Recruit demons to become heroes, hunt demons to become gods

Chapter 170: Using oneself as bait, then laying out plans
The greedy rat's keen perception underground helped the five people again, and Xiang Nian was discovered by him as soon as he came to chase them.

"Oh no! A fifth-grade, top-grade earth-escaping talisman is chasing us. We're far behind in terms of speed underground. Let's get back to the surface!"

The money-grubbing rat said to Dou Eqing anxiously.

They were traveling underground with Hua Bubai, who had transformed into a man-eating flower demon, leading them because, except for the Money-Greedy Rat, no one else could use the technique of escaping underground.

The five people had no choice but to go to the ground and change direction to escape. After waiting for Xiang Yu to catch up to the ground for a while, the five people hid underground again.

Only in this way can the speed of the earth-escaping talisman in Xiang Nianlai's hand be curbed and its power consumed faster.

Originally, a fifth-grade top-grade earth-escaping talisman could travel a hundred miles underground, but now it can only travel less than fifty miles.

In this chase scene, the five people took many turns and finally returned to the market of casual cultivators.

Here, I am not afraid even if I meet Xiang Lu.

The current market for independent cultivators is under the banners of eight forces. Even someone as powerful as Xiang Luanlai dares not challenge the rules here.

Violence is not allowed in most places in the Free Cultivator Market, and when you go to the Cave Mansion, you will be protected by the Free Cultivator Market’s Guardian Team.

If Xiang Nianlai did not care about the Eastern Expedition Army and dared to break the rules of the loose cultivator market, Dou Eqing could also ask Wu Juanliu to gather some godsend cultivators to help in the battle.

Wu Juanliu's own strength is not weak, and with the addition of Dou Eqing's current five people, they can almost be invincible against Xiang Tunlai.

The five of them first went to a restaurant and asked for a luxurious private room, had a big meal and then divided the spoils.

The rewards from killing the Long Knife Butcher had already been divided up, and the treasures to be distributed now came from the subsequent melee.

Most of these treasures fell into Dou Eqing's hands.

Dou Eqing needs the cooperation of others to "pick up and kill" monks, and other people also have the assistance of their companions when they kill their opponents.

Therefore, all the spoils of the melee belong to everyone.

The spoils in the hands of others had been divided up before Xiang Cong arrived, and what was being divided up now were the treasures obtained by Dou Eqing in the melee.

Dou Eqing took out eighteen storage rings, and then several people picked up the storage rings and began to break the restrictions on the storage rings.

The original owner of the storage ring died, and although there were still restrictions on it, they were all powerful people in the Spirit Transformation Realm. They had done this many times before, and they quickly broke all the restrictions on the storage ring.

"Oh! I'm rich!"

The money-grubbing rat first poured out all the items in the three storage rings in his hands. The mountains of high-quality spirit stones pushed everyone away from the dinner table.

There are two spirit stones in the three storage rings, which make up the majority, and the other items are relatively few.

It is customary for casual cultivators to carry physical spirit stones. Logically speaking, cultivators at the Spirit Transformation Realm would generally exchange the spirit stones for spirit stone cards.

Lingshi cards are issued by large chambers of commerce or the Lingkuang Merchant Alliance. They can be used as currency in the form of Lingshi, and are very convenient to carry and use.

There are more spirit stones, but fewer other precious treasures.

The five people divided the contents equally, and soon all the contents of the three storage rings were divided up.

After the treasures in the eighteen storage rings were divided up, everyone's face was filled with smiles.

The money-grubbing rat was right when he said “get rich” at the beginning. Everyone made a fortune.

It can be said that ordinary cultivators who have just broken through to the Void Refinement Realm may not be as rich as them.

Moreover, the treasures they obtained were varied and brought them a certain improvement.

For example, they can use some weapons or elixirs, and talismans can immediately improve combat effectiveness.

In the end, only five treasures of indeterminate value remained on the table.

"We've never had such a big harvest before, and it's all thanks to Fellow Daoist Dou!"

