The few chests of crystals, magical equipment, and marvelous weapons were piled up like a glittering mountain of treasures. Under the illumination of the torches as thick as a child's arm, they were even more dazzling than before.
The enormous mountain of treasures would be divided equally among the two hundred barbarian Cultivators. If they won several matches in the Hundred Victories Great Arena, they would be rewarded even more generously.
Li Yao could already hear a lot of barbarian Cultivators drooling.
Although they were good at playing with snakes and ghosts, and had dominated a region in this barren land, they had never even heard of these magnificent treasures and pure crystals from the Celestial Empire, let alone seen them before.
Li Yao observed coldly. Even Meng Duo and Gu Siduo, the two old foxes, were rolling their eyes and breathing fast. Red stripes were crawling from their necks to their ears. It was obvious that they were shaken by the treasures.
Had it not been for the solemn Black Tiger Iron Guards who were holding their sabers in front of the mountain of treasures, and Ling Lanyin, the female Cultivator Jin Dan, staring at them coldly from behind, Li Yao estimated that a lot of barbarian Cultivators would've lunged at them.
Immediately, the barbarian Cultivators all patted their chests valiantly in the lead. The giant scorpions, vipers, and other eccentric beasts were also shrieking so loudly that even Huo Wujiu's camp more than ten kilometers away could hear them.
Many barbarian Cultivators were trying to join the two hundred warriors in a hurry.
Ling Shoujing, however, burst into laughter and hinted for everybody to calm down. "I'm new to this place, and I haven't learned much about the methods of the southwest heroes yet. Whoever I choose right now will be unfair to everybody.
"From tomorrow onwards, there are still three days left. We will compare notes and test each other in the army. Everyone will show off their abilities in front of everyone. No one will be able to say anything about who's up and who's down. What does everyone think?"
"Come on. Let's not talk about weapons today. Let's drink the Empyrean Wine that we brought all the way from the Divine Capital. It is a gift from the emperor himself. We will not go home until we are drunk."
Amidst a series of heavy shouts, many Black Tiger Warriors carried out buckets after buckets of fragrant wine.
But when it was poured into the unique wine bottle of the Southland of Sorcerers, it was as thick as honey.
Especially when a barrel of wine was about to be emptied. The last strand of wine was hanging on the wall. It was as if it would never be emptied. The eyes of many barbarians almost popped out of their eye sockets. They jumped into the wine bottle to take a good bath.
Everyone was like a whale sucking in water, and they made a big fuss and drank wildly.
Soon, they were all drunk and snoring could be heard everywhere.
Li Yao swallowed the Numinous Drunken Spirit as well.
There was a faint warning in the depths of his brain, but it made him carefully analyze the composition of the wine.
"As I expected, there are strong anesthetics in the wine. Otherwise, those barbarian Cultivators couldn't have been drunk so quickly."
"However, although the anesthetic effect is strong, its nature is quite mild. It won't cause any harm to the human body. He will be able to wake up early tomorrow morning."
"Ling Shoujing, the Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers, is not simple."
Li Yao, on the other hand, did not sense any malice from Ling Shoujing.
Besides, those barbarian Cultivators were all on the court's side. Unless Ling Shoujing intended to defect to Ghost Qin's side, it was impossible for him to harm those barbarian Cultivators in any case.
Li Yao simply pretended that he was drunk, too. He collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud and observed what Ling Shoujing was doing coldly.
The banquet lasted more than five hours. There was no sign of stopping at all.
Li Yao noticed that, after the barbarian Cultivators were all drunk, a lot of common barbarian soldiers under Huo Wuji's command had snuck in and replaced the barbarian Cultivators to drink and make merry.
A lot of barbarian Cultivators, including himself, were carried to a seemingly common tent deep inside the camp by the Black Tiger Iron Guards.
Somebody opened his mouth and fed him some stinky, sour, and scorching liquids that were hard to swallow.
Li Yao absorbed the tiny components with his tongue and analyzed them carefully, only to discover that they were drugs that could stimulate the nerves and help him wake up from anesthesia quickly.
Therefore, he coughed hard and 'woke up', before he looked around in confusion.
The atmosphere of the banquet was entirely gone. He was now in a cold tent that reeked of blood.
Even the torches that were burning furiously around the tent were emitting cold, bluish brilliance.
Wherever the bluish brilliance reached, everybody's face would be as pale and blue as that of a dead body.
Ling Shoujing, who had been friendly and even unrestrained a moment ago, was now wearing a Red Tiger Swallowing Gold Armor with two Octagonal God-Shocking Maces crossed on his back. He was sitting at the center of the tent majestically and staring at them emotionlessly, as if he were made of iron.
Around him were almost thirty Black Tiger Iron Guards, who were all Cultivators in the vanguard of the army. Their sabers had been unsheathed, and the aura of their sabers was blinking nonstop.
