Mountain and sea lantern

Chapter 547 Make a friend
The two brothers suddenly thought of the same thing: in the Moon Sea Secret Realm, among the relics of Jin Zhan, there seemed to be a bunch of "Six Realms Exchange" tickets.

They couldn't remember the stamps on the tickets, but the words "Six Realms Exchange" were still very memorable. They were ignorant and had only seen such words on those tickets.

Now the dark-faced man produced another piece of paper, and they were somewhat unsure whether it was currency for the transaction.

The banknotes among the relics of the Jin Dynasty should be ancient coins, so what about the banknotes in the hands of this black-faced general?

This kind of currency is definitely not used within the four continents of Heaven. Even if this is really the Underworld, the Underworld was only sealed eight hundred years ago. Before that, it should have already stopped using this kind of ancient currency. It's just a self-contained Underworld. What kind of nonsense is it to exchange currency across the six realms?

The concept of the Six Realms dates back to a very, very long time ago.

So the two of them were a little confused about what was going on.

Looking at the face value of the bill in the other party's hand, it has the words "ten measures". In ancient times, currency was based on the unit of "measure". In modern terms, the value of the bill in the other party's hand should be equivalent to ten gold coins.

The two then thought about the banknotes left behind by Jin Zhan. Each note seemed to be worth one million, which was quite a large discrepancy.

Wu Jinliang leaned closer to Shi Chun and muttered, "Is the stuff still there?"

The question was about the pile of ancient coins among the Jin war relics, which had long lost their monetary value, and the concern was whether Shi Chun had already disposed of them casually.

However, no, the Qiankun Bracelet has a huge space, so it doesn't matter if there's one more box.

Shi Chun lowered his sleeve to conceal his hand, secretly casting a spell into the bracelet. He found the box, opened it, pulled out a bill from a stack, pinched it between two fingers, flicked his sleeve to reveal it, and then tentatively asked, "This one?"

Wu Jinliang immediately brought the sandalwood flame in his hand closer to the bill, deliberately letting the other party see it more clearly.

The two tickets in each other's hands were clearly different in design. Shi Chun's ticket had intricate and colorful patterns, giving it a sense of all-encompassing design, while the other's ticket was obviously simpler and even slightly smaller.

Upon seeing the bills in Shi Chun's hand, the dark-faced general's gaze instantly sharpened, his jaw dropped as if he couldn't close it, and he choked with his mouth open.

What's going on? Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang looked at each other again, somewhat confused by the other's reaction. "Why don't you give me an explanation?"

At the same time, Shi Chun also had to pay attention to the bundle of golden threads he was holding in his spell. After all, he didn't know how long he could forcibly control the golden threads like this, but one thing was certain: the longer he stayed, the more likely something would go wrong.

After a while, the dark-faced general swallowed hard, his voice slightly off-key, and said, "A million dollars like this is rarely seen in circulation these days. Are you two joking with me and trying to fool me with counterfeit money?"

Shi Chun didn't bother arguing with him; he simply used magic to throw the bills over.

Anyway, he has plenty of these, so it doesn't matter if he has one more or one less.

The dark-faced man grabbed the bill, first shaking it vigorously. Under his spell, it emitted a faint green glow. Then he sniffed it, and licked the bill with his tongue. His eyes immediately lit up, and he was so excited that he could hardly contain himself. His hands trembled slightly as he exclaimed, "It really is a million-dollar bill with a 'content' of a million!"

What does that mean? Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang exchanged glances again, somewhat confused and filled with doubt and uncertainty. Could it really be that the ancient coins left behind by Jin Zhan are useful here?

However, the two were reluctant to voice their doubts, as they were unfamiliar with the place and people and it would be a bad thing to expose their ignorance, especially when money was involved.

Moreover, if this place is truly a sealed underworld, and it becomes known that someone can enter and leave, the two brothers might not be able to bear such a heavy retribution.

Having finally regained his composure, the dark-faced general suddenly raised the large denomination bill, his eyes filled with reluctance, and said, "I can't break this largest denomination bill."

