What do you mean?
Tang Yu Ning’s pretty eyebrows knit slightly, her face showing alertness.
Did I not make myself clear enough? Who says only the living can be bait? Aren’t the dead just as good? Anyway, the scent of the Golden Life Flower on your bodies won’t disappear, so why waste a protective charm?
Elder Zheng said mockingly.
You are an Elder of the Immortal Alliance, how can you say such cold-blooded words?
Tang Yu Ning rebuked, instinctively taking a few steps back to stand with the bait.
Tang Yu Ning, don’t you understand yet? We were secretly captured by them, and we absolutely cannot leave alive.
Jin Xue reminded her from the side.
But some of them were sent by their families, these girls are contributing to the Immortal Alliance in a way, how can he just watch them die?
Tang Yu Ning said excitedly.
What do you mean by contributing? Don’t flatter them, it’s just an employment relationship, our Immortal Alliance has paid them.
One of the Four Elders, Elder Gao, retorted.
So what? There are only so many people who have taken the Golden Life Flower Seeds, and the Immortal Alliance needs to come in every year to find the Golden Life Flower Seeds. If you don’t protect them well, who will you hire in the future? As esteemed Elders of the Immortal Alliance, don’t you understand the principle of sustainable development?
Tang Yu Ning tried to reason.
It doesn’t matter, the Immortal Alliance rewards with Golden Life Flower Seeds every year. If they die, someone will naturally fill the vacancy.
Elder Zheng said indifferently.
You wish! If all the bait that comes in dies, who will be willing to send their daughters next time? I don’t believe you all rely on kidnapping!
Tang Yu Ning gritted her teeth and said.
That’s not impossible either…
Anyway, the Cultivation World is ruled by the Immortal Alliance, what can anyone do to us? Just like your family members, didn’t they also go to their deaths in vain?
Zheng Chi said fearlessly.
“You scoundrel.”
Tang Yu Ning cursed loudly, and the other girls also cursed unbearably.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, peace brings wealth, peace brings wealth!”
Just then, Qi Huang unexpectedly jumped out of the Sea of Consciousness to smooth things over, and then advised, “We are all teammates, why make such a fuss? Peace brings wealth.”
Everyone was startled by Qi Huang’s sudden appearance, and a brief silence fell around them.
“Are you that Wenren… Wenren’s clone?”
Zheng Chi confirmed.
“Wenren Yu, it’s been so long and you still can’t remember someone’s name, isn’t that too impolite?”
Qi Huang said unhappily.
“Yes, yes, Wenren Yu, why is there such a big difference in your appearances?”
Zheng Chi raised the question.
The people around also nodded subconsciously. Although both were wearing veils, their figures were vastly different. The main body could only be described as average, but this clone had a devilish figure that made people’s imaginations run wild even through their clothes.
Who says the main and clone bodies have to be exactly the same? Can’t my main body be a little glutton? Do you dare to say that none of your clones have any differences?
Qi Huang retorted impatiently.
Who is the little glutton?
Cheng Hong Ling’s questioning voice was heard.
Qi Huang deliberately pretended not to hear, then took out a stack of protective charms and walked towards the girls, “It’s just protective charms, I have them!”
The girls were overjoyed and took them one after another.
“I don’t need it.”
Tang Yu Ning shook her head. Not only was she a princess of a country, but she was also a cultivator at the Huashen Realm, so she naturally had some dignity.
“This is a Earth-grade protective charm, are you sure you don’t want it?”
Qi Huang reminded her.
What? Earth-grade?
Tang Yu Ning was shocked. Protective charms are divided into five levels: Earth, Heaven, Lord, Parent, and Teacher. The Yang energy emitted by an Earth-grade protective charm is enough to instill fear in powerful evil spirits such as early-stage demonic realm evil ghosts or Golden Corpses.
Qi Huang, too lazy to say anything, directly stuffed the protective charm into Tang Yu Ning’s hand. She knew this woman was all talk but no action, and although she had some spoiled princess temper, her heart was not bad, otherwise, she wouldn’t have stood up for those ordinary girls just now.
The Immortal Alliance disciples around showed envy in their eyes. After all, in the eyes of those evil spirits, their meager cultivation was not as deterrent as an Earth-grade protective charm.
To take out so many top-quality protective charms at once, your Wenren family is quite ostentatious.
Zheng Chi said sarcastically.
