Chapter 224: Identity of the State of Jing

After taking charge of the spirit ship, the two teams of Demon Cult monks conducted a bottom-up search.

First there were several screams, coming from the cargo hold below.

"Kill the lackeys of Liang Guo Zong!"

"Can't afford the ransom?"

"I have signed a contract with the Chamber of Commerce. Can I borrow some spiritual stones from my master?"

Lu Changan secretly observed that except for the monks who were suspected of being members of the sect, everyone else could pay a ransom in exchange for their lives.

Generally speaking, the status of casual cultivators is greater than that of family cultivators and that of sects.

The monks from Liang who signed the contract don't have enough spiritual stones, so they can borrow money from their chamber of commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce's additional debt can be further manipulated to increase the constraints of the sale contract.

Because of the hope of survival and the strong threat of force, few monks resisted.

The monks of the Jingguo Merchant Alliance want to do business for a long time and would rather lose money and avoid disaster.

Not to mention, Lu Changan suspected that the leading Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce was colluding with the Xuanyin Demon Sect.

The Demon Cult conducted a detailed investigation.

After waiting for half an hour, Lu Changan heard footsteps approaching his room.

Two Demon Cult monks stepped into the room.

At the same moment, Lu Changan sensed the false elixir-level consciousness lingering on his body.

"Name, identity, origin?"

One of the Demon Cult monks in the late stage of foundation building, holding a special magic weapon, asked.

"Your Excellency Wu Fan, a casual cultivator from Liang State, is now a member of Jing State Wufu Chamber of Commerce."

Lu Changan took out the spiritual contract he had signed before.

The demon sect monk took the spiritual contract, checked it, and asked a few more questions to test the authenticity of Lu Changan's identity as a casual cultivator.

Lu Changan was a casual cultivator, so his answers were flawless.

If there is no problem with his identity, he is not a target of the Demon Cult, and his life is not in danger.

"The ransom for the foundation-building monks is six thousand, and the monks from the Jingguo Merchant Alliance must pay half."

"This is a ransom."

Lu Changan was very straightforward and took out three thousand spirit stones.

He has more than 100,000 spiritual stones on his body, and his wealth far exceeds that of the fake elixir real person. This spiritual stone is not worth mentioning.

But I kept a mental note of the expenses I shouldn’t have spent on the road.

The spiritual stone used to purchase the boat ticket was recognized by Lu Changan.

He kept a small account of other exploitations, such as the high room charges and the spiritual stones paid as ransom.

There is no talk of deep hatred.

The rest of life is long, the road is boring, and the world is ups and downs, but there is always a chance to get back on track.

"Open your storage bag!"

The demon cultivator's eyes flashed.

The Liang Guo monks they had previously searched had been squeezed many times and had almost no spiritual stones on them. Either use magic weapons and materials to deduct them at low prices, or borrow them from the chamber of commerce.

There are very few monks like Lu Changan who can produce three thousand spirit stones.

Lu Changan's expression changed and he hesitated slightly.

"Move quickly, why are you stunned!"

At the urging of the demon cultivator, he opened his storage bag.

After inspection, the two demon cultivators showed disappointed expressions.

There are not many spirit stones left in the storage bag, and the remaining items are only at the level of normal mid-stage foundation building.

With the value of this item, they are too lazy to find fault and rip it off.

Lu Changan had no expression on his face as he watched the two Demon Cult monks leave.

He had been prepared for this situation since he moved into the guest room.

The storage bag for Lu Changan's valuables and the spiritual pet bag were wrapped in insulating materials made of shadow stone, and were hidden in the corner of the room in conjunction with the concealment restrictions.

Unless the True Alchemy cultivator comes in person, it is possible to see the clues.

Lu Changan passed the test relatively easily.

Fang Zhong, a purple-faced man in the next room, experienced a thrilling experience.

The Demon Cult monk used a special magical weapon to determine that the exercises he practiced came from the Liang Guo sect.

"Fang is a traitor to the sect! A deserter on the battlefield! He is on the wanted list... I hope the Holy Religion will take notice!"

Fang Zhong turned pale with fright and revealed his true identity.

"A traitor wanted by the sect? Let this person go."

Xiang Jinglong, who was not far away, heard this, took out a jade tube, checked it, and ordered.

