The Invincible Dragon Emperor
chapter-1226-30041322

Chapter 1226: Vastly Wealthy

Lu Li didn’t dare to check further. He was even afraid to get a sense of what was going on out there. Any potential move he took could be detected. The ones that could enter a basin without a trace must be adept at the job.

Since the baby beasts cried out, the wild beasts in the distance were alarmed. They howled in anger and several came back.

The one that came in was a prefecture warrior. Even hearing the shouts did not scare him. He ran through the basin rapidly while using psychic power to check. He searched the entire basin before he left from a different side.

“Toot, toot~”

Several wild beasts rushed right back to go after that prefecture warrior. It was until then that Lu Li had the courage to check.

He was mentally disturbed as he wondered if the prefecture warrior had noticed the existence of the Wicked Bead. If so, soon, a larger group of prefecture warriors would gather here. The dozens of wild beasts might appear to be frightening. However, over a hundred prefecture warriors could tackle that problem easily.

“Should I go or stay here?”

Lu Li was hesitating. He might not find such a nice place to hide again. On the other hand, if he chose not to leave, once he was surrounded by dozens of prefecture warriors, he would never make it out.

The shouts of the wild beasts grew lower. An hour later, all the wild beasts had come back, except for one which was killed. There mustn’t be too many prefecture warriors, so they did not try to eliminate all the wild beasts.

“Well, I don’t think I should go. It’s better to stay here.”

After a moment of deliberation, Lu Li decided to stay. He did not know how many prefecture warriors were searching nearby. He would have to take the risk of being spotted if he were to leave now.

Making up his mind, Lu Li decided not to worry too much. He picked up the book and continued to dissolve the seal of the Wicked Bead.

The next few days passed in peace. No more prefecture warriors came, which relieved Lu Li.

Eight days later, Lu Li was alerted once again when all the wild beasts hurried to the south. Clearly, someone had come.

“What is happening?”

Lu Li frowned. Through the Wicked Bead, he could tell that someone else had entered the basin and had been checking with psychic power.

“Toot, toot~”

The baby beast cried out in anger. Several wild beasts came back and that person ran away.

“Something is off…”

Lu Li put the book on the desk, puzzled. Why were the prefecture warriors still had concerns about this area? If they had such doubts, why wouldn’t they just call over more prefecture warriors to clean up this basin?

“Wait!”

All of a sudden, Lu Li had an epiphany. This prefecture warrior had not come to find Lu Li, but the things he left behind.

To be more specific—the Wicked Bead!

God of Wings had always been longing for the Wicked Bead with envy. Such intentions were made clear while Lu Li was in the Heaven Reverse Universe. Later, God of Wings even possessed Zi Lian just to get the Wicked Bead.

This time, God of Wings was paying a million Divine Sources or even more to kill Lu Li. She did not take such actions to vent her anger, but to… obtain the Wicked Bead!

God of Wings must have knowledge that the Wicked Bead contained secrets, which was why she would go such length to get the Wicked Bead. Whether Lu Li was dead or alive, the Wicked Bead must be in this basin. That was why God of Wings had had people searching this basin again and again.

Lu Li set up the scene as if he had been killed by the wild beasts. Then his Interspatial Ring and Wicked Bead and such likes must be in the basin. His enemies would definitely focus on this area and more would come. When they could find nothing, they would probably kill all the wild beasts.

“What to do?”

Lu Li’s eyebrows were knitted together as he contemplated about the situation. Judging by the current situation, he could tell that there were two to three prefecture warriors at most. Otherwise, a bigger crowd would have killed the wild beasts directly instead of luring them away.

It just so happened that Lu Li could not move an inch at the moment or else he would be exposed. The scouts that came to this basin did not come to the Wicked Bead directly, reasons being that they hadn’t seen it. The baby beast was sitting under the Wicked Bead. The scouts would only notice the baby beast, not the Wicked Bead.

The quiet approach.

After much deliberation, Lu Li decided that he could only wait in patience. He himself could not be thrown into chaos at the moment. Otherwise, he would be faced with a more grave situation.

Half a day later, those wild beasts came back. Lu Li secretly checked the situation, only to be bothered.

There was one less wild beast. The prefecture warriors must be trying to eliminate the wild beasts bit by bit until they could turn the basin upside down or cut open all the wild beasts…

They must be assuming that Lu Li had been eaten alive by the wild beasts, so the Interspatial Ring and Wicked Bead were in their belly. Since not so many prefecture warriors had come, they could only kill the wild beasts one by one and search.

Just as Lu Li had assumed!

A day later, a bunch of wild beasts flew away. That prefecture warrior came to the basin and was driven away after a round of search by the wild beasts.

Half a day passed. When the herd of wild beasts came back, they lost one more member!

Lu Li was right about what his enemies were up to. They were killing the wild beasts one at a time, and they wanted to find the Wicked Bead no matter how much effort was required.

Half a day later, the wild beasts were lured away again. This time, nobody was coming into the basin to search. They must have thought that Lu Li was swallowed by the wild beasts, and the Wicked Bead was inside one of them since nothing could be found after rounds of searching.

“Deaf Taoist, what do you need to do to further develop?”

Lu Li asked the Deaf Taoist, who was cultivating. The Deaf Taoist explained, “My abilities are enhanced by a large margin after I consumed the Spring Gold. But to achieve fast progress, it will be difficult… to only rely on the Spring Gold. If there were other sorts of materials, it might be possible. However, the thing is, we cannot obtain other materials now.”

“Other materials?”

Lu Li’s eyes glowed. He stood up and said, “Come with me.”

Lu Li showed the Deaf Taoist to the third room in the hall; a room filled with a vast number of different sorts of materials. Some of the energy produced by the materials once scared Lu Li.

“Well…”

The Deaf Taoist was taken aback as well. When he saw an eyeball, he felt like he was going to lose his soul. In fear, he stepped back at once.

“Do not look at that eye or the head on the left. Quickly, find the materials you may need. We cannot stay here for long, or we will have some problems.”

The Deaf Taoist heard Lu Li’s voice. The former soon calmed himself down and looked around. A moment later, he was trembling in excitement. “Red Flakes, you have the wood of Red Flakes. That is a top-level material. Not even our leaders can obtain such rare materials…”

Lu Li asked the Deaf Taoist, “Is it useful for your cultivation?”

“Very much so!”

The Deaf Taoist nodded. “Lord, where did you get those things? I don’t think even a mighty warrior could have such treasures. You have three pieces of Red Flakes, valuable stuff. Each piece should be worth at least one million Divine Sources.”

“That much?”

Lu Li was stunned. There was a mountain of materials here. If each one could worth over hundreds of thousands of Divine Sources, he would be rich.

Of course, he was not the one that collected those materials. He didn’t suppose it was Emperor Heng, either. It must have belonged to the master craftsman, Tian Lingzi. Lu Li didn’t know that Tian Lingzi was this rich. Were all master craftsmen so vastly wealthy?

“Well, do not ask so many questions. Just get the Red Flakes and leave!”

Lu Li waved his hand. The Deaf Taoist grabbed three pieces of the strange-shaped redwood and rushed over. He was so happy that he almost dropped to his knees.

“Hurry up and consume them!”

Lu Li waved his hand. “In a month at most, we are going to be faced with an ugly war. If we could not kill our enemies, then we would be the ones killed.”