Chapter 1171: Picking Up Leakage
Sand worms are large in size, one of the most common types of sand beasts in the Prisoner Sand Mountain, and have little value.
The whole body, only a pair of eyes worth some money, other places, are chicken ribs, not only deal with time-consuming and laborious, but also can not sell a few hundred magic crystals.
Xu Chuniang did not lack magic crystals, the Soul Breath Vine killed the sand beasts at a fast speed, naturally she would not waste her time on such trivialities, so she took the most previous bug eyes and then directly left.
Shortly after she left, several cultivators arrived and found the corpse of the sandworm with its eyes gouged out.
The cultivator in charge of scouting was excited, “Another sandworm corpse, there are five in total!”
On this journey, they had already picked up dozens of sandworm corpses with their eyes gouged out.
According to the estimation of six hundred magic crystals per bug corpse, this harvest alone had already exceeded twenty thousand magic crystals!
The rest of the cultivators were equally elated, although the sandworm corpses with their eyes gouged out were not worth much, they couldn’t help but have a large quantity.
And they did not contribute, is completely picked up for nothing, just need to bring the bug corpse back, spend some time to deal with some can be.
Only one old man, after carefully inspecting these insect corpses, showed a cautious look.
“The cause of death of these sand worms is the same as the ones we picked up earlier, all of them died from the dissipation of their divine souls.
The person who killed these sandworms not only possesses an extremely powerful divine soul, but is also proficient in soul arts, if the other party were to lay hands on us, I’m afraid that we too, like these sandworms, would not have much power to fight.”
Upon hearing this, the joy on the faces of the remaining few people tightened up quite a bit.
Although they had not been able to meet up with the person who had killed the sandworms, from the death of these sandworms, the strength of the other party was far from being comparable to theirs.
The old man sighed softly, with a hidden worry in his eyes.
“We followed this person to pick up sandworms, once we are known by him, what should we do if we provoke the other party’s anger? We are about to arrive at the sandworm mound, why don’t we stop here, there are quite a few windfalls from this trip.”
The rest of the few people heard, immediately some hesitation, both can not give up the magic crystal that is within reach, but also worried that the behavior of picking up the leakage angered the person who killed the insect corpse, leading to the trouble of killing.
“The fact that the other party only took the bug eyes and gave up the bug corpses is proof enough that the value of the bug corpses is not worth mentioning in their eyes, or perhaps, the other party doesn’t have the time to dispose of these bug corpses.
According to reason, our behavior of picking up the bug corpses will not lead to trouble.”
In the silence, a female cultivator weighed the pros and cons before speaking.
“But these are just my guesses, just in case, if we really get caught in the crossfire, we’ll just divide half of the magic crystals from selling the bug corpses to that person.”
“This is a wonderful move.”
A bright color flashed in the old man’s eyes, no one would have a problem with the magic crystals, and it wasn’t too much to charge half of the reward for their help in disposing of the bug corpses.
Some people were unwilling to part with the magic crystals that came to them and muttered in a low voice.
“Insect corpses are troublesome and laborious to deal with, we only picked up a total of three dozen sand worms, worth more than 20,000 points of magic crystals, if we were to share out half of it, what would fall into the hands of the six of us would be less than 2,000 magic crystals, where would it be enough to share.”
The old man glanced at the person who spoke, and faintly said.
“Don’t forget, where is this place, according to the several locations where we picked up the bug corpses to deduce, the place where the other party is going to, is exactly the Sandworm Mound.
When we arrive at the Sandworm Mound, are we still worried that there are no bug corpses to pick up?”
Hearing this, the eyes of the person who spoke lit up, and there was no longer any resistance.
Seeing that the crowd had accepted the distribution plan, the old man secretly nodded, “Let’s go, let’s continue to the Sandworm Mound.”
The closer to the Sandworm Mound, the more insect corpses they encountered along the way.
After only walking a short distance, the six of them harvested another thirty or so bug corpses, almost the sum of all the bug corpses they had picked up earlier.
Since then, no one had any objections.
However, right at this moment, a vine, blocked the path of several people. Looking at the vine that suddenly appeared in front of them, the six of them didn’t dare to be careless and subconsciously wanted to attack.
A voice rang out before they did so.
“You guys have sneakily followed me all the way, what do you intend to do?”
The six of them hastily withdrew their hands and looked at the figure in the distance.
The old man made a bow and took the initiative to open his mouth to explain, “Fellow Daoist, don’t misunderstand, we followed along just to pick up bug corpses, we don’t have any malicious intentions.”
Xu Chuniang had long since discovered the extra few tails behind her, and naturally didn’t miss their behavior of picking up bug corpses, other than that, these people hadn’t crossed any more boundaries.
This was also the reason why she didn’t directly order the vines to strangle the several people.
“Leave the sandworm mound immediately, or suffer the consequences.”
Xu Chuniang spoke coldly, not bothering to say much to the several people.
She wasn’t of an indiscriminate nature, yet she didn’t want to split her mind to prevent others from back-stabbing while dealing with the sand beasts.
The old man’s face changed slightly before he took a deep breath, “Yes, but before we leave, can you listen to me?”
Xu Chuniang didn’t speak, only looking at him calmly.
The old man spoke stiffly, “I know that this Sandworm Corpse is nothing in the eyes of Fellow Daoist, but a single well-treated Sandworm Corpse can be sold for at least six hundred magic crystals.
We picked up a total of sixty-seven worm corpses along the way, with a total value of up to forty thousand magic crystals, and we are willing to take out half of our harvest and hand it over to fellow Daoist.”
Xu Chuniang understood the old man’s meaning, and her face slightly eased.
“You’re saying that you guys will handle the bug corpses on my behalf and split the magic crystals gained with me fifty-fifty?”
“Not bad.”
The old man nodded, “The insect corpses are troublesome to deal with and require quite a bit of time, if you, Taoist friend, do not agree with this distribution plan, we will immediately withdraw from the Sand Insect Mound and take the initiative to return all the insect corpses that we picked up.”
A thoughtful look flashed in Xu Chuniang’s eyes, the only reason she gave up those bug corpses was because she thought they were time-consuming and inexpensive to handle.
If someone helped her dispose of the bug corpses, why wouldn’t she want the magic crystals for nothing?
There were many sandworms in the sandworm mound, and after sweeping the sandworm mound, she would inevitably look for other sandbeasts to kill in the future, and would also need someone to help her deal with those sandbeasts.
Thinking of this, she nodded slightly, ”I understand what you guys mean, 50/50 split is fine.
But you must stay away from me, and when I’m fighting, I must not release my demonic thoughts to snoop around at will, otherwise, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
Hearing the threatening intent in her words, the old man’s heart tightened and he hurriedly assured.
“Don’t worry, we know the limits, and will never make any transgressions.”
“I hope you guys do what you say.”
Seeing the female cultivator’s figure disappear, the old man breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the beads of sweat from the corners of his forehead.
The other party had clearly done nothing but just stand there, yet he had a tight feeling that his life was hanging in the balance.
But fortunately, that female cultivator was a reasonable person, not only did she not do anything rashly, she also agreed to their proposal.
The cooperation was successfully negotiated, and the other five were also very energized.
Although the insect corpses were troublesome to deal with, at least it was a stable income, and it was much easier than hunting sand beasts and searching for heavy stones.