Chapter 94: Another Hint of Evil

Chapter 94: Another Hint of Evil

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The battlefield had yet to be cleared so instead of conducting postmortem at the sight, the unconscious man and the corpse of the sick-looking middle-aged man by a hidden ditch were brought over to the location of the massacre. The first order of business was none other than to quickly search the field. Beasttakens bodies were no longer valuable since their mystery was simply given up on. After all, fourth generation and higher births from the beasttakens are almost all humans with a few bestial traits. Their existence was simply an accepted fact. It was also for this reason that Bibi Dong emptied her storage tool filled with the corpses of Beartakens that Ja Sun took out previously.

Everyone quickly began to stab into the heads, limbs, and torso of the beasttakens to find out if any of them dropped a spirit bone. When all the mutated Beasttakens failed to drop any, others were a little disheartened. The cold drop rate of spirit bones smacked everyone right on their expectant expressions until...

"Well... I wanna trade," Liu Erlong smiled, holding a left arm spirit bone consisting of only the forearm portion of the arm with its body rendered cyan and an ethereal glow around it without a drop of blood marring its surface once it was brought out. The fluctuations of the spirit bone could only be considered meek when compared to what their group had experienced overall but this was still a spirit bone. However, Ja Sun glanced at it without much thought and shrugged. He didn't reject it as he already had a value for it.

Indeed, it was a 6000-year-old Cyan Wolf Left Arm Spirit Bone. Probably the same one as the reward of his trait so it could be experimented upon.

"Sure, we'll discuss it later."

Finder's keeper.

Liu Erlong discovered the spirit bone, its true value: Age and attributes, were barely useable for anyone around so she kept it unceremoniously. With this spirit bone, everybody's except Ja Sun's hope was reignited and they quickly covered the entire site but Liu Erlong's spirit bone was the only one. Still, they moved once again and finally returned to their encampment with Olivia and Caihong already waiting nearby and treating themselves to a few berries, out of which, Ja Sun picked one and wiped it clean against a handkerchief and ate it with a blissful expression.

Instead of checking up on the corpse, the group quickly freshened up and only then gathered into the single tent with two bodies placed next to each other.

One of the men was in ragged clothing but the spirit fluctuations on it revealed that he was a Spirit Emperor. The corpse, however, wore blood-red clothes with streaks of dried blood carving through the corners of his eyes, lips, nostrils, and mouth. If it wasn't for such a strange situation, Bibi Dong would have wanted to stay longer and find more clues but they had enough adventure already. The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

Everyone silently stared at the corpse before Bibi Dong knelt and touched the head of the corpse with her thumb. Her nails grew purple momentarily before she closed her eyes and swept through the internal situation of the corpse with her mental strength.

Ja Sun and others waited idly. It was only after a minute that Bibi Dong opened her eyes and looked at the group.

"His brain imploded within his skull but there is no hint of spirit energy. His other organs are completely fine, too."

Bibi Dong's mental energy was just short to Ja Sun within the group and only because she did not have any of the auxiliary techniques Ja Sun attained from his trait. So, her judgment could be trusted but just the simple explanation couldn't shed light on what happened itself.

"Let's search his storage tool," Ah Yin sighed and pulled the pouch tied to the corpse's waste. Once she completed the check, she couldn't help but frown and from the storage tool, she took out a muddy yellow token and a slightly weary parchment.

Seeing this token, Ja Sun couldn't help but blink.

"Hint of Evil?" He smiled.

The yellow token with brown etchings was similar to the one Ja Sun and Ah Yin procured from the team of four attributes clans and on the parchment, aside from the bold marking: Hint of Evil, and a map, there were two other sentences.

'Chaos worth ten villages.'

'Passive Evil; Mightiest Sin.'

Previously, the parchment from the group in Star Dou Great Forest contained the sentences:

'Goods worth more than 5000 gold coins...'

'Passive Evil; Mightiest Sin.'

Seeing the hint of recognition in Ah Yin's and Ja Sun's eyes, others naturally awaited an explanation and Ah Yin was the one who gave a simple explanation on the matter. She truly feared that Ja Sun might speak something else regarding their first encounter with Violet.

'Hint of Evil...'

After hearing their explanation, everyone turned ponderous. Causing troubles on the border and committing massacres is extremely different from catching rare spirit beasts for money. The latter is one of the major sources of earning for spirit masters while the former is a violent crime that awards the spirit master the title of Evil Spirit Master.

"Though, why would you save a spirit beast? If she can speak human, isn't she even more valuable than just 5000 gold coins?" Xie Xan inquired. Liu Erlong, of course, knew who Violet was. She chased after her only to be defeated by Ja Sun back then.

"Why else," Erlong scowled. She stretched her palms towards her breasts but kept quite a distance between them and hissed, "She was this large and didn't wear anything! Jumping and slithering around with those... giant balls of deception! Of course, this pervert would give his life for an entity like that!"

Ja Sun only smiled. In fact, this was a more believable explanation than he let Violet go due to his interest itself. Curiosity and pervertedness are, after all, divided by a thin line itself.

"R-really?" Hu Lana sucked in a breath of cold air. The size Liu Erlong just showed outgunned everyone present. Within their group, the level of their beauty can be considered almost unmatched. Hu Lana might be considered simply pretty but due to her martial soul, her innate charm, her tone, the sense of her gaze, and the expression of her lips could grip any man's heart but not as tightly as it gripped Xie Xan's.

Of course, she wanted this spirit bone. She wanted it from the moment he revealed its existence.

