Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 77 Rescue at sea
That night, the three of them left Bianxi City and arrived at the market town of Bianxia Town. Feng Yan then parted ways with the two of them.

Song Xian returned to Hunyuan Pavilion and told Zhang Ningyuan about his gains from the trip. He also asked about the recent situation of the shop. In the past half month, the shop had not sold a single Yuxiang Pill.

Although I knew that Yuxiang Dan was difficult to sell, especially in this remote area where there were no wealthy ladies, I was still surprised that I hadn't been able to sell a single one in such a long time.

From this, it seems that we were really lucky to be able to sell 130 pieces at once. Otherwise, it would be a bit too embarrassing if we had not sold a single one until now.

After returning from Luoyun Sect this time, Song Xian also deeply realized this problem. According to Feng Yan, at the banquet, several female cultivators asked if they had any shops selling goods in the market of Bianxi City.

Obviously, it was impossible for them to travel thousands of miles from Bianxi City to Bianxia Town just to buy a Yuxiang Pill, and the main customers of Yuxiang Pill, those rich ladies, were all in Bianxi City.

Of course, he also wanted to move his shop to Qinghe Market in Bianxi City, but now was not the right time. Firstly, the sales channel for Yuxiang Dan had not been established, and secondly, the prices in Qinghe Market were expensive. The cheapest shop cost 3,000 spirit stones a year.

Given the sect's current financial situation, it is quite difficult to come up with 3,000 spirit stones to invest in a shop.

The two talked for a while, and Song Xian also informed Zhang Ningyuan of the progress of the birthday party, and then went to the room to rest.

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The sky was clear and the sun was shining. A large ship was sailing freely on the endless sea. It was a ship specially used to salvage Panlongxiang. The people who hired this ship were none other than Carissa and Zhong Wenyuan.

Since the two came to Muhe Grassland, they began to purchase large quantities of ancient Panlong incense from all over the place. Since Panlong incense is used as a medicinal material, the price is calculated by weight, and the softness, hardness and age are not important.

Therefore, the Panlong incense salvaged by the local fishermen are of varying quality, and most of them do not last long. This is because most fishermen fish near the coast and salvage Panlong incense by the way, so the Panlong incense near the coast does not float for many years before being salvaged by fishermen.

Few fishermen go to the deep sea, so the Panlong incense floating there is much older.

In order to collect more ancient Panlong incense and to further understand the characteristics of Panlong incense, Zhong Wenyuan and Carissa hired ten large ships and set off to the deep sea.

"There, in the southwest, there's a big piece." Zhong Wenyuan stood at the bow, directing the fishing on his ship. As a cultivator, his vision was sharper than that of ordinary people, and he could see farther and more clearly.

Since Pingyuan County is located inland, Zhong Wenyuan had never seen such a vast ocean in his life. This time, he took the opportunity to hire a boat to go fishing and fulfilled his wish.

Looking at the boundless ocean, he felt a special sense of novelty in his heart. These days, instead of feeling bored, he was very excited and directed the fishing work at the bow of the boat.

The captain followed his instructions and steered the boat in that direction. As the two sides got closer, Zhong Wenyuan slowly frowned, "No, it's not Panlongxiang, it looks like a person."

"Ah? People? How could there be people in the sea?" The mate in charge of fishing was shocked. He only saw a black object floating and could not see it clearly.

"It's a person, quickly fish him out." Zhong Wenyuan said affirmatively. In addition to collecting Panlong incense these days, he and Karisa also learned some daily expressions of Muhe Grassland. Although the pronunciation is not very standard, they can communicate briefly.

As the boat got closer, several experienced sailors quickly cast down their nets and pulled the sinking person out of the water.

When everyone gathered around to take a look, they saw that the man was completely unconscious, his face was pale, and there were several horrific wounds on his body. He was wearing an ordinary black linen shirt and had the typical deep eyes and high nose features of the Muhe grassland people. He was in his twenties, with handsome features, and was actually a monk.

"Senior Brother Song, what's going on?" Carissa and the captain walked out of the cabin and were very surprised to see the man who was fished out.

Zhong Wenyuan frowned and said, "I don't know either. I originally thought it was a giant piece of Panlong Incense, but when I got closer I realized it was a person. Judging from the situation, he must have been in a fierce battle with someone. I just don't know why he appeared in this sea where there is no sky above and no ground below."

Carissa stepped forward to investigate. "This man is still alive. Although his injuries are serious, they are fortunately not fatal. He met us by fate. Quickly bring him to the cabin and slowly heal his wounds."

Several crew members answered yes and carried the man into the cabin.

Zhong Wenyuan also followed him into the room. Seeing that Kalisa took out a pill and was about to feed it into the man's mouth, Zhong Wenyuan quickly stopped her.

