Chapter 193: Chapter 189: Local Tyrant

“Friend, you’re really shrewd!”

After a long silence, Snake Flower shifted its gaze slightly, clearly weighing up the rather ordinary-looking figure in front of it, who couldn’t even transform and resembled a Woodcutter Bear Demon.

But that Enchanting Heart Demon Technique just now was definitely not fake; it could directly affect two Sixth-Grade Snake Demons—this wasn’t simple.

Illegal supernatural being, really don’t want to deal with such desperados.

But considering the situation, what else could be done?

With that in mind, Snake Flower had already made a decision.

“Friend, this cave dwelling will be considered a gift from my Cauliflower Snake Race to you. Simultaneously, I will arrange for you to secure a legal identity within three days. However, since you are an illegal supernatural being, you certainly shouldn’t show your face often, so you must stock up on necessary cultivation materials, at least to the point of self-sufficiency.”

“How about this—I’ll purchase the nearby cave dwelling for you as well. This will give you two Spirit Fields, and I’ll outfit these Spirit Fields with the best quality, Fifth-Grade Ancient Tree Remains available on the market. This way, you can ensure ten years of worry-free cultivation even with Seventh-Grade Spirit Herbs and Spirit Fruits.”

“Inside the cave, I’ll also procure for you a pill furnace capable of refining Eighth Grade Spirit Pills, so even if you stay indoors, you can cultivate with peace of mind for ten years.”

“If there are any other major matters and you’re not suited to handle them, my Cauliflower Snake Race will take care of everything. What do you think about this?”

“Splendid! Three days later, bring the vessel, and I will not go back on my word; the Demon King-level Poison will serve as compensation!”

Wang Wu was thoroughly satisfied—truly satisfied. This directly addressed everything at once, saving him a great deal of time. Otherwise, he would have first had to find work, then look for opportunities to become an apprentice, and in and out like this, probably several years would have passed.

It’s best to let someone familiar with the situation handle it, especially when they have a family and business, and everyone benefits according to their needs.

“It’s a deal!”

Snake Flower also felt invigorated because it caught the implicit meaning—although this illegal supernatural being was using such unscrupulous methods to threaten, which made it very unhappy, the most critical part of the transaction—the number of Demon King-level Poison—was deliberately left vague. Quantity!

One drop or two drops, or three drops five drops—this gap is truly vast.

But it didn’t believe that this exceedingly clever, incredibly powerful illegal supernatural being would overlook this matter.

That could only mean the opponent was definitely a Great Demon who escaped from the Great Snow Mountain Battlefield, maybe even a Fourth-Grade Demon King, at worst a Fifth-Grade—someone like that wouldn’t care, so everything had to be done correctly.

Alas, how pitiful it was, once a Demon King, now reduced to pretending to be an Eighth-Grade Minor Demon without transformation capability.

War is indeed terrifying.

Thinking this way, Snake Flower personally closed the wooden door of the cave dwelling for Wang Wu and went off with She Dadan and She Er Gou to take care of business. As a local power, this kind of small task was easy, but it needed to be done well.

It really didn’t want to offend an illegal supernatural being who had escaped from the front-line battlefield.

While Snake Flower was diligently attending to matters, Wang Wu finally, in high spirits, admired his first real estate possession since his transmigration.

Ah, finally a sense of settling; this is home.

This cave dwelling is really nice.

Firstly, it’s made entirely of stone, with a height reaching five meters, meaning there’s another five meters of solid structure above, ensuring stability and safety.

The orientation of the cave should be east-facing west.

The width from north to south is roughly six meters.

The depth from east to west is twenty meters, divided into four sections.

The deepest area is the storage zone, roughly thirty square meters, housing the family possessions of She Dadan and his wife, including various foods, some Ancient Tree Remains, and some firewood.

Exiting the storage zone is the bedroom, with a stone slab bed and four little snake nests for the snake babies. There are also some toys and snacks hanging on the wall, like frog jerky, rat jerky, grasshopper jerky, and a particularly uniquely shaped snake bone lantern.

The walls are covered in messy graffiti, and on the table by the bed, there’s a book made from snake shed skin, recording a large number of Ghost Talismans.

Oh, almost forgot, She Dadan and his wife have a few kids who are currently studying at the Academy, which looks quite cozy.

The third area is the pill furnace zone, a bit complex, which Wang Wu doesn’t quite understand.

The fourth area is the Spirit Field, only twenty square meters, enclosed by stone walls, with a neat appearance and a small array protecting it, making the interior warm like spring.

The Spirit Field appears to have been dug one meter deep, filled with soil, with a thick layer of decaying wood underneath—all undoubtedly brought from the Black Forest.

Seeing this, Wang Wu came to appreciate how the millions of Demon Race in this Celestial Pit City managed to survive.

Profound Iron Ore is one aspect, but the most important is extracting resources from the Black Forest.

Back in the day, Old Niu, relying on eating Tree Hearts, could rapidly grow three Ninth-Grade Spirit Fruits every day—the sheer quantity of Ancient Tree Remains in the Black Forest is vast, accumulated over billions of years. Simply going in, slicing it down, bringing it back — it’s a tremendous energy source.

