Chapter 279 A Good Harvest
The moment the thick fog phantom left by the foundation-building cultivator was destroyed by Gu Dan with a flip of his hand, Tao Shushan surrendered very simply.
The biggest trump card has been destroyed. If you don’t invest now, when will you invest?
Not only him, even the Xia Dynasty masters who knew that Gu Dan was no ordinary person were almost shocked.
I even couldn't help but have the thought of "this is where the foundation is built".
There was no other reason. Gu Dan's method of destroying the thick fog phantom was too straightforward. There was no room for resistance at all, just like an adult bullying a child.
It is somewhat inappropriate to describe it as the big bullying the small; it would be more appropriate to say that it is done with ease.
This is a higher level of power that is beyond everyone's understanding, a realm that has never been explored.
Of course, this idea is just a thought in my mind. The aura of the phantom in the thick fog cannot be faked at all, even the master has to bow down to it.
It can only be said that Gu Dan himself is too strong, making their worries completely unnecessary.
If he didn't strike, it would be fine. But once he struck, it would be a thunderbolt! This time, Tao Shushan didn't dare to doubt whether his Rongzong Fu was a defective one. He kowtowed to the ground, begging Gu Dan to let him go. He didn't have the dignity of a master at all.
It is important for people to know how to live. Some people are always able to give up everything in order to live. In order to live a better life, they are even willing to give up everything except their life and property.
It was really ridiculous that the guy who was so arrogant and confident of victory suddenly bowed down.
"Arrest all the people from the International Chamber of Commerce and interrogate them thoroughly."
Gu Dan waved his hand without even looking at Tao Shushan.
This kind of stuff is not worth his personal attention.
The masters present were quick-eyed and quick-handed, especially Qingpingzi, who took a step forward and came in front of Tao Shushan and captured him directly.
The remaining two Rongzong Talismans and the Shang Character Token fell into Gu Dan's hands. They were his spoils of war.
"Where did this thing come from?"
Gu Dan asked.
Tao Shushan, who was captured, did not put up any resistance. His greatest trump cards were the Sect Melting Talisman and the trump cards left by the foundation-building cultivator, but they were all ineffective today.
Based on his own combat power alone, any master here is enough to defeat him.
"The Rong Zong Talisman was created with the essence of the Grandmaster's flesh and blood, plus a special treasure called 'Rong Zhen Grass'."
Tao Shushan did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and explained with great humility.
They dug up the master's corpse not just for the spiritual materials. In addition to the spiritual materials, the master's flesh and blood also had corresponding value.
If it is the skeleton of a master who has been buried just a few years ago, the essence of flesh and blood extracted from two or three pieces can become the main material for refining the Master Melting Talisman.
The skeleton of a master who is several decades old would require the essence of flesh and blood of four or five corpses to make up the needs of one master melting talisman.
Even if it is the skeleton of a master who is a hundred years old, if you stack them up, you can make the best use of them.
They have figured out how to use the Grandmaster's power to defeat him.
What do you mean there are no spiritual materials in the mortal world? Ordinary people are useless, but for the lowest level of the immortal path, the whole body of the Grand Master is good material! Even the talisman paper used for melting the talisman is not real paper, but a material made from the Grand Master's skin that has been specially processed and refined.
After hearing this, the faces of the many masters of the Xia Dynasty turned extremely dark.
Even Gu Dan felt a little nauseous when looking at the two Rongzong Talismans in his hands.
What’s the difference between this and cannibalism?
They were plotting for the higher scenery in the immortal way, but the people on the immortal way were attracted by them! Xun Ke's saying that it was a man-eating devil's den was not an insult. It seemed that the immortal way brought hope to the master, but who would have thought that they were secretly using the master's body as material for cultivation!
"How many people do this kind of thing over in the Buzhou Mountains?"
Gu Dan's eyes seemed a little cold, and he was naturally displeased.
To be precise, it should be the resentment that comes from the heart.
They all want to make full use of the master's corpse, so the grand master's corpse must be more useful, right?
What's more, he is an immortal.
What should we do if we are caught?
I'm afraid it's a hundred times more cruel than this! Maybe every drop of blood can be planned for a corresponding use! Sympathy for one's own kind.
If an immortal were to take his place, the outcome would only be even more miserable.
"Not much, not much!"
Tao Shushan knew that he had offended the masters of the Xia Dynasty by saying this, but he did not dare to hide it - there were many people in the International Chamber of Commerce who knew about this, so what was the point if he didn't say it himself?
It would be better to cooperate more, suffer less, and maybe you can save your life.