The highest denomination? The two brothers exchanged another glance, shocked. Jin Zhan's ancient coins were actually useful?

Shi Chun asked again, "Are these 'rules' acceptable?"

The dark-faced general's eyes lit up with surprise, and he tentatively asked, "You mean you'll give them all to me?"

Shi Chun had many questions he wanted to ask, but dared not reveal them easily, so he countered with, "That depends on whether you know the 'rules'."

The dark-faced general hurriedly said, "It's alright. The previous soul theft was the same pattern as this one, so it must have been your doing, right? Don't worry, I'll report the damages to my superiors, and I'll erase both incidents as if they never happened."

Report the loss? Erase it? Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang couldn't help but ponder the meaning behind his words, after all, they didn't understand the market here.

Seeing that they remained silent, the dark-faced general assumed they were dissatisfied and said with some difficulty, "You have given a lot of money, but if you want to clean this up, I have to bribe people up and down. Otherwise, if you really need these souls, I can let you get some more."

Shi Chun understood. It seemed that one million was not a small amount. Not only could it settle this matter, but it could also take away some souls. He didn't know how many souls were involved. In the outside world, one million gold coins might not be enough to make a master of the Earth Immortal level act so recklessly and illegally.

At least one million was enough to make a master of the Earth Immortal level reveal his naivety and lack of worldly experience.

"Hehehehe..." Wu Jinliang also laughed out loud.

After gradually figuring out the situation, they discovered that the dark-faced man in front of them was a clever fellow. He had just said that stealing souls was a grave sin that violated the cycle of reincarnation, but in the blink of an eye, he could solve the problem by paying money.

Shi Chun then tried asking again, "Are you sure you can handle this?"

The dark-faced general said, "Don't worry, the 'amount' contained in this million is enough for ten people to be reborn into a good family. Who doesn't want themselves and their family to have a good reincarnation? Brother, how many more souls do you want? Give me a number quickly. The sooner the better. Dragging it out will only cause unnecessary trouble."

Shi Chun glanced at the still struggling golden thread in his hand, vaguely sensing that it couldn't last indefinitely. He immediately said, "I don't want it anymore. Today I only wanted to make friends with you. May I ask your esteemed name?"

The dark-faced general hesitated for a moment, but then realized that it would be easy to find out soon enough, and there was no way to hide it anyway, especially since they were offering a large sum. He immediately cupped his hands and said, "Lao Xi, may I ask who you two are...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he realized his question was inappropriate; the man was a criminal, how could he possibly give him his name?

Shi Chun simply replied, "Wang Ping."

Wu Jinliang immediately knew what he should call him and said, "Gao He." "Wang Ping, Gao He..." The dark-faced man muttered to himself, as if he had remembered it, but his gaze towards the two men was filled with suspicion. The criminals had given their names, and he was a little suspicious that they were not giving their real names.

Shi Chun suddenly asked again, "Have you forgotten what kind of place this is?"

The dark-faced general paused for a moment, but still replied, "Wandering River."

Shi Chun said "oh" and tossed something over.

The dark-faced man subconsciously reached out and caught it. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was half of a mother-child talisman.

Seeing his nonchalant reaction, Shi Chun knew that the mother-child talisman could still be used normally here. He immediately said, "Brother Lao, if there is another opportunity to cooperate, I will contact you again. I may come in person, or I may send someone else to negotiate with you. In any case, I will not treat you unfairly, so please do not refuse."

The dark-faced man understood what "won't be treated unfairly" meant and immediately said with a smile, "As long as you know the 'rules,' everything is negotiable."

He waved the mother-and-child talisman in his hand and accepted it on the spot.

Shi Chun: "Then we'll leave first. I hope Brother Lao won't pursue us any further."

The stern-faced man extended his hand amiably, saying, "Please go ahead."

Shi Chun immediately gave Wu Jinliang a signal, then abandoned his magical suppression, and his body was pulled back up the mountain by the shrinking bundle of golden threads.

