Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 314 0313: Searching for the Source of Corpses

There was a hint of curiosity in Tan Sanniang's eyes. She reached out to take the basket and gently opened it. In the basket were some exquisite spiritual fruits that exuded pure spiritual energy.

“That’s really thoughtful.”

Tan Sanniang looked at these things, and a warm feeling welled up in her heart. She raised her head slightly, looked at Cheng Zongyang, and said with a slight smile on her lips, "These are not cheap. Do you have something to ask me?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zongyang glanced into the basket. He had no idea what kind of spiritual fruit was inside, let alone the price. But thinking that Baili Xi was the manager of the Chamber of Commerce and had such a big business, the things he gave away would not be sold everywhere. So he said calmly without any guilt:
"Third sister, your words are a bit hurtful. I just wanted to give you something, and I don't know what you want. I heard that this spiritual fruit is good for women, so I bought it. The spiritual stones are nothing. The main thing is that it is good for you."

Tan Sanniang chuckled, obviously not believing him. He had been gone for half a year, and now he was giving gifts. There must be something wrong.

She put down the basket, sat up straight, looked at Cheng Zongyang, and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing. I've been away for half a year, and you're the only friend I know well and visit often in the county, so naturally I have to come and see you. And chat with you."

Cheng Zongyang had a stern face and looked serious, as if he was emphasizing that what he said was true, as if he was implying that if you misunderstand me again there would be no more conversation.

"Okay. I appreciate it." Seeing this, Tan Sanniang's mouth slightly raised, revealing a touching smile. She didn't ask any more questions and said, "What do you want to talk about?"

Cheng Zongyang scratched his head. He really didn't know what to talk about. Asking how they were doing? That would be blind. Didn't he see that they were doing well? But the next moment, he suddenly remembered something, looked at the other party and said, "On the way here, I heard a lot of people talking about Xuanyuan Secret Realm. Are you familiar with this place?"

Cheng Zongyang sat down casually, his posture relaxed, as if he was at ease in his own carriage. "I heard some people mention it when I first came here, but I didn't pay much attention to it. I heard a lot more this time."

Tan Sanniang didn't care about Cheng Zongyang's actions. She shook her head slightly, with a solemn look in her eyes: "That's a place that swallows people. There's no need to go there."

"I didn't say I was going." Cheng Zongyang's eyes were full of curiosity, and he leaned forward slightly. "Tell me about it."

Tan Sanniang pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Xuanyuan Secret Realm is a special space with great restrictions. Only warriors and ordinary people can enter.

There was no one inside, only the primitive environment, natural treasures, and creatures that were no stronger than exotic beasts. But there were also various powerful exotic beasts. Even if an innate warrior went in, he would be defeated if he encountered some special powerful high-level exotic beasts. Many immortal cultivation forces and sects hired a large number of ordinary people and warriors to go in and collect spiritual medicines and the like.

Therefore, many ordinary people and warriors enter with the fantasy of making a lot of spirit stones or quickly improving their strength, but they often never return. "

However, Cheng Zongyang frowned. If he remembered correctly, Zhao Yonglong had said that he wanted to explore the Xuanyuan Secret Realm. Now, Tan Sanniang said that only warriors and ordinary people were allowed to enter?

"Can't cultivators get in?" Cheng Zongyang asked.

"You can't get in. There is a special restriction there, and no one has been able to break it so far. That's why I reminded you that there is no need to go." Tan Sanniang raised her eyes slightly and glanced at Cheng Zongyang, with a hint of solemnity in her eyes. Then, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed in her eyes, "You have reached the Xiantian realm?"

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly, "Yes, with the help of elixirs, the improvement is still very fast."

Tan Sanniang didn't care too much about it. She just shook her head slightly and said, "Be obedient and don't go to the secret realm." Her tone was gentle, just like a sister next door caring about her brother.

Cheng Zongyang laughed, looking relaxed, "Don't worry, I cherish my life very much. But how long has this Xuanyuan Secret Realm existed? Are many spirit stones and many resources also mined from it?"

At this moment, Tan Sanniang reached out and took a spiritual fruit from the basket, and first handed it to Cheng Zongyang, with an elegant and natural movement. Then she also took one and took a bite.

The juice of the spiritual fruit overflowed in her mouth. She squinted her eyes slightly, as if she was savoring the sweetness of the spiritual fruit. After a moment, she slowly opened her mouth to answer Cheng Zongyang's question.
"The Xuanyuan Secret Realm has existed for a very long time, and no one can tell exactly how long it has existed. At least before I came here, the Xuanyuan Secret Realm already existed.

