Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 205 Helping Master Ziyin Open a New World

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Looking at Master Ziyin's dark face, no one dared to say a word. For a moment, the atmosphere was extremely awkward, and even the air seemed to be frozen.

As the culprit who caused this situation, Chen Ningtai is under tremendous pressure.

God knows, he really didn’t mean it when he called out “old ghost Ziyin” just now.

It's his fault that his father always calls him "Old Ziyin Ghost" and "Old Ziyin Ghost" whenever he has time, and it has become a conditioned reflex for him.

Who would have thought that one day I would be able to dance in front of Master Ziyin?

The more Chen Ningtai thought about it, the more guilty he felt. Recalling what Master Ziyin had just complained about, he became speechless.

As the head of a clan, is it easy for Chen Ningtai?
After all, isn't it because the Chen family is too weak and under tremendous pressure to survive that they have to take advantage of the sect?
As a dignified Yuanying Zhenren, is it necessary for you to be fussy with us, a small foundation-building family?
"Ahem~ Chiye greets the Sect Master."

Finally, Zhongli Ye couldn't stand it anymore and broke the silence first. He went up to the former dynasty's Ziyin Zhenren and paid a respectful salute. At the same time, he was ready to say a few good words for Chen Ningtai to ease the atmosphere.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ningtai spoke first.

He greeted Master Ziyin with a very respectful attitude: "Ningtai of the Chen clan of Cangyi in Hedong County, greets Master Ziyin."

His attitude was too natural and too normal. If the people present had not heard the words "old ghost Ziyin" blurted out just now, they would have thought it was someone else.

For a moment, everyone looked at him sideways.

Even Master Ziyin couldn't help but cast a weird look at him.

However, before he could finish his words, Chen Ningtai said to Master Ziyin with hope and excitement on his face, "I just heard from Senior Chiye that Sect Master Ziyin showed his divine power and defeated the Blood Guardian Yuanming with one strike, and is now chasing after the Blood Guardian Youyue."

"Now that the Sect Master has returned, I believe he has already wiped out the beast Youyue. Well, well, well, you are worthy of being the Sect Master of Ziyin Sect. If you don't take action, it's fine. But once you take action, you can decide the outcome!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Qianqian and Zhong Liye's thoughts were immediately diverted, and they couldn't help but reveal excitement and hope on their faces.

This battle wiped out the two Blood Guardians and dealt an unprecedented blow to the Blood Soul Cult. This was the greatest victory the Cult had ever seen since it started wreaking havoc again. The Great Wu Kingdom will surely be much more peaceful in the future.

Master Ziyin’s face turned even darker.

Chen Ningtai, you are just talking about things that are not relevant to the topic. If I had successfully killed Youyue, why would I be in such a bad mood?
However, facing their burning gazes, his previous dissatisfaction inexplicably disappeared, and turned into embarrassment. He could only bite the bullet and tell the truth: "I couldn't catch up with her. She ran away."

As he said this, his old face felt hot with embarrassment.

"how is this possible?"

Chen Ningtai's face was filled with shock and disbelief, and then he revealed an unconcealable loss and trance, like an idol collapsing. He murmured, "Even if the Ziyin Sect Master took action, he couldn't stop her?"

Master Ziyin's face was getting hotter and hotter. "Ahem, I can only say that Youyue is too cunning. She has many secret ways to escape, and she even has a space escape talisman in her hand. When I caught up with her, she had already crushed the space escape talisman and ran away at least tens of thousands of miles away."

There was one thing he didn't mention.

Youyue even discovered the spiritual power mark he had secretly left and used a secret purification method to dissolve the mark he left. Otherwise, he would not have completely lost her trace so quickly.

However, it would be even more embarrassing to say this out loud.

After being shocked, Zhong Liye couldn't help but reveal a look of regret on his face, and he couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart.

When he had cooperated with Chen in previous operations, both the enemy and our side were clearly arranged. He only needed to do his part well, and the operation would eventually be successful.

But this time, Chen has already set up the killing plan, and the Yunyang Sect only needs to act according to the plan and complete the last link.

In the end, he still escaped for a month. In fact, if the Xuan Mo Spirit Sword had not intercepted the old thief Yuan Ming at the critical moment, he might have escaped too.

oh~~
Zhongli Ye sighed secretly.

