Witch Wind

Chapter 49: The Secret Forest (Part )

"I have cultivated myself all my life, and I have no other strengths but prudence." Xing Tianli boasted as he fled towards the main building of the Dark Language Forest, shaking his head, "Zhuge has always been prudence. So, it seems that the level of me and Prime Minister Zhuge is not much different!"

Just like those charlatans in Xiaolongqiu Town who received external power and turned into blood.

Today, in the minds of Iris, Ilse, and Sig, their souls are also blessed by higher-dimensional beings.

Xing Tianli would not rashly confront them head-on before finding out who the people behind them are.

In this life, although his cultivation is no longer there, his Yang Spirit remains.

Theoretically, Xing Tianli has the lifespan of a celestial being.

With such a long lifespan, as long as he does not seek death on his own and acts carefully, relying on the fundamental method of cultivating both body and soul in "A Stick of Incense in the Furnace of Heaven and Earth", he will be able to cultivate earth-shaking cultivation even in the Dharma-Ending Age.

Why take the risk?
The main building of the Whisper Forest is a small castle with a strong flavor of the old nobles of Farus. The main building covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, with arches and large windows on the outer walls. It is full of gorgeous light pink stone, decorated with exquisite flower carvings, and many places are painted with gold foil and silver powder.

The whole castle looks like a fat swan with heavy makeup.

This was exactly the style favored by the pampered nobles of the former Kingdom of Farus.

Xing Tianli sneaked into the basement of the main building and released his spiritual power. The coverage radius of the spiritual power reached thirty feet, and it almost failed to cover the entire castle.

The magnificent castle was filled with secret passages and dark rooms. In many places, Xing Tianli saw quite sophisticated hidden cameras behind one-way mirrors, and there were also a large number of eavesdropping devices embedded in the walls.

In the extremely luxurious and decadent rooms, many men and women were hysterically indulging their bestiality. Among them, Xing Tianli even saw a second-class military counselor from the British Consulate General. He was well-dressed and well-mannered during the day, but now he was tied up like a dumpling, and he was cheering and welcoming the lashing of two strong women with gnashing teeth!

The Second-Class Counselor grimaced in pain, but there was no trace of suffering on his face, only the most sincere happiness and relief.

Xing Tianli shuddered.

Wherever his spiritual power covers, there are countless things that are more outrageous and filthy than this.

Xing Tianli listened attentively and heard some incredible things.

For example, the chief patrol officer of the International Concession Police Station, the old general Goodman from the Kingdom of Saint-Norman, was meeting with Greenman, the consul general of the Kingdom of Saint-Norman in the International Concession in Pinghai City. The two old men were having a frank discussion while smoking cigarettes, drinking fine wine, and discussing the issue of pensions.

When Xing Tianli eavesdropped, the two had already reached a tacit understanding.

Greenman would persuade each country in the concession to come up with a sum of money as compensation for the policemen who "sacrificed" during the day.

However, the pension will be divided into two parts. Thirty percent will belong to the deceased police officers, and seventy percent will be transferred through several private banks and then enter the secret account opened by Goldman, Greenman, and several related persons at the Federal Reserve Bank of America.

Goldman waved his cigar and laughed triumphantly at Greenman: "Don't worry, old friend. That's why I chose Dongyun people to serve as low-level patrol officers because no one cares about their life or death."

"One death, ten deaths, a hundred deaths, a thousand deaths of Dongyun Patrolmen. We only need to give pensions to a maximum of a hundred other nationalities' policemen, which is enough to appease their families who have never seen the world. The rest of the funds, of course, belong to us. After all, it is us who gave them the opportunity to get the pension, isn't it?"

Xing Tianli rolled his eyes, poor Patrolman Dongyun.

But what does this have to do with him.

The power of the soul quickly condensed in the middle of the castle, an elegant room with a style very different from the other rooms. It was light green all over and decorated with a large number of feathers, leaves, flying birds and other accessories carved out of green crystal.

