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“We started the refinement the day after we found the ore,” said Guo Ran. After all, even if Long Chen wanted to sell it, they could sell the already refined Scarlet Blood Essence Gold for even more money.
The original devil race had a great deal of manpower, and the equipment was readily available. Using it was very convenient, so they were very efficient.
“Alright, keep an eye on things. Do your best to extract as much Scarlet Blood Essence Gold as you can. As for the other requirements, give me a list.”
A while later, Long Chen received a list with hundreds of divine materials that they needed.
Creating a divine item required many materials. Long Chen didn’t know anything about this regard, so he simply put the list away.
He gathered everyone up, making them go into seclusion. They had to raise their cultivation bases to the first Heavenstage so that they could truly control their world energy.
The Dragonblood warriors’ confidence which had risen thanks to advancing to the Life Star realm had been suppressed by the Golden Eye Berserk Ape. That was even better for their cultivation.
After arranging this, Long Chen said goodbye to Yue Xihan, once more entering the Martial Heaven Continent from the original devil race’s transportation formation.
“Fuck, I’m finally back. Pill Valley, come at me!” Smelling the familiar scent of the Martial Heaven Continent, Long Chen smiled.
He rushed off. The first place he wanted to go was the Eastern Xuan Region. This time, he had no disguise. He swaggered into the Eastern Xuan City brazenly.
When he arrived, he caused a clamor. Countless experts fled as if fleeing from a demon.
Long Chen ignored them and walked directly into the Huayun Pavilion in the city. Within the pavilion, he saw Zheng Wenlong.
“Brother Long, for you to see me urgently, it seems you have some big business for me.” Zheng Wenlong laughed.
“I’m sure brother Wenlong is a busy man. Each blink of an eye probably represents hundreds of thousands of spirit crystals to you. If I didn’t have something big for you, how could I waste your time?” Long Chen also laughed.
“My Huayun Sect is just a little business that invests its capital to make interest. But brother Long is an empty-handed wolf with no capital. So tell me, what kind of stolen goods do you want me to get rid of this time?” Zheng Wenlong poured a cup of tea for Long Chen before sitting down.
Long Chen received the cup with a bitter smile. “The pillar that the Huayun Sect is grooming is still drinking the same tea as back then? No wonder it’s said that the richer someone is, the stingier they are.”
This tea was the same tea that Zheng Wenlong had used back in the Eastern Wasteland. This kind of tea no longer suited Zheng Wenlong’s high status.
“Haha, isn’t this called not forgetting my original heart? Back then, we both had to bitterly save up everything that snowballed us into our current levels. Don’t look at my high status and think that life is easy for me now. The pressure is immense. Pill Valley in particular has been pressing on us lately, making our business more difficult to carry out. Brother Long, hurry and give me some new business, or I’ll starve,” said Zheng Wenlong.
“Ha, I find that you business people really like to talk about being poor the richer you get. Look at me, I never cried that I was poor, not because I didn’t want to cry, but because I didn’t have the energy to cry,” said Long Chen.
Zheng Wenlong laughed. “Alright, then when it comes to crying about being poor, I’m not your match. Let’s circle back to the main topic. What business do you have for me this time?”
“I’m lacking money and a great deal of it. So I want to sell some things to you.”
“Lacking money is no problem, as long as you have good products.”
The current Zheng Wenlong had a high position. Hua Mingxiong had followed Ma Ruyun’s suggestion and given Zheng Wenlong even more authority.
“Let’s eat while we talk about it.” Long Chen took out a large baking tray and put strips of fish meat on top of it. As a result, popping sounds rang out as the oil boiled, and a fragrant scent filled the air.
“Haha, brother Long’s cooking definitely isn’t ordinary. It seems my mouth will be blessed.” Zheng Wenlong knew that with Long Chen’s character, he wouldn’t bring out something unless it was good.
When the fish was ready, he took a bite of it. Fragrance erupted, and it dissolved in his mouth. He felt all his pores open and his blood quicken. Some kind of energy merged into his blood.
“This is…!”
“Eat some more and you’ll be able to guess.” Long Chen also took a piece of fish for himself.
Zheng Wenlong took some more bites, his expression gradually changing. “This is… Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish! For it to be this big, it has to be a fish king level… you actually ate it like this?!”
The Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish was the most precious ancient spiritual lifeform. Their blood could stimulate a person’s Spirit Blood, awakening their hidden potential. Their value was inestimable.
However, if this fish was cooked, it would lose eighty percent of its energy, so Zheng Wenlong was staring at Long Chen in disbelief.
“This is the only way to not bring down your new status.” Long Chen smiled.
“You actually ate such a precious natural treasure? I’m afraid of facing karmic retribution.” Zheng Wenlong bitterly smiled, but since the fish had been cooked, he ate some more.
“Brother Wenlong, one of the things I came with today is the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish. Do you feel like selling them would be profitable?”
