by Fang Xiang
Bao Yi grimaced, “When a person is unlucky, they will even choke on water. The Chief, Elder of Clear Sky Sect Outer Hall, He Xiang, and I had a little conflict in the past.”
Xie Shan finally understood. He acted to frown. “So it’s like that. Then this won’t be easy to do.”
“Yes, exactly.” Bao Yi’s face was mournful as he sighed. “I had come to Nan Sheng to see if there were any good opportunities. It’s a coincidence that Boss Xie is also here. After two more days, I’m leaving.”
He managed to rouse his spirits. “Does Boss Xie want to buy something? I have a bit left, not too much, but the quality isn’t bad. If Boss Xie is interested, I can give a price and you can take the lot.”
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Xie Shan’s mouth continued to talk as his mind whirled furiously. If Boss wanted to build a city, then he wanted to do something big. He was not ignorant. He knew that it was not so easy to build a city. This Bao Yi might be a bit black-hearted but he was an expert at business who also had hate towards Clear Sky Sect.
It was the first time Xie Shan had been given an important task. Naturally, he wanted to perform well. If he could accomplish a great service, Boss probably would not refuse him if he went and asked for a thread of Golden Crow Fire.
The mission this time was to find xiuzhe that knew how to build a city, but if he could find some more talents, wouldn’t his service be greater?
He had been a leader for a period of time, and naturally understood more as to how to think of problems from the perspective of a leader.
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Seeing Xie Shan did not seem to be interested in his wares, Bao Yi’s heart became even more bitter. This recent while, the matter of He Xiang and he having previously had a conflict had somehow passed around. His business had instantly dropped and no one came to his doors. How could he not know what had gone on in the shadows?
“If this place does not want to keep ye, there naturally are places that can keep ye! Old Bao, there’s nothing to be said about your abilities. We’ve made more than one transaction before, and we know each other very well. What about it, do you have any interest in helping this brother?” Xie Shan smiled cheerfully as he looked at Bao Yi.
Bao Yi gazed with slight shock at Xie Shan. Xie Shan had spoken so plainly that he knew what it meant. But it was that bluntness that shocked him. Xie Shan might have one hundred people, but in Little Mountain Jie, that was only a little faction. Right now, his tone was so grand, had Xie Shan struck it rich?
He was very familiar with Xie Shan and knew that Xie Shan was not an arrogant and irrational person.
As he thought inside, Bao Yi asked in return, “Does Boss Xie not care about worsening your relationship with Clear Sky Sect?”
Xie Shan chuckled. “Old Bao, don’t probe. I dare to say this because I have some certainly.”
Bao Yi’s expression became slightly wary. “If this little brother goes, what will I do?”
“Of course it is to do your old occupation, business.” Xie Shan thought for a beat before saying, “However, I don’t dare to promise you. It depends on what Boss is going to say.”
Boss! Bao Yi was shocked. There was someone else behind Xie Shan! It definitely would not be a weak power if it had managed to take in Xie Shan. He examined Xie Shan, and saw the confidence that naturally spilled out when Xie Shan mentioned his boss. Also, this power did not seem to be very afraid of Clear Sky Sect. This puzzled him. He could not think of any power in Little Mountain Jie that was not afraid of Clear Sky Sect.
Xie Shan was a clever person. Seeing Bao Yi, he knew what the other was thinking, and roared with laughter, using his words to enlighten Bao Yi. “Why is Boss Bao wavering? I cannot think of any situation that is worse than the present one!”
Bao Yi thought, that was right, what could be worse than his present situation? Since the other already knew he was on bad terms with Clear Sky Sect yet still dared to hire him, then he had to have some form of support. He had some savings but everyone knew how that he and Clear Sky Sect were on bad terms. They probably had already started scheming against him.
Clear Sky Sect might restrict fighting in Nan Sheng Village, but if he was robbed, it was very likely that Clear Sky Sect had been acting against him up in the shadows.