Fang Zhong seemed to have been pardoned, but he had very few spiritual stones left on his body, so he used magical weapons, elixirs, talismans, etc. as deductions to reluctantly pay the ransom.

…

Two hours later, the search of the guest rooms on the first and second floors of the Spirit Ship was completed.

There were almost no casualties among the monks of the Jing Kingdom Chamber of Commerce.

Some Liang monks were arrested and killed. Some of the monks were taken away as "suspicious targets."

Lu Changan discovered that most of the "suspicious targets" who were taken away were Liang Guo monks with outstanding skills.

Several of the craftsmen had negotiated with Miss Wei at previous trade fairs.

Because Lu Changan hid his clumsiness and did not reveal his true skills, he avoided trouble.

This group of monks from the Liang Kingdom who boarded the ship were essentially smuggling illegally and living under the shelter of others.

It would be good to reach Jing Kingdom safely.

It is impossible to enjoy the status and benefits of normal times.

Whether it is a former foundation-building ancestor or a respected craftsman.

If you can reach the Jing Kingdom and obtain a legal identity, you can regain your status that you once deserved.

"After checking the first and second floors, I went to the third floor."

Lu Changan discovered Xiang Jinglong and another demon sect fake elixir, and led most of the monks to gather on the third floor.

There are many first-class guest rooms on the third floor of the Spirit Ship.

No matter which country a monk lives in, his status and background are good.

The Xuanyin Demon Sect should also be treated with caution.

When the Demon Cult monks were searching, they were very polite and acted according to the rules.

"take away!"

Miss Wei, who lived in a superior guest room and wore a veil, was taken away by the demon cult monks as a "suspicious target".

Lu Changan secretly thought: Miss Wei had boarded the ship before. She was injured or in trouble. She left Liang Kingdom with the help of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce's spiritual ship and returned to the Demon Cult.

At the same time, she served as an internal agent on the ship, finding out the details of various monks and identifying valuable targets.

"Huh? Are you planning to stay in Prince Wang's room for the last search?"

Lu Changan observed the search route led by the two fake alchemy monks and made some assumptions.

Logically speaking, given the location of the prince's room, it would not be left at the end.

The monks of the Demon Sect seemed to do this deliberately.

"The order of searches is from low to high."

"Although the monks who have been searched have been slaughtered and paid a ransom, there is no need to risk resistance again after they are out of danger."

Lu Changan's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but guess the devil's plot.

boom!

On the third floor of the Spirit Ship, the window of Prince Wang's superior guest room was smashed to pieces with a slap.

"Be bold!"

Xiang Jinglong and the middle-aged False Dan were already on guard. They punched and palmed each other, and the powerful Dan force was as violent as a torrent, sealing the way out of the window from the window.

"Sir, save me——"

The fair-skinned and beautiful Foundation Establishment maid screamed in terror and was thrown out of the window.

There was a roar, and the woman was rolled into pieces by the powerful elixir power.

Boom!

The room where the prince was sitting exploded.

The main frame of the spirit ship is made of second-order high-grade materials and is very strong.

The rest of the building materials, although inferior, are also reinforced by spells, and are not so easily destroyed during the ordinary foundation building period.

However, under the attack of the fake Dan Zhenren, these buildings and houses were like thin pieces of paper.

"The remnants of the Demon Sect! How dare you challenge the authority of Lihuo Palace!"

A loud shout sounded like spring thunder.

The hunchbacked old man accompanying the prince erupted into a ball of dazzling blue elixir fire, which was like a blazing cauldron and burned out and evaporated the elixir power of Xiang Jinglong and the two of them.

"Old man! Lihuo Palace has too much time to take care of himself, yet he dares to use feathers as an arrow!"

"Tsk, tsk, the war has not yet been decided, but the elders of your palace have sent their descendants to neighboring countries. Wouldn't it be chilling if the monks of the sect fighting on the front line knew about it?"

Xiang Jinglong and Xiang Jinglong took their time and entangled the old man with a hunchback, one on the left and the other on the right.

Moo~

The black wind bull above the head let out a dull and frightening roar, opened its mouth and rolled out a piece of black wind, covering the hunchbacked old man.

The hunchbacked ancestor lifted up the prince in the golden robe and used his secret technique to activate the light escape. As a result, his body was pulled by a terrifying force, as if he was stuck in the mud.

"Master! You go first!"

The hunchbacked ancestor pushed the prince away.

