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Chapter 1978: Earning a Huge Profit from Heavenly Grade Beast Cores

Chapter 1978: Earning a Huge Profit from Heavenly Grade Beast Cores

After several days of continuous trekking, the rocks that everyone saw had turned into a deep crystal blue color that gave off a bone-chilling chill.

When the coldness reached this level, even Taiyi Xuanshi could not bear it. He could not use cultivation to pass the time and could only constantly use his Xuan Gong to keep out the cold.

Although the Xuandao cultivation of the people in Puppet City is generally much weaker than that of Xuancheng, they are still able to keep warm with the help of those mysterious puppets.

However, no matter what means both sides use, they cannot avoid the power of qi and blood and the power of stars, and these two are precisely the things that can most attract scaly beasts.

Therefore, since entering the Ice and Fire Extreme Vein, the Beast Team has not had a single day without being attacked by scaled beasts.

"Brother Zhu, are any of our people injured?"

Since the day he entered the mountain, Luo Hong has been sitting cross-legged on the head of the black-scaled elephant. Zhu Yan comes every day, seemingly to ask about his well-being, but actually to report all kinds of news to him.

As for the people Luo Hong was referring to, they were naturally the top 18 Xuanists from their Baiyan City's martial arts competition, including Fang Chan, a total of six people, half of whom were in the initial Taiyi Xuan Dao cultivation level, and the other half were in the middle Taiyi Xuan Dao cultivation level.

Although Chenyang was also controlled by him, there were only four people including Han Lao Mo, and they were basically under his coercion. They were far less useful than Baiyancheng's confidants. Naturally, Luo Hong's attention to them had to be put at the back.

"They were not careless when they first entered the mountain, so they were not injured by the attacking scaly beasts. However, the weather is getting colder and colder. If it continues like this, the situation will only get worse."

Zhu Yan had a clear understanding of the current situation. If the weather got colder, they would have to use more strength to keep out the cold, which would not only weaken their strength but also attract more scaly beasts in the mountains.

What's worse is that once one of them is injured, the aura emitted while healing will become more obvious. This is a vicious cycle!

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Luo Hong nodded in agreement; he also saw the crisis.

If they leave it alone, at least half of their manpower will be lost before they reach their destination.

Whether it is to explore the secrets in this mountain range or to carry out future operations in Daxu, Luo Hong needs these people.

Therefore, he has already started thinking about how to deal with it.

At this time, the beast team had climbed up the cliffs on the side of the mountain to the halfway point of the thousand-foot-high peak. The road ahead became increasingly narrow and difficult, which caused the beast team's speed to drop again and again.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound like thunder came from the valley below the mountain wall.

Everyone looked down immediately and saw a white mist rising from the ravine at a very fast speed, and the roaring sound came from it.

As they got closer, roars suddenly came, followed by groups of violent wind blades containing bone-chilling cold air attacking the beast team!

"It's a group of scaled beasts, be careful!"

I don't know who shouted, but suddenly a person appeared from each of the giant beasts to deal with the wind blades.

Luo Hong would not take action himself, and Zhu Yan was the city lord, so naturally the only one who could take action was Fang Chan.

Fang Chan was originally guarding Luo Hong on the elephant's back. Seeing this, he immediately tore off a piece of meat from the thigh of the scaly beast in his hand, threw it away, and flew out while chewing, punching the several wind blades that were attacking him.

Suddenly, an invisible force smashed the wind blades into pieces, and the remaining force even hit the white mist behind, blowing away a large piece of it.

With this attack, Luo Hong immediately saw clearly the scaly beasts that were attacking this time. They were actually a group of huge white-haired giant apes. Most of them were only ten feet tall, but there were also many that were almost the same size as the black-scaled elephants.

"Judging from the aura, there shouldn't be any Daluo scale beasts."

Zhu Yan just took a glance and then looked away.

It's just a group of Taiyi scaled beasts, attacking with a large number of their own kind. Although it's a little troublesome to deal with, it's nothing to be afraid of.

However, Luo Hong's eyes lit up at this moment, and he immediately ordered:

"Brother Zhu, pass the order immediately and have our people hunt down those Taiyi giant apes with all their strength!"

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

Although Zhu Yan had some doubts in his heart, he knew that now was not the time to ask questions, so he took the order and flew towards a black-scaled elephant behind him.

Soon, Zhu Yan led the Taiyi Xuanshi of Baiyan City into the beast herd and began to hunt those Taiyi giant apes frantically.

Their move greatly reduced the power of the white ape group, making the rest of the people feel a lot more relaxed.

