20demayo Chapter 112 I want them all!
Chapter 112 I want them all!
Chapter 112 I want them all!
Will my fellow Daoist die, or will I, this humble Daoist, die?
There's absolutely no need to consider this!
Zhang Sanyuan's last words were like a reassuring pill, making Li Fan make up his mind.
The next day, everything was as usual.
Seeing that Chu Xuan was cultivating in the room, Li Fan finally felt relieved.
As evening approached, he finished inspecting the animal enclosure and waited until everyone else had gone to rest before turning back towards the storeroom.
Inside the warehouse, Wang Kun was carefully placing a batch of porcelain bottles containing the essence blood of exotic beasts into a box.
"Senior Brother Li!"
Upon seeing Li Fan enter, Wang Kun quickly greeted him in a low voice.
"Hmm, is everything ready?"
Li Fan asked.
"Don't worry, Senior Brother Li, everything has been replaced!"
Wang Kun asked with some unease, "Senior Brother Li, are you sure it's all okay? If Senior Brother Chu or the sect finds out, we're all doomed!"
The job that Chen Liang and Zhang Sanyuan had Li Fan do was not technically sophisticated; it was simply replacing the essence blood of exotic beasts in the warehouse with ordinary exotic beast blood!
Since they are all backups, the sect rarely uses them.
Even if they were to use it, given enough time, they could easily kill the alien beasts and extract their essence blood.
Only under extremely special circumstances will the sect draw upon these reserve beast essences.
Therefore, unless a sect conducts a special investigation, there are almost no problems.
This kind of thing can't be done by one person alone.
Therefore, Li Fan successfully recruited Wang Kun into the group!
"Senior Brother Chu? Senior Brother Chu?"
When Li Fan heard Wang Kun mention Chu Xuan repeatedly, his face turned extremely ugly. He sneered, "All you know is Senior Brother Chu, but has Senior Brother Chu ever thought about us?"
He spends all his time cultivating, leaving all the dirty and tiring work to us! He did break through to the Transformation Realm, but has he given us even the slightest benefit?
Wang Kun opened his mouth.
In fact, Chu Xuan treated them quite well; at least their treatment was better than that of the outer disciples of the other beast gardens.
Moreover, they can also get some exotic beast meat on a regular basis.
Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to reveal his true feelings at this point.
Li Fan scoffed, "As for the sect's investigation, so what? Chu Xuan is the manager of Beast Garden Number Nine! If there's a problem, he, as the manager, will naturally take the blame!"
Actually, he wasn't so easily fooled. He had another idea in mind when he got on Chen Liang's bandwagon.
That is, this matter simply cannot be kept secret!
Once the scandal breaks, Chu Xuan will naturally be the person primarily responsible and will inevitably be severely punished by the sect. He will certainly lose his position as the supervisor!
That might be his chance!
After all, they are both outer disciples. Chu Xuan was able to become the manager of the Ninth Beast Garden when he was at the Dark Strength level. Why can't he?
"But----"
Wang Kun hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
"There's nothing to 'but' about!"
Li Fan interrupted, "Junior Brother Wang, don't you even consider how many contribution points we get each month? With so few resources, how can we compete with other outer disciples? Are you willing to be trampled underfoot for the rest of your life?"
Wang Kun's expression changed several times before he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I'll listen to Senior Brother Li!"
Li Fan breathed a sigh of relief, truly afraid that Wang Kun would suddenly change his mind at this moment.
Without further ado, the two packed up the beast's essence blood, each carrying a box, and set off for the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range under the cover of night.
The two traveled swiftly for nearly ten miles before arriving at a wide forest, where they stopped to rest.
Wang Kun placed the box on the ground, his face beaming with anticipation. "Senior Brother Li, how many contribution points do you think we'll earn this time? A hundred bottles of third-tier beast blood essence are worth at least seven or eight hundred contribution points, right?"
The primary use of the essence blood of exotic beasts is for alchemy! It also has many other uses, such as tempering the physical bodies of martial artists, and even for forging weapons with the essence blood of certain special exotic beasts.
The value of a single drop of a mythical beast's essence blood is no less than that of a small Qi-cultivating pill.
Each of them carried 100 drops, and even if the price was lowered, they could still sell it for 7 or 8 contribution points per drop.
Of course, Chen Liang and Zhang Sanyuan will also get a share.
In other words, each of them can earn about four hundred contribution points from this trip alone.
Li Fan chuckled and said, "Too little! Senior Brother Chen and Senior Brother Zhang have already found a way to get it, and the price is much higher than on the black market. We'll get a bit more, around 500 contribution points."
"Five hundred contribution points?"
Wang Kun gasped.
That's enough for him to work at the zoo for a year!
No wonder Li Fan was willing to take such a risk!
Li Fan patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "After we pull off this job, we won't have to worry about cultivation resources for at least a year! Hmm? Who's that?!"
Suddenly, his expression changed, and he shouted in a low voice towards the shadows in the dense forest beside him.
Wang Kun's expression changed drastically in an instant.
Whoosh!
The next moment, a gleaming dagger coated with purple venom stabbed towards Wang Kun's abdomen!
