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A conspiracy?

Do you know where Shentu Shun is?

It was nothing more than attracting the audience, luring them, or some small trick to get more money. It wasn't a conspiracy.

Scarlet Pills were born in the wild, and their ancestors were nothing more than a bunch of the most common and lowly animals.

When she was born, her mother died. She didn't know who her father was, nor did she know if there were any other relatives. When she opened her eyes, what she saw was not an animal like herself, but a person.

Five years ago, it was fortunate that it had met its partners and survived.

In the past five years, it had seen animals nibbling on each other, and it had also eaten quite a few other animals along with Tian Ci.

If it weren't for Fu Yun secretly teaching her cultivation, she wouldn't be called king here.

It could be said that all of its existence was given to it by humans, and it had nothing to do with demons. Since that was the case, how could it bear the responsibility of demons, divide humanity, and destroy the Righteous Dao Alliance?

Thus, even though this Sect Leader's heart was connected to the world, he really was overthinking it.

"What do you think?"

After hearing the Sect Leader's explanation, Chi Dan finally understood why no one had bid before.

Since the way he proposed the auction was rejected by everyone, he could borrow the hand of others to get a perfect solution.

"Gathering funds!"

As the head of a sect, he was responsible for the survival of the sect. He wanted to see Shentu Shun very much, but he did not want to see a disaster happen to the human race.

If the sect was not destroyed, then the human race must not be affected. If the sect was not weakened, then Shentu Shun must take care of it.

The most important thing was to resolve the human race crisis, and at the same time, to obtain Shentu Shun's whereabouts.

Forcing others to take action against the Monster King was not something anyone could do. From this, it could be seen that this method was not working.

Perhaps there was only one way, and it was the only way, to let everyone in the world know where Shentu Shun was.

How could he obtain Shentu Shun's location while dissolving the demons' plot?

Whether it was a conspiracy or not, it was not clear. At least on the surface, it was just a deal.

Since it was a trade, and the Scarlet Core wanted spirit stones, he would give it spirit stones.

Once it obtains a spirit stone, it must reveal Shentu Shun's whereabouts.

Instant messaging was a fake. After it obtained the spirit stones, it had to leave. After entering the Hollow Jade Sect, even if there was a conspiracy, it wouldn't be able to turn the tide.

Who would pay for the spirit stones?

It was extremely simple. If the people of the world wanted to obtain Shentu Shun's location, then the people of the world would use the spirit stones.

"What is gathering funds?"

Capital raising, literal understanding, capital raising.

In these five years, it was either sightseeing or crossing the border. It was all because of him that they scared off people. Chi Dan really had very little contact with outsiders, and he didn't know what it meant to raise funds.

After three meals a day, he asked for nothing but money. He could never understand what it meant to raise money.

In the sect, Huo Luan had been in a state of cultivation.

Other than the three of them who were almost idiots in the business world, everyone else could understand. After all, most of the Sect Leader and Elders were good at accidents.

Scarlet Pills were demonic beasts. They did not understand the human way of business and did not understand the concept of capital accumulation. It was normal for this Sect Leader to not suspect anything.

"Simply put, gathering funds is to have everyone take out spirit stones and share in Shentu Shun's whereabouts. As for who Shentu Shun is going to end up with, it all depends on his personal ability."

A good move had the same difficulties and good fortune, but right now, it was the best solution.

Those who could not produce five top quality spirit stones could obtain Shentu Shun's whereabouts as long as they contributed a bit of their resources. It was worth it to take less risks and fight.

If you don't even have a single spirit stone on you, you better leave immediately. Otherwise, even if no one dares to make a move, the gazes of everyone will be enough to kill you several times over.

Cultivators with deep cultivations didn't care. There were so many coming from outside the city that their chests were almost touching their backs. At most, they would immediately go and snatch some spirit stones back.

"Leader Shang, how many spirit stones should each person pay?"

Listen, someone is calling out to this Sect Leader, the two must know each other.

It turned out that the person who came up with this idea was surnamed Shang, Chi Dan couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

The Sect Leader Shang's full name was Shang Guanming. Within the jurisdiction of the Hollow Jade Sect, he was second only to the mid-sized sects of the Hollow Jade Sect — the Imperial Sect and the Imperial Sect Leader. His cultivation was infinitely close to the tribulation stage, and he was known as the cultivator most likely to enter the tribulation stage.

Walking in the martial arts world, everyone had some understanding of Shang Ming.

To raise funds, a few were happy while others were sad.

For the sake of the human race, Shang Ming was doomed to lose some allies that he could work with, and could do nothing about it.

Elder Qian was also the head of a medium-sized sect within the Hollow Jade Sect. Many sect heads and elders like him had come.

Righteous Dao was always on the same side, and the old Taoist had the best relationship with Shang Ming.

At this moment, the old Daoist suddenly asked, and other sect heads and elders cast inquiring looks at him. Shang Ming understood the meaning of this and sighed inwardly.

"Hey, brother, this time, I'm afraid we're going to lose our blood. Don't blame me for my brother, this is also forced by the circumstances."

Why did he sigh secretly?

The cultivator who sent the message did his job, and almost every word about bidding for the message was given out.