A woman with long silver hair and slightly crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, who looks very old, is wearing a light green palace skirt, holding a long pipe, and lying on a sofa.

She smoked quietly, occasionally emitting a wisp of light blue smoke.

Inside the room, several other women in green were busy checking the account books. On the long table in front of them were thick stacks of large-denomination banknotes and personal checks that were stamped and signed and cashed on sight.

After a long while, the women in green finished checking, summarized all the figures, recorded them in a small account book, and handed it to the white-haired woman: "Your Highness, the sales of 'Dark Night Fragrance' have been good in the past three months, an increase of twelve points over the same period last year."

"In particular, we used the impurities left over from making the 'Dark Night Incense' to blend the 'Bliss Incense' and sold it to the lower-class people of the East Country. In the past three months, the sales have increased twenty-four times compared to the same period last year."

"Your plan is completely correct. The males who entered the Holy Mother Church used the influence of the local temples to greatly facilitate the sales of 'Bliss Incense'. Moreover, it is very safe!"

Xing Tianli felt his scalp tingling for some unknown reason.

He knew what the "Dark Night Fragrance" was. It was recorded in the intelligence of the East Country Investigation Office. It was the kind of strange thing that made the dignitaries in the International Concession linger. It was said to be a natural essence extracted from plants. It was completely harmless to the body, but it could make people forget all their worries and let go of all their pressures.

But this 'scent of bliss'.

Xing Tianli's face darkened. He hoped that it was not what he thought.

We have to mobilize the official power of the Kingdom of Yingjishi and the Aimee Federation to investigate this so-called "Bliss Incense"... I really hope it's not that kind of thing. But, apart from that kind of thing, what else could it be?
"At the same time, the sales of 'Night Whisper Wine' have also increased by 20 points, but our production has dropped by 30 points recently. In Black Borneo, there is a problem with the supply of 'White Amanita', and we are trying to find a solution." The green-clothed woman sneered in a low voice: "Those despicable males are still wasting their lives on such things at such an old age."

"Otherwise, how could they be inferior males? Too many desires prevent them from ever peeking into higher dimensions." The white-haired woman's voice was unexpectedly tender and sweet, which was inconsistent with her old appearance.

"We need to find a way to solve the problem of raw material supply as soon as possible." The white-haired woman narrowed her eyes. "As for the current sales problem, I remember that 'Ghost Face Green Pattern Mushroom' can replace 'Red Ring White Amanita'?"

Several women in green looked over at the same time.

"Before the supply of raw materials returns to normal, we will use the 'Ghost Face Green Pattern Mushrooms' we grow ourselves to brew 'Night Whisper Wine'. We will mix these defective products with the genuine ones and sell them to them."

"Humble males, what they want is just that brief pleasure. We provide them with whatever they want. As for the fact that those few harmful impurities will affect their lifespan, do you care if they die a few years or even ten years earlier?"

The women in green all smiled sneerfully at the same time and shook their heads vigorously.

The white-haired woman flipped through the small account book, sighed, stuffed the small account book into the small cabinet at the end of the sofa, and waved her hand gently: "Put it in the warehouse. These small pieces of paper should be exchanged for gold and silver as soon as possible in the next few days."

The white-haired woman exhaled a puff of green smoke and twisted her body on the sofa like a lazy cat: "Ah, lovely, magical gold and silver, even if I only have them temporarily, I am intoxicated!"

The white-haired woman stopped twisting her body, raised her head, and gave a serious instruction: "Increase the preparation of 'Bliss Incense', and make all the lower-class people in this country become customers of 'Bliss Incense' as much as possible... When this huge country and countless people become deep addicts, do you know how much wealth this means?"

"Countless gold, countless silver!"

"Oh, I love them. Gold and silver, why are there such magical metals in the world? Moreover, in this damn, primitive and ignorant country, they actually have so much gold and silver!"

Xing Tianli's heart was completely cold.

The word "addict" made him give up any hope that he was going to die. He was just that damned thing.

The women in green left the room.

The white-haired woman took a few puffs of her pipe, grabbed a silver bell, and shook it gently: "Bring up three of the strongest males."

