Wealth Moves People's Hearts

Wang Mengde waved his hand, and the Entwining Silk Technique pulled the four slain Azure Jade Ghost Carp into the air, where they landed steadily on Qin Xiangnan's skiff.

Qin Xiangnan froze, a flicker of joy appearing on his face.

Four Azure Jade Ghost Carp were worth nearly a thousand spirit stones.

That was equivalent to several years of his earnings.

"Many thanks, Mengde."

Wang Mengde had no time to reply. His gaze swept behind him.

On the surface of the sea, thirteen Azure Jade Ghost Carp were madly pursuing them.

They were incredibly fast. With a flick of their tails, they covered dozens of meters.

They had already closed to within five hundred meters.

Wang Mengde's heart tightened.

Only thirty percent of the spiritual power in his body remained.

He did not dare use the Entwining Silk Technique again.

Out on the open sea, exhausting all his spiritual power was far too dangerous.

The danger did not come solely from the demon fish.

There were also Zhao Youming and the others.

From the start, these men had wanted to use Lightbody Radiance Talismans to flee directly, but he had stopped them.

Yet now, they clung stubbornly to him.

Just now, he had told everyone to flee separately. As long as these men activated their Lightbody Radiance Talismans, they had a ninety-percent chance of escaping.

Moreover, if they lured away some of the Azure Jade Ghost Carp, things would be easier for him as well.

Yet they had continued following him, impossible to shake off.

They were clearly eyeing his Azure Jade Ghost Carp.

At first, they had only wanted to break out of the encirclement and escape with their lives.

Now that they had escaped, they had set their sights on the Azure Jade Ghost Carp aboard his boat.

Wang Mengde understood perfectly.

He spoke again, his voice low and urgent:

"Scatter and flee. Abandon your skiffs directly and activate your Lightbody Radiance Talismans. As long as you draw away some of the Azure Jade Ghost Carp, I'll give each of you some of these Azure Jade Ghost Carp afterward."

But Zhou Lie immediately shouted, "Mengde, your Entwining Silk Technique is so powerful. Use it,

to bind all those fish behind us. The few of us will attack together and kill them all."

Zhao Youming also urged, "Exactly. One Azure Jade Ghost Carp is worth over two hundred spirit stones, equivalent to a year's earnings.

There are only thirteen left now. If the five of us kill them, each of us can get two more."

The third-level Qi Refinement cultivator named Sun He also shouted:

"Brother Wang, make your move. Let's kill them together. You bind them, we kill them. I still have plenty of talismans."

Even Qin Xiangnan could not help speaking up:

"Mengde, I still have quite a few talismans as well. Let's attack once more."

Wang Mengde's heart sank slightly.

These people's greed had already overcome their reason.

They would not leave easily.

He could also activate a Lightbody Radiance Talisman and leave.

But he could not bear to abandon this boatload of Azure Jade Ghost Carp either.

He said in a deep voice:

"Only ten percent of my spiritual power remains. I absolutely cannot bind all the Azure Jade Ghost Carp behind us."

Zhao Youming immediately said, "I have Golden Astral Armor-Piercing Talismans. Their power is extremely strong. As long as you restrict them slightly, even if you bind them for only an instant, I can kill three of them."

He slapped his storage pouch and pulled out three talismans glowing with a faint golden light.

Spiritual light flowed over the talismans, and a sharp aura faintly spread from them.

Golden Astral Armor-Piercing Talismans.

High-grade first-rank talismans. They could easily break through the defenses of fourth-layer Lesser Demon beasts, and each one sold for as much as ten spirit stones.

Zhou Lie hurriedly said, "I have some too."

As he spoke, he took out two Golden Astral Armor-Piercing Talismans, faint golden light flickering in his palm.

Sun He hesitated for a moment before pulling three dull gray talismans from his robes.

The talismans looked very old, their edges slightly curled, but they faintly emitted a fierce aura of slaughter.

Wind Blade Sky-Splitting Talismans.

They were also high-grade first-rank talismans.

