Chapter 14 The Team

The team consisted of three people, two men and one woman. One of them had yellow skin; it was unclear if he was from the Second District or of Chinese descent.

The woman leading the team had brownish-yellow hair and light green eyes. She was quite attractive and held a black staff. At the top of the staff was a gem swirling with cyan airflow.

She floated half a foot above the ground, leading the team hurriedly, filled with caution.

But after seeing the three bodies lying on the ground, her expression turned to shock and surprise!

Seeing the scorched wound on the chest of the man with the golden crew cut, she finally relaxed her vigilance and said, "Did you kill them all?"

Zhang Yuanqing leaned lazily against the display case, smiling in response. "It's polite to introduce yourself before asking questions!"

The woman with brownish-yellow hair said, "Alicia, from the Tempest Division of Heaven's Wrath, Level 6 Gale Adept, 96 experience points!"

"A peak Saint," Zhang Yuanqing thought, nodding. "Experience points over 90 put her in the peak Saint category." She continued introducing her companions: "His Lingjing ID is 'Federal No History,' from the Church of the Sea God!"

A fat man with a full beard nodded, acknowledging the greeting. He stared at the three corpses and said unhappily, "You're a Lightning Mage. We've been chasing these guys for a long time! If we weren't worried about damaging the display cases and activating those artifacts, causing unnecessary trouble, we would have already exchanged these three guys for points. You got a freebie!"

The Sea Demon's arrogance was fully displayed in his words!

"So the commotion earlier was caused by a fight between you two sides. No wonder these three guys were so eager to snatch the artifacts; they were being hunted and desperate to protect themselves."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded inwardly!

Alicia pointed to the man who appeared to be of Chinese descent and said, "He's a member of the Five Elements Alliance, his Lingjing ID is Qingzhu, and his profession is Beast King!"

This Beast King was well-proportioned and athletic, the type who looked like he could fight and was very agile. His face was thin and his temperament gentle, unlike the Sea Demon beside him who always had an aggressive aura.

However, he also had the Beast King's weakness; his eyes couldn't help but turn to Princess Silver Mirror.

He was the type who lacked resistance to beautiful women and had a strong desire to reproduce, just like Ling Jun!

"Qingzhu...I have some impression. I remember him participating in the arena competition; he shouldn't be a peak Saint."

Under the gaze of the three law-abiding cultivators, Zhang Yuanqing said, "Lingjing ID Moral Celestial Venerable, profession Star Official. They are all my Yin corpses!"

He pointed to the disguised Greedy God General and Princess Silver Mirror!

Qingzhu reluctantly looked away from Princess Silver Mirror.

He looked at Zhang Yuanqing with disbelief and a hint of criticism. "You actually refined such a beauty into a Yin corpse."

Moral Celestial Venerable. Alicia chuckled and said, "Your Lingjing ID is very similar to Primordial Celestial Venerable, and you're both Star Officials!"

"That's normal," Zhang Yuanqing said. "Because we're both popular. Once the Primordial Celestial Venerable returns to Lingjing, I'll let him know who the strongest Star Official is in this year's slaughter副本!"

"He's not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Primordial Celestial Venerable." Qingzhu, who came from the Five Elements Alliance, sneered dismissively.

Alicia, worried that the two would have a conflict, quickly changed the subject. "I was just wondering, there are 41 participants in this slaughter 副本, and the museum has six halls. That averages out to a maximum of seven people per hall!"

She pointed to the corpses on the ground. "With the number of people here, plus the two dead people in the stairwell, that's already eleven people. It makes sense if those two are Yin corpses!"

It seemed that there were only two peak Saints in Hall Three. With 41 participants this time, the number of peak Saints had to be at least half, or even more. The fact that there were only two here meant that there would be even more peak Saints in other halls. She hoped Xiao Yuan wouldn't encounter a hall filled with peak Saints!

Although Xiao Yuan had returned to Level 6, she was at most in the middle stage. She had several good-quality items, but if she encountered a peak Saint, it would still be very difficult. If she was surrounded, it would be even more dangerous!

A surge of worry suddenly arose in Zhang Yuanqing's heart. At this moment, Qingzhu smiled and said, "In any case, those who survive are all from the orderly faction, so there will be no worries about cooperation!"

"Brother Moral, clean up your spoils first. Alicia and I have something to talk about!"

He gave Alicia a look, and the two walked away. Alicia waved her staff and erected four walls of wind to block the sound.

"I think there's something wrong with him!" Qingzhu whispered: "Besides the arrow marks, there are no other traces of fighting at the scene, indicating that the three died quickly. Moral Celestial Venerable should be a peak Saint, and among the peak Saints, he's one of the best! But I've been working in the Second District for many years and have never heard of this person."

Alicia nodded slightly: "But he is indeed a Star Official!"

Qingzhu suddenly lowered his voice: "The Taiyi Sect doesn't have a Star Official with this Lingjing ID, but I don't know about the Dark Night Rose!"

