CHAPTER 626: CHAPTER 625: REALLY SO UNPROMISING!

Business?

Hu Jun instantly felt relieved, a subtle smile forming on his lips as he thought, truly deserving of the title Void Hunter, driven by greed!

That makes it easy then. Though years of wandering have nearly depleted our treasures due to two clan’s conflicts, the spirit stone vein foundation remains, and the forests and mountains yield precious herbs and other commodities. We can sell these to the money-grubbers to use them as weapons—it’s enough.

"You could say that." He smiled and made a gesture of invitation, explaining, "My clan members have been exhausted from long-term battles with the Mysterious and are barely holding on. We’re truly blessed if you would lend your aid!

This world fragment is still vast. We’ve collected some herbs and spirit stones. As long as you’re willing to assist, everything is negotiable."

Jiang Yuan looked at the mission that just popped up, thinking he should waste less time and try to kill the Mysterious quickly to push the mission forward, aiming to defeat the big boss within the ten-hour buff duration.

"Sounds good!" He immediately asked, "What price would you offer for killing a Mysterious?"

Already negotiating?

Hu Jun originally wanted to chat and have some tea, getting a little closer while gathering intelligence. He didn’t expect this guy to be such a penny-pincher, immediately starting the negotiation upon hearing there was money involved.

"Uh... ten thousand spirit stones?" He didn’t know what price to offer for killing a Mysterious and asked tentatively.

Hu Zhile twitched his lips, grabbed Jiang Yuan, and whispered, "Master, it’s not worth risking our lives for that little spirit stone, let’s forget it."

"Then, how about twenty thousand?"

"At least a hundred thousand." The big fox rolled his eyes coldly and said, "Since your friends have been battling the Mysterious for years, you should know that dealing with them is life-threatening. My master is valuable; want him to make a move for one or two thousand? Dream on!"

A hundred thousand? Damn, where would I get so many spirit stones!

Hu Jun thought, in earlier years, the mined spirit stones were almost used up. Everyone became infected by the Mysterious, and none were willing to work hard to mine more; managing even tens of thousands of spirit stones is difficult enough. Asking for a hundred thousand?

"Here’s a suggestion, let’s not argue over how many spirit stones killing one Mysterious should earn. Honestly, in those mountains is a spirit stone vein. If you’re willing to help slaughter the Mysterious, my Snow Mountain Fox Race is willing to offer the spirit stone vein to you. Doesn’t that sound good?"

He slyly observed the other’s expression, seeing their eyes light up at the mention of a "spirit stone vein," and added immediately, "However, I have another request. You’ve seen it, this is just a fragment of a world, wandering aimlessly without knowing what will come tomorrow.

I’d like to offer this spirit stone vein to you. You can lay out an array here, taking over this entire land for gradual mining.

I only ask that you guide and lead my clan to a stable new world. At that time, our entire clan will be eternally grateful and be willing to brave any danger for our benefactor!"

Listen to yourself, what kind of nonsense is that?

What do you mean willing to offer? The system already prompted; this place could’ve been mine anyway! You pollutants are just taking up space in my yard and blocking my path, get it?

Jiang Yuan was disdainful inwardly but let a greedy expression show just right on his face, "Shall we first go check out that spirit stone vein?"

"Sure, sure. This way, please!" Hu Jun, anxious to keep him settled, naturally agreed to everything.

He shifted the forward target from the slightly dilapidated palace to the deep mountains on the upper right corner, leading the way and asking, "You two are skillful and courageous, I’d like to know how you traverse the void? The world you reside in, are there many void hunters? Their realms must be high, right?"

"Is Hu Daoist worried my master will renege and not take your clan away from here?" Hu Zhile glanced sideways at him, seemingly smiling yet not, "Traveling through the void is a hunter’s greatest secret. If you inquire as you did, we usually consider you to be scheming, intending to kill and steal a treasure."

The smile on Hu Jun’s face froze, even though that was precisely his intention, being blatantly exposed was indeed embarrassing.

"Ahh, so sorry, I’ve never met a void hunter before; forgive my rudeness. I hope you won’t take offense; I am a righteous cultivator and mean no harm!" He apologized while sneaking glances at this graceful lady, thinking she’s quite a beauty but unsure what realm she really is, with her aura hidden.

This small mouth is truly annoying when it’s chattering.

If she knows what’s good for her, I’ll let it slide; otherwise, when my turn to use force comes, I’ll twist off her tongue first, then pull out her teeth one by one, just because she talks too much!

"Good then." Hu Zhile gave him a gentle smile and reminded him, "Lest you unknowingly offend someone, let’s keep the talks strictly business from here on out, don’t inquire about anything else.

My master is kind-hearted, and since he has agreed, he’ll see it through to the end. As for our living world, it’s naturally wonderful, brimming with spiritual energy, a treasure trove indeed—a cultivation realm’s blessed place. Otherwise, how could we forge such powerful magical treasures to traverse the void as we please?"

Just a few descriptors sparked infinite desire in Hu Jun.

He yearned greatly to step onto safe, new world land!

At that time, by concealing my aura to find a suitable hiding place, dispelling other cultivators’ suspicions, and secretly releasing aura to pollute, creating a Mysterious army to charge and storm... Oh yes, to ensure safety and success, I must try and bring as many clansmen as possible to the new world.

