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Chapter 2377 Cutting (First update to celebrate the adorable "apoe")
Lata Great Venerable disagreed with Jin Ge Zhenxian's comments, emphasizing, "This is an innate spiritual treasure."

The tapirs were not ignorant; "The difference between innate and acquired... is enormous!"

"If it weren't for the fact that it's a flawed spiritual treasure, we would have refined and used it ourselves!"

Even a broken spiritual treasure, with the residual Daoist essence on it, can be of great help to cultivation.

The tapir tribe really doesn't have many good items left. If they still want to continue negotiating cooperation, then they have no choice but to grit their teeth and bring out this item.

However, the cultivators had a very good idea, and True Venerable Hanli shook his head decisively.

"You don't need to try. A broken spiritual treasure isn't worth much, and we have no intention of trading it."

After saying this, he gave Wenxian Zhenzun a wink, and Wenxian immediately tore open the space and left.

Grand Master Lata was startled by what he saw. "Where...did that person go?"

The reason it took out the Primordial Purple Qi first and then this item was not only because the Mo Clan was not good at using the former for cultivation, but also because spiritual treasures are too sensitive.

Once it was basically confirmed, although the cultivators were reluctant to speak, they couldn't just rush to snatch it, so they took out this flag.

But now, it's a little worried. You certainly won't steal it... right?
"He has his own business," Venerable Minning said calmly, "but this belongs to us cultivators, how dare you take it out?"

“That’s not how it works,” Grand Master Rata explained earnestly. “Treasures have spirits and will choose their own masters.”

"This treasure is currently in the possession of my Tapir clan. It is considered a resource of our clan unless you can prove your relationship with the treasure!"

This requirement is a bit excessive; it actually demands that cultivators prove their own abilities.

"What proof is needed?" Venerable Minning rolled his eyes. "Do you think such a treasure can be crafted so easily?"

"In the end, this was made by me, a cultivator. Otherwise, how could you possibly use it?"

This is what Lord Lata is afraid of, otherwise why would he only bring it out now?
However, it still argued its case, "I already said that this is an innate spiritual treasure, with its own intelligence. How could a cultivator steal the credit of heaven?"

This statement isn't entirely wrong, but Venerable Minning snorted coldly, "Then why can't your Mo race control them?"

"So stop with the nice talk. If the tapirs can be controlled, they can use them themselves. If they can't, don't expect us to buy them at a high price!"

His attitude was very clear, but Grand Master Lata couldn't stand it. "This thing can assist my clan in cultivation. Who says we can't use it?"

Regardless of whether it can be controlled, this magical treasure is actually quite useful among the tapir clan.

"Hehe," Jin Ge Zhenxian chuckled dryly, "You better pray that the original owner's descendants don't come knocking on your door!"

No one knows who left this to the Tapir Clan, but spiritual treasures are limited in number, even fewer than the number of Nascent Soul Immortals.

As long as they go back and spread the word, the news will quickly reach beyond Houde Realm!
"There is no original owner!" Grand Venerable Lata composed himself and spoke solemnly, "This is the reward my clan received for helping cultivators!"

"Say whatever you want," Jin Ge Zhenxian replied nonchalantly, "I'm not the original owner's descendant!"

Given the way cultivators behave, would they give away a broken spiritual treasure as a reward?

However, these explanations were meaningless, and he had no intention of wasting his breath.

"How about..." Grand Master Lata hesitated for a moment before saying, "Four Avatars, that's the most we can have!"

“You really should save your breath,” said Minning Zhenzun. “We’ve already said we’re leaving.”

This magical artifact wasn't badly damaged, and its Daoist aura was profound, making it quite attractive to everyone.

But now, the five members have reached a consensus and will return according to the designed plan.

It's just like that saying: opportunities come one after another, but when will they end?

If these people can be easily swayed by others and cannot even control their greed, how could they possibly become immortals?
"Let's go back and discuss it," Lata insisted. "Don't you still have some cultivators undergoing trials on your side?"

“Oh,” Venerable Minning nodded, implying calmly, “If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. Would you have troubled to send it over?”

“Let’s go back and have a chat,” Lata smiled slightly. “Don’t worry, we’ve protected your cultivators very well.”

Minning Zhenzun gave a forced smile and snorted, "Is it protection or surveillance... or have we been taken hostage?"

"That's impossible!" Grand Master Lata shook his head decisively.

It solemnly stated, "Many of the younger generation in the tapir clan want to go out into the world with you and broaden their horizons."

“Then let’s not do that,” Venerable Minning said solemnly. “Fortunately, our companions have already gone to pick them up!”

"Just now..." Grand Master Lata exclaimed in astonishment, "Was it that person just now?"

"So just put away your little tricks," even Minning Zhenzun's smooth talk was becoming unbearable.

While the other party's words did not explicitly express any threat, they were all quite old; who could not understand what they were saying?

“We didn’t take anyone with us so we could better fulfill our promises, and now… it’s all over.”

