Chapter 820: The Gu Family’s Plans

Chapter 820: Chapter 820: The Gu Family’s Plans

"Gu Baiyuan, I heard that you’re not selling the Nine-section Calamus, right?"

Someone asked, "Then how can we obtain this thing?"

"That’s right, offering the Nine-section Calamus as a gift must imply that things are not as simple as they seem!"

The others nodded in agreement.

A three-hundred-year-old Nine-section Calamus as a reward, even if you spend three billion, you might not be able to buy it.

This task can’t be simple.

Gu Baiyuan smiled and said, "The task does have a certain difficulty, otherwise, we wouldn’t have asked for your help!

Your task is to escort us to a Secret Realm.

That Secret Realm was created by one of our Gu Family ancestors before their death.

The environment is elegant, but it is also very dangerous because during the process, we might encounter some bandit-like presences, and you all just need to help us clear them."

"Just like that?"

Yang Qi asked lightly, "Send you to the Secret Realm, but not enter it? If entering, what dangers lie within the Secret Realm? Though a Secret Realm isn’t a Forbidden Land, it comes with its own perils because they are often equipped with traps or nurtured ferocious beasts built by experts before their demise.

These ferocious beasts absorb the energy of the Secret Realm and consume its heavenly treasures, qualifying as Guardian Beasts.

While they can’t compare to the Demon Beasts or mythical beasts in novels, their combat power far exceeds that of ordinary beasts.

They are considered mutated beasts.

There surely will be dangers, won’t there?"

"Exactly, Gu Baiyuan, we’re putting our lives on the line here playing with you, you must clarify the situation, there will definitely be Guardian Beasts in the Secret Realm, and all are exotic beasts, ordinary people going in would face certain death, even regular Martial Artists might not make it out alive!"

Xue Mu frowned and said.

"In this world, do Guardian Beasts really exist?"

Someone asked timidly.

This type of thing seemed beyond their comprehension.

"Of course they exist, in this world there are both Martial Artists and Cultivators, so naturally the mutation of beasts is possible, some beasts accidentally devour medicinal herbs over a hundred years old and mutate."

Yang Qi explained, "After mutation, some beasts could become unbreakable, and some could have significantly larger physiques, making them challenging to deal with."

"Gu Baiyuan, what exactly are you entering the Secret Realm for? Is it really as rumored, that your ancestors left precious medicinal herbs in there? What kind of medicinal herbs?"

Wang Zhenren asked lightly.

This was naturally on behalf of Yang Qi.

"Yes, I have that same question, you’re not hesitating to risk your lives to enter, it must be something good, right? To the point where you’re willing to use the three-hundred-year-old Nine-section Calamus as a reward, I don’t believe you would do a losing deal!"

Someone from Sea City frowned and asked.

Gu Baiyuan sighed and said, "The medicinal herbs I mentioned are indeed Nine-section Calamus."

"Are you out of your mind?"

Xue Mu cursed, "You want us to take the risk to help you gather Nine-section Calamus, yet use Nine-section Calamus as a reward? Do you think we’re all fools?"

"No!"

Yang Qi shook his head and said, "Xue Mu, shut your mouth and listen carefully!"

Xue Mu saw Yang Qi and was startled, hurriedly shut his mouth.

Gu Baiyuan smiled and said, "Mr. Yang is indeed wise. The reward we’re giving you is just four Nine-section Calamus plants, while what we’re searching for this time is not just one plant but a whole field of Nine-section Calamus, although it is only about one plot of land, there are hundreds of plants."

What!

Everyone was stunned as they heard this, "Hundreds of Nine-section Calamus plants over three hundred years old?"

What is the value of that!

One plant is three billion, hundreds of plants, wouldn’t that be hundreds of billions, even thousands of billions? The key to this thing is that money alone might not buy it, so its preciousness is imaginable.

"Haha, Gu Baiyuan, aren’t you afraid we’ll rob you of your Nine-section Calamus at that point? If you have so many yet only give us four plants, isn’t that too stingy?"

Xue Mu laughed coldly.

"Right, you are now revealing this secret, aren’t you afraid we’ll turn against you?"

Wang Zhenren also said indifferently.

Gu Baiyuan thought for a moment and said, "I understand what you mean, but that place can only be found by our Gu Family members and only our family members can activate the Mechanism.

Four plants are indeed a bit less, how about this, our Gu Family takes fifty percent and the four other families take the remaining fifty percent, how does that sound?"

Upon these words, many people became excited.

Hundreds of three-hundred years old, even five-hundred-years-old Nine-section Calamus, even if they only obtained fifty percent, they would be rich.

Everyone nodded, showing willingness to accept this task.

"Gu Baiyuan, now that our agreement is reached, how about selling me the Nine-section Calamus in your hand?"

Yang Qi suddenly spoke.

"Mr. Yang joked, how can that thing be sold, these four Nine-section Calamus plants are prepared as rewards."

Gu Baiyuan shook his head.

"Didn’t you say that there are hundreds of Nine-section Calamus plants in the Secret Realm, and half of those are our rewards, so these four plants are not, why not sell them to me?"

Yang Qi said lightly.

"This!"

Gu Baiyuan was suddenly left with no excuse.

"If you’re worried these people won’t accept it, you can ask them, and see if they dare to come and rob from me."

Yang Qi continued.

He had to elevate his Realm as soon as possible.

If he uses the Nine-section Calamus to enhance his Cultivation, even if it’s just raising to the Eighth Layer of the Body Tempering Stage, his combat power will be significantly enhanced.

Facing enemies again, he could turn misfortune into fortune and avert disaster.

"You’re not selling, is it because the Secret Realm doesn’t actually have Nine-section Calamus but is merely a trap?"

Yang Qi said coldly.

"No!"

Gu Baiyuan shook his head and said, "Fine, since Mr. Yang wants, we can sell you two plants, four billion per plant, how’s that?"

There was truly no other choice.

Helpless but to sell, though only two plants.

"You know, going to the Secret Realm may not succeed, therefore, we must keep two plants just in case." Gu Baiyuan explained.

"Fine, two plants it is."

Yang Qi no longer wasted words and directly transferred money to Gu Baiyuan.

Just like that, eight billion went out, but Yang Qi wasn’t distressed about it at all.

Compared to money, these medicinal herbs were most important to him.

"Alright, meeting adjourned, we’ll set off early tomorrow morning; for today, everyone rest well."

Jin Zizhen stood up to announce the meeting’s end, anyway everything that needed discussing had been discussed.

Everyone dispersed.

Yang Qi returned to his residence and dripped Spiritual Liquid onto the two Nine-section Calamus plants.

The Nine-section Calamus grew rapidly.

Its Spiritual nature increased from over three hundred years to exactly five hundred years.

This caused a qualitative transformation right away.