CHAPTER 402: CHAPTER 248 CAMP DESTROYED_2

"Our Heavenly Sword Manor is just a small force in the Heavenly Spring Gobi, unlike the major forces like your Golden Moon Territory’s East Pillar Royal Mansion. No matter who we sell to, we’ll offend the other side. Our Heavenly Sword Manor can’t handle that, so it’s better for both sides to bid based on strength. Don’t you both think this is fair and just?"

Li Qian stood with his hands behind his back, lightly chuckling as he spoke.

Di Tu from the Golden Moon Territory’s face turned dark, making it impossible to see any expression.

However, the envoy from the East Pillar Royal Mansion frowned, clearly troubled by Li Qian’s maneuver.

"Alright, let the auction decide ownership."

Di Tu from the Golden Moon Territory was the first to speak up, "I trust Daoist Tu Su won’t have any objections?"

"Naturally, I have no objections."

The envoy from the East Pillar Royal Mansion, Tu Su, sneered, "I’m just wondering if Daoist Di Tu brought enough Primordial Stones?"

In the Longevity Realm, the primary hard currency is none other than Primordial Stones.

In trades between major forces, Primordial Stones are often used.

Even within the Eternal Dynasty, the Great Moon Empire, and the Golden Demon Court... for convenience, they issue their own Primordial Notes.

However, these Primordial Notes have no value outside their respective domains.

And in the chaotic Heavenly Spring Gobi, it’s even less likely to issue Primordial Notes.

Though these three major forces’ Primordial Notes are privately circulated.

Backed by the three extraordinary forces, Primordial Notes can be exchanged....

But still, Primordial Stones are the most prevalent in the Heavenly Spring Gobi.

"Hehe, that’s exactly what I wanted to say.... Isn’t your East Pillar Royal Mansion only planning to lease for a hundred years? My Golden Moon Territory intends to buy permanently, do you think the Primordial Stones wouldn’t be enough?"

Di Tu from the Golden Moon Territory said with a sinister laugh.

"Hmph, that’s none of your concern."

The envoy from the East Pillar Royal Mansion, Tu Su, sneered.

The tension between the envoys of the two major forces was palpable, with a fierce confrontation.

Soon, an intense auction would unfold between the two sides.

"Master Lin, you’ll preside over this auction."

Li Qian sat down to the side and said to Lin Qingping.

With Li Qian as her backing, Lin Qingping immediately felt more confident.

Moreover, she knew that Daoist Qian Yuan’s method was the most perfect as it didn’t offend anyone.

In any case, the Heavenly Sword Manor couldn’t handle the massive territory of the Netherworld Palace now.

Half a day later.

The envoys from the Golden Moon Territory and the East Pillar Royal Mansion left Heavenly Sword Manor.

Of the ten territories, the Golden Moon Territory bid for six, and the East Pillar Royal Mansion acquired four.

This doesn’t mean the East Pillar Royal Mansion was at a disadvantage.

In fact, it wasn’t so; the ten territories divided by Li Qian each had their strengths and weaknesses.... So, among the territories won by the two major forces, it was hard to say who won or lost; it was more of meeting their respective needs.

"Daoist Qian Yuan, if it weren’t for your idea, it would have been very difficult to not offend both sides this time."

After sending off the envoys of the two major forces, Lin Qingping returned to the Great Hall and said to Li Qian.

"There will probably be lots of trouble after this...."

Li Qian shook his head and said.

The sudden interest of these two major forces in acquiring territory from the Netherworld Palace was unclear.

What surprised him, however, was that these two major forces were willing to buy the land, rather than seize it by force.

It seems that these three forces in the Heavenly Spring Gobi must have reached some undisclosed agreement.

Otherwise, the current situation in the Heavenly Spring Gobi wouldn’t exist, where neither Heavenly Sword Manor nor Netherworld Palace, or any other force, could compare to the three superpowers yet can survive in the gaps.

"With this resolved, I’ll be heading back, and you can contact me immediately if anything arises."

Li Qian said.

"Daoist Qian Yuan, these are the Primordial Stones recently paid by the two sides."

Lin Qingping hurriedly handed over a storage device.

Li Qian took the storage device, then turned around and disappeared.

Leaving such a huge amount of Primordial Stones in Heavenly Sword Manor is certainly not very safe...

With the earlier destruction of the Netherworld Palace, Heavenly Sword Manor gained significantly, enough to support its development needs for a long time.