Fan Hun began to flatter Dou Eqing.

"Should you thank me, then?"

Dou Eqing interjected jokingly.

"Of course."

"So you have one left for me?"

Dou Eqing said with a smile.

Fan Hun hesitated for a moment before making up his mind and saying:

"How about I count the spirit stones for the Jade Face Pill?"

"make a deal!"

Dou Eqing agreed readily.

"I'll also exchange mine with yours for the Jade Face Pill."

Guan Yuqing spoke.

"Ah."

He then looked at the Money-Grubbing Rat and the other one.

"The Jade Face Pill is worth at least 10 billion high-grade spirit stones. If you offer 500 million high-grade spirit stones, I'll sell you mine too."

The Money-Grubbing Rat said with a sly smile.

Dou Eqing did not respond and continued to look at the Black Iron Ox.

"You can pick whatever you want, and just give the remaining one to me, Old Cow."

Black Iron Ox said naively.

"Fellow Daoist, I'll let you pick one first."

Dou Eqing said to the greedy rat.

"Fellow Daoist Dou, I'll sell you for 100 million."

The greedy rat said with pain.

He really wanted to say that he wanted the Jade Face Pill as well, but he had made the decision before and it was not easy to go back on his word now.

"Row."

As Dou Eqing spoke, he took out 100 million high-grade spirit stones and gave them to the Greedy Rat, then collected the four unknown treasures on the table.

The four treasures were a magical medicine in a jade box, a fist-sized piece of unknown mineral, a fragment of a treasure, and a black banner.

What was left for Black Iron Bull was an axe handle.

Although Dou Eqing did not recognize the magical medicine, he could judge from the jade box that it was of great value.

The jade box containing the spiritual medicine is of the highest quality fourth grade. The spiritual medicine in it will not lose its activity and can also be used for transplanting.

From this, he judged that the value of the spiritual medicine was no less than the fifth level.

The elixir in the jade box was emerald green in color, like a jade vine spiritual plant.

The value of the unknown ore was unknown, but it was a task assigned by the Infinite Merit Pearl, and Dou Eqing was determined to obtain it. Otherwise, his merits would be deducted.

The fragments of the treasure resonated with the White Tiger Demon-Slaying Sword. Perhaps there was some reason why Dou Eqing chose it.

The banner reminded Dou Eqing of Kong Shangke. He planned to give it to Kong Shangke when he met him in the future, but he didn't know its exact value.

Anyway, the axe handle is suitable for the Black Iron Ox, so there is no hesitation in choosing the Black Banner.

Dou Eqing then took Fan Hun and Guan Yuqing to find an alchemist in the market to make the Jade Face Pill, and asked him to identify the magical medicine in the jade box.

The Money-Greedy Rat and the Black Iron Ox parted ways with them.

As soon as the five people came out of the restaurant, they found that Xiang Lu Lai had also returned to the market for casual cultivators.

Dou Eqing originally planned to make arrangements for Fan Hun and the other two and then go back to continue hunting down the divine cultivators or magical beasts.

Now thinking about Xiang Nong is a huge trouble for me.

The last time they fought, Xiang Nonglai must have collected Dou Eqing's aura with a tracking magic weapon.

No matter what appearance he changes into, Xiang Nonglai can find him with his tracking magic weapon.

"Should we gather a group of thugs to hunt demons?"

He was thinking as he walked, but before he could come up with a good idea, the three of them had already arrived at the Jucai Building of the Loose Cultivator Auction.

The skilled alchemist is also a treasure appraiser, and usually he is in charge of the Jucai Building.

"I'm so glad Dou Lang is okay."

As soon as the three of them entered the Jucai Building, they ran into Wu Juanliu.

Guan Yuqing frowned when Wu Juanliu called him "Dou Lang".

"Who is this woman, Dou Lang?"

Guan Yuqing pointed at Wu Juanliu with his left hand and asked, while pressing his body against Dou Eqing and holding Dou Eqing's arm with his right hand.

