Chapter 141: Employment

Treasures, only when used can you know where they are precious.

The Divine Yuan Crystal, just one, can create a cultivation holy land, which can at least ensure that the spiritual energy is extremely rich in several months in a region! If a person can practice in that environment, as long as his realm is sufficient, his cultivation will inevitably improve by leaps and bounds!

This effect is clearly reflected in Lin Xue and Lin Shuilan.

At this moment, Lin Shuilan, who had consumed a large amount of divine crystals, was discussing some issues related to cultivation with Lin Xue and the other two. The conversation was inconsistent, but suddenly felt a large amount of energy fluctuations coming from the end of the sky. It was obvious that a large number of strong people were flying at the extreme speed. Moreover, it seemed that these strong people came specifically towards them to the Xuanjian Sect.

Lin Xue and Lin Shuilan looked at each other, unable to remember who their Shangxuan Sword Sect had offended. Seeing that the other party was approaching, the two immediately went out and walked outside the sect.

This group of people obviously came in bad ways. After arriving at Shangxuan Sword Sect, they didn't even call anyone, and directly sent a powerful Holy Sword Master to slash a powerful Dou Qi and bombard it hard on the pavilion gate with the "Shangxuan Sword Sect" engraved in front of the yard. The powerful Dou Qi completely shattered the entire pavilion gate, and a large amount of dust floated up.

Such actions were not only the arrival of Lin Xue and others, but also the disciples who were in seclusion were alarmed. Soon, except for Ling Yun and Lin Ruoru, who were in seclusion and struggling to break through the realm of the Holy Sword Master, all the disciples were rushed out.

Seeing that the other party couldn't help but say something, Lin Xue knew that what happened today might not end well.

When she saw the person in front of her, she saw the other party’s eighth-level, four seventh-level holy sword masters, and more than twenty great sword masters, she breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward and asked in a deep voice: “I wonder where I went to Xuanjian Sect to offend the sect, and let the sect mobilize many people to invade this.”

The eighth-level holy sword master glanced at the Xuan Jian Sect slightly, but was secretly surprised to see that there were two powerful Holy sword masters in their sect.

This eighth-level holy sword master was one of the sects of Han Chen instructed to blackmail Shangxuan Sword Sect. They had never participated in the sect opening ceremony of Shangxuan Sword Sect. Although they learned from the information that there was a holy sword master in this sect, they didn't care about it. At present, there was a different information, and there was an extra holy sword master, which made him frown slightly.

Just two, how can you let go of the opportunity to please Lord Han Chen easily?

Thinking of this, the eighth-level holy sword master suddenly looked up and glanced at Lin Xue with a cold face: "You are the head of the Xuan Jian Sect. I am thinking about a new force, and it is not easy to develop. I didn't make things difficult for you when you didn't pay the security fee for the first year. I didn't expect that your sect is so rude. In the whole three years, there has never been a fee that Fengxian should pay. Such actions simply do not take our Tianzhao Sect seriously!"

"Safety guarantee fee?" Lin Xue was surprised. She had never heard of setting up a mountain in Wuyeshan and having to pay such a fee.

A disciple carefully reported beside her: "Sir Second Sect Master, the security guarantee fee is actually the protection fee. It is one of the fees set by other sects to exploit our sect. In addition, there are air pollution fees, water flow pollution fees, sect site construction fees, etc. It is said that there are as many as a hundred types, and there is even a sect. When they see some relatively weak new forces, they will come to collect air defense fees, which is the fee set to defend against meteorites in the sky!"

Defend to death and injury by meteorites in the sky...

Lin Xue immediately understood that this was clearly a group of robbers.

Not to mention whether there will be meteorites hit the ground. If there are meteorites that fall from the sky, how can a mere Holy Sword Master compete? This is definitely a cost that no one needs to be needed.

blackmail!

See blackmail again!

Lin Xue calmed down his dissatisfaction and said calmly: "Please calm down your anger. Everything should be more important. I owe the Xuan Jian Sect fees. Since it is wrong for me to go to Xuan Jian Sect, we will compensate immediately. I don't know how many crystals I need to pay."

A contemptuous sneer appeared on the face of the eighth-level holy sword master, and a finger was directly stretched out.

