Chapter 55: Turn In
Chapter 55: Turn In
As the white-clothed youth saw the gigantic wolf monster corpse, a strange look flashed in his eyes, as if he had thought of sothing he shouldn’t have. But then he thought of the strict sect rules, and his own identity as a patrol disciple. The image jade slip from the Patrol Enforcent Hall was always on at all tis, so he suppressed those complicated ideas and said, “Okay, show your jade identity tablet.”
Xu Disheng tossed over the jade tablet, and the white-clothed youth caught it, then swept his consciousness through it. His face changed once again. “Cleansed ridian stage outer disciple from Mingxin Mountain Range? Entered the sect only 1 month ago?”
Xu Disheng said, “10 spirit stones, Senior Martial Brother.”
The white-clothed youth took a long, good look at Xu Disheng before eventually tossing the jade tablet back to him. Then, he swept the wolf monster corpse into his storage-type Spirit Tool. “Co with ,” he said.
This white-clothed youth, whose na was ng Yu, was fairly outstanding among the Sea of Qi stage disciples. He was a Rank 6 Spiritual Root, and had good powers of comprehension. He managed to reach the peak of the Sea of Qi stage in a little over 30 years and join the Patrol Enforcent Hall of the Mountain of Law. Today, he was on patrol duty with 4 other people in the Mingxin Sixth Mountain Range.
ng Yu was slowly riding his flying sword light, occasionally turning around to look at the youth standing on the Spirit Cloud behind him.
Killing a half-transford wolf monster at the Cleansed ridians stage? Absolutely no way!
He was fully aware of how formidable a half-transford wolf monster could be. Only Dao Foundation stage profound cultivators could suppress them. If he, at a peak Sea of Qi stage, were to try fighting that wolf monster, he would probably only be able to win 50% of the ti.
Maybe he has an extrely powerful high-grade Spirit Tool on him, or so other kind of highly precious Spirit Tool. But then again, if that were true, why wouldn’t he be able to afford a storage-type Spirit Tool? It makes no sense!
As ng Yu rode on his flying sword at a low speed so Xu Disheng could keep up with him on his Spirit Cloud, his thoughts were continually clashing and churning within him.
A glint flashed in ng Yu’s eyes as if he suddenly figured it out. This wolf monster must have been killed by soone else. Perhaps a Dao Foundation stage Lord Deacon or sothing passed by and killed it, then didn’t feel like picking up the spoils, so this youth must have picked it up.
This was the only explanation he could co up with. There was no way he would be able to wrap his head around the fact that a Cleansed ridians stage outer disciple could kill a powerful wolf monster.
The sect rules were extrely strict. Harming or murdering other fellow disciples was considered a first-degree cri, and wasn’t pardonable under any circumstances. This included killing other disciples in the sect for their possessions. ng Yu was a disciple of the Patrol Enforcent Hall, and was considered soone who was obligated to enforce the rules of the sect.
From the mont he saw the wolf monster’s corpse, a hint of greed had already been born within his heart, but this was only human nature. After all, a completely intact half-transford wolf monster corpse like this one was extrely valuable! No matter who it was, they would all be tempted. But whether they actually acted on that desire, that was entirely up to how strictly they upheld themselves to their own morality and sense of justice.
One in front and one following behind, they eventually arrived at the Mountain Affairs Peak in the Mingxin Mountain Range. Although ng Yu’s thoughts were all in a jumble, he didn’t show that in the slightest on his face. “I will let you borrow this storage ring for the ti being. Go to the Spirit Armant Pavilion of Spirit Origin Hall and turn in the corpse. I will wait for you here,” ng Yu said, handing over a simple-looking, unadorned storage-type Spirit Tool ring.
Xu Disheng glanced at the ring and replied, “Thank you, Senior Martial Brother.”
ng Yu wasn’t worried in the slightest about him not returning the ring or running off with it. First of all, he had already taken a look at Xu Disheng’s jade identity tablet, so he knew exactly where he lived in the Mingxin Mountain Outer Region. Second, as a disciple of the Patrol Enforcent Hall, he had a lot of discretionary authority, so it was always him taking advantage of others, never the other way around.
