If it was a time before this, Chen Xiaobei would definitely not dare to confront them. Considering that Chen Xiaobei had a good relationship with Dong Xiaowu and Wenren Muyue, there was no way that Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao would hold any bad intentions against Chen Xiaobei. That was why he was dared to confront them. Also, he wanted to know how Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao would deal with this kind matter.
"Just as expected. Mr. Chen is no ordinary person! Mr. Chen, can you tell us more about the details? Where is the Dimension Crack? And how did it happen?" asked Dong Zhuo.
"I can tell you the details! However, I hope that you will not tell others about it. Just keep it to yourself!" replied Chen Xiaobei.
"Mr. Chen, don't you worry about it! I can promise you that not a living soul will get to know what you are about to tell us!"
"Alright! I believe the two of you here! Atlantis was destroyed by my friend! With her sole force, she managed to defeat everyone from South Town Star Temple! The end result of the battle was a tear in the dimension! That's how the Dimension Crack formed!"
Upon hearing that, Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao were too shocked to react to it. One should know that there were seven demigods and seven elites with Ethereal cultivation guarding the place. Knowing that Chen Xiaobei's friend had just destroyed the place singlehandedly, they were all terrified by it.
Of course, this was not the most important thing here. Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao then stared into each other eyes. It was as if they had made a common decision together.
"Mr. Chen, I appreciate your honesty! I'm glad that you didn't see us as outsiders! We are willing to tell you some secrets as well!" said Wenren Jinghao.
"Oh? What kind of secrets?"
"There are three core people in the Atlantis incident. They are the Tenshou God, Nikkawa Uchu, and Sakuragi Hyokitsune! Before the war, Tenshou had already confirmed that the emperor was not the real emperor! He was someone else with a mask on! When the temple master, Lu Gang regained his consciousness, he went to ask every demigod on planet earth to find out the truth of the Atlantis incident. Though some connection that he had in China, Lu Gang found that the young man from Green Vine City had a special relationship with Sakuragi Hyokitsune! In other words, the fake emperor was actually the young man from China! And his name is Chen Xiaobei! After that, Lu Gang also found out that Chen Xiaobei had built a faction called Bei Xuan Faction at Dragon City! And! He has a nickname! He named himself Chen! Zhu! Feng!" said Wenren Jinghao, purposely emphasizing the last three words.
Clearly, Lu Gang had known the whole truth and Wenren Jinghao and Dong Zhu should have known about this earlier as well. That was why they were not surprised when Chen Xiaobei confronted them just now. The thing that shocked them the most was the strength of his friend. Right now, they had no intention to make Chen Xiaobei pay for what he had done. Instead, they wanted to discuss some strategy with him.
"This Lu Gang is actually not bad! I'm surprised that he found out the truth in such a short period of time!" said Chen Xiaobei.
"The South Town Star Temple is guarding the only passage that connects the Northern Wilderness Starfield to earth. Naturally, all the demigods from earth would worship him like a god. With this kind of power, he could easily find out the whole truth!" said Dong Zhuo.
"How many people know about this?"
"As for now, only the three of us know about it! Elder Wenren is the person assigned by the temple overlord to investigate the Atlantis matter. That was why Lu Gang handed the report to Elder Wenren once he found out the whole truth! We also managed to bury this report for now. Not even the Lu Family's members know about it!"
"Thank you so much for covering it up for me! If not, I'm afraid I will die tonight!"
"Mr. Chen! You are most welcome! If it wasn't for you, I'm afraid we would have had to bury our offspring! Besides, Lu Family has always been savage and unreasonable. They have done all kind of bad deeds at the South Town Star Temple! Needless to say, we know that they were the ones that started the war!"
"Governor Dong, you really are wise! During that time, I was planning to wear the Japanese emperor's mask to travel to Northern Wilderness Starfield to improve my strength. It was not my intention to destroy the entire Atlantis! Lu Gang lusted over my friend's beauty! He was the one that forced out his hand!"
"Mr. Chen! This is not your fault! Lu Family is at fault! So, we are not going to submit the report!"
"It's easier said than done though! I thought the temple wanted to protect the Lu Family?! Submit the report and let me take all the blame, so Lu Family can be free from it. Isn't that the temple's initial plan?"
"You are right but we don't want to protect them anymore!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Lu Family has been doing whatever they liked in the inner city! They even worked with the bad guys to bully their own people! They are like a tumour here! I have always chosen to ignore it. However, they have stepped on my head this time! Not only do they want to take over Wenren Family as the second most powerful family in Silver Plume City, they are also thinking of eliminating my family as well! Keeping them around is no difference from keeping a tiger in your house!"
Seemingly, Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao had already figured out Lu Family's cunning plan. That was why they did not want to protect them anymore. Though they knew that Chen Xiaobei was the key person of the Atlantis incident, they had decided to ignore it and work together with Chen Xiaobei to take out Lu Family.
"May I know your plan? Please enlighten me. I will definitely work together with you guys to take down Lu Family!"
"Great! I appreciate that! That means we are allies now! This time we have to eliminate them no matter what!"
"Then, how are we going to get rid of the Lu Family completely?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
Dong Zhuo replied, "The Lu Family is like a tool, a pawn, to the Overlord! He wants to protect the Lus because there are no other suitable tools to replace them!"
Chen Xiaobei understood immediately, "You are saying that as long as there's a replacement for the Lu Family, the Lus will lose all value, and the Overlord will not do everything in his power to protect them anymore?"
"That's right!" Dong Zhuo continued, "The Lu Family's main responsibility is to guard the South Town Temple on earth! On top of that, the old man in Lu Family is an Elder in the Temple's core management who are in charge of the campaign. If someone can do the job just as well, I believe that the Overlord will not hesitate to abandon the Lu Family!"
"Governor Dong, why are you so certain that the Overlord will cast the Lu Family aside?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"That's simple!" Dong Zhuo explained, "The Lu Family has managed the South Town Temple for a very long time. They've pocketed so much wealth they are practically swimming in resources! Other than lining their pockets, the Lu Family also busied themselves with forming cliques. Many powerful forces have formed close relations with the Lus in the dark!"
To a person who values power and authority like the Overlord, this was intolerable, as his subordinates were basically forming groups for their personal campaign! Moreover, the old man also has control over a portion of the military authority! The Overlord is, naturally, worried about this! 500 years ago, it was because of how powerful the Overgrown Forest nobles were that the Overlord was worried about them! Although the Lu Family is not as powerful as the Overgrown Forest nobles, the pattern is pretty much the same! Based on the Overlord's character, as long as there are suitable candidates who could replace the Lus, he would not think twice to rid himself of this disease that is the Lu Family! He would not allow the Lus to continue to grow bigger!"
Dong Zhuo's dissection was meticulous.
Chen Xiaobei nodded thoughtfully. "If that's the case, the next question, or rather, the most important question is, who would replace the Lus?"
Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao looked at Chen Xiaobei and answered concurrently, "You!"
"Me?" Chen Xiaobei pointed at himself, a look of surprise washed over his face. "Are you both joking? I am just an outsider. How can I replace the Lus?"
Wenren Jinghao said, "The two important criteria for replacing the Lu Family are: One, strength that is powerful enough to make everyone bow to you. Two: prestige that is good enough for everyone one to listen to what you say! As long as we could convince the people of Northern Wilderness, replacing the Lu Family is not an impossible task!"
"Strength? Prestige?"
Chen Xiaobei looked puzzled.
Wenren Jinghao continued, "Strength! Mr. Chen, you were able to defeat one million Demonic Beasts on your own! That includes three demigod ranked Beast Kings! Who wouldn't submit to someone with strength like that?"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head. "Actually, my cultivation is not very strong. I had to rely on my wits to defeat them!"
"Who said that strength must be cultivation?" Dong Zhuo said. "A pen is sometimes more powerful than a sword! There are many people who hold multiple positions. Their cultivations are not very strong either! To give an example, they are the Overlord's anointed military advisor, the Chinese traditional medicine doctors, and Yin Yang masters. These people's cultivations are much weaker than most of the core elders, but their positions are much higher! That's why, intelligence is a part of strength! In fact, your medical skills are much stronger than the Temple's Chinese traditional medicine doctors! If you could cure Muyue's sickness, your name would be known all over Northern Wilderness. Then even the Overlord would look up to you!"
Chen Xiaobei nodded. "As long as I can get my hands on the Golden Purple Echeveria Lola, I can cure Lady Wenren!"
"Hmm!" Dong Zhuo continued. "Now that we've talked about strength, let's talk about prestige! During the battle in Overgrown Forest, you saved one million young people on your own! You are now a hero to all of the nobles in Northern Wilderness! One word from you and all of them will respond to you! Mr. Chen, you're already equipped with an abundance of strength and also peerless prestige! All we need to do is find the right opportunity to refer you to the Overlord. This will very likely succeed!"
Chen Xiaobei grinned in return. "This opportunity might just be around the corner!"
"What? What do you mean?" Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao leaned forward with interest.
Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "Only this morning, 30 combat space jets went missing from the mothership we boarded. All the core Lu Family members, including Lu Mingjun have been arrested by the Thousand Lake City governor Zheng Xiongfeng!"
"Ho… How is that possible?" Both Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao gapsed. "The combat space jets are extremely crucial battle equipment! How could 30 of them go missing? Mr. Chen, are you sure got it right?"
"I can personally vouch that this is absolutely true!" Chen Xiaobei said.
"My goodness! The heavens want the Lu Family dead!" Dong Zhuo nearly jumped out of his seat. "The Atlantis issue already had the Overlord in a fit and he had no choice but to protect the Lu Family! Now the Lu Family have stirred up problems again! 30 combat space jets costs about 30 billion low-grade Spiritual Stones! The Overlord won't be so lenient this time!"
"That's right! To abate the matters in Atlantis, the Lus had to sell off their Family's properties, and take out a few hundred million Spiritual Stones to rebuild Atlantis!" Wenren Jinghao was also very excited. "This time, the Lu Family won't be able to reimburse the loss of the 30 combat space jets! If they fail to pay this debt, the Overlord will not only give up protecting the Lus, but he will also have the whole Family destroyed!"
Chen Xiaobei nodded. "The situation is looking good. Soon, the Overlord will have to make a decision! Once he's decided to give up on the Lus, he will be on an urgent search for a substitute! And that would be our best chance!"
Both Dong Zhuo and Wenren Jinghao nodded. "Everything is in order except for one thing!"
Once the major affairs were decided, Chen Xiaobei asked for an interstellar map from Dong Zhuo, and then left the governor's mansion in a hurry.