"What's wrong with Zhu Yan? For this kind of ordinary beast group, we only need to let our Xuanshi go to fight in turns as previously agreed. Why does he need to do it himself?"

Standing on the back of the black-scaled elephant, Fu Jian couldn't help but frown as he watched Zhu Yan killing everyone in the white ape group.

"Could it be that you just broke through the Heavenly Gate and couldn't help but want to practice?"

At the same time, Qin Yuan was also guessing Zhu Yan's intentions.

"Friend Li, call Friend Gu, and quickly fight your way out with me. We will also go hunt down a few Taiyi White Apes!"

Seeing this, Chen Yang touched his chin twice, not knowing what he was thinking of, and quickly spoke to Han Li who was standing beside him.

"This group of beasts is not very strong. Since Fellow Daoist Zhu has already taken action, why should we join in the fun?"

Han Li could see clearly that as a large number of Taiyi White Apes were hunted down by Zhu Yan and others, the herd was already showing signs of disintegration.

If this continues, within half an hour, this group of beasts will collapse back into the ravine below.

"Fellow Daoist Zhu has always been calm and composed. This action must have been instructed by Fellow Daoist Luo. Although I don't know what his purpose is, it will never be wrong to help hunt down those Taiyi White Apes."

Chen Yang quickly explained.

After the battle in the underground cave, the person Chen Yang fears the most now is Erqi, followed by Luo Hong.

Therefore, Chen Yang did not dare to underestimate his every move, thinking that there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

Upon hearing this, Han Li thought that if it was an urgent matter, Senior Brother Luo would definitely inform him, but he didn't mind helping out.

So, the three of them quickly rushed into the herd of beasts and hunted the Taiyi White Ape at a distance away from Zhu Yan and others, trying to avoid fighting.

Seeing this, Fu Jian and Qin Yuan could no longer sit still and gathered people to join in.

However, because they acted too late, each of them only killed one Taiyi White Ape. The herd of white apes, which were not very strong to begin with, was completely defeated and fled back to the ravine below.

Due to the orders of Erqi and Shaxin, no one dared to leave the team to pursue, and could only return with their spoils.

"Brother Luo, we have hunted down six Taiyi White Apes in total. What should we do with them next?"

After bringing back the body of Taiyi White Ape, Zhu Yan immediately asked how to deal with it. After all, these giant apes were too large to be carried along on the road as a whole.

"Very good. Take off the fur on their chests and send it to me. I will give you the animal cores as rewards."

Luo Hong glanced at the white ape's corpse being dragged over and nodded with satisfaction.

"Fur? I understand!"

Zhu Yan suddenly woke up at this moment and discovered the peculiarity of these white apes.

The reason why the ferocious beasts in the Jilin Sky Realm are called scaled beasts is because most of them have evolved thick scales in order to resist the terrifying spatial pressure in the Jilin Sky Realm.

However, because these white-haired giant apes live in this extreme vein of ice and fire, they have evolved thick fur that is extremely rare in other places in the Jilin Sky Realm.

If we can use these furs to refine mysterious weapons, they will definitely have a strong effect in keeping out the cold!

Zhu Yan can figure it out, so the others are naturally not fools either.

After seeing the people of Baiyan City skinning the hunted Taiyi White Ape and sending it to Luo Hong, they immediately understood.

Chen Yang reacted the fastest. He immediately skinned the two Taiyi White Apes that the three of them had hunted, and then had Han Li send them over.

"Brother Luo, do you really want to use these furs to refine a mysterious weapon?"

After seeing Luo Hong, Han Li asked directly through voice transmission.

"That's right. I originally wanted to send a few cold-weather items to you, Junior Brother Han, after I finished refining them. I didn't expect that your Lord of Chen City would be so resourceful. Now I can give you a lot more."

The Taiyi White Ape is quite large. Even if one only takes the thickest fur on its chest, one is enough to make four warm coats.

There are eight heads in total now, which means thirty-two warm coats.

This quantity is more than enough to supply everyone in Xuancheng.

After returning to the black stone hall, Luo Hong called Fang Chan to help, and then took out hundreds of earth-level beast cores that he had accumulated over the years. Within a few hours, he had refined all thirty-two cold-resistant coats, and each of them was an earth-level mysterious weapon!

Han Li immediately took a few pieces back and asked Zi Ling, who had been hiding in the stone hall these days, to wear them.

Suddenly, most of the cold air was isolated outside, and after wearing it for a long time, Zi Ling even felt a hint of warmth.

By this time, all the people in Baiyan City had changed their clothes, and their faces, which had originally been blue from the cold, soon turned rosy.

People from the other three cities were extremely envious of this scene.

The cities of Tongyu and Xuanzhi immediately sent a piece of fur, wanting Luo Hong to help refine it.