Dou Eqing didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing. He was immediately overwhelmed and didn't know how to explain it.

"This is Fairy Wu, Wu Juanliu, the head of the Sanxiu Fangshi Market. Fairy Wu, let me introduce you. This is Fairy Guan, whom I met a few days ago. I will care about my own help in escaping from Xiang Luanlai's clutches."

He gritted his teeth and introduced the two to each other.

"Sister Guan, I'm telling you the truth. Everything about my Dou Lang is good, except for his excessive luck with women.

I kindly advise you that since you are not in too deep a situation now, it is not too late to turn back."

Wu Juanliu whispered to Guan Yuqing.

"I don't know about his romantic luck! It's all because someone shameless wanted to use Dou Lang to practice and refine evil pills."

Guan Yuqing replied sarcastically.

What she said was referring to the fact that Wu Juanliu asked the female cultivator who had reached the stage of transformation to borrow Dou Eqing's pure yang body to refine the Extreme Desire Pill.

"Humph, you don't know how to appreciate a good person!"

Wu Juanliu snorted coldly.

"Fairy Wu, Master Yao is in the Jucai Tower, right?"

Dou Eqing quickly interrupted the tense atmosphere between the two women.

"Yes. Come with me and I'll take you to see him."

When Wu Juanliu and a few others met Master Yao Dan, they wanted to take Dou Eqing away to be alone with him.

On the one hand, he wanted to rekindle his relationship with Dou Eqing; on the other hand, he wanted to know what had happened to Dou Eqing recently, especially the details of what happened in Shanqianshan.

"Fellow Daoist Dou, I really can't refine the Jade Beauty Pill. Please find another skilled alchemist."

Master Yao Dan kept pestering Dou Eqing, finding all kinds of excuses to say that his alchemy skills were not good enough.

"You can do it if you follow my instructions. Whether you succeed or not, this Jade Ivy is yours."

Dou Eqing, following the original recipe for refining the Extreme Desire Pill, had Guan Yuqing and Fan Hun assist him in refining the pill. However, having Guan Yuqing, two late-stage Spiritualization cultivators, assist in the alchemy was merely superficial. The true success of Master Yao's Jade Beauty Pill depended on the effectiveness of the Fifth-Rank Heavenly Source Fluid in strengthening the Jade Lotus and refining it into a liquid pill.

With Master Yao's alchemy skills, he could only make a semi-finished product of the Jade Face Pill.

But with the strengthening effect of the fifth-level Tianyuan Liquid, a semi-finished Yuyan Pill will be transformed into a qualified Yuyan Pill.

The Green Vine is the magical medicine that Master Yao Dan wanted to identify, which was placed in the jade box.

This elixir is not only a medicinal herb that can be used to make elixirs, but also the best assistant plant for alchemists to make elixirs.

When Master Yao Dan saw the Biqingteng, he begged Dou Eqing to sell it to him.

"Don't worry, if you fail, it's my fault, you won't be blamed. Besides, do you still want the Green Vine?"

Dou Eqing gave repeated assurances, and with the temptation of the Green Vine, the matter of refining the Jade Face Pill was settled.

He also used this opportunity to temporarily get rid of Guan Yuqing, but was entangled by Wu Juanliu again.

Considering that he was short on time, he had no choice but to satisfy Wu Juanliu.

It just so happened that he had obtained a fifth-grade top-grade Qingshen Pill from the division of the spoils, so he gave the pill to Wu Juanliu, allowing her to practice with peace of mind and make final preparations for a breakthrough, and then he sent Wu Juanliu away.

The fifth-grade ultimate pure spirit helps the incarnation of the peak cultivator to comprehend the Dao principles and find opportunities for breakthroughs.

As for Wu Juanliu, a place for her breakthrough had already been found. She joined the Demon Control Sect and became an outer disciple.

Therefore, one can make use of the blessed land opened up by the Demon Control Sect's sixth-order spiritual vein to break through.

