On the Avenue.

Chapter 717 Pure Yang Immortal
This was Fan Xiao's first time joining a beast-hunting team to capture a strange beast. With his skills, capturing a beast like Tianqi would have been a piece of cake. However, like Chen Shi, he only used his cultivation at the Celestial Immortal level and worked with these ordinary immortals to try and capture Tianqi.

He wanted to see what Chen Shi was doing.

Their hunting team consisted of fifteen people, men, women, and children of all ages. Their cultivation levels were not high; apart from Pang Yunji, who was at the True Immortal Realm, the others were all at the Celestial Immortal Realm.

Fan Xiao thought that everyone would gather together to discuss how to capture Tianqi, but unexpectedly, the most discussed topic was how to kill Lao Qian and Lao Qian's beast-hunting team.

Old Qian was the captain of another beast-hunting team and also a True Immortal. His cultivation was similar to Pang Yunji's. The two of them had stayed in Beiju Luzhou for thousands of years, capturing exotic beasts and selling them to the Heavenly Court or the Immortal Court to earn rewards.

They had a long-standing feud, having stolen each other's hunted beasts, killed each other's people, and had many close calls with each other.

"If we get rid of Lao Qian, we'll have one less competitor, and it will be much easier to capture Tian Qi."

Pang Yunji looked around and said, "It used to be difficult for us to get rid of Lao Qian, but this time we have Brother Fan. Brother Fan is at the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and his strength is stronger than all of you. With him here, we have a better chance of getting rid of Lao Qian. How about it, shall we do it?"

The crowd exclaimed, "Let's do it!" "Let's do it!" "He killed many of us. Let's send them to be reincarnated so they can be good people in their next life."

Fan Xiao looked at these people, somewhat dazed.

The group immediately sprang into action, preparing to capture Tianqi.

Although capturing Tianqi was just a pretext to lure Lao Qian's team, it would be best to capture Tianqi.

The Tianqi is extremely fast, agile, and suspicious, making it very difficult to hunt.

Most of them practice the lightness technique of the Lesser Celestial Immortal Art, and their flight speed is far inferior to that of the Heavenly Steed, and their agility is also much weaker.

Pang Yunji bought two Rotten Axe Boats. These boats were designed to resemble the Big Dipper constellation, but because they were shaped like a rotten axe and often broke down, they were called Rotten Axe Boats.

The Rotten Axe Chariot can borrow the power of the Big Dipper, and its speed can keep up with that of the Heavenly Steed.

Pang Yunji was a cautious man. He practically emptied his coffers to purchase a number of magical treasures, such as the Five Elements Profound Yin Flag, the Great Treasure Heavenly Dragon Pearl, and the Xuanwu Seven-Section Array Diagram, all of which were commonly used magical treasures.

In addition, he also purchased a gourd of pure Yang immortal blood to draw talismans and Dao patterns.

"How is it possible to buy the blood of a Pure Yang True Immortal?"

Fan Xiao was greatly puzzled and asked, "Doesn't drawing talismans and Dao patterns require dragon blood?"

How expensive is dragon blood?

Everyone laughed. A girl named Cui Zhenzhen laughed and said, "Besides, dragons are too powerful and difficult to capture. True pure Yang dragons are enshrined in temples and serve as dragon gods in various places, managing the wind and rain. Occasionally, there are less pure dragons that are willing to sell their blood, and the price is high. The blood of a pure Yang immortal is cheap and effective, full of pure Yang immortal energy, much better than dragon blood!"

Fan Xiao was stunned. He had also drawn talismans and Dao patterns, using the blood of mythical beasts like dragons and phoenixes, and even divine blood. Those divine dragons and phoenixes would give his master face and bestow their blood upon him.

"How did you obtain the blood of a Pure Yang True Immortal?"

He pressed further, "The cultivation and strength of the Pure Yang True Immortals are extraordinary. I'm afraid you don't have the power to capture and kill them, do you? Besides, this violates the Heavenly Laws..."

Everyone laughed again. Cui Zhenzhen said to Chen Shi, "Xiao Zhong, how can your senior brother be so narrow-minded and ignorant? He's like a newborn novice who has just ascended to immortality."

Fan Xiao looked completely bewildered.

His cultivation level is far higher than these people's, how can you say that about him?

Chen Shi was also somewhat embarrassed and said, "My senior brother used to be a fool who only knew how to cultivate and didn't understand these things. If it weren't for breaking through to become a True Immortal, he wouldn't have set foot in the Northern Frontier."

He explained to Fan Xiao, "The blood of a Pure Yang True Immortal is naturally drawn and sold by themselves. There are many Pure Yang True Immortals in the market who collect their own blood and sell it to beast-hunting teams or those who refine treasures."

Fan Xiao was even more stunned: "You draw it yourself, and sell it yourself?"

Cui Zhenzhen laughed and said, "Pure Yang True Immortals can make a lot of money. The market needs a lot of Pure Yang blood to refine treasures. They can draw blood once in the morning, once at noon, and once in the evening, and the supply still can't meet the demand. The captain even said that the True Immortal who sold us Pure Yang blood last time drew blood too frequently and that his blood was too diluted, so he was going to deduct his pay."

