Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 287 0286: The Remnant Soul of He Bo

Cheng Zongyang stepped into the temple, his eyes instantly fell on the three familiar statues of gods. A sense of familiarity surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but nod slightly.

Those identical three eyes and soul crystals were extremely attractive to him.

He began to carefully examine the other items in the temple. This place was more complete than the first temple. There were incense tables, furnaces, and preserved earthen incense. There were also bird skeletons that had turned to white bones and unknown things that had turned to ashes.

Obviously, everything here was intact and full of mystery. Without any hesitation, he reached out and took out the spirit detector from his arms, like a professional detectorist.

The result was as expected. As he tested it, he found that the spiritual power here was the same as in the first temple. The spiritual power reached its highest value at the location of the three statues. He thought to himself:

"It seems that the Earth Spirit Pearl is indeed not unique and is also man-made."

Afterwards, Cheng Zongyang moved all three statues and the fish monster statue up.

Then he and Luo Dingran transported them to the market hut. After that, he took the mole beast and dived underwater to start digging for the spiritual beads underground.

This time, he only let the mole go down to look for the beads, while he stayed in the temple, like a dedicated appraiser, identifying the valuable things and taking them away.

Half an hour passed quietly, and the mole finally found the bead.

However, when Cheng Zongyang saw the thumb-sized aqua blue bead in his hand, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Different colors?"

He immediately performed an identification spell.
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【Water Spirit Pearl】

Introduction: (Omitted, basically similar to the Earth Spirit Pearl, so I won’t go into details.)——
Cheng Zongyang fell into deep thought as he looked at the introduction that was basically the same as the Earth Spirit Pearl. He thought to himself:

"The previous one was of the earth element, and this one is of the water element. The location of the earth spirit bead is on the hillside, while this is at the bottom of the river, which is of the water element... and the two have different properties. Does this mean that there are three other spirit beads of different elements?"

Thinking of this possibility, Cheng Zongyang's breathing became slightly heavier. He felt excited and nervous, as if he saw a huge treasure waving at him.

But he didn't dare to be too optimistic, after all, it was just his guess.

After confirming that there was nothing else, Cheng Zongyang sent the mole to the shore and then dismantled the formation.

"Sir, have you found it?" Luo Dingran, who had returned after sending the things away, hurried forward to ask.

Cheng Zongyang nodded, removed the protective Qi, and excitedly expressed his thoughts:
"Lao Luo, this possibility is very high. I was thinking about it when I was dismantling the formation just now. If they are really cultivating the five elements spirit beads, then it means there are three more temples, as well as the spirit beads of the wood, fire, and gold series."

As he spoke, he summoned a map, marked the locations of the first and second temples, and then connected them to form a straight line. At this moment, Cheng Zongyang was like an explorer traveling to various dangerous places, his heart full of expectations and desire to explore.

"Lao Luo, it's not easy to find other temples now, so let's try this guess."

In this way, Cheng Zongyang drew a line at the distance between the two ends, eventually forming two five-pointed stars in different directions and a circle.

These three methods divide the remaining three possible temple areas.

"Let's explore these three areas. Focus on the densely forested areas where there are villages, areas where metal minerals are suspected to exist, and areas where there may be volcanoes or high temperatures... Hmm?"

Cheng Zongyang paused for a moment. An idea just flashed through his mind, but he felt it was unlikely.

He continued, "The places where fire spirit beads may exist are generally where volcanoes have existed. This kind of temple should be set up in the crater or inside the volcano. Mark it out first. Remember, there must be a village before it exists."

Luo Dingran quickly wrote down Cheng Zongyang's instructions, and finally asked, "Sir, did you have any thoughts just now?"

Cheng Zongyang nodded: "Just now I was thinking, isn't Huining County a place with high temperature or geothermal heat? But I think it is unlikely, after all, it is caused by external forces. When digging there, did you find any temples or something like that?"

Luo Dingran was stunned. "Temples? There are quite a few of them. From under some of the shattered ruins, we did find quite a few temple tablets buried under the ruins. I will have someone start screening them later."

"Okay, go back first."

With that, the two men and the beast headed for the shed and teleported back to the fourth floor.

Next, Luo Dingran took the mole away and immediately arranged the investigation.

Cheng Zongyang transferred the formation in his hand to the fifth floor and then turned his attention to the four statues.

After some identification, they were basically the same as the first statue.

Afterwards, Cheng Zongyang dug out the soul crystals of the three statues one by one. As expected, three pressures appeared and disappeared one after another.