Back at the Daoist Temple in Yiling Town.

Li Qian sensed the heaps of Primordial Stones within the storage device with his spiritual sense and was filled with emotion. A total of over 730 million Primordial Stones.

That was the bounty from auctioning off the Netherworld Palace’s territory.

Although he currently didn’t need Primordial Stones for cultivation, in the Longevity Realm, they are still the hard currency.

Even many high-end cultivation resources can be purchased with Primordial Stones.

Moreover, with such a large amount of Primordial Stones... Divine Sword Sect’s development needn’t worry anymore.

What has been limiting the development of Divine Sword Sect all along was mainly the resources of Primordial Qi.

However, he previously gave Yang Lian a substantial amount of Primordial Stones, enough for Divine Sword Sect to use for a long time.

The few direct disciples over in Yiling Town, Li Qian didn’t really manage them, nor did he plan to establish a sect or anything, leaving them to develop on their own.

Of course, support in terms of cultivation resources was certainly indispensable.

Now they have all basically developed, becoming martial families with some degree of influence in Yiling Town.

Like Lin Xu, the one with the highest talent, has now already entered the ranks of the Great Saints.

In just over a hundred and ten years, being able to reach this level, the cultivation resources bestowed by Li Qian were naturally the most crucial.

However, if they wish to step outside of Yiling Town, who knows when that will be.

Originally, Li Qian wanted to cultivate some disciples, develop his forces, and slowly extend his reach throughout the Heavenly Spring Gobi and even further.

But these disciples’ growth was too slow.

They couldn’t keep up with his increasing strength....

However, he doesn’t care about this now, slowly cultivating some disciples and watching them grow is actually quite interesting; otherwise, practicing alone every day would become very boring over time.

In the following year, Li Qian spent his time in cultivation, never leaving the Daoist temple.

No news came from Heavenly Sword Manor, seemingly all is well.

So, he began his return to void on schedule.

Yellow Sand World.

In the oasis camp.

Li Qian hadn’t opened his eyes yet when he heard screams and roars.

And the place he was in was no longer within the wooden cabin.

To be precise, the wooden cabin had already been destroyed.

The entire camp was razed.

Returning refinement returners who had just returned were attacked.

Whoosh!

A sharp whistle abruptly came.

Li Qian swiftly flipped to dodge, the fierce wind scraping by, making his face sting.

Bang!

The ground shook, splinters flew.

Li Qian finally saw clearly.

It was a humanoid scorpion-like creature, with a long tail that had an iron hammer on it.

It was this hammer-like tail that attacked him just now.

Looking at others, only three people were there....one of them was Tuo Ba.

As for the previous group.

No one was there.

From the destroyed camp, it was most likely wiped out by this creature.

Although returning refinement returners killed don’t truly die....if they haven’t accumulated enough spiritual energy, once killed, it would mean this return to void was for nothing.

Most importantly, this powerful creature has invaded the camp...if it isn’t driven out or killed, the camp might not be saved.

Losing such a camp, plus the threat of this powerful creature...the future situation would be quite grim.

The most important thing is that once killed, the time for the next return to void becomes uncertain.

Pffft!

Tuo Ba waved the bone knife to attack the humanoid scorpion monster, but was struck and sent flying by a claw, spitting blood furiously from the mouth.

Immediately following, the humanoid scorpion monster used another claw, disemboweling a returning refinement returner, clearly on the brink of death.

Another person witnessing this scene, actually abandoned the camp and turned to flee.....

But the humanoid scorpion monster was faster, its long tail cruelly swung, the tail hammer whistling as it crushed the person to death, then the corpse gradually became ethereal, disappearing.

In the blink of an eye, two more returning refinement returners were down.

Only Li Qian and heavily injured Tuo Ba were left.

The humanoid scorpion monster focused its target on the only uninjured person, Li Qian.

"Daoist Qian Yuan, the camp seems lost...."

Tuo Ba said bitterly.

Without the camp, hoping to survive in the oasis later on, for the returning refinement returners, seems unlikely.

This humanoid scorpion monster will become a nightmare for all returning refinement returners.

"Not necessarily."

Li Qian took a deep breath, eyes flashing coldly.

As he spoke, he communicated with the Two Forms Spirit Sword within himself, injecting the Nine Orifice Spirit God power into it, slowly releasing two streams of sword qi, one red and one white.

He will spare no effort to preserve this oasis camp.

The reason he has improved his strength so quickly over these years is all thanks to this oasis camp.

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