Protect Our Chief

Wang Shouzhe pondered slightly before saying, "I teamed up with Senior Brother Faang from Longzuo Academy to excavate a Blood Nest Base together. I’ve heard of Blood Venerable, but I didn’t know he was a True Immortal."

"In the late stages of the Divine Martial Dynasty, the world was in chaos and all sorts of demons and monsters emerged. Among them, the ten most formidable were called the ’Ten Most Wanted Criminals.’ Blood Venerable was one of the Ten Most Wanted, and he was eradicated after being rampant for more than three thousand years," Jiang Zhencang recounted slowly. "But even so, in our current era, we can occasionally discover Blood Nest Bases. It shows how insane he was back then."

"However, although Blood Venerable was extreme in his thinking, he was indeed a terrifying presence in both strength and tactics, possessing a keenness and wisdom beyond the reach of ordinary people. When the Gu Emperor path he cultivated hit a bottleneck with no way forward, he believed it was a problem with his own talent, and through diligent research, he developed a type of Wedding Robe Blood Gu that could extract Bloodline Power by combining the Gu Emperor path with his bloodline talent."

"He personally relied on this to achieve True Immortal status."

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"According to historical records, Blood Venerable and his lair have been eradicated. But there are rumors that someone as powerful as Blood Venerable wouldn’t have only one lair. Shouzhe, if you can find Blood Venerable’s hidden lair, you might find some unblemished High-Level Wedding Robe Blood Gu, which may solve the problem for Ning Xi’s child."

Jiang Zhencang kept speaking in terms of "maybe" and "possibly," which sounded even less reliable than asking a True Immortal for help.

This made Wang Shouzhe furrow his brows. Logically, Jiang Zhencang isn’t the kind to speak nonsense.

To go and find relics that might not have existed ten thousand years ago with no clues—that’s an incredibly unreliable task. Even if it is possible, just how low would the probability of finding be?

The fact that he could speak of such things at all meant he would have some intelligence and clues.

And indeed.

Jiang Zhencang laughed and said, "Speaking of this, how fortuitous. Since our Lingyun Sacred Land was established, merely seven or eight thousand years have passed. Yet the total number of Blood Nest relics uncovered has reached eighteen, and even you, Shouzhe, have opened one."

"You must realize, the Divine Martial Dynasty had already swept and attacked Blood Nest Bases, so the total number capable of remaining wouldn’t be very many. Therefore, it’s quite unreasonable that in such a short time, so many Blood Nest relics have been excavated just within the Daqian Realm."

"Hence, we compiled and organized scattered and fragmented information from each Blood Nest Base and discovered that within the Daqian Realm, specifically in undeveloped land, there might be a lair-level Blood Nest Base."

While speaking, Jiang Zhencang handed a compiled piece of intelligence to Wang Shouzhe: "Some items like Blood Gu produced in Blood Nest Bases are of very general utility to our Sacred Land and can only encourage criminals in the Cannon Fodder Camp on the Outer Domain Battlefield. Shouzhe, you can spare some focus for exploration, and after gaining benefits, share a portion with the Sacred Land and merge the data into the Saint Land Scripture Pavilion."

"Additionally, pay extra attention to the secrecy of your actions and don’t let this item flow to the Demon Dynasty side. They use this item often without scruples, purely for greater benefit than us in the Sacred Land."

"Thank you, Saint Master Jiang." Wang Shouzhe stood up and respectfully thanked, saying, "If we uncover Blood Venerable’s hidden lair, our Wang Family will invite people from the Sacred Land to participate, and we won’t monopolize it."

"No need to be so formal, I trust your integrity, Shouzhe." Jiang Zhencang said with a smile, "However, this relic may only possibly exist. Perhaps this lair was eradicated during the Divine Martial Dynasty. Even if it exists, it likely won’t be easy to find."

Indeed, if it were easy to locate, even if its overall utility were marginal, the Sacred Land would have excavated it long ago.

It is precisely because Lingyun Sacred Land has little interest in the uncertain gain that the "dirty and tiresome work" is passed onto the Wang Family.

Yet Wang Shouzhe knew this was practically a pie falling from the sky. Blood Gu items in the hands of the Wang Family would yield benefits far superior to those in the Demon Dynasty’s possession.

