Chapter 2029 - 1987: The Price of Soul and Spirit

"Big, big brother!" The ancient demon called out in extreme grievance. Before being sealed here, it was a character that summoned wind and rain, dominating the world. Not to mention demon species, even human cultivators would call it Sacred Venerable, having never been called a little brother, let alone pledging allegiance to a big brother.

Today, at tens of thousands of years old, it faced a thirty-something human kid and actually had to call him big brother; it's no wonder it felt awkward.

"Hmm, good little brother. From now on, your big brother will cover you, bringing you large numbers of cultivators every day for you to devour and satisfy your appetite, also allowing you to enhance your demonic power..." Wang Xiaoqiang spoke in a big brother's tone.

Upon hearing this, the ancient demon's heart felt much relieved and said, "Big brother, I leave it to you, additionally if you have time today, please lure some cultivators here for me to devour and kill, I'm really famished, you know, our demon species are different from you cultivators; you cultivators can perform Fasting Breath Technique, but we can't. We can only rely on consuming food to fill our stomachs, and we must depend on cultivators' bodies to enhance our demonic power..."

"No problem," Wang Xiaoqiang said. "But I'm a bit short recently, could you give me some silver, this way I can blend in the secular world better. It would also be more convenient when luring cultivators. Without money, it's hard to move forward."

Wang Xiaoqiang knew this ancient demon had devoured quite a few cultivators, surely those cultivators had possessions, the ancient demon couldn't have devoured those too and digested them...

In fact, Wang Xiaoqiang was wrong; the ancient demon truly devoured the cultivators' possessions too, but did not digest the silver, storing it in its belly.

Hearing this, the ancient demon didn't say much, with a spew, a pile of glittering silver was sprayed from the Whirlwind Abyss, forming a mound, and it asked, "Is this enough?"

Wang Xiaoqiang looked over, seeing a huge pile of dazzling silver, perhaps up to ten thousand taels, thought it was sufficient, more than sufficient, but showed a disdainful look and said, "Really, little brother, just this much isn't even enough for my single expenditure..."

The ancient demon, being of demon species, rarely mingled with the secular world, especially having been sealed here for tens of thousands of years; it knew little about secular matters, not knowing how much these silver taels could buy, so it spewed again, releasing another pile of silver from the Whirlwind Abyss, forming another mound, also up to ten thousand taels.

Wang Xiaoqiang, secretly delighted and excited, but still put on a dissatisfied appearance, said, "If you are capable, spew out another pile."

The ancient demon indeed sprayed out another pile. Having been sealed here for tens of thousands of years, countless cultivators devoured, the silver obtained had almost formed a small mountain, these three piles of silver really were negligible to it.

Wang Xiaoqiang did not know how much silver the ancient demon had. Seeing three massive piles, gave the ancient demon a thumbs up and said, "Enough, really generous,"

He stored those silver in the Storage Ring, then solemnly instructed, "Little brother, I am going to lure cultivators for you, but before I leave, I must tell you two things: first, do not mention my name, second, if cultivators arrive, try not to make sounds."

"Rest assured, big brother, little brother remembers." Upon hearing Wang Xiaoqiang heading off to lure cultivators, the ancient demon secretly rejoiced and spoke in a much milder tone. It sounded very tame.

Wang Xiaoqiang no longer spoke, leapt into the sky, flying toward Snow Stone Territory, once over Snow Stone Territory, activated the Heavenly Eye and located Yang Tianjiao.

Yang Tianjiao sat in a courtyard. The courtyard was very dilapidated, with food on the table, very poor quality, even having cornbread, suggesting their life was indeed tough,

Sure enough, when Wang Xiaoqiang scanned the entire Snow Stone Territory with the Heavenly Eye, except for his parents and his father-in-law eating a bit better, his woman and children ate poorly, mostly cornbread-like food,

Though cultivators can perform Bone-Purging Breath Technique, if not eating for a long period, one would still be unaccustomed, especially among his family and kinsmen, some did not have the cultivation base reaching the realm of Fasting Breath Technique.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoqiang felt displeased, so he took out a large portion of the silver given by the ancient demon, wrapped it with a bundle of Earth Element Spiritual Qi, then flicked his fingers, fiery red spiritual energy glowed at the fingertips, using Fire Element Spiritual Energy wrote for large words "Don't Make Noise" on the Earth Element Spiritual Qi wrapping,

Then directly threw it downwards, accurately towards the courtyard where Yang Tianjiao was, Yang Tianjiao noticed the silver falling from the sky, was curious, immediately stepped forward to check, seeing the words "Don't Make Noise" written on it, was about to exclaim joy, immediately shut her mouth, then carefully examined the handwriting, confirming it was undeniably Wang Xiaoqiang's, she was tremendously delighted,

Wang Xiaoqiang wasn't dead, plus brought back this abundance of silver, it was truly a double blessing.

Snow Stone Territory wasn't affluent, except for Wang Xiaoqiang's elderly parents and in-laws who were given better food, others mostly relied on cornbread to fill their hunger, with these silver taels, they could improve their lives a bit. Of course, this silver was only enough for one family's use, others were simply impossible to benefit.

Observing Yang Tianjiao receiving the silver, Wang Xiaoqiang felt assured to leave, heading to a large city near Soul-Breaking Mountain, called Blood Blade City, the city gate was painted with something like blood, it depicted a dagger. Presenting a blood-red hue, appearing very striking and with a touch of ferociousness.

Those in the know, were aware it was actually painted with real blood, moreover, that dagger was repainted each month, each time with human blood.

This revealed that Blood Blade City was a place of disputes and wanton slaughter.

Wang Xiaoqiang's purpose here was to lure a batch of cultivators to Soul Gathering Valley for the ancient demon to devour and kill, since human nature is initially good, Wang Xiaoqiang's heart at its core remained kind; he didn't want to commit wrongdoing, so he decided to target villains.

Coming to Blood Blade City to find villains, counted as having come to the right place, Blood Blade City was a gathering place for villains.

Before entering Blood Blade City, Wang Xiaoqiang released some Spiritual Spring from his body, disguised as a Sun God with Onefold of Divinity, slowly entered Blood Blade City.

As he walked through, Blood Blade City was very barren, sparsely populated, on both sides of the street, almost void of shops selling daily necessities, looking around, mostly weapon shops, pill rooms, providing services to cultivators, or arguably, providing for vendettas and duels, offering places to aid fights.

Of course, there was the black market,

The black market sold more peculiar items, some sold barbarian beast skins and inner cores, surprisingly there were s selling souls and spirits,

Killing people could obtain souls and spirits, those selling souls and spirits in the black market, were clearly executioners.

There's demand, hence supply, souls and spirits are used by Sun Gods to condense Divine Cores, the Ancient Continent has many Sun Gods, naturally yearning intensely for souls and spirits, thus souls and spirits have a market, the black market selling them, not just one seller,

Wang Xiaoqiang stepped into the black market, found one selling souls and spirits, asked for a price, learned that a strand of soul and spirit costs one hundred taels of silver,

And for a full set of souls and spirits, costs one thousand taels, a full set refers to a person's souls and spirits. Everyone has Three Souls and Seven Spirits, totaling ten strands, meaning, a person's Three Souls and Seven Spirits costs one thousand taels of silver.