While the mercenaries were sleeping soundly, countless lights appeared around the basin. Seeing this, Wild Lion's aura trembled slightly. The lights disappeared, and the forest returned to normal.
"I hope we won't attract any demonic beasts above King level. Otherwise, we'll have to give up on these demonic beasts," Wild Lion muttered in the night.
Fortunately, no King level demonic beasts appeared at the edge of the basin throughout the night. As for some low-ranked demonic beasts, they all fled after sensing Wild Lion's aura.
When the sky was slightly brighter, Wild Lion woke the mercenaries up and started cooking. After cleaning up, they began the day's harvesting mission. Yesterday, they had only collected the hearts and horns. Today, they still had to collect the scales and flesh of demonic beasts.
Collecting the scales was not as easy as collecting the hearts and horns. There were too many scales on a demonic beast, and the scales had to be processed piece by piece. Thus, the workload was still very heavy. After everyone finished eating, they rested for a while before continuing.
Of course, there were still two Ferghana horses jumping around in the basin. After eating demonic beast hearts for an entire night, they had both reached the level of a Rank 5 Martial General.
However, Wild Lion was still a little dissatisfied. After all, there were around two thousand Red-Horned Iron Tigers below the Martial Master level. Even after eating around a thousand of them, they only managed to increase their strength by five ranks. However, when he thought about it, they were only low-ranked demonic beast hearts, so he let it go. The value of Martial Master level and above hearts was higher. If they were fed to the Ferghana horse, the mercenaries would definitely have objections. They could only slowly nurture it or feed it with spirit stones.
After working for an entire day, the sky had already darkened. A bonfire had also been lit in the campsite. At last, they were almost done collecting. Every mercenary's spatial ring or the storage pouch they had brought earlier were filled to the brim. There were even thousands of demonic beast flesh that could not be stored. Previously, the leader had said to bring more, but now it seemed that they had brought too little. After selling this harvest, they would have to change to spatial rings. Spatial rings could store a lot more.
In fact, compared to the four great clans of Sentry Town, these mercenaries' equipment was still quite good. Many Wuzong level members had spatial rings. After all, they were not like the clans, which provided the entire clan's expenses, cultivation resources, and so on.
After the mercenary group's harvest was distributed, everyone spent what they had. If they could increase their strength, they would not keep it, unless it was enough. After all, the more strength they had, the higher their chances of survival the next time they went out. Furthermore, there were not many mercenaries, so naturally, they were all elites.
Everyone sat around the bonfire and ate fresh Red-Horned Iron Tiger flesh. Moreover, it was the Red-Horned Iron Tiger flesh that was above the Martial Master level. The remaining 3,000 demonic beasts had no strength, and their storage pouches were all full. However, among them, there were about 2,000 Martial Warrior level demonic beast corpses. The rest were Martial Master level demonic beast corpses. They did not have much value, so no one cared. After they left, these demonic beast corpses might be eaten up in one night.
"The harvest this time is comparable to our harvest in a year. When we go back, we have to change all of our equipment. There's also the general store's wine. We have to fill up our storage pouches. It's all thanks to the wine that we were able to break through to Wuzong so quickly," Monkey said generously as he ate and drank. As for the Ferghana Horse, the harvest this time was great, but with more than 50 people, they could not afford it. However, the Thousand Island Lake's beer was good stuff. It could increase spiritual power, and the beer tasted good. Naturally, they would not forget about it.
"Uncle Monkey, the general store's beer costs 500 Spirit Stones per bottle. Are you so rich that you can fill your storage pouch? Furthermore, the store's rules state that you can only buy one bottle per week. They won't sell any more than that," Kuang Tie reminded him with a smile.
"Cough cough, of course I'm rich. Hmph, I don't believe that the store owner won't sell the beer even if I'm rich," Monkey said stubbornly.
"There's no room for discussion. The rules of the shop are like this. You can only buy one bottle per week. Also, the shop has a Martial Emperor Realm expert." After thinking about it, Kuang Tie felt that it was better to remind the mercenaries. It wouldn't be good if they had a conflict with Mo Tiankong. Although he said this to Monkey, everyone was listening.
"Uh, then we'll buy one bottle per week," Monkey said after being stunned for a moment.
"Haha!" Everyone laughed when they heard that.
"Let's hurry up and eat. We'll rush back tonight," Wild Lion said. They were lucky that no King level demonic beasts came last night, but that might not be the case today. Furthermore, they had already collected all the valuable items, so there was no need to stay any longer.
"Yes, Commander!" Everyone replied in unison.
Now that the leader had spoken, the group of mercenaries moved quickly. Furthermore, it was already late at night, so it wouldn't be good to be too late. They didn't chat along the way. Everyone circulated their Yuan Qi and quickly left the Antelope Mountain Range. Only when they reached the main road did they slow down. The roars of beasts could be heard from the mountain range in the distance.
