"The Golden Stone Hall, which purchases and sells all kinds of ores and materials, has a debt of 100,000 crystals.
"The Sweet Tea Garden, which specializes in teahouses and prostitutes, has a debt of 30,000 crystals.
"The Tonglin Elixir Store, which purchases and sells all kinds of elixirs, has a debt of 300,000 crystals."
Su Yu was speechless when he read through the list. "Why are they all in debt?"
The skinny old man replied calmly, "The well-run stores have already been selected by others. You can choose these if you want."
Su Yu squinted his eyes. This old man's temper wasn't good.
"Well, may I ask if these debts will affect me?" Su Yu asked.
The old man replied without raising his head, "Since you have accepted the shopkeeper's position, the debts will naturally be counted on you. If the debts still exist after a month, the amount will be deducted from your merit points. According to the rules, if you owe 100,000 crystals, 1,000 merit points will be deducted from your account."
Su Yu's eyes flickered. "If I turn my losses into profits and earn 100,000 crystals, will I get an additional 1,000 merit points?"
The old man nodded. "That's right, but you shouldn't get your hopes up. You're lucky that you didn't suffer any losses. You still want to earn money? Hehe! "
Su Yu's expression didn't change at all. "I accept the Tonglin Elixir Store's shopkeeper's position."
The old man's face stiffened. He thought he had misheard him. "You want this elixir store that owes 300,000 crystals? You don't know the immensity of heaven and earth … "
Without waiting for him to retort, Su Yu said calmly, "Your duty is just to issue missions, and it's not up to you to decide whether or not they can be completed."
The old man's face became flushed as he stared coldly at Su Yu.
After a long while, the old man nodded coldly. "Fine! I'll give you the mission! "
He took out half a wooden fish from his sleeves. The patterns on its fracture were quite complicated, and it also contained a wisp of divine light.
"This is a token. Go to the Red Blood Palace's headquarters in Tianya City. There is a shopkeeper there, who is in charge of all businesses. Give this token to him, and he will arrange for you to work in the Tonglin Elixir Store." The old man threw it at Su Yu and snorted coldly. "I wish you good luck!"
Su Yu took the token and said calmly, "Same to you."
After leaving the Mission Hall, Su Yu left the outer sanctum and went to Tianya City, which was located at the border of the Eighteen Blessed and Heavenly Lands and the Central Prefecture.
Not long after he left, the old man's eyes flashed. A bee flew out from his sleeves and flew towards a certain place in the Immortal Confining Forest.
There, two figures were standing side by side, talking about something.
"Shao Family Head, regarding Su Yuxian's matter, I am powerless." If Su Yu was here, he would surely recognize that this youth, whose face was as pale as a corpse, was none other than Lao Ai. He then said, "In order to kill Su Yuxian, I sent two inner sanctum Divine Master level disciples, but they died mysteriously in the Elegant Spirit Mountain! Now, Su Yuxian has shone brilliantly in the quarterly assessment and has been noticed by the Right Palace Master. If I attack him again, once the Right Palace Master finds out, he will definitely not spare me. "
Standing beside him was the Shao Family's Master, who had been waiting in the Fairy Confining Forest for a month.
He was eager to take revenge for his son, and if he did not kill Su Yu, he would not be able to rest or eat in peace.
Upon hearing that Lao Ai had given up on chasing after him, his eyes turned dark red like an enraged beast. "What did you say? I gave you a million crystals, and you promised me that you would definitely kill Su Yu! Now, you want to go back on your word? "
However, Lao Ai wasn't afraid of the Shao Family's Master at all. He said coldly, "Shao Family's Master, you still don't understand the situation in the outer sanctum. Your Shao Clan's disciple, Shao Qingfeng, was executed by the Great Palace Master because he gave himself away. I don't want to follow in his footsteps. To be honest, if it weren't for your Shao Chunguang, I wouldn't have accepted your task!"
Shao Chunguang was the Right Palace Master's disciple, and he was ranked tenth among the talented disciples. He was also a member of the Shao family.
