Chapter 219: Slightly Embarrassed

Chapter 219: Slightly Embarrassed

Pang Jian threw the fifteen thousand spirit jades he had just acquired onto the ground of the Resolute Expanse.

Here you go.

The black turtle swept up the spirit jades and directed them toward the spirit vein with its divine ability.

The newly acquired spirit jades transformed into drops of radiant light that rained down onto the spirit vein in the heart of the fragmented land.

"You better not disappoint me," Pang Jian muttered. His heart ached at the loss of the spirit jades, but he was determined to continue. "Next!"

Pang Jian took out Jiu Yuan's spirit materials, including a series of strange bones and the hide of a Rank Seven Blood Lizard, and placed them all in a pile.

The dazzling array of spirit materials left Dong Tianze bewildered. He had no idea of their value.

"Rank Seven Blood Lizard's hide!"

"Celestial Crystal Beast's skull!"

"Blood Origin Parasite!"

Yin Yiqing and Han Zhiyuan's exclamations echoed through the Ethereal Ghost Token.

"Did all of Jiu Yuan's rare treasures and his spatial bracelet fall into this kid's hands?"

"Did the Vicious Beast that killed Jiu Yuan not take his spatial bracelet? How did Pang Jian get hold of it?"

"This kid's luck is unbelievably good!"

The two leaders' words left Dong Tianze astonished and slightly envious.

He had not expected Pang Jian to profit amidst the chaos in the Primordial Wilderness.

After a while, the whispered discussions of the two leaders finally stopped, with the Cult Leader, Yin Yiqing, estimating the total value of the items at twenty-seven thousand spirit jades.

"Twenty-seven thousand spirit jades. I took some time to calculate, and this is the rough price I've come up with," Dong Tianze said, repeating Yin Yiqing's words like a puppet.

"Deal!" Pang Jian said eagerly.

After finalizing the trade with Dong Tianze, he then threw the huge sum of spirit jades onto the ground, where they were swept up by the black turtle and poured into the spirit vein.

"Next!"

This time, items belonging to Cao Mang and Liang Ying appeared.

"How on earth did this kid obtain these rare spirit materials in the Primordial Wilderness? Liang Ying of the Star River Alliance used the Stellar Condensing Pearl for cultivation. How did it end up in his hands?"

"Was Liang Ying also killed?"

Yin Yiqing and Han Zhiyuan's voices echoed from the Ethereal Ghost Token in Dong Tianze's hand.

Dong Tianze's face twitched as he glared sullenly at Pang Jian.

A surge of anger rushed through Dong Tianze.

Had Pang Jian not framed him, the Sinister Soul Temple would not have been forced to pretend they had imprisoned him.

If not for this, he would have also been in the Primordial Wilderness, participating in the deadly battle against the foreign races.

If Pang Jian could profit from the chaos, surely I could have too!

He's already earned tens of thousands of spirit jades in a short amount of time. I've never possessed such enormous wealth in my life.

Damn you, Pang Jian! If it weren't for you framing me, I... Dong Tianze cursed inwardly.

Pang Jian's haul had also astonished the Cult Leader and Vice Cult Leader of the Sinister Soul Temple. They wanted to question him in detail about the situation in the Primordial Wilderness after the transactions were complete.

Cough! Cough!

Pang Jian suddenly coughed twice as if his throat itched. His expression was somewhat awkward and slightly embarrassed.

Cough! Cough!

Awkwardly coughing once again, Pang Jian took out four spatial bracelets and placed them on the Ghost Altar.

"These..." Pang Jian trailed off, looking at Dong Tianze.

"Spatial bracelets, four thousand each, for a total of sixteen thousand spirit jades!" Dong Tianze declared.

"Deal!"

The last transaction was concluded even faster than before.

"Pang Jian..." Seeing that Pang Jian had run out of items to sell, Dong Tianze, under the urging of the two leaders, asked stiffly, "What's the situation in the Primordial Wilderness? Are the invading forces from the Fifth World still hunting human cultivators?"

Pang Jian was about to answer when his eyebrows twitched.

Then, slowly adopting a more arrogant demeanor, he said, "Each piece of information will cost you one thousand spirit jades. Think carefully before you ask, Sect Leader."

Dong Tianze was stunned.

"Ask!"

"Ask!"

Yin Yiqing and Han Zhiyuan's urgent voices rang out simultaneously.

"Alright!" Gritting his teeth, Dong Tianze placed one thousand spirit jades on the Ghost Altar and asked his first question, "What's the current state of the battle between the invading forces from the Fifth World and the human cultivators?"

After accepting the spirit jades with a smile, Pang Jian casually tossed them onto the ground and said, "The battle is over. Most foreign race warriors and Vicious Beasts have died in the Primordial Wilderness. Some of the weaker foreign race warriors escaped early on with flying vessels and headed to the contaminated Fourth World."

Pang Jian looked encouragingly at the silent Dong Tianze, wordlessly asking him to take out more spirit jades and continue his interrogation.

"Ask!"

"Ask him how many survivors are left, focusing on Old Monster Cao and the other elders!"

Yin Yiqing and Han Zhiyuan urged.

As the Cult Leader and Vice Cult Leader of the Sinister Soul Temple, they could easily take out a million spirit jades if needed.

Spending a few thousand spirit jades to gain critical information about the Primordial Wilderness before the Blood Moon Sect and the Star River Alliance seemed like a bargain.

The first to obtain accurate information could make arrangements in advance and prepare countermeasures sooner.

Dong Tianze placed more spirit jades in the Ghost Altar and continued parroting the two leaders' questions.

Pang Jian received the thousand spirit jades.

"Cao Mang is dead. Elder Wei Wenhan of the Radiant Sun Sect is alive, as is Yang Rui."

Another thousand spirit jades.

"How did Cao Mang die?"

"I don't know either. Ask another question."

"Have they figured out how the Mirror Tunnel was formed?"

"It's said that Cao Mang colluded with the foreign races. He activated the Spirit Slaughtering Astral Array and tried to kill everyone."

And so it went.

Whenever the questions involved himself, Pang Jian did not lie. He simply feigned ignorance and told Dong Tianze to ask another question.

He based all his answers on real events but conveniently avoided mentioning that Jiu Yuan and Cao Mang had died because of him.

After Pang Jian earned seven thousand spirit jades, Dong Tianze stopped asking questions.

Pang Jian then stood up and dismantled the Ghost Altar.