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Chapter 458 Post Station Auction
Bai Yongnian remained silent as he watched Ye Chang alight from the sedan chair and talk to Lord Jiuri.

Who would have thought that sedan chair would be so incredibly powerful!
They all originally thought that the sedan chair, like the sticker, could only carry one person at a time.

But who could have imagined that it wasn't like that, according to what Ye Chang had told them through telepathy inside the sedan chair.

That sedan chair can split into three smaller sedan chairs, meaning it can carry four people between the living and the dead at a time.

Even if using the sedan chair once requires 100 merits, it's still much more cost-effective than using stickers.

Moreover, within a certain period of time, the sedan chair will wait for a while free of charge to pick up the person riding in it and take them back to the post station!

Bai Yongnian could already imagine how popular the post station would become.

Fortunately, both the station manager and the innkeeper have fixed salaries. If there were also commissions, then the positions at the inn would definitely not be available to anyone other than the Bai and Ji families in the future.

Besides this, Ye Chang also told them about some other uses of the Yin-Yang sedan chair.

For example, regarding concealment, Ye Chang led them to try all known levels of ghosts, including the Black Abyss level, but none of them could see through the Yin-Yang Sedan Chair's concealment ability.

Even if some of the Black Abyss's senses are highly sensitive, they still cannot pinpoint the location of the Yin-Yang Sedan Chair.

Even if the opponent launches an indiscriminate, wide-range attack, it will be useless, because the Yin-Yang Sedan Chair can penetrate everything while in a concealed state.

In other words, while in stealth mode, the Yin-Yang Sedan Chair is immune to all attacks!
This ability is not only available to the stationmaster, but also to the Yin-Yang sedan chair driven by the station attendant.

Therefore, the safety of the Yin-Yang sedan chair is absolutely unparalleled.

In addition, the Yin-Yang sedan chair has an ability that only the stationmaster can use.

The sedan chairs that split off from the Yin-Yang sedan chair can be used as a means of attacking enemies.

Taking ghosts as an example, a Yin-Yang sedan chair can trap and kill a Blood Calamity-level ghost.

It is known that the Yin-Yang sedan chair can split into three, which means that as long as the stationmaster drives the Yin-Yang sedan chair out, he can trap at least three Blood Calamity-level ghosts!
Three!

Even Ji Mo's Yin Si-level reed can only trap one Blood Calamity at a time.

Of course, the Yin Si level reed also has its own advantages, namely, it can hook up to 108 ghosts below the level of Blood Calamity, as long as there are enough soul hooks!
However, these advantages seem less impressive in the face of the Three-Headed Blood Calamity.

Although the blood calamity killed by the Yin-Yang sedan chair will not be counted as the stationmaster's merit, putting everything else aside, if we take this sedan chair to any Yin-Yang region where the number of blood calamities does not exceed three, as long as we trap and do not kill all the blood calamities in the region, wouldn't other Yin-Yang officials without Yin-Yang level warding objects be able to freely carry out hunting activities in that region?

This is definitely a strategic-level capability for the team.

With all this, how could Bai Yongnian not be completely captivated by this sedan chair?
Even if he wanted this sedan chair now, he wouldn't have the chance for three months.

In three months, Ji Mo will likely have more than just the one he has at the end of the season, so the sedan chair will naturally be less attractive than it is now.

Bai Yongnian sighed.

Now that things had come to this, he composed himself and looked at Ye Chang, who had finished handing over with Lord Jiuri and was walking towards them.

"What do we do next?"

Ye Chang said with great enthusiasm.

"What are we going to do? We're going to kill ghosts, of course! Brother Ye, with this sedan chair, those ghosts are no match for us!"

Ji Mo excitedly put his arm around Ye Chang's shoulder.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chang felt there was no problem.

"Okay, let's call the others in the camp and go together."

But at that moment, Bai Yongnian interrupted their conversation.

"Let's put the ghost hunting aside for now. There'll be plenty of time later. Brother Ye, why don't you take us to the Three Mountains base first?"

Bai Yongnian feared that after the post station opened, others would also use the post station to come directly to the Zhouzhuang residence and settle down there.

In that case, it's really hard to say who Zhouzhuang will listen to in the future.

If the underworld really allows this kind of 'relocation', then the Bai and Ji families should all be brought over first!
"Yeah! It's been so long since I've been to the Sanshan base, Brother Ye, let's go!"

Ye Chang nodded and took out the cloth dog.

"Bring the sedan chair!"

……

Sanshan Station.

In the courtyard where Shen Zhihong's family lives, a group of people are sitting around.

This group of people consists of the leaders of all the major teams among the 108 Yin Messengers currently stationed at the Three Mountains.

The reason they gathered here was none other than the newly released post station mission.

Unlike the location of the Zhouzhuang Ancient Town, the location of the Sanshan garrison could be decided simply by Bai Yongnian and his two companions.

Besides the remaining members of the Bai and Ji families, there are also five other factions stationed at the Three Mountains base.