After thinking it through, he did not hesitate any longer. “Since Boss Xie holds Bao Yi in such esteem, I’m not one to not recognize what is good for me. From now on, please take good care of me!”
“Ha ha! That’s fine, fine!” Xie Shan’s mood instantly rose.
Bao Yi smiled. “We didn’t come here this time for the ling grains, right?”
The word “we” instantly tightened the distance between the two people. Xie Shan was very satisfied that Bao Yi had entered his role so quickly. He raised a thumb up at Bao Yi. “Old Bao is so smart. Boss heard that many xiuzhe were gathering in Nan Sheng Village, and told me to come to see if we can hire some talents.”
He decided to reveal some information to Bao Yi. He had come to see Bao Yi originally to find some information, but out of consideration for safety, he had not directly said that he was looking into the xiuzhe of the village.
Bao Yi said in a deep voice, “What kind of talent does our boss want to hire? This little brother has stayed for a while at Nan Sheng Village and might know something.”
Xie Shan’s eye lit up. “Anyone that has one skill.”
Bao Yi had a general understanding. This boss that he had never met before had an extremely strong base, and his ambitions were not small. These days, in Little Mountain Jie, the days of any kind of xiuzhe other than combat xiu were extremely difficult.
Since he had decided to enter the other’s group, Bao Yi decided he needed to perform well.
In any organization, in order to be recognized, the simplest method was to let the boss see your abilities, and understand your value!
“Do we have enough manpower?” he asked.
“Enough.” Xie Shan was full of confidence.
“If it is like that … …” Bao Yi’s heart rose, and he said hatefully, “then we shall do something big!”
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Translator Ramblings: The mystery female is not Xiao Guo or any other female previously seen in the story. Xiao Guo is not so talented that she could become more powerful than Zuo Mo is at present. She’s not a genius like Wei Sheng and she cannot advance so rapidly that she could break through the yao blockade herself.
Not much Zuo Mo, but he is the focus of everything. Xie Shan really wants to get a good position in Lil’Miss Zuo Mo’s army. Also, fifteen people that comprehended essence. In the Wu Kong Sword Sect disciples, there were only the three weirdo monsters. So Zuo Mo is now commanding Wu Kong Sword Sect * 5 but he has no jindan so Wu Kong Sword Sect will win in a face off.
Chapter 243: Jade Scroll
In the secret realm, his subordinate xiuzhe were giving their reports.
“The yao army has established their base in the Wu Kong Mountains. It is very heavily guarded. Our people do not dare to go close.”
Bo Feng nodded. “Do not alert them but keep an eye on them. If they make any unusual movements, report immediately.”
“Yes!”
Bo Feng asked some more questions about the details before letting the xiuzhe leave.
When the xiuzhe left the tent, two figures suddenly appeared inside the tent. Bo Feng did not seem to be surprised.
“What are you really looking for?” Gui Feng asked in a rough voice. At his side, Chang Heng’s expression was indifferent as though he did not care about this question.
“Ha ha, you’ll know when it is time.” Bo Feng smiled.
Chang Heng was not interested in this matter. He stared at Bo Feng. “Give the other half of the scripture to me.”
Bo Feng said easily, “No problem.”
Gui Feng’s expression changed. He seemed to be thinking.
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Zuo Mo carefully looked at the black butterfly in front of him. Ch
un Yu Cheng was at his side, his eyes blazing as he observed the black butterfly. Zuo Mo’s mind had received a notice that the Rainbow Mark butterfly had broken through its cocoon. Zuo Mo had hurriedly pulled Chun Yu Cheng with him. When Chun Yu Cheng heard that the Rainbow Mark butterfly had finished its metamorphosis, it instantly stirred his interest and he took a rare absence from his beast pool.
The Rainbow Mark butterfly had completely changed. The rainbow colors that had covered its entire body had disappeared. Now, its body was completely black, contrasting against a pair of lively eyes.
“Can the spells still be used?” Chun Yu Cheng asked.
“Still useable, and there now seems to be one more spell.” Zuo Mo closed his eyes and carefully communicated with the black butterfly.