While Dou Eqing and Wu Juanliu were happily relaxing, they also thought of a way to get rid of Xiang Tunlai.

The solution is to bring disaster to Dongying and lure Xiang Yu back to the Eastern Expedition Army.

He directly spent a large sum of money to issue a mission in the market of casual cultivators, demanding the head of the king of Huang State.

This mission seems to be aimed at the Huang State, but given the relationship between the Eastern Expedition Army and the Huang State, the Eastern Expedition Army will definitely be involved.

Therefore, Xiang Lulai had to go back and solve this wave of trouble first.

Xiang Luan originally wanted to find Dou Eqing, who issued the task, and ask Dou Eqing to cancel the task.

Unfortunately, he didn't know the relationship between Dou Eqing and the Sanxiu Market, so he had no way of finding out who issued this task.

Not long after Xiang Nianlai left the market for independent cultivators, Dou Eqing also left the market and returned to his old business of hunting demons.

In fact, I have obtained a lot of spoils and valuable cultivation resources during this period of time. I can definitely go into seclusion and practice for a period of time to improve my cultivation.

With the treasures he has in his hands now, he can definitely push his cultivation to the Spirit Transformation Realm.

But Dou Eqing did not do so.

On the one hand, I feel that my cultivation speed is too fast and I need time to settle down.

Fighting is the best way to improve your skills.

In addition, Dou Eqing was anxious because he still had a long way to go to accumulate fifth-level merit and time was running out.

He took out the sword butterfly, and when Su Muwan said that she would be his sword in this life, he felt more and more sorry for her.

Therefore, he did not want to delay for a moment and embark on the path of demon hunting as soon as possible.

It’s a pity that without Xiang Piao as bait, it is not easy to find the demon cultivator to hunt.

"Bait? How about I be the bait myself?"

Dou Eqing wandered around outside for a whole day without any catch, and finally came up with the idea of ​​using himself as bait.

"Fellow Daoist Qian, would you like to do a deal?"

He used a magic sound transmission tool to contact the money-grubbing rat Qian Shu.

"What deal?"

"fishing."

Dou Eqing then told his plan to use himself as bait in a trap and rob people.

His main purpose was to let the Money-Greedy Rat spread the news of his location and the treasure he had on him.

Originally, he wanted Wu Juanliu to spread the news directly through the Sanxiu Market, but considering that it would damage the reputation of the Sanxiu Market, Dou Eqing contacted the Greedy Rat.

The money-grubbing rat had just come out of the gambling house in the Sanxiu Market and had just lost all his money. Dou Eqing's idea immediately made his eyes light up.

"Go for it! We have to make a big profit!"

The money-grubbing rat put away the magic weapon for transmitting sound and couldn't help muttering.

Soon after, another monk who had lost a lot of money in the gambling house appeared behind the Greedy Rat. Upon hearing the Greedy Rat's mumbling, he immediately became interested.

This cultivator has similar interests to the Greedy Rat, and they have the same surname, Qian. His name is Qian Tu, and he is a beast-taming cultivator in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Although Qian Tu and Greedy Rat were not close friends, they were more familiar with each other than Dou E.

"Hey! Boss Qian, have you found a way to make a fortune? How about counting me in?"

Qian Tu said enthusiastically to the money-grubbing rat.

In order to get along with the money-grubbing rat, the boss shouted out.

The main reason was that the money-grubbing rat showed off his wealth in the gambling house, which made Qian Qi no longer pay attention to him.

"Even though I don't have much of a relationship with this guy, it's not worth it to cheat him. Besides, he's probably lost everything, so robbing him is pointless."

The money-grubbing rat thought subconsciously.

"But then again, Dou is a bit mysterious and a bit evil. I think he's not just looking to rob me, but more focused on killing me. If he wants to kill me in the end... I have to be on guard."

After some thought, he felt that it would be safer to bring Qian Tuo along to partner with him.

"There is indeed a way to make back the money. Let's go find a restaurant and have a meal while we talk."

