Chapter 339: The Manhunt
Not right!
Even Cao Xie couldn't see through the disguise, so how could Cao Zhi?
This person is bluffing!
Thinking about this, Chen Sansi forcibly stopped the action of raising his eyes, pretending not to hear those few calls.
He could feel a pair of eyes lingering on him for a moment before slowly moving away.
"How's it?"
In the corner of the warship, a disciple of the Guiyuan Sect said, "Junior Brother Cao, is this person Chen Lei?"
Cao Zhi withdrew his gaze from the Qingxu Sect Taoist sitting cross-legged, took out a fruit from his embrace, bit into it, and said slowly, "Who knows."
"Even Elder Cao couldn't see it, it might not be a disguise."
Baili Zhe murmured, "But why does Elder Rong still want us to pay extra attention to this person? Should we find a way to probe further?"
"No need to probe."
Cao Zhi threw the remaining half of the fruit into the air and clapped his hands, "Elder Rong's meaning is simple: kill rather than let go. Whether he is my elder brother or not, find an opportunity to deal with him."
"It's not that easy, right?"
Baili Zhe lowered his voice, "Just now they were surrounded, and I perceive this person's realm and cultivation are not below ours."
"I say, Senior Brother Baili."
Cao Zhi patted the other's shoulder, "What are you afraid of? Don't we still have me?"
Baili Zhe's junior brother indeed had an impressive identity background, being someone the Heavenly Killing True Monarch valued highly.
He came to Dragon Elephant City this time partly to obtain the Core Formation spiritual object, Creation Jade Dew, and also to use this opportunity to build good relations with the people of the Heavenly Sect to obtain better cultivation techniques in the future.
"Alright, I will give my full support to Junior Brother Cao."
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"Really troublesome."
Chen Sansi slowly opened his eyes.
He knew he was already being watched.
This Guiyuan Sect is really troublesome; I don't know when they can be completely eradicated to give an account to his senior brother in the underworld.
It seems that this time in Dragon Elephant City, not only must he be wary of Demon Cultivators but also be cautious of "his own people."
Setting his thoughts aside, Chen Sansi got up and went to the edge of the deck, looking down to see a majestic giant city coming into view.
Among the continuous mountain ranges, a grand city rose abruptly, like a Demon Suppressing Tower, spanning the Si Xue Dao. The huge plaque engraved with three large characters — Dragon Elephant City.
Having finally arrived at the destination, the warship carrying the cultivators passed through the City Protection Array after verifying identities and entered the city sky.
Chen Sansi saw, on the black city walls' surface, obscure runes and flags of various colors everywhere.
This City Protection Array is clearly a third-tier large formation; if fully activated, the consumption of spiritual energy alone would be immense.
The warship hovered in the air.
Cultivators flew away one after another, guided by the cultivators within the city to gather in the central arena.
On the high platform, an elder with a white beard sat in the Taishi Chair, eyes closed and resting.
This person is one of the Elders of the Guiyuan Sect, Master Feng Zhi, also the junior brother of Supreme Elder Master Feng Qi, Elder Huang Laojiu.
He did not speak; instead, a person looking like a child explained the rules to the newly entered cultivators, assigned tasks, and then distributed identity tokens to Foundation Establishment cultivators, granting them free passage.
The situation is relatively stable for now, with the Golden Core Commander of the Demon Suppression Department guarding the border at Star Peak Mountain.
The main trouble within Si Xue Dao was a group of Demon Cultivators who recently intruded.
This was the primary task for cultivators of all sides to tackle next.
Lastly, the rewards everyone was most concerned about.
Just like mortal armies must have provisions, if you want cultivators to risk their lives, various resources are indispensable.
"Copper Coin!"
The child loudly explained the reward system.
In Dragon Elephant City, all merits are exchanged for specially-made "Copper Coins." Disciples of each sect can earn Copper Coins by slaying demons and then use them to exchange for items in the city's Treasure Pavilion.
Item lists and corresponding prices are posted publicly on the arena walls.
Magic Artifacts, Cultivation Techniques, Elixir Pills, Foundation Establishment Pills, and the most precious Creation Jade Dew, all available.
It's important to know that not only for Loose Cultivators, but even for the Heavenly Water Thirty-six Heavenly Sects, Core Formation spiritual objects are incredibly rare.
Including the recent spiritual object distribution in Qingxu Sect, only barely enough for three people, while the rest have to find ways to strive for themselves.
Every hundred years, there will be Golden Core Sects that decline as the lack of new Golden Core cultivators successors causes the sect's downfall.
Therefore, most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered in Dragon Elephant City share the same goal, which is the Core Formation spiritual object!
Creation Jade Dew, two thousand Copper Coins.
Judging purely by numbers, it's not much, but the difficulty of obtaining each Copper Coin is indeed not low.
Killing ten Early-stage Qi Refining Demon Cultivators, five middle-stage ones, or even one Late Stage of Qi Refining Demon Cultivator can earn one Copper Coin respectively.
Killing an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator, ten Copper Coins, Mid-stage twenty, Late-stage fifty.
Calculating this way, even for Late-stage Foundation Establishment, you need to kill a full forty to gather enough Copper Coins.
What concept is it for one person to kill forty cultivators of the same realm?
In thousands of years, only a mere two or three geniuses have been able to achieve it.
Besides, where are there so many Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators waiting for you to kill?