Chapter 304: Sihai Trading Company Taking Advantage of the Situation
Junior Brother Ye! The other two disciples of Taiyuan Peak were glaring at Chu Ning, almost ready to attack.
"My two fellow Daoists, I am extremely sensitive to other people's auras, and I sensed another aura from Daoist Ye."
Being locked in by the auras of these two people, Chu Ning quickly explained, and at the same time his figure disappeared from the spot and headed towards Ye Pengxiang.
The two disciples from Taiyuan Peak were stunned when they heard Chu Ning's words. Is there any other aura on Junior Brother Ye?
How come they didn't notice it? But on second thought, Chu Ning didn't need to lie.
For a moment, the two men were hesitant as to whether to take action.
Chu Ning didn't care about all this. The reason why he was able to detect Ye Pengxiang's abnormality was not because he really felt it from his breath, but because he had just opened the Secret Mirror.
When Ye Pengxiang returned to the teleportation array again, he felt something was wrong, so he secretly used the secret mirror.
Although they were both in the late Nascent Soul stage, Chu Ning was in the Purple Mansion Nascent Soul stage, and Ye Pengxiang didn't notice it at all.
Chu Ning was completely stunned by the use of the secret mirror.
According to the secret mirror, there are other beings inside Ye Pengxiang's body.
Demon.
There is a strange demon inside Ye Pengxiang's body.
When this information came out, Chu Ning was shocked.
Back then in the Qianxin Secret Realm, the senior said that the demons had been completely wiped out.
How could there be a demon on Ye Pengxiang's body? Could there be a fish that slipped through the net back then? Many speculations flashed through Chu Ning's mind like lightning, but no matter which speculation it was, it showed one thing, that there was something fishy about the place where this teleportation array was teleporting.
The strange demon in Ye Pengxiang's body has not always been there, but has only appeared now.
The destination of the teleportation array is dangerous.
Chu Ning appeared beside Ye Pengxiang. At this moment, Ye Pengxiang vomited blood under Chu Ning's sudden attack, and his spiritual power began to fail. Facing the mountain suppression exerted by Chu Ning, he had no power to resist at all.
Bang! Ye Pengxiang was smashed to the ground by the mountain and fainted.
"You two, it would be best to inform your senior teachers right now. There may be danger inside this teleportation array."
After subduing Ye Pengxiang, Chu Ning looked at the other two people. He would not directly tell them that there was a demon in Ye Pengxiang's body.
The news about the alien demons has been blocked just like the Shan Sect, and I shouldn’t know about them at my level.
The two disciples of Taiyuan Peak looked at each other in bewilderment. If this person was not Chu Ning, they would have taken action by now.
"Does Fellow Daoist Chu have any evidence?"
"No."
Chu Ning gave the answer straightforwardly. It was impossible for him to reveal the secret of the secret mirror.
The two Taiyuan Peak disciples' mouths twitched. They attacked Senior Brother Ye without any evidence. Aren't they really afraid that they were making a mistake?
"You two, if anything goes wrong, I will take responsibility for it."
With Chu Ning's statement, the two looked at each other, and one of them said, "Okay, Junior Brother Zhang, please notify the elders of the sect. I'll stay here with you."
The so-called accompanying means monitoring.
Chu Ning didn't say it, but the next moment, Chu Ning's expression changed, and the next moment his figure immediately disappeared from the spot.
Whoosh! A black shadow appeared at the place where he was standing before.
"I didn't expect that this little guy in the Nascent Soul stage could actually see through my true form."
The black shadow had no substance and lingered like smoke, but the words it spoke made the other two disciples of Taiyuan Peak change their expressions instantly.
Chu Ning was right, there really was something else inside Senior Brother Ye’s body.
"Who are you?"
Zhang Dejiang looked at the alien demon and shouted sternly: "You dare to attack my Taiyuan Peak disciples? You will have no place to hide in the entire Taiyuan Region."
When Chu Ning heard this, he cursed in his heart, "What idiots!" Don't they know that you are disciples of Taiyuan Peak?
Since they dare to attack you, they are either not afraid of Taiyuan Peak’s pursuit, or they have a way to kill you and silence you so that the strong men of Taiyuan Peak don’t know about this.
