I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 536 I'm Really Rich (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
To put it bluntly, this whole thing is about finding cannon fodder.

These powerful families wanted to participate in the campaign and share the spoils, but they didn't want to damage their own foundations, so they recruited independent cultivators from outside.

What good are generous benefits if you're not alive to receive them?
Jiang Yi pretended to think for a moment, then smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Ling, to be honest, this is indeed my first time visiting Changming Island. I am also quite interested in this matter, but I would like to consider it for a few more days. I will not leave the island in the next few days. Fellow Daoist Ling, could you leave me a way to communicate? If I have made up my mind, I will contact you as soon as possible."

Since the matter wasn't definitively settled, and the Changming Island wharf market was within Jubaohang's territory, Ling Rui couldn't say anything more and could only leave a communication talisman.

"Then we will await your good news, fellow Daoist."

Ling Rui stood up, cupped his hands in greeting, and left decisively without lingering.

A moment later, Jiang Yi felt two more gazes fixed on her.

Jiang Yi didn't mind. She continued to browse through the books she had bought for a while, slowly finished a pot of tea, paid the bill, and left. She then strolled around the dock market, gathering information.

Ling Rui was indeed not lying to her. Wan Du Island had recently robbed several merchant ships of Ju Bao Xing and occupied two relatively safe waterways, as well as several coral mines and pearl farms.

A notice was posted at the entrance of Jubaohang, offering a bounty on cultivators from Wandu Island. The bounty varied depending on their cultivation level and status, and the task was to deliver heads.

Next to the notice from Jubaohang, there were notices from various forces on Fuguang Island recruiting people. There were also many rogue cultivators from the Zhulang Alliance looking for interested people to team up with.

Jiang Yi listened for a while. None of the rogue cultivators from the Chasing Waves Alliance had ever thought of attacking the main island of Ten Thousand Poisons Island together with other forces. They just wanted to ambush those lone evil cultivators of Ten Thousand Poisons Island around the island and make as much money as they could.

Next to Jubaohang was the shop of Jiuxiaoyunge. Jiang Yi sent a letter to Grandmaster Suhua. Sending a letter back to Dongzhou from here was surprisingly charged by the word, 10,000 spirit stones per word. Jiang Yi almost vomited blood when he heard the price.

Fortunately, Hongli still had savings, and Jiang Yi sent a message of peace back to her.

After leaving the Jiuxiaoyun Pavilion shop, Jiang Yi walked straight to a deserted spot at the edge of the dock, summoned an ordinary flying sword, and left Changming Island.

As soon as she flew away, a man and a woman secretly followed behind her.

Behind these two were two cultivators from the Ling family. The Ling family cultivators recognized the two who were following Jiang Yi; they were from a local gang and specialized in keeping an eye on lone cultivators.

"We'll 'rescue' her once she's been entangled by those two and is in a tough fight."

"At that time, she must have been grateful, and joining the Ling family was a natural progression."

The two Ling family cultivators, who were quite shrewd, also quietly followed. After tracking for a while, they realized they had lost them.

They couldn't find Jiang Yi, nor the two sect cultivators; the three of them seemed to have vanished completely into the vast sea and sky.

"what happened?!"

"What about people?!"

The two Ling family cultivators were horrified and suddenly accelerated to the airspace above where Jiang Yi had last disappeared, their powerful divine senses sweeping wildly in all directions.

The vast expanse of blue water and the clear blue sky were devoid of any human presence, except for a few low-flying seabirds.

"Even if it's murder, shouldn't there be some fluctuations from the battle?"

"This is too strange. We shouldn't stay here any longer. Let's get out of here!"

The two men, their faces ashen, immediately changed direction and flew towards the Ling family's stronghold on Changming Island.

Meanwhile, at Changming Island Wharf.

Amid the bustling crowd, a young girl in a bright red dress and a burly man walked into the main street of the market.

The girl was lively and mischievous, and every now and then she would run to the roadside stalls to peek for a while, while the burly man followed silently behind her.

"Zhenshan, hurry up, don't lose us!" Jiang Hongli turned around and called out crisply to the tall, strong man behind her.