They did not conceal their spiritual aura in the slightest. Their spiritual aura surged, filling up the thick cowhide military tent like a balloon.
Li Yao turned around and looked around. There were almost seventy barbarian Cultivators who had just woken up from their hangover in confusion. Blinking their ignorant eyes, they had no idea what was going on.
Some of the more quick-witted barbarian Cultivators thought that the emperor's army was going to attack them. They exclaimed in shock, but they did not know what to do and were shuddering in fear.
Although there were many of them, they had been gathered from different villages. They were not very familiar with each other. Many of them even had minor conflicts with each other. They were purely mobsters. Naturally, they could not be as united as the emperor's army.
"Please don't be hasty, everybody. I mean no harm. It's just that there are too many spies outside. I had no choice but to invite you here in such a way."
Ling Shoujing's tone was entirely different from the one in the banquet a moment ago. It was full of toughness and toughness that were as sharp as a saber. He was even more intimidating than he was during the day.
He coughed softly. A few Black Tiger Iron Guards moved the 'mountain of treasures' that had been piled up outside into the tent again.
At this moment, the magical equipment, crystals, and weapons were all mixed up, making them even more dazzling.
"Right now, there are sixty-eight heroes of the Southland of Sorcerers in my tent. The treasures will be divided equally among you."
Ling Shoujing's words were truly shocking. All the barbarian Cultivators who were still in a daze jumped to their feet.
Nobody could believe their ears. They were so greedy that their tongues were almost dangling out.
Didn't he just say that the competition would last for three days, and only the strongest of them would be entitled to one percent of the treasures?
Although the barbarian Cultivators had never studied modern mathematics, they knew that each of them would take much more advantage than two hundred barbarian Cultivators would when they shared a mountain of treasures among sixty-eight people.
Li Yao was the only one who vaguely understood Ling Shoujing's plan. He couldn't help but applaud the wisdom and determination of the Appeasing Ambassador.
The sixty-seven barbarian Cultivators around Li Yao were not the most experienced or the strongest. Instead, they were the dumbest and most loyal to the court from the most remote villages.
This included the cultivators who had rushed out to fight the other side during the day. Regardless of how they performed at that time, even if they suffered a crushing defeat, all of them were gathered here.
On the other hand, even the well-known barbarian Cultivators who had been famous for a long time, such as' Meng Duo 'and' Gu Siduo ', did not show up.
In such a case, wasn't it obvious what Ling Shoujing was up to?
The Black Tiger Iron Guards were very fast. They divided the crystals, the magical equipment, and the weapons into two hundred pieces.
Then, they carried out more than ten boxes that were covered in brass and smashed them open one after another.
Inside the first box were coldly shining sabers and flying swords, which were full of spiritual stripes and brimming with spiritual energy. They were already roaring when they were still inside the box. Many barbarian Cultivators couldn't help but take a step back when they were still inside the box.
Those sabers and swords were much more advanced than the marvelous weapons that were presented in public just now.
Inside the second box were iron lumps the size of fists that were carefully wrapped in straw, cotton, and silk. Their surface was also full of complicated spiritual stripes, which interweaved into the words' Taiyi Heart Piercing Thunder '.
In the next few boxes, there were delicate spiritual armors embedded with rune arrays and night cloaks that could cover one's traces.
The last box, on the other hand, was full of gold, glittering scrolls.
A few Black Tiger Iron Guards opened the scrolls and showed them to the barbarian Cultivators.
Many of the barbarian Cultivators were illiterate. It was not until they heard the explanation that they learned that they were the official documents of the Great Qian Dynasty.
What was written on the scrolls were the important positions in the Southland of Sorcerers, with the seal of the Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers. However, the column of names was empty.
"The sabers and the flying swords are of different styles. You are free to choose the weapons that you are most comfortable with. Four Taiyi Heart Piercing Thunder for each of you, one Blue Sky Spiritual Armor for each of you, and one Night Stalker Cloak for each of you. As for the names on the documents …"
Ling Shoujing smiled, but intense killing intent was beaming out of his smile. "That will depend on your performance later."
The barbarian Cultivators looked at each other in bewilderment.
The atmosphere was so weird, and the rewards were so generous that even the dullest barbarians in the forest could tell that something was wrong.
A fat barbarian Cultivator summoned his courage and asked, "If I may ask, how will we perform later, honorable ambassador?"
Ling Shoujing sneered and said, one word after another, "In two hours, before dawn, we will assault the enemy's camp and kill Huo Wujiu as well as all the people of Ghost Qin. During the battle during the day, you all performed outstandingly and demonstrated your loyalty to the court. I am very satisfied with your performance." "You are right.
"You are the real heroes of the Southland of Sorcerers. What else is there to be tested?"
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