When he started his communication, he instantly felt a difference compared to the past. Before, he could only feel some pieces of what the Rainbow Mark butterfly could feel. Presently, he could clearly feel the emotions of the butterfly.
The black butterfly had become more intelligent than before.
“So it leveled up!” Chun Yu Cheng said with excitement. “Previously, it was just a third-grade ling beast. Now, it should be a fourth-grade ling beast! No wonder it has another spell! Have you discovered what kind of spell it is?”
“A very weird spell.” Zuo Mo’s expression was slightly weird.
“What spell?” Chun Yu Cheng asked impatiently.
“Poison Ling!”
“Poison Ling? What kind of spell is that?” Chun Yu Cheng was puzzled. He had never heard of this kind of spell.
“It is unclear.” Zuo Mo shook his head. He was also ignorant.
The two people looked at each other, with their faces confused. However, they did find out that the Rainbow Mark butterfly had leveled up to fourth-grade. Due to the black color of its body, Zuo Mo decided to change its name to Black Butterfly. He would have to slowly investigate what this poison ling was.
It would be great if it could level up to become a fifth-grade ling beast. Zuo Mo drooled as he dreamed. He decided that he would definitely feed anything poisonous to the Black Butterfly if he found them in the future. He had personally experienced how powerful a fifth-grade ling beast was. If the Black Butterfly could level up to fifth-grade, it could definitely beat down the bloody horn serpent.
Of course, he quickly wiped clean his drool. It had been so difficult to level up to fourth-grade from third-grade.. He could only dream about leveling up to fifth-grade.
He picked up the gourd as well. The poison inside the gourd had all dissipated. It was a pretty good container type talisman, especially for containing substances that were intangible. He was not polite in picking it up. Chun Yu Cheng saw that he could not discover anything else so he rushed back to the beast pool.
Right after Chun Yu Cheng left, Gongsun Cha approached him immediately after. Zuo Mo saw that the other’s expression was slightly strange and asked, “What? Did something happen?”
“Take a look.” Gongsun Cha handed over a jade scroll.
Zuo Mo took the jade scroll and skimmed it. He jumped in fright. “Holy moly, they’re crazy!”
“I was frightened too!” Gongsun Cha grimaced. “However, these people are pretty good!” The last sentence revealed his true thoughts.
“It really is very good … …” Zuo Mo couldn’t stop himself from reading further. The more the read, the wider his mouth grew.
“Shixiong, do you think we will take … …”
“Yes!” Zuo Mo shook like a basin of cold water had been poured over his head on a hot summer day. His energy then swell up. Holding his neck in an arch, he shouted, “Of course, we’ll take them! All of them! Every single one! Do not leave one behind!”
Ji Wei, Sun Bao and the other people that had been forging were frightened by the insanity that Zuo Mo displayed! Only the female xiu that was standing nearby was unaffected as though she had not heard it.
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In the camp, everyone was busy cultivating. The new members needed large amounts of training before they could join the combat system. Before this, they had all been normal xiuzhe, and were too unfamiliar with things like battle formations.
“It is so boring!” A xiuzhe sighed. When he glanced at the group of people who were training laboriously, he felt a burst of dullness.
After the number of people grew, it was not suitable anymore to divide into small teams. Gongsun Cha reorganized the teams into six companies. Each company had one hundred and twenty two people, who were then divided into six platoons. They were led by a company leader and a vice company leader. Each platoon had six squads that were commanded by the platoon leader who was assisted by the vice platoon leader. Each squad had three people, one of which was the squad leader.
Due to the large number of new members, to help the new members quickly enter their roles, these old-timers that were now the company leaders had all taken up positions as instructors. However, to them, teaching the new people was an extremely boring task.
When they saw the raw cooperation between the new members and their awkward movements, they were usually speechless. Even though they clearly knew that they had been no better when they first started, but they thirsted for battle. Gongsun Cha was like a successful wolf tamer, the sheep under his command had been slowly transformed into wolves.