They are Yunlong Tian and other chosen ones, the fewest in number, with a total of four.

Then there are three teams that split off from the former anti-trafficking team: Kong Yi, Xu Lai, and Su Yongliang. The first two teams each have 25 members, while Su Yongliang's team has 10 members.

Because the three had different philosophies, they were no longer as harmonious as before, even though they all came from the same anti-trafficking team.

Finally, there are the remaining independent individuals, such as Li Gongyang, Wang Zhibo, Wang Xiang, Bai Xue, etc., totaling nearly twenty people.

The existence of so many teams made it impossible to reach a consensus on the two tasks related to the post station.

With no other options, everyone thought of Shen Zhihong, an old comrade, hoping he could come up with a solution.

Shen Zhihong felt somewhat helpless about this, but since they had already found him, he couldn't just ignore it.

"Now there are two questions, let's address them one by one."

"First is the issue of location. Each of you has proposed a different location. I have looked at it and found that, apart from the individual team choosing the entrance to the Sanshan base, the other teams have all chosen locations in the areas where their respective properties are located."

"Hmm... I can understand. After all, the convenient transportation might drive up the prices of surrounding properties in the future."

Shen Zhihong's words reflected the thoughts of several team leaders.

Regardless of whether the underworld will adjust rental prices, even if they don't increase, with the increased foot traffic around the inn, could some of the houses be converted into shops?

The underworld already offers the option to customize houses. You can turn the houses into shops and sell daily necessities like cigarettes and alcohol. The good karma you earn will be much better than fighting and killing.
Take a pack of cigarettes, for example. Selling it is a good deed, it's not expensive, right?

No one would take a sedan chair back to the mortal world just for a pack of cigarettes, right?

And the purchase price of these cigarettes is all in Daxia currency!
Who wouldn't want to exchange Great Xia Coins for Yin Virtue?

Previously, good deeds only circulated within various teams, and the total amount remained constant.

If shops are now established around post stations, the scope of the good deeds that can be circulated can be expanded to the entire area!
Seize this business opportunity, and becoming the number one team in the Sanshan area will definitely not be difficult.

Therefore, the location of this post station was naturally a matter of contention.

The problem is that Kong Yi and Xu Lai's teams have the same number of members, while Sanren and Su Yongliang's teams, though not large enough individually, together exceed their numbers.

Not to mention that there were more than a dozen people from the Bai and Ji families watching from the sidelines.

Therefore, no one dares to vote first; whoever goes first will suffer a loss.

Looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, Shen Zhihong sighed inwardly once more.

This is not a good matter.

He only had one thought: if they disagreed, then so be it, and he wouldn't get involved.

"I have an idea, what do you guys think?"

Shen Zhihong's words attracted everyone's attention.

After all, those who are sitting here all acknowledge Shen Zhihong.

Even the wandering monks and the later group of underworld officials admired Shen Zhihong's character after hearing what he had done in the past.

Of course, if Shen Zhihong had acted improperly, this matter would not have ended like this.

"My idea is to build the inn outside the entrance to the base..."

Just as he finished speaking, Bai Lingfeng, the one nominated by the Sanren team, smiled.

The reason why the independent people wanted to build outside the entrance is that some of them occupied the houses at the entrance of the Three Mountains Garrison, so the first thing you see when you enter the Three Mountains Garrison is their houses.

Although it's not entirely their residence, it's enough that it's there; the subsequent income can be shared equally.

Upon hearing Shen Zhihong's words, the other team members frowned.

Kong Yi, who had the worst temper, directly interrupted Shen Zhihong.

“I disagree. Building the post station outside is too far away. If the people living inside want to leave, they have to walk for ten minutes or more.” Shen Zhihong looked at Kong Yi, feeling helpless.

Having spent time with Kong Yi, he didn't mind Kong Yi's interruption.

"Don't rush, listen to me."

"As you all have seen at the Sanshan Garrison, this attack by the underworld messengers has given us a glimpse of what the Sanshan Garrison will look like when it's overcrowded."

"The post station will definitely become a common item for underworld officials and even their families in the future, so the flow of people will naturally be quite large."

"It's impossible for us to squeeze onto buses in the mortal world and then have to squeeze onto buses in the underworld too, right?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Longtian and Su Yongliang immediately smiled.

"Old Shen is right."

Shen Zhihong paused for a moment, then continued, "I know that everyone wants the inn to be built around their own property so that they can enjoy the benefits it brings in the future."

"So what I'm thinking is to build the inn outside the base and then exchange the properties at the entrance."

"The prices of properties in the area are all the same now, so no one will lose out if they exchange them."

"Therefore, we will redistribute the properties at the entrance of the camp according to the proportion of the number of people in each of your teams. In this way, everyone will benefit after the post station is established. Do you agree?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Shen Zhihong's 'real estate redistribution' plan.

Upon closer examination, this seems to be the best solution.

In fact, placing the post station outside the entrance was the best choice; it was only because of the conflict of interest that people had various ideas.