What a pity. What a pity.

Such a great opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Blood Soul Cult is rare, and after suffering this loss, the Blood Protector Youyue will surely be more cautious and hide deeper, so it will be extremely difficult to dig her out again.

Everyone that True Man Ziyin saw was extremely shocked and regretful, and he felt even more ashamed: "Although we failed to capture the Youyue Demon Girl this time, since we have met her face to face, we can roughly infer that she is probably from the Wanhua Palace, or from the family of those female Golden Core ancestors."

"After this matter is settled, I will go to the northern border to find Hong Fu Zhenren in person and investigate all the suspects one by one. I will definitely catch this evil woman."

This makes sense.

But Zhongli Ye knew that the chance of finding the Youyue Witch through investigation was actually not high.

If her identity could be found out, True Person Hong Fu would have caught her long ago. This time, Youyue will definitely hide deeper, and may even choose to lie dormant for a period of time and will not take any major actions.

Chen Ningtai saw that the blow to Master Ziyin was almost enough, so he pulled him and said, "We all believe that Master Ziyin will definitely be able to eradicate the evil people of the Blood Soul Sect and restore a clear and peaceful world to our Great Wu Kingdom."

Chen Ningtai was not worried about the escaped Youyue Demon Girl.

With his father watching over her secretly, even if the Phantom Moon Demon Girl was not marked with the Purple Qi Mark, the information she revealed was enough to catch her through the ancestral divination technique.

"That's right, we all need to have confidence." Master Ziyin said perfunctorily, and then quickly changed the subject, "By the way, what are you going to do with that black market storage treasure chest, Ning Tai?"

"Storage treasure box?" Chen Ningtai was stunned. "What storage treasure box?"

Master Ziyin's face suddenly turned dark again, and he almost slapped Chen Ningtai to death.

What is that thing Wang Qianqian is carrying on her shoulder? Do you think you can't recognize it? Are you so blatant as you?
"Master Ziyin, are you referring to this box?" Chen Ningtai followed his gaze and said with a look of sudden realization, "This box is the spoils of war obtained after our Chen family and Senior Chiye cooperated to kill Blood Shadow. We will discuss how to distribute it internally."

"Stop playing dirty with me." Master Ziyin was so angry that he laughed. "If I hadn't let him go on purpose, do you think he could have escaped from the black market by himself? When he escaped from the black market, I left a spiritual mark on him. I was originally planning to deal with him after I dealt with Youyue, but I didn't expect you to get there first."

"Cough cough."

Chen Ningtai coughed slightly embarrassedly.

He really didn't expect this.

He thought that Master Ziyin was just passing by and accidentally discovered them here.

Unexpectedly, Master Ziyin had already set his eyes on this storage treasure chest and had secretly marked it like them.

No wonder it appeared here quietly.

Haha, I didn’t expect that old ghost Ziyin could be so cruel.

But this made the situation awkward.

Glancing at Master Ziyin, Chen Ningtai said solemnly, "As the saying goes, whoever sees it gets a share. We will give you 30% of the spoils as a gift."

"...?"

Master Ziyin widened his eyes, looking surprised: "You actually want to embezzle the treasures in the storage box?"

Chen Ningtai was also very surprised: "Master Ziyin is not going to return the storage treasure chest to the black market?"

"Uh...this..." Master Ziyin was silent.

He didn't want to return the treasure chest to the black market, but wanted to demand a large reward from the black market by recovering the storage treasure chest.

For example, a reward equivalent to 30% of the value of the goods.

Both of them were silent for a while.

The atmosphere was a little tense for a while.

Zhongli Ye looked at Chen Ningtai, then at Master Ziyin, and always felt that he should say something at this moment to break the awkward atmosphere, but he couldn't think of the right words for a while.

Just when he was feeling a little worried, Wang Qianqian's voice suddenly came.

"Master Ziyin, Grandpa, according to me, this storage treasure chest cannot be returned."

Wang Qianqian handed the storage treasure box to Chen Ninghe for care, and ran over, saying confidently: "This black market not only travels around the dark side of various countries, providing a living ground for many evil cultivators on the black list, but also secretly has business dealings with the Blood Soul Cult."