Xu Disheng walked into Spirit Origin Hall and made his way directly to the Spirit Armant Pavilion. On the way, he swept his consciousness through the ring and saw the gigantic wolf monster corpse lying alongside a bunch of other items, but those items were obscured and separated off by mist. Xu Disheng couldn’t take out those other items or see them clearly, most likely due to restrictions that ng Yu had set beforehand.
Either way, Xu Disheng didn’t have any interest in the personal belongings of others. He entered the Spirit Armant Pavilion and glanced up, noticing right away that the Dao Foundation stage Deacon was present. He was seated on high, and his head was montarily lowered as he took a sip of spiritual tea. Beside him, there were 4 or 5 attending disciples waiting on standby.
Xu Disheng bowed and said, “Lord Deacon, I have a wolf monster corpse that I would like to turn in.”
The Deacon didn’t even look up, clearly thinking it was just the corpse of a small, ordinary monster. One of the disciples beside him said, “Take it out then. I will assess the intactness of it and settle the sum of spirit stones with you.”
Xu Disheng took out the wolf monster corpse from inside the ring. Even though the hall was vast, the wolf monster’s corpse was by no ans small, imdiately drawing the gazes of everyone in the room.
The Deacon slowly set down his tea and looked up. In a slightly astonished tone, he said, “A half-transford wolf monster? Who killed it?”
His words clearly implied that he didn’t think that Xu Disheng killed this monster alone, and Xu Disheng had no need to try and convince him otherwise. “It was a Senior Martial Brother of mine who killed it. I’m here on his behalf to turn it in.”
The Deacon nodded his head. This situation was fairly common, so he didn’t inquire further. He swept his senses over the wolf monster corpse and said, “It can be considered pretty intact. I’ll give you 320 spirit stones for it, but because our Spirit Armant Pavilion collects these materials for the Refining Hall, we have to deduct a commission fee. Your cut would amount to 288 spirit stones in the end.”
Xu Disheng agreed, stepping forward to hand over his jade identity tablet. After the recording process was finished, another disciple took out a storage pouch and tossed it over. “The spirit stones are here, you can check it to make sure.”
The disciple’s tone seed to imply that he had no intent to take back the storage pouch.
Xu Disheng received the storage pouch and swept his consciousness through it. There was a dinsional space of about 7 cubic ters, and the 288 spirit stones were held within, brimming with concentrated spiritual energy. This storage pouch was the lowest grade of storage artifacts, but it was still worth a little over 10 spirit stones.
The disciple seed to have guessed Xu Disheng’s doubts, and said, “For all turn-in transactions that exceed 200 spirit stones in value, a complintary storage pouch of 15 spirit stones in value is included.”
If this wolf monster corpse was sold in the outside world, it would probably sell for a total of around 400 to 500 spirit stones. It was convenient for the disciples to be able to turn in monster materials here at the Spirit Armant Pavilion, but the prices offered by the Spirit Armant Pavilion were always set at the absolute lowest. For them to offer these kinds of complintary gifts or favors was more or less befitting the circumstances.
Xu Disheng expressed his thanks and put away the storage pouch, then turned around and left the Spirit Armant Pavilion.
One of the attending disciples looked down at the record jade slip in his hand and said, “Outer Disciple Xu Disheng of Mingxin Mountain Range. The first ti he ca to the Spirit Armant Pavilion, he ca to pick up spirit stones and one Daoist Robe. The second ti, he purchased a Spirit Cloud refined by a peak disciple. The third ti, he turned in an intact wolf monster corpse.”
The Deacon nodded, slightly narrowing his eyes before picking up the spiritual tea once more.
Xu Disheng ca out from the Spirit Origin Hall, t once again by the scenery riddled with arbitrary beams of light from all kinds of flying-type Spirit Tools.
Floating on top of a blazing white sword light, ng Yu was waiting there with his eyes closed.
Xu Disheng rode his Spirit Cloud over to ng Yu and said, “Senior Martial Brother, I’m returning the ring to you now.”
ng Yu opened his eyes and received the ring. He glanced at Xu Disheng, then swept his consciousness through the storage ring.
Within the storage dinsion, there were 20 spirit stones set neatly in the place where the wolf monster’s corpse had originally been.
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