Scourge Messenger

Chapter 429 Bidding for the Guild Establishment Token

No force present understood the importance of the Order to Establish a Gang better than the Imperial Court and the Eternal Heaven.

The importance of team skills goes without saying; when used properly, they can play a crucial role even in battles at the Immortal Lord level. However, compared to the hidden benefits of the Guild Creation Token, team skills are simply insignificant.

The greatest significance of the Guild Establishment Order lies in its ability to significantly reduce internal strife within a large faction!
Gangs have three main characteristics: First, apart from the gang leader who has the final say on personnel matters, once someone joins a gang, they cannot even leave on their own initiative; second, members of the same gang cannot harm each other; and third, gang members can accurately identify each other and cannot impersonate one another.

These three characteristics ensure that even if a gang is riddled with factions and conflicts, all struggles will be limited to a certain extent. Even a Celestial Lord cannot kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator from a gang who dares to offend him. Compared to other hierarchical and clearly defined forces, gang organizations are undoubtedly more dynamic, and lower-level members are more likely to rise through the ranks. Meanwhile, peripheral members who have not yet joined a gang will certainly consider it an honor to join.

The Great Snow Mountain Swordsman of Changshengtian and the Water Palace Scholar of Yuliuting, aren't they all superior to others when they go out?
Therefore, when faced with the requests from the Zoroastrian Church and the Dragon Poetry Clan, both the Eternal Heaven and the Imperial Court adopted an ambiguous attitude, neither giving a definitive answer. Leaving aside the matter of keeping the guild-building tokens for future use, their ability to curb the emergence of guilds in other realms alone made it impossible for them to remain neutral.

Besides the super powers, other immortal sects, dojos, and immortal clans in secret realms are also eyeing the region covetously. The outer wilderness is too vast, so vast that the influence of the super powers can only radiate to the central area. Even the Yu Liu Court, with its astonishing control, still has more than a dozen immortal lord forces in the East Sea that are second only to it. The most intriguing thing is that many of these powerful forces originated from the Yu Liu Court, and they are intertwined with each other. They suppress the borderlands on behalf of the Yu Liu Court, and the Yu Liu Court can only let them grow.

Although there were only a handful of immortal lords present, the number of reclusive immortal lords who had been dispatched to investigate the situation was far from small. Not all immortal lords dared to accept the invitation from the Treasure Pavilion so readily.

"Starting bid, the seller has set the following requirements, the highest bidder wins," Jiang Shi said expressionlessly.

"First, the metal element."

"Second, a legendary item of the sixth rank,"

"Third and fifth-tier legendary tokens,"

"Four, a legendary item of the fourth tier,"

"Five, several Foundation Establishment Pills,"

"Six, the complete set of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals and Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends,"

"Seven, the finest wines and delicacies produced in the Immortal Realm."

When Jiang Shi stopped, the auction hall fell silent, yet undercurrents surged. Countless people were counting their assets and contemplating how to bid. The first four were expected by everyone. Although Jiang Shi was a mortal, he was not afraid of a Seventh-Rank Immortal Lord and even dared to demand tribute from the four major powers. He had clearly seen the world and would not sell the guild-building token for a pittance.

But the last three are a bit peculiar.

Why does she need multiple Foundation Establishment Pills? Does she want to build up her power?

Even if you want to refine the token by incorporating water and fire, you don't need the full set of Heavenly and Earthly Fiends, right?

The top-quality products from the Immortal Realm, while delicious, are ultimately only good for satisfying the palate and can only provide a limited boost to the messenger. Is it really worth mentioning them?

"The Fire Worship Cult is willing to offer three hundred portions of top-grade immortal items, three rare Foundation Establishment Pills, three sets of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend items, ten fourth-rank legendary items, and six fifth-rank legendary items!" Tong Moli made the first offer, saying loudly, "Furthermore, you will also gain the friendship of the Fire Worship Cult. As long as it does not violate the interests of the Fire Worship Cult, I, Tong Moli, as the leader of the Fire Worship Cult, promise to do my best to fulfill your request once!"