The money-grubbing rat brought the money to the restaurant where they had divided the loot last time.

After the two of them drank a few pots of spirit wine, the greedy rat couldn't help but show off to Qian'e the grand scene of dividing the spoils that day.

"Then what you lost at the gambling house is nothing?"

Qian Tuo deliberately tried to trick the money-grubbing rat.

"Hey! Even though it's just a drop in the bucket, it's still hundreds of billions of spirit stones. I feel bad! I have to make my money back!"

The money-grubbing rat drank a little too much and didn't realize that Qian Tu was trying to trick him.

"belch!"

He suddenly burped and sobered up a little, realizing that he had accidentally exposed his belongings.

"That Dou has been robbing people all the way, and there's no telling how rich he is. I don't think even a Nascent Soul cultivator could possibly have his wealth!"

The money-grubbing rat subconsciously drew Qian Tu's attention to Dou Eqing.

He then went on to talk about Dou Eqing's robbery plan.

"Since someone is making bait, what else can we say? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

So, the two of them hit it off and prepared to pass the news in batches to those independent cultivators who liked to kill and rob, using Dou Eqing as bait to do more business.

Qian Tu and Greedy Rat discussed a plan in the restaurant and then separated. They each arranged for the cultivators they knew to spread the news that Dou Eqing, a Nascent Soul cultivator, was in possession of a treasure.

The money-grubbing rat accidentally gave away his entire fortune to Qian Tu, and couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Therefore, he made other arrangements while looking for someone.

His move was within Qian Tu's expectations, and Qian Tu had also made a contingency plan for it.

The two of them were on guard against each other, which laid the groundwork for the story later.

The money-grubbing rat first went to the three Gaocai brothers to borrow the spirit stone.

"Fellow Daoist Gao, yesterday I was in trouble, but today my luck has changed. Please lend me 100 million high-grade spirit stones so that I can turn the tables at the gambling house."

The money-greedy rat said to Gao Cai with an unwilling look.

"Why are you afraid of lending it to you?"

This is a cliché that means high wealth means high interest.

"I have some very valuable information. Could you lend it to me?"

"explain?"

The money-grubbing rat told Gao Cai what he had said to Qian Tu.

"Humph! I like robbing thieves! I'll lend you these 200 million spirit stones."

Gao Cai smiled generously.

"Do you think I can join you?"

The greedy rat asked for high wealth in a cunning way.

"Well, you have some strength, so you're a good candidate."

Gao Cai agreed readily.

He was afraid that the greedy rat would continue to call him a monk, so as to prevent any more trouble.

The three Gao Cai brothers were in the spirit stone business and occasionally engaged in robbery business, so they were very cautious.

"I'll go gamble a few rounds and then leave."

The money-grubbing rat plans to contact Qian Tu secretly.

If he and the three Gao Cai brothers went to find Dou Eqing, and the people Qian Yi had also gone there, complications would arise and the situation would be difficult to control.

"I know you want to contact Qian Yu. Tell him in front of me that we can act together as a three-party team."

Gao Cai understood the greedy rat's little thoughts and exposed them immediately.

"Ok."

The money-grubbing rat was helpless and had to tell Qian Tu that the person he had found had left first.

This made Qian Xi confused. He didn't understand what was going on with the Greedy Rat. He wanted to ask, but the Greedy Rat fooled him with words.

Qian Qi mobilized his own network of contacts and finally found out that the three brothers, Greedy Rat and Gao Cai, had left the Sanxiu Market.

"This idiot, why did he find those three greedy ghosts!"

When Qian Xi learned about the situation of the money-grubbing rat, he became confused and wondered whether he should get involved.

He accidentally learned that there was another powerful person behind Gao Cai and did not dare to provoke them.

"Forget it, I'll just sit back and watch the fight. It's also good to act according to the situation."

After Qian Tuo figured it out, he asked someone to release the news about Dou Eqing later, and he left the Sanxiu Market first.

(End of this chapter)