Chapter 1948 The Huayun Sect’s Attitude
“Of course it’ll be profitable. My guess would be that you obtained the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish in the Yin Yang World. I’ll tell you this: in the past few days, some people in possession of Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish have come to auction them off in our auction houses. As a result, one Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish that was one foot long was sold for three hundred thousand spirit crystals. After that auction, the rest of the continent went mad, with all the various powers trying to obtain the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish. Some ancient families in particular went crazy. Much of the blessings of their ancestors have been lost, so they want to use the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish to awaken that power. As for this fish that we’re eating, it has reached three feet in length. It can count as a fish king, and the price could surpass three million spirit crystals. Ugh… such a waste of money, I hope the Wealth God doesn’t punish me. Such extravagance is against one of the Huayun Sect’s eight commandments.” Zheng Wenlong bitterly smiled.
“Hehe, that’s good. What extravagance? Accompanying a client to a meal is very normal. Eat some more.” Long Chen was delighted to hear that the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish was so valuable.
The reason for their popularity wasn’t just because of their miraculous abilities to awaken someone’s bloodline. Another aspect was their delicious taste. It was irresistible.
Although Zheng Wenlong complained about this being too luxurious, his chopsticks never stopped. A large fish was finished just like this.
Long Chen wiped his mouth with a napkin. He smiled. “Brother Wenlong, there’s a saying that it’s easier to bargain after treating someone to a meal…”
Zheng Wenlong hastily raised a hand. “Stop right there. That might be true for others, but it won’t work this time. Don’t try to dredge up any benefits from me. I’m so poor that my underpants are too loose for me to wear now. If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you.”
“Damn, as expected, the bigger their business, the more stingy people become. Fine, then I’ll show you my products.”
Long Chen waved his hand, and a giant Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish appeared on the table. It was three meters long and still flopping.
Seeing that giant Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, Zheng Wenlong jumped in shock. He didn’t even know that Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish could grow to such a size. Just how effective would its essence blood be?<
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“This is a real fish king, while what we ate before was nothing. Brother Wenlong, can you tell me what price this fish king would sell for?” asked Long Chen.
Zheng Wenlong closely examined it. He even made a close inspection of its tail, fins, and stomach before saying, “This fish king should have surpassed three thousand years of age based on its scales and fins. Its essence blood must be much purer, most likely ten times greater than ordinary Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish. Such a thing is essentially priceless; it doesn’t exist on the market. If a genius were allowed to absorb its essence blood, the chances of them awakening their latent bloodline potential would be extremely high. So I can’t really give an estimate of its price, but based on the value of an ordinary Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, this fish king should be worth around five to eight million spirit crystals. If it was auctioned, it would probably sell for several times more due to its rarity.”
Zheng Wenlong’s estimate was very conservative. There was no way to estimate a price if it was auctioned, but five to eight million spirit crystals would be the base price at an auction.
“One would be five million, ten would be fifty million, a hundred would be five hundred million. So then a hundred thousand of them should be enough.” Long Chen’s eyes lit up. Could this problem really be resolved just like this?
“You… you want to sell a hundred thousand of them?!” Zheng Wenlong almost jumped out of his skin. Long Chen actually had a hundred thousand Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish of this size?
“Yes, I need around five hundred billion spirit crystals, and I’m in a rush.”
“Five hundred billion?!” Zheng Wenlong gasped. Just what was Long Chen planning on doing with this money? That was a number even he didn’t dare to imagine.
“What? Can the Huayun Sect not handle this business?” asked Long Chen.
“We definitely can. But I’ll have to ask the sect leader for instructions for such a huge transaction. Also, I should warn you that selling so many Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish will lower their individual value,” said Zheng Wenlong. From a business standpoint, he didn’t want Long Chen to sell so many at once.
“There’s no way around it. I’m in urgent need of money. Furthermore, the five hundred billion spirit crystals probably won’t be enough. I don’t know much about business, and I don’t have time to haggle over it. Since I trust you and the Huayun Sect, how about this? I’ll give you two hundred thousand Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish as collateral. I’m in urgent need of expensive materials, and I don’t want to wait an extra second. I also have some other spoils from the Yin Yang World, including some divine items that I don’t need. Other than that, I’m prepared to give you a few medicinal pills. I hope that the Huayun Sect can focus more on its alchemy department and fight over the medicinal pill marketplace with Pill Valley.”
“This matter is too big. I have to speak with the sect master. It would be best if you spoke personally to him. Wait here for a moment. I’ll be right back.”
Zheng Wenlong left. Although his status was extremely high in the Huayun Sect, and there was no one in the junior generation with such a high level, this matter wasn’t just about money. It also involved their fight against Pill Valley.
“You’re back so quick? What, did the higher-ups not consent?” In just a moment, Zheng Wenlong returned and his expression was a bit strange, startling Long Chen. If the higher-ups didn’t consent, he wouldn’t be able to get the money.
Zheng Wenlong shook his head. He sighed, “The higher-ups want me to handle it myself.”
“That’s a good thing. It means your authority has risen once more.” Long Chen smiled. For them to even let Zheng Wenlong handle such a major matter, it seemed that they were raising him to be the next sect master.
If Zheng Wenlong was the master of the Huayun Sect, wouldn’t he have as much money as he wanted in the future?