His face turned red, his abdomen swelled, and the red flames all over his body suddenly shrank, stained with a layer of red blood.

The spiritual pressure on his body suddenly increased, approaching the early stage of true elixir.

Well! call!

The hunchbacked old man opened his mouth and spit out a fire shield magic weapon, which turned into a section of the city wall and burned the sky with angry flames.

The black wind spit out by the Black Wind Barbarian Bull was barely blocked by it.

"Capture the prince!"

Xiang Jinglong led several foundation-building monks to surround and intercept them.

The beams of magic weapons, magic weapons, and various spells will cover the "Prince" who flew hundreds of feet away.

A "peng" sound.

Prince Wang's body was shattered into thousands of wood fragments.

"Fake substitute!"

Xiang Jinglong's expression changed drastically, and his consciousness scanned every corner of the scene, looking for the prince's true identity.

"Young Master Wang used the Small Teleportation Talisman."

Suddenly, Miss Wei's voice sounded in his ears.

"Little Teleportation Talisman? We monitored the whole process. When did he escape?"

Xiang Jinglong couldn't believe it.

"The moment your three fake elixirs collided, their movements were overshadowed."

"Fortunately, I had contact with Mr. Wang before and remembered his aura through the Kongming Spirit Pearl."

Miss Wei was captured openly, but she was secretly supporting and commanding.

"That old man fought to the death and left it to the Black Wind Barbarian Bull."

"You two, along with me, will capture the prince alive. If we succeed, the master will definitely give you a reward!"

…

Whoosh whoosh!

Two teams of Demon Cult monks, riding flying boats and magical weapons, chased toward the southwest.

Wow!

The hunchbacked old man had a few head-on collisions with the Black Wind Barbarian Bull. The magic weapon broke and he vomited blood.

His face turned pale, his breath dropped, and he used a third-level escape talisman, like a flaming meteor, to escape in the direction of Liang Guo.

The Black Wind Barbarian Bull whipped up a violent black wind, flying sand and rocks, and was faster than half the opponent, locking it tightly.

"Even if there are several third-level life-saving talismans, if you encounter a powerful and fast True Alchemy cultivator or a great demon, you will not be able to escape."

In the guest room on the first floor, Lu Changan saw this scene and sounded the alarm in his heart.

His current strength is that he is not afraid of fake pills.

If you are targeted by a true elixir cultivator, the risk is not small.

At the stage of forming pills, there is a huge gap in the strength and magical powers between small realms.

The middle stage of the true elixir is more than twice as powerful as the early stage of the true elixir.

That Black Wind Barbarian Bull was from the upper reaches of the earth-grade bloodline, and its strength was almost comparable to that of a mid-level True Pill.

This bull is not like a partial science student like Xuan Shui Turtle.

It can be called a true hexagonal warrior, with strength, spells, defense, speed, and almost no weaknesses.

Even Lu Changan's strongest talisman could hardly cause serious damage to him.

Not to mention, on top of this, the later stage of pill formation and major repairs belong to the top combat power of the sect.

The weakest sects in Liang and Jing had at least Daxiu who was in the late stage of pill formation.

"That hunchbacked old man will undoubtedly die. I wonder if the prince can escape the pursuit of the demon sect."

Lu Changan was thinking.

The spirit ship of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce has been restarted.

Under the guidance of the monks of the Chamber of Commerce and the escort guards, the order inside the spirit ship was restored, and the monks breathed a sigh of relief.

…

A few days later, the spirit ship entered a natural danger area with ice rain all over the sky.

In the field of vision, there was an endless light gray ice rain, which had the power of coldness and corrosion.

In addition to the land of absolute spirits, there are similar natural danger areas between Liang and Liang. This is not the first time.

Fortunately, although the speed of this kind of transport spirit ship is not outstanding, its protection is very strong and it can pass through smoothly.

It’s just that the consumption of spirit stones required for driving is very large.

The speed of flight is also greatly reduced.

Because of the long distance, the existence of the land of absolute spirits and the natural danger area, Jing, a small and medium-sized cultivation country, was not easily annexed by the surrounding cultivation countries.

Another half a month passed.

The flying speed of the spirit ship has obviously increased a few points.

"We are almost to Jing."

Lu Changan sensed that the spiritual energy between the surrounding heaven and earth showed signs of revival.

The land of absolute spirits will affect the power of spells, including the effect of cultivators flying and driving arrays.