As for the resources inside, many people have indeed obtained various resources from it. But that is also a great risk. The only problem is that there are no spiritual stones inside, and the mineral resources are extremely rare. The spiritual energy level is also average. The spiritual medicine inside can only exist because of the long time. "

Now, Cheng Zongyang fell into deep thought.

This seems to explain why there is a lack of metal mineral resources here. There is a secret realm, but no mineral resources can be dug. The only good thing is that you can dig up spiritual medicine and precious common medicinal materials.

Cheng Zongyang continued to chat with Tan Sanniang, mainly about the Xuanyuan Secret Realm. After all, this place was really strange.

But he didn't think much about it because Tan Sanniang asked him about the situation on his side.

"What's going on with your house? There seems to be a lot of people coming in and out."

Cheng Zongyang suddenly smiled and said, "Third sister is also very concerned about me."

Tan Sanniang rolled her eyes at Cheng Zongyang and said, "Some people have been eyeing your place for a long time. Is there anything else in the South District that I don't know about?"

After that, her expression suddenly became serious: "Don't bring people here anymore. If there are too many people, the sect will pay attention. It doesn't matter if you are targeted by ordinary people, but if you are targeted by a sect or family of immortal cultivators and they find something special about you, you will have to pay attention."

Seeing this, Cheng Zongyang's expression also became serious. He knew that Tan Sanniang was concerned about him, so he nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, Third Sister. There won't be a next time."

Through this experience, he also realized that having too many people would cause problems, so he planned to move the teleportation array outside the city.

Now that Tan Sanniang reminded him, he decided to go to a hidden place outside the city as a teleportation location. Of course, the new place is still a transit station, and his room is the final stop, which is also for his own use.

People who are teleported here in the future will be shown out at a station outside the city.

Soon, the animal cart arrived at the entrance of the brothel.

Cheng Zongyang did not stay any longer. He waved goodbye to Qin Sanniang and left.

Tan Sanniang looked at Cheng Zongyang who was leaving, and a smile appeared involuntarily on the corner of her mouth.

"Sanniang, you're back." Two girls in their teens walked out of the brothel.

"Yeah. I'm back." Qin Sanniang nodded slightly.

"What is this? What a beautiful basket." One of the little girls looked at the exquisite basket in Qin Sanniang's hand in surprise.

"This is a gift from the Qinglong Chamber of Commerce for our distinguished guests."

Tan Sanniang already knew the origin of the basket, but she found Cheng Zongyang's pretense of seriousness inexplicably amusing.

"Silly boy." Tan Sanniang hummed a tune and went upstairs.

Cheng Mansion, Study. "Sir, I have inquired and learned from many sources recently, and have basically determined that the way the bodies of immortal cultivators in Zi'an County are handled is very different from the handling of ordinary people's bodies.

Due to the special nature of the bodies of immortal cultivators, there are two main ways to deal with them. First, if the immortal cultivator has family or friends, their bodies will basically be buried in a unified place in the mountains. As far as I know, that is a place under the jurisdiction of Zi'an County. This arrangement can avoid occupying a special place and is easy to manage.

This place is managed by the mortuary.

Secondly, for those independent cultivators who have no relatives or friends, or whose identities are unknown, they will also be handled by the people in the mortuary after their death.

My subordinates have also inquired further, and found out that the condition for joining the burial farm is to find someone to pay some spirit stones and live in Zi'an County.

The division of labor within the corpse burial farm is clear. There are people responsible for burial, sewing, carrying, retrieving and burying corpses, each with different responsibilities. Sir, do you think I should join in and become a corpse burial person? In this way, we can take away the corpses of those ownerless cultivators."

Ma Yue reported respectfully and waited for Cheng Zongyang's decision.

After listening to this, Cheng Zongyang fell into deep thought.

He really didn't expect that in this world, there would be such a systematic department dealing with the corpses of cultivators.

He could also understand why the Immortal Sect attached so much importance to the corpses of immortal cultivators. After all, for some immortal cultivators who practiced evil ways, the corpses of immortal cultivators were undoubtedly good things.

For Cheng Zongyang, the corpses of immortal cultivators are the key to restoring the underground spiritual veins in the wilderness world. The souls of immortal cultivators can also increase the concentration of spiritual energy, and they must be collected.

Silver expands its territory and restores underground silver mines at a greater proportion; Gold restores all previous mines and increases reserves; The corpses of cultivators restore their spiritual energy, and their souls restore their spiritual veins;

It can be said that Cheng Zongyang already knew that this world had been plundered by plunderers for its population, spiritual veins, gold, silver, and various minerals. All of them were valuable.

Therefore, the purpose of the Ringwraiths is to restore all this through mutual help and assistance with him.

Cheng Zongyang frowned slightly, thinking about various possibilities in his mind.