"What the hell is Taiyuan Peak? When our clan was at its peak, Taiyuan Peak was just a small sect that was not worth mentioning."
The alien demon laughed wildly: "Besides, do you think there is still a chance to get out?"
Whoosh! As soon as the words fell, black smoke floated out of the body of the alien demon, and the black smoke quickly enveloped the surroundings.
"You are so arrogant! Look at the sword!"
Zhang Dejiang slapped the storage bag, and a flying sword floated out, slashing towards the black smoke with a whistling sword energy.
The black smoke was cut off by the flying sword, but it spread again the next moment. Instead, the black sword was stained with black smoke, lost its luster and fell to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Dejiang's expression changed. This flying sword was a magic weapon he refined and was connected to his mind, but now he had lost the sense of the flying sword.
At the same time when Zhang Dejiang took out the flying sword, a long pole appeared in the hand of another person. The long pole floated and grew, turning into a long banner.
"change!"
As he formed seals with his hands and the long banner turned, strong winds appeared in the surroundings. Each gust of wind could easily tear apart a powerful Jindan warrior, but when these strong winds were rolled into the black smoke, they disappeared like mud into the sea.
When Chu Ning saw this scene, his pupils shrank.
It seems that the black smoke of this alien demon has a natural restraint on spiritual power. No wonder even the strong men of the Ninth Realm had to pay such a heavy price to destroy the alien demon.
"If you hadn't discovered my true identity, I could have spared your lives, but now you can only become my food."
The voice of the alien demon was heard in the rolling black smoke. Zhang Dejiang and Li Jian looked very ugly, and finally they looked at Chu Ning at the same time.
"Does Fellow Daoist Chu have any solution?"
"There's no way."
Chu Ning answered in his heart. He did not expect that this alien demon was so troublesome. Ye Pengxiang was clearly suppressed by him under the mountain, but this alien demon was able to escape directly. This was beyond his expectation.
"This black smoke is very strange. It's the first time I've seen it."
After hearing Chu Ning's answer, their expressions became more serious, but Chu Ning was thinking about the next situation.
The black smoke from the alien demon made ordinary spiritual power ineffective against it, but those strong men were able to destroy the alien demon at that time, so they must have found a way to deal with it.
What is the weakness of the alien demon? Chu Ning used the secret mirror to look at the black smoke, and soon a piece of information appeared in his mind.
Demon messenger.
Lifespan is three thousand six hundred years.
He is invincible below the state of transformation into a god.
Chu Ning was stunned after seeing these messages. Being invincible below the level of Divine Transformation, didn’t it mean that he was doomed this time?
Is there no way out? Chu Ning quickly continued to browse and soon heaved a sigh of relief.
Demons cannot be harmed by ordinary spiritual power, except for some special energy.
Special energy.
Underground fire is a special energy.
At this moment, the black smoke was constantly approaching the three people, compressing their living space. An umbrella appeared above the heads of the two people from Taiyuan Peak. The umbrella hanging in the air actually prevented the black smoke from getting close for a short time.
"This should be the special protective magic weapon provided by Taiyuan Peak to its disciples."
When Chu Ning saw the umbrellas above the two people’s heads, he made a judgment in his mind, but the umbrella could only deduce the time when the black smoke approached, and the final result was still the same.
After confirming that these two had no way to deal with the demons, Chu Ning formed seals with his hands and flames appeared on his hands.
A wisp of emerald green flame.
The moment the flame appeared, the temperature of the entire space suddenly rose.
"How do you have underground fire?"
From the black smoke, the voice of a shocked demon was heard. When Zhang Dejiang and the other man heard the voice of the demon, they immediately looked towards Chu Ning.
They are not stupid. The shock in the demon's voice revealed a message that the underground fire had a suppressive effect on this person.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, the underground fire may be able to burn away this black smoke."
Zhang Dejiang reminded him immediately, and Chu Ning rolled his eyes in his heart. If I still need you to remind me, then I have practiced in vain for so many years.
Over the years, with the growth of Nian Tangshan, the Earth Fire Spirit has also recovered to its heyday.
