CHAPTER 429: CHAPTER 422: AMBUSH ON THE WAY (SECOND UPDATE, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE)

The shopkeeper instructed.

The assistant nodded in agreement, disappeared, and went to check out the details of this foreign visitor.

As the saying goes, don’t eat the grass near one’s own nest.

If it’s a local, directly double-crossing them could easily lead to backlash and a bad reputation.

But if it’s an outsider, then it’s much safer.

They could simply die here, with Dao Fire burning them to ashes, ensuring everything is secure.

Of course, even in double-crossing, targets are chosen carefully.

If the enemy is too strong and biting them would break one’s teeth, they would choose to give up; likewise, if they’re too weak and unprofitable, they wouldn’t act. Since after the ambush, the profit would be minimal, it’s not worth making a move. Moreover, too much killing of customers could affect the shop’s business.

If attracting the ancestor’s attention leads to punishing the weak as a warning to others, it would be a tragedy.

In the Cultivation Immortality Realm, killings abound, and the trope of killing and seizing treasures is constant.

Wishing for all cultivators to become obedient children or moralists is very difficult, even impossible.

But every year, the City Lord has to kill some cultivators with notorious backgrounds to warn some people, while simultaneously clearing their name by saying they are innocent, only the lower cultivators are evil.

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Walking out of the shop, Lu Xuanji slightly frowned.

Sensing a hint of malice.

Could someone be planning murder for treasure?

He stopped thinking about it, and instead strolled around the nearby streets to admire the scenery of Wu Country.

Chu Country is a country of sects, with three major sects dominating everything in an orderly manner; Yue Country is a country of demon cultivation, full of slaughter and constant fighting, good at combat and killing, with a fierce folk style; but the cultivators in Wu Country are known for their cunning and ruthlessness, most of the items sold in stalls are fake.

There are fake thousand-year spirit medicines, fake golden core techniques, as well as counterfeit magical treasures, disguised ancient books, etc.

Of course, there are quite a few genuine items among them.

They just enjoy giving different treatment to different customers. If they feel a customer is formidable and not easily provoked, they directly recommend certain genuine goods, high-grade goods; but if they see you’re a novice, young and naive, they directly recommend some fake goods.

The process of shopping is a battle of wits, the process of selling has no pleasure of shopping, only exhaustion.

In this aspect, Chu Country is much more simple and honest. Some marketplaces in Chu Country directly ban shops or stalls that sell counterfeit products for several years, or even permanently, leading to very few counterfeit products on the market.

After a circle, returning to the cave mansion.

Not long after, Jin Xi also returned to the cave mansion with a brand new map.

"How much did the map cost?"

Lu Xuanji asked.

"About two hundred thousand spirit stones, it’s the most detailed map of Yue Country!" Jin Xi said.

Lu Xuanji took the map and compared it with the one he bought, slightly frowning, as he had been conned by that shopkeeper.

After pondering for a moment, he started comparing and entered the information on the map.

On his phone’s [Baitu Map], there are comprehensive records of mountains and rivers, cities, and the distribution of certain forces in Wu Country. The background of each force, corresponding resource outputs, marketplace layouts, etc., however, are largely blank.

Incorporating the map of Yue Country into the phone perfectly supplemented the lack of information.

Jin Xi also bought some books and handed them over.

Lu Xuanji browsed through these books, entering the information into the phone, constantly comparing, and slightly frowning, "There’s some trouble, the situation in Wu Country is a bit chaotic. Both Chu Country and Yue Country have several major forces coexisting, intensely competing against each other. But it’s different in Wu Country, Li Family dominates."

"It’s said that ten thousand years ago, the Li Family produced a peerless genius who attained the path of Divinity Transformation, single-handedly destroying the Celestial River Sect, North Pool Sect, Blood Demon Sect, etc., unifying Wu Country. Within Wu Country, the Li Family is supreme, and many shops, mines, and spirit veins belong to them, or are dependent families of the Li Family."

"Certain forces, once developed to a certain extent, will be suppressed by the Li Family, either destroyed or forced to relocate to other regions. As of now, the Li Family has three Divinity Transformation cultivators holding the fort, making it a huge and unapproachable entity. Class stratification is severe in Wu Country, with the Li Family cultivators being arrogant and domineering!"

Jin Xi said, "We will leave after purchasing the Taiyin Divine Iron, avoiding any conflict with the Li Family."

"Indeed!"

Lu Xuanji nodded, closing the phone.

Opened the storage bag, began sorting items, and counting personal assets.

Three Nascent Soul Pills, two Creation Pills, three Flat Peaches, one Creation Divine Lotus, one drop of Divinity Transformation Essence Blood, two fifth-grade Spirit Treasures, three Nascent Soul Pills, and one hundred thousand upper-grade spirit stones, five hundred top-grade spirit stones, etc., these are his assets.

As for treasures below fifth grade, there’s no need to mention them.

A lot of resources are obsolete after reaching Nascent Soul, because they are useless.

For example, low-grade spirit stones, middle-grade spirit stones, etc., aren’t very useful for Nascent Soul cultivators, about as useful as stones on the ground, only upper-grade spirit stones have value.

Fourth-grade elixirs, fourth-grade spirit medicines, fourth-grade spirit treasures, etc., are also useless.

"Husband, your assets are too abundant!" Jin Xi said, "I’m far lesser, only having three Five Elements Fruits, one Profound Nether Divine Iron."

"I got all these by robbery, which led to Divinity Transformation pursuits, now I don’t dare to go to East Sea!" Lu Xuanji said, with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.

Every Nascent Soul cultivator is a moving treasure trove.

Killing any Nascent Soul cultivator means hitting the jackpot.

Unfortunately, Nascent Soul cultivators are extremely good at protecting themselves, making it very difficult to kill them.

Killing too many could also easily invoke Divinity Transformation hunts.

Jin Xi pondered and said, "According to certain information, there will be an auction held in Wu Country’s capital city, followed by a barter meeting, where the Taiyin Divine Iron might appear."

"Good, let’s go now!"

Lu Xuanji said.

He said, settled the bill ahead, and then left the city.

Traveling through the air, after thousands of miles, suddenly a cultivator appeared in front of them, it was the shopkeeper.

At this time, he revealed his own energy, which was Golden Core cultivation.

The shopkeeper coldly looked at the two, "You two juniors, leave the road toll!"

"Senior, what is the meaning of this?"

Lu Xuanji asked.

"You two outsiders are very clever, cautious even when arriving at Wu Country, but unfortunately still exposed some flaws, spending money lavishly without knowing how to haggle, at first glimpse it’s obvious you’re second-generation cultivators, wealthy people!" the shopkeeper said coldly, "I love carving such fat sheep!"

"Senior, my father is a Nascent Soul True Monarch!"

Lu Xuanji said.

"Haha, so what, if he dares come to Wu Country to seek justice, my grandfather dares to kill him!" the shopkeeper said coldly.

He waved his hand to capture them, with a calm expression as if about to crush an ant.

He is a cautious person, having investigated the two’s information before the robbery.

These two spend lavishly without knowing how to haggle; though familiar with some basic cultivation knowledge, they lack life sense knowledge.

These two are second-generation cultivators, fat sheep, killing them will bring a great profit.