However, after digging out the soul crystal of the fish-headed monster, a flash of red light shot directly into Cheng Zongyang's brow.

In an instant, Cheng Zongyang had an idea and fixed the red light in front of his eyebrows, only an inch away.

He took a step back, looking calmly at the red light spinning back and forth in front of him. But he was secretly alert in his heart. After the lesson from Huangfu Ren, he was extremely wary of such things.

To say the least, even if he was invaded, he would not be afraid in the market hut.

Without any hesitation, he performed an identification spell.

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【The Remnant Soul of Habaek】

Introduction: He was once a fish demon in the river. After years of practice, he protected the local people and was respected by the people. Later, he was enlightened by the Wind Lord and became the River Lord of the Shanyang River section of the Liyuan Mountain Range. Together with the three Earth Lords, he was worshipped by the people around the Shanyang River and turned into a land spirit.

Status: remnant soul
Grade: Earth Spirit (damage)
Points: 10 million

Note: Can be sacrificed to the Ringwraiths.

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Looking at the displayed information, Cheng Zongyang frowned tightly.

This confusing information appears again!
He Bo, the spirit of the earth!
What kind of position is this? What grade is this?
He suddenly felt that this world was hiding some extremely shocking secrets that he was unaware of.

"Orcs, elves, immortals, gods, and what else? What the hell is this place?"

Cheng Zongyang felt that the deeper he explored, the more he discovered the complexity and mystery of this world, and even had the idea of ​​stopping exploration! Just be a person who hunts exotic animals and digs for natural treasures to earn points, and don't care about anything else.

But now, as he continues to explore and understand, it seems he can't stop.

After all, deep down in his heart, he really wanted to understand this world.

He sighed in his heart and manipulated the soul crystal in his hand to approach the remnant soul of He Bo. The next moment, the remnant soul seemed to have found its home and sank into the soul crystal again. Cheng Zongyang ignored it and put it together with the other soul crystals.

Now there are already seven soul crystals! But He Bo's information still forced him to take out the notebook and add two new questions that need to be answered - He Bo and the Earth Spirit, as well as the advantages and disadvantages.

After sealing the seven soul crystals, Cheng Zongyang left the fourth floor.

As the 30,000-kilometer territory expanded, Cheng Zongyang no longer had the idea of ​​identifying place names. First, it was too troublesome, and second, it consumed too many points. He could only hope to find a map of this world in the future.

Time flies, and a month has passed.

Just as he was practicing in the wilderness and waiting for news from Luo Dingran, a voice came from the personal room on the third floor of the market hut.

It was sent by Zhou Zhendong from the outside world.

Cheng Zongyang immediately left the market hut and returned his spirit to his body.

At this time, he heard Zhou Zhendong's voice coming from outside the door again: "Zongyang, someone from Dayi Chamber of Commerce is coming. Did you hear it?"

"Got it. You go up and say hello first. They'll be there soon." Cheng Zongyang responded, then stood up with a trembling breath, and some dust on his body fell off.

Afterwards, he took a look at the Yufeng Immortal City formation that was functioning normally, nodded slightly, and walked towards the basement door.

A month. Yu Wenlin is quite patient and can actually wait for a month.

Anyone who heard that they could go to the Immortal Cultivation World would probably be eager to set off that day. But Yu Wenlin waited for a month before coming.

Of course, he estimated that Yu Wenlin was probably here to hand over the business and to explain the thirty million taels of silver. As for whether Yu Wenlin informed the people at the headquarters of the Great Easy Chamber of Commerce about the Ice and Fire Immortal Cultivation World, that was not his concern.

A moment later, in the backyard living room.

At this time, there were only Cheng Zongyang and three similar old men here. The rest were sent away by Cheng Zongyang.

After Yu Wenlin introduced the third person, Ji Lin, to Cheng Zongyang, he sat down and said:

"Master Cheng, the three of us are ready, but we still have some questions that we would like Master Cheng to answer."

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly: "You can say it anyway."

Shentu Li and Ji Lin did not speak, and Yu Wenlin took over. Yu Wenlin then said:
"We are all very familiar with the booklet you gave us last time. But regarding the spirit stones, the booklet simply said that we could borrow them from you, so I want to know more about it."

When Cheng Zongyang heard this, he guessed that they would ask these questions.

Once they got there, they would have to spend spirit stones to stay in the county town. They didn't have any spirit stones on them, so it was not difficult to earn some. They could bring some valuables there and pawn them.