Another man looked on with envy and said, "Speaking of which, Pure Yang True Immortals are the ones to be envied. They don't have to do things like hunting beasts, they don't have to risk their lives by drawing and selling blood every day to maintain their daily cultivation, and they even have some left over. I heard that the Pure Yang True Immortal in the market is almost a Golden Immortal by selling blood, and his cultivation speed is much faster than the captain's!"

The others also showed expressions of envy, and then sighed.

Pang Yunji said, "Even a Pure Yang True Immortal cannot have too much blood drawn, or he will die. I have seen many Pure Yang True Immortals who have lost their Dao roots because of frequent blood draws. Some have even died from having too much blood drawn."

Cui Zhenzhen said, "To cultivate into a Pure Yang True Immortal, one needs not only a massive amount of immortal energy and spiritual liquid, but also a Pure Yang type of immortal technique. However, such techniques are ridiculously expensive; who can afford them? Even if we wanted to cultivate into a Pure Yang True Immortal, we couldn't obtain them by selling our blood."

She shook her head, quite saddened, but then cheered up and laughed, "Now I just hope to buy a set of creation-type immortal techniques. Then I can sell immortal eyes, hair, and bones to others for treasure refining. Anyway, with creation techniques, they can grow back."

Fan Xiao fell silent.

Chen Shi glanced at him and whispered, "I was just as shocked when I first came to Beiju Luzhou."

Fan Xiao remained silent.

Once they were ready, Chen Shi and Pang Yunji each piloted a chariot called "Rotten Axe Boat," their chariots drawing upon the power of the Big Dipper to accelerate their pursuit of Tianqi. The others split into two groups, each aboard a chariot, tasked with attacking and capturing Tianqi.

The Tianqi was tens of feet long and extremely fast. When attacked, it immediately retaliated, almost destroying the two Rotten Axe Boats.

Chen Shi steered the Rotten Axe Raft, dodging Tianqi's repeated counterattacks. Meanwhile, the other members of the hunting team on the ship took the opportunity to unleash various talismans to bombard Tianqi. These talismans were Mount Tai talismans, with one Mount Tai after another pressing down, slowing Tianqi down more and more.

The crowd then raised command flags, forming a Five Elements formation, which rotated around Tianqi in all directions to dissipate the Five Elements energy within its body.

On the other boat, the people on the Rotten Axe Raft used their own crafted Immortal Binding Ropes to bind Tianqi's four hooves tightly.

Just as they were about to succeed, dozens of flying swords suddenly shot towards them, and supernatural powers followed closely behind the magic treasures, surging towards them in an overwhelming manner.

"It's Old Qian again, let's go!" Pang Yunji shouted.

The two rotten rafts did not linger in battle and immediately carried everyone away with a roar.

The beast-hunting team that attacked this time was led by Lao Qian. Lao Qian, the leader, led several immortals to chase after Chen Shi and the others, while the others surrounded Tianqi, preparing to capture it.

Just then, the Five Elements Command Flags reversed their direction, and the Immortal Binding Ropes loosened.

Old Qian's beast-catching team were all veterans; each of them raised their Immortal-Binding Ropes, preparing to bind Tianqi.

Of the talismans that were just hit on Tianqi, some of the talismans that transformed into Mount Tai talismans had exhausted their power, and only then did the power of the other talismans erupt. These talismans were actually Prosperity Talismans that stimulated blood and qi, and they were all added to Tianqi's body!

The Heavenly Steed's blood and qi surged, breaking free of the Immortal Binding Rope. It kicked an immortal away with one hoof, shattering the immortal's head and half of his body!

Tianqi went berserk, tearing and biting at the immortals of the beast-catching team, headbutting and kicking them, killing six and injuring seven, before breaking through the encirclement and disappearing into the sky!

Those hunters who escaped with their lives were covered in cold sweat and felt like crying but had no tears.

"Got it!" Pang Yunji laughed heartily, urging the Rotten Axe Raft to turn around and rush towards Lao Qian. Members of the beast-hunting team on the star raft flew out and attacked the beast-hunting team led by Lao Qian.

"If you can avoid killing, then don't kill!" Fan Xiao shouted.

"Old Fan is right!"

Pang Yunji headed straight for Lao Qian and laughed loudly, "Catch them, force them to hand over all their money and magic treasures, sell them to the North Sea to mine, and sell the crippled ones to ships!"

Old Qian's hunting team originally outnumbered them, but Pang Yunji's scheme resulted in thirteen casualties, reversing the situation. The remaining few were surrounded by Chen Shi, Fan Xiao, and others, and were injured in a few moves, their bodies bound tightly with the Immortal Binding Rope.

The seven injured men were also arrested.

Fan Xiao breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that they hadn't killed anyone, and said, "We are all immortals, of the same breath..."

Just then, a scream rang out. Fan Xiao looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Lao Qian had his leg cut off and was falling from the sky.

Pang Yunji was extremely excited and pounced forward, each move aimed to kill.

