Chapter 347: New SIMPS – Part 2 (2/2)
[Sun Wu wants you to share 90% of the essence cores with Sun Wentai. The rest of them is the handling fee.]
”…”
This dao god seemed to have found an exploit in the live-streaming donation system.
Because dao gods could only send items to their vessels in mortal worlds by going through the custom and the inspection of various world guardians before their vessels could have it, the process usually took too long.
Using the donation system to smuggle common items, such as essence cores, was a viable option as the Sun Crow and other gods had done many times before. Now, Sun Wu found the loophole and attempted to use Miaomiao as a smuggling accomplice.
Miaomiao snickered as he had no problem with it. He could even claim the credit that the cash was from him, so Sun Wentai would owe him a favor.
'Alright. Let's see if that brute will bite my bait.'
Miaomiao stayed behind and continued chatting with Sun Jing's wife, waiting for the feedback from Sun Jing's work.
…
While Miaomiao and the outer disciples had been waiting in the banquet hall, Zhou Tai, who had returned to the rooftop of the building, stopped eavesdropping on the conversation.
As he turned around and was about the fly away, Gan Ning placed a sword on the former's neck.
”Heya, fellow Daoist. Mind if you come with me?”
Zhou Tai, who was still wearing a ninja face mask and a black hood, glanced at Gan Ning, ”Do I need to?”
”Yes, you do.”
”What if I say I refuse?”
”Then, you die here.”
Zhou Tai chuckled as he found Gan Ning stupid. The latter was merely a no-name essence gathering realm cultivator, but he dared to threaten a 5th-stage elite like him.
Moreover, Zhou Tai was a senior inner disciple! A junior inner disciple shouldn't talk to their senior with that tone.
This insolent newcomer needed to be taught a lesson.
”I don't think you're that capable.”
As soon as Zhou Tai finished his words, a shadow clone of Zhou Tai appeared behind Gan Ning.
”WHAT-THE!?”
BOOM
A palm strike from the clone slammed the back of Gan Ning, sending the latter flying toward the real body.
Zhou Tai grabbed Gan Ning's wrist and with his hand and sent an elbow to the latter's abdomen. The clone dispersed into smoke a second later.
Being hit from the front and back in full force, Gan Ning's world spun, but he didn't feel any pain. He knelt down to rest as the dizziness rocked him.
Looking at his junior, Zhou Tai smirked. He kicked the rooftop and flew away, rushing back to Zhou Gongjin to report his finding.
Zhou Tai had obtained several pieces of good news. After all, Cao Mao came here to form an alliance with the Sun Clan, which was what Zhou Gongjin had been aiming to achieve.
A split second after Zhou Tai had departed, Gan Ning was recovered from the dizziness. His eyes were bloodshot as he glared at the black-clothed man.
”MOTHERFUCKER! I'LL KILL YOU!!”
Gan Ning leaped off the rooftop and pursued Zhou Tai. Unfortunately, as he couldn't fly, he lost sight of the ninja.
”JUST YOU WAIT!! I'LL LEARN HOW TO FLY, AND I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!!”
…
The Sun Clan's manor occupied one-fourth of Jianye City as the entire eastern district belonged to Sun Wentai's family. Several four-story apartments, lining in order, had been built to house the clan's servants.
Zhou Gongjin stood at the balcony of his apartment, gazing at the sect's flying mountain island in the dark sky.
The elders brought him back to his apartment and forced him to stay here. They also reprimanded him for being too greedy. Tomorrow, they would decide how they would punish him for violating the clan's regulations.
Zhou Gongjin sighed. He kept thinking and simulating a hundred scenarios in his mind, trying to figure out how he could convince Sun Wentai and everyone to be wary of Mount Hua Sect and the Yuan Clan.
No matter how many plans he came up with to fight the invincible earth dragonewt Ling Tianlong, everything seemed impossible. After all, in the other timeline, this guy was immune to all physical attacks and elemental attacks. Even nascent soul cultivator's domains couldn't leave a scratch on Ling Tianlong's dragon scale skin.
But there was a scenario that Zhou Gongjin was interested in. He had been wondering if he should let Ling Cao obtain the legacy of the dead beast near the Black Sheep River.
In another scenario, he wondered if he should take it for himself instead. Then, everything would be manageable as he might be able to negotiate with Ling Cao.
Also, Zhou Gongjin thought about talking with Mao Xueyan, the Queen of all beast tribes. However, he had never seen her, and he had no idea how to meet this beast queen.
Then, there was Ding Bu, who killed his father and Dong Zhongying in the other timeline. This man also fought against the Yuan Clan's elite mercenaries, such as Guan Yunchang, Zhang Yide, and Liu Xuande. However, he went into hiding after the fight.
By the time that Zhou Gongjin left that world, Ding Bu was nowhere to be found. He hesitated whether he should add this person into his calculation or not.
”Haiz.”
The stressful thought gave him a headache. Sometimes, he wanted to give up on Sun Bofu and monopolize all goodies for himself. Afterward, he could live free or enjoy fame, wealth, and women.
Still, the Yuan Clan's great plan woke him up from the delusion. Even if he could kill Ling Tianlong, the Yuan clan with their treacherous scheme of turning Heavenly Goose Planet into essence core farms and soul stone mines was unforgivable.
They needed to be purged!
Still, Zhou Gongjin was at a loss because of that hypocrite earth dragonewt's existence.
”Should I befriend Ling Tianlong and manipulate the bastard to kill the Yuan Family? Oh wait, can I set up the Yuan Clan's children to make them kill Ling Cao, so I can make them fight each other? But Ling Cao is a nascent soul realm expert and he is said to be on par with Ma Ping during his prime time. I doubt their silver pant young masters can do it… Unless I can manipulate the Yuan Clan's mercenaries into killing Ling Cao…”
Zhou Gongjin caught onto something. He closed his eyes and simulated more scenarios in his mind, using the misconception and mislead ploy as a base.
BEEP
His phone in his hand vibrated. Someone had sent a text message.
Zhou Gongjin snapped back to his senses. He stopped thinking and looked at his phone, reading the message.
It was from Zhou Tai.
[Good news. Cao Mao comes here to form an alliance with our sect.]
The message was short, but this piece of news was huge.
Zhou Gongjin's mouth curved up into a smile as he was pleased with the discovery. He texted back.
”How's the talk?”
Zhou Tai didn't read or reply to his text message.
Five minutes later, the ninja in questioned landed on the balcony. Zhou Tai cupped his fist, saluting to his lord even though he was his younger cousin.
”I'm back, master.”
Zhou Gongjin nodded, ”Good work. How's Cao Mao doing?”
”He can be very useful. As I texted you, he came here for a peace talk with the sect master.”
Zhou Tai told Gongjin everything he heard from the banquet. The Red Sun City incident, the Siren City's precious elixir, Sun Yun's whereabouts, Sun Jing's reaction, Cao Mao's stance in the banquet, everything had been recorded in his phone. Although he experienced a hiccup due to his greed, Zhou Tai managed to record the banquet talk with his phone.
Hearing the recorded conversation between Cao Mao and Sun Jing, Zhou Gongjin laughed.
”Alright! We have some rooms to work with! Now, can you bring me back to the sect? I need to talk with this Cao Mao personally!”
”Won't it violate the rules? You already got reprimanded. If they find you again, they might put you in the sect's dungeon.”
”Don't let them find out, then! Come on, let's hurry before daybreak.”
”…”
Zhou Tai disagreed with Zhou Gongjin's reckless move, but he followed the order anyway. After all, this ”Cao Mao” might be someone important to his boss.