"The Grandmasters are still very powerful, and these things are never exposed. Almost no one dares to attack the Grandmasters who are still alive, so as not to provoke public anger. Otherwise, even the Foundation Establishment cultivators will have to retreat. We only attack the Grandmasters' tombs."
Tao Shushan quickly explained.
The Buzhou Mountains have only appeared for more than forty years, and the strongest cultivator has just reached the foundation-building stage.
The distance between him and the Grandmaster has not yet become uncontestable.
What's more, there are fewer people practicing Taoism now, and even more dead masters. Relying on the bones of the dead masters is enough. Who dares to risk the masters' disapproval and openly kill the masters for materials?
You really made every master feel insecure, and even the Immortal Court was overturned by you.
It is no problem to defeat seven or eight masters in building the foundation, but what about a hundred or ten more?
"How many people have established their foundation in the Buzhou Mountains?"
Gu Dan asked again.
"When the Wan Guo Chamber of Commerce set out, there were two of them. I wonder if there have been any new foundation-building cultivators in recent years."
Tao Shushan took the initiative to explain: "The five spiritual energy sources are not all occupied by the foundation-building cultivators. The foundation-building cultivators do not dare to provoke public anger, and occupying one spiritual energy source is the limit."
Of course, the foundation-building stage is one level higher than the grandmaster, but it is not yet to the extent of being able to ignore the grandmaster's group attack, just like the grandmaster cannot ignore the army of ten thousand people.
The Chamber of Commerce of All Nations secretly excavated the skeleton of the Grandmaster and refined the Grandmaster-Melting Talisman, which might be a means for the Foundation Establishment cultivators to guard against the Grandmaster.
Of course, the main reason is that there are too few foundation-building cultivators, and the time has not yet come when they can ignore the Grandmasters.
After all, not everyone has the Qingmu Huasheng Jue to back them up, and their peak form cannot be maintained for long before it gradually declines.
When the day comes when there are a hundred or eighty people who have established their foundations and their opinions are roughly consistent, even if all the masters unite, they will not be able to cause any waves under their hands.
Only at that time can you stop considering the Grand Master's opinion.
Today's masters can still be considered one of the small group of people at the top of the world, but there are people who are higher than the top, but the distance is not yet insurmountable.
But all the masters understood that this situation could not last long.
As the time of cultivation increases, the probability of a strong person appearing becomes greater, and the number of foundation-building cultivators will gradually increase, until a strong person in the Golden Core realm appears. When he truly regards the grandmaster as nothing, the grandmaster's good days will be over.
The only thing the masters can do is to strive to reach a higher level during this period of time so as not to be left behind by others.
Therefore, even if a master discovered the activities of the International Chamber of Commerce, it would be nothing more than giving some benefits. After all, the Sect Melting Talisman and the remaining attack of the Foundation Establishment cultivator were no joke. There must be a reason why the International Chamber of Commerce was able to come this far.
This is the reason why Tao Shushan wanted to buy his life after being exposed. They had done this before and had taken it for granted.
But they never thought that they would encounter a monster like Gu Dan. They were unable to do anything with the trump cards left for them by the foundation-building cultivators, so they had to admit defeat.
"Tell me about the Buzhou Mountains in detail. If there is any discrepancy between what others in the Wan Guo Chamber of Commerce said and what they said,
"I dare not."
Tao Shushan said: "That year, a group of meteorites suddenly fell on Zhou Mountain and directly collapsed it."
The curtain of time was drawn back.
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While things were turbulent in Dayue, Zhoushan was in an even worse situation.
Meteors fell from the sky and the surrounding mountains collapsed.
When the mountains that connected the sky and the earth collapsed, several countries were destroyed, and the dust that covered the sky and blocked out the sun lay across the sky and lasted for years!
All the living creatures at the foot of Zhou Mountain were destroyed.
Even the people of the country who were not directly hit and were closer to Zhoushan were killed, only one in a hundred survived. It was more than tragic.
Not until the dust in the sky gradually dissipated did a master with great skills and courage climb up the fallen Zhou Mountain to search for the culprit of this sudden disaster.
The collapsed Xiazhou Mountain naturally changed its name to the Buzhou Mountain Range.
In the Buzhou Mountains, those brave pioneers discovered the fairy stone. With continued exploration, they also found a source of spiritual energy that appeared out of thin air.
The original group of practitioners did not make it public and practiced silently.
But the collapse of Mount Buzhou had such an impact that there were always explorers and masters from all over the place who came to the Buzhou Mountains to find out what was going on. Eventually, the fact that one could practice Taoism here was exposed.
