Chapter 2408: Murder for Treasure

Chapter 2408: Chapter 2408: Murder for Treasure

At this moment, outside a town on Jiulong Mountain.

A father and daughter are being hunted down.

The father looks about forty years old, and his cultivation is merely at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

The little girl is only about eleven or twelve years old, still in the Qi Refinement Realm.

And chasing them are three people, all at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

At this time, the three have already surrounded the father and daughter.

One of them sneered:

"People die for wealth as birds die for food."

"Bai Zhanfeng, are you really willing to risk your life for that 800-year-old Spirit Ginseng?"

"Why don’t you just hand it over."

Seeing no hope of escape, the middle-aged man touched his Storage Ring, and a Jade Box appeared in his hand.

The man held the Jade Box tightly, looking angrily at the three.

"This deal, I misjudged, didn’t see you had the intention of killing and seizing the treasure."

"I admit it."

"The Spirit Ginseng is in the Jade Box in my hand."

"Unless my daughter can return to the city safely, otherwise I will destroy it immediately, and no one will get it."

Hearing this, a burly man among the three barked:

"You’re dreaming!"

"If you don’t hand over the Spirit Ginseng, no one can leave here!"

"Hand it over obediently, and we’ll naturally let you go."

The middle-aged man laughed angrily:

"Do you think I would still believe you?"

"Even if you swear a blood oath now, I won’t trust you a word."

The middle-aged man’s expression was resolute, clearly not joking or testing anything.

Upon hearing this, the burly man wanted to continue threatening.

However, a man in black next to him suddenly spoke:

"Fine, I can let your daughter go first."

Hearing this, the burly man’s face darkened.

"Daoist Shi, we can’t let her go, what if she brings back..."

However, the man in black let his eyes turn cold and glanced at the burly man.

"What?"

"My words don’t count anymore?"

The burly man’s expression changed, and he quickly bowed:

"No, no, I didn’t mean that."

"Since Daoist Shi said so, let’s do as Daoist Shi says."

"Let his daughter go first..."

Then, the man in black looked at the middle-aged man.

"You’ve heard what I said."

"She can go first."

"But if you dare to try any tricks after we release her, don’t blame us for being ruthless."

The middle-aged man also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

He spoke:

"Unlike you, I keep my word."

"As long as my daughter is safe, it’s just a Spirit Ginseng, you can have it."

Upon hearing this, the little girl tightly held her father’s hand, unwilling to let go.

The middle-aged man, through Divine Thought Communication, said something unknown that finally made the girl let go, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at her father.

Then, the little girl cast a spell, and the necklace around her neck suddenly emitted a white light.

The white light enveloped the girl, quickly drifting into the distance.

Seeing the girl flying a hundred zhang away.

Just then, the man in black suddenly moved.

He swung his hand.

A black light, like a snake, burst through the air, catching up with the girl in an instant.

The black light tightly wrapped around her.

The white light on her body shattered instantly.

The girl offered no resistance, quickly pulled back into the hand of the man in black by the black light.

It all happened in a split second.

By the time the middle-aged man realized it, his daughter was already in the hands of the man in black.

His five fingers tightly gripping the girl’s head.

The middle-aged man roared.

"You beasts... I’ll fight you to the death..."

The man in black said indifferently:

"Move one more time, and she dies."

"Try me!"

These words cooled the fiery anger in the middle-aged man, who dared not move.

The man in black sneered.

"Now, you have no choice."

"Hand it over."

"I give you three breaths’ time; after that, she dies!"

After speaking, the man in black fell silent, staring coldly at the middle-aged man.

His fingers applying constant pressure.

The girl cried out in pain.

At this moment, the two burly men finally realized what was happening.

Excitement filled their faces.

They’d thought the man in black would really let the girl go.

They knew this girl had a grandmother in the city, a powerful cultivator.

If her grandmother discovered, they would undoubtedly die.

Now, they realized the man in black was just pretending to be lenient.

Laughing, too clever by far.

Now, the two men also sneered at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was desperate, eyes bloodshot, body trembling, reluctantly threw the Jade Box to the three at wits’ end.

The burly man next to him immediately grabbed the Jade Box.

"Daoist Shi, we’ve got it."

The man in black said coolly:

"Check it."

"Alright."

The burly man opened the stone box immediately.

Inside lay a crystal-clear ginseng.

"Haha, indeed the Spirit Ginseng, 800 years, no mistake."

The middle-aged man roared:

"I’ve given it to you."

"Now let us go."

The man in black sneered.

"Let you go?"

"You think I don’t know Venerable Yue Ling in the city is your mother?"

"If she finds out, we three will die for sure."

The middle-aged man’s face changed dramatically.

He never thought they knew his family background.

The middle-aged man, both shocked and furious, said:

"Since you know my mother is Venerable Yue Ling, you still dare act so arrogantly!"

Hearing this, the man in black laughed heartily:

"Hahaha, so what if we know?"

"She’s just at the Golden Core Realm."

"Once we have this 800-year Spirit Ginseng, it won’t take long until we break through to the Golden Core Realm, then why fear her?"

Finishing his words, the man in black’s eyes flickered fiercely.

"Alright, enough talk."

"Time for you to meet your end."

As he spoke, the man in black ruthlessly tightened his grip.

The next moment, the girl’s head would explode.

But then, something strange happened.

The man in black suddenly felt a chilling sensation.

The next moment, his entire arm went numb.

He looked down to see his arm, instantly frozen over.

At this moment, the man in black was shocked and furious.

"Who’s there?"

"Daring to ambush me?"

Meanwhile, the two burly men also looked angrily around.

Then a cold laugh echoed:

"I can’t stand people like you who don’t keep your word."

"You’ve got the treasure and still want to kill."

"In that case, I will show you the consequences of breaking promises."