âYou want to meet with me, surely not to have me deliver that Array Plate to Li Yan Island?â
Lin Jing said, looking toward Lu Youjiu and Holaw Three Rivers.
If that was indeed the case, he wouldnât say a second word but would turn around and leave.
Joking aside, a Fifth-Rank Trap-Killing Formation, plus a Golden Core Peak expert in residence.
Even with ten guts, Lin Jing wouldnât dare to go in on a delivery job.
âLin Daoyou, you misunderstandâ¦â Holaw Three Rivers said.
âWhat we actually want you to do is to sell Niu San to Li Yan Island.â
As they spoke, Holaw Three Rivers and Lu Youjiu both glanced over at Yan Wanfei, who was eating merrily.
After listening to their words, Lin Jing was also baffled.
He couldnât help but look towards Yan Wanfei.
â¦â¦
At the moment, Yan Wanfei was happily engrossed in eatingâ¦
While Lin Jing and the others had been talking, didnât all the food on the table belong to him?
In the span of their conversation, Yan Wanfei had already demolished almost half of the delicacies on the table.
It was then that Yan Wanfei suddenly felt something was off.
He hurriedly raised his head, noticing that Lin Jing and the other two were all looking at him.
He was instantly puzzled.
Having been so focused on eating, he hadnât paid attention to their conversation and had no idea what was going on.
Yan Wanfei touched his face, found no food remnants, looked at his clothes and saw nothing amiss. He then spoke up, asking the others:
âWhy are you all staring at me?â
Lin Jing spoke to Yan Wanfei:
âLu Daoyou and Holaw Daoyou plan to sell you. Did you know that?â
âAhâ¦â
âSell me?â
âWhy?â
Yan Wanfei looked baffled, turning his gaze toward Lu Youjiu and Holaw Three Rivers.
Holaw Three Rivers looked at Yan Wanfei with a smile that was not quite a smile, then said:
âYour brother Lu wants to eat beef.â
Yan Wanfei was immediately alarmed:
âDonât, brother Luâ¦â
âIâm a Green illusion Demon Ox, my meat doesnât taste good.â
Lu Youjiu, however, glared at Yan Wanfei and said:
âEat your food, itâs none of your concern.ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âOhâ¦â Yan Wanfei murmured like one who had been wronged and then bowed his head again.
However, this time.
Although he lowered his head to continue enjoying the food, his ears perked up, listening carefully to their conversation.
â¦â¦
âWhy sell Yan Wanfei to Li Yan Island? Could it be that Dai Mao has some sort of connection with the Green illusion Demon Ox clan?â Lin Jing asked after a while.
âNot exactlyâ¦â Holaw Three Rivers replied.
âThat Dai Mao has a certain penchant for cute and pretty little girls.â
âEspecially those who are young and look very pitiable, particularly young demon girls, heâs extremely fond of them.â
âWhenever he encounters one, he tries every means to take her for himself.â
As Holaw Three Rivers said this, Lin Jing also immediately understood the situation.
Holaw Three Rivers continued:
âAs for the fate of those girls, I think you can guess without me saying.â
Lin Jing nodded.
Given that Dai Mao was a Demon Cultivator, his actions hardly needed elaboration; anyone who fell into his hands would undoubtedly face a tragic end.
âWhatâs your plan?â Lin Jing asked Holaw Three Rivers again.
âEverything depends on Niu Sanâ¦â Holaw Three Rivers looked toward Yan Wanfei as he spoke.
âYou can forget about me sneaking into Li Yan Island, donât even think about it. With my cultivation, Iâll probably be killed and turned into beef the moment I set foot there.â
Yan Wanfei had been listening carefully to their conversation ever since the talk began.
Now, he understood what selling him off meant.
He quickly shook his head like a rattle drum to show his disagreement.
It was then that Lu Youjiu spoke up to Yan Wanfei:
âNiu San, reveal your true form for Lin Daoyou to see.â
Yan Wanfei paused for a moment, then nodded and replied:
âOh, alright.â
âLin brother, take a good look.â
After saying that, the aura around Yan Wanfei began to change, and a misty green light started to burst forth. With time, the green light grew stronger, eventually enveloping Yan Wanfei entirely.
A moment later, the green light faded away.
Then, Yan Wanfei was completely transformed.
His head took on the form of a green ox with two curving horns jutting forward, intricately patterned.
His ox eyes were small, and not fierce-looking, which, coupled with his wide, abyss-like mouth, actually made him somewhat comical.
But his body remained human.
Though it was a human form, Lin Jing could sense an incredibly strong demonic aura emanating from it.
Yan Wanfei turned his ox head, staring with those small eyes, and with a grin he said to Lin Jing:
âLin brother, this is what I really look like. Didnât scare you, did I?â
âNo, not at allâ¦â Lin Jing quickly replied.
âAlright, change back. Otherwise, this whole tableâs worth of food wonât even last you two bites.â
Lu Youjiu said this to Yan Wanfei.
âCough⦠coughâ¦â
Lu Youjiuâs words were indeed too sharp, Lin Jing almost laughed out loud but managed just to clear his throat twice to mask his embarrassment.
Holaw Three Rivers had no such reaction,
as he seemed to be used to their company.
âBrother Lu, youâre the ones who asked me to transform,â Yan Wanfei complained softly.
Following that, a mist of green light enveloped him again, and Yan Wanfei transformed back into his rugged manly appearance.
Then.
Holaw Three Rivers opened his mouth and spoke to Lin Jing:
âLin Daoyou, can you use your Divine Sense to check Niu San to see if you can find anything out of the ordinary?â
After hearing this, Lin Jing nodded, then extended his Divine Sense towards Yan Wanfei.
