After the battle had ended, Zheng Gong finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly walked over with his sniper rifle.
"Li Yi, are you okay, no injuries?"
Li Yi shook his head, "No, these people are really aggressive and inherently evil. We saved their lives, and not only did they not appreciate it, but they actually wanted to kill us to silence us."
Zheng Gong’s expression also darkened as he said, "They know in their hearts that we killed that extraordinary creature and didn’t want to hand it over easily, so they harbored killing intent. After all, this is the Ruined District; the identity of an investigator doesn’t intimidate them, and moreover, it’s just the two of us against five of them, including two Spiritual Perception Masters. With such a team, they were pretty much confident they could overpower us."
"Fortunately, Li Yi, you were decisive and took the initiative to snipe one of the Spiritual Perception Masters; otherwise, we would have been in danger."
Zheng Gong expressed this with anger as well.
It really was a disaster trying to save them; he had thought both parties could share the extraordinary creature and be happy, but the other side never intended that. They wanted it all for themselves and even planned to kill both him and Li Yi, truly inherently evil.
"We must be more cautious in the Ruined District in the future. There is no law here, and when huge benefits are involved, so people’s evil nature will show," Li Yi said. "If we were Spiritual Perception Masters, they definitely wouldn’t dare be so arrogant. In the end, it’s still about our own strength being insufficient to intimidate them."
Zheng Gong nodded deeply in agreent: "That’s why it’s necessary to have a Spiritual Perception Master in the team. But it was really dangerous this ti; if it weren’t for the two of them being heavily injured by the extraordinary creature, today we could only have retreated in defeat, unable to compete with them for the beast."
"That’s exactly the outco they wanted—to overpower us and make us give up the prey."
Li Yi glanced over the corpse of the extraordinary creature: "This thing is definitely worth a lot; no wonder they didn’t even want to share. But they overestimated themselves. Injured and yet not knowing to step back, they deserved to die by our hands."
"How should we handle the aftermath? After all, five Cultivators died. If there is an investigation, we’ll have to assu so responsibility," Zheng Gong added with so worry.
Li Yi said, "What is there to be afraid of? They are all dead, and you are the one to write the report. Just say they were corrupted by so evil thing in the dangerous area, all five people went insane and attacked us on sight so we had no choice but to defend ourselves and killed them all. As for the corpse of this extraordinary creature... just say we found it on the road."
"What? That would work?" Zheng Gong was astonished.
"Why wouldn’t it? There’s no one left to contradict the story, and it saves everyone the trouble. Besides, how could the Investigation Bureau go after its own people?" Li Yi said calmly, "Let’s go, load the body of the extraordinary creature into the car, and prepare to leave the Ruined District. Let’s sell this thing first; getting the money safely is crucial. We can’t go wandering around with it, or else it might attract others’ envy."
Zheng Gong thought it over and realized Li Yi made sense, so he nodded in agreent.
Shortly after.
The two of them together lifted the deceased Unicorn onto the roof of the off-road vehicle, then tied it down with ropes and quickly drove away from the area.
For safety, they avoided areas with many Cultivators.
Even so, their vehicle still attracted the attention of many Cultivators.
After all, a corpse of an extraordinary creature was enticing enough.
Li Yi, without any hesitation, took his sniper rifle, leaned out the window, and fired a warning shot.
The Transcend M200 model sniper rifle went off and imdiately impressed many people.
The gun represented not only force but also status.
Everyone knew that sniper rifles were only possessed by Investigation Bureau personnel, and to rob an Investigator’s vehicle was too costly, so they restrained their impulses and abandoned the idea of intercepting Li Yi.
Thus, the two of them left the Ruined District safely and entered the city area without incident.
The sa as before, there were roadblocks set up, and every vehicle entering and exiting had to be checked to ensure nothing dangerous was being brought into the city.
"I am Investigator Zheng Gong, here is my identification," Zheng Gong said, showing his credentials at that mont.
The responsible officer imdiately allowed them through.
Then Zheng Gong drove the vehicle to the side and parked it.
As soon as the two n got out of the car, many buyers’ eyes lit up, and they began to converge towards them.
"Wait, isn’t that a Fierce Beast, but an extraordinary creature, the legendary Unicorn? How rare, this thing actually exists."
"Today’s the first appearance of an extraordinary creature, we’re really lucky."
"Friend, are you selling this extraordinary creature? I’ll make a high offer."
Soon, these buyers had surrounded the vehicle, their eyes all fervently fixed on Li Yi and Zheng Gong.
At that mont, Li Yi leaped onto the roof of the vehicle, untied the ropes, and then tossed the Unicorn’s body aside, before saying, "I am looking to sell this extraordinary creature imdiately, anyone interested can make an offer right away, and if the price is right, I’ll sell it."