There was a reason why Shao Qingfeng could hold such an important position in the outer sanctum, and Shao Chunguang was the reason behind it.
He was highly regarded by the Right Palace Master's camp, and even Lao Ai couldn't compare to him. It was only because of him and because he had assumed that killing Su Yu was a sure thing that he had accepted this mission.
He didn't expect that Su Yu would be so difficult to deal with. Moreover, he was highly regarded by the Right Palace Master, so he couldn't attack him rashly.
The Shao Family's Master's face was filled with anger, but he couldn't show it.
It was at this moment that a bee flew over.
The Shao Family's Master's expression changed slightly, and he grabbed the bee and placed it next to his ear. After listening to it, a hideous smile appeared on his face. "Su Yuxian, Su Yuxian, you didn't take the path to heaven, but you still insisted on barging into hell. You still dare to go out alone at such a time! You are really courting death!"
Lao Ai raised his brows, while a cold glint appeared in his eyes. "Are you saying that he left the outer sanctum by himself?"
The Shao Family's Master nodded. "That's right. I bribed the Mission Hall's Ghost List's Deputy Hall Master, and once Su Yu accepted the mission and left, he would inform me immediately. Now, he told me that Su Yu accepted Tianya City's shopkeeper's mission and just left the sanctum. He is now on his way to Tianya City! This bee recorded the aura of the Fishdragon Badge on his body, so as long as we have this bee, we will be able to catch up to him. "
Lao Ai started pondering this, while his expression became gloomy.
If Su Yu was in the sanctum, Lao Ai wouldn't dare to attack him even if he was given a hundred guts.
But, if he left alone and could kill Su Yu without anyone noticing, then the Right Palace Master wouldn't blame him for offending Su Yu after he died.
Lao Ai had a sinister character, so if he felt that this plan was feasible, he wouldn't hesitate.
"It's a good idea, but I can't attack him myself. If Su Yu escapes and the news gets back to the sanctum, I'll be finished." Lao Ai's eyes flickered as he said, "Why don't you attack him yourself? It's better to kill your enemy than to have someone else do it for you. "
The Shao Family's Master snorted and said, "Do you think that I don't want to? But, I received news yesterday that I need to rush back to the Shao Family to take care of an extremely important matter. I've already been delayed for a day, so I can't delay any longer. I don't have time to hunt down Su Yu, so I still need you to take care of this matter!"
Lao Ai was a sinister and vigilant person.
"I'm sorry, but it's not convenient for me to show myself." Lao Ai's eyes flickered as he said, "But, I can persuade the Mission Hall's Ghost List's Deputy Hall Master. With his Level One Almighty cultivation, it's more than enough for him to get rid of Su Yu. I will also give him the assistance of several Level Nine Fairy Realm disciples, and he will surely succeed."
The Shao Family's Master's expression softened, and he asked hesitantly, "But, is Deputy Hall Master Qi willing? After all, this matter is quite risky, and once it's exposed, he won't be able to gain a foothold in the Red Blood Palace. "
Lao Ai revealed a sinister smile. "Since he accepted your money and divulged Su Yu's whereabouts for you twice, it's obvious that he's a greedy person. As long as the price is high enough, you can surely invite him."
After he mulled this over for a moment, the Shao Family's Master nodded and said, "Fine, I will leave this matter to you. I won't take back the million crystals I gave you, but you must bribe him to help you."
"Of course!" Lao Ai chuckled.
They parted ways here, and the Shao Family's Master rushed back quickly. It seemed like he really had an urgent matter to attend to.
After Lao Ai returned to the sanctum, he went straight to the Mission Hall.
After Lao Ai ascertained that there was no one around, he moved his lips and compressed his Vital Energy to transmit it to him.
