Chapter 998 (1/2)

Chapter 998: 998

That person was just about to detour a bit further away, but hearing Long Chen call him, he winced and came over .

“Does senior apprentice-brother need anything?” he asked .

“Of course . Seeing your forehead full and your bones out of alignment, I can tell you must have been beaten quite a bit . Aiya, even your head is swelling . I have a seed from a Divine Tree G.o.d that can let you find luck and avoid calamity, allowing you to safely pa.s.s this part of the trial . This kind of seed is something I just bought from this brother . Back then, I spent two thousand middle grade spirit stones, but I find that with my power, I don’t need this thing . So I want to trade it . How is it, do you want it?” asked Long Chen .

“You’re selling it to me?” Hearing this, that person immediately ran through some calculations . He shrewdly said, “This seed is now second-hand, so I’ll offer at most one thousand five hundred . ”

“But… doesn’t that mean I’ll lose five hundred?” asked Long Chen .

“Let’s forget about it . I’ll continue onwards . Perhaps this region comes to an end in just a bit,” said that man, faking that he was about to leave .

“Fine, fine, I’ll take the loss . I’ll treat it as half selling and half giving,” said Long Chen with a ‘pained’ expression .

That shrewd person excitedly left with the seed . His appearance was like he had just made a fortune, making Qian Duoduo dumbfounded .

“Everyone likes to get things for cheap . It’s about how you can take advantage of that . Although there are many other factors in business, this is definitely a simple one . If you add it to your marketing techniques, your profit will definitely multiply . You can’t do business too rigidly,” laughed Long Chen as he turned to leave . He had already figured out the origin of the seed, so there was no need to waste any more time here .

“Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen!” called out Qian Duoduo .

“What is it?”

Qian Duoduo clenched his teeth and asked, “Senior apprentice-brother Long Chen, you are a dragon amongst men . I don’t know if you think highly of this junior brother, but junior brother is willing to become your dog, your horse, whatever you need . ”

“You want to join me, correct? It just so happens I need someone like you who knows business . But first, think of a way to avoid was.h.i.+ng out,” laughed Long Chen, waving his hand in goodbye .

Qian Duoduo was pretty smart, and it seemed he also had some experience . Long Chen would be at ease with such a person handling things . If he gave him an opportunity, he would cherish it more than others .

Long Chen truly needed someone like him . The Xuantian Dao Sect was huge, and he would be busy . He needed someone to handle these things . Although he didn’t bother with business, he knew money was the number one requirement for cultivators . Without money, no matter how great your talent was, you would still starve to death .

The Dragonblood Legion needed to grow, and they needed great financial ability behind them . Upon arriving here, he saw that everyone’s talent could only count as average .

Any sect would focus their resources on the peak geniuses, and Long Chen didn’t want the Dragonblood Legion to become unevenly matched and eventually fracture . That was the situation he wanted to avoid the most .

If they couldn’t obtain enough resources from the sect, then they would need to prepare . Zheng Wenlong was only able to give him a few resources, and he couldn’t rely too much on him . After all, distant water couldn’t be drunk .

Before Zheng Wenlong fully established himself in Central Plains, he needed to rely on himself for resources . He had to allow the Dragonblood warriors to grow at least as quickly as the top disciples, or if they were thrown too far into the distance, the amount of resources they would get would shrink as well . Then it would just be an unending cycle .

The Dragonblood warriors needed to focus on cultivating, and he himself couldn’t be running around all day . So he needed someone skilled in this regard to help him handle things .

Qian Duoduo’s appearance gave Long Chen a pleasant surprise . He was smart enough, and as a person, he also seemed good . He’d think it over and see if he was worth grooming .

As he continued forward, he directly summoned the divine ring, and whenever he encountered one of the wooden puppets, he would smash it apart before moving on .

A few days later, he finally escaped from the mist . What was in front of him was a huge lake . The water was completely still and clear, looking like a mirror . It was beautiful and enchanting .

The lake was unimaginably huge, so huge that the other end could not be seen . There were quite a few people in front of it, unable to find a solution .

“Boss, you’ve come!”

There were thousands of disciples in front of the lake, racking their brains for a solution . One of them was a Dragonblood warrior .

“What’s going on? Why aren’t you crossing?” asked Long Chen .

“The lake is very strange . There’s no way to swim or to fly across it,” he said .

He explained how people who tried to go over the air immediately fell, and people who tried to swim immediately sank into the depths of the lake, unable to float . Some people had tried to cross the lake, and right now, they were at the bottom of the lake, waving at them . A few disciples were now using a long rope to pull them back to the sh.o.r.e .

Originally, they had thought that if they couldn’t fly or swim, they could walk across the bottom . But after just a few meters, they found that the water began to condense around them . There was no way to continue forward, and as a result of going too far, there was no way back either .

“Were there people who crossed before?” asked Long Chen . If all the people had failed to cross, there shouldn’t be this few people here .