Instead of returning to the secret space to rest, Chen Xiaobei stepped onto the Somersault Cloud and flew to a place far away from Silver Plume City.
Obviously, Chen Xiaobei had something that he needed to take care of, and that was to find the one million Demonic Beasts inside his Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd a safe new home.
Chen Xiaobei settled the battle, and saved one million young people and one million Demonic Beasts. That was how he got his 10 million merit points.
If the Demonic Beasts starved to death, half of his merit points would be deducted!
Late at night.
Deep inside the Silver Plume Forest.
Chen Xiaobei took out a space jet from his Infinite Space Ring.
He then walked to the entrance of the space jet and soon he managed to find the switch.
Buzz…
The door opened automatically when Chen Xiaobei pushed on the button. In order to make sure that it could take off anytime, this space jet had been topped up with enough fuel to fly for some distance. According to Wenren Muyue, Chen Xiaobei found out that the fuel for this spaceship was Spiritual Stones! And it required a huge amount of it. Now that it was fully fuelled, Chen Xiaobei could avoid spending his stashed Spiritual Stones.
After entering the cockpit, Chen Xiaobei started to figure out how to fly this technologically advanced space jet. On earth, Chen Xiaobei was an expert pilot at flying a fighter jets. To his surprise, this space jet that he was sitting in was actually quite similar to the fighter jets he flew when he was on earth. Because of technological advancements, a lot of redundant controls were being eliminated. In other words, it was actually easier to fly this space jet than the regular fighter jets!
"Start!"
Soon, Chen Xiaobei was confident enough to press on the 'START' button.
Buzz…
Seconds later, the entire space jet was successfully fired up. The sound of Spiritual Energy flowing within the space jet had a clear distinction when compared to fighter jets on earth. After that, Chen Xiaobei could see blue light glowing from the wings of the space jet. It then started to rotate at an extreme speed. Its glow actually came from the burning of Spiritual Stones – similar to True Kang that one would channel into their bodies. The force that was generated from the spinning would enable the space jet to fly into the sky.
Swoosh!
In about three seconds, the space jet had managed to achieve the speed of sound and went straight into the clouds. Once it broke out from the atmosphere, its speed increased again! Though Chen XIaobei had seen a lot of things in his life, he was still marvelled by this technologically advanced space jet.
"The planet that I need to travel to is Willow Hill Planet… If my calculations are correct, I think I can arrive to this place before dawn…"
Immediately, Chen Xiaobei took out a space map to study it. He found out that the distance between one planet to another planet was extremely far. Even a powerful space jet like this would need a considerable amount of time to bring him to this desired destination. Without wasting any time, Chen Xiaobei looked for the autopilot function on his space jet and he managed to find it after a short while.
This space jet was after all the most advance intergalactic weapon at Northern Wilderness Starfield. Naturally, Chen Xiaobei would want to study its combat system. Just like the flying instruments, the combat system was pretty easy to master as well. There were only two buttons; low-level and high level!
"I shall try the combat system since I'm in deep space!"
Out of curiosity, Chen Xiaobei pressed the 'low-level' button.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Immediately, both of the space jet's wings shot out blue rays! These two blue rays were the size of an arm and the length was around one meter. It looked exactly like the light saber from Star Wars! Most importantly, these two blue rays disappeared into the deep space almost instantly. In other words, the speed that the blue rays were travelling at were way faster than the space jet itself.
"Damn! That's just too fast to be true! If I'm not mistaken, the speed of this space jet is similar to how fast a demigod can move! With that being said, a demigod would not be able to dodge the attack since they moved faster than it! However, why would a demigod get into a close fight with a space jet like this? Besides, I don't think the attack is powerful enough to cause any significant damage to a demigod! To put it bluntly, this space jet is useless against a demigod!"
After putting some thought into it, Chen Xiaobei shifted his attention to the 'high-level' button.
"Maybe it can shoot out a higher level laser beam that is powerful enough to hurt a demigod. Let me try! Hehehe…"
As Chen Xiaobei was about to press on the 'high-level' button, he found out that there was a gauge on top of the two buttons. It was showing 87%, and it was constantly decreasing as well.
"I think this is the energy meter! The spaceship is flying right now. That's why the number is going down! All I did was press the 'low-level' button. I didn't expect that it would consume such a huge amount of energy. I think it's better for me not to click on the 'high-level' button… Things will get really awkward if energy runs out before I arrive at my destination…"
These kind of space jets were normally carried by a space carriers. In other words, a space jet like this would need the space carrier to ferry them to the battlefield before the HIVE released them to fight their enemies. They were suitable for short-range combat but not long-range flying. In order to preserve more energy, Chen Xiaobei had to resist the temptation to push the 'high-level' button.
....
After some time, Chen Xiaiobei could finally lay his eyes on Willow Hill Planet. The space jet managed to dive into the atmosphere and landed successfully on the planet. Before he left the space jet, he took some time to study the inner structure of the space jet again. He found out that there was a special tube for one to put in Spiritual Stones. Immediately, Chen Xiaobei dropped 1,000 Spiritual Stones inside it to refill the energy that he spent just now.
"This journey costs me 1,000 low-grade Spiritual Stones! This is like a money burning machine! It is no wonder that even the nobles can't afford to play with this thing!"
With a loud sigh, Chen Xiaobei opened the door and stepped foot on Willow Hill Planet. Just like its name, the planet was in bad condition. There were limited amount of resources on the planet. That was why human beings decided to abandon this planet. That would mean this would be the best place to release all those Demonic Beasts. If this planet was not inhabited by humans, there would then be no war between humans and Demonic Beasts. In other words, Chen Xiaobei had just protected them.
"This is the best I can do for now! I will let the millions of Demonic Beasts live here! I think this is one good deed that I have done!"
Chen Xiaobei then took out the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd from his Infinite Space Ring. Millions of Demonic Beasts were being poured onto the planet like raindrops! As for the three Demonic Beast Kings, Chen Xiaobei would not let them out for now.
One by one, the Demonic Beasts barrelled out like pouring rain from the gourd, gradually growing until they were back to their original sizes, filling up the vast landscape until there were barely any empty spots left.
"We're out! We're finally out!"
"My god! We finally left that place! That was one hell of a place with nothing inside! My goodness! It feels so good to be able to see the sky!"
"Where the hell is this place? This is so different from Overgrown Forest!"
The Demonic Beast's eyes darted around, wondering about the strange environment they were in.
"Enough nonsense! Get the hell out of here now!"
Chen Xiaobei suddenly shouted in Zoolingualism.
"My god! Why… Why is it him again?"
The one million Demonic Beasts were so frightened they began to shuffle backwards.
After being in the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd for nearly six days and trying to escape to no avail, the Demonic Beasts were so terribly scarred by the experience that they feared the ominous Divine Gourd.
Naturally, their fear was also towards the owner of the gourd, Chen Xiaobei. They were afraid that he was going to put them back inside again.
Although they were terrified, they did not go far and they simply watched Chen Xiaobei from a distance.
"I've already spared you. Why are you still so afraid?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"Y… You haven't let our king go… We cannot leave…" The Demonic Beasts laid prostrate on the ground and begged, "Please release our kings! We beg you!"
"Huh? Who knew that you guys are so loyal!" Chen Xiaobei smiled, and there was a sparkle in his eyes.
Based on the beasts' loyalty to the three Demonic Beast Kings, he could tell that all he needed to do was gain control over the kings to be able to control all one million of them.
That was exactly what Chen Xiaobei wanted.
"It's not that I won't let your kings out, but that will have to depend on whether they are sensible or not!"
Chen Xiaobei shrugged.
"What do you mean by being sensible?" The Demonic Beasts asked.
Chen Xiaobei ignored their question, and then took out a Green Jade Cauldron from his Infinite Space Ring.
After so many days, the latest batch of Heavenly Dog Biscuits were completed.
When he opened the cauldron, there were 10 biscuits inside, just like the last time.
Chen Xiaobei took three out, and turned to the Demonic Beasts. "If your kings eat this Spiritual Medicine that I've prepared, I will then release them!"
There were mixed feelings among the Demonic Beasts. They were not stupid for they knew that whatever Chen Xiaobei was holding was definitely not something good.
"The Demonic Beast Kings will never eat that thing. They only eat humans! They've never eaten anything other than that!"
"Yeah! Our kings have always looked down on human beings. In fact, eating that thing will probably cause some negative effects."
"It looks like our kings will never be able to get out. They will never eat those things!"
The Demonic Beasts whispered amongst themselves. Although there were one million of them, they were all of the same opinion that their kings would never eat the Heavenly Dog Biscuits.
Chen Xiaobei's head throbbed when he heard these chatters.
The three Demonic Beast Kings were all of demigod rank like Osnur. Their bodies were already immune, and they could continue to live without needing to eat or drink, so long as their lifespan continued!
If they refused to eat the Heavenly Dog Biscuits like Osnur, Chen Xiaobei would never be able to have control over the rest of the Demonic Beasts!
Without a leader to lead them, these Demonic Beasts might rely on other groups of Demonic Beasts, or even kill each other out of confusion and loss.
If that were to happen, how could Chen Xiaobei consummate his merit points?
"No! I have to figure something out. I need the Demonic Beast Kings to eat the Heavenly Dog Biscuits! With them holding the fort down, the rest of Demonic Beasts won't get into total disarray, and my merit points can be consummated!"
Chen Xiaobei's brows were furrowed as he squeezed and wringed his brains for a solution.
"Osnur was only willing to eat the Heavenly Dog Biscuits when I put the one million Demonic Beasts into the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd. That was a direct threat to his safety!" Chen Xiaobei murmured to himself. "Using the same principle, if I could threaten the Beast Kings' safety, then they would surely eat the biscuits obediently like Osnur did! But I can't possibly do it, not with my current strength! I need external help! Yes! An external force!"
A lightbulb went off in Chen Xiaobei's head. He quickly ran towards the combat spacecraft parked not far away, and put it back into his Infinite Space Ring.
After that, he went into the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd.
The Demonic Beasts were stunned to see what he had done.
"Th… That kid… Why did he go inside? He's really looking to die at a young age, isn't he?"
"Duh! Our Beasts Kings are eager to tear into his flesh and drink his blood! Going inside the gourd is suicide! A freaking suicide mission!"
"If our kings kill that kid, then the gourd will not have a master anymore, and our kings can come out!"
"If that really happens, it would be for the best eh! To think that we were so worried that he won't release our kings! Who knew that he'd go and commit suicide himself? He's so stupid! Hahaha!"
The Demonic Beasts burst out into laughter.
