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Chapter 706: Redeem Yourself and Don’t Die

Chapter 706: Redeem Yourself and Don’t Die

Endless markets appeared in the eyes of Yu Lie and others, and exclamations continued to sound.

Those Dancheng cultivators and foundation-building cultivators who were on the same insect ship as the rest of the group, when they saw the fairy palace-like scene and the towering mines, they suddenly felt extremely complicated.

"Such a creation is unheard of in this world. It seems that we have really ascended to the fairyland."

"It's just hateful. Why is this place so dangerous? They actually force us to serve as soldiers and mine for three hundred years just because we don't agree with them."

"It's a pity that the Anti-Repair Alliance was unable to rescue us from the water and fire."

Waves of discussion rang out at the scene.

Yu Lie, the silver-ringed ginseng, and the sturdy man surnamed Mo, the three followed closely behind Xia Xianjia. When they were about to walk through the ferry and step into the market, a long queue formed in front of them, and their steps were immediately blocked.

Xia Xianjia pulled his beard and muttered, "Damn it! No matter how hard I try, I still can't catch up with the front row."

He turned around and told Yu Lie and the others, "Let's all wait in line. Any wild cultivators brought back from the outside world by the Chamber of Commerce must be inspected by the Lingbao Immortal Sect, and only after they have been properly checked and paid a sum of money can they enter the market.

At the same time, I will also ask for your blood essence to make the necessary defensive measures."

When Yinhuanshen and the other man heard this, they just frowned slightly, and then nodded to show that they understood.

But when Yu Lie heard the second half of Xia Xianjia's words, his expression remained unchanged, but he became alert in his heart.

"As expected, when ancient cultivators capture slaves, they don't just use handcuffs and leg irons. Although there are no blood essence extraction and branding spells on the ship, they will be needed after getting off the ship."

Yu Lie thought to himself, "Perhaps this is to prevent it from being damaged too much during transportation, and the restrictions imprinted on it in advance would be wasted."

But this put him in a difficult position.

He came to this ancient cultivation area not really to mine, and if someone took away his blood and essence, it would undoubtedly expose his true identity, especially since he had reached the first level of Dancheng.

His heart was beating fast, but Yu Lie's face remained calm.

"At worst, I can take out the ghost sword refined by the Immortal-Slaying Sword! Then I can fly out and hide outside for a while, then come back on my own. By then, I think I won't need to conduct too strict inspections like the wild cultivators do."

Yu Lie's eyes flickered, and he secretly activated the Dan Qi in his body, ready to fly away on his sword at any time.

Along the way, Yu Lie actually found out a lot. When the Chamber of Commerce returned from capturing slaves, they were not only vulnerable to robbery, but also to rebellion and escape by wild cultivators.

After all, there are thousands of wild cultivators, and there may be some with extraordinary talents among them. For the sake of their lives and future, they will naturally do everything they can. In contrast, the cultivators in the Chamber of Commerce are all out to seek wealth.

If they meet a tough guy, they won't bother to try their best to stop him.

Therefore, from time to time, the Chamber of Commerce would face the situation of wild cultivators escaping. There was even a case where an entire ship of wild cultivators took over the Chamber of Commerce's insect ship.

Of course, this kind of thing happened mainly because there were too few immortals on the insect ship, and there was no real immortal in charge, all of them were cultivators like scattered immortals. Some people also speculated that it was the immortals on the ship who deliberately let it happen.

The reason why Yu Lie did not abandon the ship halfway was not only because there was a true immortal on board the insect ship of Tianmu Chamber of Commerce, but also because of another reason.

That is according to what Yin Huan Shen said. When getting off the ship, there will be people from Lingbao Xianzong responsible for checking, selecting the excellent Dancheng Dao seeds and directly accepting them into the sect. Once you become a disciple of Lingbao Xianzong, you naturally don't need to go mining anymore.

