Lin Bai opened the ledger and, after taking a careful look, immediately began reading aloud: "In the spring of Year 7601 of the Litian Dynasty calendar, Zhang Yunhai, a genius martial artist from the Zhang Family of Qingyang City, was captured alive and sold by Ten Thousand Demons Valley to the Sky Eagle Demon Clan of the Han Hai Demon Kingdom. Proceeds: 450,000 spirit stones! Handled by Zhu Yi!"
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"In the winter of Year 7609 of the Litian Dynasty calendar, Jin Wu, the son of the Golden Origin Sect's sect master, along with 320 members of the Golden Origin Sect, was captured alive and sold by Ten Thousand Demons Valley to the White Snake clan of the Han Hai Demon Kingdom. Proceeds: 1.2 million spirit stones! Handled by Zhu Shang!"
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"In the summer of Year 7675 of the Litian Dynasty calendar, 150,000 martial artists from fifteen great lineages within the Litian Dynasty were sold by Ten Thousand Demons Valley to the White Snake clan of the Han Hai Demon Kingdom. Proceeds: 350 million spirit stones. Handled by Zhu Yi!"
The major crime Zhu Yi had committed fifty years ago referred precisely to those 150,000 people. At the time, the sheer number had attracted the attention of the Litian Dynasty. A thorough investigation had followed, eventually tracing the matter back to Zhu Yi.
Helpless and driven into a dead end, Zhu Yi had been forced to fake his death to escape the calamity.
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"In the year 7677 of the Litian Dynasty calendar, ... Proceeds: 150 million spirit stones! Handled by Zhu Shang!"
"In the year 7688 of the Litian Dynasty calendar, ..." Proceeds: 1.7 billion spirit stones! Handled by Zhu Shang!"
"In the year 7698 of the Litian Dynasty calendar, ..." Proceeds: 2.7 billion spirit stones, handled by