One stone can cause a thousand ripples. After all, immortal stones are not constant. Once you use a little, you have less. The source of spiritual energy is the key to persistent practice.
A war was inevitable.
During the battle, there were still some people who refused to give up and searched for immortal stones. Eventually, they discovered a second source of spiritual energy. Only then did the war between the masters ease up a little.
In the end, the two places where spiritual energy sources were discovered first have been found.
One of the winners is named Feng Qian, the man behind the International Chamber of Commerce, a foundation-building cultivator!
The divine consciousness that was previously killed by Gu Dan was the one he left behind.
As for the place where the source of spiritual energy is born, it is certainly not called the Immortal Courtyard. It would be more appropriate to call it the Immortal House.
However, although the source of spiritual energy is endless, it is not inexhaustible like the rivers and seas. Once it exceeds a certain range, the concentration of spiritual energy will be greatly weakened, and cultivation will naturally be twice as effective with half the results.
The most core position is of course occupied by Feng Qian, but the rest of the positions depend on the contribution to the Immortal House.
In addition, there are a series of problems, the most core of which is that the immortal inheritance has been found, but the corresponding materials are all unknown.
Treating the master's skeleton as spiritual material is undoubtedly hurting the master's heart. How could they not know that?
But apart from the master's skeleton and a small amount of rare treasures, it is not so easy to find things in the mortal world that are beneficial to the immortal way! So the mission of the International Chamber of Commerce is really true. They really come out to trade rare treasures, but they are doing some good business with no investment and huge profits behind the scenes.
The masters of the Xia Dynasty surrounded Tao Shushan and asked him questions that they were thinking about one after another. Tao Shushan did not dare to be negligent and answered them one by one, cooperating very well.
When no one asked any more questions, Tao Shushan said quickly, "I have told you everything you want to know. Please don't kill me. I can also look for treasures and corpses for you. I can even act as a spy in the Immortal House."
His words were sincere and his will to survive was extremely strong.
In response to this, Gu Dan turned his gaze to Qingpingzi and nodded slightly.
Qing Pingzi understood what he meant, and with his fingers whose bones had been transformed by the witch's bloodline, he easily pierced through the unsuspecting head of Tao Shushan, sending him to heaven.
Gu Dan would not keep this kind of guy who is willing to promise anything, give up anything, and even betray others without hesitation in order to survive, otherwise who knows when he will be bitten back.
"Catch all the people from the International Chamber of Commerce and interrogate them."
Gu Dan warned.
The people of the International Chamber of Commerce are at worst dirty warriors, so we really have to let the master go again to avoid any trouble.
"no problem."
All the masters agreed, not the least bit dissatisfied about being ordered around.
When the sky was just getting light, Wang Mang, wrapped in a robe in the cold wind, ran to the pavilion and said, "Brother Gu, such a big thing has happened, why didn't you let the guards wake me up?"
If he had not seen the guards left outside after being suffocated, he would probably not have known that such a big thing had happened in the palace.
"I told the guards not to disturb you."
Gu Dan looked at Wang Mang's graying hair and his thin body and said, "It's just a small matter."
As the Emperor of Xia, Wang Mang was busy with state affairs, and he was not the type to just sit back and do nothing. He hardly had time to rest throughout the year. Since the matter had been resolved, there was naturally no need to wake him up in advance.
"I knew that for Brother Gu, building a foundation is nothing."
On the way here, Wang Mang had apparently already known the details of the matter, so he was not in a hurry at the moment.
The Buzhou Mountains are too far away from the Xia Dynasty. Even a master would need ten years to reach there. Unless the foundation-building master goes there personally, there would be no harm to the Xia Dynasty.
Besides, who knows what will happen in ten years? The Wan Guo Chamber of Commerce will be destroyed, but Gu Dan is still in the Xia Dynasty, so Wang Mang has nothing to worry about.
The two of them sat in the pavilion, waiting together for the masters who had dealt with the International Chamber of Commerce to return.
When the sky gradually brightened, the masters who had gone ahead returned here, weighing the spoils they had obtained from the International Chamber of Commerce.
"It's a dazzling array. The International Chamber of Commerce really has hidden a lot of good things!"
Qingpingzi was the fastest. He came back first with a pile of things that looked like rice paper, and was quite excited.
The other masters were also weighing various objects in their hands, far more than what was originally displayed in front of them.
When all these things were piled up in front of him, Gu Dan suddenly understood why the emperor liked to keep a corrupt official and then kill him.
(End of this chapter)