Is that a Wisp?
chapter-135

After beating up all their enemies, they were forced to hand over their blood contracts and sign up themselves. One thousand Rank Five High-Quality Spirit Stones per head. These three teams' alliance was already doing this sort of scheme exactly because they wanted Spirit Stones. But now, they became even poorer. Of course, they were just unlucky to have bumped on Krune's group.

Having finished their collections, Krune's group didn't enter the door. Instead, they departed and started to beat up other teams. With Krune's Divine Sense, he could see if their targets were strong or weak ones. But Krune didn't target the weak, neither the strong, only the middle ones.

Weak teams would probably have come from weak planets like his group, so Krune didn't have the heart to take even more from them. As for the strong ones, it was better not to find a problem with them unless necessary. So they targeted the middle-ranked teams. It couldn't be said to be unfair. Most of those teams, in general, had more participants than them. After all, anyone in the Core Formation Realm and under forty years old could take part in the exam. And those worlds obviously had a lot more cultivators and demon beasts in this kind of condition than them.

By the time that two hours passed, Krune decided that they got enough on the first floor and moved to the next level. His group soon found a door with just a few slots remaining. Counting the fifteen slots for the Foundation Establishment and the slots for Core Formation under the age of forty, Makui Planet had a total of twenty-two participants. As mentioned before, there are very few that would risk going through the heavenly tribulation before their two hundred years of the life span was close to the end.

The door that Krune found had sixteen slots still free and another eleven with someone inside waiting for the ten minutes of defense to be up. Krune then asked for the guys who decide if they would want them to help defend their slots or not.

"No need, these are only the first floors, if we can't even pass it with our own abilities, there is no need to talk about the further tests."

Krune and the other didn't say anything and just nodded. Now that they found such a good way of getting rich, the spirit stones that they would get from the Makui Planet contestants don't make much of a difference anymore.

Still, he let them take the free slots while his group went for the occupied ones. Ao, Arlan, and everyone else had no problem in defeating those inside that were defending. In the end, everyone was successfully sent to the second floor. There, Krune and his group restarted their spirit stones 'work'.

They kept like that until the fifth floor, not staying more than two hours on each floor. When they arrived there, Yusa calculated how many spirit stones the other teams owned them. Her eyes then lit up with the result.

"They already own us over one hundred and fifty-two thousand Rank Five high-quality spirit stones! Sharing it between the seven already gives us over twenty-one thousand for each. When had we ever made so much spirit stones in such a little time before?"

Arlan, Lofa, and Tasier shook their heads, though. What they are more concerned at the moment is not the spirit stones, but another thing entirely.

"Although this is a nice number, we don't lack that amount. You can divide between the four of you."

Ao wasn't happy, though.

"You guys also helped greatly in each fight, that is what you deserve."

Krune and Shinja also nodded, only Yusa was struggling to give up that offer. But since Krune, Shinja, and Ao already agreed, she just let it go too.

Arlan then pondered a bit and then said.

"Let's do like this then, the three of us will take 30% of all spirit stones, and the other 70% you share between you. Our condition is better in our continents. Not to mention that I believe that the four of you would still be able to gather this amount even without our help."

Lofa and Tasier also agreed with what Arlan said. Ao just sighed and accepted that offer, and with that, they set off again. By the time they arrived at the tenth floor, the total amount of spirit stones was already two hundred and thirty thousand. But the number of teams that they are encountering is getting less and less. By now, there were very few weak teams, and middle-ranked teams were also in decline.

"I think we should finish it here, we already got a harvest several times higher than we expected. If we keep forcing, we might really get on the bad side of all other teams as well. They are even calling us the Makui Money Grubbers already."

It was Mina who said that. Krune's group then looked at each other and nodded. This amount can already last for some time for them.

This time, Krune took his chance to talk about another issue, and it was an issue that is without a doubt bothering everyone. The fact that he is a wisp! It's not like he didn't want to talk about it, just that he was more concerned about the profits that they could make at first. But now it is a good time.

"Alright, let's now discuss about my real form. So yeah, I'm a wisp. If you find it to be a problem, I will not hold you back. You have always had the choice to leave this group, and it is not different now."

Tasier was taken aback at first when he saw Krune's original form. But now he was as nonchalant as ever.

"So what? I'm a demon Beast, and as one, I only care about one thing. Strength! You already proved that you are even more of a freak in your wisp form, so that's all that matters for me."

Arlan just sighed and said.

"I told you before that I came from a poor family and made my way up with my own strength. But on the way, there had been a few times where I captured wisps to sell. Although I've never used them for cultivation, it doesn't change the fact that it happened. So I should be the one asking, are you okay with that?"

Krune just sighed too and said.

"I'll tell you the same thing as I did to Mile back then since she also knows that I'm a wisp and still told me that she used wisps for cultivation. What you did in the past is due to the wisps actual situation, whether I get angry or not will not bring them back. I only ask you to help them from now on like I do when I see something like that happening."

Arlan smiled and nodded. Unless the situation was dangerous, it wouldn't be a problem to give a helping hand.

Lofa was the only one absent-minded. Shinja and Yusa know that she likes Krune, and this situation probably affected her more than anyone else. She came from a wealthy family, so there is no doubt that until today, she only thought about wisps as nothing. It was then that she received a Divine Sense message from Shinja.

"Krune is what he is. If you really have doubts about your feelings now that you found that he is a wisp, then I can tell you that your feelings were not real to start with."

Lofa's heart jumped at that moment. But then, she looked at Shinja with gratitude. That is right, wasn't she the one who said that she didn't mind if Krune wasn't human? Does the fact that he is a wisp really change anything? Although there would be loads of issues in those questions, what matters is what she thinks. She then looked at Krune and said.

"As long as we can cook together, so what if you are a wisp?"

Krune was taken aback with that answer, he could expect anything but cooking being brought up at this moment. He then looked at her and laughed.

"Right! For food lovers, what race has to with any of that. Hahaha!"

Shinja and Yusa only sighed after hearing that. Still, for some reason, Lofa seemed very happy with that answer, so they didn't say anything. All is good as long as you are happy with it.

As for the other contestants of the Makui Planet. Well, Krune didn't have any significant relation with them, so he didn't really care about their opinion. Still, they also said that they will help wisps if it isn't dangerous to intervene. Krune doesn't know if they were telling the truth or not, but as long as one of them follow their words, it is enough.

Krune then decided to stop there for a while to rest and, of course, to eat! He then called Lofa over to help with the cooking, which she did with a beaming face, and the food was ready in no time. Unfortunately, Krune couldn't join them, the formation in the illusory help is impeding him from transforming back into his human form. Still, he always felt happy to see others eating his food.

Three groups passed by them in this hour that they were eating. They couldn't help but think that they were hallucinating. There is a group wasting their time eating, and on top of that, that group had a wisp within, could it be part of the illusion of the realm? In the end, they decided to check it out. Even if this isn't an illusion, they should be able to deal with a team that has even a wisp between them. It would also eliminate some of the competition.

One could only say that they weren't lucky. Although the teams that came were stronger than the teams that Krune's group was targeting, they were still not their match. In the end, Krune's group fortune jumped to two hundred and sixty-five thousand spirit stones. Good food and extra spirit stones, Krune's group were in an excellent mood!