They truly believed that Chen Xiaobei was going to die inside. Their three angry Demonic Beast Kings could kill Chen Xiaobei without trouble.
The Demonic Beasts were suddenly filled with eagerness and anticipation as if soon, their kings would walk out of the gourd, and lead them to wreak havoc on this new planet.
Inside the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd.
Chen Xiaobei looked at the three Demonic Beast Kings and said in a proud voice, "Do you want to leave this place?"
When enemies meet, all they see is red!
The Beast Kings thundered, "You little twat! Have you come to bring yourself to ruin? Today, we will kill you! We'll use your blood to wash off our shame!"
"Hehe, I came in because I'm not afraid to raise my hands against you!" Chen Xiaobei was unusually calm.
"You want to fight us? Oh, stop pretending already!" The Tyrant Dragon King snorted. "If you could do that, you would've already done that back at Overgrown Forest Planet. Why did you wait until now?"
"It's true that I was not able to fight you back in Overgrown Forest. But now," Chen Xiaobei wiggled his brows. "Now, it's different. I have a new bargaining chip! I can beat you easily!"
"Oh, what a fraud! Do you think we're so easily fooled?" The Tyrant Dragon King said. "I'll give you some time to take out your bargaining chip! I'd like to see what an insect like you could bring to the table!"
"Heh, you will regret this!"
Chen Xiaobei smiled, as he retrieved a combat space jet from his Infinite Space Ring!
"Oh, what is this stupid toy?" The Tyrant Dragon King laughed. "We are demigod ranked Demonic Beast Kings! You want to fight us using this machine? Are you insane or just plain stupid?"
"Heh, technology may not be able to defeat a god, but you are not gods yet!" Chen Xiaobei smiled as he stepped into the cockpit of the combat space jet.
Chen Xiaobei had already assessed the space jet and knew that it was akin to the three Demonic Beasts' speed.
Also, knowing that they were inside the Verdant Emperor's Gourd, Chen Xiaobei had the special advantage and that even if he did not win, he would not lose either.
That was why Chen Xiaobei had the confidence to challenge the beasts.
Of course, the three Demonic Beast Kings were unaware of these things, so they did not see Chen Xiaobei and his little space jet as a threat at all.
"This kid really wants to die! Big Brother, you don't have to do anything. Let me kill him! Show him what true strength is!" The black giant ape thundered, as he pelted towards space jet.
The ape was about five meters tall, with a strong, muscular body – it looked very much like the super-giant ape in the movie King Kong!
Its size however did not affect its speed at all. Even a human of the same rank would not be able to compete against it!
With the speed of lightning, the giant black ape made its way to the space jet.
"Die!" The ape barked as if raised its giant foot and stamped down towards the combat space jet.
Its foot was so big that it completely covered the entire space jet. The combat space jet would definitely be crushed into dust under its foot, and Chen Xiaobei, of course, would become minced human meat.
The Tyrant Beast King chuckled, "Heh! An insect will always be an insect! You can only die before us!"
The giant dark purple python nodded. "That piece of shit will surely die!"
BAM!
The giant pair of feet touched the ground, sending a vibration of energy travelling through space. It was as if they were experiencing an earthquake inside the gourd.
But, alas, the ending was completely out of the Beast King's expectation!
"Huh? What happened?"
The giant ape had not managed to step on the combat space jet. It was stepping on nothing, and nearly lost its balance.
"Behind you! Watch out! Behind!" The Tyrant Dragon King and the giant python shouted.
Whoosh!
The ape's reflexes were amazingly quick. It raised an arm, turned around, and wrapped its hand around the combat space jet, then squeezed like it was a mosquito.
But, once again, he got nothing. He barely even grazed the space jet.
"That was really fast!" The giant python exclaimed.
"It's not only fast, the machine is also very small! It's not going to be easy to catch!" The Tyrant King said. "Go and help him!"
"Yes!" The python nodded and then bent its body to the ground, and began to crawl stealthily towards Chen Xiaobei.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The giant ape was still frantically waving its arms like he was slapping at mosquitos, while trying its best to hit the space jet.
But the space jet was moving too quickly for it, and Chen Xiaobei was also very adept at the controls, weaving the space jets dexterously in and out, between, over and under the giant ape's arm, making the ape spin around in circles!
"You stupid monkey! You'd fall sooner before you catch me! How are you going to even touch me when you're so damn slow!" Chen Xiaobei taunted through the speaker.
"You son of a bitch! Don't get all excited just yet! I'll get you down soon enough!" The giant ape was practically foaming at the mouth, arms waving wildly in the air but wasunable to even make contact with the space jet.
"Come on! Faster! Faster! You're too slow! Hahaha!" Chen Xiaobei laughed, teasing the giant ape like it was an idiot.
Plop!
Suddenly, the giant python launched a sneak attack!
That's right! It was sneak attack. This happened while Chen Xiaobei was messing around, while he was at his most lax and least unwatchful state!
The python had laid low for a while waiting for this exact moment.
Then, the purple python coiled its few hundred meter long body, and threw itself into the air like an extended rubber band. Its giant head, like a cannon, aimed towards the combat space jet that was hovering in the air.
This was a deadly attack, and the timing was perfect. The average pilot would not have been able to dodge it.
Once the python's head hit its target, this tiny combat space jet would crash and burn into smithereens. This hit was powerful rough to tear a big hole in the mothership.
"Haha! Stupid insect! Unless you have eyes growing at the back of your head, you won't be able to escape this strike! Do me a favor and die!" The Tyrant Dragon King who had been watching from afar laughed.
At this very moment, Chen Xiaobei wedged the jet between the arms-flailing giant black ape in front of him, and the dark purple giant python attacking from behind!
Unless Chen Xiaobei had eyes behind him, he was dead meat!
"Die! Hahaha! Ooof!"
At the very last second, just when it was about to slam into combat space jets, the purple python's laughter suddenly turned into ear-piercing screams of horror.
An eye had appeared at the back of the combat space jet that it was supposed to shatter into a million pieces, managing to make a split second decision, pivoting to the side, and changing its course, dodging the giant python's sneak attack.
And the giant ape's flailing arms struck the python directly in the face.
"Oooof!"
The python's mammoth body was thrown to the ground, blood spraying from its mouth.
"Wh… What in the world?" The black ape was too startled to react.
"How is this possible?" The Tyrant Dragon King stared dumbfounded at the python on the ground. "Even Ape King was not able to react to that sneak attack! How did that little insect have seen that coming? Could he really have grown eyes at the back of his head?"
"Hehe, no, I didn't!" Chen Xiaobei spoke through the loudspeaker. "Don't forget that we are inside the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd, and I can see everything that's happening in here! In other words, my eyes are at every corner of this place!"
"Huh…" All three Demonic Beast Kings were stunned.
This space was Chen Xiaobei's home ground! This was Chen Xiaobei's turf! Nothing could escape his eyes!
"You little insect! Don't get all excited just yet! You may have the advantage of owning the place but we have the numbers! Even if we don't attack you using stealth, all three of us Beast Kings can kill you at point blank!" The Tyrant Dragon King roared as it charged forward to join the battle.
"Hehe, since you want to come as a team, I won't go easy on you!" Chen Xiaobei smiled, unafraid.
"Show you mercy? You are just a speck of dust in front of me! How dare you act in such an arrogant manner? Though the machine that you are flying is extremely fast, it would allow you to dodge my attacks! You will surely be killed if we gang up on you!" said the Tyrant Dragon King.
"Who told you that I know only how to dodge your attacks?!" replied Chen Xiaobei.
He then flew the space jet quickly with the intention to crush it at the Tyrant Dragon King.
"Eh? Are you planning to kill me by crashing this damn thing at me?! What a garbage move! Hahaha…"
Immediately, the Tyrant Dragon King channeled all the strength to its tail and prepared to destroy Chen Xiaobei's space jet with only one strike.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
To its surprise, the Tyrant Dragon King did not expect that the two wings of the space jet could shoot out blue laser beams, and Chen Xiaobei was aiming it at its eyes.
"Too fast!!!"
The Tyrant Dragon King realized that it was not fast enough to dodge the surprise attack. In just a few split seconds, the laser would have hit the Tyrant Dragon King's eyes.
"Incredible speed!" exclaimed the Tyrant Dragon King.
"Shit!"
The black giant ape and the python shouted at the same time as well.
"Damn it! The laser's speed is too fast for our king to dodge it!"
"This is just a low-level attack. I'm not sure whether it could actually hurt the Tyrant Dragon King." said Chen Xiaobei with his head shaking.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Considering that the Tyrant Dragon King was a demigod after all, he could still react to the attack even though it only took a split second. Chen Xiaobei could see that the Tyrant Dragon King closed both his eyes and moved its head to the left side. As a result, one of the laser beams managed to hit its left eye and the other beams flew pass him.
"Boss! Are you alright?!" asked the ape and python in a nervous manner.
"Whew! This is nothing! You are simply not powerful enough to hurt me!" said with Tyrant Dragon King with an arrogant smile on his face.
Immediately, the ape, python, and Chen Xiaobei turned around to look at it. They noticed that there was some blood coming out of the left eyelid of the Tyrant Dragon King but his eyeball was unharmed. As for the left side of its face, it was perfectly fine because it was protected by rock-hard scales. There was only a small dent on it.
"Damn! His body strength is absolutely terrifying! I believe that the laser is definitely powerful enough to burn a hole through my body!" exclaimed Chen Xiaobei.
"That son of a bitch is really good at acting tough! He is so weak! With that kind of attack, he will never be able to hurt us! Not in a million years! Hahaha…" said the ape and python in a mocking manner.
"Son of a bitch! Have you experienced despair before? No matter what you are, you will never be able to hurt us! Just sit there and let us kill you! This is what despair tastes like!" said the Tyrant Dragon King.
"It's too early to be happy! I haven't even started to give in my best!" said Chen Xiaobei with an evil smile on him.
He then pressed on the high-level button.
Buzz…
Seconds later, blue light started to gather at both wings. However, it did not shoot out any laser beams. Instead the blue orbs of light just got bigger and bigger. In the end, two huge blue orbs of energy combined together and its brightness was comparable to the sun!
"Damn! This looks like an extremely powerful attack! An attack like that just consumed 30% of energy! In other words, a full tank of fuel can only fire this powerful attack three times! This time, the Tyrant Dragon King will have a taste of this powerful attack!"
Swoosh!
