Chapter 111: You’ve Found the Wrong Person!
Since the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps and Hun Tong had traded information, the survivors had a chance to buy some things ahead of time.
These things rarely appeared in the marketplace, either because the output was low, the empire regulated them, or perhaps because the source of them was rare.
Zi Di and Cang Xu soon saw a tree mushroom.
This tree mushroom never grew on the Sheng Ming or Wilderness Continent, but an entirely different one far away,
One item after another was annotated.
The survivors wanted to buy many things.
Establishing a bloodline detection database was an enormous undertaking, because innumerable bloodlines existed in this world.
However, the survivors could only buy 30 items ahead of schedule.
Hun Tong couldn’t allow them to run away with everything ahead of time, if he did that, he couldn’t hold the auction at all.
It is worth mentioning that there weren’t that many things on the list.
Such as a gold level healing potion.
To a gold level cultivator, this kind of potion was likely a second life.
Therefore, it was very precious/
Hun Tong wanted to save it for the auction and increase Two Eyes Island’s business effect and wouldn’t sell it to a mercenary corps ahead of time.
The city government building.
A gold level communication device was on the desk, its surface was glowing brightly.
Hun Tong was asking about Xu Ma’s story through the device.
The device transmitted the response of the imperial secret spy, “Shadow”. “That is correct, the black gowned magician only used magic scrolls when they attacked the courtyard.”
“The scene there only had water path and fire path traces and aura present.”
“Only on the second battlefield was there a large amount of necromancy residue aura.”
Shadow continued, “Like we expected, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was just dragged into this. Does this Xu Ma believe in the God of Misfortune?”
“He was stabbed by my subordinate’s blade, leading him to notice the latter, following his trail, and getting caught up in a greater crisis and risked life and death in doing so.”
Hun Tong replied, “He should consider this a blessing in disguise.”
“I heard that the information reward wasn’t confiscated by the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ leadership, instead they gave it to him. Furthermore, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps will also reward him for his merit.”
“Oh?” The imperial secret spy was somewhat surprised, “It seems this group of arms smugglers are quite interesting.”
Hun Tong approved of it, “Although this group has an unclear origin, for the sake of money, they were willing take the risk to inform me of this information. They sit straight with me.”
After their meeting, the Two Eyes Island’s feudal lord now had a favorable impression of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
If only he knew the truth. Who knows what he would think if he knew Cang Xu was the necromancer.
Hun Tong continued, “Next matter, we will search for that black gowned magician with all haste.”
“Good.” The imperial secret spy didn’t object, “Currently, we have determined for sure that he is the necromancer!”
Just as he said that the imperial secret spy’s voice came to a spontaneous stop.
Then, Hun Tong heard a burst of peculiar static coming from the communication device.
The sound quickly ceased when the imperial secret spy relayed the latest urgent information.
His voice was both surprised and joyous, “Good news, my side has found where the necromancer is.”
“Eh?” Hun Tong was surprised.
The imperial secret spy laughed, “Take a guess, who gave us this significant information?”
Feudal Lord Hun Tong’s mind flashed, “Was it Xi Dai Zi?”
“That’s right, it was Xi Dai Zi.” The imperial secret spy confirmed.
As it turns out, after Xi Dai Zi was ambushed by the ghostly two headed ogre, he retreated from the battle.
While sneaking through the secret paths, he happened upon the necromancer, Chi Yu.
Because of Cang Xu’s performance, Xi Dai Zi thought that Chi Yu was the necromancer he fought and to him, he was the enemy he had snuck up on.
Although Xi Dai Zi had wrathful and killing intent towards Chi Yu, he endured them and didn’t attack.
He was still wounded, and the other person was immersed in painstaking alchemy refinement and was also in excellent condition. In addition, Xi Dai Zi had some misgivings.
It was the environment here.
Two Eyes Island was not the boundless ocean.
If battle broke out, it would attract the attention of Hun Tong and the priest.
After Xi Dai Zi carefully assessed things, he found that attacking was too risky.
He planned to use another’s blade to do the dirty work.
Although the thin person and his people were all dead, he still had a way of communicating with the spy.
Thanks to that, Xi Dai Zi could secretly contact the imperial secret spy’s subordinate and indicate where the necromancer, Chi Yu, was hiding.
Feudal Lord Hun Tong sneered, “We don’t want the necromancer to draw in the Blood Light Punishment Institution, the fishmen are the same. If the Blood Light Punishment Institution comes, there will bound to be a strong cultivator that will seriously hinder their plan of seizing Two Eyes Island.”
“We couldn’t find the necromancer, but Xi Dai Zi did it with ease.”
“He must know how to control Two Eyes Island, along with where many hidden rooms and secret paths are.”
The imperial secret spy replied, “To ensure absolute security, you should do it yourself, your Lordship. Although Xi Dai Zi requested that we act, I told him this: it is necessary to do something so troublesome, we can let a borrowed knife do the dirty work. We believe that the Feudal Lord is more worried about this than us.”
Hun Tong chuckled, “So, you are biding your time while I, the grand feudal lord will personally settle this.”
The imperial secret spy chortled back, “My Lord, you also know my strength is incomparable to yours.”
Hun Tong shook his head, “If you want me to act, my fee won’t be small.”
The imperial secret spy was silent for a bit, then said, “You can take half of the 50,000 coins, worthy Lord!”