Luo Hong did not make things difficult for them and agreed after charging a high price for an Earth-level beast core.

Xuancheng sent the young man in white armor who had always been following Erqi. His name was Zhu Ziqing, and he was the champion of the last Five Cities Martial Arts Competition.

"Master Luo, the city lord knows that you have extra coats and hopes to buy a few."

Zhu Ziqing bowed to Luo Hong politely, without any arrogance of someone from the main city.

"I wonder how much Lord Erkui wants?"

Luo Hong nodded and asked immediately.

"Two pieces and one heavenly beast core."

As Zhu Ziqing spoke, he took out a small animal leather bag from his waist and placed it on the table in front of Luo Hong.

"Lord Erkui is still as generous as ever. Daoist Zhu, no matter how much you want, you can go to our city lord to get it later."

Only the Daluo Scaled Beast can produce Heavenly Grade Beast Cores, and there are not many of them in this Jilin Void Realm. If it weren't for the miraculous effect of the ape skin coat in this Ice and Fire Extreme Vein, it would not be worth the price at all.

"Thank you, Master Luo. By the way, the city lord also instructed that we are now in a cooperative relationship with Puppet City, so if someone from Puppet City comes later."

Before Zhu Ziqing finished speaking, Luo Hong raised his hand and interrupted him:

“Fellow Daoist Zhu, there is no need to say anything. I know what to do. However, the price we sell it to Puppet City cannot be cheaper than our own.

How about this, when you return, Fellow Daoist Zhu, please pass on a message to Puppet City on my behalf, saying that if you want an ape-skin coat, you can get one for each heavenly beast core."

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to Zhu."

Although Zhu Ziqing was surprised at Luo Hong's big appetite, he did not feel disgusted. After all, Luo Hong was trying to trick Puppet City, which was exactly what he was happy to see.

Soon, Luo Hong's words reached Kui City, and all the city lords immediately gathered in Sha Xin's palace to discuss the matter.

"Humph! He might as well go and rob them for one heavenly beast core each!"

"Guo suspects he is just trying to rob! Lord Shaxin, I think we should put pressure on Xuancheng. They won't cooperate like this!"

"Please be patient. If it's expensive, did Zhu Ziqing say that if we bring our own materials, the price can be cheaper?"

Sha Xin was not angry. Compared with Daxu, a few heavenly-level beast cores were not worth mentioning at all.

But she didn't want to be ripped off, so she still had to bargain.

The group of white apes attacked the entire team. Although Kuicheng did not specifically hunt the Taiyi White Apes, they did not gain nothing.

“That’s the price of bringing your own materials.”

If Mi was the woman in black who had driven the winged bird before, she would reply immediately.

As soon as these words were spoken, all the city lords of Puppet City naturally started to criticize them again.

After all, they dispatched nearly thirty people this time, and the number of heaven-level beast cores was really too large.

"Lord Sha Xin, it's not like we in Puppet City don't have the means to refine weapons. There's no need to pay such a huge price!"

The short dwarf city lord suggested at this time.

“Although we have the means, we simply cannot produce enough coats in such a short period of time.

Moreover, we don't focus on Xuan Dao practice, so our ability to resist the cold is inherently weaker than Xuan Cheng's.

If we lose manpower because of this, we will be weaker than Xuancheng before entering Daxu, which will cause us to suffer even greater losses. "Ruo Mi!"

By the end, Sha Xin had made a decision and immediately called Ruo Mi.

"My subordinate is here!"

"Go to Elder Zhou to get the Heavenly Grade Beast Core, then go visit Master Luo and buy me enough ape fur coats."

Sha Xin ordered without any doubt.

Everyone in Puppet City couldn't help but reveal a look of heartache upon hearing this. One has to know that many of these heavenly-grade beast cores were obtained when they had gone deep into the Jilin Void Realm and encountered Daluo Scaled Beasts in the past few years.

They had originally hoped that after returning, Sha Xin would reward them based on their merits and give them a few more, but now it is obviously becoming a luxury!

Master Luo, you are so good. Sooner or later, I will make you vomit out everything you have eaten!

Coincidentally, all the lords of Puppet City kept a note of Luo Hong in their hearts!

In the black stone hall, Luo Hong looked at the more than 30 Heaven-level beast cores neatly arranged on the table and couldn't help but sigh:

“Selling shovels during gold mining is really a good business.

However, although there are many heavenly-level beast cores, they are not enough to bring about a qualitative change in my strength.

So, fairy, this time you are lucky."

After saying this with a smile, Luo Hong reached out and took the Sky-breaking Spear beside him!

(End of this chapter)