Scourge Messenger

Chapter 327 Foundation Establishment Pill Enhancement

As the midnight bells rang, the messengers from the North gathered at the Square of Bones.

When the skeletal documents were displayed, everyone's eyes widened and they all gasped in shock.

The first row remains unchanged, but the reward for the bandaged characters in the second row has changed from "Common Foundation Building Pill" to "Rare Foundation Building Pill - Corpse Demon Enhancement"!
"Rare Foundation Establishment Pill - Corpse Demon Enhancement: After Foundation Establishment, one will possess the mysterious ability of 'Undying After Death,' which allows the body to remain intact and immortal for 600 seconds after suffering fatal damage."

"This seems even better than the Foundation Establishment Enhancement Pill mentioned above! It's a life-saving chance that you'll never die!"

"Do their Foundation Establishment Pills continuously increase in effectiveness?"

"How good must these Foundation Establishment Pills be before they're used up?"

"Please stop raising it! How can it keep rising? It's so unfair!"

They had never met Ye Si and Yan Qing before, and they weren't too greedy for the Foundation Establishment Pills they had obtained. After all, in everyone's understanding, Foundation Establishment Pills were treasures that could only be obtained with a slim chance of survival. Perhaps the two people mentioned in the skeletal documents had experienced hardships in the Demon Gathering Land that they didn't know about? As the saying goes, money is hard to earn and shit is hard to swallow. With such a good reward as the Foundation Establishment Pills, shouldn't they be willing to eat shit in big gulps?
But today Yan Qing appeared, riding a fire-breathing demon to rescue Prince Lanling, and Murong Hui was indeed with him. With the ability to control demons and the company of a beautiful woman, if he hadn't rescued Prince Lanling, he could have secretly obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill without ever showing his face.

Even if he had to eat shit to get the Foundation Establishment Pill, he'd still be a dog with a great appetite!

How could anyone tolerate this? Anyone would find it unbearable!

If the Northern Messengers were driven by greed before, they are now fueled by anger. How could anyone so easily obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, something they could never have had a chance to touch in their entire lives? Even if it meant their own misfortune, they would shatter his happiness!
Just as the messengers from the North were gearing up and working hard to improve their situation, Ying Su, the commander of Baibao who was also staying in the Bone Square, suddenly summoned Wei Weiwei and Ru Luojing and gave them a simple and clear order: "If you encounter a bandaged man, do not attack him first. Tell him that we can leave his actions alone."

Luo Jing was taken aback: "Does the commander want to subdue the bandaged man?"

Ying Su remained noncommittal: "First, capture the Prince of Lanling. We must not allow any unforeseen complications to arise."

As a member of the "Wan Zhong Xin" group, Ying Su received intelligence from Ying Le before entering the Demon Gathering Land. He suspected that Ying Ru Shi had come to the Demon Gathering Land specifically to meet Huang Quan from the Thieves' House. After all, this wasn't the first time Huang Quan had disguised himself with bandages; he had been dressed like this during the first major case at Anguo Temple. This information was given to Ying Le by Ying Ru Shi.

The scene of the bandaged man riding the Blue Flame Dragon motorcycle to rescue Ying Rushi completely confirmed this conjecture. After all, the only people who would dare to fight against the Hundred Guards for Ying Rushi, besides Murong Hui, who is a Foundation Establishment bloodline, are her lawless thief colleagues.

Therefore, Ying Su never intended to subdue the bandaged man, and Ying Le's orders did not include the option of cooperating with Huang Quan, even though the latter knew how to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill. From childhood, Ying Le had always been vengeful, and in the last ten years, this had intensified. No one dared to disobey her will. Huang Quan's slap wasn't just to her face; it practically beat her backside raw, and what's worse, she had no way to retaliate… So why would Ying Le cooperate? And why would Huang Quan dare to cooperate?
However, Ying Su didn't resent the yellow dog because of this. Even as his younger brother, he felt that Ying Le deserved to be beaten long ago. Of course, if given the chance, he would still cut off the hand that hit his sister.

However, compared to the increased rewards from the Foundation Establishment Pill, Ying Su was more concerned about another point: the number of demons that the bandaged man could control had increased from one yesterday to two today. Although the four soul dragon servants spawned by that demon did not pose much of a threat to them, this was based on the fact that all two hundred of them were present.

To expand the search area, Ying Su divided the Hundred Guards into ten squads of twenty men each. Even if ambushed, they would be able to handle three third-tier messengers and hold out until reinforcements from other squads arrived. However, if the Yellow Dog could control more and more demons, each with the combat power of a Soul Dragon Servant, the twenty-man squads would likely be quickly wiped out.