"Ten top-grade crystals?"

The eighth-level holy sword master's face darkened, and a trace of murderous aura appeared just right, pressing towards Lin Xue.

Lin Xue's face changed slightly, and she looked surprised: "Can you... a hundred top-grade crystals?"

The eighth-level holy sword master suddenly shouted angrily: "I want to kill us with a hundred crystals. I really think we are beggars. We are so many people in Tianzhao Sect and mobilize many troops. Isn't it necessary to send out the dispatch fee? Moreover, over the years, I have consumed a lot of brain power for you to join the Xuanjian Sect. Isn't this mental loss fee? Now we are wasting time with you here. Is time not money? If I seize this time and work hard to retreat, maybe I have already broken through to the ninth level today. Can you bear the loss?"

A stern scolding and a false charge made Lin Xue's heart irritate again. Even the disciples behind her looked angry and glared at dozens of people. If it weren't for the fact that the other party was too strong, they would have been unable to help but take action.

The eighth-level holy sword master snorted coldly, ignoring the angry expression on the faces of the people in the Xuanjian Sect, and said indifferently: "For the sake of the Wanghai Sect and the first offense of your Xuanjian Sect, I will be able to destroy your sect today. Now, within one hour, you will pay a thousand top-grade crystal stones to compensate me for various expenses in Tianzhao Sect. If you hesitate, I will teach you to remove the Xuanjian Sect from the Wuye Mountains from now on!"

"A thousand top-grade crystals!"

All those present who knew about the financial situation of the Central Star changed their faces.

Even the seventh-level holy sword masters behind the eighth-level holy sword master are no exception.

One thousand top-grade crystals, every year, Wanghai Sect collects taxes from those small sects, and only one hundred top-grade crystals are available. This number is enough to make those unprepared small sects lose all their money. Now he actually says a thousand top-grade crystals at the moment... Not to mention that Shangxuan Sword Sect is making a living, even if it has an industry that meets the scale of their sect, he will not be able to produce thousands of crystals for more than ten or twenty years!

Lingyun has given one hundred divine crystals by the goddess of nature. Although these divine crystals have been consumed by the six of them in the past few years, they still don’t take them seriously at the price of a 100,000 top-grade crystal stone of the Divine Yuan Crystal, just one thousand crystals.

But from that disciple, I learned that Wuyeshan not only has security fees, but also countless other fees. Once they surrender this time, more forces will inevitably take this opportunity to extort and blackmail them to the Xuanjian Sect. At that time... even if they have more crystals, it will not be enough.

Lin Shuilan seemed to have seen her decision from Lin Xue. Seeing that she was about to speak, she hurriedly said: "The other party has come with an eighth-level and four seventh-level holy sword masters. If we fight with him, we will definitely alarm the young master. The young master is in a critical period of cultivating the power of space in the past two years. If we disturb him rashly, it will be detrimental to the young master to break through the sword saint realm in the future..."

“What should I do?”

"Let me do it." Lin Shuilan saw Lin Xue nodding and stepped forward and said, "Your Holy Sword Master, you should also know that thousands of top-grade crystals are for us..."

The eighth-level holy sword master stretched out his hand and waved his hand: "Stop talking nonsense. Today, if you don't hand over a thousand top-grade crystal stones, the Shangxuan Sword Sect will no longer exist from now on."

Seeing that he was speaking so resolutely, Lin Shuilan frowned: "There is no discussion at all?"

"I don't want to say the same thing for the third time."

The negotiations broke down, and Lin Shuilan's tone became cold. With the help of Lingyun's reputation over the years, they have been in the position of the superiors for a while. They naturally have the courage that the superiors should have: "Very good. If I don't hand over a thousand top-grade crystals in the Xuanjian Sect, I will have to destroy them. Then I would like to ask you, with your eighth-level holy sword master and four seventh-level holy sword masters, can you keep everyone present?"

The eighth-level holy sword master was slightly stunned!

If the other party only has one holy sword master, if the five of them have the power, they can naturally be left behind, but there are two now...

