Chapter 322 Avoiding Traps
A quarter of an hour later, Zhong Ling'er brought more than forty peak Nascent Soul cultivators to check the pit of bones. This time they did not ask any questions. They directly dragged out all the injured and unconscious cultivators and those who refused to pay.
She was still soft-hearted and couldn't bear to see these people die in front of her.
Seeing that the ghost energy lingering around these people could not be dispelled, Zhong Ling'er took out the purple thunder talisman and said with a smile: "One talisman costs 100,000 spirit stones. It can dispel the ghost energy. Does anyone need it?"
Everyone was speechless, thinking she was just being kind, but who knew she was actually planning to make money.
However, one hundred thousand was much easier to accept than one million, so these people obediently took out their spirit stones and sold the Purple Thunder Talisman.
All the people who were put into the spirit beast bags were released. Taking advantage of the opportunity to rest, many people handed in spirit stones or IOUs. Some were happy to make money, while others felt bad about spending money. The cheerful atmosphere was mixed with sadness and resentment, and the emotions were seriously polarized.
After Zhong Ling'er collected the spirit stones and IOUs handed in by everyone, she found out that she had become a multi-millionaire, and her mood instantly became happy.
It's so easy to make money from these people's spirit stones. If she had known, she would have charged them last time.
"Everyone, don't feel that you are at a disadvantage. After all, nothing is more important than life. And if you are saved this time, you may be the one saving others next time. And next time, I have decided to set the price of saving a life at two million spirit stones."
Many people's faces turned green. Is Zhong Ling'er planning to rob you openly? You are a fool and will give you another chance to blackmail her.
The people in front of Taiqiong Mirror also had a heated discussion, with different opinions on whether to charge for saving lives.
"I support Junior Sister. If she didn't take action, those people would have died. Moreover, she saved them twice without saying anything. This is the third time."
"I'm on the side of the little apprentice sister too. Does she have to save people for nothing over and over again just because she has the ability?"
"Instead of blaming Junior Sister for being profit-driven, you should blame those people for being stupid and brainless, falling into traps time and time again."
"Zhong Ling'er wants one million spirit stones for herself. This is too high. Can human life be measured with spirit stones?"
"As cultivators, we should take it as our duty to eliminate demons and protect the common people. Once she opens the door, everyone will save people for profit in the future. What about those who can't afford the spirit stones?"
"Are you blind? Didn't you see that Junior Sister finally saved those people who refused to pay? And she didn't ask those people for spirit stones?"
"But this is unfair. Why do some people give out spirit stones while others don't when they are both being rescued?"
"I also think that Junior Sister shouldn't take so many spirit stones. She only needs a spirit talisman and a spirit beast bag to save people. Five thousand spirit stones are enough."
"Oh my god, if she wants two million spirit stones again next time, I will definitely learn my lesson and will never need to be rescued again."
When this man said this, many people fell silent.
Zhong Ling'er brought a group of people to the other side, and what they saw was a sea of red flowers.
Is this the Forgotten Flower? How could there be a flower unique to the underworld here? Could it be planted by the Ghost King?
The flowers swayed gracefully, looking very beautiful. A monk who recognized them exclaimed, "This is the Forgotten River Flower. Could this also be an illusion?"
This time everyone was on high alert and did not impulsively enter the sea of flowers, but just observed from the side.
A monk cut off a few flowers with a sword and brought them back. After carefully examining them and sensing them, he came to the conclusion, "These flowers are real, not an illusion."
Zhong Ling'er frowned. It was impossible for an evil cultivator to grow Wangchuan flowers, so these flowers could only have been planted by the Ghost King. Could they have been led to the Ghost King's back garden?
The evil cultivator knows that he is no match for so many people, so it is not surprising that he wants to use the Ghost King to kill people. This Wangchuan flower sea is obviously a taboo for the Ghost King, and whoever touches it will have to bear the Ghost King's wrath.
"Do you want to go in? The cost of saving people is two million spirit stones. I have to tell you first!"
These words were very effective. Some people who were ready to make a move immediately retracted their steps. The two million spirit stones made them calm down instantly.
Zhong Linger wandered by the sea of flowers for a while and found a fallen stone tablet on the ground. Everyone lifted up the tablet and saw a few big words written on it, "Anyone who enters the sea of flowers will die", and the signature was Gui Liu, also known as the Ghost King.
Obviously, this is already the Ghost King's territory. Breaking in would mean making an enemy of the Ghost King. He is a Golden Immortal, and even if his cultivation is suppressed, he is not someone they can deal with.
Everyone took the initiative to stay away from the Wangchuan Flower. Zhong Ling'er sensed the atmosphere and found that the lower reaches were very cold and gloomy, but the upper reaches seemed safer and there was some light.
Normal people would walk upstream, but Zhong Ling'er took the lead and went downstream.
"Junior Sister, the Ghost King might be downstream, so we'd better not get close to him!"
Zhong Ling'er said with a serious expression, "The Ghost King's aura is restrained, and there won't be such a strong cold and gloomy aura, so the one below must be an evil cultivator."
Sure enough, not long after they walked away, they saw a forest at the end of the sea of flowers. The sky above the forest was shrouded in black fog, and there were a few wooden houses below.
"You are all very smart and powerful, but I don't know why you keep chasing us. We have no intention of taking your lives. Otherwise, when you are scattered, we can defeat you one by one instead of leading you to the Soul-Forgetting Tree."
An old man's voice was heard, but only the voice was heard but the person was not seen.
Zhong Ling'er turned around and said to everyone, "See, I told you that it was the men who deceived you, and it was them that you hugged! Remember this in the future, don't hug anyone easily. You should know that half of the people you hug could be real beauties, and half could be old men pretending to be beautiful."
After criticizing the people behind her, she turned back and said to one of the houses, "We are not chasing you, we are chasing those beautiful fairies. You deceived our feelings, do you think you can just let it go without giving us an explanation?"
"Take a good look at the people behind me. They are all young men full of vigor and vitality. They are simple and innocent. You are so despicable. You can deceive such people."
Many people blushed with embarrassment and wanted to say that they were only here to eliminate evil and defend justice, not to seek justice for their misplaced feelings. However, at the signal of Zhong Ling'er's two fingers, they all shut up obediently.
The evil cultivator in the room seemed speechless for a moment, and then asked after a while: "Tell me, what do you want to do, and what will it take for you to let us go."
"It's very simple. Just turn yourself into those beauties and let everyone hug you again and we'll be even. Don't feel like you've been taken advantage of. We are all handsome young men, unlike you who are all old and ugly. If I hug you, you'll vomit up your leftover food."
"But it's true that your beautiful costumes made our hearts flutter, so we have to say goodbye to our lost love."
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