Chapter 526 Old Man, Inspect the Goods!
Chu Xun finally got the Phoenix Flower. He was very happy.
The Iron-clawed Blue-scaled Eagle was already dead. It lost one of its wings and was seriously wounded. There was no way it could survive exposure to the toxin produced by stone trees.
Chu Xun threw its dead body onto the back of the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast. The Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast rushed out of the Stone Tree Forest carrying the dead body on its back.
The woman in a black robe was nowhere to be seen. It seemed that she escaped while Chu Xun was engaged in a fierce battle.
Chu Xun straddled the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast and returned to old Harry’s mercenary guild.
The ground was shaking as the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast ran ferociously.
When old Harry learned that the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast was running toward the mercenary guild, he almost had a heart attack.
The mercenaries scattered and fled in all directions.
Old Harry no longer felt weak. He ran as fast as he could and ordered his men to pack up the valuables and escape immediately.
As a level 5 demonic beast, the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast could effortlessly reduce this place to rubble.
The place fell into chaos. A plain-looking young man was bustling about amongst the crowd. All valuables that he touched gently with his hand would disappear.
All the people were in a state of panic. Nobody noticed this stranger.
Old Harry’s trusted aide tucked a roll of hide into the chest pocket. The young man narrowed his eyes slightly and approached the trusted aide quietly. He flicked his finger, and a streak of purple light burst out of his finger and entered the aide’s body.
The trusted aide of old Harry stiffened and felt woozy for a moment, but he soon recovered from it. He shook his head in confusion, lowered his head, and began to work again. He didn’t know that the roll of hide in his chest pocket had already disappeared.
The Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast moved very fast because it could leap thousands of meters at a time. It soon got close to old Harry’s mercenary guild.
“Principal, hurry up and escape. The Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast is less than three miles away from here,” a trusted aide shouted in panic.
Old Harry’s face twitched. The Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast could travel three miles in just a few breaths’ time.
“Let’s evacuate via the secret passage,” old Harry shouted. It was more important to stay alive.
Roar!
The Golden-eyed Beast had already rushed to the mercenary guild. It raised its head and snarled, causing the entire building to shake. Some parts of the building even collapsed.
Old Harry and others on the run froze. The beast’s formidable aura swept through the air. They lost the courage to take a single step forward. They all lay prone on the floor, shivering.
The Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast was too big. It could probably destroy half of the building with a single swipe of its paw.
Chu Xun walked into the hall. When he saw the people lying prone on the floor and trembling, he couldn’t help laughing.
He walked over to old Harry and said, “Old man, you haven’t paid my rewards yet. Are you going to run away?”
Old Harry stiffened. He raised his head and looked up at Chu Xun in disbelief. “Are you still alive?”
Chu Xun’s face suddenly darkened. “Old man, do you want me to die?”
“No, no, no.” Old Harry shook his head, flustered, and motioned with his eyes for Chu Xun to keep the voice down. After all, there was a level 5 demonic beast outside.
Chu Xun walked over, looked down at old Harry, who was lying prone on the floor like a toad, and burst out laughing.
Old Harry and his trusted aides were scared out of their wits. If they attracted the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast’s attention, it might puree them with its paws.
“Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast, move a thousand meters backwards. Don’t try to escape. You can’t escape,” Chu Xun shouted.
Old Harry and his trusted aides were shocked. Their eyes almost popped out of their heads. “He dares to order the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast. Is he courting death?”
However, they soon felt the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast’s ferocious aura receding like the tide.
“Can he really control the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast?” Old Harry and others couldn’t believe it.
Bang!
The entire hall shook, and the dead body of a Thunder Leopard appeared in front of old Harry.
“Old man, inspect the goods,” Chu Xun said.
Old Harry and his men stared blankly at the dead body, unable to come to their senses for a long time.
“The body of the Iron-clawed Blue-scaled Eagle is out there. I have caught the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast alive for you,” Chu Xun said.
Old Harry was terribly frightened. “A living one? Is it that terrifying level 5 Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast out there?”
“Come on. Inspect the goods and pay the rewards.” Chu Xun grabbed old Harry and dragged him towards the door.
Old Harry’s legs gave way. He wanted to exert his strength to break free, but he was surprised to find that his power was suppressed and he could not use it at all.
“Chu the Devil, let go of me... Let go of me... I’m not going...” Old Harry flailed about like a chicken being strangled. He didn’t want to face that terrifying level 5 demonic beast. Unfortunately, he couldn’t free himself. He yelled at his trusted aids, “Are you dead? Stop this crazy man immediately.”
Harry’s trusted aides got to their feet in a hurry, but their legs were shaking violently. Unable to stand steadily, they staggered after Chu Xun.
Old Harry was dragged out of the hall in the end. Then he saw that Iron-clawed Blue-scaled Eagle, which was even bigger than a hill.
It was dead, but its ferocious aura had not disappeared completely. Old Harry was frightened. He pressed his hands to his chest and felt like his heart was going to burst out of his chest.
His trusted aides ran out of the hall. They collapsed to the ground the moment they saw the Iron-clawed Blue-scaled Eagle.
“Old man, this is a level 5 demonic beast. We have to reconsider the reward.” Chu Xun looked at Harry mockingly.
Without waiting for old Harry to speak, he waved his hand, and the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast walked over to him.
“Old man, check the goods.” He glanced at old Harry meaningfully.
With its lantern-sized eyes wide open, the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast stared at old Harry, as if it were thinking about what goods this old man was going to inspect.
“Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast, let me tell you something. I didn’t mean to catch you, but this old man offered a good reward for me to catch you,” Chu Xun said.
The Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast stared fiercely at old Harry with its huge eyes shining with golden light.
Roar!
It let out a furious roar, which sounded like raging waves crashing against the shore.
Bang! Bang!
Several trusted aides of old Harry blew up and turned into clouds of blood. The others felt dizzy when the sound waves hit them. Qi and blood were surging inside them, and blood oozed out from the corners of their mouths.
Old Harry was dumbfounded. Had it not been for Chu Xun, he would have collapsed to the ground.
Chu Xun waved his hand to motion the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast to stay away. If the old man were scared to death, who would help him?
“Old man, there is no problem with the goods, right?” Chu Xun asked. Old Harry, however, couldn’t utter a single word.
Chu Xun felt helpless. “He is such a coward!”
After a long time, old Harry finally came to his senses. He stared blankly at Chu Xun.
“You... you are crazy.” Old Harry was still trembling and staring at Chu Xun. “This is a level 5 demonic beast. He has actually vanquished such a ferocious beast.”
“Cut the crap and pay the reward.” Chu Xun dragged old Harry into the hall of the mercenary guild.
With the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast out of his sight, old Harry slowly recovered his composure.
“Have you really tamed that Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast?” He still couldn’t believe it. That was a level 5 demonic beast!
“Do you want me to ask it to show you its power?” Chu Xun said.
Seeing the strange smile on Chu Xun’s face, old Harry suddenly shuddered and hurriedly waved his hand. “Are you kidding me? Every single move of the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast is earth-shattering. How can it show its power at will?”
“Can you pay the reward now?” Chu Xun asked.
Old Harry pondered for a moment and then raised his head. His eyes flashed eagerly. He stole a glance at the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast outside and said in a low voice, “Can you make the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast obey my orders?”
Chu Xun was surprised. “This old man is quite ambitious. He wants to be the master of the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast!”
“Sure,” said Chu Xun.
Old Harry’s eyes lit up. “As long as you can make it obey my orders, I will pay you ten times the original reward for this mission.”
Chu Xun nodded and said, “Deal.”
Old Harry was overjoyed. “I’ll have someone pay the reward to you right away.”
“There’s no rush.” Chu Xun waved his hand. “I have a favor to ask of you.”
“If it’s about the map, I won’t agree to it.”
Chu Xun shook his head and said, “It’s not about the map. I want you to help me find some herbs.”
“I thought it was a big deal. No problem.” Old Harry agreed immediately. It was very easy for the mercenary guild to find some herbs.
Chu Xun asked old Harry to find a piece of paper and a pen for him. He wrote down all the herbs that he needed and drew some simple illustrative sketches.
Old Harry took the piece of paper and ran his eyes over it. He was dumbfounded.
“Is there any problem?” Chu Xun asked.
Old Harry smiled wryly. “I’ve never heard of these herbs, except for the Fiery Green Lotus. Maybe I’m just poorly informed.”
Chu Xun had foreseen that. The ingredients of Life Extension Elixir were all incredibly rare herbs, so it was impossible to find all of them at a time.
However, he got the Phoenix Flower by accident during his trip to the Subterranean Devils Realm. If he could find the Fiery Green Lotus, this trip would be worth it.
“Assign this task to someone. If anyone can provide accurate information on where I can find these herbs, I will pay one thousand pieces of Fire Spinel as a reward. If anyone can find any one of these herbs, I will pay one hundred thousand pieces of Fire Spinel,” Chu Xun said.
Old Harry was shocked. “He is so generous! Even though the Fiery Green Lotus is extremely rare and precious, the highest price bid at large-scale auctions is only fifty thousand pieces of low-grade Fire Spinel.”
“Keep my reward for the time being. Help me find a place to live first. I need a quiet place,” Chu Xun said.
Old Harry nodded. It was an easy thing for him.
“That Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast...” Old Harry had been thinking about it the whole time.
Chu Xun patted him on the shoulder and said, “I asked you to find a quiet place for me because I need such a place to train the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast so that it will obey your orders. If you think you can do that yourself, I can leave it to you right now.”
Old Harry hurriedly shook his head. “Are you kidding me? If I go anywhere one hundred meters away from the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast, it will kill me immediately.”
“Chu the Devil, thank you very much!” He gave Chu Xun a big smile. “When you have trained the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast to obey my orders, I will offer you a great opportunity.”
Chu Xun nodded his head. “It sounds tempting. I’ll wait and see what surprise you can give me.”
Old Harry soon found a place for Chu Xun. He had a vacant house in the western suburbs of the city. That was a vast and sparsely populated area meeting Chu Xun’s requirements.
At first, he intended to send several trusted aides to serve Chu Xun, but his real purpose was to keep an eye on Chu Xun.
However, when those trusted aides heard that they were going to stay together with the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast, they were frightened and burst into tears. They begged old Harry to have mercy and refrain from sending them there to die.
Old Harry had no choice but to let Chu Xun go there with the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast.
Chu Xun led the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast all the way to the western suburbs and found old Harry’s vacant house.
The old man knew how to enjoy himself. His mansion almost occupied the entire western suburbs of the city, and many buildings were made of wood. It was worth mentioning that timber was a rare resource in the Subterranean Devils Realm, and most of the buildings were made of stone.
There were initially some other households scattered in the surrounding areas. However, before the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast came here, all of them fled in panic and moved to other places. In this place, there was no bird in the mountains and no trace of people on the streets.
Chu Xun smiled. That was exactly what he wanted.
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