Zhenshan scratched his head, not understanding why his master insisted on having him follow along. He was clumsy and couldn't be of much help.

Jiang Hongli walked briskly, heading straight towards Jubao.

"I'd like to buy some potent hallucinogenic elixirs, and also show you a list of items related to talisman making."

Seeing her imposing manner, the man guessed that she either had powerful backers or was extremely strong. It was rare to see someone like this on Floating Light Island, who spoke with his chin held high and whose eyes and brows exuded arrogance.

"Senior, please come this way."

Jiang Hongli was at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, as was Zhen Shan. The shopkeeper dared not neglect them and invited them into the quiet room while he hurriedly went to get the item list.

Jiang Hongli leaned back in her chair, pretending to doze off, while Zhenshan stood silently behind her.

In the Youxian Ferry, Jiang Yi held the still-drunk, fluffy, soft Hong Li, rubbing and kneading her, finding her incredibly pleasant to the touch.

Beside her were the two gang cultivators she had patted to sleep with mayfly pillows. Zhu Xin glanced at them and gave them the evaluation of 'extremely vicious'.

This will be the material for her next experiment.

"Qingxiao, throw this into the Green Wood Cauldron and tie him up. Don't kill him, but don't let him wake up either. I want to see if a living person will age while staying in the Green Wood Cauldron."

Jiang Yi handed the older male cultivator over to Qing Xiao, who then bound him into the Green Wood Cauldron. After confirming with Zhu Xin, it was determined that this person had not consumed anything like the "Preserving Beauty" potion and that his cultivation level was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

The remaining female cultivator, who was at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, looked very young and had delicate features. Judging from her appearance alone, she didn't seem like an evil person. However, according to Zhu Xin, this woman was ruthless and indiscriminately killed innocent people.

"Little Red Li, can I borrow your secret stash of money?"

Jiang Yi chuckled and probed her divine sense into the two large ears where Hong Li hid things. It was Hua Gu who told her that Hong Li hid storage pendants in her ears.

Clearly, she gave Hongli 300,000 spirit stones to buy refining materials to upgrade everyone's magic weapons. Hongli has almost spent all the spirit stones in the public account, and the materials are all piled up in the warehouse, but she hasn't had time to refine them yet.

Jiang Yi needs to buy back the main materials for Meng Yi Zui, and she also needs to buy some auxiliary materials for her mahjong set, both of which will cost money.

"Once I find my master, I'll have her pay you back. These are the expenses incurred on my way to find her, so of course she should reimburse me!"

Inside the Treasure Pavilion, Jiang Hongli slowly straightened her back and selected two talisman pens, two carving knives, some talisman paper and jade, top-grade talisman sand in three colors (green, black, and red), and some top-grade materials for making array plates from the item list, all of which were at the Nascent Soul level.

There are also three of the latest editions of "Learning Talisman Making from Scratch," which are prepared for Hua Gu.

When they were in the Kunlun Secret Realm, Zhu Xin took Hua Gu to challenge the talisman level, allowing her to learn talismans and formations. Formations are more difficult, and Hua Gu is currently building a foundation in talismans.

So, all things considered, the cost was 580,000 spirit stones.

Jiang Hongli thought to herself, "I'm so rich!"
"Aren't there any powerful hallucinogenic elixirs?"

Faced with Jiang Hongli's question, the shopkeeper apologized, "It is indeed unfortunate. As you probably know, our Jubaohang merchant ship was plundered by Wandu Island and suffered heavy losses. It just so happens that a large batch of spiritual herbs were on board."

"As per your request, the Illusionary Algae is the most suitable. This type of algae can only be found in the Black Horn Coral Reefs near Black Horn Island. That area was originally our Treasure Trove's coral mine, but it was taken over by Ten Thousand Poisons Island last month and has not been recovered yet."

Jiang Hongli recalled the location of Blackhorn Island, which was on the way to Golden Kite Island.

"Are you still hiring? My brother and I are quite capable, and I'm also a very skilled weapon refiner!"

Zhenshan, who had been standing like a statue behind Jiang Hongli, widened his eyes upon hearing this. What do you mean by... siblings?
But then Zhenshan thought about it again and realized that it was very much like Hongli!

(End of this chapter)