At almost the same time, Wang Kun also produced a dagger and stabbed it into Li Fan's abdomen!
when!
The sound of metal clashing rang out.
Neither of them succeeded in their sneak attacks; it was as if they had both stabbed a steel plate.
In an instant, you looked at me, and I looked at you.
Both of them were stunned!
Bang~!
The next instant, the two exchanged a palm strike, their bodies instantly separating by a distance of ten feet.
"Why—?!"
Li Fan glanced at the dagger in his hand, both shocked and astonished!
The dagger was now bent at a right angle.
Clearly, Wang Kun was prepared!
"hey-hey----"
Wang Kun threw away the broken dagger in his hand, then pulled out a one-inch-thick steel plate from his pocket and threw it on the ground, sneering, "Li Fan, you fucking think you're the only smart one? You think I can't figure it out? You dragged me into this just to make me your scapegoat?!"
"I misjudged!"
Li Fan sighed.
The reason he recruited Wang Kun was because Wang Kun seemed honest, greedy, and a bit naive. Little did he know that Wang Kun was pretending to be stupid to take advantage of others.
"So what if you figure it out? You're still going to die!"
Li Fan's expression gradually turned cold.
"Trying to kill me?" Wang Kun sneered. "Li Fan, don't forget we're both at the peak of Inner Strength! I became a disciple of the Xuan Yang Sect through sheer hard work and battle. You think you can—"
Suddenly, Wang Kun couldn't laugh anymore. He felt a numbness in his body, and half of his body became stiff.
He quickly turned to look at his shoulder.
There, in the spot where Li Fan had taken the picture, was a silver needle, thinner than a hair, which shimmered with a faint blue light under the moonlight.
"you----"
Wang Kun's expression finally changed.
Li Fan said calmly, "The venom of the Soul-Burning Ice-Eyed Serpent is lethal upon contact with blood. It was specially prepared for you, Junior Brother. Are you satisfied?"
Wang Kun's lips trembled, but he could no longer speak. In that instant, half of his body had turned a dark blue. He turned to walk back, but as soon as he lifted his leg, he fell to the ground with a thud.
Black blood flowed from its seven orifices, emitting a pungent, fishy stench.
Wang Kun could even clearly feel that his internal organs were melting rapidly, as if they were on fire.
He turned his head, his face contorted with malice as he glared at Li Fan. His expression, initially filled with resentment, suddenly broke into a laugh: "Li Fan, I'll be waiting for you down there!"
After saying this, he died on the spot, his eyes wide open in death!
"Junior brother, you should go by yourself!"
Li Fan sneered, then quickly stepped forward and looted the corpse, stuffing all the gold notes and contribution points from Wang Kun's body into his own pocket.
Seeing Wang Kun staring at him with his eyes wide open in death, he snorted coldly and stomped on the other man's head until it was smashed.
After finishing everything and checking it again to make sure there were no traces, he picked up Wang Kun's box with a smile on his face.
If I pull this off, I can earn at least a thousand contribution points.
If he uses it sparingly, he won't have to worry about contribution points for the next three years in the outer sect.
He doesn't even need to be frugal; he can throw all 1,000 contribution points at himself without hesitation. Who can guarantee that he won't soar to great heights?
That's not all!
The loss of so much essence and blood cannot be hidden!
Although it was Wang Kun who stole the beast's essence blood, Chu Xuan, as the manager of the beast park, must bear the responsibility and his position will be in jeopardy!
Then his chance has come!
Killing two birds with one stone, perfect!
Li Fan was fantasizing about a bright future, as if he could already see himself replacing Chu Xuan as the manager of Beast Garden No. 9, then lying low in the Beast Garden for three years, and finally dominating the outer sect competition, soaring to the top.
But the moment I turned around, it felt like I had fallen into an ice cave!
Just two zhang ahead, a figure stood in the shadows of the trees, staring at him silently like a ghost.
The moonlight shone on the other person's face, clearly revealing his features to him!
"Chu—Senior Brother Chu—"
Li Fan's face turned deathly pale in an instant, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably. "I—Wang Kun—Wang Kun stole the beast essence blood from the warehouse. I noticed something was wrong and chased after him before I could report to you."
Fortunately, Wang Kun hadn't gone far, and I caught up with him in time, mitigating the loss.
Chu Xuan looked at him without saying a word.
Li Fan grew increasingly panicked, finally understanding the meaning of Wang Kun's dying words.
He thought the other party was cursing him, but it turned out they had seen Chu Xuan!
"Thump—"
Li Fan knelt on the ground, trembling, and pleaded, "Senior Brother Chu, spare my life!"
Chu Xuan ignored him, stepped forward and opened the two boxes. When he saw the more than two hundred bottles of exotic beast blood inside, his face immediately turned extremely gloomy!
To be honest, he was very satisfied with the time Li Fan had been managing the animal park, as it saved him a lot of energy!
He knew Li Fan had a problem!
But it doesn't matter.
Who can be without selfish desires?
As long as Li Fan can complete his work, even petty theft to gain some personal benefit is understandable.
