Chapter 69: Chapter 61: Celestial Dao Contract
"Good thing Second Child found the On Stone, otherwise if the territory’s mist was breached, the consequences would be unimaginable."
Yi Tian patted Second Child on the head.
Yi Tian had already confird—not only would there be five Golden Warriors coming to attack his territory. Once the On Light corroded a hole in the mist, even stronger enemies would descend.
The mist exists to protect the Lord. If a Lord has no mist, they’re just a lamb waiting for slaughter.
Especially fat sheep like Yi Tian—there would be countless tribes catching the scent and swarming in to tear Yi Tian to shreds.
After confirming the On Light hadn’t activated, Yi Tian moved back to the On Stone.
"Shh!"
At that mont, Yi Tian suddenly heard a faint noise from the mist. Yi Tian put a finger to his lips to remind Second Child to stay quiet.
Second Child imdiately pressed both little hands over his mouth, looking adorable.
Yi Tian slowly crept toward the mist and pressed his ear against the boundary wall.
On the other side.
"Where’s the On Stone? Who can tell
where it went?" A man with deer antlers and black scales on his face was shouting loudly.
The other Golden Warriors didn’t even dare breathe loudly in front of this antlered man.
"When the light dissipated, it was already gone. Maybe it went inside the territory." After a long ti, a Minotaur finally gathered the courage to speak.
"Are you fucking kidding , did the stone grow legs?" The antlered man kicked that Minotaur flying in a rage.
"Could it be that evil Lord took the On Stone into his territory?" The Elder of the Three-Eyed One-Horned Race asked humbly.
"How would he know we used the On Stone?" The antlered man glared at the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe’s Elder.
He strongly suspected that a rival faction had taken the chance to steal the On Stone and was now trying to pin the bla on the Horn Alliance.
"That Lord is extrely cunning, resourceful. Our High Priest said he develops at a speed that seems blessed by the gods, downright baffling," the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe Elder said to the antlered man.
"Hmph! Now’s not the ti to worry about the Lord. It’s us you should be worried about, got it?" The antlered man roared at the four Golden Warriors, "The On Stone is a Supre Treasure that our Alliance Leader bought at a high cost, borrowed from Demon Wolf Abyss. It’s their one and only Supre Treasure. If we lose the On Stone and anger Demon Wolf Abyss, when it re-erges, our Horn Alliance will be wiped out."
At the thought of the abyss and its terror, everyone shivered.
"Tomorrow morning, the Lord’s mist boundary wall will allow so to enter. We’ll go back and ask the High Priests to help, send in even stronger Warriors. We have no choice but to pray the On Stone was snatched by that evil Lord and not stolen by our enemies," the Elder of the Heaven-Reaching Tribe of the Minotaur Race said gravely.
"We have no choice!"
The other three Golden Warriors exchanged glances and agreed.
"I’ll go back and report to the Alliance Leader personally. This needs their decision. But, breaching that evil Lord is certain. We must turn his territory upside down," the antlered man held back his fury—he knew that now only the High Priests could intervene.
Though Demon Wolf Abyss is kept in check by so mysterious force and its creatures can’t leave, it’s always been a transcendent force in this region. Even when the Kings ruled together, they had to give Demon Wolf Abyss so respect.
What’s more, now that all the Kings’ lives have ended, there are no Kings left among the Ten Kingdoms.
The native kings of the Celestial Dao World are SS-level to the Lords, and Diamond Level War Generals are S-level.
Yi Tian waited until he couldn’t hear anything, then pulled his head back.
"Looks like things are getting big. If the Horn Alliance can’t recover the On Stone, they’re in for a world of trouble," Yi Tian muttered, having learned sothing useful.
Tomorrow morning, the Lords of Celestial Dao World would be attacked by the Indigenous People.
Also, Yi Tian was startled by just how important the On Stone was.
That On Stone was supposedly a unique Supre Treasure from Demon Wolf Abyss.
These guys couldn’t breach his wall, so they planned to use the High Priests’ power for a heavy assault.
"I’ve really stirred things up now!" Yi Tian picked up the On Stone, pulled Second Child along, and left.
The On Stone was now in his hands—no way he was returning it.
This thing was a Lord-killing weapon. Just one night and a Lord’s mist would be corroded away.
Without the mist, not even S-level Powerhouses could defend themselves.
The mont Demon Wolf Abyss lent the On Stone to the Horn Alliance, it was already marked as an enemy.
If he returned the On Stone, would the Abyss spare Yi Tian?
Too naive!
Besides, there might be other uses for the On Stone, Yi Tian just needed ti to dig them out.
Yi Tian told Second Child to head back to the villa while he went alone to a bluestone hill, placed the On Stone in a small hole, and sealed the entrance with rocks.
Yi Tian didn’t dare keep it in the boutique warehouse, afraid sothing might happen.
"Lord, your food’s gotten cold. I’ll cook you another al," Liyue greeted Yi Tian as he finally returned.
"No need, just heat it up," Yi Tian said, not caring.
