Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 142: The Green Corpse Rong Arrives
When Hua Shilang said this, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes:

"Yuan Ying, Yuan He, and Yuan Feng are the core members of Yuan Ming's staff. The entire Beppu relies on them as the backbone for support. Yuan Feng is a member of the new generation who has grown up. He is a desperate and fearless fighter and represents the future."

"All of these people died in the battle. Even Yuan Hong would be furious."

"After all, Yuan Hong and Yuan Sheng used three five-colored fairy peaches to exchange for the qualifications of the two city lords, Kong and Bai, to establish a foothold in Mujiang City. But now, although the qualifications are there, no one can develop here anymore."

Gong Tianwu thought to himself that the monkey demon who was using a two-handed short stick and had been chasing him was indeed very desperate when fighting.

However, the death of Yuan Shi, the most important person in that villa, had nothing to do with him.

But this is also a good thing. In this way, most of the subsequent consequences will be left to the Yuan family and Xiangliu Man to deal with.

Even more interesting is that it seems that Ze Shen Xiang Tao really likes to eat the monkey demon's corpse. This is probably because it has more tendons and bones and tastes great.

So this is the most perfect way to destroy the body and cover up the traces, and it can cleverly conceal what you have done.

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. You bunch of monkeys should go and find trouble with Zeshen Xiangtao first.

Of course, even if his involvement was discovered in the end, Gong Tianwu was not afraid at all - he also has a backer!

When a talented disciple like himself appeared in the Great Snow Mountain, he would definitely be praised and pampered. How could he be allowed to be beaten and killed at will?
Next, Hua Shilang asked questions indirectly and again, but Gong Tianwu pretended to be crazy and stupid and knew nothing about anything.

Faced with such a situation, Hua Shilang couldn't help but sighed:

"It would be a pity if you hide here. Our Hua family will be in trouble."

Gong Tianwu was surprised and said:

"What does it have to do with you?"

Hanashiro smiled bitterly and said:

"The widely circulated rumor now is that our Hua family joined forces with your Great Snow Mountain to directly trap the Yuan family. It is useless for us to try to explain it."

Gong Tianwu sneered:
"Catch the thief and seize the stolen goods, catch the traitor in pairs, your Hua family is not someone who can be easily bullied, don't you know how to distinguish?"

"Besides, isn't it public now? The Yuan family's matter is that they offended Xiang Liuman. What does it have to do with us?"

Hua Shilang was left speechless by what Gong Tianwu said. He could only smile bitterly, shake his head and walk away.

After he left, Gong Tianwu lost his sleepiness. After analyzing the information he had obtained, he said:
"That's weird. There are clearly no other Xiangliu barbarians near Zeshen Xiangtao. How come his support came so quickly?"

Xiao Qi suddenly said:
"The last time I went there, I got close to the deep pool and could sense that there was something very scary down there, and it was targeting only us demons."

"After I opened a store in Hulu Valley, I was exposed to a lot of new things and was able to find out a lot of interesting information."

“So in the end, we can basically confirm that there is probably a Heavenly Demon Binding Rope under the deep pool that penetrated the body of Zeshen Xiangtao and trapped him there.”

Gong Tianwu said in surprise:
"The Sky Demon Binding Rope?"

Xiao Qi said:
"Yes, this thing is the nemesis of all monsters. It can continuously absorb the demonic power in the monster's body. The stronger the monster, the stronger the effect of the Heavenly Demon Binding Rope will be."

"It also has basic intelligence. Once it senses that it is damaged, it will notify the refiner in time."

After hearing Xiao Qi's words, an idea suddenly flashed through Gong Tianwu's mind, and he couldn't help but say:

"Yes! Everything is right. I thought I took advantage of that damn Ze Shen Xiang Tao, but I didn't expect that he was also using me."

"This guy doesn't like to eat the corpse of the monkey demon at all!"

"His real purpose is to use the power of the attacking monkey demon to help him break the restraints of the demon's soul-binding rope!"