Fifth level earth fire.
Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator is accidentally infected, it is difficult to extinguish.
Chu Ning did not use the underground fire as a means of attack because the burning speed of the underground fire was not very fast, but he did not need to use the underground fire to launch a sneak attack on others at the moment.
The whole space was filled with black smoke.
Boom! Flames shot out from Chu Ning's palm. It was only a cluster of flames no bigger than the size of a palm. However, the moment it came into contact with the black smoke, the flames suddenly exploded and expanded dozens of times.
This black smoke, like kerosene, made the ground fire burn fiercely.
"Damn you guys, you're lucky this time."
In the black smoke, there was the angry voice of the alien demon, and the next moment the black smoke went upwards.
This demon wants to escape! There is a formation guarding the outside of the mountain. If Chu Ning wants to chase it, he can catch up with the demon, because it takes time for the demon to break the formation, but Chu Ning did not choose to chase it.
It's true that the alien demon is afraid of the underground fire, but who can guarantee that the alien demon has no other means? The main thing is that he doesn't need to put himself in danger for this alien demon.
The most important thing now is to find a way to rescue Zhao Qin and the others. Zhao Qin entered the teleportation array, and he didn't know the situation on the other side of the teleportation array.
"You two, please inform your elders."
"good."
Zhang Dejiang nodded and took out a talisman from his storage bag.
"This is our sect's distress talisman. If you encounter danger, light this talisman. With the speed of this talisman, the sect will receive the message in a quarter of an hour, and then the elders will come."
After the talisman was lit, Zhang Dejiang saw Chu Ning's curious eyes and explained the use of the talisman.
"This kind of talisman is not cheap."
Chu Ning believed that not every disciple of Taiyuan Peak could afford to possess the talisman that could send messages for help.
"My master has made great achievements in making talismans. This one was specially made for us disciples. If it were in the market, a talisman that can teleport tens of thousands of miles would cost one hundred spirit crystals."
One hundred spirit crystals are equal to one million spirit stones.
This price is indeed not cheap. The savings of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator would not exceed 500 spirit crystals at most, which is almost a small part of his wealth.
Since the elders of Taiyuan Peak can receive the message, Chu Ning is not in a hurry and just needs to wait quietly.
None of the three suggested entering the teleportation array to check on Zhao Qin and the other female cultivator.
Only a fool would enter in this situation.
Chu Ning had already thought about it. If Zhao Qin really died, as his good friend, he would at least build a tomb for him to live up to their friendship of many years.
Half an hour later.
A majestic voice resounded across the mountain.
"Where are my disciples?"
A terrifying pressure appeared in the clouds above the mountain.
"Master, I am here."
Zhang Dejiang shouted hurriedly, but Chu Ning muttered in his heart that with the spiritual sense of a powerful god, he should have sensed the location of the three of them long ago, so shouting like this was purely unnecessary.
Is it necessary for a powerful god to appear like this to look impressive?
As Zhang Dejiang finished speaking, an old man in purple appeared in front of the three people, and the other one hurriedly said respectfully, "Elder Chen."
"What happened?"
The old man first glanced at Chu Ning, and Zhang Dejiang on the side quickly opened his mouth to explain the situation. When he mentioned that the strange demon appeared with black smoke and that spiritual power had no effect on it, the old man's face changed instantly.
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"The three of you stand here and don't move."
After saying that, the old man seemed still uneasy. He raised his right hand and a bronze tripod flew out. The bronze tripod circled in the sky and grew larger. The next moment, it enveloped Chu Ning and the other two.
Bang! Chu Ning looked at Zhang Dejiang and the other man with a strange expression.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, my master should be going to the teleportation array to rescue Junior Brother Zhao and the others. This bronze tripod is for our safety."
Zhang Dejiang explained with an awkward expression. Chu Ning smiled brightly at Zhang Dejiang and asked, "Do you believe this?"
The action of Elder Chen from Taiyuan Peak made Chu Ning think of a possibility. It was very likely that Elder Chen knew about the matter of the alien demons and knew that the matter of the alien demons was of great importance, so he controlled the three of them first.