Ma Yue was just an ordinary person. Let's not talk about whether he could successfully join the corpse burial house. Even if he succeeded, with his martial arts skills, he would not be able to solve any problems. It would be difficult for him to be truly concealed when stealing corpses under the eyes of immortal cultivators. This method was risky, and he needed to think of another way.

Cheng Zongyang suddenly asked, "Isn't there anyone who secretly sells corpses?"

Ma Yue was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I have never asked this question. Sir, do you mean to bribe the undertaker?"

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly and whispered, "If you can bribe them, they will specifically ask for the bodies of the ownerless cultivators. For them, as long as they can earn spirit stones, they shouldn't care too much about how to deal with the bodies of these ownerless cultivators, right?"

Cheng Zongyang was thinking about the pros and cons. Bribing the corpse burial master was indeed a feasible method, but it also had risks. If he was discovered and then identified as a demon cultivator and wanted, the consequences would be disastrous.

However, he also had to start the task of restoring the underground spiritual veins of the wilderness world and could not delay any further. This was related to the large-scale planting of spiritual medicines in the future, the cultivation of him and his soul slaves, the future mining of spiritual stone mines, and so on.

Cheng Zongyang looked at Ma Yue and said, "This matter still needs to be considered in the long run. Go ahead and continue to inquire to see if there are any corpse burial people who are willing to be bribed. At the same time, be careful not to arouse other people's suspicion. Everything must be done on the premise of ensuring your own safety. It is better to go slow than to rush. Also, there are 3,000 spirit stones in the big box in the corner over there. If you need them, take them yourself as funds."

As he spoke, he pointed to a large box in the corner of the study room which was used to store spirit stones.

"Yes, sir!" Ma Yue took a look, then bowed and left.

Cheng Zongyang paced back and forth in the room, thinking about the next plan. He knew that this matter must be handled with caution and well planned.

He didn't believe that the people in the mortuary didn't like spirit stones. If they didn't like them, it meant that there were not enough spirit stones.

Once he can reach a cooperation with the mortuary, he won't have to worry about the source of corpses.

Ma Yue's work speed is indeed very fast.

Just two days later, he came to Cheng Zongyang again to report the situation.

"Sir, I have been making inquiries these past two days and have deliberately contacted the manager of the corpse burial department in the corpse burial farm. This person is called Zhao Lide, and he has the fourth level of Qi training. He likes women and is greedy for small gains. At noon, when we were drinking in a brothel in the southern district, we arranged for wine, sex and money, which also hinted at our intentions.

I also told you that one corpse can be exchanged for ten spirit stones, regardless of the level of cultivation in life. In the end, he said he would think about it. Although he did not make a clear statement, I felt that he was somewhat tempted. "

Cheng Zongyang's eyes lit up, his face full of joy, he was very satisfied with Ma Yue's efficiency, and said with a smile:

"Very good, you did a great job this time! Continue to contact him and find out how many spirit stones are needed to reach a cooperation. However, once the decision to cooperate is made, he must sign this contract as a confidentiality agreement between the two parties. If he does not sign, then tell him that we will find someone who is willing to sign.

Since the other party likes to be greedy, there is no need to worry that he will watch the spirit stones delivered to his door without taking them. No one cares about the corpse of an ownerless cultivator. It’s just that Zi’an County has rules. "

As he spoke, he took out a confidentiality agreement for the corpse transaction that he had carefully prepared over the past two days and modified it based on the new information provided by Ma Yue.

A moment later, a new transaction confidentiality agreement emerged.

Seeing this, Ma Yue did not ask any more questions.

"This is the confidentiality agreement for the transaction. Bring it to him to see."

Cheng Zongyang thought to himself that he really didn't expect things to go so smoothly. He was originally most worried that the other party would not change his mind, but now it seems that Zhao Lide can be used. As long as the problem can be solved with spirit stones, it is not a problem for him.

Ma Yue took the agreement, read it, nodded solemnly, and said, "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely handle this matter well."

Afterwards, he set out again to contact Zhao Lide.

The transaction of corpses is not troublesome. Corpses are dead objects and can be stored in a general storage bag. Zhao Lide can store the corpses in a storage bag and then go to the agreed place to trade. The money and corpses are settled on the spot, without delay or debt. This method can both reassure the other party and give them motivation.

That night, the West District was full of flowers.

Ma Yue spent thirty spirit stones to book a private room. Hua Man Lou was a well-known brothel in the West District. The environment was elegant and high-end, the service was thoughtful, and the people were all female cultivators. Whether in terms of figure, appearance, or consumption, they were not comparable to the brothels in the South District.

Ma Yue chose to meet Zhao Lide here to show his sincerity and strength.

(End of this chapter)