At this time, Lin Shuilan had already said again: "One thousand top-grade crystals, we can barely get it together with the Xuanjian Sect with all our strength. However, we will not give it to you. If you want to destroy us, join the Xuanjian Sect? Yes! You have to have the ability and don't let anyone miss one of our sects. Once any one survives, this top-grade crystal will immediately appear in the Mercenary Union as a reward for releasing the mission, and conduct indiscriminate assassination of your Tianzhao Sect! "

A glimpse of cold light flashed in the eyes of the eighth-level holy sword master: "You dare to threaten me."

"Hmph, it's better to be broken than to be full!"

Several seventh-level holy sword masters know the power of a thousand top-grade crystals!

Due to the fierce competition, the mission remuneration of the mercenary union is also quite low. For thousands of crystals, there will definitely be a seventh or eighth-level holy sword master involved in this matter. If you are very lucky, there may even be a nineth-level holy sword master involved!

If there is really a ninth-level holy sword master who intervenes, even if they are eventually spared, they will inevitably be seriously injured in the vitality. The serious injury to the vitality means that the strength of the sect will decline. The decline in strength also means that the low position of Wuyeshan will decrease, and once the status and strength are lost...

At this time, Lin Shuilan had already asked the amount of protection fees collected by these disciples. In order to protect the face of Tianzhao Sect, he had to immediately say: "For the rules of your sect, we have no intention of offending you to the Xuanjian Sect. Your sect comes from thousands of miles away, so we can't let you return empty-handed. According to the scale of our sect, we need to pay eight top-grade crystals every year. Now that we haven't paid for three years, it's twenty-four. You have worked hard all the way, and I want to take out six top-grade crystals and fill them with thirty crystals to give them to the end. We can also make friends and make a fortune."

Although the eighth-level holy sword master was dull, he had to temporarily restrain his mind considering the deterrence of the opponent's thousands of crystals.

Anyway, his mission to test the financial resources of the Xuanjian Sect has been completed, so he naturally took advantage of this step to avoid the final loss of both sides.

Thinking of this, the eighth-level holy sword master's face slowed down a little and said, "It's not easy for you women to start a school in Wuyeshan. Now I am willing to take the initiative to pay the crystals I owed before, so I will open it up and not pursue it for the time being. However, if you dare to hesitate at all in the future, don't blame me for bullying you weak women regardless of your mercy!"

After saying a few scenes, the eighth-level holy sword master asked a great sword master who accompanied him to collect the crystals received by the Shangxuan Sword Sect, and then left the Shangxuan Sword Sect.

As soon as they left, Lin Xue, Lin Shuilan and others immediately returned to the hall and started to discuss urgently!

"Although we were shocked to leave the Tianzhao Sect this time, we have exposed our financial resources. I am afraid that it will not take long before the Tianzhao Sect will summon more powerful people to siege us to the Xuanjian Sect. What is waiting for us at that time will inevitably be a thunderous killing attack."

Thousands of crystals are enough to make the powerful Ninth-level Holy Sword Master’s heart-warming, so this sentence is definitely not an exaggeration.

"Since we rely on the mercenary union to rescue the siege, why not just follow the scheming?"

"did you mean……"

"It can be foreseen that in order to survive in Wuyeshan, it is impossible to deterrent without strong force. At present, we don't have anything else, but crystals... are not short of them. Therefore, we might as well go to the Mercenary Union and invite a mercenary group with good reputation to temporarily assist in the defense sect's garrison for us."

Unless they want to disturb Ling Yun's cultivation, this seems to be the best solution at present.

"Okay, then do this first!"

Considering the urgent time, after leaving Lin Shuilan to guard the sect's garrison, Lin Xue immediately took a large number of crystal stones to the city stationed by the mercenary union.

As a mercenary union second only to the Supreme Temple, the number of cities it owns is definitely beyond the imagination of all forces. Moreover, the management of the cities stationed by the mercenary union is quite slack, and there is a tendency to be neutral cities. Even if outsiders enter it, there will not be too many constraints.

Of course, since they are all mercenaries, there are many people who are in disagreement in this city. When some high-level strong men fight, they are even enough to cause severe turmoil in the power of heaven and earth. It is precisely because of this that the neutral city that was originally most suitable for hiding was abandoned by Ling Yun.

