The middle-aged man frowned when he heard this: “What does this have to do with the Vajra Relics?”

“Don’t be angry, my king.”

Seeing the king was angry, the woman was shocked and quickly explained:

“The main reason is that the human said that he could easily collect the soul of a completed cultivator.”

The Corpse King raised his eyebrows, became interested, and asked:
“Is there really such a method? Tell me about it?”

The princess smiled and then patiently explained:

“It’s actually not complicated. All we need to do is ask Wang’er to take out a rare treasure and deposit a wisp of his divine consciousness into it.”

“Next, give the treasure to the lone cultivators and lure them into the ancient demon realm.”

At this point, the princess paused for a moment and continued:

“Of course, if they don’t come, Wang Er’s soul will activate the restrictions in the treasure at the right time to kill them and take their souls back to the ancient tomb.”

Hearing this, the Corpse King suddenly realized and immediately reacted: “Don’t say it anymore, I know it, it must be Wang Er who handed over the unrefined Vajra Shield.”

“Only the Buddha nature of the relics on this Vajra Shield can conceal the aura of Wang’er’s corpse.”

Feeling King Xuanye’s anger, the princess pursed her lips and said comfortingly:

“It was going quite smoothly at the beginning, and even many cultivators came to visit us on their own initiative. However, this time, the man’s treasure was taken away by someone else, and even the distraction he was playing with was damaged.”

“I also ask the king to immediately activate the ban, capture his soul, and torture him severely to find out the truth.”

The princess’ words were filled with chill and murderous intent.

“I have a plan. If this succeeds, there will be an endless supply of Yuan Shen in the future.”

King Xuanye sneered and waved his hand nonchalantly.

Hearing this, the princess was slightly startled.

He couldn’t help but think of the past few years when his king and General Ge left the ancient tomb for a while.

In the end, only the king returned.

King Xuanye raised his eyebrows, quite pleased with himself:

“General Ge is now a completely different person than he was before. He even controls a family of monks.”

Speaking of this, King Xuanye was quite proud.

“My lord, what is your plan?”

The princess was shocked and couldn’t help but ask.

“hehe!”

King Xuan Ye smiled proudly, and then said: “My plan is not complicated, they will know it in the future.”

“Speaking of which, this plan was proposed by Tianfeng Zhenjun of Fangjian Mountain whom I visited last time. He also acted in secret in this way, and nothing has happened so far.”

“Master Tianfeng! This person is definitely not an ordinary person. How could he easily tell the king his secrets? I’m afraid he has ulterior motives!”

The woman’s voice changed slightly, revealing a hint of worry.

When the man heard this, his face suddenly darkened and he said angrily:
“Intentions? Humph, he must have some ulterior motive!”

“With just a few sweet words, you easily took three Blood Heart Pills from me.”

The woman was still worried:

“But I still have some doubts in my heart. The Twin Demons of Square Peak are notorious, and their minds are hard to predict. Could it be that he is trying to lure the king out of this tomb?”

“You must know that the souls and lives of the three of us are integrated with this tomb. It would be too dangerous to leave the tomb.”

The woman’s brows were furrowed, her face full of worry.

King Xuanye’s face was gloomy and he became serious:
“My beloved concubine is right. We must be on guard.”

“When I take action, I will definitely open all the restrictions in the tomb.”

“And I must be careful when I go out, and never let those two monsters detect my whereabouts.”

The princess smiled and waved her hand, saying:

“In my opinion, Your Majesty does not need to act personally. You only need to entrust the task to me and my incarnation.”

Looking at his beloved concubine who was concerned about him, a hint of tenderness flashed in King Xuanye’s eyes.

“My beloved concubine, you may not know that to execute the plan, we need to control all the great families in Jiangning Prefecture.”

“I’ll take this opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop.”

“By the time these sects realize it, it will probably be too late. We should have used the spirits of human cultivators to break through the last level and refine into a Heavenly Corpse.

Upon hearing this, the princess showed joy on her face: “Your Majesty will soon complete the body of the Heavenly Corpse and escape the constraints of this tomb.”

The man smiled proudly and said:
“Then not only will I be able to escape from this cage, but you two will also be able to use the Soul Separation Technique to move your souls out of the tomb.”

“My king, the Vajra Shield must be recovered. It is extraordinary. After refining it, one can immediately obtain an indestructible body.”

“Remember that after the old monk offered up his relic, although it did not form a diamond shield, it was just a golden light protecting his body. However, it took the king three days and three nights to refine the golden light and kill him.”

“If the relic is refined into a Vajra Shield, its power will only become stronger,” the woman reminded.