Qin Xiangnan also reached into his robes and took out four identical Wind Blade Sky-Splitting Talismans.

Wang Mengde's heart turned cold.

These people truly all had hidden trump cards.

Zhao Youming urged anxiously:

"Mengde, give us an answer."

"If you agree, we'll start activating the talismans immediately."

High-grade first-rank talismans possessed great offensive power.

But activating them required a great deal of spiritual power.

With his third-level Qi Refinement cultivation, activating three talismans at once would take nearly a dozen breaths.

That was why they had not taken out these talismans during their desperate breakout just now, despite the critical situation.

After a brief moment of thought, Wang Mengde said, "Fine."

The four men were instantly invigorated.

While controlling their spirit boats as they sped onward, the four held their talismans and frantically poured spiritual power into them.

Behind them, the thirteen Azure Jade Ghost Carp drew ever closer.

Four hundred meters.

Three hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

One hundred meters.

"I'm ready."

Zhao Youming shouted. The three Golden Astral Armor-Piercing Talismans in his hand blazed brightly, poised to strike.

"I'm ready too."

Zhou Lie likewise raised his two talismans.

"I'm done."

Sun He held one in each hand, with another tucked between his fingers.

Qin Xiangnan said in a low voice:

"I can attack at any time."

Wang Mengde took a deep breath and swiftly formed a hand seal.

The Entwining Silk Technique, perfected to its peak, was unleashed once more.

This time, he did not bind them with all his strength. Instead, he dispersed the spiritual threads, turning them into thirteen invisible nets.

They swept toward the thirteen Azure Jade Ghost Carp, instantly enveloping them.

The thirteen fish struggled desperately, their tails lashing madly.

Their strength was enormous, and they were about to tear apart the nets.

Qin Xiangnan and the other three activated the talismans in their hands at the same time.

Four gray streaks and five golden streaks shot like meteors, crashing viciously toward the thirteen Azure Jade Ghost Carp.

Boom boom boom boom...

Huge waves of water exploded across the sea.

The thirteen Azure Jade Ghost Carp died on the spot.

The sea surface was instantly dyed red.

Wang Mengde flicked his wrist, and the Entwining Silk Technique pulled.

Ten Azure Jade Ghost Carp soared into the air and landed steadily on Qin Xiangnan's skiff.

"These are yours."

Qin Xiangnan was stunned.

Ten?

Including the previous four, there were now fourteen Azure Jade Ghost Carp on his boat.

Nearly three thousand spirit stones.

Wang Mengde waved his hand again.

The remaining three Azure Jade Ghost Carp landed respectively on the skiffs of Zhao Youming, Zhou Lie, and Sun He.

One each.

Wang Mengde said in a deep voice:

"Once we reach shore, I'll give you three some more."

"Now, hurry."

The five immediately drove their skiffs, shooting westward.

Five skiffs raced across the sea.

Zhao Youming secretly formed a hand seal.

Voice Transmission Technique.

His voice rang in the ears of Zhou Lie and Sun He. "Wang Mengde's spiritual power is nearly exhausted."

Zhou Lie and Sun He were both slightly startled, then a strange glint flashed through their eyes.

They instantly understood Zhao Youming's meaning.

Zhao Youming continued transmitting his voice:

"The three of us contributed the least, and our relationship with Wang Mengde is poor. He says he'll divide more among us afterward. Do you believe him?"

Zhou Lie's gaze flickered.

He did not.

Of course he did not.

He had a grudge against Wang Mengde. The only reason he had escaped alive today was because of Wang Mengde.

After returning to Rosy Cloud Island, would Wang Mengde give him that many Azure Jade Ghost Carp?

What a dream.

Sun He licked his lips.

He felt that Wang Mengde might give him one more, but he wanted more than that.

Zhao Youming's voice rang out again:

"Don't reveal the slightest abnormality. I'll contact Qin Xiangnan. We'll strike together later."

Zhao Youming once more secretly used the Voice Transmission Technique to contact Qin Xiangnan.