174: Chapter 174 Jade Linglong: Master, don't be angry~ I'll just let you bully me a little longer.

On the other side, inside the Main Hall of the Taichu Holy Land in the Central Plains.

Seven or eight Loose Cultivators were kneeling, bound tightly.

If one were to say their cultivation was passable, their appearances, however...

...were truly works of nature's peculiar craftsmanship.

Some had crooked mouths, some were cross-eyed, and some even had asymmetrical facial features.

The only commonality was that they all wore crudely made black-and-white Daoist robes.

On both sides of the hall, the Void Refinement Stage Elders focused on their breathing, not even daring to exhale loudly.

Holy Lord of Taichu sat high upon his throne, looking down at this group of misshapen wretches, the veins on his forehead throbbing.

"This is the person you went to such great lengths to capture?"

The Holy Lord's voice was squeezed through his teeth, suppressing a sky-high rage.

An old Loose Cultivator monster with a face full of wrinkles shouted flatteringly:

"Lord Holy Lord! Look at this kid—crooked mouth, slanted eyes, and wearing black-and-white Daoist robes!"

"He looks exactly like the drawing on the wanted poster!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" another Loose Cultivator chimed in.

"Lord Holy Lord, my brothers and I squatted in a muddy ditch for three days to catch this guy."

"About that ten million Top-Grade Spirit Stone reward... when can we settle the payment?"

*Bang!*

Holy Lord of Taichu finally snapped, shattering the jade table beside him with a single palm strike.

"A bunch of idiots! Do you have no brains?!"

Holy Lord of Taichu pointed at the group of morons below, spittle flying from his mouth.

"Could someone who can instantly kill a Half-step Body Integration Stage expert with one sword strike look like this?!"

"The artist who drew that wanted poster is brain-dead, but are you all brain-dead too?!"

A terrifying storm of spiritual power swept through the hall.

The Loose Cultivator old monsters, who were still dreaming of getting rich, were sent flying by the force before they could even react.

"Get out! Blast them all out of here!"

Holy Lord of Taichu's chest heaved violently with anger.

He felt that if he looked at these people for one more second, he would suffer a brain hemorrhage on the spot.

"Useless! All of you are useless!"

He cursed through gritted teeth:

"It's been so many days, and you can't even find a brat at the Early stage of Spirit Severing!"

"You've completely disgraced the Holy Land!"

The Grand Elder was drenched in cold sweat. Under the pressure of potentially being flattened into meat paste at any moment, he spoke up tremulously.

"Holy Lord, please appease your anger! That thief is extremely cunning and seems to have vanished into thin air. We have already blockaded the surrounding teleportation Formations, but still..."

"I don't want to hear excuses!" Holy Lord of Taichu interrupted him, killing intent flashing in his eyes.

An inner sect Elder with a goatee narrowed his eyes and quickly crawled forward on his knees, offering a plan:

"Holy Lord, I have a plan! It is guaranteed to be foolproof!"

Holy Lord of Taichu glanced at him coldly: "Oh? You have a plan too? Speak!"

"If you can't give me a good reason, I'll extract your Life Qi first!"

"The Holy Lord is wise!"

The goatee Elder analyzed the situation logically.

"Since that thief traveled ten thousand miles to come to Yuheng Province, it must be for the upcoming Ancient God Ruins Daoist Inheritance Struggle!"

"As long as he wants to go in and reap the benefits, he absolutely cannot bypass the entrance to the Divine Ruins!"

"We have already laid an inescapable net at all the entrances to the Divine Ruins from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces!"

The Elder looked up, his gaze ruthless.

"As long as he dares to show his face, even if he changes his appearance and bones, he will never escape your grasp!"

"When the time comes, I request the Holy Lord to personally activate the daluo star plate; it will surely lock onto his Divine Soul!"

After hearing this, the violent aura around Holy Lord of Taichu gradually calmed down.

The daluo star plate was his Lifebound Treasure; it could not only deduce heavenly secrets but also lock onto Karma.

"As long as that boy appears within ten thousand miles, he will have nowhere to hide."

"Approved."

Holy Lord of Taichu snorted coldly, his expression gloomy.

"Immediately send more manpower to guard all entrances! If anyone suspicious is found, I'd rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!"

...

Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of miles away from the Taichu Holy Land, high in the sky.

The luxurious giant flying boat was cruising smoothly through the sea of clouds.

In a corner of the deck, Chu Feng was bowing as he reported to Cao Kun.

"Big Brother, look, according to the route, we still have to make a round through Tianyan Province and Fenglei Province."

Chu Feng pointed at the flickering marks on the Jade Slip, his tone so practiced it was heartbreaking.

"There, we need to pick up five Senior Brothers who are out gaining experience, as well as two delicate Senior Sisters."

"Then we can head straight for the entrance of the Ancient God Ruins in the core area of the Central Plains."

Cao Kun raised his hand and patted Chu Feng's shoulder.

"Brother Chu, your reception work is very solid."

He taught him earnestly.

"However, I must remind you that when we get there, your attitude must be respectful."

"After all, they are all your Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters from the Taichu Holy Land. They are our fellow disciples, our beloved friends and family."

"When away from home, we must make them feel the warmth of home, understand?"

Looking at Cao Kun's eyes which were practically glowing green, Chu Feng muttered to himself.

Is this going to pick up Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters?

This is clearly going to pick up several walking Top-Grade Spiritual Veins!

Chu Feng silently mourned for three seconds for the fellow disciples who hadn't boarded the ship yet.

Better a Fellow Daoist die than me.

As long as this living Yama doesn't kill him, he didn't care who got robbed.

"Big Brother, don't worry. I'm very familiar with this kind of detailed reception work!"

Chu Feng stood up straight and patted his chest to show his loyalty.

"I guarantee they will hand over all the tolls they should pay without even realizing it!"

"Mhm, you are a talent capable of great things. I have high hopes for you."

Cao Kun nodded with satisfaction, stood up, and stretched.

"Alright, you keep an eye on the rest of the journey here."

"I'm going into seclusion for a few days. Don't bother me unless it's important."

After saying that, Cao Kun took Yu Linglong's hand and walked straight to the lower level of the flying boat.

With a wave of his hand, Cao Kun set up over a dozen soundproofing and defensive Formations, sealing the entire secret chamber tightly.

After confirming that the outside world could not spy on them, he moved his mind.

A faint chaotic light flashed at the center of his brow.

The next second, the two of them vanished into thin air from the secret chamber.

They entered the all-heavens and myriad-realms demon suppressing tower.

Just as they entered the first floor of the Demon Suppressing Tower.

Cao Kun, who was happily preparing to count his small treasury, was completely dumbfounded.

Not long ago, he had confiscated a mountain of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, over a dozen Spiritual Veins, and countless Heaven And Earth Treasures from Chu Feng.

All gone!!!

In the place where the Spiritual Veins were originally placed, only a few pieces of waste stone devoid of Spiritual Qi remained.

The jade boxes that had contained Top-Grade Spirit Medicines were scattered all over the floor, with not even a scrap left inside.

"Where's my money?!"

Cao Kun's heart was bleeding.

Yu Linglong covered her mouth and giggled, stretching out her jade arms to wrap around Cao Kun's neck, comforting him softly.

"Oh, Master~ don't be angry."

"The sisters have been cultivating in this tower; one day outside is a year in here."

"In order not to hold Master back, everyone has been cultivating very hard."

"Naturally, those resources were consumed a bit faster~"

Cao Kun's mouth twitched.

A bit faster?

You call this a bit faster?

This is simply like a plague of locusts passing through!

Liu Rumeng