However.
After some investigation, he didnât find any abnormalities.
He seemed like a typical Human Cultivator.
Even the demon aura on his body had disappeared without a trace.
âThisâ¦â Lin Jing was immediately incredibly surprised.
You must know that Lin Jingâs Divine Sense was by now equivalent to that of a Golden Core Late Stage.
Yet even so, he still couldnât see through Yan Wanfeiâs disguise.
âMy true form is a Green Illusion Demon Ox, and our raceâs innate magical ability is disguise. Even though my current Cultivation is only at the early stage of Golden Core, even Nascent Soul Cultivators would have difficulty detecting my disguise,â said Yan Wanfei.
âLin Brother, you neednât bother any further,â he added.
After hearing this, Lin Jing pondered.
Then, he asked Yan Wanfei:
âYour kind of disguise, can it become someone else?â
Yan Wanfei, looking proud, replied:
âOf course.â
âOur Green Illusion Demon Ox raceâs innate magical ability is not that simple.â
âIt can disguise as anything at all, even imitating the aura of oneâs Cultivation.â
As he spoke, Yan Wanfeiâs body once more burst forth with a hazy green light.
A moment later, as the green light dispersed.
Another âHolaw Three Riversâ appeared.
Lin Jing extended his Divine Sense again to investigate this Holaw Three Rivers.
This time, he still didnât find any abnormalities.
Afterward, Yan Wanfei changed back to his original appearance.
One must say, Yan Wanfeiâs racial innate ability was indeed powerful.
By this time, Lin Jing also understood what Lu Youjiu and Holaw Three Rivers meant by âselling Niu Sanâ.
âYou want Yan Daoyou to disguise himself as a young girl, and then have me sell him to Li Yan Island, is that it?â asked Lin Jing.
Upon hearing this, the two nodded, then turned to look at Yan Wanfei and said with a smile:
âExactly, thatâs what we mean.â
Meanwhile, Yan Wanfei, now understanding, quickly howled in protest:
âNo⦠â
âYoujiu, San He, you two canât cheat me like this.â
âYou never discussed this with me before.â
Lu Youjiu directly said:
âNo problem, we donât need to discuss with you, just know what you have to do when the time comes.â
âCome on, even if Iâm just an honest ox, you canât bully me like this, Youjiu.â
Lu Youjiu ignored Yan Wanfeiâs howls.
And turned to ask Lin Jing directly:
âLin Daoyou, what do you think?â
Lin Jing asked with curiosity:
âIf someone needs to cooperate to sell Yan Daoyou to Li Yan Island, couldnât just anyone do it?â
Holaw Three Rivers shook his head and said to Lin Jing:
âYou are wrong about that, the task of selling Niu San isnât one just anyone can do.â
Then Holaw Three Rivers began to explain:
âFor this task, we need to first go to Black Xing Island, which is under the Black Shark Gangâs control.â
âBlack Xing Island specializes in various kinds of human trafficking and slave trade markets.â
âBecause we often do missions, Youjiu and I have a bit of fame in this sea area.â
âShowing up there rashly would certainly attract the attention of those with intent.â
âEven if we wanted to disguise ourselves, with the variety of Cultivators mingling in Black Xing Island, there might be some who can see through disguises.â
âEspecially those Demon Cultivators born with innate magical abilities who can penetrate most disguises, we canât guarantee that we wonât be exposed.â
âTherefore, we need a stranger to go to Black Xing Island to sell Niu San.â
After saying this, Holaw Three Rivers looked Lin Jing up and down:
âAnd you, both in appearance and in demeanor, quite resemble those unreasonably aggressive Demon Cultivators.â
âTherefore, it would be most appropriate for you to go.â
Lin Jing was speechless for a moment; his appearance was entirely due to practicing the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique and it had resulted in this.
And the aura he exuded was due to practicing the Overlord Divine Physique, something he couldnât control.
Now, the final layer of the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique wasnât easy to cultivate, and changing back to his original appearance would likely be impossible in the short term.
Continuing.
Holaw Three Rivers asked Lin Jing again:
âWhat do you think?â
Lin Jing then pondered for a while.
âIf thatâs the case, it really might work. After all, Iâd only be going to Black Xing Island to sell Yan Wanfei, and I wouldnât encounter any danger.â
After thinking it over, Lin Jing asked again:
âHave you discussed the specifics? What exactly do I need to do?â
Holaw Three Rivers nodded and said:
âYoujiu and I have already planned everything.â
âOur idea is to first have Niu San transform into a young girl.â
âThen have you take her to Black Xing Island, set a price, and attempt to sell her.â
âWith Black Xing Island being a den of mixed fish and dragons, during this time, many people will surely inquire, and you just need to set an exceedingly high price that deters others.â
âThat Dai Mao, although he always stays on Flame Island and never leaves, still often sends his subordinates to pick out young girls to send to Flame Island.â
âOnce Dai Maoâs subordinates go to Black Xing Island, we will find a way to let you know.â
âAnd all you have to do is, after negotiating back and forth, reluctantly sell Niu San to Dai Maoâs subordinates.â
âOnce you have sold Niu San to the people of Flame Island, your mission will be complete.â
âThen come out and meet with us, and we will go to Flame Island together. All you need to do is follow us and watch us as we ascend the island and kill, no need for any other concerns.â
âItâs that simple?â Lin Jing asked, looking at Lu Youjiu and Holaw Three Rivers.
âItâs that simple!â The two replied.