Humming softly, the white-haired woman stood up and danced nimbly around the room. She danced for a while and took out a long green whip covered with thorns from a cabinet beside her. She shook her wrist lightly and the whip made a crisp sound of "snap".

The white-haired woman chuckled and said, "What a boring and dull life, such a dull world. All I can do is listen to the wailing of those despicable males. Is that barely a bit of fun?"

Xing Tianli's pupils shrank slightly.

Three slender, agile and strong young men quietly walked into the room. When they suddenly saw the long whip in the white-haired woman's hand, their bodies were all shaken, their eyes were scattered, and uncontrollable fear appeared on their delicate faces.

Their fingers twitched and their legs trembled for a while, but finally they knelt on the ground obediently like tamed wild beasts.

The whip tore through the air.

The harsh sound of flesh tearing continued to be heard.

The white-haired woman smiled gently, and in her sweet laughter, she danced as lightly as a butterfly.

The three young men knelt on the ground and were soon beaten all over.

Powerful life energy was surging in their flesh and blood, and the wounds torn by the whips were constantly repairing rapidly, allowing them to endure the whipping and pain for longer.

Xing Tianli let out a breath.

Shaking his head, he did not comment on these people's behavior. He continued to wander underground, following the green-clad women who were moving quickly through the secret passage, and came to the basement at the bottom of the castle, which was sealed by a one-foot-thick alloy door.

The women in green put the account books, thick banknotes, checks, etc. into the basement. They didn't stay for long, closed the door, messed up the twelve huge code dials on the door, and left. Outside the secret entrance of the basement, in the small space, there was a sturdy tiger with a body length of more than 16 feet and white fur and silver stripes on its body guarding.

The floor of the basement is paved with stone slabs about a foot thick, and on top of them is a half-foot thick steel plate.

A bronze glow floated, and the soil beneath the ground melted rapidly. Xing Tianli used his full strength to melt a six-foot-diameter tunnel that led directly to the basement. The stone slabs and steel plates that were a foot thick were so fragile in the face of Xing Tianli's "One Stick of Incense in the Furnace of Heaven and Earth" that he melted away in a breath.

Xing Tianli flew up and entered the basement silently.

What a generous gesture.

In the basement, which was nearly ten feet long and wide, there were many large boxes stacked densely. Xing Tianli opened a few wooden boxes at random, and found that they were full of exquisitely cast gold and silver ingots. He roughly estimated that the gold in the basement was probably over one million taels (one tael is 33 grams, and one million taels is about 33 tons, less than two cubic meters).

The amount of silver in the vault is more than thirty times that of gold (thousand tons of silver, one hundred cubic meters).

In addition, there are a large number of banknotes issued by banks of various countries and a large number of personal checks in the basement. On the wall, a row of small safes made of alloys store a large number of ornaments made of various gems and pearls, as well as ornaments made of various beautiful jades that the Orientals love most.

In several safes, Xing Tianli also found some land deeds and house deeds, including those from the International Concession, Pinghai City, Jieshi County, Jiangdong Province, and even several other provinces. The total value was quite astonishing.

This is an extremely huge fortune, an extremely astonishing fortune.

However, when Xing Tianli thought of the three words "Elysian Fragrance", his eyes twitched and murderous intent rose in his heart.

Xing Tianli waved his sleeves, and invisible force emerged from thin air. Pieces of silver flew up and fell into his palms, which were gleaming with dim light. He breathed deeply, and his heart and liver, the two large cauldrons were shaking violently. Two golden lights burned rapidly, and colorful mist surged. The bronze light was strong, and pieces of silver kept melting in his palms.

The clear air rises and nourishes the soul.

Turbid air descends and strengthens the body.

The energy of harmony diffuses throughout the body, improving your cultivation and strengthening your essence and blood.

Strands of powerful and pure life essence continued to grow from his bone marrow. Xing Tianli could clearly hear the sounds of his body growing and his joints shifting. He could also hear the faint thunder coming from his internal organs, as well as the buzzing sound of his tendons and muscles like the beating of strings.