But he never expected Li Fan to be so bold!
More than two hundred bottles of exotic beast blood essence!
This is about one-third of the inventory at Zoo No. 9!
If he loses everything, not only will he lose his position, but he might also lose his life!
"So, you deliberately lured that Spinosaurus here to test me on behalf of Chen Liang and Zhang Sanyuan?" Chu Xuan said coldly.
Li Fan's face stiffened, and he looked at Chu Xuan in disbelief: "Senior Brother Chu, you—you know—"
He had only spoken halfway when he met Chu Xuan's cold, stern gaze. He could no longer beg for mercy and scrambled to his feet to run away.
If it was just the theft of the essence blood of a strange beast, and now that it has been recovered, as long as no damage has been caused, Chu Xuan might spare his life because he handled things reasonably well.
But luring the Spinosaurus almost killed Chu Xuan!
How could the other party possibly let me off the hook?
"snort!"
Chu Xuan snorted coldly, his figure flashed, and he caught up with Li Fan, who had run a dozen feet away. He then struck Li Fan in the back with a Heart-Shattering Palm.
Whoosh!
Just then, a whooshing sound rang out.
A long spear, like lightning, shot out from the dense forest, and like a venomous snake, shot directly towards Chu Xuan's back.
"Wait a minute!"
Immediately afterwards, shouts and calls came.
Chu Xuan snorted coldly, feeling the fierce wind coming from behind him. His palm, covered with powerful force, changed direction and struck the incoming spearhead.
Bang~!
It was accompanied by a muffled thud.
The spearhead was sent flying diagonally into the sky by Chu Xuan's blow.
"Senior Brother Chu, don't you have any sentimentality at all?"
Li Fan was covered in cold sweat, both shocked and furious.
"When you colluded with outsiders to try and kill me, did you ever think of the past?!" Chu Xuan said coldly.
Sensing the two powerful gusts of wind rushing towards him, Chu Xuan immediately unleashed another Heart-Shattering Palm strike.
"My two senior brothers, help me!"
Li Fan shouted desperately, raising his palm to prepare to take Chu Xuan's attack head-on.
He was at least at the peak of his internal strength, while Chu Xuan had only just entered the realm of internal strength transformation. He refused to believe that he couldn't even withstand a single blow from Chu Xuan!
Click!
A crisp sound.
Li Fan's outstretched arm was instantly compressed and twisted under Chu Xuan's palm strike, with bone fragments piercing through his flesh. Chu Xuan's palm strike, however, continued its momentum, striking Li Fan's chest.
A muffled thud.
Li Fan's body trembled as his chest was pierced, his heart exploding and turning into a cloud of blood mist.
"stop!"
"Spare his life!"
Two loud shouts rang out at the same time.
Immediately afterward, Chen Liang and Zhang Sanyuan also flew over, and after a few breaths, they stood beside Chu Xuan.
Upon seeing the hole in Li Fan's chest, both of their gazes sharpened.
"Did you hear me? I just told you to stop!" Chen Liang, unable to contain his anger, shouted at Chu Xuan.
He was so confident in his mastery of the Transformation Realm that he didn't take Chu Xuan, a mere novice who had just entered the Transformation Realm, seriously at all. Now, in this deep mountain forest, he was too lazy to hide anymore.
Chu Xuan turned to look at him, his eyes flashing with coldness: "Who do you think you are?!"
"You're asking for it!"
Chen Liang was immediately enraged, his eyes revealing murderous intent.
"Why----"
Zhang Sanyuan reached out and stopped Chen Liang from making a move. His gaze swept over the two boxes, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the beast's essence blood had not been damaged.
"Brother Chen, please calm down!"
Zhang Sanyuan chuckled and said, "Junior Brother Chu is young and impetuous. He got carried away when he was bullied, so it's understandable that he went a little too far."
Then, he changed the subject and looked at Chu Xuan, saying, "Junior Brother Chu, we're all from the same sect, there's no need to fight to the death! Since Li Fan is dead, his share belongs to you, Junior Brother Chu. Let's continue the deal and split it fifty-fifty! What do you say?"
Chu Xuan sneered, "You two senior brothers have really a good plan! You want to line your own pockets and seek your own benefits, but instead of doing anything in your own beast garden, you incite my men to cause trouble!"
Whether it's exposed later or not, you all profit, but I'm the only one bearing the risk!
"Junior Brother Chu, you can't say that."
Zhang Sanyuan shook his head, "Dealing with the essence blood of these exotic beasts also requires us to pay a considerable price and bear certain risks!"
Chu Xuan sneered.
Pay a damn price!
These beast essences and blood could be completely digested in the black market without even needing to go to Lingxiao City!
"Is that so? I'd like to take on some of the risks that you two senior brothers are taking," Chu Xuan said calmly.
Zhang Sanyuan frowned and said, "Junior Brother Chu, please speak frankly. If you are not satisfied with the profit-sharing ratio, we can discuss it."
"Divide it up? No, no, no, it seems you two still don't understand!" Chu Xuan said calmly, "What I mean is—I want it all!"