"Huh~"
Returning to Hua Miao Lou, Ning Yun Ya let out a long breath of turbid air that was suppressed in his chest, as if he wanted to spit out all the bad luck contained in the ancient ruins.
Then, he sighed deeply again.
His whole body seemed to have had his bones taken away, and he collapsed weakly on a couch next to him covered with soft animal skins.
He looked up at the ceiling with intricate carvings, his eyes blank, and he was silent for a long time.
The main goal of this trip was to find [Mummy Soul Tree], which was successfully completed.
However, when he thought of the two ancient mysterious treasures that he had missed, his heart stung as if he had been pricked by a needle.
This feeling of watching a huge opportunity slip through my fingers is really too uncomfortable.
The joy that I felt because I successfully obtained Mummy Soul Tree was completely washed away by this strong regret and depression.
After a long time, he calmed down and sat upright again, but there was still a hint of unnoticeable discomfort deep in his eyes.
He took out a new Storage Ring and placed it casually on the table.
"There are fifteen thousand Spirit King Pill inside."
Ning Yun Ya said in a calm tone, "Among them, ten thousand are the reward for the mission promised to you in advance."
"The other one thousand is an additional reward, counting your hard work in exploring the route, and the remaining four thousand is the sealing fee."
"I don't want to hear about this exploration of the ruins, especially the two things that unexpectedly appeared, from you."
He originally wanted to make a contribution to Lineage alone, prove his ability, and get rid of Lineage's stereotype of him as a "dandy".
Who would have thought that because of this desire to monopolize the credit, I did not report it in time and ask for support from Lineage, which instead led to those two ancient Supreme Treasure pieces of immeasurable value falling into the hands of outsiders.
If the old guys in Lineage knew about this matter, it would be great if they would not be severely punished, let alone their merits.
From now on, I will not be able to hold my head up in Lineage.
Therefore, it must be sealed.
As for the other people, Ding Han, Zhang Yong Mo Xiu and his wife, they have grabbed the treasure, and they are not likely to take the initiative to leak the news. That would be asking for trouble.
As for the unlucky guy Lan Jie, he didn't catch anything and was seriously injured. With his character, he will definitely try his best to track down the Ding Han and Zhang Yong couples and try to get the treasure back. He will also not make any noise.
Jiang Ping An didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded calmly and reached out to pick up the Storage Ring.
Divine Sense scanned it briefly, confirmed that the number was correct, and put it away directly.
In his opinion, this Ning Yun Ya is a person with great principles and bottom line.
If it were some ruthless people, in such a situation involving major interests and secrets, they would probably choose to kill people and silence them. This is the simplest and most direct way.
Doing this will not only prevent future troubles, but also save a lot of money.
Perhaps, for a young man like Ning Yun Ya who came from a powerful family, although these fifteen thousand Spirit King Pill are not a small number, they are just a "drizzle".
It's simply not worth getting your hands dirty and ruining your reputation and principles.
"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."
Jiang Ping An bowed his hands to Ning Yun Ya, didn't stay any longer, turned around and left neatly.
Generally speaking, this mission went smoothly, with no near misses and the round trip took less than a day.
But for some reason, when he was in that Zhum Civilization Ruins, he always had an inexplicable sense of crisis that lingered.
It was as if something invisible was spying on me.
He couldn't tell where this feeling came from. Was it the strange totem mask, or something else?
However, none of this matters anymore.
He had left that ghost place safely and received an extremely generous reward as he wished.
With this Spirit King Pill, you don't have to worry about practicing resources for a long time in the future, and the speed of practice can be improved a lot.
He planned to allocate part of his energy and resources from this state to formally practice the sixth level of "Heaven Mending Art".
"Heaven Mending Art" This heaven-defying Divine Art can continuously strengthen his body, soul and practice Talent, and has unparalleled benefits in improving his foundation and combat power.
He has been able to go all the way to this day, surpassing countless peers, and "Heaven Mending Art" deserves the most credit.
I had previously suspended my understanding of higher-level content, partly because frontline battles and trivial matters took away my energy.
On the other hand, it is also because understanding the sixth level requires investing a lot of time and resources.
Now that there is no need to go to the front lines to fight, and I have just made a "windfall", it is a good time to practice meditation.