Although the Xia family did not say it explicitly, many people on the insect ship implied that the reason why the Lingbao Immortal Sect captured the wild cultivators to mine was to redeem them and repay their debts in order to repay the transportation costs.

If this is true, then in addition to mining to pay off debts, there should also be the possibility of redeeming oneself.

"After all, until now, although everyone has been detained, no one has come to plunder everyone's property." Yu Lie thought to himself.

All of the above, no matter which possibility it is, can save him from the fate of becoming a mine slave. At worst, as long as he has not stepped into the market, Yu Lie has his own trump card in his hand. Even if the true disciple of Lingbao Xianzong takes action, he can leave by paying a certain price.

However, if he used the Immortal-Slaying Sword in public, even if the sword had been refined by him, it would very likely expose his identity, so he could not do it lightly.

"Next!

Oh, it's you, Old Xia. What a coincidence today, I'm in charge of checking wild cultivators."

Suddenly, voices of conversation were heard in front, which immediately attracted Yu Lie's attention.

When Xia Xianjia heard what that person said, his expression turned unfriendly. He was originally smiling, but after keeping his mouth shut for a while, he squeezed out a sound from his cheeks:

"Mr. Zhu, I didn't expect that you would be in charge of the ferry today.

Did you come here on purpose to block me?"

Yu Lie and others looked in the direction of the sound and found a fat man in gorgeous clothes who did not look like a cultivator but more like a wealthy family member. He was sitting cross-legged in mid-air, holding a string of prayer beads in his hand with a calm look.

Judging from the aura emanating from him, this person is actually an immortal.

Zhu Xianren smiled and said, "That's ridiculous. Although the market is big, there are only about a few thousand Xianren here. You know I have accepted the job of Lingbao Xianzong, so naturally I will be in charge of such chores."

After some prevarication, the immortal Zhu suddenly looked at Yu Lie and the other two and said:

"You three are the guys that Fellow Daoist Xia has set his sights on this time, right? Listen to my advice. Fellow Daoist Xia is a businessman who travels from north to south, and he usually wanders around the markets of various immortal sects.

Although it is much freer than mining for the Lingbao Immortal Sect, but running around everywhere, there is no peace, and there is no time to practice. On the way to do business, you may accidentally encounter robbers. By the way, I heard that you met the Anti-Cultivation Alliance on the way back."

The man said with a smile: "Listen to Zhu's advice, it's better not to stay with Brother Xia. Three of his friends have died, and you may be the fourth one."

"You fart!" Xia Xianjia looked angry and scolded.

After being insulted by the Xia family, the Zhu family's smile disappeared. He said impatiently: "Mr. Xia, according to the rules, although you brought these people here, the wild cultivators also have the right to freedom. If they don't want to follow you, you can't take them away!"

As he spoke, a ray of divine consciousness flew from this person's mouth to Xia Xianjia's ears:

"Old dog Xia, as long as I am here, you will never be able to recruit anyone again. You ruined my goods last time. If you don't compensate me for your shop, we will never be done with this matter..."

Xia Xianjia was immediately furious, with immortal light surging on his body, and he wanted to fight with the guy opposite on the spot.

Yu Lie and others on the side looked at each other, realizing that Xia Xian's family had provoked an enemy, and now the other party came to ruin his good deeds.

Both Yinhuancan and the sturdy man surnamed Mo had conflicted looks on their faces, while there was a hint of joy in Yu Lie's eyes.

"You can actually choose to work as someone else's employee and go mining. Even though you're still a slave, it's still a good choice. Most importantly, the self-redemption I imagined is probably true!"

However, the Xia Immortal and the Zhu Immortal were still arguing, so Yu Lie was not in a hurry to jump out.

After several shouts, many people on the ferry were attracted to the scene.

But when they found out that it was two immortals arguing with each other, many people just stopped to watch and had no intention of intervening. Even the people in the Tianmu Chamber of Commerce had no intention of paying any attention to it.

After all, the Xia Xian family was only renting their ship and was not a member of their Chamber of Commerce. Now that they had gotten off the ship, the money and goods had been paid, and they had no further connection with each other.