Inside the bronze tripod, the spiritual consciousness was blocked, and the three people could not sense any movement from the outside world. Zhang Dejiang felt a little guilty, so he kept chatting with Chu Ning.
In Zhang Dejiang's heart, Chu Ning was his savior, and his master's behavior was indeed inappropriate.
From Zhang Dejiang, Chu Ning knew that Elder Chen of Taiyuan Peak was not an ordinary elder, but a powerful man in the late stage of Spirit Transformation, and he was ranked high even among the elders of Taiyuan Peak.
This is also the reason why Zhang Dejiang has a distress talisman while the other one does not.
Although both are disciples of the elder, Zhang Dejiang's disciple is much higher than that one.
Two hours later.
Chu Ning's eyes narrowed, and the bronze tripod above his head disappeared, but three figures stood in front of him.
"Second Elder, Fourth Elder, Fifth Elder!"
When Zhang Dejiang saw the three old men, there was a look of shock on his face. There were a total of forty-six elders in the sect, but only seven of them had rankings, and the rest were called by surnames.
These seven elders are ranked second only to the sect master in the entire sect, and they are in charge of the seven branches of the sect respectively.
Zhang Dejiang and the other man could never have imagined that these three elders would appear here.
Chu Ning was not too shocked because he did not know the situation of the elders of Taiyuan Peak and he knew what the alien demons meant to cultivators.
Not to mention the arrival of several elders, he would not be surprised even if the head of Taiyuan Peak came in person.
"The three of you return to the sect immediately."
The second elder of Taiyuan Peak gave the order, and Zhang Dejiang and the others naturally did not dare to object, but Chu Ning frowned and said, "Senior, I am not a disciple of Taiyuan Peak."
"Which sect are you from?"
The three elders looked at Chu Ning at the same time. They had not expected that Chu Ning was not a disciple of Taiyuan Peak.
"I am from Danyu, and I am a disciple of Danshan Sect."
"A disciple of Danshan Sect?"
The second elder was silent for a moment, then said, "It's okay, I will notify your sect, let's go to my Taiyuan Peak first."
Although he didn't want to go to Taiyuan Peak, Chu Ning knew the intention of the three elders doing so. They wanted to investigate the matter of the alien demon thoroughly, or they didn't want the news of the appearance of the alien demon to be leaked.
"good."
Chu Ning nodded in agreement, but then immediately asked, "Excuse me, senior, how are Zhao Qin and the others doing?"
"Zhao Qin and the others have been sent back to the sect. You will see them soon. Return quickly without delay."
These elders obviously had important matters to attend to. After giving their instructions, the three of them disappeared at the same time.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, thank you for your trouble and come back with us."
Zhang Dejiang looked at Chu Ning with a wry smile. Although they didn't know the origin of the alien demon, they could tell from the display of the three elders that this matter was of no small importance.
The three of them took a flying boat together and headed towards Taiyuan Peak. They were all silent along the way, each thinking about something.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang!"
When the flying boat was halfway through the journey, Chu Ning suddenly asked, "Can you stop for a while? I want to pass a letter to the sect."
"Didn't the Second Elder say that he would help Fellow Daoist Chu pass a message to the sect?" Zhang Dejiang did not stop the flying boat, but replied with a smile.
"I'll deliver the message myself, so my master can feel more at ease."
After hearing Chu Ning's words, Zhang Dejiang hesitated a little. The second elder had ordered that there should be no delay in the middle of the journey.
"Junior Brother Zhang, since Fellow Daoist Chu wants to send a message to the sect, then let Fellow Daoist Chu send it. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Chu, the two of us might have died."
After hearing what the other person said, Zhang Dejiang nodded and controlled the flying boat to land towards a city below.
"If Fellow Daoist Chu wants to send a message, he can go directly through Sihai Trading Company."
If cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage want to send a message across the border, they can only ask someone to deliver it on their behalf, and Sihai Trading Company has taken over this message delivery business.
The flying boat stopped directly above the Sihai Trading Company in the city. Chu Ning got off the flying boat and walked into the Sihai Trading Company store.
"Boss, I want to find someone to deliver a letter."
As soon as he entered the door, Chu Ning went straight to the point and spoke to the shop owner.