"Although the black market is powerful and we can't control them, they don't pay taxes to our Great Wu Kingdom. We have no obligation to protect them, let alone recover their lost property."

"If we return the treasure chests to them, it may seem like we are abiding by the moral code, but in reality it is no different from aiding the enemy. One day, perhaps these treasures will flow into the Blood Soul Sect and become nutrients to nourish them."

"Qianqian is right." Chen Ningtai's face was heavy. "Even if we can't uphold justice, we can't go along with filth. Besides, we stole this storage treasure chest from Blood Shadow. What does it have to do with the black market?"

True Man Ziyin stared at the righteous grandfather and grandson and daughter-in-law in amazement, and felt his eyes had been opened.

It was the first time he realized that stealing something from someone could be done so justifiably and righteously.

However, he had to admit that what Wang Qianqian said did make sense from a certain perspective.

In fact, he had long disliked the black market, but the forces behind it were so complex and intertwined that he, Ziyin, could not control them.

“Thirty percent is fine, but it’s just you and the sect gets 70 percent.” Master Ziyin quickly adjusted his mindset.

"Master Ziyin, this is the spoils of war that our Chen clan captured." Even when facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, Chen Ningtai still argued, "Giving you 30% is already a sign of respect for the clan."

"What a joke! If this sect master hadn't stepped in, how would your Chen clan have gotten the spoils?" True Man Ziyin raised his eyebrows and slightly released some of his pressure. "Besides, I've already marked Blood Shadow. Even without your Chen clan's intervention, I can still take back the treasure chest."

Faced with pressure, Chen Ningtai remained unmoved and maintained an extremely stable mentality.

He glanced at Master Ziyin and reminded him calmly, "Master, have you forgotten that if it weren't for my Chen family's planning, how could you have caught the Blood Soul Sect in one fell swoop? Oh, right, they didn't catch them all in one fell swoop, and a big fish got away~~"

Such a ruthless and direct revelation made Master Ziyin so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "Chen Ningtai, if it weren't for the fact that your Chen family is the direct descendant of the sect, this sect master would definitely teach you a lesson! 70%! Give this sect master 70%, and this sect master will forgive you."

"The sect leader let a big fish escape." Chen Ningtai looked honest and continued to stab others.

“Asshole! Come on, come on, let me let you taste the power of the Purple Six Yang Fire!” Master Ziyin’s face turned as black as ink, and he began to lift his sleeves.

"The leader has let a big fish escape." Chen Ningtai stiffened his neck, looking ready to die.

"..."

Zhongli Ye was sweating profusely as he watched from the side.

He never expected that these two people would actually start fighting over the distribution ratio of the storage treasure chests.

He hurriedly persuaded, "In this operation, the Chen family and the sect cooperated with each other and achieved mutual success. The credit will naturally be divided equally between them, and the spoils will also be divided equally between them."

With Zhong Liye's mediation, both sides took a step back and finally agreed to divide the treasures in the storage treasure chest equally. However, they had to take out the [Cang Qing Bao Shield] from the storage treasure chest in advance and give it to Zhong Liye, and he would not participate in the distribution.

Zhenren Ziyin and Chen Ningtai both agreed to this point very straightforwardly.

Zhongli Ye is a fire-type cultivator, and the Cangqing Treasure Shield is a wood-type treasure shield. As the saying goes, wood gives birth to fire, and it suits him very well.

Moreover, now Zhongli Ye has already mastered the true meaning of the fire element and touched the threshold of the laws of heaven. With the help of the Cangqing treasure shield, he will be able to fight even if he encounters an ordinary mid-stage Jindan cultivator.

This is quite beneficial to both the Yunyang Sect and the Chen family.

After distributing the spoils.

Master Ziyin patted Chen Ningtai on the shoulder and said with a pleasant face: "Ningtai, this sect master has to admit that you are really a talent. You have developed the family business to this point in a short period of time."

"Master Ziyin is the role model for the younger generation to learn from and the idol to admire. Having you guarding the Great Wu Kingdom is a blessing for hundreds of millions of people in the Great Wu Kingdom~" Chen Ningtai also flattered sincerely.

The two looked at each other, then burst into laughter at the same time, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

It was as if they were not the ones who were attacking each other and arguing until they were red in the face.

