rslcontracting Chapter 444 - 438: Bad News, Disaster Strikes. Good News, Heading to Fusang.
Chapter 444 - 438: Bad News, Disaster Strikes. Good News, Heading to Fusang.
"Kid, you’re not bad!"
"You suit my Old Bear’s temper!" Once Elder Bai left, the Black Bear Spirit patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder, expressing his approval.
Clearly, it wasn’t just the Black Bear Spirit; the Golden-Winged Roc also greatly approved of Lin Yuan. He looked at Lin Yuan and said, "In the future, if you need help, you can come to Tianpeng Mountain to find me!"
Indeed, no matter which world you’re in, if you want to gain recognition, you must appear strong and tough enough.
Groveling and begging will only make others look down on you.
Watching the encouragement from the Black Bear Spirit and the Golden-Winged Roc towards Lin Yuan, the Ox Demon was enraged, wishing he could gore Lin Yuan to death with his horns.
Unfortunately, the Divine Beast Bai Ze had arranged several people to watch him before leaving, so the Ox Demon could only fume, unable to act rashly.
At this moment, in another room, Elder Bai and the Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder were also engaged in a heated verbal exchange with the Divine Beast Bai Ze.
"We need four Anti-Avoidance Pearls. Of course, we won’t let you suffer a loss; we are willing to exchange treasures worth five times the value!"
"No way. At most, we can give you two, and you originally asked for two from the start."
"Two? Impossible, without nine Anti-Avoidance Pearls, the kid won’t agree."
"He destroyed two Anti-Avoidance Pearls himself; what does that have to do with us?"
"If you’d agreed earlier, the kid wouldn’t have had to destroy two Anti-Avoidance Pearls himself."
"It was his own recklessness. How can you blame us? You’re extorting us."
"In any case, getting nine Anti-Avoidance Pearls is the kid’s bottom line and is non-negotiable. We can offer more in exchange, but you must trade us four Anti-Avoidance Pearls. If the negotiation fails, you’ll have to deal directly with the kid."
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Elder Bai’s bottom line is unmovable, or rather, Lin Yuan’s bottom line is firm.
If they can’t obtain four Anti-Avoidance Pearls from those old immortals of the Ten Thousand Mountains, they would rather not continue the negotiations.
Moreover, when the Divine Beast Bai Ze began to yield, they were already at a disadvantage.
Eventually, after a full half-hour, Elder Bai finally achieved his goal.
Four Anti-Avoidance Pearls in hand, though at a great cost.
Since the Anti-Avoidance Pearls had to be given, the Divine Beast Bai Ze naturally tried to extract as much treasure from Elder Bai and his group as possible.
However, overall, the results were favorable.
In the hall, the Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder and Elder Bai walked out.
Seeing Lin Yuan, the Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder handed over the four Anti-Avoidance Pearls obtained in the deal.
"Thank you, Grand Elder!" Lin Yuan accepted the pearls and expressed his gratitude.
Lin Yuan was thanking the Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder, not those old immortals of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
In Lin Yuan’s view, these Anti-Avoidance Pearls were exchanged by Elder Bai and the Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder, so they deserved his gratitude, unrelated to those old immortals of the Ten Thousand Mountains.
If they had promptly traded when they first arrived, Lin Yuan might have been grateful to them as well.
But they only agreed to trade under pressure, so Lin Yuan wouldn’t feel grateful.
The Qingqiu Mountain Grand Elder didn’t claim credit, saying calmly, "It’s only right. This matter arose because of my Qingqiu Fox Race."
Elder Bai was more polite, cupping his hands towards those old immortals of the Ten Thousand Mountains, saying, "Fellow Daoists, I apologize for the offenses today."
"We won’t stay any longer, farewell."
After speaking, Elder Bai left with the group.
Seeing this group of jinxes leave the Ten Thousand Mountains, the Divine Beast Bai Ze couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Outside the Ten Thousand Mountains, Elder Bai said to Lin Yuan, "Today, you’ve thoroughly offended those old immortals of the Ten Thousand Mountains. In the future, be wary of them."
However, Lin Yuan dismissively said, "They’re just a bunch of insignificant flies; why should I fear them?"
The Golden-Winged Roc agreed with Lin Yuan’s words, nodding, "They’re just a group of cowards living off their past glories. If they were really capable, they wouldn’t hide in the Ten Thousand Mountains all the time."
At this moment, Elder Bai had a deep look in his eyes, seemingly implying, "If they’re really cowards, they’re not scary."
"The real fear is if they plan to strike while we’re unaware."
After obtaining the Anti-Avoidance Pearls, Elder Bai and the others went their separate ways, and Lin Yuan immediately returned to the Real World.
Lin Yuan was extremely concerned about the situation in the Real World.
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Real World.
A massive mountain descended from the sky, slowly landing in the East Sea.
This mountain was precisely Qingqiu Mountain.
Accompanying Qingqiu Mountain was the seven plagues created by the Mudra Bodhisattva’s transformation.
These seven plagues turned into dark clouds, covering the East Sea Region, falling on the East Sea and nearby islands like a fine drizzle.
Because Qingqiu Mountain had preemptive restrictions set up by the Grand Elder, the disaster couldn’t affect the fox race within Qingqiu Mountain.
However, the surviving Human Race within the East Sea, and even those bizarre creatures that descended into the Real World, suffered greatly.
The plague spared none; whether human or bizarre creature, all within its range suffered.
However, at this time, most Dragon Country’s people were concentrated in nine Giant Cities, and the East Sea Region had none of Dragon Country’s Giant Cities.
Though lacking Dragon Country’s Giant Cities, there were two neighboring countries to the east of Dragon Country.
Little Sakura and Little Kimchi.
The range of this plague directly covered Little Sakura and Little Kimchi.
This time, Little Sakura and Kimchi suffered gravely.
Originally, under the strange invasion, Little Sakura and Kimchi suffered heavy losses, almost to the point of annihilation.
Little Sakura, with over 100 million people, dwindled to just over a million.
As for Little Kimchi, it was even worse. Out of over 50 million people, only a few hundred thousand remained, living in underground shelters, close to national extinction.
This plague pushed them to the brink of complete annihilation.
At this moment, the key figures were also facing this disaster, holding urgent meetings.
On the large screen in the conference room, live broadcast scenes of the disaster played.
In the footage, people were emaciated, looking like evil spirits, constantly consuming, whether it be food, car tires, reinforced concrete, excrement, or even humans...
It wasn’t just people; some animals, plants, and even those powerful bizarre creatures turned into these forms.
They consumed everything they encountered, eating endlessly, yet growing thinner.
"What’s going on, is this some kind of pre-invasion zombie?"
"Zombies, these low-level creatures, can’t possibly infect such powerful bizarre entities."
"Now, even the bizarre entities have turned into this; it’s definitely not zombies! These things are much more terrifying than zombies."
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In the meeting room, Dragon Country’s high officials discussed, yet no one knew what was happening.
At this moment, the meeting room’s doors were pushed open.
Jian Bing pushed the director in from outside.