Furthermore, everyone was extremely cautious along the way, afraid that they would be robbed by experts. There was nothing they could do about it. They were all rich now. Actually, this was also a psychological effect of people. There would always be people who wanted to harm them. In reality, people would stay far away from them as they walked. They were covered in blood and their clothes were tattered. Passersby were afraid of dirtying their clothes if they got too close.
"Everyone, rest well tonight. We'll deal with these things tomorrow," Wild Lion said when everyone returned to the house.
They felt safer after returning to the house. It was already late, so they weren't in a hurry. They just wanted to get a good night's sleep.
The mercenaries only woke up when the sun was high up in the sky. Although this operation would only last for two days, the dangers during that time were still very high. That included the night they set up camp and the journey back. However, they had all been nervous. At least they had gotten a good night's sleep last night.
"Leader, we have a lot of materials this time. The shops we've worked with before will probably only be able to buy a small portion. What should we do with the rest?" Li Qing had been waiting since early in the morning. When he saw Wild Lion open the door, he immediately asked.
"Yes, we'll give a portion to the shops we've worked with before. After all, the prices they've given us have been pretty good. As for the Red-Horned Iron Tiger meat, we can ask the four great clans if they want it. As for the low-grade meat, we should be able to buy it all. The only shop that can finish it in one go is the Bountiful Treasure Pavilion. Let's go there and sell it," Wild Lion said after thinking for a moment.
Li Qing immediately called over a few mercenaries to ask the four great clans. He then called over a few more mercenaries to set up a stall in the market.
After seeing that the materials had been distributed, Wild Lion brought Li Qing and a few other Wu zong level martial artists to several shops that they had worked with before. They also had reasonable prices. After distributing some materials, they went straight to the Bountiful Treasure Pavilion.
The Bountiful Treasure Pavilion was the same as the Duobao Bank. They were both established by Wu Sheng Qian Duoduo. In the beginning, he had only established the Duobao Bank. As for the Bountiful Treasure Pavilion, there were many reasons.
Some Martial Sovereigns, Martial Emperors, and even Wu Sheng level experts had found treasures that they didn't use. Ordinary people couldn't afford them, so they didn't have the time to find buyers one by one. Seeing this situation, Wu Sheng Qian Duoduo had an idea. At first, he had only wanted to establish a shop to act as a transit point. Treasures that people didn't use could be placed in the shop to sell, and he would collect a fee.
But he had slowly realized that the circle was too small. There were many treasures that couldn't be sold. So he had been tempted to set up shops all over the continent. Treasures that the Central Xuan Region didn't need might be needed in other regions. So he had set up Bountiful Treasure Pavilions in some of the important cities on the continent. The Aquamarine Empire only had a few Bountiful Treasure Pavilions, and Sentry Town was one of them.
However, the shop couldn't just sell high-end treasures. Opening a shop naturally had to make a profit. With Wu Sheng's name and the generous treatment of spirit stones, it naturally attracted many craftsmen and alchemists to refine pills and weapons for the Bountiful Treasure Pavilion. The materials were basically obtained locally. They cooperated with some families and mercenary groups to buy materials. Of course, the quality of the materials wouldn't be low. There were many low-grade weapons and pills that fell into the Bountiful Treasure Pavilion's hands.
So generally, rare materials that no one used were sold to the Bountiful Treasure Pavilion. There were also high-grade materials that were purchased. After all, there was a failure rate in refining, and it was impossible to guarantee a 100% success rate. So a large amount of materials would be purchased. Craftsmen and alchemists had a certain quota. As long as they handed in a certain amount of pills and weapons every month, the rest would be used as practice.
There was no way around it. The Duobao Bank charged interest when opening it, and the treasures of experts were sold in the shop, which was a large intermediate fee. The Profound Sky Continent wasn't the same as the banks on Earth. What was the point of raising funds? To buy the entire continent?
Almost the entire continent, from martial artists to commoners, used the Duobao Bank. The interest of a single person might not be very high, but for the entire continent, the annual interest could be used to build a foundation.
Would other Wu Sheng be jealous of such a large amount of money? No, they weren't. Simply put, at Wu Sheng's level, unless it was a special treasure or a heavenly treasure, most things wouldn't catch their eye. Those things couldn't be measured by money. Usually, if there was something they wanted, they would barter for it. Moreover, experts like Wu Sheng didn't lack money. Any one of their personal items could be sold for a sky-high price on the continent.
So the Bountiful Treasure Pavilion slowly developed into a famous shop in the continent. Every branch had a treasure, but it wasn't an item of other experts. It was the Duobao Wu Sheng's personal property. The items of other experts circulated very quickly in the five regions. They would be digested in three months to half a year, and this included the time spent on the road.
Of course, there were also experts overseeing the shop. Wu Sheng was very rich, so there were naturally many experts under his command. Moreover, no one dared to touch the shops of the Bountiful Treasure Pavilion. The reason was obvious.
The group walked quickly on the road and soon arrived at the center of the town. They stopped in front of a luxuriously decorated shop. The richly ornamented lintel made the shop look grand.
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