Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 856 - 427: Who Says Early-Stage Items Are Useless? (3)

However, as the saying goes, everything is negotiable. After Junior Sister carved half a poem on the body of the Apapa Tree with her sword, the tree finally gave in and began to spew out leaves.

After filling an entire big basket, the color of this Apapa Tree changed somewhat, turning into a withered yellow, as if it were about to die.

Junior Sister, being the instigator, nodded in satisfaction. She turned to the guide, who was lying on the ground, and said, "Done, let's find the next one."

"Please, let's go back... I truly can't handle any more of this."

The guide sister got up from the ground, swallowed a Pill, and after her complexion returned to normal, she pleaded.

These Apapa Trees are quite interesting; they are born with a bit of intelligence and are inexplicably stubborn. They're difficult to control through intimidation alone.

To control them, you either make them grateful or at fault.

That's why Junior Sister came up with this scheme, and with this method, she had already extorted seven Apapa Trees.

Facing the guide's resistance, Junior Sister coolly said.

"I'll pay more, just three more trees, and your pay triples."

Upon hearing this, the guide sister gasped and gritted her teeth, stamping her foot.

"Alright! Follow me."

With that, she headed westward.

However, they hadn't walked far when Junior Sister suddenly stopped.

She squatted on the ground, clutching her unbreakable head, and began to draw in cold breaths.

Something had hit her unexpectedly; her Magical Artifact hadn't even activated.

That thing had made a direct, intimate contact with her head.

After a while, she reached out to pick up the offending item, and upon closer inspection, found it to be a thumb-sized black stone.

"Black stone? Where did this come from?"

Junior Sister looked up, seeing no Floating Mountain or flying birds, nor any farting flying Chang State Deer overhead.

Just a sky with not a cloud in sight.

"From the sky?"

... 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

A few days later.

In Luoyu Mountain.

Li sat on the ground, mouth wide open with a look of discomfort.

The rest of the group looked at Li with complicated expressions.

Before long, the source of all problems, Zhang Ze, stuck his head and an arm out of Li's mouth.

"Catch this." Zhang Ze opened his palm, and a breeze swirled as grayish-white Dust Crystals flew out from his palm, piling up into a small mountain before everyone.

Then, with another change in Finger Technique, more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures flew out, dazzling everyone.

"Is that enough?" Zhang Ze asked.

"E-enough." The one responsible for counting, Senior Sister Qin, nodded stiffly.

But Zhang Ze acted as if he hadn't heard, "Not enough, huh? I'll go grab more."

"Uwaaaaaaaah!" Li, who felt like food was being snatched from a pig's mouth, let out a series of mournful cries, while pushing Zhang Ze's face, signaling him to get out.

Zhang Ze smacked his lips, reluctantly exiting Li's body.

Though Zhang Ze and the others had found a Dharma Method to use Talismans as a substitute for the Thousand Mechanism Thunder and explosive Magical Artifacts, they faced another problem as they continued printing Talismans: they ran out of materials.

Those Fire Qilin Thousand Mechanism Guns, having been played with by Tang, weren't fully loaded.

Though they had scavenged some materials from the Firefly Spirit's ragtag treasure trove, it still wasn't enough.

The well-thought-out plan faced the possibility of failure until Zhang Ze turned his eyes toward Li, who was continuing to challenge the Apapa Tea.

He recalled there was a golden world inside Li's belly.

Within, golden mountains overlapped, golden crystals covered the ground, and beneath these golden crystals were Li's cherished possessions accumulated over years of devouring.

Having raised Li for a thousand days, it was now time for Li to give back.

Only Zhang Ze, with the Innate Dao Body, could accomplish this task. Anyone else swallowed by Li wouldn't survive even a second in that place.

Reluctantly leaving Li's mouth and ignoring Li's vengeful kick to his heel, Zhang Ze asked, "Are there any other problems?"

Senior Sister Qin hesitated a moment before nodding, "There... there are. Just as you went in, Master Shi came out for some air. He checked the plans and said the explosion intensity might be insufficient in several areas.

"He suggests we use these..."

Senior Sister Qin opened her hand, revealing four Storage Rings in her palm.

"Sorry... I forgot to mention it earlier because..." Senior Sister Qin stopped short, apologetically glancing at Li.

She was really frightened earlier.

And the method Master Shi mentioned is related to Lily.

Lily, the Queen of a Vast and Level Iron-cap Pepper, once said Storage Rings could also be used as bombs.

Four Space Storage Rings stacked together, with added remnants from the Dan Dan mines, can be made into bombs with a tremendous effect.

For some precise areas where too many Spirit Stones can't be stacked to avoid power dispersion, Master Shi felt these Storage Ring bombs were more reliable.

Zhang Ze turned to look at Li.

Storage Rings, Li had them in his belly, and so did the remnants from the Dan Dan mines.

So...

Seeing Zhang Ze's gaze, Li quickly covered his mouth, buzzing, "Get lost, don't come in again, I'll spit it out myself..."

Zhang Ze acknowledged with a hum, but moments later, taking advantage of Li letting down his guard, he pointed diagonally, "Look, there's a Dragon over there!"

"Where... bleh!"

Seizing Li's startled cry, Zhang Ze transformed into a stream of light and slipped back inside...

Everyone else pretended not to notice, bowing their heads to either print Talismans or sort Spirit Stones, each busy with their own tasks. Those with nothing to do turned their backs, studying the silver-white wasteland's buildings and pondering why these structures were so white while thinking about home.

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