Xie Xan had broken through his limits and absorbed a spirit ring higher than what his capacity allowed him to. If he had a spirit bone, he could have strived even higher because a spirit bone not only enhances one's body, it also has a positive effect on one's spirit energy.

"Yes, I want it," Liu Erlong eyed Ja Sun but her fickle lens of calm couldn't cover the whirlpool of desire under her pupils. Most spirit masters live their entire life without a spirit bone much less a compatible one. If Ja Sun hadn't risked offending the entire White Tiger Imperial Clan, he wouldn't have gotten such high quality of spirit bones.

"But just this incomplete spirit bone isn't enough. This is a 49000-year-old spirit bone that is exceptionally suitable for you. I can bet that because of your martial soul, this spirit bone may even enhance slightly and turn into a 50000-year-old one. Not only that, you are a level away from rank 50. This spirit bone can bring you to the peak and improve your body, allowing you to achieve the same feat as Xie Xan but probably more efficiently.

So, the value of this spirit bone to you is incomparable. After all, just this spirit bone serves as a foundation to enhance your future cultivation."

Her thoughts completely exposed and the value of the bone completely revealed, Liu Erlong couldn't help bite her lips.

"You think I wouldn't have thought all of this? What do you want?" Liu Erlong inquired with a heave and Ja Sun frowned momentarily. Even if Liu Erlong added the second spirit bone of hers, she wouldn't be able to match the value of this spirit bone.

He already knew that Liu Erlong was the one to complete the final mission in the war between Balak and Silvers Kingdom. This was also one of the many reasons why Ja Sun poked fun at her. Because he was somewhat petty when it came to such things. However, unlike Liu Erlong stated, Ja Sun didn't have anything he wanted from her.

"Did you already forget?" Ja Sun tilted his head, "You are the one who demanded a trade."

"But you accepted it. I figured that you already know I cannot compare the price and have something else you want as compensation," Liu Erlong glanced at Ah Yin for a moment and when she saw Ah Yin wearing the same necklace that Ja Sun had gifted her in the Star Luo City, her eyes couldn't help but flash.

"You overestimate me too much," Ja Sun's lips twitched.

His mind, at this moment, is practically filled with the digestion of his gains. Sure, staying at this level and facing tougher opponents meant attaining more S-ranked rewards but the main attraction of the trait was to help him grow quickly. If he even forgets this simple thing, then he may as well consider himself a true mission junkie. But now, it was time to settle a little and redefine one's foundation.

On the other hand, Liu Erlong was in a daze. She gazed at the crimson spirit bone set on Ja Sun's lap with an expression of longing and desire. The calm facade already ruined by his words.

"What's your other spirit bone? Take it out," Ja Sun mumbled with a snort.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Erlong revealed a calf bone extending to the foot. Dark-blue all over and a soothing energy around the spirit bone unlike the slightly tyrannical fluctuation around the cyan bone and the explosive heat around the crimson one.

"8000-year-old Gentle Moray Left Leg Spirit Bone."

Liu Erlong introduced.

Ja Sun gazed at the spirit bone before losing his interest but in his own hand, the Salamander bone was basically useless. Still, he was conflicted to just give it away for a loss and he closed his eyes to mull on the situation. Right now, he didn't have any pressing use of Liu Erlong like back then were he truly gifted the Blue Silver Emperor's Core to Ah Yin. Giving this Spirit Bone to Liu Erlong at a loss, now, would only probably gain him her favor which wasn't much of use to him. So, either he had to find a good use of Liu Erlong or reject the trade. There was no other way about it.

Alas, Ja Sun didn't. Shaking his head with a sigh, he finally declined the trade, making Liu Erlong quite upset as she left the tent with slumped shoulders.

"That was rough to watch," Ah Yin exhaled herself as Ja Sun shrugged, "Trading is rough, what did you expect? You should count lucky that I gave you that beautiful pear for... nothing," he pouted and sprawled on the ground.

"Well, it wasn't for nothing," Ah Yin scooched forward while setting the two owls on the ground and gently pick Ja Sun's head and set it on her lap. The affectionate action made Ja Sun's heart thump in excitement as Ah Yin smiled, "If you hadn't done that, could you make fun of all of us now? This is the price of that pearl."

Ja Sun grew dazed momentarily before chuckling out loud.

"Money well spent," he remarked and added, "But I am always hoping for something more."

"Hope does give us strength," Ah Yin winked, "Keep hoping."

'Why does she have to be so difficult!' Ja Sun rolled his eyes. She wasn't the only one difficult. Just a few moments ago, Liu Erlong was basically pestering him for the Spirit Bone. If he had a weaker will, the sight of her jiggle physics unconsciously created from her side would have persuaded him to trade. But pleasure has always been a personal concept for Ja Sun and not a professional one. He knew how to differentiate between needs and desires.

He needed Ah Yin's lips. He desired other beautiful woman's lips. A clear difference.

Seeing his stare not leaving her lips, Ah Yin's soft pink lips tilted slightly upward in a short smile and she leaned down. Her natural fragrance is all Ja Sun could sense at this moment.

"You wanted to ask me something didn't you?" Ah Yin inquired softly.

"Will you cover my tent with your domain so that no spiritual fluctuation leaks out?" Ja Sun inquired after inhaling deeply. He didn't mind even if he did this in front of Ah Yin. Were the two of them not aware of what was happening already?

"Of course, I will," Ah Yin smiled, "How long?"

"Most probably a week."

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