Xiao Qi said in surprise:

"How can this be?"

Gong Tianwu said:

"It was impossible originally, but after Ze Shen Xiang Tao got to know me, it became possible."

"I guess even the guy who was responsible for imprisoning Xiang Tao didn't expect that a human cultivator like me could actually reach a relatively close cooperation with a monster like Xiang Tao."

"Xiang Tao asked me to buy a lot of things. Now that I think about it, at least half of them were used to set up the magic array!"

Xiao Qi was immediately surprised and said:

"Ah? Illusion array? Oh, I've heard before that among the nine heads of the Xiangliu clan, one is a mirage head, which is specially used to create illusions."

"And I can sense that Xiang Tao has used illusions on you many times before, but it's a pity that it has almost no effect on you."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Maybe it's because I've been reincarnated many times, my soul is very strong, and my mind is very firm, so illusions are really not very useful to me."

There are little stars in Xiaoqi's eyes:
"Of course the rest of the people can't compare to you, sir. We monsters are different. We rarely experience the secular world, so we have almost no resistance to illusions."

Gong Tianwu said:

"That makes sense. After the Yuan family's gang came aggressively, they might have fallen into Xiang Tao's illusion array, and then launched a fierce attack on the Heavenly Demon Binding Rope that bound Xiang Tao tightly."

"Of course, under the effect of the illusion, the Sky Demon Binding Rope in their eyes must be Xiang Tao's real body."

"However, once this thing moved, the strong men among the Xiangliu barbarians who set up this rope immediately sensed it, so they rushed over in a hurry. As a result, the Yuan family must have been in big trouble."

Speaking of this, Gong Tianwu suddenly said with some yearning:

"Oh my, what a pity, I didn't see the three-way fight. To be honest, I still hope that Zeshen Xiangtao is okay. I don't know if he managed to escape."

***
As the saying goes, paper cannot cover fire.

The news that Yuan's villa had suffered a devastating blow was originally only circulated among a small number of high-level people, but it soon spread throughout the entire Mujiang City.

Of course, news also spread that the Hua family colluded with the Daxueshan to deceive the Yuan family's villa.

At the beginning, the Hua family was very anxious and tried to refute the rumors everywhere. However, this kind of thing was like rumors of hooliganism between a man and a woman. The more they tried to refute them, the more rumors there were.

Later on, the first one to give up was Hua Manlou. I felt really depressed, so I just gave up. I was tired, and decided to destroy myself!

As the situation developed, the Hua family suddenly realized why others began to give in everywhere? The eyes looking at them became more awed?
Not only that, but when he was asking the city lord and others for resources and arguing for benefits, he became even more arrogant?

Under such complicated circumstances, the Great Snow Mountain Auction hosted by the Hua family was held on time as scheduled.

After this period of fermentation and brewing, the first day of the auction was a huge success, and the final profit and commission exceeded expectations by more than 80%.

The most astonishing one was a golden-edged snow lotus, which was a rare item even in the Great Snow Mountains. After eleven rounds of bidding, it was sold at a price more than eight times the cost price.

Sales volume dropped slightly on the second day of the auction, but the goods were still snapped up by many companies as soon as they came out.

However, at this time, several companies should have reached an offensive and defensive alliance agreement and set an upper limit price, so the final transaction price began to decline.

However, this decline is similar to making 100 million the day before and 60 million the next day.

Gong Tianwu and his gang thought it was okay, but after the Hua family thought about it, they were furious and started cursing indignantly, saying that this bunch of bastards didn't follow any rules at all.

So on the third day, the Hua family also started to fight back and directly hired a helper.

You set the price ceiling, right? Then I will make sure you can’t buy any of my goods! Anyway, I have my goods so I can sell them without any worries.