Taking advantage of the good atmosphere, Chen Ningtai said: "Master Ziyin, does our sect have any extra high-grade spiritual veins? We can exchange them for half of the spoils."

Good guy.

Zhenren Ziyin exclaimed, "What a great guy."

Chen Ningtai has quite a big appetite!

He immediately said unhappily: "There are only thirteen high-grade spiritual veins in the sect. How about you go to each peak and vein to have a look. If you find a high-grade spiritual vein in someone's house, I will transplant it to your main house for you."

"Doesn't our sect have any stock? We have a thirteen vein inheritance, but there just happen to be thirteen top-grade spiritual veins?" Chen Ningtai obviously didn't believe it.

"Even if there is, it cannot be exchanged for just half of your spoils." Master Ziyin glanced at him.

"Then please name a price, Sect Master. My Chen family will try our best to raise merits and contribution points." Chen Ningtai's eyes lit up as he sensed the subtext of Master Ziyin.

It seems that there really are extra high-quality spiritual veins in the sect.

True Man Ziyin smiled: "The top-grade spirit veins are the foundation of the Jindan forces, and they are priceless treasures. Although there have been transactions in the immortal cultivation world over the past thousand years, the transaction price is basically no less than millions of spirit stones, and very few people will sell them."

Millions of spirit stones?
Chen Ningtai's brows jumped violently.

Even though he had made a fortune recently, he was still shocked by the price.

This thing is really expensive. If it wasn’t passed down from ancestors, how could an ordinary family afford it?

Seeing Chen Ningtai's expression, Master Ziyin said, "Considering that your Chen family has made great contributions in the fight against the Blood Soul Sect, this sect master can make an exception and exchange a sealed wood element top-grade spirit vein for the Chen family, 1000 million spirit stones, or count your 300 merits plus million contribution points."

Chen Ningtai quickly calculated it.

Such a price, considering that killing a Blood Soul Envoy is equivalent to 30 merit points and 9 contribution points, is simply an outrageous price.

Five million spirit stones, even if the Chen family sold everything they had, they couldn't come up with it.

In this case, we can only put it aside for the time being.

If it really doesn't work, I can wait for my father to accumulate more purple energy, and then gather people to open up the wild land, and perhaps find some wild high-quality spiritual veins.

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Same time period.

black market.

At this time, it had been a while since Wang Qianqian and Zhong Liye left, and the encirclement and suppression battle against the Blood Soul Cult had finally come to an end.

Three of the five Blood Soul Envoys present were killed on the spot, two were captured alive, and the remaining dozens of Blood Deacons were either killed or captured. It was a magnificent victory over the Blood Soul Cult.

This is naturally a great thing for both the Yunyang Sect and the Great Wu Kingdom.

But for the black market, it is a disaster.

The barrier of Xiaodongtian was shattered, and many buildings on the floating island were smashed to pieces, even the main building was shattered.

Shopkeeper Tie wanted to cry but had no tears, but he still had to hold back his emotions and entertain the Jindan cultivators from the Yunyang Sect, as well as Princess Yunyi, Elder Wen, and the Jindan female cultivator who was called "Sister Qin".

They all helped during the black market crisis, so Tie Zhanggui naturally could not neglect them.

Manager Meng and the other managers first selected a building that was barely intact, cleaned it out, tidied it up a bit, and used it as a place to receive guests.

Shopkeeper Tie invited the friendly forces who had contributed so much to his efforts inside, set out a tea party and various delicacies to entertain them, and took out a teacup to signal to everyone: "I will use tea instead of wine. Thank you all for your great help in helping Xianfang No. 3 overcome the difficulties."

Although he had reason to suspect that the Yunyang Sect had long known that the Blood Soul Sect was going to attack the Immortal Pavilion and had taken advantage of this to set up an ambush in the Immortal Pavilion, he had no evidence and knew that insisting on making accusations would only bring humiliation upon himself, so he had no choice but to pretend that he knew nothing and acted extremely grateful.

While talking.

The space barrier of this small world, which had already been ravaged, was ruthlessly torn open again, and the majestic Ziyin Zhenren, dressed in purple robes, descended from the sky.

Following behind him were Zhong Liye, Chen Ningtai, Wang Qianqian and others.

"Greetings, Master Ziyin." Shopkeeper Tie's face lit up with joy and he quickly saluted.

