A servant presented a portrait to Minister Zhu.
The person in the portrait is Bian Lang.
The painter's skill level is superb; he can draw a portrait that is nine-tenths like the person just by hearing their description, which is enough to find them.
"Help me issue a bounty: a thousand high-grade spirit stones for capturing this man alive, and five hundred high-grade spirit stones for bringing him his body." Minister Zhu clenched his fists. Even if it meant going bankrupt, he had to get rid of Bian Lang and avenge his beloved son.
My beloved son, Zhu Jianqiang, died a terrible death.
Within just a few days, the bounty notice bearing Bian Lang's portrait spread throughout the country.
The bounty was also sent to Mazong Mountain.
Upon seeing the reward amount, Liu Yi sneered, "That pig is really greedy."
What does a thousand high-grade spirit stones mean?
To put it simply, within the area controlled by the Mountain Gang, there are still many small sects and factions. A thousand high-grade spirit stones would be enough to drive these small sects into a frenzy.
To obtain these spirit stones, they would resort to any means necessary, like mad dogs.
Although Bian Lang is very strong, he can still be caught off guard by various open and covert attacks.
Liu Yi consulted with the gang leader and learned that since the entire hydra was a treasure, it could be divided and redistributed.
The corpse of the hydra is in Mazong Mountain, so there will be more of it in Mazong Mountain, including a hydra head and some hydra skin.
The snake head can be distributed among the disciples in the mountains, and the snakeskin willow garment is intended to be made into clothes so that if there is an opportunity to see Bian Lang again in the future, it can be given to Bian Lang for self-defense.
The skin of the hydra is extremely tough, impervious to water and fire, and invulnerable to weapons. It can also provide shelter from the summer heat and protection from the winter cold, making it very valuable.
Clothes made of snakeskin are also exquisite, and even wealthy people can't buy them.
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While Bian Lang was eating wontons by the roadside, several people posted a bounty notice on the wall across the street.
Bian Lang was shocked to see that it was a bounty poster targeting him.
This place is more than 3,000 miles away from Kaoshan City, and it has only been a few days, yet the bounty has already been posted here.
Bian Lang was considering whether to march back to Kaoshan City and kill Minister Zhu as well.
Given the nature of these major sects, even if the fault lay with Minister Zhu and his son, they would spare no effort to kill Bian Lang in order to maintain their so-called sect reputation.
Right now, Minister Zhu only wants to avenge his son. If we kill Minister Zhu as well, we will offend the powerful faction.
After getting used to a peaceful life, it seems nice to have some excitement now and then.
After paying the bill, Bian Lang went over to remove the bounty poster and looked at it as he walked.
If captured alive, there are actually a thousand high-grade spirit stones.
To be honest, I was really tempted by Bian Lang's performance.
After a moment's thought, he decided to go to Mazong Mountain and ask Liu Yi for a small favor.
Upon learning that Bian Lang was requesting an audience at the foot of the mountain, Liu Yi was quite shocked and hurriedly flew out of the house to the foot of the mountain.
The disciples of Mazong Mountain stood in front of Bian Lang, their long swords, gleaming with a cold light, all pointed at him.
"Master Liu, may I have a word with you in private?" Bian Lang asked with a smile.
Liu Yi told all her disciples to stay where they were and followed Bian Lang to a nearby desolate mountain.
Minister Zhu's spies are nearby; we must stay far away for the conversation to be safe.
"Bian Lang, are you crazy?" Now that Minister Zhu is searching the whole world for Bian Lang, Bian Lang actually dares to swagger into Mazong Mountain. This is something Liu Yi cannot understand.
Bian Lang said, "If I kill Zhu Jianqiang, Zhu Jianqiang's father, Zhu Shangshu, will definitely not let me off the hook. To avoid trouble, I've decided to kill Zhu Shangshu as well."
“Killing him will offend the entire Kao Shan Gang.” Liu Yi felt that Bian Lang’s idea was dangerous.
Bian Lang corrected, "Right now it's just a grudge between me and a pig climbing a tree. If the Kao Shan Gang gets involved later, then the Kao Shan Gang has offended me."