On the way back, Jiang Ping An used the Spirit King Pill he had just received to buy a batch of [Heavenly Gate Pill] that could increase God King's understanding from a large and reputable trading house.
The advanced version of advanced [Heavenly Gate Pill] has another name, called [Heavenly Gate Profound Dao Pill].
It was the King-level Fifth-Order pill that Lan Shi'er gave him before, which helped him successfully comprehend the Fifth Layer of "Primordial True Martial Scripture".
He plans to use "Heaven Mending Art" to strengthen this batch of "Heavenly Gate Pill" and upgrade it by several levels to enhance its efficacy.
However, the resources on his body are limited. Even if he smashes all the more than 20,000 Spirit King Pill he just obtained, he will not be able to strengthen [Heavenly Gate Pill] to the level of [Heavenly Gate Profound Dao Pill].
"Thinking about it this way, it seems that this 'huge sum of money' just earned won't last long..."
Jiang Ping An looked at Spirit King Pill, which had shrunk by nearly half in Storage Ring, and sighed deeply.
"Still poor."
The money I earn alone is simply not enough, and I don't have the brains to start a business.
Returning to the Cultivation Room that he rented, Jiang Ping An once again began the boring but fulfilling retreat practice.
The following days passed very peacefully and uneventfully.
His life became a simple two-point and one-line thing: in addition to practice, he also practiced practice.
Occasionally, he would go out with Tuanzi and Little Lion to taste some delicious food and relax his tense spirit.
More than ten years, in the long life of God King, is like a snap of a finger.
The outside discussion about the name "Jiang Ping An" has long been replaced by new hot topics and battle reports, and has gradually fallen silent.
Feeling that the rumor was almost over, Jiang Ping An pretended to "accidentally" get to know Lan Shi'er again through Long Ya's recommendation.
The two would occasionally have meals and chat together, and both tacitly maintained an appropriate distance.
Talk and behave like ordinary friends, and never show excessive intimacy to avoid arousing unnecessary suspicion and attention.
The war on the front line, after an initial fierce collision, gradually evolved into a long war of attrition and tug-of-war.
Large-scale strategic conflicts have been reduced and replaced by numerous small-scale frictions and struggles.
Judging from the battle reports released by both sides and the news circulated, the Blue Sea Country and Burning Sea Country alliance seems to have formed an evenly matched stalemate with the Wildsea Royal Clan and Electric Eel Demon Race coalition forces.
However, if you carefully observe the changes in the battle line, you can find that the Blue Sea Country side's actual control area is being eroded bit by bit by its opponents, and the situation is not optimistic.
Jiang Ping An sometimes thinks of the war on the front line, and even has the idea of secretly going to the front line to kill some Wildsea Royal Clan strong men, not only to earn Contribution Points, but also to release his hatred for the Wildsea Royal Clan.
But this thought only passed through his mind for a moment, and he suppressed it.
He knew very well that once he appeared on the front line, even if he was just Shadow Clone, he would most likely be targeted by the powerful enemy.
By then, the relatively stable life of cultivation now will probably come to an end.
Forget it, let the Blue Sea Country royal family have a headache regarding Wildsea Royal Clan.
In the end, he chose to protect himself wisely and prioritized his own practice and safety.
As time went by, Jiang Ping An gradually understood Supreme Yin Rule and Supreme Yang Rule, the second-level king level, and mastered this level of "God Burning Blade Art".
On this day, God Sound Talisman, which was fastened to his waist, suddenly began to vibrate rapidly.
Then a completely unfamiliar man's voice came from inside.
"Are you the big brother of this yellow smelly snake and this Stone Lion?"
When Jiang Ping An saw that the news came from God Sound Talisman of Tuanzi, his heart suddenly tightened, and a bad premonition suddenly came over him.
God Sound Talisman Personal items like this can usually only be used by the owner himself.
Once it is used by an outsider, it means that the original owner has had an accident and may have been controlled or held hostage!
He still maintained a calm tone, "It's me, who are you?"
The person on the other side snorted coldly and said in a bad tone, "I am from [Good Fortune Casino]!"
"These two pets of yours gambled in our place and lost so much that they owe a huge sum of 10,000 Divine Source Pill! If you are sensible, please come over and bring the money to redeem them!"