Rogue cultivators spent years of their lives trying to earn spirit stones, almost all of it being spent on cultivation. They couldn't afford to spend that many spirit stones, so the sect head and elders could only imagine it.

If they really wanted to bid, the rogue cultivators could ignore them. Their true opponents were usually allies and not outsiders.

After receiving the news, in order to find out the whereabouts of Shentu Shun, the various sects had put forth all their resources and almost all of their savings.

In this era where the humans and demons lived in peace, the various sects had quite a bit of savings, definitely not just five top grade spirit stones. Sects like the Imperial Sword Sect, which was only second to the Hollow Jade Sect, had even more astonishing savings.

Gathering funds was obviously unfair to the sect and Shang Ming himself was also the head of the Imperial Court. Of course, he knew it was unfair to him, but he was forced by the circumstances and could not come up with such a plan.

Shang Ming was also asking himself how many spirit stones each person wanted to pay.

The sect had accumulated more than a hundred top grade spirit stones on him. He would only be satisfied if he handed them over. He did not dare to imagine it because he knew the answer.

He didn't want his sect's savings to disappear one day, and he also didn't want to become the public enemy of the other sects. Even though he knew the answer, he still had to brace himself and ask Chi Dan.

"Your Highness, no, I don't know. How many spirit stones do you need?"

When raising funds, all he could see were shining spirit stones. There was no room for anything else in his Scarlet Core.

"Lord..."

Shang Ming called out many times, and with the help of God's bestowal, the number of people in his eyes started to slowly increase.

Who would think that they had too many spirit stones? The more, the better!

"Haha, of course the more the better!"

If so, it was as Shang Ming thought.

The more the better, the more the better. Of course, all of the cultivators would hand over all of their savings. Regardless of whether they were rich or poor, all of their savings would be taken out.

No one was willing to do so. Shang Ming had the most spirit stones on him, and of course, he was even more unwilling.

"My lord, there has to be a limit, no?"

"Otherwise..."

Having no limit was tantamount to forcing all cultivators to hand over all their savings. Wasn't this the same as forcing them to fight?

"No, no, no!"

Shang Ming didn't want to finish his words because he wanted to avoid incurring the wrath of Chi Dan. Since he was adamant about it, he couldn't hesitate any longer.

"Lord, there is no limit, it is impossible to complete gathering funds!"

Either he could acquire a portion of the Spirit Stones, or not even a single Spirit Stone, which was forcing the Crimson Core to make its choice.

"F * ck his grandmother, you guys decide, if laozi isn't satisfied …"

"Humph..."

The limit was equivalent to limiting the amount of spirit stones he could obtain. Naturally, Chi Dan was unwilling to do such a foolish thing. Under Shang Ming's forceful choice, he could only give an ambiguous answer.

In the past, Chi Dan had also committed robbery. The four scumbags from the Radiant Flame Sect had a total of sixty high-grade spirit stones.

With its perception, it could see that the city was packed with cultivators. It was unknown how many people had come from outside the city.

If one wanted to collect spirit stones, the amount would be quite impressive. It would definitely exceed five top grade spirit stones, and this included the hundreds of cultivators in front of him. If there were hundreds of them, the number would be even greater.

If Zhang Xuan didn't do it himself, the problem would be, if he didn't collect the spirit stones personally, he wouldn't know whether or not the limit of the spirit stones required for the collection had been exceeded.

What if the limit was exceeded and the excess spirit stones were eaten by someone else?

Even if there was a way to solve his problem, what would happen if the spirit stones he collected exceeded the limit?

Retreat or stay?

Only by not giving them a limit could he gather up all the spirit stones and put them into his pocket.

Didn't they say that everyone had a share of the capital raising?

Other than the hundreds of cultivators in front of him, what would happen if their funds exceeded the limit? What would happen if these people were unwilling to take out more spirit stones?

Even if they were not allowed to take out all of their spirit stones, they still had to pay a portion of it.

Shang Ming risked the danger of angering Chi Dan in exchange for an ambiguous answer. However, the more the better.

Helplessly, Shang Ming prayed in his heart that Chi Dan would not become too greedy.

"Fellow Daoists, do you have any objections?"

Shang Ming heaved a sigh of relief as he had finally settled the matter with the Crimson Core.

As a representative, he proposed a proposal without everyone's consent. Although it was a bit late to ask for everyone's opinion, it was still better than not asking anything.

The conversation with Chi Dan wasn't that bad. He didn't release the barrier, so he couldn't see or hear what was going on.

Their opinions had already been accepted by the Crimson Core. What was the point of asking for their opinions? Would they dare to oppose the Monster King?

The Sect Leader and the Elders wore dark faces, not saying a word. They were obviously very unsatisfied, but since it was already a foregone conclusion, they could only concede defeat.

To raise funds, one must be the most proud and excited of all, being a rogue cultivator in the first place.

A bidding war was destined to result in rivers of blood. Rogue cultivators were already prepared, and once someone obtained Shentu Shun's whereabouts, they would immediately capture him and severely sentence him to death.

Originally, they thought that a bloody battle would unavoidably occur if they obtained Shentu Shun's location. However, they never expected Shang Ming's suggestion to be that they would take advantage of the situation. Of course, they would not object.

No one spoke. They could be considered to have tacitly agreed.

"Alright, since there are no objections, let's start gathering funds!"

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