Looking at the unicorn on the ground, the buyers crowded around, examining the body of the extraordinary creature, their assistants bringing out devices to asure the residual energy response and to determine the freshness of the corpse... they even evaluated so unique aspects of the extraordinary creature.
It was like appraising treasures, testing the discernnt of these buyers.
After all, the value of extraordinary creatures varied greatly; a buyer with a good eye could earn hundreds of millions, or even billions, from a single creature. Of course, there were also those of lesser value that could lead to losses of hundreds of millions.
But it was exactly this kind of fluctuating, enormous profit that made the buyers of Tianchang City swarm to such opportunities.
"I’ll offer 160 million; what do you think?" one buyer gritted his teeth and shouted his maximum bid.
He had a hunch that this legendary unicorn was out of the ordinary, containing imnse value.
"I’ll offer 180 million." However, another buyer quickly outbid him, showing strong purchasing desire.
"Two hundred million."
But the price had hardly been stated when soone imdiately surpassed it.
"210 million." The previous bidder, unwilling to give up, continued to raise his offer.
However, this price clearly wasn’t the limit; other buyers were still raising their bids.
Li Yi stood on the roof of the car, watching everyone make their offers, waiting for the highest bid to appear, as he hunted and killed extraordinary creatures for money and naturally wouldn’t sell one carelessly.
Zheng Gong’s heart raced as he watched the frenzied bidding taking place outside.
This extraordinary creature was incredibly valuable; the current bid was already close to three hundred million. With such an amount of money, he thought about how many years it would take for him to earn that. No wonder the two Spiritual Perception Masters earlier had no intention of splitting the profits evenly and wanted it all for themselves.
After all, who would want to give away one or two hundred million for no reason?
Even close brothers might think of killing each other to claim it all.
After a brief bidding war, when the price reached 320 million, it could not go any higher, and many buyers started to withdraw, feeling that they couldn’t profit at this price. They were likely to lose money instead, so they didn’t want to take the risk. Of course, so still believed that even at such a high price, there was still money to be made.
"It seems your offer is the highest, so good, I’ll sell the extraordinary creature to you," Li Yi decided at that mont, pointing at a bald middle-aged man.
Though pained, the middle-aged man still smiled, "Thank you, let’s sign the contract then. I’ll have my accountant transfer the money to you imdiately."
Li Yi nodded.
After the two signed the contract and confird everything was in order, the middle-aged bald man imdiately arranged for vehicles to transport the extraordinary creature away, and the 320 million purchase amount smoothly entered Li Yi’s bank account.
In this place, no one dared to play tricks, as those who sold fierce beasts and extraordinary creatures were cultivators, fierce enough to battle in dangerous areas. If any buyer dared to sche, they wouldn’t even be able to save their own lives.
Once the money was transferred, Li Yi returned to the vehicle, "Zheng Gong, send your bank card number, I’ll transfer your 160 million."
Zheng Gong hastily said, "I did less work; I shouldn’t take half. That’s too much. Li Yi, you shot the extraordinary creature and dealt with the enemy. Without you, I wouldn’t even be alive, let alone entitled to this much money."
"You can’t say that. When we team up for a mission and make money, we should split it equally, otherwise, we’ll inevitably have conflicts later," Li Yi replied firmly, "Take the money, or we won’t be able to team up next ti."
"But that’s a lot..." Zheng Gong said.
"That’s because we made a profit. Next ti, if we lose money, just make sure not to complain that it’s too much," Li Yi replied.
"How about this? I’ll take one hundred million, and put aside the remaining sixty million as the team’s operation funds. We’ll inevitably need money for various expenses on future missions. Consider that money on my part, how about that?" Zheng Gong suggested.
"You remind , but we don’t need that much for operating funds. Let’s each take 150 million and leave twenty million as the team’s operating fund. It shouldn’t be just you contributing money; I should too. Alright, that settles it. Send over your card number, and I’ll transfer it to you," Li Yi said.
"Well... okay, thank you," Zheng Gong expressed his sincere gratitude.
This sudden windfall could solve many of his problems.
Li Yi quickly transferred the money, "No need to thank ; it’s what should be done. Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore and continue our patrol. We have a three-day mission, which ans we need to eat, drink, and stay in the Ruined District for three days. We need to be careful, especially after having just made a fortune."
"Don’t worry, I’ll stay alert," Zheng Gong understood that Li Yi was warning him not to get overly excited.
"Alright, let’s get going," Li Yi said.
Zheng Gong imdiately started the vehicle, his mood lifted as they headed towards the Ruined District again.
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