It’s alright, this is really nothing for our Wenren family. Elder Zheng, do you want one?
Qi Huang waved the protective charm in her hand, clearly provoking hatred for the Wenren family.
No need to waste it, you’re going to die soon anyway.
Zheng Chi gritted his teeth and said.
Who says so?
Qi Huang asked casually.
I said so.
Zheng Chi replied, then ordered his subordinates: Kill them all, don’t let a single one escape.
What?
Hearing this, the girls felt as if struck by lightning, and the smiles on their faces instantly froze.
The female disciples of the HongHua Sect were still laughing and joking, as they already knew about this matter.
Why do you want to kill us? We came willingly, we weren’t kidnapped.
A girl asked with a trembling voice.
Who told you to be so incompetent? You took the Golden Life Flower Seed but didn’t know how to stimulate it with pink bamboo water. If you don’t kill you and chop you into pieces to cast a wide net, how many Golden Life Flower Seeds can you attract?
Zheng Chi explained fearlessly.
Are you even human?
The girls cursed.
“Don’t get so agitated, okay?”
If I don’t kill you, can you still leave alive? Do you really think this Tencel Valley Treasure Land is your backyard, where you can come and go as you please? Instead of dying painfully at the hands of evil spirits, it’s better for this Elder to give you a quick death.
Zheng Chi said humorously, and at the same time ordered the Immortal Alliance disciples to act.
“Wait!”
Just then, Elder Kang raised his hand and said, “Elder Zheng, I want to clarify, are we still following the previous rules, where the major Elders lead teams to act separately, and the more Golden Life Flower Seeds found, the more generous the rewards?”
“Naturally!”
Zheng Chi answered without hesitation.
“Then we need to agree on how these bait are to be distributed. The bait I received in the previous few times was extremely poor, and it couldn’t attract Lightning Eagles at all, eventually causing me to make a wasted trip.”
Elder Kang said with great resentment.
The other three Elders also looked at each other. The quality of the bait determined the amount of harvest.
“Then how do you think it should be distributed?”
Zheng Chi asked after pondering for a moment.
“I need absolute fairness and impartiality. The bait for everyone must be the same.”
Elder Kang made his demand, knowing that he had to perform exceptionally well this time, so he would have a way out when settling accounts afterward.
“Is your brain flooded? In the Cultivation World, strength is paramount. Where is there fairness and impartiality?”
Elder Gao next to him immediately interjected.
“Yes, our cultivation levels are higher than yours, why should we have the same bait as you?”
The last Elder, surnamed Dong, also said. His stature was not much taller than Elder Kang’s, but he was much bulkier, as he was as round as a ball due to his fatness.
You are of higher cultivation than me?
Haha…
Elder Kang was so angered that he laughed, then said, “We are all at the mid-stage of the Shentong Realm, why do you think your cultivation is higher than mine?”
“Because this Elder is ranked twenty-eighth among all the Elders of the Immortal Alliance, and you are merely ranked forty-third.”
The Elder surnamed Dong said confidently.
“This Elder is ranked twenty-fifth.”
Elder Gao said calmly.
“This ranking does not represent cultivation level, it can at most prove that you have made greater contributions to the Immortal Alliance.”
Elder Kang retorted.
“Only with strength can one make contributions. Without strength, naturally, no contributions can be made.”
Elder Gao said disdainfully.
“Indeed, if you have the strength, why don’t you contribute to the Immortal Alliance? Do you not want to? Or are you slacking off?”
Elder Dong began to shift the blame.
Qi Huang had already distributed the protective charms and was standing next to her main body watching the show. She didn’t expect that before the bait were even killed, the others would start to quarrel over the distribution.
What are you arguing about? If you want to know who is stronger, just have a fight!
Yun Fei started to stir the pot.
“Yes, are you worse than women? Women know to pull hair when they argue, and you only dare to spew words?”
Ruan Lingyu added fuel to the fire.
“Elder Kang, I’m rooting for you. Since you were treated unfairly before, today you should use your strength to get it back with interest. That’s what a true man would do.”
Qi Huang also egged him on.
“You few yellow-haired girls dare to stir up trouble when you are about to die?”
Zheng Chi’s eyes were spitting fire.
“This is not called stirring up trouble, this is called speaking righteously. I personally propose to decide the ownership of the bait through a martial arts competition.”
Elder Kang, however, stubbornly said.
