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"My fellow dao friends, I'm sure that you have also come for Shentu Shun. We have already discussed this with the Lord Demon King. As long as you hand over all your spirit stones, I guarantee that you will be able to obtain Shentu Shun's whereabouts."

This was not a request for advice, but a warning.

The world today was truly unfair. Strength could determine the life and death of the weak, not to mention that it was only a decision.

While the little cultivator was unaware of the situation, the hundreds of cultivators before him had already made the decision for them.

The gathering of funds finally began. The divine intents spread out like a network throughout the city.

Without the little cultivator's consent, the gathering of funds began.

"… …"

Tian Ci, Chi Dan, Huo Luan, Lu Ding.

Hundreds of people in the surroundings left in succession to supervise the gathering of spirit stones for the cultivators with lower cultivation bases. Other than Lu Ding, there were no other people present. However, sooner or later, Lu Ding would join the Hollow Jade Sect, and Lu Ding was not an outsider either.

Raising funds seemed to be an easy task, but in reality, it was an arduous task. One could see and touch the spirit stones, but they did not dare to hold back. At the same time, they had to face the various emotions of their victims.

Such hard work, by whom, by whom, fair.

The task of gathering funds, proposed by Shang Ming, was accepted by hundreds of cultivators with strength. The heavy responsibility of collecting spirit stones naturally fell on them.

As for the Scarlet Pill, he just needed to wait for the spirit stones to be collected. Of course, he had more important things to do.

Ever since the news of Shentu Shun had spread out through the city, there had been many cultivators who had come over. The mortals who lived in the city all hid themselves because they were worried about provoking the anger of the cultivators.

Heaven's Gift was no ordinary mortal. He was Chi Dan's companion, and because he was Chi Dan's companion, he was also the most dangerous mortal.

In order to obtain Shentu Shun, these people could do anything. Judging from the matter of collecting funds, there were many problems.

If Chi Dan knew about Shentu Shun's whereabouts, he would tell everyone.

The hundreds of high-level cultivators knew very well that the person who could obtain Shentu Shun must be the most powerful person. It was almost impossible for the weak to obtain Shentu Shun.

Unless someone had heaven-defying luck and was fated, otherwise, it would be impossible to obtain Shentu Shun.

Since it was almost impossible for those cultivators with weaker cultivations to obtain Shentu Shun, why did they have to give them hope?

To put it bluntly, giving them hope was only to use them to pay for their desires.

Whatever his heart was, it was all to find excuses for lust. Otherwise, Shang Ming would have over a hundred top grade spirit stones on him, enough to buy Shentu Shun's whereabouts. Why would he still choose to raise money?

Even if they wanted to raise funds, they only needed to gather the funds of hundreds of cultivators. Why did they have to bring in those innocent people?

The people who had come here were basically here for the sake of Shentu. Although they were not worth sympathizing with, they shouldn't have lost all their savings.

Hundreds of cultivators were plundering other people's money to pay for their own desires. If they could even do this, what else could they not do?

As a result, the partners would only be safe under their own protection. Once they left their own protection, the consequences could be imagined.

The cultivators here came from all directions, so they couldn't all be of the same mind. With their companions by their sides, the cultivators were under the pressure of the demon kings. Naturally, they didn't dare to act rashly.

In terms of fundraising, once he himself, neglected to protect the safety of his partners, someone will take the risk.

Once their companions fell into the hands of others, almost all of the cultivators would work together to threaten to reveal Shentu Shun's whereabouts. At least on the surface, they would appear to be very united.

Thus, since they were able to obtain spirit stones, there was no need for them to do so personally and put their partners in danger.

Since Huo Luan already knew that the Little Demon King was unscrupulous, he would not help.

No matter what Chi Dan wanted to do, before the sect spoke, he would be an honored guest of the sect. In the face of hundreds of Fellow Daoists whose cultivation was no weaker than his, even if he couldn't beat them, Lu Ding had to protect them well.

At the moment, he hoped the most that Chi Dan would be able to return to the sect with him and avoid an invisible danger.

There were quite a few dao friends who requested him to help raise funds, but he firmly refused.

In the eyes of cultivators, a gift from the heavens was nothing more than a weak person, collecting spirit stones from them was simply a fantasy.

Moreover, once Heaven's Gift left the Scarlet Core, it would be immediately taken away, becoming the best weapon for those cultivators to use to attack the Scarlet Core.

Of course …

Facing the cultivators from all directions was equivalent to facing the entire world.

Gathering funds from cultivators from all over the place was equivalent to collecting funds from the people of the world.

Little Dan extorted cultivators from all over the world, as if he was extorting the world's people.

Deceiving the people of this world, just by thinking about it, not only would Heaven's Gift not help, he would try his best to stop it.

"Little Dan, scolding is your advantage. If I can help you, it will be a weakness. It will also bring you trouble. You have to restrain yourself. Otherwise, the trouble that it brings upon you will be hard on you!"

As long as he had senior brother to give him instructions, he would not dare to forget it. Recalling his senior brother's instructions, he stared at Chi Dan with an unfriendly gaze.

Yesterday, entering the city and destroying half of the hospitable immortal estate's medicine garden, he had nearly lost his life. Today was even worse, he still didn't know how this situation would end.

He brought a small pill, but the benefits did not come with him. Trouble followed trouble after trouble, each of which could endanger his own life.

It had only been two days since he separated from his senior brother, and Little Dan had caused two troubles. If things continued like this, then he had to restrain it.

Constraints, how were they to be restrained?

Force or emotion?

He wasn't a match for Little Dan due to the restriction of martial power.