The immortal Zhu sneered and stared at Yu Lie and the other two:

"Have you thought it through? If you choose to work for the Immortal Sect, I can make better arrangements for you. Who knows, one day, you will be able to accumulate enough merits and officially join the Immortal Sect.

If you miss this opportunity, and die outside one day, or want to go to the mine again, you will regret it. "

First he threatened the Xia Xian family, and then he bribed Yu Lie and the other two, looking like he had everything under control.

When the immortal Zhu's words that he could make better arrangements for Yu Lie and others fell into the ears of other wild cultivators, they immediately aroused envious and jealous glances.

The wild cultivators all stared at Yu Lie and the other two.

Xia Xianjia's expression changed, and he became gloomy. He couldn't say anything at this time, but just said:

"You three, choose to believe me or this person you just met. Make your own decision. If you follow me, it will be better than mining, regardless of whether it's good or bad."

After he finished speaking, he kept silent, but his eyes couldn't help but look at the other wild cultivators who were queuing behind him. He seemed to be considering that if Yu Lie and others abandoned him, he would choose from other wild cultivators.

"But this way, I have to spend an extra sum of money. This damn Fatty Zhu, if I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have taken his job." Xia Xianjia was secretly annoyed in his heart.

Among the remaining three people, the first to speak was the Silver Ring Ginseng.

She looked terrified and said to the immortal Zhu who was in charge of checking the wild cultivators:

"Reporting to the Immortal, I ascended to the Immortal Realm this time because someone from my ancestors was doing things for the Immortal Sect. This time, my ancestors asked the Xia Immortal Family to help guide me.

This time, I have to go and seek refuge with my ancestors, but I cannot take on the responsibility of mining for the Immortal Sect for the time being."

Immortal Zhu frowned when he heard this. He glanced at Immortal Xia's family and thought that he didn't have the guts to lie to a little girl, so he snorted and said,

"It's Old Xia's usual style. Even when he goes out to recruit employees, he always does some errands along the way."

The man waved his hand and let the Silver Ring Ginseng go first.

Upon hearing this, Yinhuan Shen quickly bowed to the other party and then walked towards the gate of the market.

But when she stepped in, the talisman in the hand of the immortal named Zhu, which was used to extract essence and blood and transform talismans, did not fly up.

When Yu Lie saw this scene, his eyes lit up slightly.

The other wild cultivators who were watching this scene had deep envy in their eyes.

When Yinhuancan walked by, Xia Xianjia showed no sign of changing his expression. He was indeed only responsible for guiding Yinhuancan. Yinhuancan's ancestors had already given the money for his redemption, and all arrangements had been made, except that they had not yet paid him for his running errands.

So he took out a storage bag from his sleeve and threw it directly in front of the immortal named Zhu, and then continued to wait for Yu Lie and the others to make a decision.

The immortal surnamed Zhu used his spiritual sense to check, and without him having to do anything, the servants beside him took the storage bags and sorted out the money and grain. He continued to look at Yu Lie and the other man calmly.

At this time, the sturdy man surnamed Mo stood up, he bowed to the immortal surnamed Zhu, and said in a muffled voice:

"My Lord, I choose to be the servant of Xia Xian's family and am willing to accept the blood and essence restriction."

After this person finished speaking, the face of the immortal surnamed Zhu froze slightly, but before he could say anything, the immortal Xia next to him uttered the word "OK", then strode forward, took a stack of talismans from the other party's hand, and walked up to the strong man surnamed Mo.

Xia Xianjia chanted a spell, pointed his finger at the forehead of the strong man surnamed Mo, and quickly took a few drops of blood, put them into the talisman, then smiled and patted the strong man surnamed Mo on the shoulder:

"Haha! Don't worry, wait until you have made a few trips with me and saved enough money, you can come to me to redeem yourself at any time. I am easy to talk to!"

