Chapter 64: Limited Participation
The Green Jade Gold Coffin had been teleported from Mystifying Monster Island.
The survivors had spent all of their efforts to retrieve this divine artifact.
They first constructed the Deceptive Disguise Formation, and used it to wake, then deceive the tower spirit so they could find the teleportation record, leading them to Snake Rat Island.
Afterwards, with Rou Zang bearing down on them, the survivors had entered Snake Rat Island.
On Snake Rat Island, they discovered a gigantic underground space and surmised that it was likely that War Merchant stashed a teleportation formation down there.
To disguise their true search target, they went to war and hunted the magic beasts in the underground. During this process, the survivors raised an army, socialized with other powers, and were very prudent throughout it.
Although they had made great progress in all other aspects, they never found the Green Jade Gold Coffin.
As time dragged on, the survivors were compelled by circumstance to risk the refinement of a space lock (base).
With it, they examined every gold magic beast territory in the underground, but they still came back empty handed.
Everyone felt quite awkward, the divine artifact was extraordinarily valuable, but if War Merchant’s concealments could not be found by currently available methods, the survivors would never find it.
On the other hand, their time was also getting scarcer.
The flaw of Mystifying Monster Island was that as time passed, sooner or later, they would be exposed.
They had to redeem themselves as soon as possible.
No one could decide, thus the dragonman youngster had to shoulder the duty of leadership and make it.
He was also hesitant.
Then by chance, Tan Qiu sent out a dinner invitation.
When he and Zong Ge attended, they unexpectedly discovered the Green Jade Gold Coffin.
He never would have thought that the Green Jade Gold Coffin would appear before him in such a way!
He carefully examined the endless paper, the Green Jade Gold Coffin’s picture was very distinct.
A gold coffin, 3 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. The surface inlaid with green jade and the coffin’s interior portraying a fresco of the gods. After his shock dissipated, the dragonman youngster’s first thought was, “Is this a trap?”
He then shook his head internally.
He was not a greenhorn, and had been resting and reorganizing on Snake Rat Island for a while. All indicators stated that this wasn’t a trap.
At the same time, the dragoman youngster trusted the Deceptive Disguise Formation and the Anti-investigation and Prophecy Formation. “The Green Jade Gold Coffin was dedicated to the church, the priest doesn’t know what it actually is.”
The divine artifact concealed its true self.
If one looked at the Green Jade Gold Coffin on a surface level, there was nothing to distinguish it from any other ordinary thing, it did not distribute any divine aura of any level.
Although it was made of gold and inlaid with jade in a gorgeous manner, it was not eye catching.
Gold was valuable, but there were many other more expensive metals like secret silver, spirit gold, and more.
Even compared to the Sheng Ming Church equipment the priest offered, this Green Jade Gold Coffin was more unremarkable.
The young man pondered: if I did not know the truth, and also believed that this was just some art piece, my gaze would be drawn to more valuable things I can use.
The more the dragonman youngster thought about it, the greater understanding he gained. “Previously, we thought that War Merchant constructed a teleportation formation in the underground.” But after searching this place, War Merchant wouldn’t have treated this place as a escape route. At least, we didn’t discover any teleportation formations on Snake Rat Island that belong to him.” “Therefore, at the time, Jia Sha used the alchemy tower’s teleportation formation to connect to the closest Sheng Ming Church teleportation formation coordinate to Mystifying Monster Island, that is how it ended up in the Sheng Ming Church on Snake Rat Island.”
Snake Rat Island’s Sheng Ming Church’s teleportation formation is primarily used for transportation church contributions. Sheng Ming Church infrastructure is generally robust. Not only is gold and money contributed, but also all kinds of things.
Although the Green Jade Gold Coffin had been teleported and was a divine artifact, all of the energy the teleportation consumed came from the central alchemy tower, thus, in short, none of the clergy noticed.
Why didn’t they notice?
The dragonman youngster guessed there might be two reasons.
First, it was nigh impossible that someone would dedicate a divine artifact.
It was like picking up a treasure while collecting trash, not just an ordinary treasure, but an exceptional one!
Who would think this would happen?
Compared to the other donations, the Green Jade Gold Coffin was just a beautiful and expensive looking thing. Such a type of coffin was commonly seen, and lavish burials were a popular social custom.
Maybe the clergy also thought that this coffin was unlucky, after all, it was adorned with the things of the dead.
No one knew which believer’s tomb this had been excavated from.
Second, Jia Sha was selfish.
Jia Sha likely used some method to hide the Green Jade Gold Coffin’s existence.
After all, on Mystifying Monster Island, he sent off the divine artifact first.
If this divine artifact was noticed by others, they could falsely claim the credit, an incomparably gigantic loss for Jia Sha. “What do the Dragon Lion Mercenary Commanders think about the crusade against Rou Zang’s pirate group?” When Tan Qiu saw that Long Fu and Shi Qiu hadn’t declared their positions yet after a while, he couldn’t help but urge them.
Zong Ge’s eyes tightened as he looked at the dragonman youngster. After the dragonman youngster and Zong Ge glanced at each other, he suddenly opened his mouth, “Our Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps and Rou Zang’s pirate group already have enmity.” “Since then, all of us have always wanted to crusade against this pirate group. Unfortunately, we lacked strength and support.”
“Now with everyone as our comrades, we are very happy and also willing to join this alliance.”
“But…” “We have more important business.”
“Our time is in short supply, and there isn’t much time before we leave Snake Rat Island.” “Seven days. Within those seven days, our Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps can contribute our strength and participate against the naval battle against Rou Zang’s pirate group.”