He could try to restrict his feelings with emotion. With his relationship with Little Dan, if he were to leave, it might leave with him.

Whether it was the restriction of force or emotion, since it happened, it didn't matter.

Even if Little Dan was willing to follow him, the people in the city would not let him go until he obtained Shentu Shun's whereabouts. If he had known earlier, he should have left for the Hollow Jade Sect earlier and given it time to linger in the city.

He regretted that little Dan had caused such a big thing, so he could only vent his displeasure on it.

"Little Dan, aren't you afraid of the old man's punishments for doing this?"

In his five years of being together with Zhang Xuan, other than him and his food, his partners had always treated others amiably. Other than shouting at Elder Zhang, he had never seen him disrespectful to anyone else.

Besides, he was still asleep when the two brothers broke up their relationship, so he had no idea what was going on.

"Stinking old man? "Who is it?"

"Immortal master!"

His words were filled with anger and resentment. It was hard to tell if he was dissatisfied with Chi Dan's ability to stir up trouble, or if it was because the relationship between him and his junior and brother had been broken off that he complained to Fu Yun.

"Is he really your senior brother?"

Chi Dan had already guessed that other than immortal masters, those who dared to punish him were not even born yet.

"Not anymore!"

When he thought about the fact that his relationship with his fellow brothers had been broken, he felt dejected.

"Brat, the immortal master left, you don't need to do this, do you?"

The reason why the immortal master left, Chi Dan did not know, he only knew that it was only temporarily going to the Hollow Jade Sect. After leaving the sect, he would definitely go find the immortal master.

The temporary separation was for a better reunion. It did not understand why its partner's attitude had changed, nor why it was suffering from a mental injury.

"Idiot pig, do you really want the immortal master to lower himself?"

Even Tian Ci was confused as to why Senior Brother wanted to break off his relationship with him.

He didn't want anyone to know that his relationship with his Elder Brother had been broken up, and he also didn't want to get entangled with Little Dan in this matter.

"Brat, I want to duel with you!"

Shifting his gaze, he only needed to enrage Little Dan, and anger Little Dan. He only needed to say one word.

"Cough cough, Little Demon King …"

Huo Luan and Lu Ding had never seen the battle between Tian Ci and Chi Dan. No one could have imagined that a mortal would not be a match for a demon beast.

Regardless of whether it was for the safety of Tian Ci or the fact that Chi Dan was the focus of all the cultivators in the city, the two of them had to stop the duel from happening.

Now that the entire city was packed with cultivators, it was indeed easy for others to notice what was happening on their side. It wasn't beneficial for them to raise funds, so Chi Dan didn't blame the two of them for their troubles.

"Hmph, the old fart will definitely punish you!"

In a duel, Heaven's Gift had never feared Little Dan. Now that Brother Huo Luan and Brother Lu were obviously on his side, he was even more confident.

After infuriating Little Dan, he didn't continue to pursue the issue of the relationship between senior and junior brother, and continued to intimidate her.

It was a form of intimidation. Since it had happened, any restraints would be useless. It might be able to restrain itself a little later.

"Hehe, didn't the immortal master already leave?"

With the immortal master present, he didn't dare to act rashly. However, without the tiger, the monkey would call him the King. No one would be able to cure him now.

"We'll definitely meet again!"

It was a promise and expectation from the heavens, and it was a threat to Little Dan to rein in her trouble.

"Haha, I also want to show my respect to the immortal master. The immortal master will definitely be moved by my sincerity."

He was obviously greedy for money, yet he wanted to use it as a form of respect to the immortal master. If Fu Yun knew about this, he would probably be helpless as well.

"Humph..." I will wait for the immortal master to take care of you! "

It was clearly trying to intimidate him, but he could always find a way to resolve it. Heaven's Gift had no way of dealing with it.

Constraints were ineffective, fearless and powerless. The only thing he could do was to ignore them and deceive himself …

"..."

Under Shang Ming's leadership and the supervision of hundreds of friends, the gathering of funds proceeded like a raging fire.

Before raising funds, the various Sect Leaders and Elders would never forget to do the most important thing.

What needs to be done before raising funds?

Of course, during the process of raising funds, they were on guard against people who might have their own private funds. If this matter wasn't resolved, no one would be at ease.

The reason why the sect disciples mentioned it must be because they were afraid that the rogue cultivators would open their eyes and take precautions.

Under the supervision of Chi Dan, there were also suggestions from the Sect Leader and the Elders.

The hundreds of Cultivators present could hand over their Spirit Stones. Cultivators with lower Cultivation bases would be forced to hand over their Spirit Stones, and in the process of gathering money, the hundreds of Cultivators would only supervise the collection of Spirit Stones.

Only when the issue of plenitude was resolved could the gathering of funds be considered as officially commencing.

The more people a person had, the stronger the strength would be. In the process of gathering funds, any problem that arose would eventually be solved by a group of people.

After resolving the problem of how to store all of a cultivator's spirit stones, it would also be a thorny problem. If not solved, it would directly affect how many spirit stones a cultivator could collect.

In times of emergency, he would use his lightning techniques.

The most effective way was violence.

The most direct way to collect all of the spirit stones was to take storage pouches (storage bracelets) and other storage items.

However, as long as the Crimson Dan was sold for spirit stones, he wouldn't collect any other materials. If he took them all away, it would deepen the resentment of the people, and it might attract the attention of the Crimson Core as well.

Since he couldn't take away the Spirit Treasure, he could only force the owner of the Spirit Treasure to open it and let him take the Spirit Stone.

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