Golden Spear Immortal spoke with a half-smile, "If they could stop our people, that would be good..."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible," Grand Master Rata said decisively, but in his heart he was silently praying: Please don't!
The tapirs truly intended to take the hostages.

They dared not provoke the five giants, but the cultivators below the five giants were clearly inferior in combat strength.

However, they dared not make the detention too obvious, otherwise, in addition to the Tree Clan and the Insect Clan, they would also have to deal with cultivators as enemies!
Then we can only try to find a way... Those who know, know. Forcing it is definitely not going to work, but the tapir tribe is not lacking in persistent methods.

Strictly speaking, that's just annoying, but without a doubt, if Wenxian doesn't go back, they might really get entangled for quite a while.

There shouldn't be any problems now. If the Tapir Clan had the guts to nag the five-person group, they wouldn't have fallen to this point!
A day later, Wenxian returned, and he actually brought everyone with him, and everyone went back to their respective camps.

Qu Jianlei was a little curious and asked his men in a low voice, "Did the tapir tribe stop you?"

"They did have that intention," replied Dorgon. "The Immortal Venerable almost fought with them!"

Wenxian made his move with great difficulty, but the two Star Tapir Grandmasters on the other side had some reservations.

The key is that these "trial participants" like Dorgon had received instructions from their boss beforehand and knew what was going to happen next.

Therefore, all the cultivators stood behind True Venerable Wenxian without hesitation—if it's time to make a move, let's all attack together.

In contrast, the tapir tribe was a disorganized bunch, and they were completely dumbfounded when they saw this scene: Aren't they partners?

The Mo Clan had witnessed the formidable strength of cultivators; several trial teams combined could easily withstand one or two Grand Venerables.

Under these circumstances, anyone who still tries to force Wenxian Zhenzun to stay is definitely asking for trouble.

However, these were the words of Duogan. In Mu Guang's view, it was just that "the atmosphere was a bit tense, but ultimately it was not unfriendly."

Those who work as tomb raiders are not so oblivious to subtle differences in manners. Mu Guang meant that the scene wasn't too bad at the time.

This is actually a consensus among those who operate in the gray area: regardless of what the other party is thinking, the key is whether they take action.

You see people with petty thoughts everywhere. As long as you can control them in time, there's no need to take them too seriously.

Bentley, unusually, remarked, "This group is truly disgusting!"

“I’ve seen even more disgusting things,” Qu Jianlei replied noncommittally, “Duo Gan’s injuries… let’s go into the cave first!”

The trial team from Red Leaf Ridge seemed somewhat out of place compared to the teams of the three Immortal Venerables.

Whether in terms of origin, number of people, or background, Hongyeling is at a complete disadvantage.

However, they were not at a disadvantage in their battles against the alien races.

The three True Venerable Trial Teams from Houde Realm are known as elite forces, but they also have a good opinion of the people from Red Leaf Ridge.

Whether in terms of tactical coordination or fearless courage, they are in no way inferior to the three teams.

Although their fighting style is a bit unorthodox, it has to be admitted that they are really daring and capable of fighting.

This resulted in... Dorgon getting a minor injury, not very serious, but the bad thing was that there was nowhere for him to rest and recuperate.

The portable cave dwelling had already been taken away by Qu Jianlei, and the trial cave dwelling was even further away in the Houde Realm.

Besides Dorgon, Bentley and Mu Guang are not in good condition either, but Jing Yuexin is still relatively healthy.

After taking all his family members into his cave, Qu Jianlei felt much more at ease and didn't even bother to pay attention to their communication with the Star Eater.

They're a race like maggots anyway, what's the point of paying so much attention to them?

In fact, once the cultivators had taken back all the trial teams, the tapir race really had no bargaining power left.

Min Ning was in full charge of the negotiations. He insisted that the agreement should end there, and that his side had even killed a few more Out-of-Body creatures.

This is verifiable, not just something he made up, so he thought that the damaged magical artifact could be considered as an add-on.

However, Lata believes that even without the tapir race, cultivators would still need to kill insectoids and tree races to obtain opportunities.

—Since you want to kill them either way, why force the blame onto the tapir clan?

When the Great Lord Rata said this, Minning took the opportunity to say that if you felt wronged, you should just go your own way from now on.

Since the original plan was to make cuts, isn't this perfect?

Lata then realized that his words had only made things worse, so he could only hint to Rajan: You tell us what to say.

Rajan was greatly influenced by the cultivators and felt that his fellow clansmen were indeed lacking in some aspects.

So it simply asked, "When you leave this time, are you going to sweep through the area before leaving, or go straight back to the cultivation world?"

When you go back, could you take me with you? I'd like to go and see what it's like.

When the Great Lord Lata heard this, he was about to speak up to stop it, but then he stopped himself.

If Rajan could bring in other reinforcements from the cultivation world, wouldn't the crisis of the tapir clan be resolved?
(First update, congratulations to the adorable "apoe".)