A beam of laser that was as thick as a log with and was ten meters long was unleashed! One could see that this attack was definitely hundreds of times more powerful than the previous attack. And the most important thing, was that it was way faster as well. At that moment, the three Demonic Beast Kings were still laughing at Chen Xiaobei. They would never expect that the previous attack was just an experimental strike. This time, Chen Xiaobei was determined to eliminate all of them!
BAM!
The Tyrant Dragon King was hit by the laser before it could realize it. This time, Chen Xiaobei did not aim at its head. Instead, he aimed at its chest. That was because Chen Xiaobei was worried that the attack might kill him. Just as expected, Tyrant Dragon King was tossed to a far distance after the laser landed on him. Its rock hard scales were shattered and flesh was shown. Blood was gushing out from its wound. Soon, the ground was colored red.
"Boss! Are you okay?! How's your injuries?! Are you going to live?!"
Immediately, the ape and the python rushed to Tyrant Dragon King.
"Get lost! I'm not that weak!"
The Tyrant Dragon King let out a loud roar and mustered all its strength to stand up. After all, it was a demigod-tiered Demonic Beast. Though the wound was still there, one could see that it was actually not a lethal hit. The laser did not manage to penetrate the flesh to cause any serious damage to its internal organs. With its health, it was powerful enough to get up again and fight with Chen Xiaobei. Upon seeing that, the ape and python let out a sigh of relief. If the Tyrant Dragon King had died, they would not be able to fight with Chen Xiaobei anymore.
"Damn! He really is strong! I think a nuclear bomb is the only weapon that can kill it!"
"Garbage! Is that your most powerful attack? I don't think it can kill me! The reason why you managed to hit me is because I let down my guard earlier! It's impossible for you to hit me for a second time!"
"Yes. I agree with you! It'll be hard for me to land a second attack at you! What if… I have a lot of these space jets and all of them fired at you at the same time? Do you think you can dodge all of them?"
"Attack me at the same time? Aren't you only one person? How can you fly multiple space jets at once? Show it to me and I will believe you!"
"Fine! As you wish!"
"As I wish? Do…. Do you mean that there are more of that machines outside the gourd?" The Tyrant Dragon King asked, the fear in its eyes was plainly obvious.
As Chen Xiaobei had said, as long as the Tyrant Dragon King concentrated on its energy, it could dodge the attack of one combat space jet.
But the mighty Tyrant Dragon King would never be able to escape the firepower of a fleet of combat space jets.
Even though that giant laser could only cut a gash about a third of the way through flesh, during a large-scaled attack, even the Tyrant Dragon King would die.
For that reason alone, the Tyrant Dragon King and the other two Demonic Beasts Kings were terror-stricken in their hearts.
What if there really was a whole band of combat space jets outside the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd? Then the three of them would have to bow their heads before Chen Xiaobei.
"No, actually, there are no combat space jets outside." Chen Xiaobei shrugged.
"What? There's none?" When they heard this, all three of the Demonic Beast King's fear dissipated, and they began to grow haughty again.
The Tyrant Dragon King roared, "Since there are no reinforcements outside the gourd, then why are you still being so pretentious? Don't you know how to spell the word death?"
"You little twat! Still pretending to be tough even before you're going to die?" The black ape said. "When all three of us attack you, I can guarantee that you won't be able to survive longer than three minutes!"
"Stop talking nonsense with him! Let's go now!" The giant python shouted, impatient. "Once we kill this kid, the gourd will not have a master, and we will be able to get out!"
"Kill!" The Tyrant Dragon King let out a blood-curdling roar, an insatiable murderous look in its eyes.
The other two Demonic Beast Kings bellowed, already ready on a warpath.
But Chen Xiaobei's words, said in the most insouciant manner, stopped the three Demonic Beast Kings in their tracks.
"There are no combat space jets outside the gourd but they are inside!"
Chen Xiaobei landed the space jet, opened the door of the cockpit, and then sauntered out.
"What? There are combat space jets like this inside the gourd? Where? Why didn't we see any?"
The Demonic Beasts King froze, their eyes searched around them but they saw nothing.
"Heh, I already said that it'll be as you wish! I won't let you down, of course!" Chen Xiaobei waved his hand and all 29 combat space jet emerged from the Infinite Space Ring, lined up in a row, aiming at the three Beast Kings.
"Huh?" The Tyrant Dragon King bellowed angrily, "You f*cking bastard! Do we look stupid to you? You may have all these space jets but without anyone piloting them, they are completely useless! You'll still die!"
"Who told you no one's piloting them?"
Chen Xiaobei waved his hand again, and took out a handful of shimmery yellow beans!
These were Casting beans that could transform into soldiers!
The beans quickly transformed into individual soldiers in armor. At Chen Xiaobei's will, they all rushed into the cockpits of the combat space jets.
This unbelievable scene had all the three Demonic Beasts completely stumped. They even seemed to have forgotten that this was their best chance to attack.
If they even wanted to attack the second after this, it would be still too late.
Chen Xiaobei had used the Bean Soldiers to pilot American Raptors before. This time, it would be like riding a bike for him.
Whoom! Whoom! Whoom!
Along with a surge of energy, the 29 combat space jets began to lift off the ground, and lined themselves into a giant crescent formation, surrounding all three Demonic Beast Kings!
"So? Did you expect this? Are you surprised?"
Chen Xiaobei stood casually on the ground, too lazy to even get into the cockpit.
"Let me tell you a little something. All I have to do is use my mind and all the space jets will begin to fire, all at the same time! The three of you will die! Once I launch the second attack, none of you will survive!" Chen Xiaobei said.
It was these words spoken so offhandedly that unnerved the hearts of the three Demonic Beast Kings. It made them shudder in in their skin.
Chen Xiaobei clearly was not simly trying to frighten them.
It was a fact that when all 29 giant lasers were emitted, all three of the Beast Kings would never be able to survive.
"Have mercy! Have mercy!"
The three Demonic Beast Kings cried out, abandoning all warpaths, and now completely humbled like dogs.
On the outside, they may appear to be mighty demigod ranked Demonic Beasts, but in reality, deep down in their bones, they were all cowards who were afraid of death!
Otherwise, they would not have been threatened by the Temple, and be made the Temple's watchdogs. They would not have lost their minds trying to search for the Nine Twists Thousand Hearts Herb either.
Due to this great fear of death, other than yielding, there was no other option!
"Actually, I came here today to give you a chance to live!" Chen Xiaobei waved his hand, and tossed three Heavenly Dog Biscuits on the ground. "One for each of you! Once you've eaten it, I'll release all of you!"
"Wh… What is this?" The Demonic Beast Kings looked at the biscuits on the ground cautiously. They had a feeling that it was not a good thing so they were reluctant to eat it.
"If you don't eat it, then you'll just have to die!" Chen Xiaobei was not exactly a man of patience. His tone was more than unfriendly.
Having to use oppressive force to fight with the Tyrant Dragon King in the Overgrown Forest, Chen Xiaobei's state of mind had only grown stronger, and the stronger his state of mind was, the bigger his oppressive force. It was hard to imagine a mere human being like him could scare all three massive Demonic Beast Kings with his aura.
"We'll… eat it… We'll eat…"
The three Demonic Beast Kings had to submit before the threat of death, and obediently eat the Heavenly Dog Biscuits.
"Good!" Chen Xiaobei was very pleased.
The medicine took effect and all the Demonic Beast Kings acknowledged Chen Xiaobei as their master, wholly becoming his loyal hounds.
Collecting three demigod rank loyal hounds at once, and an American demigod – Chen Xiaobei now owned four demigod rank loyal hounds!
This a major boost to Chen Xiaobei's forces!
Because with this boost, other than the few top-tier nobles, Chen Xiaobei would have no one to fear in the whole of Northern Wilderness Starfield!
"Once all this has been taken care of, I can start on my plan to rescue Diao Chan! As long as everything goes smoothly, this young couple Diao Chan and Lu Bu would become intimate allies of mine! Then, I would have to fear no one, not even the Northern Wilderness top-tier nobles or the Temple!"
Chen Xiaobei's eyes twinkled with excitement.
Once the Demonic Beasts were successfully subdued, Chen Xiaobei freed them from the gourd.
The Demonic Beasts who had been waiting eagerly outside were shocked to see Chen Xiaobei return alive with their Beast Kings. They really had inititally believed that Chen Xiaobei was going to die.
What was more mind-boggling was the fact that not only was Chen Xiaobei perfectly unscathed, but their three Demonic Beast Kings were strangely submissive towards Chen Xiaobei.
All one million Demonic Beasts were extremely confused; so much so that they even began to wonder if it was all just an illusion.
However, as loyal subjects to their Beast Kings and the fact that they needed the protection and governance of all three Kings, it was more important to them than anything that their kings came out alive.
As for how the three Demonic Beast Kings became so subservient towards Chen Xiaobei was a mystery to them.
Once outside the gourd, Chen Xiaobei treated the Tyrant Dragon King's wounds with some Taiyi Life Enhancement Pills.
With the Tyrant Dragon King around, these one million Demonic Beasts would be able to settle down and thrive on this planet freely.
That way, the merit points Chen Xiaonbei had earned for bringing the Overgrown Forest battle to an end could finally be consummated.
Once the Demonic Beasts had put down their roots, Chen Xiaobei would be able to bring the three Demonic Beast Kings with him to strengthen his force!
After everything was settled, Chen Xiaobei hopped onto the combat spacecraft and began his journey back to Silver Plume Planet.
With the spacecraft on autopilot, Chen Xiaobei freed his hands from the controls and took out his phone.
Chen Xiaobei was obviously eager to solve the Diao Chan issue, and could not bear to waste another minute.
He thought about contacting his Sifu but The Prime of Tongtian was probably still busy listening to the Ancestral Lord's lecture. It was better not to disturb him.
His good friends from his Brotherhood group could not be involved in Chen Xiaobei and Shen Gongpao's open rivalry and veiled strife.
In the end, Chen Xiaobei decided that the best person to consult was Acheron.
Acheron: Little brother Xiaobei, what do you need?
Chen Xiaobei: Brother, do you still remember the idea you suggested to me? The one about saving Diao Chan?
Acheron: Saving Diao Chan! Oh! Yes! Diao Chan is being held captive by Shen Gongpao. For her to be absolutely safe, you need to give her one million merit points, so that she could become an Earth God, and descend to the earth god's realm!
Chen Xiaobei: Yes, that's the one! That's why I've come to you today!
Acheron: Xiaobei, you must know that one million merit points is not a small number. It's difficult to obtain such an amount even for a deity! You can come to me about any other problems, but I simply can't give you this one million merit points!
Chen Xiaobei: Brother, you've misunderstood my meaning! I've already earned enough merit points!