“My beloved, you don’t know that this Vajra Shield is not an ordinary thing. Only the Ten Thousand Year Corpse King can master it!”

“Human cultivators can only sigh in despair. Looking around the world, besides me, only the deputy master of the Ten Thousand Monster Valley—the ten thousand year old corpse bear—has this ability.”

“However, the Ten Thousand Demons Valley is guarded by the Ten Thousand Demons Banner, which is so famous that even the masters of the Ten Major Sects and the Ten Major Demon Sects dare not easily set foot in it.”

King Xuanye said in a sarcastic tone.

Hearing this, the princess showed a trace of reluctance on her face, and murmured: “But this treasure cannot fall into the hands of others, we must take it back.”

The man was full of confidence and said bluntly: “No need for my beloved concubine to say more, I will definitely find a way to get more of this thing.”

……

Thousands of miles away.

Jin Yuan just returned to his room.

Suddenly, a slight “puff” sound broke the silence.

In an instant, a gray flame emerged from nowhere and instantly enveloped him completely.

Before he could react, his body was burned by the flames and instantly turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared without a trace.

Jin Yuan’s soul appeared in the flames, his face was terrified but he was unharmed.

Suddenly, an invisible force pulled the soul, causing it to be condensed into a fist-sized ball of light by the flames.

The ball of fire quickly passed through the half-open window, rushed into the sky, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

From beginning to end, no one noticed the old man’s departure.

Wang Lin put the Soul-Crying Beast and the Vajra Shield back into the spirit beast bag, walked out of the stone house and restored them.

After returning to the main hall, he returned the Tianji House to the middle-aged female cultivator and then returned to the square.

It was already afternoon, and nearly half of the monks in the square had disappeared, as they all went to the stone hall opposite to participate in the auction.

“To be honest, I haven’t attended an auction in a long time!”

Wang Lin’s eyes flashed with twilight. He muttered something in his heart and then walked straight forward.

The two white-robed monks at the entrance of the stone hall saw him coming, and one of them bowed and said:

“My fellow Daoist, in order to prevent too many idle people from coming, according to the regulations, you need to pay three spirit stones to participate in the auction.”

Just three low-grade spirit stones are nothing to Wang Lin.

Wang Lin flicked his wrist and directly handed over three low-level spirit stones. Looking at the spirit stones handed over, the two cultivators smiled and then handed a jade plate to Wang Lin.

Above Wang Lin, the silver number “three hundred and twelve” was engraved.

After passing through a passage more than twenty meters long, four cultivators appeared in front of Wang Lin, and behind them was a misty white door filled with spiritual light.

Wang Lin ignored this and walked past, pushed open the door, and entered the main hall.

As soon as he entered the main hall, he heard a man talking loudly.

“Five hundred years old phoenix tail flower, sold for seven hundred and ninety spirit stones.”

“If no other Taoist friends bid higher, this spiritual medicine belongs to this Taoist friend. Taoist number 130, please pay the spiritual stones and take the spiritual medicine later.”

Only then did Wang Lin notice that the hall was filled with two or three hundred people.

In front of each person was a jade plate with faint silver numbers on it, making it easy to see.

Right in front of the stone hall, a middle-aged man in a blue robe with a tough look on his face, holding an open jade box, announced loudly.

In the box is an unusually bright purple spiritual flower.

At the auction, a box of rare elixir was bought by a fat old man.

After confirming the result, his face was filled with joy. He quickly stood up from the crowd and left towards the side door, appearing to be impatient.

At the same time, Wang Lin looked around calmly, then walked to an empty seat and sat down.

The tables and chairs on the seats were as white as snow, like jade but not jade, which aroused Wang Lin’s interest.

After sitting down, he touched the white table in front of him and felt a hint of warmth.

“Warm Stone!”

Wang Lin muttered to himself, then sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to rest.

Although this auction held by a noble family was not of high level, Wang Lin intended to take this opportunity to understand the prices of Dajin’s elixirs and magical instruments.

After all, there is not too detailed introduction in the original book.

Wang Lin had to attend the auction in person to understand it for himself.

After careful observation, Wang Lin had some ideas in his mind.

Obviously, the prices of elixirs and magical instruments in Dajin are much higher than those in Tiannan, especially those slightly rare items, the prices are even more outrageous.

Although the territory of Dajin is ten times larger than that of Tiannan, it has a complete cultivation system and the number of cultivators is far more than ten times as large.

This undoubtedly exacerbated the scarcity of spiritual weapons and spiritual medicines, making it even more scarce than in the Tiannan region.