After he finished speaking, Xia Xianjia took out a forbidden talisman in his hand, threw it back to the immortal named Zhu, and looked at him triumphantly.

The immortal Zhu sneered and said:

"Saving enough money? I'm afraid you don't have the chance at all."

He snorted and didn't bother to pay attention to the burly man named Mo, but turned his gaze to Yu Lie.

Yu Lie suddenly felt that there were eyes looking at him from all directions, especially those of the wild cultivators, which were extremely jealous and hot.

In the eyes of the wild cultivators, two of the three people at the scene had offended the immortal surnamed Zhu. If Yu Lie abandoned the Xia family and chose the immortal surnamed Zhu, the other party would most likely arrange a good job for Yu Lie in the mine for the sake of face, and might even hire him as an associate.

But what does all this have to do with Yu Lie? He just took a ride on the boat, paid some toll, and got away.

Yu Lie stepped forward and bowed: "Excuse me, Immortal Master, I have just arrived. If I want to redeem myself, how many spirit stones do I need?"

"What, you want to redeem yourself?"

As soon as these words came out, many wild cultivators' eyes lit up: "Can you redeem yourself?!"

The immortal surnamed Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then a playful smile appeared on his face.

Xia Xianjia, who was next to Yu Lie, also had a look of surprise on his face and stared at him closely.

The immortal Zhu coughed lightly and said, "You are quite sensible, kid. But you know, it's not that I didn't remind you that you can redeem yourself, but that you can't afford it at all."

The man rubbed his fingers and said, "Not to mention that you all ascended from a small cultivation star, there are not many top-grade spirit stones in the world. Even if there are, to redeem yourself, what you need is not spirit stones, but something that even we find rare."

These words made Yu Lie frown slightly.

The best spiritual stones were already a commodity that was circulated among the immortals. In the Mountain and Sea Realm, the Taoist masters who had achieved the Dao of Dancheng were not even qualified to exchange them according to the rules. Unexpectedly, even the best spiritual stones could not redeem themselves.

"May I ask, Immortal, what exactly is required to redeem myself?" Yu Lie bowed again.

The immortal Zhu flicked his fingers and said calmly, "Nothing else, just the spirit of immortality."

The man paused, as if afraid that Yu Lie didn't know, and then explained: "This energy is produced from the origin of the world, the medicine of immortality, and is related to life. It is not comparable to spiritual energy. Even we are very rare. It is rare in our hands. I'm afraid you have never even heard of it."

The immortal named Zhu smiled and said, "To be honest, if you can bring out the immortal energy, I will be very happy. If you offer it to the Immortal Sect, I can also earn a little merit. It will definitely not be in vain for me to come here to guide the wild cultivators."

The wild cultivators around knew exactly what this person had said. They had never even heard of the "immortal energy" and their faces were filled with shock.

"There is something in this world that is even more amazing than spiritual energy?"

"Immortal energy, immortal energy. Is it this energy that immortals take to become gods and live long?"

"What great use is there for this kind of aura?"

There was a lot of murmuring and discussion all around.

The wild cultivators who originally thought that Yu Lie and others were too disturbing suddenly pricked up their ears and no longer found them annoying. They all wanted to hear more new information and broaden their horizons.

At this moment, Yu Lie was also surprised:

“It turns out that you need the energy of immortality.

By the way, the money and food here at Gu Xiu are exactly the same as those in the Mountain and Sea Realm. It seems that Gu Xiu and the Taoist priests in my Mountain and Sea Realm are indeed from the same source."

While he was thinking, the immortal Zhu continued to speak condescendingly:

"What do you think? Do you want to take back your unrealistic words and go mining honestly? My promise still stands."

Yu Lie collected his thoughts and said, "Master, can I use the spirit stone..."

Zhu said expressionlessly, "Go to the back and get in line again."

Yu Lie hesitated for a moment, then thought to himself, "Forget it. Exposing my wealth is better than becoming a miner or leaving in public and causing more trouble."