"How are they two now? Are they injured?"
Jiang Ping An first confirms the safety of Tuanzi and Little Lion.
The person on the other side responded coldly, "Hmph! We [Good Fortune Casino] are a formal place and follow rules. We won't do anything to them for the time being. We just detained them."
"But if there is no money to redeem them within three days... humph, they will probably be sent to the auction house to pay off the debt, or they will be assigned to Mining Area for mining until the debt is paid off."
Immediately afterwards, the other party reported an address and simply cut off the spiritual connection.
After hearing the other party say that Tuanzi and Little Lion were not in danger for the time being, Jiang Ping An felt slightly relieved.
"These two careless little guys have only been in the Imperial City for a short time, and they actually learned how to gamble. As expected, the more prosperous and lively the place, the more temptations there are, and the easier it is to learn bad habits."
He separated one Avatar and left it in Cultivation Room to continue practicing.
The main body brought Little Golden Man and rushed there quickly according to the address provided by the other party.
Based on that address, he shuttled between the gaps in the buildings on the edge of the imperial city for a long time.
The further we walked, the more remote we became, and the surrounding buildings became more and more dilapidated.
Finally, he came to the end of a musty alley and stopped in front of a tavern with an extremely shabby facade.
The wooden door of the tavern is crooked, the windows are covered with dust, and the writing on the sign is blurred.
The surroundings were deserted and almost no pedestrians could be seen.
The stone road underfoot was full of potholes, filled with rainwater or some other dirty liquid, mixed with soil, and looked muddy.
Jiang Ping An It is hard to imagine that in the bustling Blue Sea Country Imperial City, there is such a dilapidated corner.
"The pub is closed."
An old man with gray hair wearing simple gray cloth lay on a creaking rocking chair with his eyes closed, guarding the door of the tavern.
His voice was lazy, and he didn't even bother to raise his eyelids.
This old man looks ordinary, like an old man you can see everywhere.
But Jiang Ping An relied on World Eye's keen perception to see at a glance that the other party was a strong God King Fourth Level!
If he hadn't realized that this old man's hidden cultivation was extremely abnormal, Jiang Ping An would have suspected that he was looking in the wrong place.
Is this what the other party calls a "regular casino"?
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a black shop den.
How did the two playful little guys Tuanzi and Little Lion find such a ghostly place hidden in the nook and corner?
Jiang Ping An looked at the sleeping old man and said calmly, "My two pets lost money here. I am their eldest brother and I am here to redeem them."
"Oh? So you are the eldest brother of those two little guys."
The old man slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Jiang Ping An with his turbid eyes, and waved at the dilapidated wooden door of the tavern.
"Go in."
On the seemingly ordinary wooden door, a white light shield like water suddenly rippled, blocking sight and sound from inside and outside. It was obviously a very clever restriction.
Jiang Ping An stepped into the photo mask without hesitation.
As soon as he passed through the light shield, a deafening noise filled his ears like a flood.
"Come on, come on! Buy and leave! Buy big, buy small!"
"Hahaha! My armored rhinoceros has won! Give me money, give me money!"
"It's over... it's all over... I've saved up my fortune for thousands of years, and now I've lost it all..."
Howls of excitement, howls of despair, calls urging bets... all kinds of sounds mixed together crazily, impacting the eardrums, forming a bizarre and twisted scene full of desire and madness.
Inside the door is an independent space Barrier, which is much wider than it appears from the outside.
There were crowds of people inside, and a strange smell filled the air.
Some gambling tables are playing card games that Jiang Ping An can't understand at all; some are very simple, just guessing the size of the dice; and other areas are filled with all kinds of weird gods and monsters dueling each other...
The gamblers are on the outside, cheering for the "players" they have placed their bets on...
Many of these people are God Realm strong men, but they are just like mortals, full of greed and madness.
Jiang Ping An quickly scanned the chaotic crowd and gaming tables.
Soon, his eyes were locked on the targets Tuanzi and Little Lion.
In the corner of the casino, in a transparent cage made of special energy, Tuanzi and Little Lion were lying listlessly inside.
The bright scales of Tuanzi seemed to be dimmed, and Little Lion also drooped his head, looking like he had wilted after getting into a big disaster.