Therefore, not only the Celestial Pit City but also the surrounding towns and villages have developed a rapid-growth spirit fruit industry. These spirit grass and spirit fruit are further refined into various spirit pills, which are then sold throughout the Cultivation Realm. No wonder the major Human Race merchants want to open shops here.

The trade is flourishing, promising substantial profits, which is truly no joke.

At this moment, Wang Wu looked again at the small spirit field, where four spirit plants were planted.

One of them was a spirit fruit tree, seemingly of the eighth grade, with over ten green fruits hanging from it, indicating that it would still take some time to mature.

The remaining three were all shrub-like berries, looking somewhat familiar. Indeed, they were the same berries he had eaten a few years ago in a valley at the foot of North Mountain, but these had clearly been upgraded and evolved, now all at the ninth grade.

These three shrubs were evidently high-yield, either used for alchemy or daily consumption, each bearing many small berries, with thirty to fifty ripe ones per plant, alongside green ones, pale red ones, and blooming flower buds.

Clearly, these plants could bear fruit year-round as long as there was Spiritual Qi and suitable conditions.

How delightful! How delightful indeed!

Wang Wu almost wanted to try his Plant Affinity Talent.

Of course, he had to wait for now.

Next, Wang Wu patiently waited, preparing for Snake Flower to go back on his word.

As long as that fellow was willing to bear the cost.

However, facts proved that Snake Flower was still aiming for a win-win situation.

He needed less than three days, as Snake Flower returned on the second day, followed by a transport team carrying tightly wrapped ancient tree remains.

Moreover, he was accompanied by an old man with white hair and beard, but strangely, he had no Demon Qi and was in fact a human from the Human Race.

This surprised Wang Wu greatly, but Snake Flower quickly stepped forward to introduce him.

“Friend, thankfully we succeeded! This here is an esteemed human master whom I invited from Yunfu Trading Company. Of course, don’t be nervous, Yunfu Trading Company’s reputation is excellent and they’ve long been authorized by the Great Ape King of Great Snow Mountain, the Mad Tiger King of Heavenly Dao Mountain, and the Flying Earthworm General to trade in West Desolate Pit City. They specialize in deploying spirit field arrays and pill furnaces, and the quality is both excellent and affordable.”

“You could say within five thousand miles of Centipede Ridge, at least eighty percent of the spirit field arrays and pill furnaces are crafted by them, top-quality for a thousand years and trustworthy.”

Seemingly fearing any misunderstanding from Wang Wu, who was an illegal demon, Snake Flower rattled off a whole list of facts.

Wang Wu nodded to show he understood, having long witnessed the attitude of mid-low-level demons towards the Human Race in the Centipede Ridge region, some even eagerly wanting to guide humans around.

This likely had a lot to do with the Human Race’s three major trading companies subtly undermining the demons with sweet temptations over a thousand years.

“I’m Lv Dongyang, not sure what specific requirements my demon friend has regarding the spirit field array and pill furnace?” This human elder appeared amiable and easy to talk to, his gaze steady and non-aggressive, offering a sense of safety.

Yet Wang Wu remained cautious, not daring to speak, and simply signaled to Snake Flower to proceed as discussed previously.

Snake Flower understood perfectly, understandable indeed, as an illegal demon newly escaped from the Great Snow Mountain front line, it was proper to be tense upon seeing a Human Race cultivator.

Then, without further ado, he led the human elder to work.

First upgrading the pill furnace, then directing the transport team outside to put down the ancient tree remains, chop them up, and carefully place them into two spirit fields.

Snake Flower followed the entire process, Wang Wu watched the whole time too, and Lv Dongyang didn’t hide anything, confidently conducting operations with skilled ease.

This included upgrading the spirit field array, but Wang Wu couldn’t understand it, despite witnessing every clear step; it’s obviously something requiring extensive study.

Another reason was that Lv Dongyang clearly used array modules, which other demons couldn’t comprehend, but Wang Wu truly understood.

Through embedded assembly modules, with a few clicks, the configuration was complete. He didn’t know if there were any surveillance components within, but dared not dismantle it.

However, he didn’t mind, a spirit field array couldn’t possibly monitor him entirely. Moreover, considering the current state of West Wilderness, practically a Human Race semi-colony now, why bother fussing over it?

Once everything was finished, Lv Dongyang immediately bid farewell, wasting no time.

Only then did Snake Flower carefully take out a small, cup-sized miniature gourd, nervously yet hopefully handing it over to Wang Wu.

Could this hold only 50 milliliters?

Wang Wu smiled faintly, took it, and headed straight to the storage room, locking the door. He kept his word, but the Companion Demon Vine was a secret.

He opened the small gourd, summoned the Companion Demon Vine, which manifested as a tiny tendril a few centimeters long, and with a mental command, it lazily released five drops of highly pure paralyzing poison with a purity of 99.99%.

This was the safest; he couldn’t offer mixed poison, which would harm others and expose him.

Paralyzing poison was most suitable, as even with excessive toxin amounts, it wasn’t easily lethal.

Still, just five drops could trade for so many benefits; Wang Wu couldn’t help but entertain a daring thought.

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