Chapter Two Hundred and Eighty One – Gradual Advance (1/2)
Chapter Two Hundred and Eighty One – Gradual Advance
Nan Sheng Village had been destroyed again!
This was like a peerlessly loud slap that landed heavily on He Xiang’s face. He Xiang felt a rush of blood rush up his throat and he almost fainted. The expressions of the other elders were also terrible. They had achieved great victories recently, and saw the hope of survival.
But at this time, they were hit over the head with a stick.
“Who! Motherf***ing who!” an elder lost control of his emotions, and shouted at the top of his lungs.
“It definitely is that group! It has to be them!”
The crowd was furious. All of the elders were like a pack of wolves that were pushed to the precipice, their faces red as they breathed heavily.
He Xiang steadied his mind. He tried to calm himself down. He raised a hand and stopped the shouts of the elders, saying, “We need to retaliate! A hard counterattack! Old Forefather is watching at us. All of Little Mountain Jie is watching us. If we are so easily defeated, no one will listen to us again. Old Forefather will lose his last thread of patience, and we will be finished!”
“Catch them! Defeat them! At any cost!”
He Xiang gritted through his teeth.
“The final battle has started! This is our final battle! This battle will determine if we live or die!”
No one spoke. The eyes of every elder were red, their faces twisted.
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Ji Wei and Sun Bao carefully entered the tunnels. Their eyes uncontrollably looked at the complex formations on the walls of the tunnels with intoxicated expressions. They were like unworldly country bumpkins that had entered the city for the first time, feeling as though their eyes were not enough to take in the sights.
Their gasps occasionally rang out in the silent tunnels.
“Look at this, it can be interlocked like this!” Ji Wei pointed at a place, and praised. “I don’t know what is inside Boss’ head that he can think of a solution like this!”
“Yes!” Sun Bao replied, but his gaze didn’t bear to move away. “Boss’ learning in formations is growing deeper.”
“Oh, I feel that Boss might be able to get a Formation Grandmaster medal to play with,” Ji Wei said.
“Boss won’t be interested,” Sun Bao got a hint, and contentedly shifted his eyes away. “What use is that Formation Grandmaster jade medal to Boss? Will Boss depend on it for his meal ticket? We should probably get some so that we won’t end up without the qualifications to be Boss’ assistants. Look at these formations, they are as beautiful as a picture. There’s nothing to say about Boss’ skill with fire. I say that if Boss forged, we could only be his assistants. Think about it, how old is Boss?”
Hearing this, Ji Wei nodded emphatically. “You are right. We need to work on the little group of brats. Ai, it would be great if they had half the talent of Boss.”
Sun Bao smiled scornfully and said, “Half of his talent, don’t dream. We aren’t young people, but have you ever seen someone as monstrous as Boss? Heavens, he isn’t a person. He built this Golden Crow City by himself, and used fire forging methods. You might not have noticed but I was dumbstruck on the spot.”
Ji Wei nodded with empathy. “Yes, I was also stunned. Even with all of us assisting, we almost didn’t manage to keep up the supply. I didn’t sleep well any of those days in fear we couldn’t keep up. Boss’s fire paper technique, tsk tsk, it is a pleasure to see, I didn’t want to move away.”
Sun bao snickered. “Everyone is the same. Who has seen such wonderful fire forging technique? It is enough to scare me to death. And those formation battle watchtowers. Thirty six towers. Motherf***er, we’re lucky Boss is Boss. If it was any other person, everyone else would lose their meal ticket.”
“With the city, and the formation battle watchtowers, our Golden Crow City is probably unique among Little Mountain Jie,” Jie Wei said, full of pride.
“Of course!” Sun Bao also had a proud expression. He looked around, and then lowered his voice to say, “But from what I see, Boss might not stay in Little Mountain Jie. Look at these tunnels, this formation belt. It is very big. Other than jindan, I can’t think of anyone who needs such preparations.”
Ji Wei was silent for a moment before saying, “In any case, I’m planning on going with Boss. I’m not young anymore, I see the world clearly. There’s nothing to say about how Boss treats us. As to the other, life and death, I’m too lazy to think.”
“Your words are wasted on me,” Ji Wei said unconcernedly. “No one among us will run now. If any of the brats dare run, watch me break his legs. I’m confident in Boss. Just this Little Mountain Jie cannot trap Boss.”
“Then why are you saying this?” Ji Wei glanced at the other out of the corner of his eyes.
Sun Bao said excitedly, “Aren’t you excited? We are going to deal with a jindan! Jindan!”
Ji Wei rolled his eyes, and said rudely. “You’re a pretty old person, why are you still so childlike? Quick, quick, stop wasting time. We need to deliver this to Boss, he’s waiting.”
“You aren’t excited at all? Jindan, that is a jindan … …”
“Oh, very excited.”
“You aren’t excited at all, how can you not be excited? You … …”
“Since you have this much energy, go back and forge some more Black Processing Meditation mats. The slender bamboo almost can’t meet the demand … …”
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Bao Yi looked at the mountains of jingshi and materials in the storeroom and his face blossomed. Boss was right. The domino effect was really too fast! After that Head had left, several more group of xiuzhe had arrived shortly after. Some people had bought Black Processing Meditation mat from others, and then came in search of more. Others were just passing by.
They had to thank the Outer Hall. As the Outer Hall pushed forward, the xiuzhe along the way continued to retreat, and run. Consequently, many xiuzhe would pass by Golden Crow City. Every xiuzhe that passed by would gape when they saw Golden Crow City, so shocked they would almost drop from the sky.
And what the city was selling made everyone go crazy.
The appearance of the Black Processing Meditation mat was a great explosion. The number of people that came to buy Black Processing Meditation mat everyday was so much they had lined up. It wasn’t realistic for each person to by one. Usually it was a group and they would buy a few dozen each time. About three people would share a single mat and could satisfy their daily needs.
However, the direct result of the Black Processing Meditation mat was the jingshi that everyone had thrown to the side before increased in value. With the Black Processing Meditation mat, jingshi was equivalent to ling grains. Many xiuzhe couldn’t bear to use jingshi to purchase, and mostly traded using materials.
So all kinds of materials flooded towards Golden Crow City, causing Bao Yi to increase the standard for taking in materials.
Bao Yi’s face was flushed, his mind excited. He had been a black market dealer for so long, but had never done business like this. What he was selling now would directly change the situation of Little Mountain Jie. He felt so happy he was going to faint.