Chapter 1066 - 892: Delivery Arrived

Generally speaking, Li Hongjiu indeed has little desire for money. Within his normal survival threshold, even comparing to most people's survival thresholds, he is one of those who lacks neither money nor resources for cultivation. However, having no desire does not mean he hates money. Even the Yanbao Sect needs money to solve problems. Is there anyone in this world who doesn't need money to solve certain issues?

Things have already reached this point, and he's already boarded the pirate ship. If there's something he should take, why not take it? If he doesn't take it, Shi Chun and that bird Wu Daguo certainly won't be polite; not taking it would be a waste.

After re-wrapping the cloak properly for him, Wu Jinliang circled around him twice, advising not to tie it too tight, otherwise it would be easy to spot something amiss.

This place is not suitable for a long stay, and Wu Jinliang's Transformation Technique cannot last too long. After basically setting things straight, he immediately sent Li Hongjiu back.

The Nanshan personnel who were sitting cross-legged saw 'Yu Yifu' send Li Hongjiu back before leaving again. He lifted his eyelid slightly before closing again, not feeling any anomaly.

Li Hongjiu, with a toss of the cloak, also sat cross-legged, his hands expanding inside the cloak, occasionally stealing glances at the master supporting the space with magic. Previously, he had scolded Wu Jinliang and the others as crazy, and now he found himself afflicted with the same madness. How dare they? Actually daring to hide such a huge fortune under the noses of the Nanshan Royal Court personnel—is that not madness? Once discovered, the loss would be unimaginably severe.

He has always been someone with little pressure, but now he felt pressure difficult to release, not knowing how to endure through the next few days.

As for why they have to wait a few days before letting them out, Wu Jinliang's intention is to wait for the energy aura from their arrival path to dissipate, unwilling to let the Nanshan group know they came through the Yanfu Continent exit.

In the following days, Wu Jinliang's group just waited outside the barrier. Huang Yingying was the protector, while San closely monitored the situation on Li Hongjiu's side. As soon as they discovered Li Hongjiu's hidden fortune was exposed, the Nanshan group wouldn't be able to leave easily.

A few days later, calculating the time, it's about right. Wu Jinliang pulled out a golden Command Arrow again, leading Huang Yingying and San to find an entrance directly into the central position of the great array. With a wave of the arrow, it was once again embedded between the virtual and the real ribs, recovering the 'Beidou Refusal Array' once more.

After the reverse recovery, they unfolded the array again, unfolding the 'Beidou Refusal Array' once more. Only this time, the unfolded range was smaller. Under San's direction, the shrunken barrier excluded the Nanshan group from being inside the boundary.

With a buzzing vibration, the long-confined Nanshan personnel awoke from their dreams, getting up from cross-legged sitting one after another, quickly breaking through the sand layer, touching the barrier, and discovering that it had indeed disappeared. Immediately, someone frantically broke through the sand layer upward.

Seeing those who went up first vanishing into the sand layer, others couldn't sit still either, eagerly heading upward.

How urgent? No one even bothered about Li Hongjiu. Usually, Li Hongjiu is carried away by spells, but this time no one took care of him, prompting him to hastily fly to catch up, slipping into the ascending space behind the master.

In such a burden-breaking situation, he was still able to keep up.

As a whirlwind of sand erupted, the figures flying out landed on the dunes. Looking up to see the vast starry sky again, the party stared at each other, confirming that they had truly escaped. Many were relieved, almost about to celebrate wildly.

Knowing in advance that he could escape, Li Hongjiu didn't have those emotions. He quickly scanned the number of people present, discovering surprisingly none were missing, somewhat surprised. This meant no one was chasing Wu Jinliang's group below.

Suddenly, someone spread their arms in jubilation and exclaimed, "Finally got out!"

Yu Yifu's disappointed voice immediately followed, "This great array, not sure if its sustaining power ran out or someone retracted the array. Someone should go down to check."

As a result, the scene went silent, with no one responding. Except for Li Hongjiu, no one dared to meet Yu Yifu's eyes; apparently, none wanted to go down.

It's not hard to understand. Yu Yifu himself dared not go down anymore to touch bad luck. Who wants to get trapped again?

However, upon escape, they must face the responsibility bestowed by the Royal Court. Yu Yifu couldn't casually ignore it, and still reached out to appoint twenty people to go down, among them three monks who cultivated the Demon Eye.

These people, gritting their teeth, went down again, encountering not only the barrier. Based on their own aura escaping earlier, they discovered the barrier range was even larger than when it had originally trapped them.

It's Wu Jinliang intentionally expanding it. Finding that these people were all scared away, he expanded the barrier, including the previous external aura within, trying to minimize the group's chance of figuring out the situation.

He already learned from Li Hongjiu's mouth that the Nanshan group, trapped for more than half a year, hadn't figured out which array trapped them. Couldn't help but praise how impressive this great array is.

The reappearing and expanded barrier frightened the inspecting superiors enough to scare them from checking further, fearing the expansion would trap them, turning to flee, and urgently reporting the situation to Yu Yifu.

The waiting party was relieved they ran fast; otherwise, a moment later, they'd surely be trapped again.

Yu Yifu, however, firmly believed someone was controlling it, vehemently forced the twenty just sent to go down again for detailed inspection around the barrier. Although unwilling, the consequences of reluctance weren't bearable; they could only reluctantly go down again.

Seeing the masters sent by the Royal Court frightened by Wu Jinliang, not daring to go up or down, burdened Li Hongjiu couldn't help but speak out, "I have some acquaintance with Shi Chun. That rascal trapped me for over half a year; it's unbearable. Mr. Yu, I want to find him again for inquiry, to ask what's really the matter. Just don't know if he's still around the exit area."