Upon seeing this, the other Jindan cultivators present also hurriedly stood up and saluted him.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators who were stranded in the square and were not allowed to leave were also shocked. They stopped chatting and saluted him from afar.

The power of Yuanying Zhenren can be seen from this.

True Man Ziyin nodded slightly to everyone, then found a seat and sat down.

"May I ask you, Master?" Shopkeeper Tie stepped forward and asked, "I wonder if you have caught up with that Youyue Demon Girl?"

Master Ziyin's face darkened slightly.

You are really bringing up something that is not relevant. Are you trying to imitate Chen Ningtai and mock me for letting a big fish slip through the net?

He waved his sleeves and said calmly, "Don't worry, the Youyue Demon Girl can't escape from my palm."

Was this escaped?

Tie Zhanggui was slightly surprised, but he did not dare to show a questioning expression. Instead, he asked a question of great concern: "I wonder if the master has caught up with the blood shadow and helped us take back the storage treasure chest?"

He had gone out of the small cave to look for Blood Shadow before, but Blood Shadow had already disappeared without a trace, so how could he find him? He could only place his hope on Master Ziyin.

"Who?" Master Ziyin looked slightly confused. "What storage box?"

"Uh……"

Tie Zhanggui was sweating profusely, thinking to himself that something was wrong.

Could it be that the treasure in that storage box was really going to be lost? Even without taking into account the premium for the auction items, that box would be worth more than three million spirit stones, a huge sum of money.

It’s over, it’s over. Tie is really in big trouble this time.

"Ahem." Master Ziyin coughed twice and interrupted him, saying, "This sect master's representative has something to discuss with the shopkeeper."

After all, he is a little thin-skinned and cares about his reputation in public, so some things still need Chen Ningtai's help.

represent?

Shopkeeper Tie was a little confused and didn't quite understand what Master Ziyin meant.

"Ahem." Chen Ningtai stepped forward and bowed to him, saying politely, "I am Chen Ningtai, entrusted by Sect Master Ziyin to discuss with Shopkeeper Tie the issue of reimbursement for the losses suffered by our Yunyang Sect in this support battle."

Support battle?
loss?

to reimburse?

Tie Zhanggui found that he could understand every word, but he could not understand them when they were put together.

The Yunyang Sect was almost winning this battle, so how could they suffer any loss?

"Treasurer Tie." Chen Ningtai seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and reminded him with a serious face, "We, the Yunyang Sect, have come to rescue you from the siege of the Blood Soul Sect out of moral obligation. You must bear the medical expenses of our casualties, right?"

"Ah... this is the truth."

Shopkeeper Tie looked at the Yunyang Sect members who were all present, eating and drinking at the banquet, and were in good health, and his face was full of confusion.

Zhenren Ziyin took a quick glance and obviously discovered this problem, and suddenly felt a little unhappy.

Why don’t these guys know how to cooperate and dress well?
Look at Chen Ningtai, when his granddaughter-in-law needs cooperation, she can respond immediately, and the cooperation is very tacit. But when it comes to him, why is there no one who can show any understanding?

Previously he had disliked Chen Ningtai's shameless methods of taking advantage of others, but after chatting with him on the way back, Master Ziyin suddenly found that the whole world had become clear.

As to why the Yunyang Sect failed to take off before, it was because I was too straightforward and too proud. I didn't take action when I should have, and thus missed many opportunities.

For the rise of our sect, I, Ziyin, will risk everything.

"Cough cough!"

True Man Ziyin looked at Master Xuanyang who was eating a spiritual bird leg, and said suggestively: "Xuanyang, it seems that you were seriously injured in the battle before. Why don't you go down and rest well?"

what?
Master Xuan Yang was completely stunned.

This, no, Sect Master, which eye of yours saw that I was injured? I am just a Blood Soul Envoy...

He was about to open his mouth to refute.

Chen Shiyun, who was eating and drinking nearby, suddenly rushed towards him, hugged Master Xuanyang's arm, and cried anxiously, "Master, Master, you can't die. How can your soul be so weak? Woo, your Dantian is broken! Woo..."

what?
I, Xuan Yang, was seriously injured and will not live long? But I don't know it?
Master Xuan Yang was also shocked.

(PS: No update on Sunday, one day off.)
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