Under such a strong counterattack, the Hua family was of course criticized. However, Hua Manlou was a very smart person. He took the lead in cursing (barking) back. When it comes to quarreling and cursing, who are these dogs afraid of?
This auction was actually only scheduled to last for three days, but after the second day, the mayor who was usually in charge of the affairs received many requests from people asking for an extension of two more days to raise funds.

At the same time, the shrewd young city lord discovered that the entire Mujiang City had become much more prosperous in the past few days, at least several times more prosperous than usual.

Therefore, he, who already had a simple sense of economics, began to try to use administrative orders to intervene in business activities, and called Hua Manlou over and said:

"Dahua, the auction you guys organized recently is really good. It's going very well."

Hua Manlou smiled apologetically:

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just for fun, and the goods are hard to come by."

"To be honest, the relationship between the human race and our demon race has always been tense. It's not easy for our Shilang to get to the Great Snow Mountain."

Upon hearing this, the young city lord said in a low voice:
"Don't worry, the smooth establishment of Mujiang City is closely related to Immortal Master Dongxu. As long as the human race coming to Mujiang City does not do anything that harms our interests, I will treat them equally."

"This rule is not just my idea. The Grand City Lord's view is consistent with mine." "I called you here this time because I want you to help me with something."

Hua Manlou was immediately surprised and said:

"If you have any instructions, just send someone to tell me. How can I say help?"

In fact, all the city lords, big or small, have a good impression of Hua Manlou, because this guy has always behaved very humbly. For a dog, wagging its tail to please its master is a basic skill.

When encountering a stranger, he immediately turns into a vicious dog and rushes up to bite without saying a word.

On the contrary, the rest of the six demon generals are not like this. They either have low emotional intelligence and speak in a choking way, or they are very arrogant, or they only listen to orders and not instructions.

At this time, the young city lord was very satisfied with Hua Manlou's attitude and said:

"I see that your auction is planned to last for three days, and on the last day, a few good items will be unveiled, right?"

Hua Manlou suddenly felt uneasy and said with some difficulty:

"Yes, yes. If you like something, I will bring it to you immediately."

The young city lord laughed loudly and said:

"You are so funny. Even if I want something from you, I will definitely offer you a price for it."

"What I want you to do is not this, but to see if you can extend this auction a little longer, preferably to seven days, and move the finale of the auction to the end."

Hua Manlou heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this:

"Sir, there is no problem with postponing the sale, but I don't know what to sell in the meantime?"

The little city lord said confidently:
"I have carefully observed that among the goods you brought this time, the elixirs refined in the Great Snow Mountain are the most sought-after. Isn't there a bottle of Snow God Pill among your finale?"

"This thing can dissolve the heart fire disaster that suppresses our demon race during cultivation. Its effect is completely overwhelming compared to the bitter lotus seeds we used before."

"So, doesn't this bottle of Snow God Pill have twelve pills in total? Just split it into three pills per bottle, and take out one bottle every day for the final shipment. There will be no problem with no one coming."

After hearing this, Hua Manlou said:

"That's not impossible, but what about the other goods?"

The little city lord said:

"I have a few newly refined gadgets here. You can use them to set the scene. I will also talk to other people about their good things and ask them to take them out and sell them. What? Our Mujiang City's specialties can't be sold at a high price?"

The corridor is full of flowers:

“This is also an idea.”

The little city lord said:

"By the way, when the Snow Mountain Sect disciples leave, please let me know so I can have someone escort them."

The corridor is full of flowers:

"Ok."

The little city lord said thoughtfully:
"This time they brought these specialties, which instantly brought new vitality to our city. It has been a long time since the city has been so lively."

"So, they must return alive and safely this time, and let people outside know that it is profitable to do business in our Mujiang City."

"In this way, more humans will come to do business with us, and Mujiang City will become bigger and better."

Hua Manlou said from the bottom of his heart:
"Your Excellency is wise!"

***
Although Hua Manlou agreed to the young city lord's request, not all the goods at the auction belong to him. He can only be considered a shareholder.

