Chapter 498 Xu Hei is short of money
Ding Yi's proactive explanation made it reasonable for Hydra to invite Xu Hei, and Xu Hei didn't need to say anything more.
His words changed his "surveillance" to worrying about Xu Hei's accident. After all, there was a killer following him, and it was a Hydra that had made several big deals, so it was normal to worry.
If Xu Hei was killed by the killer in Liefeng City, how would he save his face?
Xu Hei really couldn't find any faults, and said with a fist: "Thank you for letting me know, it's getting late, I'm sorry I can't see you off."
Ding Yi also hurriedly clasped his fist and bowed: "Since it's a misunderstanding, don't worry, Fellow Daoist Xu, I promise not to bother you again in the future."
Xu Hei didn't say anything, retreated to the cave, and closed the door.
Ding Yi also left quickly.
In the cave, Xu Hei sat cross-legged with a frown.
He didn't feel any malice from Ding Yi, including Luo Gang and others before, and even the evil sword emperor Wang Xiu who had clashed with him.
That's strange.
What conspiracy could Liefeng City have?
"Maybe I'm too suspicious." Xu Hei said.
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In the battlefield outside the domain, there is no distinction between day and night. The sky is always gray, and night is just a habitual term.
Ding Yi returned to the city lord's mansion, came to his independent residence, and sat at the table.
When no one was around, he took out a lot of meat, put it on the table, and devoured it. After eating the weight of five cows, he lay down comfortably.
His originally obese body also grew a circle, but it was not obvious.
"I haven't had a big meal for a long time, for a long time, I'm almost starving to death." Ding Yi said to himself.
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The following days were calm.
Xu Hei stayed in seclusion for seven days in a row, and until his condition recovered, he still didn't encounter anything.
As Ding Yi said, there was no surveillance again, as if that day, Ding Yi was really just to prevent assassins.
This made Xu Hei hesitate.
He originally planned to leave, but where could he go after leaving Liefeng City? The environment outside must be better than here?
Xu Hei left the cave and strolled on the streets of Liefeng City, observing as he walked.
In Liefeng City, the laws are strict, and everyone is law-abiding and will not do anything out of the ordinary.
Xu Hei estimated that there are 10,000 cultivators in the city, mainly in the Jindan stage, and even in the foundation-building stage. As long as they don't leave the city and don't take the initiative to cause trouble, they can settle here safely.
The overall atmosphere is peaceful, not like an extraterritorial battlefield, but like an ordinary town in the mortal world.
"This little girl, you set up a stall on the street like this, aren't you afraid of being robbed?"
Xu Hei stopped in front of a stall, staring at the girl setting up the stall, and asked.
This girl is only in the middle stage of the foundation-building stage, her eyes are clear and bright, but the stalls are all third-level magic weapons.
"Haha, senior, you are joking. This is the safest city in the East Wilderness. The robbers have been dealt with long ago." The girl smiled brightly.
"Then how did you get here?" Xu Hei asked again.
"My master brought me here. He said that this place is better than the sect, with abundant spiritual energy, and my cultivation will improve rapidly. My master also paid for my living expenses, so I am doing a small business here." The girl smiled.
Xu Hei asked a few more questions casually. This girl was simple-minded and answered all the questions.
Xu Hei stopped asking until an old man in the Jindan stage arrived.
"I am Guo You, and I am honored to meet Senior Xu!"
The old man obviously recognized Xu Hei's identity and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.
Xu Hei nodded slightly, left a pill, and turned away.
The old man took the pill and looked at it, his face changed drastically, and he subconsciously wanted to hide it, but when he thought that it was in Liefeng City, he couldn't help but feel relieved.
"Master, what kind of pill is this?" asked the girl at the stall.
The old man squatted down and lowered his voice and said, "This is Qingyuan Pill, which can help you break through to the Jindan stage. If you put it in our sect, I am afraid it will cause a killing disaster."
The girl immediately showed excitement.
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Then, Xu Hei went to the tavern, inn, market and other places, and found that the management of Liefeng City was extremely strict, and there would be no chicken-stealing and dog-stealing.
This also led to a peaceful situation in Liefeng City.
As long as the city's defense is not broken, such peace will last forever.
"No wonder there are even foundation-building cultivators." Xu Hei said.
He immediately found a store and sold all the things that were useless to him and exchanged them for spirit stones.
Before, Xu Hei's demand for spirit stones was not great, but now, after raising insects, only by continuously providing spirit stones can he have enough insect army.
In addition, refining equipment is also a job that consumes a lot of spirit stones.
To put it bluntly, he is very short of money now.
Xu Hei threw the spirit stones into the spirit beast ring and asked: "Bai Zhi, how many insects can you make with the ones I provide you?"
"That's all, it's almost enough to make you a strand of insect hair!" Bai Zhi said impatiently.
Xu Hei's mouth twitched slightly. He glanced at the environment in the ring and found that there were two hundred more stone eggs. Combined with the consumption of spiritual fluid and spiritual stones, he had an idea in his mind.
After all these resources are exhausted, Bai Zhi can lay about 3,000 eggs!
Adding the existing ones in the ring, after a period of time, a total of 5,000 soul-eating ants can be obtained. Not to mention dominating one side, at least it will not be a problem to deal with these people in Liefeng City.
However, it will take time for the soul-eating ants to hatch.
Besides, raising insects is also a big consumption. If they don't eat or drink, the insects will have no fighting power. Xu Hei urgently needs a lot of spirit stones, the more the better.
In addition, there is another problem. The drop of dragon blood consumed by Xu Hei has not recovered yet.
Although he still has a drop of spare dragon blood sealed in the pill bottle, he is unwilling to take it unless it is absolutely necessary.
The same is true for Qilin Pill. This pill is even more precious than dragon blood.
"The pill is also a problem. I am almost finished with the supplements now. Alas, it's really a headache!" Xu Hei began to miss the days when Xu Bai was here.
The days of poverty come when they come.
After thinking about it, Xu Hei still found Luo Gang and asked about making money.
"Do you need spirit stones?"
Luo Gang slapped his thigh and took out a storage bag very generously and handed it to Xu Hei, which contained one million.
"Brother Luo, you misunderstood. What I need is a business that can make money for a long time, not to solve the urgent problem." Xu Hei was quite helpless.
But he still put the spirit stone in his hand.
Luo Gang didn't mind. It can be said that he was waiting for Xu Hei to make a request.
"It's easy to make money. I wonder if Brother Xu is willing to join my Liefeng City and become a guest official?" Luo Gang said with a smile.
"The annual salary of a guest official in our Liefeng City is 500,000 spirit stones, but with Brother Xu's strength, I will give you 2 million a year." Luo Gang said very generously.
2 million a year is a condition that any Nascent Soul cultivator cannot refuse. Whether it was Gongsun Bo or Wang Xiu, they were all lured in at this price.
However, for Xu Hei, who raises insects, it is still too little.
