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Chapter 169: Conflict
As night approached, Lian Yun finally exited the valley and stepped into the forest.
Without a backpack, Lian Yun used his highly elastic shirt as a makeshift bag to carry all the Gray Spirit Coins and Black Spirit Coins.
With four to five thousand Gray Spirit Coins and forty to fifty thousand Black Spirit Coins combined, Lian Yun's makeshift bag was quite large and heavy. This made Lian Yun look somewhat comical as he ran towards the novice village, bare-chested and burdened with the weight.
The journey of seven or eight miles took nearly fifteen minutes, which was three to four times longer than before, as he neared Wild Boar Basin.
However, just as he got closer, Lian Yun heard some commotion. The noise was coming from where Zhao Jinlong and his group were located. This caused Lian Yun's previously good mood to darken slightly.
He rushed up to the edge of the basin and took a quick glance before charging down towards the group.
At the edge of the basin, there were originally three factions. One faction consisted of Zhao Jinlong and several injured Ghost Slaves supporting each other. Among them, Chen Er Gou was particularly frantic but was being forcibly restrained by Zhao Jinlong and Zhao Jinhui. In front of them were three individuals and two ghosts who had previously wanted to follow Lian Yun. Opposite them was a five-person team led by a Jet-Headed Gold Man.
The third party nearby was Joseph's trio.
As soon as he approached, Lian Yun understood the situation through the thoughts transmitted by Zhao Jinlong and his companions.
Before Lian Yun arrived, the Jet-Headed Gold Man's team had attempted to seize Zhao Jinlong's harvested Black Spirit Coins and force Zhao Jinlong and Zhao Jinhui into slavery. The three individuals and two ghosts recognized that Zhao Jinlong's group were Lian Yun's Ghost Slaves from their earlier battle in the basin, prompting them to come to their aid.
Then Joseph arrived; although he did not explicitly intervene, he advised the Jet-Headed Gold Man not to provoke Lian Yun.
However, since the Jet-Headed Gold Man had already taken action, he was unwilling to leave empty-handed. Although he held some respect for Joseph, he still desired the thousands of Black Spirit Coins that Zhao Jinlong's group had collected. Naturally, Zhao Jinlong and his companions refused, leading to a stalemate.
Lian Yun's return immediately drew everyone's attention.
Joseph was particularly shocked; he realized that Lian Yun had returned from a different direction than others and that there were no Chaos Beasts along the way—only Ten Miles' Grizzly Bear.
The fact that Lian Yun alone had amassed such significant gains in just a few hours hinted at an impressive level of strength that Joseph found hard to fathom.
As for the Jet-Headed Gold Man, he too was taken aback but seemed to be a newcomer himself—part of another wave of newcomers who had arrived after Lian Yun left the novice village. Thus, his gaze held both greed and caution.
Yet Lian Yun paid little mind to this. He instructed Zhao Jinlong and his companions to return to Yin-Yang Stage while he set down his "backpack" and looked at Joseph, asking, "Is there any punishment for killing here?"
"No," Joseph replied. "In the wild, not only is there no punishment for murder, but you also receive fifty percent of the items from the victim's storage."
"According to?"
Joseph spread his hands, no longer explaining, but it indicated that he had not killed anyone in the Beginner Village.
On the opposite side, Lian Yun was met with the furious gaze of the Jet-Headed Gold Man, who demanded, "Who are you?"
In response, a flash of sword light flickered, and then he slung his backpack back on. He looked at the three and Two Ghosts and said, "Thank you. Have you completed your first mission?"
The three and Two Ghosts shook their heads in shame.
However, Lian Yun did not look down on them; instead, he smiled gently and said, "Then let's go back to the Beginner Village!"
Just as Lian Yun smiled, the five members of the Jet-Headed Gold Man's group, who were still somewhat confused, suddenly knelt down simultaneously.
To be precise, beneath their knees, blood pooled suddenly, causing their bodies to lose support and sink lower.
Yet the five seemed to possess extraordinary grit. Despite their eyes filled with terror and expressions twisted in pain, they gritted their teeth and remained silent.
Under normal circumstances, Lian Yun might have praised them; however, today he treated them coldly and warned in a chilling voice, "This is a warning. If anyone dares to lay a hand on my Ghost Friends again, I will show no mercy."
This was a lesson meant to deter others.
The reason was that Chen Er Gou and the three Spirits had a level of distinction among Ghost Slaves. In the future, Lian Yun intended to divide them into two groups for further enhancement; thus, he naturally did not want incidents like today to occur again.
With the lesson from these five in mind, it was likely that newcomers would think twice before offending the Three Spirits or Chen Er Gou in the future.
In truth, Joseph and his companions were utterly shocked by Lian Yun's display. They were filled with fear and deep confusion.
They couldn't see how Lian Yun had made his move. They wondered if there had been a mistake in Yin Yang City that allowed such a powerful individual to be assigned to Thirty-One Beginner Village; Lian Yun should have been placed in Village Thirty-Nine or even higher.
Amidst their shock and confusion, Joseph felt a slight sense of relief for not having antagonized Lian Yun.
Lian Yun naturally remembered Joseph's goodwill but responded rather blandly, "I would like to discuss something with you tonight, Mr. Joseph. Do you have time?"
"Yes, yes! But I don't know your name yet."
"Call me Bai Yun!"
"Mr. Baiyun, this..." The oldest among the three, a man in his thirties, hesitated as he pointed to a pile of Black Spirit Coins on the ground, looking at Lian Yun.
"You all take it for now! Once we reach the novice village, if there's not enough, I'll make up the difference for you."
With just five of them, even if each person didn't get a single Black Spirit Coin, it would only amount to fifteen thousand Black Spirit Coins, which was insignificant compared to their generosity.
It’s important to note that they could have easily pretended not to see Zhao Jinlong and the others. However, they bravely stepped forward to help.
This may not necessarily reflect how benevolent they truly were, but their desire to follow Lian Yun was indeed unwavering.
Perhaps Lian Yun was not yet comparable to any Monarch, but they all recognized Lian Yun's true strength and immense potential.
Now was the time to express their intentions while Lian Yun had not fully revealed his capabilities; later on, even if they reached the status of Monarchs themselves, they might never have another chance to follow Lian Yun.
This might sound exaggerated, but the three of them and the Two Ghosts felt that being assigned to the same novice village as Lian Yun was their only opportunity in this lifetime to follow him.
Thus, they were willing to do whatever it took to engage in anything that could bring them closer to Lian Yun.
(End of Chapter)
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