This remark, said in reverse, left Liu Yi speechless.
That's incredibly arrogant.
Bian Lang laughed and said, "If you capture me and send me to a pig to climb a tree, we'll split the spirit stones we get."
"Why are you looking for me?" Liu Yi hesitated for a long time before asking weakly.
Bian Lang said, "I drove the Nine-Headed Serpent's corpse to Mazong Mountain. The people from Kaoshan Gang all thought that you and I had a relationship. Then you could set a trap to capture me alive. No one else has that ability."
Still arrogant.
"If you want spirit stones, I have some here. Take them and leave the Kaoshan Gang's territory as soon as possible." Liu Yi always felt that Bian Lang didn't understand the Kaoshan Gang. If he really made an enemy of the entire Kaoshan Gang, even if Bian Lang escaped the Kaoshan Gang's territory, the danger would still be there.
Bian Lang said speechlessly, "If someone wants to kill me, I will definitely kill him first. As for the spirit stones, they are just a prize."
"So what are you going to do?" Liu Yi wanted to hear Bian Lang's plan first.
Bian Lang said, "I heard you have cages for catching spirit beasts..."
No matter how powerful a spirit beast is, once it is trapped in a cage, it cannot escape.
Although Liu Yi's cultivation level was high, she still couldn't break through the beast-catching cage.
There are many of these animal traps in Mazong Mountain.
Liu Yi led Bian Lang to the mountaintop, letting Bian Lang test the waters beforehand to see if he could break the animal trap.
Bian Lang touched the iron bars of the animal trap and laughed, "Even a pig climbing a tree would believe I can't break this trap, right?"
"I think there are very few people in the entire Backing Mountain Gang who can break through this cage." Liu Yi still wanted to advise Bian Lang to be cautious.
They put Bian Lang in a cage and then presented him to Zhu Shangshu. Bian Lang couldn't break the cage, which was quite funny.
Bian Lang was most annoyed by nagging and sighed, "If you don't agree, then we can just give up on earning those thousand high-grade spirit stones."
"Then I'll leave you the key." Liu Yi knew that Minister Zhu wouldn't kill Bian Lang easily, but would slowly torture him to death.
With a key, Bian Lang can escape at any time.
Bian Lang shook his head and said, "That won't do. There can't be any flaws, and you have to do as I say."
Liu Yi nodded and immediately went to make the arrangements.
When the disciples of Mazong Mountain learned that Liu Yi was going to set a trap to capture Bian Lang, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
If Liu Yi and Bian Lang get into an unclear relationship, Ma Zong Mountain will be doomed.
After setting up the animal traps, the disciples lay in ambush on both sides, waiting for Liu Yi to lure Bian Lang over.
As soon as Bian Lang entered the cage, the disciples immediately pulled the mechanism, and the iron cage, which was disguised as a house, quickly revealed its true form, and the cage door slammed shut.
Liu Yi reacted even faster, locking the cage door with a click.
"Lord Liu, what are you doing?" Bian Lang remained calm and looked coldly at Liu Yi.
Liu Yi remained calm and said softly, "You killed the son of Chief Steward Zhu of Kaoshan City, so naturally I will hand you over to Chief Steward Zhu."
“I considered you a friend, and you actually…” Bian Lang was furious.
Liu Yi said, "What kind of friends are we?"
Turning around, Liu Yi said to his disciple, "Immediately send a message to Steward Zhu, saying that we have captured Bian Lang alive."
The disciples of Ma Zongshan were very excited. After all, Minister Zhu was the chief steward of Kaoshan City, and the reward notices were posted everywhere. He certainly couldn't renege on his promise.
A thousand top-grade spirit stones are enough to change Mazong Mountain.
Mazongshan is about to rise.
Liu Yi tried several times to give the key to Bian Lang, but Bian Lang refused each time.
Bian Lang had some knowledge of animal traps, especially the locks used on them, which had only one key per lock.
Minister Zhu will definitely ask Liu Yi for the key, and if Liu Yi can't produce it, the deception will be exposed.
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