Acheron: What?! How is that possible? 🤯
Chen Xiaobei: This this 100% true. By chance, I was able to resolve a war that involved two million lives, and earned one million merit points!
Acheron: Heavens! Who knew that that's even possible! Little Brother, you really are incredible!
Chen Xiaobei: Brother, don't need to praise me. Now that I have enough merit points, what should I do next? Should I just send the merit points to Diao Chan?
Acheron: Whoa! Whoa! Wait a minute! One million merit points is a lot! Are you really willing to just give it away?
Chen Xiaobei: Yes, I am!
Acheron: Brother, calm down! Diao Chan is a married woman! Even if you give her one million merit points, she will never devote her life to you!
Chen Xiaobei: Blaaaargh 🤮! Brother! What kind of person do you think I am? Do I seem like an asshole to you?
Acheron: Yesh, you do! Other than desiring Diao Chan for her beauty, I could not think of any other reasons that would make you want to hand over one million merit points for!
Chen Xiaobei: Blaaaargh 🤮! Man, it looks like I am more misunderstood than Dou'e! I swear on my life that I am saving Diao Chan for the sake of friendship! It has nothing to do with lust!
Acheron: Friendship? How could men and women share a purely platonic friendship?
Chen Xiaobei: I… Diao Chan and I are seriously, just pure, respectable friends! She drank my WaHaHa High-Cal Milk before and I received her Thousand Whispers Knot! That's all! It's just that simple! It's that pure and innocent!
Acheron: Explanations only mean that you're hiding something! The more you explain, the guiltier you are!
Chen Xiaobei: Fine! Fine! Fine! I won't explain anymore! Just tell me how to save her!
Acheron: You really are willing to let go of one million merit points?
Chen Xiaobei: Yes! For the sake of my friend! I'll do anything for my friends – even if I have to sacrifice my own life! It's just one million merit points! I can earn them back next time! If you were the one in trouble, I would have done the same! I would have given all one million merit points to save you!
Acheron: You would save me?
Chen Xiaobei: of course! I will always repay kind deeds with kind deeds! As long as you are a friend of mine, I will treat you with absolute sincerity and devotion! I will never abandon or betray you!
Acheron: The Prime of Tongtian has such great insight! Out of all the people, he was able to find a disciple like you! It's the Jieism's great fortune! It really is a great fortune!
Chen Xiaobei: Can we focus on the main topic? This matter cannot be delayed!
Acheron: Wrong! You cannot rush this matter!
Chen Xiaobei: Cannot rush? Why is that?
Acheron: Do you think that Shen Gongpao is going to let Diao Chan get to Earth God level? Don't forget that Shen Gongpao has the merit points ledger!
Chen Xiaobei: What you're saying you need the ledger for the exchange of Earth God levels?
Acheron: That's right! Mortals can either exchange merit points for Earth God levels, or work hard through cultivation to reach Earth God levels! Evil spirits, on the other hand, only have one option which is to collect merit points! To exchange for Earth God levels, they would need 9 million merit points! And the only way to do the exchange is through the rewards for upholding virtue and condemning evil in the merit points ledger! The ledger used to be managed by Jiang Ziya. But now, Shen Gongpao has taken over! Even if Diao Chan has enough merit points, there is no way Shen Gongpao would allow her to exchange them for Earth God level!
Chen Xiaobei: Then what should I do?
Acheron: All you can do now is wait! You have to wait until the merit points ledger is no longer in Shen Gongpao's hands. Only then can Diao Chan make the exchange!
Chen Xiaobei: When will the ledger not be in Sheng Gongpao's hands?
Acheron: That's hard to tell! Only when Shen Gongpao is either cultivating in seclusion, or handling some important matters that he cannot pry himself away from, would he then hand the merit points ledger to his subordinate who will help him manage it!
Chen Xiaobei: There's no way Shen Gongpao is going to cultivate in seclusion. As for keeping him busy, there might be a way!
Acheron: You have an idea?
Chen Xiaobei: I'm only 50% sure! It'll have to depend on whether or not Sheng Gongpao will get addicted to gaming!
Acheron: Addicted to gaming? What do you mean?
Chen Xiaobei: There's a type of game on earth that people of all ages, from primary school students all the way up to middle and old age people, are crazy about! And I am going to introduce this game to the Three Realms Red Envelope group!
Acheron: You want Shen Gongpao to play games so that he has no time to manage the merit points book? That's impossible!
Chen Xiaobei: Of course, it's possible! Stupid game ruined my life! This is not a joke! 😏
Acheron: Life gets destroyed? I don't think so…
Chen Xiaobei: I'm being serious here… Because of that game! A lot of people neglect their education and job! Some people even choose not to eat and drink just to play this game! A small portion of them says that even their girlfriend is not that fun!
Acheron: I find it really hard to believe that such awesome game exists! I feel like playing it now!
Chen Xiaobei: No problem! Just wait until I purchase the cellphone. By that time, I will send you one personally and teach you how to play!
Acheron: Great! Since I can only stay at the Blood Sea to wait for my wounds to recover, it will be good for me to have something to chase away the boredom!
Chen Xiaobei: I'm afraid I have to end the conversation here. I will have to follow up with purchasing the cellphone. I need to introduce this game to the Red Envelope Group as soon as possible! I want Shen Gongpao to get addicted to it!
...
Back at Silver Plume Planet.
Chen Xiaobei kept all the space jets back into his Infinite Space Ring while he was on the Somersault Cloud. After that he travelled back to his own place. In total, Chen Xiaobei had two Returning Bracelets. He gave one to Jing Fei to transfer goods and other necessities to his own private dimension. Considering that he could not announce the existence of Bei Xuan Faction, he could only get the stuff that he needed from earth. If Chen Xiaobei could replace Lu Family, Bei Xuan Faction would be made known all over Silver Plume Planet! By that time, he would not need to purchase the things that he needed from earth anymore and he could take back the Returning Bracelet from Jing Fei.
The first thing that he did when he arrived at his private dimension was to make a call to Jing Fei. With Jing Fei's working abilities, he managed to purchase Pear 7 Plus with the given time and he could send them to Chen Xiaobei by today. Knowing this matter had been dealt with, Chen Xiaobei went and strolled around at this own compound.
"Xiaobei! You are finally back! I was just looking for you!"
Xiangyu ran towards Chen Xiaobei with a happy smile on his face.
"Bro Yu? Something good happened? You look like you are in good mood today!"
"Of course! The Primordial Jade Divine Skill that you got from Shen Gongpao last time is really awesome! My cultivation has achieved pinnacle phase of Celestial cultivation. With another half of Skybreaking Cultivation Pill, I will be able to achieve Ethereal cultivation!"
"Oh my god! That is so fast! Bro Yu! You are a prodigy! With that Divine Skill and the Spiritual Qi here, your cultivation will soar!"
While talking, Chen Xiaobei broke the Skybreaking Cultivation Pill into half and handed it to Xiangyu.
"How many Skybreaking Cultivation Pills you have with you right now?" asked Xiangyu after he took it from Chen Xiaobei.
"Nine and a half left. Why?"
"Seems like it's not enough! Ever since you passed us the Divine Skill, all of our cultivation went soaring! Hong Hai'er and NeZha have just broken through to True Nirvana cultivation! Soon, they would reach Celestial cultivation! Four of your main disciples and the 75 men that you rescued from Peng Lai Faction are improving at an incredible speed as well! As for your parents and ladies… Though their improvement speed is not as fast as us, their cultivation will become more powerful in no time too! That means all of us here are in need of Skybreaking Cultivation Pills! By the way, your loyal hound, Yin Wuqiu is approaching the pinnacle phase of Ethereal cultivation really soon! By that time, you will have to give him an entire Skybreaking Cultivation Pill for him to become demigod!"
Upon thinking about that, Chen Xiaobei was filled with joy after knowing that he would have a demigod serving him really soon.
"Bro Yu. I have acuired a huge amount of Spiritual Herbs from the Overgrown Forest Planet's hidden treasure! With that, I can make more Skybreaking Cultivation Pills! Also, I don't spend at much time at the faction, I'm thinking to hand over all the Skybreaking Cultivation Pills to you. You are free to give it to whoever who needs it!"
"Alright! You can leave it to me!"
Xiangyu nodded his and took over the Skybreaking Cultivation Pills.
Without wasting any time, Chen Xiaobei took out the Green Cauldron and started to follow recipe and put all the necessary ingredients of Skybreaking Cultivation Pills inside the cauldron. He then went and look for Hong Hai'er to breathe up some Sanmei True Fire to cook it. Soon, a whole cauldron worth of Skybreaking Cultivation Pills would be available to everyone in his faction. After all, not everyone would need an entire Skybreaking Cultivation Pill like Yin Wuqiu. People like his parents would only need to lick the Skybreaking Cultivation Pill once to break through their cultivation.
That was why he did no need to worry about the shortage of Skybreaking Cultivation Pills. The reason why Chen Xiaobei wanted everyone to become more powerful was not to let them participate in any battles. Instead, he simply wanted them to live longer.
.....
After he was done with cooking the pills, Jing Fei had already sent him all the cellphones. All of them were inside the Storage Bracelet that Chen Xiaobei handed to Jing Fei a while ago.
"What I need to next is to send all these cellphones to the group! I want them to experience the charm of this game! Hehehe…"
With a smile on his face, Chen Xiaobei chucked all the cellphones into one big Red Envelope and sent it to the group.
Immediately, the group was filled with joy.
Monkey King: What's happening? Xiaobei! Why did you send a Red Envelope to the group?
God Erlang: God Chen is so generous! There are 10,000 Red Envelopes here! This is awesome!
Goddess Zixia: @God Chen! Please explain to us!
Chen Xiaobei: @Everyone. The items that I've sent you today are 10,000 cellphones! It's an entertainment tool on earth!
God Erlang: Entertainment tool? What do you mean by that? How are we supposed to use it?
Chen Xiaobei: Just follow my instructions! Click on the button on the top of the cellphone to turn it on!
Bull Demon King: I see light! This is magical!
Chen Xiaobei: After you've turn on the cellphone, I want all of you to connect to the Three Realms Wifi! Open the App Store and download King of Glory!
Goddess Zixia: King of Glory? What's that? What are we supposed to do with it after we've downloaded it?
Chen Xiaobei: It's a mobile game! And this is the competition that we are going to have soon! After you guys have downloaded it, feel free to play the game! Our competition will be held in seven days time! Any objections?
Shen Gongpao: I have an objection!
Shen Gongpao: This is a game from earth! You're only giving us seven days! No matter how hard we practice, we won't be able to beat you!