He bowed and said, "May I ask, Immortal, how much do I need to redeem myself? This is all I have."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Lie summoned out a part of the innate immortal energy hidden in his purple palace, which lingered in his palms. He looked at the opposite side with a stiff expression.

"you!"

The immortal named Zhu, the Xia family and others were all surprised and stared at Yu Lie in amazement.

Especially Xia Xianjia, he pulled his beard, his consciousness immediately rushed to Yu Lie's hand, and estimated: "Really? One or two taels?"

All of a sudden, the other people in the distance stared at Yu Lie, with greed immediately showing on their faces.

Especially the people from Tianmu Chamber of Commerce, many of them had fierce eyes and regretted on the spot why they didn't find out that Yu Lie had this thing hidden on the boat.

If they had known this earlier, they would have killed Yu Lie and looted the items to make a fortune.

Yu Lie paid attention to the gazes of the people around him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly had a clearer understanding of the innate immortal energy in his hand.

"Sure enough, even immortals find this kind of treasure rare! What a pity, it would be great if we could keep more of it."

Thinking back to the time, he and the Son of Ancient God had obtained the innate immortal energy from the remains of the Disaster. The amount of it was so huge that it helped him to complete the formation of the elixir, opened up a fairyland of 999 miles, helped the Son of Ancient God to cross the threshold of becoming an immortal, and even triggered a major change in the Disaster Realm.

And after this consumption, Yu Lie still had a lot of immortal energy in his hands. Judging from the attitudes of the people around him, he must be considered wealthy among the immortals.

It's a pity that Yu Lie had experienced many twists and turns in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and he needed to quickly increase his cultivation, so he had no choice but to consume a lot of resources, and eventually there was very little left.

But it was useless to regret it now. He could only make good use of the remaining five taels of innate immortal energy. Unless absolutely necessary, he could not use it directly for cultivation.

The immortal surnamed Zhu sat cross-legged in front of Yu Lie. He stared at the immortal energy in Yu Lie's hand, and the astonishment on his face quickly turned into a smile.

The beast said kindly, "Not much, not much, just one or two ounces will do."

These words made Yu Lie stunned. It was not that he felt that what was needed was too much, but too little.

The one or two ounces of innate immortal energy that the other party mentioned could only increase Yu Lie's cultivation by ten years.

One or two ounces of Qi is equivalent to a Taoist alchemist's three hundred years of slavery in the mines. It is truly priceless!

Yu Lie had just persuaded himself not to regret his big move in the Mountain and Sea Realm, but now a strong feeling of regret rose in his heart again.

Yu Lie wanted to curse his former self right there and then, but he still looked embarrassed before speaking:

"In this case, I am willing to redeem myself with one or two ounces of immortal energy. I hope the Immortal will grant my wish."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he snapped his fingers and the innate immortal energy in his hand flew out and landed on the immortal named Zhu.

"Haha! It's easy to talk."

The immortal named Zhu quickly took action and put the one or two ounces of Qi that Yu Lie had shared into his bag, with a smile on his face.

Although the rules say that the wild cultivators can only redeem themselves by using the innate immortal energy as redemption money, but this rare thing fell into the hands of a certain Zhu, and he had many ways to intercept this energy and make up for it with merits, spirit stones, etc.

Zhu was very happy: "I didn't expect that I could make a lot of extra money by coming here to cause trouble for Xia Laogou today!"

Seeing that this man had accepted the immortal aura, Yu Lie bowed to the astonished Xia Xianjia beside him, then strode towards the market.

But at this moment, the immortal Zhu, who was full of joy, stared at the remaining immortal energy in Yu Lie's hand, and his smile became even wider:

"My dear friend, I have an unwelcome request..."

Yu Lie immediately refused: "Since this is an unreasonable request, please take it back, Immortal."

As soon as he finished speaking, he shook his body and stepped into the market in front of everyone. The immortal Zhu's face was slightly stiff. He was concerned about the people around him and just moved his body, not trying to stop Yu Lie.