Dajin is a vast land with abundant resources, containing countless rare items, many of which are medicinal herbs and refining materials that are extremely rare in Tiannan and even in the Chaos Star Sea.

越国低阶法器价格范围为6-10，中阶为30-50，上阶为100-200，顶阶则在200以上。

The prices of magical tools of different levels may overlap due to their different types and powers.

In Dajin, the price of magic tools is higher: low-level is 60-100, mid-level is 300-500, high-level is 1000-2000, and the top-level is over 2000.

Based on the income of low-level disciples in Huangfeng Valley, the monthly income is 3 spirit stones, after deducting daily expenses.

There are less than ten spirit stones left each year, so it takes ten years to save up to buy a low-level magic weapon.

The environment for cultivating immortals in Dajin is more developed, but the spiritual veins are mostly occupied by large and small sects, and there are many immortal practitioners.

In the Tiannan region, the proportion of immortal cultivators is relatively high, which leads to relatively tight cultivation resources in the region.

The sect that Cao Mengrong belongs to is a small sect, and its financial strength and resources are far less than those of large sects.

Therefore, her sect’s disciples have low incomes and may need 20 to 30 years to accumulate enough spirit stones to buy a lower-level magic weapon.

After leaving the auction site, Wang Lin did not delay at all. He immediately cast a spell, turned into a red light, and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

The small town of Xuejiang was not far from the Xueling Mountains. Wang Lin hurried on his way as fast as he could, and in just a moment, he could vaguely see the outline of the small town of Xuejiang.

After a while, Wang Lin’s figure slowly landed at the city gate, and then stepped steadily into the city.

Compared with Falcon Cloud Town, Xuejiang City is about three or four times larger.

However, looking at the entire Dajin area, it can only be regarded as an ordinary small town.

When Wang Lin entered the city, it was already dark and surrounded by darkness.

There were very few pedestrians on the road at this time, so naturally no one noticed the arrival of this mysterious visitor.

Walking on the street, Wang Lin looked cautious. He slowly and carefully released his spiritual sense to explore the movements around him.

When walking into a busy street, the sign of an inn inadvertently caught Wang Lin’s eye.

His eyes swept over the sign, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his steps stopped.

The signboard was several feet in size, with the two big characters “Yue Lai” written in silver powder on it.

At first glance, this sign doesn’t seem to be much different from that of an ordinary inn.

In this vast land of Dajin, there are numerous inns named “Yue Lai”, at least hundreds or even thousands of them.

Wang Lin was attracted by the unique teapot mark on the lower right corner of the sign and stared at it without moving.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he moved his body, and a faint yellow light appeared around him. He instantly turned into a shadow and passed through the door into the dark and silent hall of the inn.

There seemed to be no guests in the hall, and a dead silence filled the air.

Wang Lin closed his eyes and released his spiritual sense, and the layout, furnishings and conditions of the inn appeared clearly in his mind.

Then, he blended into the darkness like a breeze and disappeared.

Deep inside the inn, the owner was a skinny old man in his fifties. He had some wealth in the city and had been running the inn for many years, so he was busy every day.

After today’s hard work, a feeling of exhaustion washed over my body.

At this moment, he was lying in the arms of his newly married concubine, sinking into a sweet dream.

Suddenly I felt a biting cold wind piercing through my body, the chill penetrated my bones and I woke up instantly.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a dark figure standing beside the bed, staring at me sternly with flashing eyes.

Just as he was about to call for help, a silver light flashed before his eyes, and his throat suddenly became numb and he could not make a sound.

“Don’t be too loud. Although there are no monks in the inn, I don’t want to alarm others. Take a look at this first.”

The man in black raised his hand, and a silver key appeared in front of the boss.

Seeing the key, the boss was shocked, his expression relaxed, and surprise appeared in his eyes. This figure was Wang Lin who sneaked into this place.

The boss hurriedly got out of bed, gesticulating and trying to say something, but still no sound came out.

Wang Lin smiled slightly and waved his hand. A silver thread was retracted from his throat and turned into a silver needle as thin as a hair.

“May I examine the key again?”

The boss coughed a few times and finally recovered his ability to speak.

Wang Lin raised his eyebrows and threw it away.

He threw the silver key directly at the other party.

The boss took the key, examined it carefully for a moment, and a look of respect appeared on his face.

He handed the key back to Wang Lin with both hands, bowed deeply and said:
“You are the eldest master, right?”

Wang Lin did not respond directly, but said calmly:
“You have already checked the key, do you have any questions?”

“It’s okay. Since the young master was able to find me and has this key, his identity is self-evident. It’s just that…”

The boss subconsciously looked back at the concubine behind him. (End of this chapter)