Chen Xiaobei: Don't worry! I've never played this game before! It's a trashy game! And it's a multiplayer online battle arena game! All five team members need to contribute to win! You can't just rely on one player to win the game!
Shen Gongpao: Really? Don't you try to trick me!
Chen Xiaobei: Aren't you very good at extrapolating? Why don't you extrapolate and see whether or not I'm lying! Of course, everyone would think that seven days is not enough! Then everyone can suggest how long they think they need. I'm fine with anything.
Shen Gongpao: I will do that for sure! You can't trick me!
Chen Xiaobei: Fine! By all means, do that! In order to ensure that everyone gets the hang of this game as quickly as possible, I've found you guys two teachers!
Shen Gongpao: What teachers?
Chen Xiaobei: Everyone, please welcome Teacher Ne'zha, and Teacher Hong Hai'er! They are both Gold rank elite gamers! They are very experienced at Kings of Glory!
Shen Gongpao: Gold rank? Elite gamers? Why are you being so nice, allowing them to teach your opponents?
Chen Xiaobei: Of course! I guarantee that they will take this seriously, and not keep any secrets from you. If any of you have questions, they will do their best to answer them!
God Erlang: God Chen! You're so generous! This way the competition will be fair! 👍👍👍
Goddess Zixia: God Chen, you are so nice! Now that we have teachers, we can all level up very quickly! 😄
Chen Xiaobei: Alright, so everyone, you may begin your team practice! A friendly reminder, find teammates that you can work well with or it'll be very difficult to win!
After that, the group chat entered into passionate discussions about the competition. With about 10,000 newbies, it was chaotic.
Chen Xiaobei could not bother to waste his time in the chat so he left.
"Whether or not I can save Diao Chan will depend on whether Shen Gongpao gets addicted to the game! Kings of Glory, I need you to work with me on this!"
Chen Xiaobei put away his phone. "What should I do while they are practicing? I need the Golden Purple Echeveria Lola to cure Wenren Muyue, and I also have to wait for Shen Gongpao to hand the merit points ledger to someone else in order to show my hand to Lu Bu. It looks like the only thing I can do now is to see Gu Chongwen! I better take care of the hundreds of Demonic Beast corpses in my Infinite Space Ring as soon as possible!"
After that, Chen Xiaobei left the secret space and headed for the Northern Chamber of Commerce in Silver Plume City.
"My oh my! I've been waiting and waiting and finally our big hero showed up! Your presence brings light to my humble little shop, and makes it shine with boundless radiance!" Gu Congwen welcomed Chen Xiaobei with open arms and a sunny smile.
"Old Gu, where did you learn to grovel like that?" Chen Xiaobei gave him a slight smile. "We are of our own! We don't need to have pretentious exchanges like that. We have more important proper matters to attend to!"
"Proper matters? Is there something you need, Mr. Chen? Just tell me! I will not refuse you even if I have to go through water or tread on fire!" Gu Congwen vowed.
"I have the corpses of a few hundred Demonic Beasts. Can you take them?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"Huh? A few hundred?" Gu Congwen's eyes widened in surprise. "Wow! My dear Mr. Chen! See, I told you! I knew you would be able to destroy anything in your path, and make the Demonic Beasts tremble with fear! It really came true!"
"Let's talk business!" Chen Xiaobei huffed. "I'm very busy!"
"Yes, yes, yes! I can't take so many corpses. But, our Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce is financially sound. So as long as Mr. Chen is willing to sell them, we can take as many as you have!"
"Alright! Then help me contact your Chamber of Commerce! I want to sell everything!" Chen Xiaobei said, and then pausing to think for moment. "Oh, right. Help me come up with an estimate first. Or it'll be difficult to bargain later!"
"Oh, I wouldn't dare estimate such a large account!" Gu Congwen refused.
"Why not? I trust you! Don't worry! Just give me an estimate!"
"Thank you for your trust in me, Mr. Chen, but I'm afraid to give you an estimate because the amount of Spiritual Stones involved would be too big. If I underestimate the amount, Mr. Chen will make a loss. If I overestimate, then the people in the Chamber will come looking for trouble with me."
"I understand. If that's the case, I won't trouble you! Just help me liaise with them, and then I'll go over and talk to them myself!"
"No problem! I will call them now!" Gu Congwen immediately took out an interstellar mobile phone and contacted the Chamber.
After a quick exchange of words, Gu Congwen hung up. "Mr. Chen, I've already informed them. You can go through the portal to do the transaction this afternoon!"
"Aren't you coming with me?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"I need to look after the shop, I can't just walk away." Gu Congwen said. His face, however, betrayed his words.
"Something's not right! You seemed to be weary of the Chamber! You are afraid to give me an estimate and you're afraid of going there! Just what is it?"
"Sigh, since Mr. Chen could tell, I'll just tell you." Gu Congwen said carefully. "Because, the young master at headquarter is a demon that we don't dare to get close to! I have no idea what happened to him recently! It looks like he's not in a good mood! I wouldn't dare to go and mess with him!"
"Then what about me? Aren't you afraid that I might anger him?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"You're different! You are our Northern Wilderness' hero! Also, you don't belong to the Chamber of Commerce. You can just leave once you finish your business. There won't be any problems!
Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "It looks like I'll just have to go on my own. Is that place easy to find? Will I get lost?"
"If you're afraid of losing your way, you can bring me along!" A young lady walked over.
She was a very attractive young lady, wearing a short, red and white tulle skirt. She was tall and was full-figured, with looks that would turn heads everywhere she went. The pair of fair, slender long legs underneath the skirt was especially inviting.
Following behind her were two strange light-haired and blue-eyed men.
One looked like an old man but his body was fit and strong!
The other one was a middle-aged man who looked weak, lethargic, and the clothes on his body were torn and tattered.
"Mr. Chen, do you know them?" Gu Congwen asked.
"As a matter of fact, I do!" Chen Xiaobei nodded. "Old Gu, you go ahead and do your thing. I need to talk to them in private!"
"Alright!" Gu Chongwen nodded and then left.
Chen Xiaobei looked at the girl and said, "Hey little girl, thank you for bringing them here for me!"
"Big Brother Chen! Can you please stop calling me that! I have a name! You can call me Shuang'er! That's what my sifu calls me!" The girl was none other than Linghu Shuang.
And the people she brought along with her were the demigod Osnur and the American president.
Because these two were foreigners, they would not be allowed to board the mothership and that was why Chen Xiaobei asked Linghu Shuang to bring them here.
Luckily, Silver Plume was swarming with foreigners of all forms, shapes and sizes. So long as they kept their mouths shut as they walked the streets of the city, no one would be the wiser.
"Alright! I'll call you Shuang'er!" Chen Xiaobei smiled.
Ever since the Overgrown Forest Battle, Chen Xiaobei had a good feeling about this girl who valued friendship.
"Big Bro Chen, I can bring you to the headquarters of the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce! I am very familiar with Divine Cloud!" Linghu Shuang said.
"Divine Cloud?" Chen Xiaobei cocked his head to the side. "Are you saying that the headquarters is on Divine Cloud Planet?"
"Yeah!" Linghu Shuang nodded. "Divine Cloud is the core of Northern Wilderness Starfield. Other than the Temple, all the most important organizations and most powerful forces are all centralized on Divine Cloud Planet!"
"Oh, no wonder! Since you're so familiar with that place, you can be our guide then!"
"Mm!" Linghu Shuang nodded and the pointed her chin at the two men behind her. "Are we bringing these two?"
"Not even one!"
After that, Chen Xiaobei dumped the American President into the secret space and instructed Xiao Bai and Sirius to watch over the idiot.
The demigod Osnur, on the other hand, was placed into the Verdant Emperor's Divine Gourd.
Osnur was a very big trump card to Chen Xiaobei. He could release him from the gourd whenever he needed him to defeat enemies that were more powerful than him!
Of course, Chen Xiaobei did not let Linghu Shuang witness any of these. After all, these were Chen Xiaobei's biggest secrets. He could not just allow anyone to find out about it.
Through the Silver Plume portal, Chen Xiaobei and Linghu Shuang arrived at Divine Cloud Planet!
The moment they arrived, Chen Xiaobei was completely flabbergasted.
As the core of Northern Wilderness Starfield, this place was a hundred times larger than that of Silver Plume City in terms of prosperity and scale.
The place looked very much like a city of the future portrayed in films, for every corner of the place was filled with advanced technology and modern elements.
Chen Xiaobei thought to himself that even if earth continued to develop for another millennia, no city would be even able to catch up to this city by half!
"Get in!" Linghu Shuang took out a white flying car from her storage bracelet.
This girl really was not exaggerating when she said that she was very familiar with the place. They arrived at the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce Headquarters in no time.
The building was grand and colossal like a castle. Based on the façade of the building alone, it was plain to see that the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce was very well-heeled.
"So? It's imposing, right?" Linghu Shuang said, "The Northern Chamber of Commerce is one of the Temple's most important institutions! There are more than 100 branches all over Northern Wilderness Starfield. Every year, they would always provide the temple with enormous funding!"
Chen Xiaobei nodded, and then let out a long sigh, "So, the president of the chamber must be very powerful then?"
"The president? Well, he's not an ordinary person," Linghu Shuang said, "His relationship with the Northern Wilderness Temple Overlord is very special. People call him Divine Lord Tie, and he has many friends in high places on Divine Cloud Planet! You could say that he had only one person who was over him and millions under him!"
"God of Wealth? Sounds like he's a big deal!" Chen Xiaobei chuckled. "Let's go in. Get this done as soon as possible. I have an appointment with a friend. He'll treat us to a hearty meal once we're done!"
"Friend?" Linghu Shuang whistled. "You have friends here in Divine Cloud? Then why did you even bring me along for?"
"Er, that's just a fair-weather friend. I trust you more when it comes to doing big things like these!"
"Now, that's more like it!" a smile spread across Linghu Shuang's lips.
In the headquarters of the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce.
The layout of the first floor was like a giant market, stocked to the brim with well organized neat rows. There were all kinds of things there. If you could think about it, you could surely buy it there!
"Welcome, distinguished guests. Is there anything I can help you with?" a young salesperson greeted politely.
This was Divine Cloud planet after all, where all kinds of people existed together, among of which one would never know, could be someone notable. A person who might look insignificant on the outside might have very well come from a powerful background.
As a young salesperson who lacked the sagacity to see beyond the façade, it was only wise to treat each person who walked in the door with the best attitude and avoid offending anyone.