Upon reaching the cave entrance, he once again used his magic to suppress the bundle of golden threads with circles of green energy. Only after Wu Jinliang, who had brought up the rear, returned and retrieved the three-in-one magic weapon did he grab Wu Jinliang's arm and together they retreated back into the black cave along with the large bundle of golden threads.

The two looked back and saw that the exit of the passage behind them had disappeared like a ripple.

After waiting for a while, the dark-faced general finally slipped up the mountain to look around. He saw nothing; the people had vanished without a trace. But he still stroked his beard and muttered, "These two guys have quite a lot of yang energy."

He then pulled out the large bill again and looked at it, becoming so excited that he couldn't help but kiss it several times. He then covered his chest and groaned with bliss, "I've struck it rich!"

After finally calming down, he looked around and quickly flew away.

On the other side, Shi Chun, who suddenly emerged from the black hole, released the restriction on the bundle of golden threads as soon as he landed. He and Wu Jinliang looked up at the black hole above and watched it disappear. Then they looked at the coyote that had entered the body with the light and saw that it had indeed come back to life, trembling.

Wu Jinliang asked, "Is that the underworld?"

Shi Chun said, "It should be, because they are not practicing the martial arts of the mortal world."

Wu Jinliang chuckled and said, "They don't care who they are and just dare to solicit bribes. That's not boldness at all. It seems the rules of the underworld are a bit chaotic."

Shi Chun: "Let's go up first and then talk about it."

“Then this guy…” Wu Jinliang pointed to the hyena that had come back to life and was now growling hostilely.

"This is abnormal. Never mind it, let's go." Shi Chun didn't care about the life or death of this kind of person at all, but a corpse that had come back to life was indeed abnormal.

Wu Jinliang, who had been accidentally kicked to death last time, only asked if it was still useful. Since it was no longer useful, he didn't care anymore. He directly used the Earth Escape Technique to take Shi Chun away and buried the earth wolf alive underground.

When he emerged from the ground and saw the light of day again, Wu Jinliang stretched out his arms and chest with great emotion, feeling as if he were in a dream. He never expected that he would suddenly go to the underworld.

After a moment's thought, Shi Chun took out the mother-child talisman and summoned Chu Jingtang and Lao Changtai.

When the two arrived and didn't see Xiao Sheng, Chu Jingtang asked, "Where's Lao Xiao?"

Shi Chun: "Never mind him, there's something important that I need you two to do. I wonder if you dare to go?"

Chu Jingtang couldn't help but sigh and say, "You've done plenty of things that have cost you your head. Tell me, where are you going to take this time?"

They were just short of saying something they were already used to saying.

Shi Chun calmly uttered two words, "The Underworld!"

Wu Jinliang, who was admiring the beautiful landscape, turned around in surprise. What was going on? The chief wanted to send two people to the underworld?

"..." Chu Jingtang and Lao Changtai were startled and instinctively retreated on guard.

Lao Changtai said with a tense expression, "Boss, this joke is not funny. We haven't done anything to wrong you, have we?"

Chu Jingtang asked nervously, "Boss, is there some misunderstanding?"

It would be a lie to say they weren't afraid; the two knew they were no match for each other in a fight.

Seeing their expressions, Wu Jinliang knew it was a misunderstanding. He couldn't help but laugh, holding his head. But it wasn't hard to understand. Nowadays, the underworld was a dead end; you could only go there after you died.

Shi Chun smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. I'm not asking you to die, but rather that I can open a passage to send you there. Jinliang and I have already been there. We need people to hang around there and help us find out what's going on. It seems like it's a place where money makes things easy. I'll give you the money. You might want to find out the going rates, like how much it costs to hire a master to fight."

"Uh..." Wu Jinliang made a strange sound in his throat, turned his head and stared at Shi Chun as if he were a monster. He paid someone to fight?

He now somewhat understood why he had exchanged contact information with that dark-faced man before spring.

(End of this chapter)