Now that the issue of profit distribution has been resolved, everyone is naturally happy.

Of course, the freelancer Bai Lingfeng was a little unhappy, since freelancers owned the most properties near the entrance.

But now that everyone else seems satisfied with the plan, he can't say anything.

"So, the site selection is settled then?"

Seeing everyone nod, Shen Zhihong looked at Bai Lingfeng and said, "Mr. Bai, after that, please contact those people at the entrance location and exchange the property. Then we will hold a site selection vote."

"it is good!"

Bai Lingfeng agreed, and everyone else smiled as well.

But just then, Kong Yi spoke up again: "The address has been chosen, but where is the station manager?"

Upon hearing this, the smiles on everyone's faces vanished once again.

Seeing all eyes on him, Shen Zhihong sighed.

They really don't let this old man have a break.

"The position of station manager is easy to handle, since it can be changed every three months, so you can take turns being the station manager."

As soon as these words were spoken, someone said, "That's not a problem, but the problem is, who should go first?"

Yes, who should go first?
Although they don't yet know what powers this station manager has, they're sure they're right to assume it's the right thing to do.

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhihong thought for a moment and said, "When you become the station chief, you're probably still thinking about the benefits."

"That's normal. After all, you have so many people under you. You have to fight for the benefits that are rightfully yours."

"How about this, let's hold an auction. The highest bidder wins, and whoever contributes the most good karma will be the first to receive the prize."

"The merit gained from the auction will be equally distributed among the other teams. What do you all think?"

After these words were spoken, everyone fell into deep thought.

Soon, Kong Yi, Xu Lai, and the Bai family agreed, since they had the most manpower and the largest amount of merit.

If it were to be auctioned off, it would naturally be advantageous to them.

Yunlong Tian was just there to join in the fun, so he didn't really care.

Su Yongliang was also quite easygoing, and since there were few people, he didn't have any particular thoughts or care. He figured that if he received some merit later, it might even improve the team's strength, which wouldn't be bad.

As for the independent Bai Lingfeng, he did have some ideas, but there were only a dozen or so independent people in total. Even without Shen Zhihong, it would be difficult for them to become the stationmaster.

Besides, this time it's just a matter of being a little later, it's not like I can't be a candidate at all.

So Bai Lingfeng didn't say much.

Thus, everyone agreed to the auction.

However, before the auction, Shen Zhihong spoke up again: "Don't blame me for being long-winded, but I'll say one more thing."

"If possible, let's give the job of the innkeeper to those underworld officials who are not good at fighting or who are disabled. And let's not divide it into your team or mine."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, then their expressions softened.

In their teams, who hasn't had several people injured in battle?

Some of them were so badly injured by the ghosts that they were no longer able to fight.

So, having a job as a waiter at an inn, earning 500 merit points a month is pretty good.

"I have no opinion."

"Me too."

Seeing that everyone agreed, Shen Zhihong smiled.

"Alright, the auction for the post station manager will now begin. Please place your bids, with no upper limit."

No sooner had Shen Zhihong finished speaking than Kong Yi blurted out, "A thousand yin virtues!"

Xu Lai smiled upon hearing this.

"two thousand!"

Once the price of two thousand was announced, Bai Lingfeng, Yun Longtian, and Su Yongliang, who had originally wanted to bid and participate, lost interest.

The Bai family then quoted 2,500, but Kong Yi immediately raised the price to 3,000.

As a result, the Bai family no longer had the idea of ​​competing for first place.

Just as Kong Yi and Xu Lai raised the price to 4,000, the Bai family representative was suddenly called out.

Upon returning, Kong Yi had already offered five thousand, securing the victory, and was now waiting for Shen Zhihong to strike the hammer three times.

But just then, the Bai family added another five hundred!
Five thousand five hundred merits!

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to that direction.

Kong Yi's face turned ugly. After adding another hundred, the Bai family directly quoted six thousand!

Therefore, Kong Yi also gave up.

With 6,000 merits divided equally, they would each have to receive 300 to 400 merits from the other team members, which is not a small amount.

Although he wanted it, he didn't know what the position of station manager would bring.

If they actually film it but there's no real benefit, it would be a huge blow to their team.

So he's not going to film anymore; maybe three thousand will be enough for the second one.

Thus, the position of stationmaster was first in line for the Bai family.

The subsequent rankings were also released, with Kong Yi coming in second, having earned the ranking through the merit of 3,000 Yin Virtues.

The third promise is for five hundred acts of unseen virtue.

The fourth recluse, with five hundred acts of virtuous conduct.

The fifth is Su Yongliang, who has accumulated one hundred acts of good deeds.

The sixth Heavenly Cloud Dragon, one hundred acts of Yin virtue.

Afterwards, everyone was overjoyed and went together to vote to complete the two tasks.

As soon as the vote was cast, three unexpected figures appeared.

"Bai Yongnian! How did you get here?"

Looking at Bai Yongnian and the other two, Kong Yi and the others suddenly had a bad feeling.

……

(End of this chapter)