FreeBooksOnline Chapter 209 - 163: Golden Core Reinforcement
Chapter 209 - 163: Golden Core Reinforcement
After Situ Jingyu returned to her room with her newly acquired Spirit Stones, she couldn’t help but chuckle gleefully. Meanwhile, after Situ Jingyu left, Fang Qingyuan stared at the Magical Artifact on the table for a long time. Finally, he made up his mind, wrote another letter, and went out to find someone to deliver it to the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect.
Given that the intelligence from Black Hand was inaccurate, Fang Qingyuan’s original plan—that he, Jinbao, and Situ Jingyu would be enough to handle the matter—now seemed to have a chance of failing. To be on the safe side, Fang Qingyuan decided to part with some more Spirit Stones and hire Heiye, the Golden Core Demon Beast, to come and back him up once more.
Spirit Stones were great, but his own life was more important. Of the two million Low-grade Spirit Stones he had previously obtained from Jiuye Square, aside from the 500,000 he had promised Situ Jingyu, Fang Qingyuan decided to use 800,000 to bribe Zhao Liangde. The goal was to get permission for his Companion Beast to travel a great distance and handle some private business for him.
The price Fang Qingyuan paid last time was cheap because attacking the Li Family of Jiuye Square was considered official business. Now, he was hiring Heiye for a purely personal task. Moreover, it wasn’t completely safe for Heiye to leave the Southern Border and come to Black Sand City. As everyone knew, when a powerful beast left its own territory, it would face unknown dangers.
As a core part of the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect’s fighting force, if Heiye left to come to Black Wind City and rival powers found out, they might try to ambush and kill him. Heiye would not be immune to such a fate.
Fortunately, the Southern Border Beast Taming Sect didn’t have many enemies. Even the Artifact Talisman Alliance, which they had offended years ago, had to show respect to the Beast Taming Sect’s Main Mountain. So, even if they bore a grudge against the Southern Border branch, they wouldn’t dare try to ambush and kill Heiye. This was why Heiye dared to leave the Southern Border Territory to handle private matters for Fang Qingyuan.
After sending the letter, Fang Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief. ’With Heiye and Situ Jingyu, those twelve Yuan Beast Tribulation Cultivators will be as good as mine.’
Furthermore, just the other day at Red Lotus Square, he had also connected with Chu River, the belatedly arrived leader of the Gua Talisman Alliance. Chu River had promised to lend a hand when the time came to deal with the twelve Yuan Beast Tribulation Cultivators. With this, Fang Qingyuan’s confidence grew even greater.
But if even a lineup like this couldn’t take down these Tribulation Cultivators, then Fang Qingyuan would have no choice but to abandon this Foundation Establishment Opportunity. He would return to Southern Border Yuanling Mountain and just grind it out slowly. He still had time—nearly thirty years until the optimal window for Foundation Establishment closed.
He couldn’t risk everything he had for this one opportunity. In any case, Fang Qingyuan had done his best. Even if he failed, he wouldn’t have any regrets.
「The next day.」
Fang Qingyuan took Situ Jingyu to the Black Market to find Steward Wen.
When Steward Wen saw Fang Qingyuan, he thought some good business had come his way. To his surprise, Fang Qingyuan launched into a furious tirade that left the steward speechless. And with Situ Jingyu watching from the side, all Steward Wen could do was force a placating smile.
In the end, Steward Wen refunded three thousand Spirit Stones to Fang Qingyuan. He also ordered his subordinates to prioritize gathering information on the Tribulation Cultivators and promised to provide Fang Qingyuan with a free copy later. Only then did Fang Qingyuan’s anger subside.
Although Black Hand was powerful, they were in the wrong on this matter. Of course, if Fang Qingyuan had come alone, Steward Wen would not have had this attitude.
Finally, Fang Qingyuan took the opportunity to sell the two Magical Artifacts he had obtained from the Pig-faced Cultivator to Steward Wen, recovering 170,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones. Still feeling he was in the wrong, Steward Wen couldn’t haggle much with Fang Qingyuan and readily handed over the Spirit Stones.
After leaving the Black Market, Fang Qingyuan felt refreshed and invigorated. He let out a hearty laugh, then led Situ Jingyu and Jinbao back to their residence.
「For the next half month.」
Fang Qingyuan stayed inside his Immortal Mansion, using the Yin Souls from the Soul-Catching Ball to practice the Yindu Black Law Soul-Binding Spell. Although his cultivation base was already at its peak and couldn’t advance further, his spiritual soul had not yet reached its limit, and the Soul-Catching Ball was perfect for training it.
Because the Pig-faced Cultivator had activated it once, the Soul-Catching Ball was very unstable. If Fang Qingyuan didn’t use it, the Yin Souls inside would completely disperse within six months to a year, and it would all be a waste.
After half a month passed like this, Fang Qingyuan was cooking one day when a weary voice sounded in his ear:
"Fang the Kid, get me a plate too. Coming all this way without a Flying Boat... this cat’s dead tired."