Moreover, this Blood Venerable’s lair also pertains to Ning Xi’s future, so Wang Shouzhe naturally cared deeply.

Following this.

Wang Shouzhe first organized the intelligence, made some brief arrangements, and then delegated the reconnaissance tasks.

Meanwhile, he temporarily remained in the Sacred Land to accept the Cyan Emperor True Technique inheritance.

...

Time passed in a flash.

In the sky above the vast grasslands of Southern Desert County.

A Cloud Ray Flying Ship gently flapped its ray wings, shuttling between blue skies and white clouds.

After a long journey, the Cloud Ray Flying Ship finally arrived in the East Qian Kingdom.

In that instant.

Young Master Yao Chengchao, responsible for all operations of this Cloud Ray Flying Ship, instantly shed tears of excitement as if escaping from hell.

It was too difficult for him!

This journey was one of three "Unbearable Aviation Disasters" in his life.

No, this time could even be said to be the top of the three "Unbearable Aviation Disasters."

The previous two being, the "Divine Martial Space Energy Burst Disaster" and the "Five Little Wolf Cubs Rampage on Cloud Ray Flying Ship Disaster."

And this time, the "Great Witch Lici Returns Disaster" completely shattered Yao Chengchao’s will.

Among business partners, Yao Chengchao was always known for his "Quick-sword Yao" moniker, not because he drew his sword swiftly, but because he was ruthless and swift in business dealings.

With exclusive business, or business without alternatives, he always had a "black" heart.

But this time, he was utterly defeated by Wang Lici.

The cause was, of course, the Shopkeeper Pang under his employ sold a contract for three portions of regular food packs to satisfy hunger, priced at one thousand immortal crystals per person. In Yao Chengchao’s view, aside from being extremely cutthroat, it didn’t have any major issues, and he even grudgingly praised that annoying Shopkeeper Pang.

But eventually, two months after the Flying Ship sailed, in the vast expanses of West Hurricane Ocean.

The regular food of the entire ship was completely consumed?

Then Wang Lici presented the ticket and contract, and under the "mockery" of Master Yunyang and others whom had been cut by the quick sword like Jiang Xingyuan, Yao Chengchao could only humbly take out precious Spiritual Food to supplement daily consumption.

Yet again, in just over a month, it was consumed entirely.

No matter how great Yao Chengchao’s abilities were, he couldn’t conjure food out of thin air. Wasn’t he supposed to hunt Dragon Whale in West Hurricane Ocean? How easy is it to hunt a Dragon Whale?

Many people can barely catch fish, often returning empty-handed, only surviving by picking "wild vegetables" to maintain dignity.

Normally, a professional Dragon Whale hunting team with experience, equipment, and gear, even with good luck, could take decades to hunt a single Dragon Whale!

But at this moment.

Wang Lici and the other three indicated they brought a lot of reserve food, still high-tier spirit flesh, spirit rice, etc.! They could sell these at high prices to Yao Air Transport to alleviate the awkward situation of Flying Ship food shortages.

This was absurd, wasn’t it?

Yao Air Transport bought their reserve food at high prices, then provided it free to them for consumption...

However, they constantly claimed hunger and constantly complained that Yao Air Transport violated the contract. Gongyang Strategy and Jiang Xingyuan, as well as other passengers, also joined in the heckling.

Even though the Yao Family’s sword was swift, they adhered strictly to contractual obligations.

Having no other choice, Yao Chengchao had to accept Wang Lici’s even faster sword.

As the days passed, Wang Lici and the others’ reserve food gradually dwindled, with the simple logic that rarity makes things valuable, resulting in a faster and faster blade.

Day after day, slicing a large chunk of meat off Yao Chengchao, each cut more severe, more ruthless.

This constant, increasingly intense harm gradually drove Yao Chengchao to the brink.

Until finally, Yao Chengchao checked the accounts...

He had to work for Wang Lici for free for a hundred years! A full hundred years, damn Wang Family, could it be that you are the calamity of this young master?

And Jiang Xingyuan wasn’t anything good either, he expressed concern to Yao Chengchao every day.

"Young Master Yao, you are the most promise-keeping person I’ve ever met, let me give you a thumbs-up."

"Cry, cry, it’s not a sin, a man’s heart in distress."

"Today’s loss is not scary, tomorrow’s good name shall spread far and wide."

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