But they couldn't make more money because he couldn't let them bring more. Otherwise, if they brought a lot of bags, would they really think his car was a bus or a truck? How could he run a loan business?

"Tell me more details." Cheng Zongyang responded.

Yu Wenlin then asked: "How many spirit stones can the three of us borrow? What's the interest rate? And how do we repay it?"

The Dayi Chamber of Commerce's bank has been operating for many years and is well aware of this kind of thing.

After Cheng Zongyang paused for a moment, he said:
"The minimum amount each person can borrow is 3,000 low-grade spirit stones. The approximate price of goods there is written in the booklet, so I won't go into details about the value. The annual interest is 100 low-grade spirit stones, and the interest will increase if it doesn't increase every year. The maximum repayment can be made in one lump sum within three years. Isn't this high? As for the maximum amount you can borrow, it depends on whether you have the ability to repay and have some valuable collateral.

Of course, the booklet also contains the rules from before. They are all recorded together with the loan agreement. The cost of breach of contract is also written in the contract template at the back of the booklet, so I won’t go into details. You can consider it on your own.”

After hearing this, Yu Wenlin and the other two looked at each other and nodded.

The interest rate is not high, but the cost of default is really weird.

They really didn't understand the price of returning to the wilderness, but as long as they didn't breach the contract, everything would be fine.

As the heads of the Chamber of Commerce for many years, they are confident that they can pay back the spirit stones with interest within a year.

If Cheng Zongyang knew what they were thinking, he would probably laugh out loud.

It is difficult for cultivators in the Western District to save a thousand spirit stones in a year, let alone repay the principal and interest in a year.

If you don't have a permanent residence in Zi'an County, how can you expect to save money after all the miscellaneous expenses?
Yu Wenlin continued to ask: "Then I wonder how to arrange the household registration mentioned in the booklet? It says that if you don't have a county household registration, you can only find a place to live outside the city, or rent a house in the county and register your information and pay fees every month. Only if you register can you buy a house. How to register?"

This time, Cheng Zongyang smiled. This is another business.

He had discussed this matter of settling down with Tan Sanniang. Although he didn't know what kind of relationship Tan Sanniang had with the local immortal cultivation family, the fact that she could help people settle down so quickly showed that her relationship was not ordinary.

Therefore, I asked about the cooperation at the beginning, but Tan Sanniang did not respond positively.

But after more than a month of intermittent contact, Qin Sanniang still liked the spirit stone very much.

Therefore, this settlement cooperation issue can still be tried.

He said to Yu Wenlin and the other two, "It's written in the booklet that it's extremely difficult for non-cultivators to settle down without connections. Even if you become a cultivator, it's difficult to rent a house in the other three areas without spirit stones or connections. So, if you want to settle down, it will require a lot of spirit stones. You should earn more spirit stones in the early stage. When you have extra spirit stones, you can consider settling down. After all, you can find a place to live outside the city."

Upon hearing this, Yu Wenlin and the other two fell silent.

Cheng Zongyang kindly reminded them, "The settlement price for one person is no less than 5,000 spirit stones. Come back to me after you earn this amount."

Now, the three of them said nothing more.

At this time, Shentu Li asked: "When are we leaving?"

Cheng Zongyang said calmly: "Anytime."

So the three of them said nothing more and prepared to go. But Cheng Zongyang said, "I will take you there, but you have to drink this."

As he said that, he shouted to Zhou Zhendong outside.

"Take a sip and signal them."

When Zhou Zhendong saw what Cheng Zongyang was holding, he knew what it was. He drank it, and his finger was healed.

So, under the vigilant gaze of Yu Wenlin and the other two, Zhou Zhendong fell asleep after drinking while sitting on a chair.

Cheng Zongyang was straightforward and said, "Check if he has any problems. I asked you to drink this because I don't want you to see something. When you wake up, you will be there. Not only you, but everyone who goes to the Immortal Cultivation World in the future will drink this."

Yu Wenlin did not express his opinion, but went to check Zhou Zhendong's physical condition. The thing he drank was on the table. There was still a lot in it.

There is no way that the three of them could have drunk it so casually, otherwise their lives would have been controlled by someone so easily.

While they were checking, Cheng Zongyang stood up and walked out, and continued:

"You should examine him carefully and think about it carefully. He didn't drink much, so he will wake up in about half an hour. I will come back in half an hour. If you don't agree to drink, I will return the money to you, and the deal will be over."

(End of this chapter)