5. It’s the Big Shots That Get Scammed
Whether it was confirmed or not, at a certain person’s birthday banquet, there would most likely be a mobilization meeting-like speech.
Miss Gong was waiting for this moment. And before that, she asked Elder Zhao to watch the shop for a few days, while she herself went to a place a thousand miles away—
“Actually, I’ve always felt that this place is quite good. At least it’s not worse than the Hundred Paths Mountain.”
Standing on the mountaintop, looking at the continuous mountains, she had a feeling of “being at the top, looking down on all the mountains.”
Beside her, Yan Chuyue, dressed in a simple and elegant long dress, couldn’t help but ask, “Have you chosen this place?”
“This place is a natural barrier. And the earth meridians here are harmonious, and the spiritual energy is dense. It’s not much worse than the mirror world Elder Zhao found.”
“Of course,” Gong Yiling turned around and smiled at Yan Chuyue. “Whether we can use this place as a base depends on your ability, Miss Yan.”
“You’re so good with words.”
Yan Chuyue glanced at her helplessly, then took out the key and inserted it into the ground.
Yes, this key itself was not just a simple key. Besides its original function of opening the gate, it also had another effect, which was the function of a low-grade immortal artifact.
“The heavens listen to the case, wood and stone turn a thousand times, the spirits of a hundred things, all listen to my command.”
“Formation, activate—”
With a single command, a green light suddenly appeared from the key and, in a flash, turned into a swift wind, making the two’s long hair and dresses sway.
A moment later, the wind stopped and the light dissipated. Everything was as it was, as if nothing had happened.
“How long will it take?”
“Don’t you know?” Yan Chuyue sprinkled some dirt on the key to cover it, to prevent some unknown bird from snatching it away.
“Seven days to give it spirit, fourteen days for the plants and trees to become soldiers, twenty-eight days for the great formation to be completed, and in three months, it can grow into a complete mechanical spiritual formation.”
Indeed, the use of this key as an immortal artifact was to choose a place to nurture a mechanical spiritual formation.
Of course, this place could not be chosen randomly.
After all, this key was more of a guide. The strength of the formation was greatly related to the various conditions of the chosen place, including the spiritual energy here, the condition of the trees and flowers, the load-bearing capacity of the rocks, and so on.
Choosing this place as the nurturing place for the spiritual formation was the best place Gong Yiling could think of.
“I’m busy with official business.” Gong Yiling stroked her chin and chuckled. “But we still have to inform the master of this place.”
But just as she finished speaking, the ground suddenly rumbled, and then, a huge snake head popped out from the ground and roared at the two.
“Who dares to be so presumptuous in my territory!?”
Yes, a place with such dense spiritual energy would surely have some powerful beasts squatting. And it was precisely because of the existence of these high-level demonic beasts that these places were relatively more peaceful and stable. Basically, no one who was not blind would come here to mess around.
Mmm.
Miss Gong and the great divine physician, the two of them, for the time being, were acting as the ones who were messing around.
“Name: [Stone-Breaking Dragon Python]
Race: Jiao Python
Level: Immortal Mansion Realm
Description: The true master of the secluded paradise. It is rumored that the unique landforms and many hidden paths in this place are all thanks to this landlord who has lived in the rock and soil for many years.
It is said that this landlord’s personality is not bad. Anyone who enters this area will not cause its disgust, and it has almost never appeared in front of humans.”
Of course, this last part referred to normal circumstances. If someone came to its territory and wanted to occupy the mountain as a king, then the ending would naturally be different.
“Who said this is your territory?” Miss Gong sneered and clapped her hands. “Is it written anywhere that this is your place? Do you have the land use rights and the property certificate?”
“What chicken—”
“See? You have nothing.” Gong Yiling didn’t wait for it to finish and immediately countered with a series of questions. “Since you have no property rights here, why do you say this is yours? I can also say this is mine.”
That big snake head had never had such a conversation with a human before and was directly stunned by Miss Gong’s barrage of questions.
Its huge snake eyes were filled with confusion. It wasn’t until a long time later that it finally reacted. “No, why am I arguing with you about whether this place is my territory or not?”
“I’ve been here for seven or eight hundred years. It’s always been me who drives people away. You two stinking girls, are you trying to drive me away?”
“Look what you’re saying.” Gong Yiling shrugged. “I’m opening a mountain gate here. It won’t bother you. We’ll mind our own business. What do you think?”
“What do I think? I think you’re out of your mind!” The snake head said with great dissatisfaction. “If you want to open a sect, why don’t you go to the Hundred Paths Mountain? What are you doing here? I can allow some ordinary people who are entangled in their own shit to live here, but cultivators can go and play wherever they want. Don’t come here and act like a big shot in front of me.”
“So you’re not willing?”
“Get out of here with your things, and don’t force me to act against you—”
“Sigh…” Gong Yiling suddenly sighed and couldn’t help but shake her head with disappointment. “I thought what that senior said was true. I didn’t expect that after so many days, not only people’s hearts would change, but even a beast’s heart would change.”
This, the big snake head was completely baffled.
“What are you talking about? Which senior? Do I know him?”
“Senior Nine-Colored Deer suggested that I could establish a mountain gate here. He said that there is a junior he knows here. This person is not afraid of the disputes of the world. If he becomes a guardian beast of the sect, and we achieve each other, it would be a good story.”
Gong Yiling shook her head and prepared the lines she had thought of long ago.
Don’t look at this as just a simple sentence. In fact, it was very skillful.
It not only showed who had entrusted her, but also implicitly raised the other party’s status, so it wouldn’t make people feel uncomfortable.
You had to know that the Nine-Colored Deer was not only the guardian beast of the Cloud Rainbow Sect, but its status among the demonic beasts was also on par with some of the divine beasts and holy beasts in ancient legends.
This one had existed on the continent for who knew how many years. It held up a banner of light and salvation in the human world, and was also an unattainable powerful figure in the demonic beast world.
To bring out the name of the Nine-Colored Deer, not to mention whether the other party’s demonic beasts would believe it, but it would definitely make their attitude temporarily become much more restrained.
The big snake head, after hearing this, obviously became much calmer and asked with great confusion, “You little girl, you know the Nine-Colored Deer? Do you think I’ll believe you?”