Old Qian still refused to surrender and fought him to the death, but as the tide turned, Old Qian was soon seriously injured.

"Brother Pang, do you remember when we entered Beihai together?"

Old Qian lay on the ground, powerless to resist. He raised his hand and said, "You and I went into the mine together to mine. Of the hundreds of immortals that time, we were the only ones who survived! Considering we risked our lives together..."

"laugh!"

Pang Yunji chopped off his raised arm with a sword and shook his head, saying, "Old Qian, you've ambushed me too many times. I won't let you off this time."

Old Qian lay on the ground, struggling, and cried out, "Brother Pang, I'll give you all my treasures. If you sell me to the boatman, whether I live or die depends on my own fate."

Pang Yunji shook his head.

Old Qian's face showed despair, and he hissed, "My cultivation has been difficult all my life, but out of consideration for..."

Pang Yunji severed his primordial spirit with his sword, killing him, and then squatted on the ground, searching his body for treasures.

The others were also searching the members of Old Money's hunting team, stripping them naked and throwing them on the ground.

Everyone chatted and laughed, quite satisfied.

Fan Xiao stared blankly at the corpses lying haphazardly nearby, as well as the immortals who were about to be sold to the mines and the sea, remaining motionless for a long time.

Chen Shi came to his side and asked, "What's on your mind, Senior Brother?"

Fan Xiao said, "Once I went to a banquet at the Barefoot Immortal's place. There was a dish on the table called braised trotters, which tasted quite good. I only tasted two bites before eating the other delicacies. Braised trotters were just an ordinary dish at that banquet."

He was somewhat saddened and said dejectedly, "I didn't know that this dish would cause so many immortals to die."

Dozens of low-level immortals fought a bloody battle on the wasteland of Beiju Luzhou, with more than a dozen dead and wounded, and even a true immortal was lost, but they still couldn't get a single ordinary dish at the Barefoot Immortal's banquet.

Chen Shi asked, "Is the Barefoot Immortal an immortal or a god?"

“He is an immortal,” Fan Xiaomu said.

Chen Shi did not ask any further questions.

After packing up, they took the prisoners to the nearby market to sell them. At the market, Fan Xiao saw Pure Yang True Immortals selling their blood and Creation Immortals selling their bodies. The absurdity of Beiju Luzhou was presented to him, so bizarre and grotesque.

Pang Yunji gave each of them a sum of money, and the group chatted and laughed, having grown accustomed to this kind of life.

"Chen Shi, how much longer are you going to stay in a place like this?" Fan Xiao asked, clearly uncomfortable.

Chen Shi said, "That's about enough. Help them capture this Tianqi, and I will redeem you and me and let you leave."

Three days later, they captured the Tianqi, but an accident occurred when they captured it, and two of their companions died.

Pang Yunji sold Tianqi and gave them a sum of money. Chen Shi took out his savings and used it to redeem him and Fan Xiao from their servitude.

Pang Yunji was very reluctant to part with him and said to Chen Shi, "Brother Zhong, if you can stay and help me, you will definitely have a place in Beiju Luzhou in the future! You are lucky. You have been with me for three and a half months and you are not crippled. You will definitely achieve great things in the future!"

Chen Shi politely declined his offer to stay and left with Fan Xiao.

"Where do we go next?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Go to sea."

Chen Shi judged the direction and said, "I promised Immortal Wencheng that I would go fishing at sea."

Fan Xiao couldn't help but ask, "King Chen, what exactly are you doing?"

Chen Shi flew towards the coast and said, "I'm calculating when a mining slave or a member of a hunting team can accumulate enough Heavenly Yuan Coins to buy enough spiritual energy, cultivation techniques, and magic treasures to break through to the Celestial Immortal Realm and become a True Immortal. How many times would they have to die to achieve this?"

Fan Xiao was greatly shocked. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Have you figured it out?"

Chen Shi nodded, looking very serious.

“Mining will take 1,200 years, and hunting will take 1,800 years. During this time, if you mine, you may die 240 times. If you hunt, you may also die 240 times.”

Fan Xiao was slightly taken aback: "Why did they die about the same number of times?"

Chen Shi's expression was solemn: "Because for the lower-level immortals, they will strive to find a balance between danger and opportunity. Mining is highly dangerous, so more people will hunt beasts. With more beast hunters, they will fight and kill each other, and the number of deaths will gradually become as many as those from mining. That's roughly how it is."

Fan Xiao was once again deeply shocked and said in a hoarse voice, "I didn't expect there was so much to learn here."

Chen Shi asked, "Senior Brother, do you think the Celestial Court or the Heavenly Court is better?"

Fan Xiao did not answer.

Chen Shi said, "Actually, we shouldn't look at whether it's the Celestial Court or the Heavenly Court, but rather at who is exploiting these lower-level immortals. The Celestial Court or the Heavenly Court is just a shell; the real problem lies inside that shell."

Fan Xiao said coldly, "You rebelled against the Heavenly Court, and you rebelled against the Celestial Court!"

Chen Shi didn't answer, but laughed and said, "Let's go, let's make some bait."

(End of this chapter)