By candlelight, Second Child was holding a bottle of soda and a big sausage, with a bagged chicken drumstick next to him, munching away with gusto.
This food was from the first treasure chest opening, bought by Yi Tian at a steep price a month ago. All were specialty foods from different planets; Yi Tian even had a pack of Huaxia-made biscuits.
Back then, he’d stocked up on packaged food for ergencies—enough for him and seven Kiddo’s to last a month.
Recently, food stock in the small room had been dwindling fast. Yi Tian knew the Little Kiddo’s had been stealing snacks—Third and Fourth Child were the biggest suspects. Out of indulgence, Yi Tian didn’t say anything.
Liyue and Qixin’s food was too unpalatable—the Kiddo’s just couldn’t get used to it.
For Second Child, skipping dinner ant he could eat more snacks instead.
"Please wait a mont, Lord," Liyue nodded and went into the kitchen.
With nothing else to do, Yi Tian logged on to the Auction House to check out the food situation.
Inside the auction’s food section, be it the at, vegetable, or grain divisions, every area was empty.
Who would’ve thought? At the start of the month everyone was "the rich feast, wine and at go rotten at the doors," "fish glisten warm in the midday sun," "slling the fragrance of ripe rice talking of harvest"—food was so abundant it couldn’t be finished, the next round of crops and veggies almost ready, a real utopia.
It had only been five days since the start of the month. Except for Day 1, when things were good, it’s been one disaster after another since then.
Even though so profiteers had stashes, ice storage, indoor growing systems, and tons of fish, plus they’d wiped out the locusts...
They certainly wouldn’t sell a thing now—they’d wait until all the Lords ran out and then jack up prices like crazy, bleeding the Trial Takers dry.
Sa as always—"for day-to-day goods people simply hold back when prices soar; for food, there’s no holding back—you have to eat."
Purple Phoenix Moon Dance is requesting to start a chat...
Yi Tian accepted the chat. He rembered Purple Phoenix Moon Dance was helping him collect Elental Warrior Design Maps.
Yi Tian still had 97 Elent Cores, but no blueprints, so he couldn’t make more Elental Warriors.
Thinking of how Purple Phoenix Moon Dance once spent tens of millions to buy a Five Elents Sacred Fruit, Yi Tian couldn’t help but marvel at the monthly assessnt advantage S-level Powerhouses had.
They’d earn more Celestial Dao Coins in one assessnt than he could in a whole month. With one more assessnt, they could build a wall identical to Yi Tian’s.
"Purple Phoenix Moon Dance, hey! Are you done gathering Elental Warrior Design Maps?" This ti Yi Tian didn’t bother playing gas with her.
She wasn’t the deep scher type like the Great Emperor. Yi Tian wanted a win-win, not to fleece her.
"Quite a few Lords in the region have Elental Warrior Design Maps, but I’m out of Celestial Dao Coins. I’ve only bought thirty—got them after opening so treasure chests today," Purple Phoenix Moon Dance replied.
Thirty? Not what Yi Tian hoped for. Thirty wouldn’t even get an S-level Spirit Fruit.
Honestly, Yi Tian really wanted those thirty Elental Warrior Design Maps, to boost his turf’s strength for tomorrow’s battle.
Others could hire rcenaries, but not Yi Tian. Regular rcenaries were useless to him—strong ones had one goal: "Fleece the Fat Sheep."
If you took out Yi Tian, you’d be rich overnight—who cares about being a rcenary anymore?
Yi Tian couldn’t risk it.
"Oh? Then what did you want to talk to
about?" Yi Tian asked Purple Phoenix Moon Dance.
"Wanted to borrow so Celestial Dao Coins from you, so I can buy Elental Warrior Design Maps, and then trade for your S-level and SS-level Spirit Fruits," she replied.
"Wait... and you think that’s...appropriate?" Yi Tian was speechless. Lords lending each other money now, is that a thing?
Purple Phoenix Moon Dance wasn’t usually that clueless. Why would she say sothing this silly?
Leaving aside whether you’d even survive to pay
back...
What if you just stiffed ?
What could I do to you anyway?
"Why isn’t it appropriate? You get the Elental Warrior Design Maps, and I get the Spirit Fruits. Seems fair to ," Purple Phoenix Moon Dance replied.
"We’ve never even t. Apart from cooperation, there’s nothing between us. If you can’t convince , I’m not lending you any Celestial Dao Coins," Yi Tian said, very firm.
"Stingy! I wanted to borrow Celestial Dao Coins because I consider you a friend. I, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance, don’t stoop to cheating people," she replied with a pout.
"A little? That’s a billion ’little’. Last ti you wanted to fleece . Cut the crap. Between us, it’s about mutual benefit, that’s it." Yi Tian added: "You opened so treasure chests today? Did the Indigenous People invade? Got any food?"
Yi Tian was thinking—maybe the Monster Region got raided today and there were treasure chest rewards.
"Yeah, we got invaded. No food though! But I still want to borrow so money from you. Don’t worry, I’ll pay you interest. [Celestial Dao Contract]*1."
"Hmph..."
After the contract, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance even gave a prideful "hmph
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