"Based on Master Tong's work, I would like to add three sets of Heavenly Fiends and Earthly Fiends, and four sets of sixth-rank legendary items," Deng Guanjian said calmly.

Tong Moli gritted her teeth, only able to withdraw her consciousness to mobilize the sect's resources. Li Xi had just spent four sixth-rank legendary items to bid for the Golden Element item, leaving her temporarily strapped for cash. Even though the Fire Worshiping Sect was the ruling lineage of the Eternal Night Filth Land for thousands of years, legendary items were always coveted by countless people every time they were produced, and were rarely left to gather dust in the warehouse. Being able to mobilize so many legendary items at once was already the limit.

Now, if Tong Moli wants to collect more sixth-tier legendary items, he can only ask the Grand Master of the Golden Ginseng Sect to give up his own sacrificial tokens!

"Yu Liuting's offer is the same as that of Golden Crow Immortal Lord, offering ten more rare Foundation Establishment Pills. Moreover, Yu Liuting is not only willing to open its inner treasury, but also to provide a catalog of the refining tokens of all Foundation Establishment True Persons in Yu Liuting for you to choose from." Dean Hua Yue's opening remarks were a bombshell.

The entire audience gasped, and everyone turned to look.

Although the prices appear to be the same, Yu Liuting's offer was actually twice that of Jinwu Xianjun.

The value of a legendary artifact and a refined legendary artifact are incomparable.

A fully refined token requires infusing each of its powers with the Heavenly and Earthly Fiends, a process known as 'refining water and fire'. However, this refining process is highly uncertain; after refining, the token will most likely become weaker than before. Only through multiple refinings will the token's powers become stronger, or even undergo a qualitative change.

More importantly, the longer a Foundation Establishment faction has a history, the more likely it is to discover the best 'reforging scheme'. The same relic can be forged at will or perfectly, and the latter's power can even reach more than twice that of the former. This is the true secret passed down through generations, and it is the core inheritance of major factions.

The values ​​of a Legendary Token, a Fully Refined Legendary Token, and a Perfectly Refined Legendary Token are completely different. In the minds of most Foundation Establishment cultivators, a perfectly refined token is equivalent to two identical tokens. Yu Liuting's willingness to let Jiang Shi choose which token to refine means she will receive more than double the benefit!

The Golden Crow Immortal sighed, shook his head, and withdrew from the competition. Although he had considerable control over the Dragon Poetry Clan, having his subordinates hand over their sacrificial tokens would have too much of an impact on morale, and he was unwilling to do so.

Tong Moli took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying, "The Fire Worship Sect's offer is the same as the Imperial Court's, and... the Fire Worship Sect will organize an attack on the Senluo Secret Realm this year. If any gold is produced, it will belong to you!"

When Tong Moli said this, many people couldn't help but gasp.

"The Zoroastrian Church is really going all out."

"The Secret Realm of Senluo... Would the sixth-level cultivator of the Zoroastrian Cult be willing?"

"However, what can the Zoroastrians do if they later go back on their word about such an agreement that has no binding force?"

Before anyone could ask, the young man in the straw hat explained, "The Senluo Secret Realm is a sixth-level secret realm controlled by the Fire Worship Cult. It has a special nature, and even seventh-level Immortal Lords cannot enter it. Generally speaking, secret realms that restrict the entry of strong individuals are likely to produce gold-type items, and the Senluo Secret Realm is no exception."

"But the Senluo Secret Realm is extremely dangerous, and can be described as a dead end. It is said that the last time the Fire Worship Cult attacked the Senluo Secret Realm, one fifth-level cultivator was killed and three sixth-level cultivators were seriously injured. They have not set foot in the Senluo Secret Realm for almost ten years."

Dean Huayue also said, "Jubaoge wouldn't accept such a verbal promise in a transaction, would it?"

"Your Excellency is the Master of the Treasure Pavilion, controlling the wealth of the world. How could I dare to insult you?" Tong Moli said earnestly, "You may not believe in the Fire Worship Cult, but you should believe in your own importance. The Fire Worship Cult would never dare to break its promise and offend a future Immortal Lord who will surely rule the world!"