Inside the body, two large cauldrons are growing rapidly.

It is extremely luxurious to spend precious metals such as silver on cultivation, but the efficiency is also astonishingly high.

As his essence and blood continued to grow and his cultivation level continued to improve, Xing Tianli dropped drops of essence and blood onto his purple ribbon Taoist robe, and also opened up the small spaces in the remaining seventy-two bamboo shoot shells one by one.

There are one hundred and eight small spaces, each of which is only three feet square, but it is enough to accommodate everything in the basement.

Xing Tianli continued to refine the silver. After consuming about one percent of the silver, he successfully expanded the 108 small spaces to more than five feet in length, width and height.

This capacity is enough to hold everything in the basement.

With a wave of his sleeves, an invisible strong wind floated quietly, and all the gold and silver ingots, all the banknotes and checks, all the land deeds and house deeds, all the jewelry and jade ornaments, everything in the basement, all rolled into the storage spaces.

In a short while, in addition to the wooden boxes that originally contained the gold and silver treasures, even the alloy safes on the wall and the thick iron plates inlaid on the floor, ceiling, and four walls were all looted by Xing Tianli.

There was a pile of about three cubic meters of explosives left in the basement.

This was the weapon that Xing Tianli prepared for the Dongyun wanderers of the Xiongshan Group. He calculated that in the Dharma Ending Age, explosives would be much cheaper than mana, so he carried so many explosives with him. This was obviously a very reasonable thing to do.

After piling the explosives behind the alloy door of the basement, Xing Tianli took out the fuse, detonator and other items, and set up a trip mine that would explode immediately with the slightest touch.

He looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, and went back underground through the tunnel he had just dug.

He did not use the earth escape technique, but instead melted the soil along the way, opening up a tunnel several miles long and six feet in diameter underground, leading from under the main building of the Dark Whisper Forest to a small sanctuary in the distance.

The exit of the tunnel was set up by Xing Tianli in the utility room in the back garden of the chapel.

Who knows whether this will be effective and what kind of effect it will produce?

Anyway, he just set the fire and let it go. As for the consequences, he could do whatever he wanted. Whether it was the people in the Dark Forest or the people behind the Holy Mother Church, could there be a good person?

Clapping his hands, Xing Tianli left the small chapel where only three or five missionaries preached daily. He then casually threw dozens of silver ingots, two pieces of gold, a hundred or so smallest denomination banknotes, and a few seemingly inconspicuous pearl jewelry into the dense flowers and grass in the back garden.

Even if someone with discerning eyes can see that this is a frame-up, so what?
Anyway, that’s what I did!
The Taoist priest is fanning the flames!
Leaving this street, he returned to Fontainebleau Street and found his car parked on the side of the road. It was already dawn, but in the basement, Xing Tianli had been busy for half the night. He drove to a pub that was open all night and called the duty phone of the East Country Investigation Office of the British Consulate General.

As a major in the investigation room, he had just been promoted, and ordered the East Country Investigation Office to do their best to collect information about "Ecstasy Fragrance".

He wanted to know who was selling the Bliss Incense, through what channels it was sold, and how many people had become users of the Bliss Incense in the International Concession, in Pinghai City, even in Jieshi County, Jiangdong Province, and even in the entire Dayu Dynasty of the East.

After hanging up the phone, Xing Tianli returned to the car, took out the bear hair and tiger hair he had collected earlier, chanted a spell, and used his magic power. Two thick and hard hairs burned, and thin green smoke rose up, and flew out like an arrow.

"This is a crude job!" Xing Tianli looked at the tracking spell that was successfully launched and said with emotion: "Are you really not afraid that the enemy will catch up with you? Or give you the legendary 'Seven Arrows Book' or something like that?"

The car sped along the empty streets in the early morning and soon left the territory of the Farus people, heading towards the northeast corner, all the way to the northeast corner of the International Concession, outside a manor on the outskirts.

(End of this chapter)