Anyone who practices will suddenly hear a loud bang, and the energy of heaven and earth is in chaos, and he will not be upset and unable to continue. If he is not lucky, he may be at risk of becoming possessed.

Can cultivation make progress in this environment?

After entering the mercenary city, Lin Xue immediately came to the most eye-catching building in the city - the Mercenary Union, and then kept asking the waiter for a list of the mercenary groups in this city at the counter.

Although mercenaries have mercenaries' rules, after accepting tasks, everything is based on completing tasks as their ultimate goal. Once they commit a minor offense, they will inevitably be chased by the entire mercenary union. However, this rule does not mean absolute!

Mercenaries were desperadoes who survived for the sake of profit. God knew whether they would feel good about profit and eventually became interested in killing people and catching treasures in secret.

After searching on the roster for a moment, several mercenary groups with strength and high credibility were immediately selected by her. However, when she asked about the minimum employment price of these mercenary groups, she was so scared that she immediately gave up her mind.

The mercenary group with a level nine, dozens of level seven and eighth holy sword masters has an annual employment price of up to 5,000 top-grade crystals!

It’s not that they can’t afford the money, but that they do it so conspicuously.

After a long time, Lin Xue finally set her target on a mercenary group, and then said to the waiter lady: "Is the Melody Mercenary Group on a mission now?"

The waiter quickly found out: "The Melody Mercenary Group is currently in rest and has no tasks. Do I need to inform their chief to come and discuss with you?"

Lin Xue nodded.

The waiter immediately led Lin Xue to a room in the union and received it politely. After waiting for less than a few minutes, the door of the room was pushed open, and another waiter led a sweet-looking young girl in.

This girl looks quite young, just like Lin Xue, but the energy fluctuations emitted by her body have reached the seventh level!

As soon as the girl entered the door, her eyes immediately fell on Lin Xue, and then a sweet smile appeared on her face: "This sister is the employer. It is really an honor for our Melody Mercenary Group to be hired by such a beautiful sister. Seeing that my sister is so beautiful, I will make a decision and give you a 20% discount." As she said that, the girl seemed to remember something and hurriedly said: "Ah, I forgot, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Zuo Yi, and I am one of the external leaders of the Melody Mercenary Group. Hello, hello."

Lin Xue saw that a woman was coming and she felt a little fond of her. After introducing herself, she greeted her enthusiastically.

The majority of disciples of Shangxuan Sword Sect are women. If you really hire a lot of men, it would be a bit inconvenient.

The intermediary of the Mercenary Union retreated appropriately at this time, leaving the space for the two companies to negotiate.

Time is urgent, Lin Xue politely made a mistake and then went straight to the topic: "It's the case. Since the surrounding sects peeked at the large number of crystals of my Xuanjian Sect, today they wanted to forcefully blackmail them through various arrogant reasons, but they were scared away by us by burning both jade and stones. However, this kind of scare is probably only temporary. After they gather enough powerful Holy Sword Masters, they will definitely make a comeback again. At that time... we are afraid that we will be unable to resist when we go to the Xuanjian Sect, so we want to invite your mercenary group to help our sect defend against the invasion of foreign forces."

A sect actually fell to the point where it needed to invite other mercenaries to protect them from foreign enemies. This was absolutely fatal to the sect's reputation. It was likely to lead to the lack of confidence in the leader and even eventually disintegration of the disciples of the sect! Even if they were lucky enough to escape this disaster, their fame had been lost. If they wanted to gain a foothold in this area in the future, they would probably have no face.

However, this phenomenon is for others... I went to Xuan Jian Sect... If it weren't for supporting the store, I would probably not have even accepted even a disciple.

Zuoyi is in the mercenary world, which is essentially different from the rules of the sect world. Although I have heard of this phenomenon before, I still feel very angry after hearing it. I immediately assured with both hands: "Don't worry, Sister Lin Xue, I'll leave it to our Melody Mercenary Group. Our leader has just broken through to the ninth-level holy sword master's realm recently. In addition, the six sisters in our group, unless the heads of the major sects of Wuyeshan arrive in person, one will kill one, and two will kill one."

"Nine-level Holy Sword Master..."
To be continued...