's voice was like a wind chime, passing through the entire Jiupan Mountain, causing the surrounding hidden cultivators who were watching the commotion to be shocked beyond measure. This is about spirit stones, and hundreds of millions is no small sum.

  "You must be joking, little girl. Even if our empire's treasury were to be emptied, we couldn't gather hundreds of millions of spirit stones." Xuan Shui's face changed color as he said this.

  "Haha, the national treasury is empty? At least there are hundreds of millions left, and they're still pretending to be poor! Little girl, don't be deceived by this hypocritical Xuan Shui. The Tang Empire has plenty of spiritual stones and treasures. Why not ask for an exchange of a precious artifact instead? It's much better than asking for spiritual stones. This old man's two swords on his back are the famous Xuan Shui Swords, with two sealed king-level demonic spirits inside, perfect for you to use!" Huo Pao laughed and said.

  "You cannon fodder old man, you don't speak up, nobody will take you seriously!" Xuan Shui angrily shouted.

  "If you really don't have any spiritual stones left, I can pawn this treasure instead." Hu Xiaoyue smiled sweetly and said as she climbed up the pole.

  "Hahaha!" Huapao's eyebrows opened with a smile, his fiery red beard trembling. Those were priceless artifacts, the foundation of the empire, and once lost, it would be a disaster for the imperial family. Although Xuanshui would definitely disagree, even Huapao thought that if he offered 10 million blocks of spiritual stone to redeem Miao Yu and Tang Yi, he might not agree. Spiritual stones were not comparable to artifacts, but they were also part of the empire's strategic reserves, and no one dared to waste them.

  "Little girl, I want to see how they are first before making a deal!" Xuan Shui's face turned iron-green and he said in a low voice.

  "This is natural, the deal is fair, my master will never go back on his word!" Hu Xiaoyue waved her hand and three people suddenly appeared beside her. Surrounded by nine ghost soldiers, except for Tang Yi, Tang Wan and Miao Yu were tied up with five flowers.