"I'm Chen Zhufeng. Gu Congwen from Silver Plume recommended that I come here." Chen Xiaobei revealed his identity.
"Che… Mr. Chen! You are the Mr. Chen!" The salesperson exclaimed.
"Why? Is there something wrong?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"No… No… Nothing's wrong! You are our Northern Wilderess Starfield's great hero! But…" The salesperson suddenly stopped mid-sentence, and swallowed.
"But what?" Linghu Shuang asked, brows furrowed.
"No… Nothing…" The salesperson swallowed again.
"You look as guilty as a thief. How could you say it's nothing? Do you think we're stupid?" Linghu Shuang snapped.
"I…" The salesperson wrung his hands nervously.
"Shuang'er, don't make it difficult for him! He's just an employee. There are a lot of things that are not within his control!"
Chen Xiaobei quickly stepped in.
"Oh."
Linghu Shuang nodded obediently.
The salesperson looked relieved. "Mr. Chen, please wait a moment. I'll go get our manager!"
Chen Xiaobei nodded.
The both of them waited in silence.
"Distinguished guests! Ah, distinguished guests!"
After a while, a plump middle-aged man waltzed down the stairs.
"Let me introduce myself!" He said with a big smile on his face. "I am Bao Qingshan, the manager of the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce' headquarters. Today, I will be serving you, Mr. Chen!"
Chen Xiaobei noticed an odd expression on the salesperson's face.
He could sense something fishy going on.
However, Chen Xiaobei had always been amenable to persuasion, but not coercion.
If the other party's attitude was good, Chen Xiaobei would also respond in kind.
"How are you, manger Bao? I've come here to discuss about a transaction. You should know that already, right? I hope we can conclude this sale as quickly as possible! I need to meet a friend after this! He's not known for his patience, so if I'm late, he might come visit you himself!"
"Alright! No problem! Mr. Chen, please follow me!"
Bao Qingshan was being really straight forward here. With his hand swinging, he brought Chen Xiaobei and Linghu Shuang up the stairs. That was because Chen Xiaobei was about to sell the bodies of the Demonic Beasts to them. That was also why Bao Qingshan was willing to book a private room to discuss the price of the body of the Demonic Beast.
No doubt, the size of this shop was way bigger than Gu Congwen's. The size of the room that Chen Xiaobei was in right now measured about a couple of hundred meters wide! It was definitely more than enough for Chen Xiaobei to place a Demonic Beast here. Considering that Chen Xiaobei had around 500 Demonic Beasts in his ring, he would definitely not bring them all out at the same time.
"Let's do it one by one then!"
Chen Xiaobei took out a platinum-tiered Demonic Beast's body to start off the whole thing. Sometime ago, Chen Xiaobei sold a platinum-tiered Demonic Beast's body for 3,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones. The reason why he produced the platinum-tiered Demonic Beast was because he wanted to know the price that Bao Qingshan was going to offer.
"Alright. Allow me some time to look at it!"
Immediately, Bao Qingshan started to circle the Demonic Beast to check on it.
"The Beast Core of this Demonic Beast is still intact! However… There are some visible physical wounds. That include its skin, bones, and internal organs. I can only pay 2,500 medium-grade Spiritual Stones for this item."
"Alright. That sounds reasonable to me!"
One should know that the weapon that Chen Xiaobei used to kill all these Demonic Beasts was the Blood God's Deity Killing painting. Considering their brutal killing method, it was not unusual to see the victims being slashed open. Knowing that the condition was not perfect, Chen Xiaobei knew that its value would definitely drop.
"Should I continue since Mr. Chen is happy with my price that I offer?"
"Please."
Chen Xiaobei then nodded his head and started to bring out all the platinum-tiered Demonic Beast's bodies. 20 of them were valued at 2,000 to 3,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones. In total, Chen Xiaobei could earn 60,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones from selling all of them. That was equivalent to sixty million low-grade Spiritual Stones. Without a doubt, this was definitely a fruitful yield for Chen Xiaobei since he had only three million low-grade Spiritual Stones in his possession at the moment.
After that, Chen Xiaobei continued to bring out the bodies of Demonic Beasts that were below platinum-tier. Due to the lower quality of the bodies, their price ranged from ten to a couple of hundreds. There were 480 of them in total. All in all, they were worth only 50,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones.
After hearing the offer, Chen Xiaobei was actually satisfied with it. Considering that they were all low-tier Demonic Beasts and their bodies were somewhat damaged, Chen Xiaobei knew that Gu Congwen would offer him a similar price as well.
"Mr. Chen. Are there any other Demonic Beasts that you want to sell?"
After spending a great deal of time to calculate the worth of every single Demonic Beast, Bao Qingshan's forehead was perspiring.
"I'm not done yet! Something epic is coming! Brace yourself!"
Knowing that Bao Qingshan was a reasonable man, Chen Xiaobei felt that it was unnecessary for him to hide his most prized possession anymore. Immediately, Chen Xiaobei took out ten diamond-tiered Demonic Beast bodies.
"Oh my god… Mr. Chen, you are no ordinary man! I can't believe that you have managed to kill so many diamond-tiered Demonic Beasts!" exclaimed Bao Qingshan, as he gulped hard.
"Let's see what you can offer me!"
"Yes.. Yes… Yes… Please hold on for a while!"
Without wasting any time, Bao Qingshan started to check out the Demonic Beasts. When compared to those Demonic Beasts that Chen Xiaobei had brought out earlier, these diamond-tiered Demonic Beasts had actually suffered more damage. That was because they were peviously at the front line and they were really arrogant as well! Still, they were legendary diamond-tiered Demonic Beasts! A piece of diamond-tiered Demonic Beast's bone that was in good condition could be compared with the price of an entire platinum-tiered Demonic Beast! Most importantly, their Beast Cores were still in perfect condition!
After some time, Bao Qingshan finally managed to come up with a final price! The price range of diamond-tiered Demonic Beasts ranged from 10,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones to 30,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones. In total, ten diamond-tiered Demonic Beasts could yield Chen Xiaobei 250,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones! That was equivalent to 250 million low-grade Spiritual Stones.
Chen Xiaobei and Linghu Shuang were left in shock when they heard the numbers. This was an astronomical amount of wealth to most people. They could never earn such ridiculous amount of wealth even if they could live for 100 lifetimes. After getting the pay, Chen Xiaobei would become the top-tiered wealthy person in Northern Wilderness Starfield! One should know that not even a top-tier noble could come with such a huge amount of liquefied assets.
"Manager Bao. I accept your offer! Go and get the Spiritual Stones. Let's finish this deal!"
"Brother Chen! You are going to become the richest guy around here real soon!"
Linghu Shuang stared at Chen Xiaobei with her mouth turning into an O shape. Clearly, she adored Chen Xiaobei. Suddenly, an annoying voice could be heard coming from the surroundings.
"You can accept this offer but not me!"
Looking at the side, the doors were being pushed open by two muscular men.
Ding!
[Cultivation: Early phase of Ethereal cultivation. Lifespan: 622. Health: 200,000. Combat power: 200,000!]
Ding!
[Cultivation: Middle phase of Ethereal cultivation. Lifespan: 622. Health: 230,000. Combat power: 230,000!]
Chen Xiaobei was left in shock after he checked them out with his Netherspirit Battlescouter. To his surprise, both of them were Ethereal cultivated elites. The most shocking part was that these two elites were waiting patiently with their bodies bowing to the person that was talking just now. Knowing that these two elites were willing to serve the person, one could imagine how powerful the person was.
They could see that a man that was in his thirties was walking towards them in a prideful manner. His head was always lifted up and he was wearing a suit of really luxurious clothing. From head to toe, his entire garment was made of Spiritual Items. Apart from his high position, Chen Xiaobei could guess that he must be extremely rich as well.
"Greetings master!"
Feeling shocked, Bao Qingshan bowed to him in a polite manner. He even went as far as calling himself a servant. Seemingly, he had abandoned his ego when he met this man.
"Master?"
With his eyes squinted, Chen Xiaobei was guessing that this person was the young master of Chamber of Commerce, just like what Gu Congwen had told him earlier.
"Kid! I don't think you know me, right? I'm the successor of the Chamber of Commerce! They call me the God of Prosperity, Tie Hongji!" said the man while strolling confidently towards Chen Xiaobei.
The president of the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce was nicknamed Wealth God Tie.
This Tie Hongji, a self-proclaimed God of Wealth of Divine Cloud Planet, was the eldest son of the president of the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce, and also the demon that Old Gu had mentioned earlier!
With Tie Hongji coming to find fault with him at this precise moment, Chen Xiaobei could not help but think about that young salesperson whom he'd met earlier.
There must be something shady going on.
"We've already agreed on a price. Even if you are the young master of the Northern Wilderness' Chamber of Commerce, you cannot back out on a deal like that!"
Linghu Shuang had that fearlessness of a newborn calf, unafraid of the tiger before her. Although she was aware of whom she was speaking to, her tone was fierce and bold.
"Oh, where did this little lass come from! Oh, how beautiful! That face! Oh, and those long, lean legs! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Top quality!"
Tie Hongji gave Linghu Shuang a twice over, an unmistakable lust in his eyes.
"Pervert!" Linghu Shuang rolled her eyes at him. She was about to flip over when Chen Xiaobei pulled her back from behind.
Linghu Shuang was very sensible; she knew that this transaction involved a large sum of 200 million low-grade Spiritual Stones. If she raised havoc now, she would surely screw up the whole thing! This would directly be in the way of Chen Xiaoabei's interest so she zipped her mouth, and said no more.
"Young master Tie! I wonder what did you mean when you said that?" Chen Xiaobei kept his temper down.
Tie Hongjun, on the other hand, retorted rudely, "Which one? Top quality? Face? Long legs?"
Chen Xiaobei's brows furrowed. "You said that you don't accept the price that manager Bao and I have agreed on. What do you mean by that?"
"Hehe, that's simple – I think that the price he offered you is too high! It needs to be lowered!" Tie Hongjun spat.
"Manager Bao priced each one of the corpses I took out one by one! I have a pretty good understanding of the estimated market price as well! The price he offered is not considered high by any means!"
Tie Hongji chuckled, the expression on his face dripping with contempt. "Hehehe, you may know the market price but we, the Tie Family can decide the market price in all of Northern Wilderness Starfield! One word from my father and the price of Demonic Beast corpses will fall like a pack of cards!"
"How is that even possible? Do you think your dad as some sort of deity?" Linghu Shuang retorted.