"Junior Sister Carissa, what kind of medicine is this?"

"Blood-clotting pills! They will help him recover from his injuries. Since we rescued him from the sea, we must take responsibility for his treatment."

"Don't be anxious, he won't die for a while." Zhong Wenyuan said to several crew members, "You go out first." Then several people retreated.

Zhong Wenyuan fumbled around the man for a while and found a purple-blue bag from his sleeve.

"This is a high-level storage bag." Seeing this thing, Carissa was shocked. The high-level storage bag has a space of three square meters and is worth tens of thousands of spirit stones. A Qi-refining cultivator actually owns this thing. Obviously, this person's identity is extraordinary.

Zhong Wenyuan frowned even more tightly, and when he took out the things from the storage bag, both of them were stunned.

In that high-level storage bag, there were more than a dozen fourth-level spirit stones, dozens of third-level spirit stones, two top-grade magic weapons, four high-grade magic weapons, two high-grade flying magic weapons, a bunch of high-level pills, and high-level talismans.

Seeing this, the two looked at each other.

"Senior Brother Zhong, this...this." Carissa was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

Zhong Wenyuan's eyes flickered as he looked at the unconscious man lying on the bed, his expression gradually becoming somewhat unfriendly.

Killing this man now would be as easy as crushing an ant. Moreover, this man was already floating in the sea and dying. If he had not appeared, this man would have died in the sea.

If he killed the person and threw him into the sea, he would not feel any guilt even if he had never seen this person. More importantly, such a large amount of wealth was enough for him to use, and it could even help the sect gain a foothold in Bianxia Town.

Thinking of this, Zhong Wenyuan made up his mind.

"Senior Brother Zhong, don't." Seeing his expression gradually becoming vicious, Carissa quickly spoke out to stop him.

At this time, Zhong Wenyuan's powerful hands had already gripped the man's neck. With just a little force, he could immediately break his bones.

Zhong Wenyuan said in a deep voice, "Junior Sister Carissa, this person must not be allowed to stay. His identity is mysterious, and he has a huge fortune. Either this money was obtained through theft or he comes from a very noble family."

"No matter what the situation is, it's not a good thing for us. If we save him, we will only cause trouble for ourselves, and it may even affect the entire sect and bring about a catastrophic disaster."

"Think about it. If it's the first case, and he obtained his ill-gotten gains through theft or robbery, no one would let him off easily. They would hunt him down to the bitter end."

"If it's the second case, his family background is very noble. But he ended up like this, so it's obvious that the other party's family background is not inferior to his. If we save him, we will be offending him."

"So, no matter which situation it is, it's very disadvantageous to us. Killing him is the best option. This will not only avoid trouble, but also gain a large sum of money. With the contents of this storage bag, it will be enough to help our sect overcome the difficulties."

Seeing that he was determined, Carissa quickly grabbed his hand and said, "Brother Zhong, we can't do this. He happened to meet us in such a vast ocean. This means it was a divine instruction, a divine command for us to rescue him."

"When I was little, my mother often told me that the gods were always watching over us, so no matter what we did, we must not go against our conscience, otherwise heaven and earth would not tolerate it."

"Back then, my eyes were splashed with venom and I was already blind. It was at the last moment that I met the Sect Master. If it were someone else, they would definitely not give out a thousand spirit stones to help someone they had never met just because of a few words."

"This is my good fortune. It was the gods' mercy that allowed us to meet the Sect Master. So after my eyesight was restored, I told myself that I would do everything in my life to repay the Sect Master's kindness. That's why I joined the sect."

"Now, the gods let us meet him, and they instructed us to save him. Now that we have rescued him, why are you trying to harm him?"

Zhong Wenyuan said, "I'm not after his property. If he were an ordinary person, I would have saved him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have ordered him to be fished out. But he's obviously not. If we keep him alive, there might be some serious trouble. If it involves you and me, it's fine. But if it involves our fellow disciples and the Sect Master, we'll be guilty of a great sin."

Carissa said anxiously, "If Senior Brother Zhong is worried about bringing trouble to the sect, then let's do this! We've already collected so much Panlong Incense, so you can take it back to the sect first. I'll stay here and continue collecting Panlong Incense while taking care of this person. No one knows we're disciples of the Hunyuan Sect, so as long as I keep quiet, even if something happens, it won't bring trouble to the sect."

"Besides, everyone on this boat has already seen this person. If Senior Brother Zhong kills him, the people on this boat will definitely spread the news when they return to the dock. If this person is a direct descendant of a prominent family, someone will definitely come looking for him. If they know that Senior Brother Zhong killed him, they will definitely take revenge. Wouldn't that also affect the sect?"

Zhong Wenyuan's eyes were gloomy as he slowly said, "If you want to keep the news secret, that's easy."

(End of this chapter)