Dean Huayue sighed inwardly, "I underestimated her."

In terms of financial resources, the Zoroastrian Church could never catch up with the Royal Court, but Tong Moli grasped the other party's most core need: the element of gold!
The pursuit of ascension to immortality is the goal of all messengers!

Legendary tokens are very tempting to ordinary messengers. Most Foundation Establishment cultivators will never get a sixth-tier legendary item in their entire lives. But Jiang Shi, the 'only seller in the Treasure Pavilion,' is different. She is destined to become the richest messenger below the seventh tier. For her, a sixth-tier legendary item is just a luxury that requires time to earn money to buy, not something that is out of reach.

The only thing that money can't buy is the element of gold. Just look at the sellers who recently offered gold-attribute items—they all demanded highly confidential information like "inheritance of a powerful position." No amount of money can be more tempting than a thousand years of lifespan.
Although Tong Moli's promise was for the future, it was enough to overwhelm all other bargaining chips. This time, the Master of the Silent Extinction Academy granted Hua Yue a great deal of authority, but the golden element was not within the scope of his promise, not even a wisp of future golden element.

The Yu Liu Ting indeed has strong control over its subordinates, even demanding that Foundation Establishment cultivators hand over their sacrificial tokens. However, all of this is based on the fact that the Yu Liu Ting can regularly organize attacks on the sixth-level secret realm, the Flowing Sand River, every four years, producing a wisp of golden essence every one to two hundred years. All Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Yu Liu Ting strive for this wisp of golden essence.

If he were to grant this golden essence, even if the Foundation Establishment stage of the Imperial Court did not erupt in rebellion, the morale would plummet, and there might even be no one willing to participate in the next [Liusha River] campaign.

Who would be willing to do the work for an outsider?

The Zoroastrian Church dares to do this because they have an ancestral decree that guarantees that Foundation Establishment cultivators will survive injuries in high-difficulty secret realms.

After a long while, Tong Moli heard no one else bidding, and she breathed a sigh of relief. The reason she dared to make such a promise was because Li Xi had just won the auction for the 'Suppressing Prison Pagoda Bright King Nature'. As long as she offered this wisp of golden nature as a reward, it wouldn't be difficult to organize a Foundation Establishment team to attack the Senluo Secret Realm!
Anyway, she was going to issue a difficult task anyway, and find an opportunity to reward this strand of gold essence to cultivate a new immortal lord. After all, rewarding someone without merit is a big taboo. Now she can kill two birds with one stone, both to cultivate a new immortal lord and to bid for the guild-building token.

Just when everyone thought the dust had settled, Jiang Shi calmly said:
“A bidder has made a bid, Xianghua Yingluo Tianmoxing.”

Tong Moli's pupils contracted sharply as he turned to observe the crowd in the auction hall. The immortal lords also had varying expressions as they looked around.

This trace of gold... is not one of the well-known gold attributes, and it doesn't even exist in the gold attribute catalog, so it couldn't have been inherited.

However, as everyone knows, the Gold element can only be obtained from high-difficulty level 6 dungeons. But to conquer a level 6 dungeon, a team needs at least five level 6 Foundation Establishment cultivators and three level 5 Foundation Establishment cultivators. The number of forces in the world that can assemble such a team can be counted on one hand.

Could it be that a powerful force has successfully conquered a difficult secret realm but doesn't want to reveal it, hence their concealed bidding? But with gold being so precious, would any force really be willing to offer it up for bidding on a guild-building token?

Everyone asked themselves honestly, and they knew they absolutely couldn't afford that price. Even the Zoroastrian Church only promised to conquer the Senluo Secret Realm once, because even if they successfully cleared the secret realm, the drop rate of gold-attribute items was very low. It was more of a gamble than a promise.

If it weren't for Jiang Shi having the token of establishing a gang, she wouldn't even be qualified to gamble.

Faced with such a generous offer, they could only think of one answer—

"Heaven! Court!" Tong Moli's eyes seemed to burn with flames: "Since you're participating in the auction, why bother with all the pretense?"

(End of this chapter)