However, increasing the number of team members would reduce search efficiency, and the Demon Gathering Land is so vast that Ying Rushi might actually manage to hide for five days. More importantly, the absence of Ying Rushi and Murong Hui's names in the skeletal documents proves one thing: Huang Quan's relationship with them wasn't close enough to share this secret!

"How many days has Murong Hui been here?"

"Four days, she can leave tomorrow." Luo Jing asked cautiously, "Should we seal off all four entrances to block her?"

“No, let her leave.” Ying Su shook his head: “Murong Hui was never the target. Obstructing her will only strengthen their alliance. Besides…” He glanced at the distant tower: “Even if we don’t move, some people will get restless. There’s no need to interfere.”

Luo Jing and Wei Wei felt a chill run down their spines. In the recent battle, they had both witnessed Murong Hui nearly being killed by an arrow. Murong Hui was a Foundation Establishment bloodline, a noble person whom even the Imperial Guards dared not kill, yet she was almost instantly killed by an unknown assassin. If True Person Zi Jie were to unleash a massacre in a fit of rage, how many of those present would escape unscathed? True Person Zi Jie might be concerned about Ying Le, but would he be concerned about them, mere mortals? It was already a sin for them not to willingly die in Murong Hui's place.

For nearly a century, the political situation in the Central Plains has been stable, and Foundation Establishment cultivators have rarely emerged, so the world's understanding of True Immortals is not deep. However, these aristocratic families with inherited family letters know that a century ago, during the warlord era in the Central Plains, Foundation Establishment messengers would routinely massacre entire cities and towns, erasing place names from maps with a flick of their fingers. Forces without the protection of Foundation Establishment True Immortals are forever just food on the table.

With this thought in mind, they all decided to go back and instruct everyone to escort Murong Hui out politely, as every second Murong Hui stayed was a second more dangerous for them.

“The Bandaged Man holds the secret of the Gathering Lands, and now that he’s trapped there, it might be our only chance to obtain that secret.” Luo Jing tentatively asked, “Are we really just going to leave him alone?”

The Foundation Establishment Pill is not very meaningful to Ying Le. Apart from being used to train her subordinates, it does not have much impact on her personal strength improvement. However, Ying Rushi is related to her path of cultivation. Therefore, the highest order conveyed by [Wan Zhong Xin] is to capture Ying Rushi. For this, everything else can be given up.

However, Ying Le's interests are not the same as his own.

Anyone in that situation would have put Ying Rushi and the bandaged man on the wanted list. After all, hunting down Ying Rushi was for official business, while hunting down the bandaged man was for personal gain. Even the most loyal person would crave further advancement.

Ying Su was the only exception; the only thing in this world that can transcend self-interest is love that transcends everything. This is why Ying Le entrusted him with the command of the Hundred Guards.

However, Ying Su also knew that the reason the northern messengers were willing to stay was because they harbored delusions about the Foundation Establishment Pill. Now that he needed to borrow their strength to search for the Demon Gathering Land, Ying Su naturally wouldn't let them down.

“If he had arrived at the Demon Gathering Land a few days earlier, then there would be no point in capturing him; he could simply choose an entrance to leave. If he had only recently arrived, then after capturing the Prince of Lanling, we would still have time to deal with him. As the art of war says, defeat them one by one, and achieve success stealthily.” Ying Su said, “Do you understand?”

Luo Jing and the other man appeared completely convinced and respectfully replied, "Yes!"

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“Their primary target is undoubtedly me,” Ying said. “At least all of the Hundred Guards are here for me. As long as we split up, they will not waste their energy on you.”

Yan Qing laughed: "But how would they know that you and I were separated? If we met them on the road, would they chat with me amicably and let me go when they saw that I was not accompanied by any beauties? They might even pity me, after all, I just saved you and you kicked me away. They would definitely think that I am another unlucky guy who was played by the Ying family royal family."

"That's not what I meant!" Ying Rushi bit her lower lip lightly, making it sound like she had started something and then abandoned it. "I will frequently appear in the same area, and the Baibao Guard will naturally gather there. You can explore other areas without worrying about the threat from the Baibao Guard."

"how about you?"

“I have my own way. I have been dealing with the Imperial Guards for many days. They can’t hold me back.”

"What if?"

"If something unexpected happens, then we should separate even more. It's a simple math problem whether two people encounter trouble or one person encounters trouble."

“Some troubles aren’t troubles when two people are together… Never mind, I’m a little tired, I don’t want to reason with you.” Yan Qing’s smile faded, and he looked at Ying Rushi expressionlessly: “Are you here to inform me, or to discuss something with me?”

(End of this chapter)