They had started to thirst for battle.
Many people had admired Xie Shan and the others who had gone to carry out a mission. While they held admiration, they could only stay and stare. Those people were stronger than they were. They also understood that the stronger they were, the more likely it was that they would carry out more difficult missions, and had a chance to earn more merit.
Even Gongsun Cha had never expected his unintentional actions had caused the sword formation to become the most attractive prize! Comprehending sword essence was the best path to increasing power.
A person said without strength, “The earlier that we finish training these greenhorns, the earlier we get to rest.”
“Laozi will never do this ever again!” One of the people said furious, “This group of trash. They can’t even perform the simplest Three Talent Formation after all this time, They are so stupid!”
“Please!” Someone else beside him sneered, “Hei Zi, you talk as though you were so skilled at the beginning! We weren’t much better than them at the beginning.”
“Oh, when can we go out on a mission! Laozi is so idle that my tastes have turned vegetarian.” Hei Zi wailed, his expression dejected.
“Yes, these days are too boring!” People beside him also sighed.
Woosh woosh!
A humming sound suddenly sounded above the formation without any warning.
The two people stilled, looked at each other, and shook simultaneously before they jumped up from the ground like lightning.
Hei Zi looked at the two new members that were still motionless and swore, “What are you doing sitting there? Move faster, this is the emergency signal!” Finishing, he leaped into the air, the two new members hurriedly following behind him.
Moving figures could be seen in the sky above the camp. The shouts of the company and platoon leaders ran out frequently.
“Faster faster! What are you procrastinating for?”
“Keep up!”
“Find your position! Don’t move around!”
… …
A tense atmosphere covered the entire camp. All the xiuzhe quickly gathered together. Within thirty breaths, all the xiuzhe in the camp had flew into the air, and the ranks had finished assembling.
The old-timers who saw Lil’ Miss staring at them became excited. There was going to be something to do, a big thing!
Gongsun Cha did not waste words. Seeing the troop had finished assembling, he waved his hand lightly.
“Everyone, move out!”
More than seven hundred xiuzhe silently flowed like a soundless flood across the sky.
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; Nan Sheng Village, Great Wind Merchant House.
“Little Wei, calculate the accounts for today” The storekeeper slowly savored the ling tea and lightly ordered.
“Yes,” Wei Cheng Bin instinctively answered.
The storekeeper detected Wei Cheng Bin’s inattentiveness, his face instantly darkening. “What? You worried about something? Do you feel dissatisfied with the work?”
It was like Wei Cheng Bin had been woken up from a dream. When he saw the storekeeper’s dark face, he knew that it was not good. He gave a smile, “No, no! This one has just met a bit of a problem in my cultivation.”
“Humph!” The storekeeper snorted coldly. “Cultivation? I hadn’t seen before that Little Wei has great ambitions! You want to reach jindan? To live, you have to be reliable. Do you know how many people are trying to get your ration of fifty catties of ling grains per month?! Cultivation? Don’t waste this old man’s ling grains!”
Wei Cheng Bin’s face flushed entirely red.
The storekeeper glanced at him and drawled, “One has to know their own limits. Little Mountain Jie has not had cultivation in a long time ago.”
“Two-tenths off this month’s wage of ling grains.” When he finished, he strode away.
Wei Cheng Bin’s head was bent, and he did not make a sound. Unknowingly, his fists were so tight that they had turned white. After the storekeeper had gone far away, he relaxed his fists. In his hand was a jade scroll.
This was a jade scroll he had received two days ago. It was an announcement for hiring.
The other had learned from somewhere that he had a skill at illusory formations and came to head-hunt him. They promised two hundred catties of ling grains per month. Wei Cheng Bin had come from a sect, and his best skill was some little illusory formations. He could make extremely exquisite mirage formations. However, this great skill had not provided him with any benefit in a situation such as the present one.
He had asked around everywhere, almost spending all his savings to beg to get a job like this. Accounting, hard labor, cleaning, he did everything!