Such a major event must be discussed with Gong Tianwu and others, so someone was sent to inform Gong Tianwu.

Gong Tianwu has not been idle these two days, but has started to discuss some practical matters with the strong men on the dog demon side.

To be honest, it is not so easy for ordinary humans to be accepted by the strong men of the demon race, let alone feed them moves and cooperate with them.

But firstly, Hua Manlou, the strongest man in the clan, fully recognized Gong Tianwu, and secondly, Gong Tianwu also married a monster concubine.
The third and most important point is that Gong Tianwu was paid, and it was a lot.

Therefore, the strong men in the dog demon clan obeyed reluctantly. Of course, Gong Tianwu also benefited a lot from it. After all, it is a good thing to accumulate more combat experience with the demon clan.

Gong Tianwu, who was sweating profusely after practice, took a quick shower and then rushed to Hua Manlou's study.

When entering the study, Gong Tianwu was stunned, because there was an indescribable feeling of coldness in the room.

This feeling usually only appears in a morgue or an ancient tomb. Although this chilly feeling is faint, it always lingers nearby, and is difficult to dissipate for a long time.

Then Gong Tianwu's gaze rested on the cup next to him. The liquid in the cup was not tea, nor was it the sour juice (similar to rice wine) that the monsters liked to drink, but a thick juice with a light dark green color.

Just as Gong Tianwu was staring at the cup, a brave green-headed fly quickly flew down, crawled on the edge of the cup (perhaps licked it), and then quickly fell down, its four legs twitching, and then it died instantly.

"This is a liquid made by grinding graveyard moss into powder and mixing it with wine and water. It seems like you are very interested in it?"

It was obvious that Hua Manlou noticed Gong Tianwu's gaze and explained it very simply.

Gong Tianwu's mouth twitched, and he said firmly:
"no thank you."

Hua Manlou sighed slightly and said:
"Let's go. I don't feel comfortable staying here. I need to fumigate with dried wormwood to get rid of this smell."

After the two of them came outside, Hua Manlou seemed much more comfortable in the sunshine. After a while, he said:

"The person I received before also has a connection with you. Master Rong, you should know him, right?"

Gongtian Wuqi said:
"what?"

Hua Manlou glanced over:
"Didn't you claim outside that you were close to Master Rong? Why are you pretending now that you just heard about it?"

Now it was Gong Tianwu's turn to be surprised. You know, since he was reborn in this life, he only claimed in front of Zeshen Xiangtao that he had a friendship with Qingshi Rongjian, but how did Hua Manlou know that?
Therefore, Gong Tianwu asked directly:

"How did you know?"

The corridor is full of flowers:

"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself! Master Rong's magical powers have reached an incredible level, and even have a powerful power similar to the Five Great Magical Powers of Buddhism: Divine Ear."

"Anyone who recites Master Rong's name and the cause and effect involved is not small will be sensed by Master Rong!"

Gong Tianwu was shocked and murmured:
"To be honest, I did mention Master Rong's name, but why did he come to me just for such a small matter?"

The corridor is full of flowers:

"Master Rong has his own rules, which are beyond our guess, but he hates people who use his name to cheat people outside."

Gong Tianwu looked at Hua Manlou with disdain. This guy was indeed born in the Year of the Dog!

High emotional intelligence: There are rules for doing things. The truth: A weird personality cannot be measured by common sense.

Hua Manlou continued:
"If you say that Master Rong came here just for this matter, that's not entirely true."

Gong Tianwu reacted quickly and said immediately:
"auctions?"

The corridor is full of flowers:

"Yes, he asked for two ice galls, and I gave them to him directly. Just deduct it from my share."

Gong Tianwu waved his hand and said:
"It's a small matter. By the way, since Master Rong is here, I should go and pay my respects to him."

The corridor is full of flowers:

"If he wanted to see you, he would have stayed just now, and left after making sure you didn't say anything nonsense."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Is that so? By the way, is this what you came to talk to me about?"

(End of this chapter)