Zheng Wenlong bitterly smiled. “The greater my authority, the greater the responsibility. Going directly against Pill Valley isn’t something I’m confident in.”
“Tch, what are you afraid of? I’ve been going against Pill Valley ever since the Pill Tower in the Eastern Wastelands, but aren’t I still living happily? Let me tell you, this is a kind of test the higher-ups have given you. They want you to accumulate experience. Plus, the Huayun Sect and Pill Valley are both enormous existences. You’re on the same level, so why worry? I didn’t have anyone backing me, but if I was backed by an enormous existence like the Huayun Sect, would you believe me if I said I could bankrupt Pill Valley within three years?”
How could Zheng Wenlong believe that? Or how could he not believe that? Even without any backing, Long Chen had managed to throw the continent into chaos. If he actually had a powerful backer? Perhaps the continent would be under his control now.
However, Zheng Wenlong was not Long Chen. He was a businessman and had to view this from a business standpoint, calculating the profits and expenses, the danger and risk. He could not get hot-headed.
“Fine, give me the list of things that you need. I’ll see how much I can gather. However, I definitely don’t have enough money to buy it all right now, so it’ll have to be bought in batches. But don’t worry, since the higher-ups have given me this authority, I can gather some resources from the headquarters without wasting any time. As for the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish, give them to me. I definitely won’t be selling them all at once. We might be brothers, but business is business. To lower the risk, I can only count each Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish as three million spirit crystals. Once they’re all sold, we can recalculate the actual price they sold for. As for your divine items, they’re easy to handle. Other than Pill Valley, every other major power on the continent is secretly trying to keep up a good relationship with us. Selling the divine items to them won’t cause any trouble. As for the pill formulas, it’s still the same rules. Once they’ve been successfully sold, you’ll be given a share based on the profit. However, that will be much slower…”
“Alright, I don’t really need to know all the details. I just want to urgently gather these resources. Let me put it to you this way. I’m preparing to do something big, so these resources are necessary,” said Long Chen.
Right now, he was being hunted by the various major powers of the continent. That was because he didn’t have the power to challenge them.
However, that was only now. With the Scarlet Blood Spirit Fish having awakened the Dragonblood warriors’ bloodlines, as long as they reached the first Heavenstage of Life Star, they would be able to control world energy. Over twelve thousand Life Star Empyreans with divine items, just who would they be afraid of?
Long Chen was in a race against time because Pill Valley would not be waiting around either. He didn’t know what kind of scheme they were plotting, but he had to raise his power until he could contend against the major powers.
Long Chen then handed hundreds of divine items to Zheng Wenlong. Those were divine items with strange forms and usages that the Dragonblood Legion couldn’t use.
Long Chen wrote down hundreds of pill formulas, making Zheng Wenlong jump. Those pills were the most popular pills that Pill Valley sold. If the Huayun Sect could make them as well, perhaps they’d be able to take over half of the pill market.
Zheng Wenlong knew that Long Chen was getting ruthless. He wanted Pill Valley to suffer, so he was ruining their monopoly on their core pills.
Zheng Wenlong had always felt Long Chen to be mysterious. It seemed that there was no one else in this world who would do things like him.
After writing out the pill formulas, Long Chen was preparing to leave. However, Zheng Wenlong clenched his teeth, hesitating.
“Brother Long, there is a certain matter that I don’t know whether or not I should tell you about.”
Chapter 1949 Leng Yueyan’s Trouble
“What is it?”
Long Chen was startled. He suddenly had a bad feeling. With Zheng Wenlong’s calm demeanor, and adding on this hesitation, it probably wasn�
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“During the time that you vanished, the Xuan Beasts joined with Heavenly Fate Island to calculate the whereabouts of the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race. I heard that the Xuan Beasts managed to take over two of their secret strongholds,” said Zheng Wenlong carefully.
Upon hearing this, Long Chen’s expression immediately turned cold. Killing intent appeared in his eyes. What was this? Unable to capture him, they had turned their blades on others?
However, the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race was viewed as traitors by the Xuan Beasts. The two sides had a deep enmity against each other that stretched back a long time ago. The Xuan Beasts’ actions could be justified by that, but Zheng Wenlong felt differently.
“I’m afraid that the Dragon Slaughter Convention from the Grand Han will reoccur. For others, the same trap won’t work twice. But for you, Long Chen, no matter how many times they do this, it will still be effective. Your weakness is clear to others.”
Long Chen’s weakness was that even if he knew he was sending himself to his death, he would still go if his companions were captured.
If Pill Valley was involved, they wouldn’t give him any chance to escape. So Zheng Wenlong was warning Long Chen, despite knowing that he couldn’t change what Long Chen would do. As friends, some things still had to be said.
“However, you don’t need to worry. Based on what I know, the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow race has hundreds of secret strongholds throughout the Martial Heaven Continent. As for their main headquarters, even Heavenly Fate Island is unable to find it. Most likely, it is protected by their ancestral spirits. What I’m afraid of is this matter being learned by the Cloud Chasing Heaven Swallowing Sparrow that’s with you. She might go to help, disregarding everything else, and then you’d go save her. That would once more be falling for their trap,” warned Zheng Wenlong.