His words were said with righteous indignation, appearing highly irate.

Upon his reminder, the group's thoughts shifted to the exit side with their own people. Connection severed for half a year, who knew what the current situation was.

Yu Yifu immediately left half the people here, including twenty sent for a check, turning with the remaining people rushing to the exit area.

Li Hongjiu couldn't keep up with these experts' normal flying speed and was kindly carried away by their spell.

With these people's flying speed, reaching the exit area didn't take long.

Upon arrival, they immediately discovered abnormalities in the exit area, finding more people, while also seemingly yesterday—why was there still chaos drifting in this area?

They met a group of guards but had no time to speak before they were surrounded by four groups of people arriving in succession. The numbers on both sides weren't too different; the four groups that came over only numbered around sixty people.

Murong Wuai was the first to ask, "Yu Yifu, where have you been for the past half year?"

Yu Yifu glanced disdainfully at a few of the leaders, "I entered this Yanfu Continent. Do I need to report to you wherever I go? Since when did the Heavenly Court have this rule? How come I didn't know?"

Having said that, he couldn't be bothered with these people and turned his head to quietly communicate with the guards, inquiring about the current situation. He learned that Shi Chun was hiding at the entrance and had not left, and the erratic behavior of several families puzzled him, unable to figure out what was going on.

Li Hongjiu leaned in and whispered, "Mr. Yu, I'll go ask Shi Chun, but…" He looked around at the crowd of people glaring at them with hostile stares.

Yu Yifu wasn't intimidated by this encirclement and snorted, saying aloud, "Let's go, inside."

He waved a hand to signal and led the group flying toward the crack in the sky's glow.

Unsure of the situation, the other four families didn't take action to stop them but were hesitant about whether to follow inside, given that someone had released poison within.

Thinking that if Shi Chun concocted an antidote, he probably wouldn't withhold it from himself, Murong Wuai also flashed inside.

Seeing Murong Wuai dare to enter, Lu Xun, You Ben, and the like had no choice but to muster up the courage to go in as well, deploying protective spells throughout to fend off any possible poison intrusion.

They all wanted to see what the Nanshan group intended to do, wondering if they were planning to officially leave Yanfu Continent?

But it turned out not to be the case.

Yu Yifu stopped by the barrier to communicate with the garrison general of Nanshan. This style of communication reminded Murong Wuai and others, giving him a nudge; they realized things could be played this way? With the presence of other parties nearby, they couldn't be accused of previously attacking Shi Chun since Shi Chun hadn't seen their faces, unless someone from their side turned traitor and accused them.

As for Li Hongjiu, as soon as he returned here, upon seeing Shi Chun peering out from the small wooden house, he instantly dashed over, separating from the group. As previously mentioned, the Nanshan group did not intervene.

Shi Chun had never seen him wearing a cloak, but upon sight, he understood and quickly turned to lead the way, diving into an underground hole.

Li Hongjiu landed almost simultaneously with him.

Once on the ground, without a word, Li Hongjiu unveiled his cloak and promptly pulled out a pile of Qiankun Bags.

Shi Chun's eyelids twitched, but he didn't speak or ask what it was. While activating the right eye superpower to observe the movements of people outside, he swiftly buried those Qiankun Bags in a nearby woodpile.

The situation was quite precarious. Just as they had finished burying all the Qiankun Bags, someone slipped in from the hole above; it was none other than Murong Wuai.

He landed and coldly scrutinized the two, showing concern for Shi Chun, "Are you okay?"

He rushed in, indeed worrying that someone might cause trouble for Shi Chun.

Shi Chun said, "This is Li Hongjiu. Mr. Murong, could you please help keep watch?"

As he spoke, he threw an understanding glance.

Murong Wuai indeed understood. Since Shi Chun had previously mentioned needing Li Hongjiu's help to convey a message to Wu Jinliang, this was to privately probe for information. His presence here was indeed inconvenient, so he immediately nodded in agreement.

Then he phased out, and to their surprise, he personally guarded outside the small wooden house, watching for the reactions of the Nanshan group.

Once Shi Chun confirmed with his right eye superpower that he indeed guarded outside, he felt significantly relieved. With him stationed, no one from the Four Great Royal Courts could recklessly intrude, so he immediately whispered, "Brother Jiu, what's the situation?"

In a hushed voice, Li Hongjiu started cursing the moment he spoke, "You two bastards, it's one thing to be audacious, but don't drag me into this…"

He ranted in a flurry of words, not a single sentence on point. Shi Chun's teeth ached as he hurriedly intervened, "Brother Jiu, you can't stay long. Talk business."

"…" Li Hongjiu was momentarily choked and uncomfortable, but he had no choice but to quickly get to the point due to time constraints.

Actually, he didn't know what was going on either.

But Shi Chun understood Wu Jinliang's plan from his experience. Once he grasped it, he was relieved. After contemplating for a moment, he raised his chin toward the stack of wood and whispered, "How much money?"

Li Hongjiu glared in silence, whispering, "How would I know? I couldn't possibly count them with these bags under the Nanshan group's watchful eyes. I don't know how much a full Qiankun Bag can hold either, but I reckon together they must be worth over ten trillion. Damn, you're both crazy. I ask you, with this much money, how do you plan to get it out?"

That was none of his concern. Shi Chun lifted his head, used his right eye superpower to scan the surroundings, then reached back into the woodpile to pull out the Qiankun Bags, counting out twenty, and handed them over, "Take these twenty back to him, have him keep them on him, and stay put. The rest doesn't concern him."

He knew roughly how much a Qiankun Bag could contain.