The eyes are still the same eyes.

But in the eyes of the Black and White Duo, those eyes seemed to come alive, ready to glare at the two of them to death at any moment!

At the same time, their magical artifacts also froze in front of this person, as if gripped by an invisible hand, unable to move an inch no matter how they tried to manipulate them...

"Thump!"

"Please spare me, senior! I'll never do it again..."

That gaze was so terrifying, it was as if one were facing the might of heaven.

Bai Sha knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly. As for Hei Sha, he had already collapsed and knelt down the moment he was glanced at, trembling all over and unable to utter a word.

This is definitely a powerful being. Having just survived the Golden Core Tribulation, he can freeze someone's weapon with just a glance. I've never even heard of such a thing, let alone encountered one. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't be able to do this.

Who are you, and where is this place?

"Reporting to Senior, we are the lords of this place. I am Bai Sha, and that is my younger brother Hei Sha. This is the northernmost deserted island in the Three Reefs Sea area under the jurisdiction of the Lieyang Merchant Guild in the Dongliu Islands of the Tiannan Cultivation World..."

Do you have a map?

Yes! Yes!

Bai Sha swiftly retrieved a map made of animal hide from his storage ring, carefully controlling it as it floated forward.

The map disappeared from his sight three meters away.

Seeing the other party carefully examining the map, Bai Sha couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If the other person can communicate and has needs, their lives might still be saved.

As for resistance... although their weapons had fallen to each other's sides, no one could control them.

But neither of them dared to move an inch, for fear of causing the slightest misunderstanding and dying.

Ye Feng took the map from his hand and examined it.

The map only shows the sea area within the territory of the Lieyang Chamber of Commerce; other areas are only shown in general directions.

The Three Reefs area is the northernmost edge of the map.

However, this at least proves that Ye Feng's previous deduction was correct, if this cultivation world really is a sphere.

We are currently in a location close to the equator...

"Excellent! I'll buy this map for 10,000 spirit stones!"

Ye Feng stored the map in his personal space, and with a wave of his hand, a high-grade spirit stone on the ground bounced into the other person's hand.

The two shrewd men smiled with relief, but before they could even clasp their hands in farewell, Ye Feng's voice rang out again.

"Now... let's discuss your actions against me again!"

"Please spare my life, senior!"

"How much do you think your life is worth?"

"ah?"

The two of them froze on the spot upon hearing Ye Feng's words.

Is this... robbery?

What kind of new method is this? Why not just do it yourself and then collect the corpses?

In the Dongliu Islands, the most capable person has always risen to power.

Their strength was only average at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, so they could only be minor lords in this most remote place.

The two of them came here today to investigate the destruction of a nearby village, but they never expected to encounter this.

What was initially thought to be good luck in finding a wild golden core turned out to be a man-eating dragon...

"One hundred million each, and we'll let you go!"

"Huh?" The two were stunned.

"Hmm?" Ye Feng frowned.

Yes...yes...

One hundred million spirit stones is no small sum for a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

A magic weapon is only worth tens of millions.

One hundred million each, that'd mean stripping both of them naked...

The Black and White Duo emptied their pockets, managing to scrape together only 120 million spirit stones and a pile of beads. They were on the verge of taking off their shoes...

Ye Feng waved his hand,

"Alright, don't take your shoes off. Tell me, what is this?"

Ye Feng picked up a blue, round bead from the pile of spirit stones and asked curiously,

"Senior, this is a spirit pearl, just like a spirit stone... but even better. It can be directly absorbed for cultivation and is a specialty of the sea!"

Hei Sha finally came to his senses and, realizing that he could buy his life with money, was most eager to pay up.

Seeing that Ye Feng didn't even recognize the Spirit Pearl, they were even more certain of his identity as an ancient cultivator.

Perhaps it was just born and is starting to cultivate its skills again!

"Lingzhuzi?"

Ye Feng looked puzzled. The spiritual energy inside the bead was indeed much gentler than that of the spirit stone, and the spiritual energy inside this blue bead could be directly absorbed.

Even lower-grade white substances can be absorbed in small amounts by Qi Refining cultivators.

What puzzled him was that such a hard currency had not replaced spirit stones, and he had never heard of it even in the sects.

"Senior, these spirit beads are the currency of the sea. They can be used like spirit stones as long as you're in the sea, but they can't be taken onto land."

Once on land, the spiritual energy within the bead will slowly dissipate, even if stored in a storage bag, until less than half remains. Therefore... if you're going to land, it's best to exchange it with a merchant guild beforehand!

"I see," Ye Feng said, waving his hand to collect all the spirit stones and spirit pearls on the ground.

"Consider this your money to buy your lives. Is the deal settled?"

"OK! OK!"

Black Demon answered impatiently.

Bai Sha hesitated for a moment, secretly on guard, and said cautiously,

"Transaction confirmed. Thank you for sparing my life, senior!"

Go!

Seeing Ye Feng raise his hand, the two carefully retrieved their weapons, slowly retreated, and finally flew away at top speed.

[Lingzhuzi!]

A spirit pearl appeared in Ye Feng's hand.

In the cultivation world, there are no issuing banks. The only currency that can serve this purpose has one characteristic: it is a hard currency.

Firstly, it can be consumed.

Secondly, it can be preserved.

Although the Spirit Pearl cannot enter the land, it can still form its own system in such a large area as the Dongliu Islands.

The most important thing is that the system can recognize it!

Reaching the Golden Core stage is a completely different story. A single deal can easily net you over a small fortune, which is far better than robbing a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

In reality, Foundation Establishment cultivators don't just have tens or hundreds of thousands in savings. The key is that the robberies take place in secret realms, where most people would probably store their money in a safe place.

Moreover, these two were minor lords, so they carried quite a lot of belongings with them.

Although letting the two go might expose the teleportation array here, he didn't intend to wait another millennium to enter the secret realm and take this trip again.

As for the teleportation array's ability to transport one to the Central Continent... Ye Feng wouldn't consider that before reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

After reaching the Divine Realm, he no longer believed anyone would dare to steal his things.

The spirit stones and spirit pearls total 140 million.

"Transaction Point: 196 Million"

Now the system can be upgraded!

Ye Feng watched the two fly away and was preparing to upgrade.

Sudden!

A pillar, at least two hundred meters thick, shot out rapidly from the distant waters and swallowed the Black and White Duo whole...

"Holy crap! What a huge head of grass!!"