"That's right! My father is the Wealth God Tie!" Tie Hongji said proudly. "Don't you forget that apart from us the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce, no one else in the entire starfield will buy Demonic Beasts corpses in bulk! If we don't take them, the bodies will rot!"
"You…" Linghu Shuang found herself without a reply.
In Northern Wilderness Starfield, there was only one giant magnate in the business industry, which was the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce. The sale and purchase of nearly every commodity would have needed to go through the chamber's website to be completed.
After all, one person would not have the ability to find the exact seller or buyer of a certain item in the vast starfield. At the end of the day, they still had to rely on the chamber to conduct their businesses!
If the chamber purchases an item in large volume, the price of that item would surely skyrocket later, but the price of things that the chamber refused to buy would crumble!
"I understand what you mean, young master Tie!" Chen Xiaobei nodded. "What do you think then, would be the acceptable amount of Spiritual Stones?"
"I think that 250 low-grade Spiritual Stones is an acceptable price!" Tie Hongji smirked.
"250?" Linghu Shuang gritted her teeth. "You are worth 250! Your whole family is worth 250!"
Tie Hongji's face darkened at this comment. "Hey, little girl! You better watch your tone with me! Or I won't even give you 250!"
"I…" Linghu Shuang opened her mouth to speak but was again pulled back by Chen Xiaobei.
"Young master Tie!" Chen Xiaobei said sternly, "You and I have no beef between us. Why are you deliberately trying to make things hard for me?"
"Deliberately try to make things hard? This is what it is eh!" Tie Hongju sneered. "This is business! I'm merely talking to business with you! If you don't want to sell, I won't force you!"
"Shameless!" Linghu Shuang's lips curled in anger.
Tie Hongji smiled icily, "Of course, I am soft-hearted person. If you go down on your knees and beg me, or maybe drop a few kowtows to the mix, I just might reward you with a few more Spiritual Stones!"
"Heh, young master Tie isn't trying to make things hard for me after all! You're just trying to humiliate me! If that's the case, then there's no need for us to talk anymore! I won't sell! Goodbye!" Chen Xiaobei turned his heels to leave.
"Stay where you are!" Tie Hongji shouted. "I will give you 10,000 Spiritual Stones for each kowtow!"
Just as Chen Xiaobei had said, Tie Hongji's whole purpose of getting involved in transaction was to humiliate Chen Xiaobei. At first, he lowered the price but Chen Xiaobei did not give in, so now he wanted to use Spiritual Stones to get Chen Xiaobei to bow before him!
One kowtow, 10,000 Spiritual Stones!
To the average person, this was a very tempting deal.
Earning Spiritual Stones this way was so much faster than robbing, and much easier than prostitution!
If Tie Hongji had announced these conditions on the street, there would be people lining up to kowtow to him, and they would kowtow shamelessly!
But Chen Xiaobei simply ignored the young master and headed for the door with Linghu Shuang on tow.
"You bastard! How dare you ignore me?!" Tie Hongji spoke even louder. "One kowtow, 30,000 Spiritual Stones! Are you going to kowtow or not?"
Chen Xiaobei still turned a deaf ear, and continued for the door.
"F*ck! One kowtow, 50,000! 80,000! 100,000!" Tie Hongji kept increasing the numbers. He wanted so desperately for Chen Xiaobei to bow before him like a sad begger.
No matter how high he raised the numbers, however, Chen Xiaobei remained unresponsive.
"Motherfucker! I'm so pissed right now!"
In the beginning, Tie Hongji had thought that he could use his status to pressure Chen Xiaobei, but Chen Xiaobei could not care less who he was.
After that, Tie Hongji changed his strategy and used his monetary power, but Chen Xiaobei paid no heed to him either.
As the richest young man in Divine Cloud, Tie Hongji was used to getting everything he wanted. When he was faced with Chen Xiaobei who refused to give him anything he wanted, Tie Hongji felt deeply embarrassed, and very unhappy.
"Stop them!" Tie Hongji barked.
"Yes, sir!"
The two Ethereal Cultivation elites standing at the door immediately blocked Chen Xiaobei and Linghu Shuang's path.
Chen Xiaobei snapped. "Hey, Tie guy, I've been very patient with you! Don't bully us!"
"Heh, I want to bully you! If you're not happy, then bite me! One kowtow, 100,000 Spiritual Stones! This is your last chance, if you refuse to accept it, you'll have to bear the consequences yourself!"
"Do you think that just because you have money, you can buy people's dignity?" Chen Xiaobei asked.
"Of course! If I can use money to make a woman lie with me, I can make a man bow down before me! Dignity is nothing but a joke to me!" Tie Hongjun smirked.
"Oh, so the Northern Wilderness Chamber of Commerce buys dignity!" Chen Xiaobei raised an eyebrow at the young master, and said, "I have 3 million low-grade Spiritual Stones. Kowtow 30 times to me first!"
"Motherf*cker! How dare you ask me to kowtow in front of you?! It seems like you are getting tired of living in this world!" roared Tie Hongji with his face twisted.
One should know that Tie Hongji had the Chamber of Commerce as his support and he was known as the Wealth God of Divine Cloud. Even the nine sons of the Northern Wilderness Starfield's overlord had to keep a good relationship with him. Chen Xiaobei was the first one that had the guts to talk to Tie Hongji in such a rude manner.
Upon hearing that, the two Ethereal cultivated elites' faces darkened. They would not hesitate to attack Chen Xiaobei if Tie Hongji gave the order. Initially, Linghu Shuang was really pleased when she saw Tie Hongji being humiliated by Chen Xiaobei. However, she began to feel nervous when she saw the two elites glaring at them.
"You are the one who said that dignity is up for sale! Since you offered me 100,000 Spiritual Stones for each kowtow, why can't I do the same to you?! That's not fair!" said Chen Xiaobei in a calmed manner.
"Motherf*cker! You have no idea when to shut your mouth, do you? This is my territory! A single order from me and you will lose your life right here right now! I can even feed your remains to the stray dogs! You are going to regret so much of how you treat me now!"
"You should at least let me know what the hell is going on if you want to kill me! This is the first time we've seen each other face to face! I have not done anything bad to you before! Why do you have to mess with me?!"
Immediately, Linghu Shuang straightened up her ears as well. She knew that Tie Hongji was known as the demon of Divine Cloud but it still did not explain why he would treat a person that he met for the first time in such poor manner.
"Fine! I'm going to let you know the reason behind it since you are going to die soon! During the elite hunting competition, my brother, Tie Muji was there! A million of people had returned unharmed! However, my brother died in a horrible way that I can't even begin to imagine! All they could find was an incomplete decapitated head! This is all your fault!"
"What?! The only person that I killed in Overgrown Forest Planet is Lu Changwei! Demonic Beasts are the one that killed your brother! Not me! Your brother's death has nothing to do with me! You are being unreasonable here!"
"You are right! My brother was killed by the Demonic Beasts! That is because you refused to save him! When my brother was standing on his ground to go against the Beasts, you were hiding underground, and you only came out from hiding after thousands had died! My brother wouldn't have died if you came out from your hiding place earlier! There's no one else to blame but you!"
"First, I led everyone to hide in the canyon! After that, I went out alone to face all those Demonic Beasts! Technically speaking, I have already saved everyone once! However, there were thousands of ungrateful bastards who teamed up with Lu Changwei to plot against me! They were going to kill me! The reason why I was forced to go underground was because of their attack! Your brother was one of those thousands of ungrateful bastards! Why should I save him?! I ain't no holy mother! He deserved to die!"
"Secondly, the one that chose not to save your brother is Lu Changwei! This son of a bitch was the one that controlled the formation! He was more than capable to hold off those Demonic Beasts, but he chose to use the strength from the formation to protect himself instead! He chose not do anything about it when thousands of them died in front of him! If you want to look for someone to pay for your brother's death, Lu Changwei is the one!"
Clearly, everything that Chen Xiaobei had just said actually made perfect sense! However, Tie Hongji was the kind of person that would not listen to any reason.
"You are right! Lu Changwei is the one for me to blame! But, he is dead! As I have no other options, I can only turn the blame on you! You are going to help me to vent my anger!"
"Vent your anger? Everything that you did just now was to vent your anger?! You messed with me, humiliated me, and even threatened to kill me!"
"That's right! Millions have come home to reunite with their family, but my brother is dead! You can understand why I want to vent my anger on you, right?"
The whole thing became clearer to Chen Xiaobei now. In the very beginning, the reason why the young storekeeper was looking nervous was because he knew that the second son of Tie Family lost his life at the elite hunting completion. He also knew that Tie Hongji was going to mess with Chen Xiaobei. Even Bao Qingshan did not dare to say anything about it. Instead, he came up with a price for everything that Chen Xiaobei was going to sell to the Chamber of Commerce.
The reason he did this was to give Chen Xiaobei a huge surprise. The moment Tie Hongji made his appearance, a 250 million Spiritual Stone offer became 250! That was equivalent to pushing Chen Xiaobei from heaven to hell! This was all part of Tie Hongji's plan. He wanted to use the difference in numbers to destroy Chen Xiaobei's state of mind and, he wanted Chen Xiaobei to kneel in front of him to beg for more Spiritual Stones. After Chen Xiaobei knelt in front of him, he would then murder him. Through this plan, he would be able to torture Chen Xiaobei physically and mentally.
The thing that angered Chen Xiaobei the most was that Tie Hongji refused to listen to his explanation. Everyone knew that it was not Chen Xiaobei's fault that the second son of Tie Family died in the Overgrown Forest. The reason why Tie Hongji messed with Chen Xiaobei was because he wanted to feel better by venting his anger on Chen Xiaobei. Clearly, he had no regard for Chen Xiaobei's life.
"Kid? Why are you not talking? Are you afraid of me? Kneel down in front of me right now! Kowtow until I'm pleased! Myabe! Just maybe! I will show you mercy and spare your life!"
"I have no interest in talking to an animal like you! You are wasting my time!"
"Who are you calling an animal?! Don't you believe that I can kill you right now?"
Immediately, two elites that stood at the entrance stepped forwards with their powerful aura. Feeling afraid, Linghu Shuang held on tight to Chen Xiaobei's arm.
"Big brother Chen, what should we do now? Are we going to fight with them? There's a demigod protecting the Chamber of Commerce! Things can get really ugly if we fight with them…"
"Don't worry! He wouldn't dare to lift a finger on me! Look at the time. It's getting late. I think my friend should arrive here soon!"
"There's nothing that your friend can do about our current circumstances! There are less than ten people that are powerful enough to go against Tie Hongji in Divine Cloud!"
"Less than ten? Does the Ninth Young Lord from the temple count as one of them?"