"Where are you sending the guests?"
"Danyu Danshan Sect."
"Twenty Spirit Crystals guarantee that the letter will be delivered within three months. Fifty Spirit Crystals guarantee that the letter will be delivered within one month."
"Is there anything faster?"
When Chu Ning asked this, the shopkeeper's eyes narrowed slightly.
"How fast do you want the guest?"
"The sooner the better. It's best to arrange for someone to deliver it now."
The shopkeeper tapped the table with his fingers, and after a while he said, "It can be delivered within three days if a powerful spirit master personally delivers it, but it will cost two hundred spirit crystals."
"Is there anything faster?"
Chu Ning believed that as a trading company spread across many Central Regions, Sihai Trading Company must have channels for transmitting information.
"One thousand spirit crystals will be delivered in five hours, but the contents of the letter cannot be kept secret because it has to go through my company's own channels."
"Can."
What Chu Ning wanted was efficiency. Although one thousand spirit crystals were not cheap, they were nothing to him.
You have to spend money when it’s time to spend it.
"This letter is sent to Elder Qi of the Sixth Peak of Danshan Sect. The content is: My disciple has encountered an urgent matter in Taiyuan Territory and is now heading to Taiyuan Peak. I need Master to come and help. Disciple Chu Ningliu."
After hearing what Chu Ning said, the shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you Chu Ning from Danyu?"
"Yes, do you need to verify your identity when sending letters?"
"That's not the case. Fellow Daoist Chu, please wait a moment."
The shopkeeper shook his head and then walked quickly into the shop. There was no need to verify identity when delivering a letter, but it was different for Chu Ning.
When they arrived at the inner courtyard, the shopkeeper took out a crystal-like mirror and formed seals with his hands. Soon, ripples appeared on the mirror, revealing the figure of a woman.
"What is it?"
"Elder Yun, I just received an order from someone who wants to use our company's transmission channel to send a message."
The woman's face turned cold. The shopkeeper knew the temper of Elder Yun and quickly replied, "The one who wants to deliver the letter is Chu Ning from Danyu."
When she heard the name "Chu Ning", a hint of anger appeared on the woman's pretty face. Although hundreds of years had passed, she still remembered the gambling game.
She had just taken over the business not long ago and planned to achieve some results with this gambling, but the result was nothing.
The culprit behind all this is Chu Ning.
"What message did he want you to deliver?"
The shopkeeper repeated what Chu Ning said, and then asked cautiously: "Do you want to accept this deal?"
“Why don’t you answer it!”
Yun Anlan immediately snorted coldly, "Tell him that it will cost two thousand spirit crystals."
All the spiritual crystals on Chu Ning's body are from the merchant company, so she has no pressure to raise the price.
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
The shopkeeper ended the conversation and hurried back to the front yard.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, I am so sorry. I just asked the manager and he said that I cannot give you one thousand spirit crystals. You need two thousand spirit crystals."
Chu Ning: ...
Is this a sitting price?
Is Sihai Trading Company so dishonest? Shouldn't such a large company rely on integrity to survive?
"Fellow Daoist Chu, are you still going to see me off?"
The shopkeeper saw Chu Ning hesitating and urged him.
"Yes, but boss, you will go in again later and raise the price again when you come out."
Chu Ning looked at the shopkeeper with a half-smile, and the shopkeeper chuckled: "Of course not. We at Sihai Trading Company always clearly mark prices when doing business, and we value fairness to everyone."
Listening to the shopkeeper's words, Chu Ning rolled his eyes and didn't bother to talk to him. He paid the spirit crystals and left.
Zhang Dejiang's flying boat was still parked above the shop. Chu Ning stepped back onto the boat. He did not rule out going to Taiyuan Peak to deliver a letter to his master, but he was just making some extra preparations.
After the flying boat arrived at Taiyuan Peak, before the three-person flying boat landed, Zhang Dejiang's pupils shrank. Chu Ning knew that someone must have sent a message to Zhang Dejiang.
Then, the flying boat changed its flying direction, headed towards a certain area, and finally landed in front of a palace.
PS: Sorry, I had something to do during the day, so I put the two chapters together.
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