Super Divine Daoist Skill-Chapter 71: Caravan (Please Vote for Recommendation)

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Caravan (Please Vote for Recommendation)

"From when Wu Hao nurtured ghosts and conducted corpse refinement back then, Daoist Wutong was certainly not as benevolent as the outsider rumor portrayed.

It could be anticipated that this so-called senior uncle was also definitely a dangerous figure.

Looks like things were really going to be quite unsettled soon."

Thinking about the increasingly tense atmosphere in Qinghe Town, Bai Ziyue couldn’t help but sigh.

Without any further thoughts, seeing Water Immortal had already disappeared, Bai Ziyue then began to head back.

At the foot of the cliff, he happened to see Tong Zhan and Qin Shaoping coming down from above. He quickly called out, and easily climbed up along the previous rope.

"Are you alright?"

Qin Shaoping asked with concern.

"What’s the matter?"

Bai Ziyue appeared relaxed. Killing the third bandit didn’t take him long, but he stayed a bit longer upon discovering the secret meeting between Water Immortal and Zhang Yuchang.

"What about the Five Directions Alchemy Skill?"

Tong Zhan glanced at Bai Ziyue’s blood-stained package, knowing he must have slain the third bandit, and hurriedly asked.

"It’s with me."

Bai Ziyue replied, just in time to see the four corpses lying in the courtyard of the stronghold, indicating they made quite a smooth progress.

"That’s good, we should search the stronghold now. The Changshan Five Bandits had entrenched here for several years and should have hidden some valuable things."

Tong Zhan nodded in agreement, swiftly turned, and headed towards some rooms in the stronghold.

Bai Ziyue and Qin Shaoping also showed a smile and dispersed among several rooms to search.

After about ten minutes, the three of them regrouped in the courtyard.

By then, each of them was carrying a large bundle in their hands.

The bundles were filled with items they deemed valuable.

"Let’s summarize, besides this large bundle of stuff, here I have fifty-three taels of silver, three gold ingots, each around five taels. Then there are some copper coins as well."

Tong Zhan looked at Bai Ziyue and Qin Shaoping.

At this moment, it was clearly time to distribute the loot.

They had already agreed on the allocation, so there was no hassle, and everything was revealed openly.

"I don’t have much silver here, only fifteen taels, but I found a small box of pearls and agates, which should be worth around a hundred taels of silver."

Bai Ziyue said with a smile.

A hundred taels of silver was indeed quite a lot for him.

The silver he had obtained from Liu the Sixth and Wu Hao had been almost entirely consumed over the past three years of cultivating.

This time, it was certainly a substantial supplement.

"I also don’t have much silver, but I found these, two secret manuals.

One is the External Forging Technique Iron Cloth Shirt, the other is the willow leaf saber technique."

Qin Shaoping said, taking out the two secret manuals.

"The leader of the Five Bandits was originally a formal disciple of the Iron Armor Martial Arts Hall. Whether it’s the Iron Cloth Shirt or the willow leaf saber technique, both are authentic secret skills of the Iron Armor Martial Arts Hall. Although they are not very useful to us, we don’t have to give them back deliberately.

So, regarding the Iron Cloth Shirt, since it was an External Forging Technique, we could each transcribe a copy—it might help us advance more quickly.

As for the willow leaf saber technique, its power is mediocre, and there’s no need to learn it."

Tong Zhan said with a smile.

"Then that’s settled." Qin Shaoping clapped his hands in agreement.

Bai Ziyue nodded repeatedly; he was actually quite interested in the Iron Cloth Shirt.

Earlier, he found that even if he cultivated one External Forging Technique to perfection, if he then trained in other External Forging Techniques, he could still gain improvements.

For example, after he cultivated the Fifth Rank Golden Body to perfection, followed by the Vajra Lock Jade Technique, his strength and physique also showed growth.

This was also why the third bandit previously felt his Qi and Blood strength far exceeded the usual peak of External Forging.

Without an Inner Cultivation Technique, unexpectedly obtaining an External Forging Technique, he naturally wanted to train it further to enhance his strength.

"Combined, we got around three hundred and fifty taels of silver.

Plus the tools and weapons in the bundle.

If you trust me, you can give everything to me and I’ll handle them; they should be worth around a hundred taels of silver.

If you find it troublesome, I can offer a hundred taels for these things and then give each of you one hundred and fifty taels of silver, how about that?"

Tong Zhan said with a smile.

"Since Elder Tong said so, that’s certainly fine."

Qin Shaoping thought for a moment, three hundred fifty plus a hundred equals four hundred fifty, precisely one hundred and fifty taels per person, so he nodded in agreement.

Bai Ziyue also agreed; if he and the others handled these items themselves, not to mention a hundred taels, even eighty taels would be hard to get.

Tong Zhan’s offer of one hundred taels of silver was indeed a bargain, but it was a gain from his twenty years of experience in Jianghu connections, and not considered taking advantage, so there was no need to think it over.

Seeing both of them agreed, Tong Zhan was satisfied.

Next, after cutting off the heads of the Five Bandits, they wrapped them up, shouldered their large and small bags, and quickly left.

Before long, they descended Changshan, followed a trail, and reached the main road of the official path.

Suddenly, afar, there was a long mercantile convoy, slowly approaching, heading straight towards Qinghe Town.

The convoy was filled with goods, appearing powerful, but what caught Bai Ziyue’s attention was the convoy’s escort teams on both sides.

These escort teams had each person’s posture tall and sturdy, holding not swords or sabers, but rather spears. Their gaze swept over Bai Ziyue and the others cautiously and grimly, seemingly ready to seize and slay.

"This was a mercantile convoy from Ancient Rhymes Pavilion, only they dared to travel the official path without fearing ambush from the Ghost Head Stronghold."

Until the convoy was far away, Tong Zhan sighed in a low voice.

"Why is that?"

Qin Shaoping asked curiously.

He had also heard of the notorious Ghost Head Stronghold, considered a tyrant within the Qinghe Town area. Several government attempts at eradication ended fruitlessly, and subsequently, they took vengeance, acting arrogantly. Nowadays, almost no one dared to utter the thought of exterminating the Ghost Head Stronghold.

"Why? Of course, because they had fought their way through.

At first, in one or two years, Ancient Rhymes Pavilion’s mercantile convoy traversed within Ghost Head Stronghold’s sphere of influence, naturally meeting with raids, but every time, they dispatched experts to accompany them, never compromising, and every encounter resulted in a fight.

Ancient Rhymes Pavilion was indeed a convoy from Wujiang County, solid in strength—even though they suffered severely at the start... I heard our Qinghe Town’s Ancient Rhymes Pavilion shopkeeper has been changed three or four times, all secretly killed by Ghost Head Stronghold.

But gradually, Ghost Head Stronghold couldn’t withstand such losses.

Look at these escorts, you could tell they resembled an army, forming long spear teams of three to five persons, enough to counter ordinary Skin Membrane Realm, or even Flesh and Blood Realm martial artists.

So now when Ancient Rhymes Pavilion’s convoy comes through, they turn a blind eye and let them pass."

Tong Zhan clicked his tongue as he spoke, seemingly impressed.