The imperial secret spy was talking about the 50,000 gold coins he had gotten from Xi Dai Zi.
At the time, he and Xi Dai Zi’s insincere negotiation was fruitful, and he agreed to become the Vinegar Jar Pirates’ insider. Therefore, Xi Dai Zi gave him 50,000 gold coins as an advance payment.
Afterwards, the black gowned magician appeared and battled Xi Dai Zi.
The imperial secret spy’s subordinates then vanished without a trace.
Hun Tong and the imperial secret spy believed that the black gowned magician killed the thin person and the others. Naturally, the 50,000 gold coins the thin person had on him was now in the black gowned magician’s hands.
50,000 gold coins was no small amount.
Even Hun Tong was thinking about it, the imperial secret spy more so.
But to work together, the imperial secret spy wanted to divide the spoils equally with Hun Tong.
Hun Tong secretly considered this and felt that an equal division was good enough and decided to follow this distribution plan.
Neither knew that this large sum of gold coins was not with Chi Yu, instead it was with the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Currently, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ leaders Cang Xu and Zi Di were deciding what to buy with this sum of money.
“Finally, my refinement is done!” In the hidden chamber, the necromancer Chi Yu focused his eyes on a finished alchemy product, his eyes couldn’t contain his excitement.
The pale bone wings were floating in the air.
It was a pair of bone wings, symmetrical on both sides, and its fine joins looked like delicate bamboo. Between the bones, the badly damaged light purple skin looked like a crude cleaning rag.
Chi Yu took a deep breath, and took off his upper garments, exposing his emaciated body.
He took a step forward, towards the pale bone wings, then poured his spirit into the magic item.
The pale bone wings moved by themselves and like a sharp awl, the pale bone wings dug into Chi Yu’s back.
Chi Yu gasped miserably.
The severe pain caused his face to warp.
His eyes flashed with a determined light, and he tenaciously clenched his jaw in perseverance.
After the pale bone wings inserted themselves into his body, green-black veins traced across Chi Yu’s back like wrinkles and emitted a straggly sinister aura.
“Hu hu…” Chi Yu panted, “I didn’t expect that even after being remade by necromancy that accepting this item would still be so difficult.”
“No, it should be because I’m in a terrible state.”
“To refine it, I spent so much energy.”
“I should rest well. After I recover, I use the curtain of night to fly away from Two Eyes Island.”
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a loud sound.
A gold battle qi wreathed Hun Tong smashed into the hidden chamber.
Chi Yu: ??!!
Hun Tong growled, “Necromancer, I finally found you.”
At that moment, Chi Yu wanted to roar, “I was minding my own goddamm business! You found the wrong person!”
But he had been prepared for this mentally and knew that refuting would do nothing.
In this moment of crisis, he activated his arrangement in the hidden chamber.
Boom!!
With a detonation, dust covered the area and pieces of wood flew everywhere.
Within the smoke and dust, Chi Yu spread his wings, and like a swallow, flew into the skies.
He was running like his life depended on it!
“You’re not going anywhere.” The priest gently called out.
A moment later, the light of a divine spell appeared above Chi Yu.
Chi Yu miserably bawled, and his wings broke, causing him to fall.
On the ground, Hun Tong calmly extended his hand.
Gold battle qi bubbled out and turned into a rope that wrapped itself around Chi Yu.
“If you want to capture me, you shall pay the price!!” Chi Yu knew he was a spent force and, with no hope at all in his heart, brazenly self-detonated.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
His bones all became spurs and shot down in all directions.
The city guards surrounding him that were hit lost their lives.
Hun Tong, the priest, the city guard commander, and the other cultivators were unmoved by it.
“Is he dead?” The city guard commander was somewhat incredulous.
The priest smiled, “What else could he do? He was a mere iron level.”
Xi Dai Zi was hiding in the shadows. When he saw Chi Yu die, his heart was both delighted and somewhat unsatisfied, “To refine that magic item, he spent too much time and energy, straining his condition.”
“When Hun Tong attacked, he was caught unprepared.”
“He could stand against me, but against a gold level, it was not enough.”
“What a pity, he didn’t damage Two Eyes Island’s defenses significantly.”
Also watching in secret, Cang Xu and Zi Di were also feeling sorry.
“That necromancy bone sect magic has astonishing might!”
“Truly regretfully, those spurs are casting materials.”
We cannot get them. Even if there is some left, the priest will cleanse them with divine spells.”
“Alas, I still hoped that the necromancer could have escaped and given us a chance to attack him.”
“Hun Tong is the feudal lord here, and his control of this place is very deep. It hadn’t been long since we located the target in hiding.”
“But when I think about it, the mysterious third party power can actually hide under Hun Tong’s nose, it can be seen from this that they are quite strong. I hope that after we warned Hun Tong, he will be able to dig out this power too.”
Chi Yu’s death to Cang Xu and Zi Di was a minor regret.
As the instigators, they weren’t worried about Chi Yu being taken captive.
Even if torture revealed that Chi Yu wasn’t the necromancer who had attacked, would it matter?
Would Hun Tong believe a necromancer’s words?
Even if he did believe them, would he search for the second necromancer with great fanfare?
Positively not!
This was his Two Eyes Island.
This was his foundation.
Especially with the auction about to start.