Alicia's expression became solemn: "You mean Moral Celestial Venerable is a member of the Dark Night Rose?"

Qingzhu nodded!

After thinking for a few seconds, Alicia shook her head: "That's not right, the Star Official who uses the cross is a member of the Dark Night Rose. The Taiyi Sect's Star Official wouldn't associate with the evil faction! If Moral Celestial Venerable also belongs to the Dark Night Rose, they wouldn't fight each other, but would join forces to deal with us."

"That Night Wanderer could also be a folk cultivator!" Qingzhu reminded.

"That makes sense!" Alicia sighed: "He's very strong and a Star Official. You know more about Star Officials than I do. The advantage of numbers is ineffective in front of Star Officials. If we start a war with him, you and 'Federal No History' are very likely to sacrifice yourselves. And if we accidentally break the artifact display case, even I will be in great danger! We can't make an enemy based on unsubstantiated guesses, at least not when he hasn't shown any hostility or aggression!"

She gave the other party a reassuring look, removed the wind wall, and greeted Moral Celestial Venerable!

At this time, Zhang Yuanqing had collected the spoils and checked the item attributes. The artifacts here were all consumables. The crossbow's effective time was one hour, and the cross would disappear after being used twice!

The bronze staff he subdued was also time-limited: 15 minutes!

"This kind of 副本 doesn't allow me, the道具天尊, to fully utilize my advantages." Zhang Yuanqing muttered inwardly.

The charming Alicia, with her beautiful face, walked towards him. "Moral Celestial Venerable, I want to cooperate with you!" Alicia said straightforwardly.

"How to cooperate?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

"That depends on how much you know about Hall Three." Alicia looked into the distance, towards the stairwell. "Have you seen the boss?"

Zhang Yuanqing nodded, "It shot and killed one of my Yin corpses."

Alicia's tone was serious: "The boss's attack power has reached the level of a Ruler. My wind wall can't stop it. The best way to get through the stairwell is to subdue powerful artifacts and use them to deal with the artifact!"

"But subduing artifacts requires taking great risks. More people mean more strength!"

Zhang Yuanqing naturally wouldn't refuse: "No problem, a win-win cooperation."

A peak Saint, two Level 6 Saints with over 50 experience points, a very considerable force!

Alicia changed the subject. "However, there was a glitch in this slaughter副本. Not only were the two districts merged, but the factional antagonism mechanism was also canceled. For the sake of each other's safety, I suggest signing a contract!"

As she spoke, she opened her inventory and took out a golden piece of paper and a quill!

"It's a Saint-quality prop, but even if we violate the contract, it won't pose a fatal threat to us. At most, it will seriously injure us," Alicia said frankly.

A serious injury was enough. Whether he violated the oath or she violated the oath, it would be possible to kill the seriously injured party in a short time!

Qingzhu nodded slowly. Alicia was indeed an experienced executive officer. She didn't deliberately point out the suspicious points of Moral Celestial Venerable's obscurity but used the 副本 mechanism as a reason to sign a contract with the other party!

This achieved cooperation without tearing apart the other party's identity, causing everyone to turn against each other.

"My ID is Moral Celestial Venerable. As the name suggests, morality is my life's creed!" Zhang Yuanqing said, "However, I am a moral person, so signing a contract is fine too!"

Alicia breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the quill, wrote the clause "Do not harm each other within Hall Three" on the golden paper, signed her Lingjing ID, cut her fingertip, and smeared it with blood!

Zhang Yuanqing took the quill, signed the name Moral Celestial Venerable, and smeared it with blood!

The golden paper lit up with a bronze-colored light, then converged. Zhang Yuanqing felt a "needle" in his spiritual body. As long as he violated the agreement, that needle would pierce his spiritual body!

Moreover, the needle was unaffected by mental power and could not be removed!

"I signed it as Moral Celestial Venerable. If I change my name back, the contract should become invalid," Zhang Yuanqing thought, handing back the quill and smiling: "Happy cooperation!"

Alicia exhaled, put away the golden paper, and the tense expression on her face relaxed a lot. Qingzhu and "Federal No History" behind her also relaxed their tense expressions!

"Okay, so let's share information now, about the boss." Alicia said: "I said just now that we should use artifacts to deal with artifacts. The boss itself is an artifact from the museum. Her display case is in the northwest, about a hundred meters from here. I'll take you there."

She didn't directly reveal the information about the female sculpture because there was no basis of trust between the two parties. Moral Celestial Venerable might not believe the information from her mouth.

Zhang Yuanqing's spirit was lifted. From the experience of subduing the bronze staff, it was not difficult to see that artifact information was very important and might contain methods of restraint.

Alicia floated into the air, three inches above the ground, drifting away like the wind!

Federal No History quickly followed. Beast King Qingzhu made a gesture of invitation, indicating that he would guard the rear, to prevent me from launching a sneak attack from behind.

Zhang Yuanqing led Silver Mirror and the Greedy God General to follow closely.

Before long, the group arrived at a stone platform. On the empty stone platform stood an artifact information sign.