What if one Mysterious releases pollution, what about ten? Dozens?

The more he thought, the more excited he became, as if the beautiful future were already before him!

Then he suddenly became troubled, no, no, no, even if the infected Mysterious are numerous, they must obey my command! Is it feasible to use a curse to ensure that?

[Snow Mountain Fox Demon Mysterious...]

[Snow Mountain Fox Demon Mysterious...]

......

Just as Hu Jun was lost in dreams of future domination, Jiang Yuan’s vision suddenly filled with a sea of red names, piled up densely together, indistinguishable from one another, all of them belonging to the Snow Mountain Fox Race.

What a coincidence! Since we’re here, let’s get started!

"Mysterious!" he shouted loudly and dove straight down, casually choosing a target and unleashing a Devouring Mountains and Rivers!

Critical Strike -46000!

Critical Strike -40000!

...

With a group attack skill thrown in, a flurry of red numbers floated up in his vision.

"Fellow Daoist Hu Jun gifted me a spirit stone vein, inviting me to slay and eradicate the mysterious creatures. Let me show you my strength!" Jiang Yuan’s objective was only the ten required by the task. Using the Soul Hook was slow, and it was impossible to kill all these Fox Demons with it, so he secretly incited discord, at least to spark internal conflict among them.

Sure enough, the Fox Demons gathered in the dark passage were suddenly hit hard and panicked instantly.

They originally thought it was their old human nemesis attacking, but suddenly heard it was actually Hu Jun, who was supposed to be on guard, inviting someone to eliminate his fellow clan members. The whole pack of foxes exploded into chaos.

"Hu Jun, you bastard! You won’t die well!"

"An outsider? That guy really colluded with other cultivators, trying to kill us all so he can fish in troubled waters!"

"No wonder he strongly advocated making the medicine pills that could conceal mysterious auras; he foresaw this day coming long ago..."

...

Jiang Yuan made a swift move, instantly targeting a foe and hurling the Soul Hook.

[Mysterious Soul Fragment +1]

[Mysterious Soul Fragment +1]

...

When Hu Jun reacted and hurriedly tried to stop it, Jiang Yuan had already hooked a Fox Demon mysterious creature. Only then did he realize that not all mysterious creatures were the same.

The mysterious creatures formed by the Green-eyed Foxes were all in green slime form, able to be divided at will, especially resistant to slicing.

A single Green-eyed Fox mysterious creature could, at the worst, yield dozens of fragments.

But the mysterious creatures formed by the Snow Mountain Foxes were far inferior. They somewhat resembled Cthulhu Mythos forms, with tentacles like octopus arms emerging from their bodies, all covered with eyes, capable of polluting any area they touched.

What was most crucial and infuriating was that they were not resistant to slicing!

A Fox Demon mysterious creature contributed only three fragments before dying. The disparity was too great, not only disappointing Jiang Yuan but also arousing anger at being deceived—how many mysterious creatures would he have to slice to gather the remaining three hundred plus fragments for side quest 8?

Truly disappointing!

Fortunately, the newly issued special mission only required a specific number of mysterious creatures without other conditions, making it easy to accumulate the required number from the Fox Demon side.

"D... Daoist friend... there’s no need to rush so much..." Hu Jun was dumbfounded, his head buzzing as he watched his clansmen scatter in all directions due to the sudden assault.

Damn it, I asked you to kill human mysterious creatures, these clansmen I have great use for!

And if you’re going to kill, just kill! Why babble on?

The Fox Demons were already wary and distrustful of each other due to their cunning nature. Now, with your loud shouting, they would definitely think I intentionally invited you to eradicate them all. Damn it, how did it end up like this?

Fortunately, the opponent’s swift attack ended quickly, leaving ten corpses on the ground, transformed into handsome men and beautiful women, making it unnoticeable that they were Fox Demons.

"Too cunning, they fled so fast." Jiang Yuan completed half of the new task, slightly disgruntled, seeing the count change from (121/500) to (146/500), sighed and said, "Why didn’t Daoist friend Hu cooperate a bit? If you had intercepted, surely more would have been eliminated! What a pity, what a waste of a rare opportunity to have mysterious creatures gathered together."

Hu Jun, staring at the fallen bodies, couldn’t help but swallow secretly and awkwardly said, "Daoist friend is truly fierce, Hu Jun is ashamed..."

His mind was filled with questions, unable to comprehend how the opponent wiped out all the mysterious aura in such a short time without using purification cultivation techniques.

How did he do it?!

Among the corpses, there was even one whose strength was just a grade lower than his own. Even if taken by surprise, he wouldn’t be killed so easily, yet he lay dead...

"Daoist friend has quite the method for dealing with mysterious creatures." He suddenly felt a bit afraid, forcing a smile and praising, while nervously analyzing silently—there’s not a hint of spiritual power leakage from him, what realm is he exactly?

The cultivation technique and moves used earlier were surprisingly domineering, able to eliminate all mysterious aura, which was truly unexpected.

Oh no! Could I have inadvertently provoked a really powerful figure?

Even with such prowess, he’s still working as a Void Hunter. What kind of world is he from?

Am I really going to survive this?