Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 142 - Recruiting Another Spirit General
The bronze gate opened wide, and the three people and the demon rushed towards it simultaneously.

With a thud, the three people and the demon were all blocked in front of a crimson barrier.

what happened?

The three humans and the demon all looked rather grim upon seeing the suddenly appearing crimson barrier.

I never expected that one hardship would be followed by another.

Without hesitation, the three humans and the demon acted in perfect unison, each unleashing their own techniques in an attempt to break through the barrier.

After a loud boom, the crimson barrier remained completely still, without even a ripple.

Seeing that the barrier was not dim at all, the expressions of the three people and the demon became even more unpleasant.

"Chi Lingzi, take a look at this formation and see what kind of formation it is?" Zhao Baorui asked.

"it is good."

Chi Lingzi did not refuse and went to the barrier. He looked at it carefully and seemed to recognize something.

After pressing it down and confirming that it was roughly as he had imagined, Chi Lingzi suddenly grabbed a Qi Refining cultivator and pressed him against the barrier.

He passed through the barrier!

This phenomenon caused the pupils of others to shrink.

After grabbing the Qi Refining cultivator and throwing him aside, Chi Lingzi said, "It's confirmed now: only those with a bone age under thirty can enter the barrier."

The fact that the bone age was thirty years old greatly displeased the two humans and the demon. This cave, which was very likely the dwelling of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, was their hope for climbing to a higher realm.

But now they are limited by their age.

"Are there any other ways?" Guo Dalong asked.

It is certainly no more than thirty years old, but it would definitely not give up its place to other demon geniuses.

“Difficult.” Chi Lingzi shook his head.

"Does severing the earth's veins render this barrier ineffective?" Guo Dalong's words were filled with a chilling aura.

Liu Cheng'an frowned: "You beast, do you want to die?!"

With a whoosh, waves dozens of feet high surged up on the river surface. Guo Dalong glared at Liu Cheng'an with a murderous look on his face: "Old bones, do you want to test my teeth or something!"

"Alright!" Chi Lingzi said impatiently, "This barrier is different from the one outside, severing the earth veins is useless."

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Baorui asked.

"Either send someone to retrieve it." Chi Lingzi punched the barrier with his fist, but the barrier didn't budge. "Or invite the True Lord. You choose."

"Please, True Lord! You humans know how slow the demon race's cultivation is!" Guo Dalong grinned. "At thirty, whether they can even establish their foundation is a question. By then, the benefits of this cave will probably all be eaten by you humans."

"No way!" Liu Cheng'an was the first to object. "If the True Lord comes, he will definitely take away the most important benefits."

Guo Dalong looked at Liu Chengan and made a tsk-like sound, the sarcasm of which was self-evident.

Zhao Baorui also disagreed: "Send people. Judging from the style of that gate, it should be the style of the ancient human race. The benefits inside may not be available to the demon race. Brother Guo, how about we share some of the benefits with you first?"

Seeing the three people staring at him, Guo Dalong narrowed his eyes, knowing that even if he invited his father, it would be of no use in this situation. He growled, "Fine, one hundred high-grade spirit stones."

The three frowned instantly, and Chi Lingzi said, "Ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones are acceptable, but high-grade spirit stones are not!"

The purity of the spiritual energy in top-grade spirit stones is no less than that of rare elixirs for Golden Core cultivators. One might be willing to spend 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones, but not 100 top-grade spirit stones.

Guo Dalong remained silent, only staring coldly at the three of them. Zhao Baorui then spoke up, "How about this? We'll each contribute ten high-grade spirit stones, totaling two thousand two hundred mid-grade spirit stones."

Guo Dalong finally nodded: "Okay."

After trading the spirit stones, the remaining three watched Guo Dalong leave and then turned their attention back to the cave dwelling. Whether they could break even depended on this trip.

In Bitter Bamboo City, Lin Le tossed the high-grade spirit stones in his hand. As expected of a family that occupies the spiritual veins of an entire prefecture, they had quite a lot of high-grade spirit stones hoarded.

In theory, any spiritual vein has the potential to produce spirit stones of medium or higher grade.

However, this is only a theory; specific situations require specific analysis. For example, the probability of producing high-grade spirit stones from eighth- or ninth-grade spiritual veins in counties is extremely low.

However, it's not impossible for the price to be extremely low. These fifty-six high-grade spirit stones are probably the treasures of a prefecture accumulated over hundreds of years.

After putting away the spirit stones, Lin Le looked at Guan Wenzhong beside him and said, "You and Bai Piao should use the remaining money to thoroughly clean up those wrongful cases and grievances."

"Yes." Guan Wenzhong nodded, then hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, I have a request, and I hope you can grant it."

"Tell me about it," Lin Le said.

Guan Wenzhong bowed his head and said, "Li Zheng and Li Qi were my two capable subordinates. This morning, during the search, I discovered that they had been killed by the remaining rebels in retaliation. Therefore, I implore you to recreate their souls and bodies so that they may serve you alongside me."

Lin Le thought for a moment and said, "That works, but I'm curious, they're only at the third or fourth level of cultivation, so they can't really help you."

"The two of them were once conjoined twins, and they were separated after a miraculous encounter," Guan Wenzhong explained. "That encounter also taught them a unique skill called Harmony of Two Qi, which allows them to take down an enemy's magic weapon when they attack together, and they can also capture weaker people directly."

"I see." Lin Le nodded slightly. "Take me to see the two corpses."

"Yes." Guan Wenzhong led the way and soon brought Lin Le to the two corpses.

Lin Le glanced at their corpses: "Their heads aren't damaged, so they're not in serious trouble."

The Six Yang Chief is the dwelling place of souls. This place is too damaged, so it will be troublesome to pull people out of it.

Both of their heads were not badly damaged, but they both had large holes in their chests, indicating that they were killed by a single punch from a Spirit Platform cultivator.

"The soul is back!"

Lin Le formed a hand seal and pulled a wisp of soul from the two people's bodies. A look of surprise appeared in Lin Le's eyes.

It was just a wisp of a soul, but Lin Le didn't care. After all, he hadn't developed his divine sense yet, nor had he become a ghost, so it was normal for it to be just a wisp of a soul.

But what Lin Le was concerned about was that the two souls were actually connected, and Xiuqiu seemed to regard them as the same person.

Conjoined twins, they're really something else.

Lin Le was amazed, and then collected the two souls into a leaf of the embroidered ball.

The two were then released.

After the two men came out, they bowed to Lin Le in unison and said, "Greetings, Your Excellency."

"You two will work for Lao Guan," Lin Le instructed them before leaving.

Watching Lin Le leave, the two bowed to Guan Wenzhong and said, "Thank you, Boss."

"No need to thank me. I don't know if this is harming you or helping you." Guan Wenzhong shook his head. "Also, there's no need to call me 'boss.' We're practically equals now. If the higher-ups hear that, they'll probably be unhappy."

"Then Brother Guan?" Chen Qi, who always had the quickest mind, responded.

Guan Wenzhong nodded slightly: "Alright, then I, Guan, will greet my two younger brothers."

(End of this chapter)