If it were in a normal cultivation country, although this journey is relatively long, it can actually be reached in half a month.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

On the way, they occasionally encountered Jing country cultivators in the sky.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, when we arrive at the 'Gu Ri Xian Cheng', I will help you get an identity card certified by the Merchant Alliance."

Young Master Xia of the Wu Fu Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to come to Lu Changan's guest room, and expressed some goodwill in his words.

The danger on the way has been passed.

For the Chamber of Commerce, the only means they can use is the signed second-level spiritual contract.

In addition to the distinguished guests in the superior guest rooms, the Liang country cultivators who smuggled in have basically signed spiritual contracts with the Chamber of Commerce.

The contract signed by Lu Changan is relatively loose, close to the regular employment, and is essentially different from the contract of selling oneself of Fang Zhong and others.

"Then I'll trouble you, Young Master Xia."

Lu Changan bowed.

In the subsequent conversation, Lu Changan learned about the situation of the Wu Fu Chamber of Commerce.

Wufu Chamber of Commerce was originally established by five foundation-building families.

At that time, the five immortal cultivation families were relatively weak, and most of them had only one foundation-building ancestor in charge.

Through mutual support and intermarriage, Wufu Chamber of Commerce has gone through hundreds of years of ups and downs and has occupied a place in the Jing State Business Alliance. Its strength cannot be underestimated.

Young Master Xia is named Xia Mingqu. He is the young master of Wufu Chamber of Commerce in the present time and belongs to the Xia family, the most powerful of the Wufu families.

"May I ask Young Master Xia, does your chamber of commerce have a second-level superior spiritual vein?"

"My Xia family and the headquarters of the chamber of commerce have second-level superior spiritual veins."

Xia Mingqu replied with a smile.

This Young Master Xia has red lips and white teeth, and his face is as beautiful as a crown. Among the cultivators Lu Changan knows, his appearance and conversation are extremely outstanding.

Half a day later.

The spirit ship of Jiuchen Chamber of Commerce landed in a towering mountain city with a hazy white light.

Gu Ri Xian City is an important border town in the Jing Kingdom's Xiuxian world. It has developed commerce and is larger than Huanglong Xian City.

The Liang Kingdom cultivators who disembarked had to undergo identity verification by the Chamber of Commerce.

With Xia Mingqu's care, Lu Changan showed his second-level spiritual contract and passed the inspection smoothly.

Lu Changan's feet landed on the land of this neutral Xiuxian country, and he felt a long-lost sense of solidity.

"Fellow Daoist Wu! You and I will part ways now."

Fang Zhong said goodbye to Lu Changan in a flat tone and returned to the queue of the Crescent Moon Chamber of Commerce.

Lu Changan smiled and waved his hand, saying goodbye to this person.

...

Half an hour later.

Lu Changan walked out of the Chamber of Commerce Hall in the center of Gu Ri Xian City and looked at a bronze waist card in his hand.

"This is your identity certificate in the Chamber of Commerce. With this card, you can go unimpeded in the major immortal cities and markets in Jing Kingdom and do business legally."

Xia Mingqu introduced.

Lu Changan showed a look of understanding and thanked him again.

Without the contract and assistance of the Wufu Chamber of Commerce, he would not have been able to land so smoothly and obtain the status of a monk of the Jing Kingdom Merchant Alliance.

He looked at the Jing Kingdom monks shuttling back and forth in the fairy city, among whom there were many people dressed as traveling merchants.

He smiled and said, "Mr. Xia, how are you going to arrange for me? Should I go to the Xia clan or the Wufu Chamber of Commerce?"

He landed successfully in Jing Kingdom.

The Baihuan Mask disguised the aura of another person's identity and deceived the second-level spiritual contract.

Lu Changan could actually find an opportunity to run away, and the Wufu Chamber of Commerce could not do anything about it.

However, he was new to Jing Kingdom and was unfamiliar with the place, so he needed a stable second-level middle-upper-grade spiritual vein to practice.

The Wufu Chamber of Commerce helped him solve the problem and contributed money and effort.

In addition to the constraints of the spiritual contract, Xia Mingqu, the young master, was still polite to him.

Lu Changan decided to go with the flow.

He temporarily abided by the contract and joined the Wufu Chamber of Commerce as a parallel second-level alchemist to practice for a period of time.

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