Tan Qiu suddenly looked discolored.
The looks of the others also sank.
How could seven days be enough?
My power enemy is weak now, and although Rou Zang was savage and brutal, he was not stupid. Since Guang Ke’s appearance, coinciding with his obvious intention to join hands with the local feudal lord, he was most assuredly not going to be as rampant as before.
Finding a trace of him in the boundless ocean would always be a challenge.
They needed to gather lot of information, and even deploy bait to facilitate an open naval battle between the alliance and Rou Zang’s pirate group.
However, the dragonman youngster’s excuse left everyone speechless. Because they knew the survivors’ “true identity”, they were not a mercenary corps, but arms smugglers.
Since they were arms smugglers, they must have a delivery destination and date.
To their ears, the dragonman youngster’s excuse indicated to them that the delivery date was quickly approaching! “That is very unlucky.” “From the bottom of my heart, I had been looking forward to your two dashing figures.” “If your group leaves this island alone at this time, will you be safe? If I was Rou Zang, I wouldn’t let part of the enemy forces get away.”
Tan Qiu, the merchant alliance magician, and the Night Devil Hunting Commander spoke in succession.
All of them did not wish to see a powerful ally like the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps leave.
The dragonman youngster stated that the timeline could not be altered, but under the persuasion of everyone, he softened his attitude. He stated, “The Dragon Lion Mercenary will join the alliance on the frontlines for the next seven days.” “During that time, we are also willing to dispatch troops to search for Rou Zang’s pirate group.” “If we find them, we will hinder them as best we can so that our other allies have time to rush over and join the battle.”
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps intended to carry out the responsibility of being the vanguard, if they were the first to confront Rou Zang, they would be sure to bear the enemy’s strongest counterattacks.
Since the dragonman youngster had stated all of that, although the others were unreconciled internally, none of them retorted back. The dragonman youngster took advantage of this to propose, “If the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps shoulders this great responsibility, I hope the daily reward will settle the bill.”
Tan Qiu and the priest negotiated with each other for a while, then agreed to this request.
Zong Ge sat on the side, his face expressionless from beginning to end. Concerning this “delivery time limit” excuse, the survivors had already agreed upon it beforehand.
But now, the dragonman youngster nimble statement was far different from what was agreed upon.
All of this was due to the Green Jade Gold Coffin.
Since the Green Jade Gold Coffin was in the Sheng Ming Church’s hands, they could not pillage or steal it.
There were many reasons for this.
First, they didn’t want to provoke the Sheng Ming Church. It was the church of the Heavenly Emperor Sheng Ming, and had immense power in the Sheng Ming Empire.
Second, Guang Ke had already agreed to join Tan Qiu’s alliance. If the Dragon Lion Mercenary Group wanted to swipe the Green Jade Gold Coffin, it was almost certain they would have to do battle with Guang Ke.
Third, there was the Pirate Throne!
The sacred monument in the Pirate City ranked all of the powerful pirates.
If the survivors pillaged the Green Jade Gold Coffin, pirate behavior, it was very possible they would be ranked on the sacred monument.
If that happened, would the Deceptive Disguise Spell be able to conceal them from the pirate’s sacred monument? Even if it did deceive it, it would suffer enormous damage.
If they had to replenish the Deceptive Disguise Spell constantly, the survivors would go bankrupt.
They could not attack directly, thus all that remained was cooperation.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ advantage was that the other parties didn’t know the true worth of the Green Jade Gold Coffin. The other groups valued the Green Jade Gold Coffin based on its materials – gold and green jade.
This gave the survivors a large gap to sneak into.
When the dragonman youngster and Zong Ge returned to their ships, they informed the other survivors of the significant discovery they made at the banquet.
Cang Xu and Zi Di approved of the young man’s conduct.
The survivors did not want to fight Rou Zang’s pirate group, they just wanted to fight for seven days and take the Green Jade Gold Coffin as their reward.
Tan Qiu had accomplished his goal, he finally established an alliance of armies.
Although the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps were leaving after seven days, he did not mind it.
With a gold level cultivator like Guang Ke, who would care about two silvers? He came to Guang Ke’s door, “Lord Guang Ke.”
He had arranged Guang Ke to stay in the most luxurious room in the castle, the latter was cultivating at the moment.
He sat cross legged in the air, and calmly floated. His entire body emitted an intense white light that illuminated the entire room like the daylight. He slowly opened his eyes, his tone tranquil, “Feudal Lord Tan Qiu, what is it?” “The alliance has been established. Tomorrow, we will publicly sentence Lan Lu and use his head to make our vow to our troops! Of course, your Lordship’s bounty has been reported to the Hunting Guild by me. The execution is scheduled to be in the morning, I invite your Lordship to come…” Tan Qiu respectfully stated. When Guang Ke heard that, he interrupted, “I am not interested, you can do it.”
Tan Qiu left delighted. Guang Ke letting him carry out the sentence and not participating in it meant the prestige was given to him. “At last, this matter will be dealt with. Rou Zang, our grudges will be settled!” Tan Qiu’s eyes flashed with ire.
Tan Qiu did not know that his every movement had been detected by Mo Kong.
In the depths of the castle, in a secret underground pocket, Mo Kong was drawing a magic formation.
Purple and red magic formation lines lined the ground and walls.
The flickering magic crystal lamp on the wall cast Mo Kong’s face in shadow and uncertainty.
His hand held a recently received command.
The command had come from Rou Zang. “The boss wants me to crash the execution and do my best to save Lan Lu?” A mountain of pressure pressed on Mo Kong’s heart.