The skinny old man, who was Division Deputy Hall Master Qi, shook his head and sneered coldly. "Lao Ai, do you think that it's so easy to fool me? Once this matter is exposed, I won't have a foothold in the Eighteen Blessed and Heavenly Lands. This deal is too risky, so I can't accept it. "
Lao Ai revealed a calm smile and said, "Is that so? You don't want to accept a deal that's worth 500,000 crystals? You've been in the Red Blood Palace for so many years, so you probably didn't manage to get many crystals, did you? "
He was already so old, yet he had only managed to reach the Level One Fairy Realm. So, it was likely that he had never even entered the inner sanctum. As such, he was just an ordinary disciple, and it was hard to say whether or not he had saved up 500,000 crystals in his lifetime.
"Five hundred thousand?" Vice Hall Master Qi's eyes narrowed as his heart raced.
Five hundred thousand, he had never accumulated five hundred thousand crystal stones in his life.
The magnitude of this transaction caused his heart to palpitate with excitement!
After a moment of contemplation, Vice Hall Master Qi asked with a deep voice, "Is Clan Head Shao certain that you're willing to use five hundred thousand crystals to buy the life of a junior?"
In his eyes, although Su Yu's performance was not bad, he was still just at the Fairy Realm. In front of a Divine Master, Su Yu was like an ant that could be crushed to death with a single finger.
He didn't know why the Shao Family Head would pay such a high price.
Lao Ai said indifferently, "You don't have to worry about that. You just have to agree to accept the task or not."
Vice Pavilion Master Qi raised his head and killing intent flashed across his eyes. "I agree to it. However, you'll have to add another two hundred thousand, seven hundred thousand crystals!"
Lao Ai's expression became gloomy. He had already spent two hundred thousand crystals to hire the two inner sanctum disciples, so he only had eight hundred thousand left. Now that Vice Hall Master Qi had asked for seven hundred thousand crystals, it meant that he had wasted all his efforts!
However, as he thought about Su Yu's threat, Lao Ai muttered to himself for a moment before he replied with a gloomy expression, "Fine! After this matter is over, I will bring my head to see you! "
Division Vice Hall Master Qi wasn't afraid that Lao Ai would go against his promise, as he could easily expose him. Hence, he agreed readily, "Deal! I will rest until late at night, and I will leave. There are many people here, so it's inconvenient for me to leave my post. "
After the two of them discussed this matter carefully for a moment, Lao Ai stood up and left.
Division Vice Hall Master Qi also pretended that nothing had happened and waited calmly for the sky to turn dark.
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Ten million miles away, the night sky was bright and dazzling.
Su Yu flew in the direction of Tianya City for half a day.
When he saw that the sky had turned dark, he looked for a secluded place among some rocks to cultivate in peace.
He took out the Five Elements Divine Prison, which had nine hundred Demon Clan's characters, which shone with a golden radiance, and illuminated the dark night sky.
"Human lad, if you can successfully comprehend a hundred Demon Clan inscriptions, you will be able to unleash the power of the Five Elements Divine Prison. At that time, no one below the All Creation Realm will be a match for you." The Artifact Spirit in the cage said, "Moreover, comprehending the Five Elemental Profundities will greatly benefit your own strength. Using the Five Elemental Profundities to the extreme, your offensive and defensive power will be amazing."
Su Yu nodded slightly. "The earlier I master it, the better it will be for you, right?"
The Artifact Spirit said sincerely, "Let's consider it a win-win situation. Cultivate well, I won't disturb you any longer."
Su Yu's eyes flickered with a shrewd light. He did not trust this Artifact Spirit, and Su Yu was skeptical about whether or not it had ulterior motives.
However, at the moment, the artifact spirit still needed to rely on Su Yu, so he could rest assured.
He entered a state of cultivation, and at the same time, his body entered a process of time acceleration that was hundreds of times faster.
By the time two hours had passed in the outside world, Su Yu was already immersed in the Demon Clan's language's artistic conception. Four hundred hours had passed, which was equivalent to more than half a month.
All of a sudden, Su Yu opened his eyes slowly. His eyes were still filled with the remnants of his artistic conception.
Another one of the nine hundred Demon Race characters in front of him vanished.
He had managed to comprehend two Demon Clan's characters so far.
If one observed Su Yu carefully, he would discover that the five elements' aura around him had become denser.
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