Chapter 356 - 335: Human Puppet

This unexpected reversal caught Hua Tianxiong off guard.

"This... this is..."

His entire expression changed, turning to one of incredibility.

Although he’s at the early-stage Golden Core, his cultivation was piled on through pills, making his combat experience concerning.

Facing cultivators of the same realm is hard to say, let alone those at the mid-stage Golden Core, which is much higher.

"What’s wrong? You came all this way chasing me, trying to haggle?" Qin Ming looked at Hua Tianxiong with a playful gaze.

Hua Tianxiong’s face twitched, his eyelid twitching uncontrollably.

With his shrewdness, he quickly guessed the ins and outs of the situation.

There aren’t so many leaks to pick up in this world?

Clearly, the opponent had planned ahead and came for him.

Hua Tianxiong couldn’t help but secretly regret, he shouldn’t have been led astray by a moment of greed.

But it’s not so easy to change something ingrained in one’s bones for a while.

The late-stage Tier Three Soul Pearl is not so easy to obtain, now it’s too late to say anything.

"Oh? Heh heh heh!"

"So Fellow Daoist is of the same path!"

"I was wondering... Since that’s the case, I’m willing to give Fellow Daoist a Core Formation Spiritual Object as an exchange..."

"How do you see?"

Sweat trickled down Hua Tianxiong’s forehead, and his back turned cold, only hoping that reinforcements would arrive here quickly.

At this moment, he was playing a cat-and-mouse game with Qin Ming, trying to buy some time.

Qin Ming also saw Hua Tianxiong’s small calculation, revealing a smile, and said flatly to him, "I suddenly don’t want to sell the Soul Pill anymore."

At that point.

Qin Ming paused, then said, "I have a treasure, destined to have affinity with Fellow Daoist Hua, I want you to take a look."

"Uh... what kind of treasure?"

Hua Tianxiong’s chubby face twitched, feeling a sense of ominousness.

"It’s not quite convenient to watch here, I’ll take you to a place to appreciate it!" Qin Ming said, his gaze suddenly turning sharp.

He released powerful spiritual pressure to lock Hua Tianxiong in place, and a moment later, he disappeared into thin air.

Hua Tianxiong’s face showed panic, feeling a huge divine thought power controlling him, immobilizing him.

The scene blurred, and he felt a large hand suddenly appear behind him, lifting him up entirely.

After a moment of confusion.

When Hua Tianxiong opened his eyes again, he was shocked to find himself in a strange space, akin to a grotto heaven blessed land.

"This..."

But what was more despairing lay ahead, as he saw three powerful Tier Three Demon Kings surrounding him, staring at him like a tiger watching its prey.

Among them, the Mouse Demon spoke human language, mocking him, "Master, why caught this plump, big-eared cultivator?"

"Don’t tell me you want him to farm, right?"

Qin Ming smiled slightly, beckoning with one hand, a black talisman appearing in his hand.

Then, in Hua Tianxiong’s terrified gaze, he charged the black talisman into his body.

With Hua Tianxiong’s strength, he naturally couldn’t resist.

"Ahhhh!"

Soon after, a blood-curdling scream echoed throughout the Little Spirit Realm, Hua Tianxiong clutched his head, his face grimaced, rolling and struggling on the ground.

Meanwhile, a torrent of information continuously flowed into Qin Ming’s mind.

...

From Hua Tianxiong’s childhood, fleeing famine to the cultivation realm, struggling to survive, barely having enough to eat.

Then went through years of toil, becoming a clerk to make a living.

Incidentally saved an Elder of Lihuo Palace who collapsed in the firewood room at the back, and started a path to prominence, rising rapidly, advancing bravely... awakening his Spirit Body.

Under the support of Lihuo Palace’s Elder, a hundred years later he was promoted to Golden Core stage, establishing the vast Thousand Mechanism Trading Company, joining the top ten of the Ten Thousand Dao Business Alliance, enjoying endless wealth and glory...

Throughout, all of Hua Tianxiong’s memories flashed through Qin Ming’s mind.

After half a sticks’ incense time.

Hua Tianxiong stopped crying, curled up on the ground trembling.

"What... what did you do to me?"

He asked shakily.

"Heh heh, I just planted a restriction in your body, nothing to be anxious about." Qin Ming grinned eerily.

Upon hearing this, Hua Tianxiong’s face turned deathly pale, immediately immersing himself in mind sensing.

As the other party said, a black talisman quietly floated in his Sea of Consciousness.

He had a feeling that this rune controlled his life and death, if he dared to have any movement, he would definitely die miserably.

That soul-wrenching pain just now, he wouldn’t want to experience it again even if it killed him.

Hua Tianxiong, though a man of steel, is not afraid of death, but he fears pain!

"No need to look, this black talisman is uniquely refined by me, even Nascent Soul True Monarch can’t eliminate it." Qin Ming said flatly.

Hua Tianxiong asked with an ugly expression, "Fellow Daoist, we have no grievances or hatred, is this really necessary..."

"What do you really want?"

"Heh heh! No grievances or hatred?" Qin Ming chuckled, then again transformed into Shopkeeper Lu’s figure.

Upon clearly seeing him, Hua Tianxiong appeared like he’d seen a ghost, pointing at Qin Ming, stammering, "You... it was you..."

He recalled meeting the cultivator briefly on Qilin Island not long ago.

"From now on, you just need to listen to my instructions."

"As long as even a bad thought arises, the black talisman will inform me."

"Then, you will die miserably."

Qin Ming looked calm, as if saying something trivial.

Hua Tianxiong’s expression struggled for a while, he realized his life was now in the other’s hands.

Thinking for a long time, his entire person deflated like a balloon, accepting this unjust fate.

"Dare I ask how to address Fellow Daoist? What do you want me to do?"

Seeing this, Qin Ming simply smiled, "You can call me Master, just carry out my orders afterward, maybe someday when I’m in a good mood, I might spare your life."

He had already gained a lot of information from Hua Tianxiong’s memories, hence there wasn’t much he wanted to ask him.

He simply said to him, "After you return, just go about as usual, when I need you for a task, I’ll contact you through the black talisman."

Upon hearing this, Hua Tianxiong’s face twitched, he bowed respectfully to Qin Ming, saying, "Yes, Master."

"Hmm, you should go back now."

"Your men outside are searching for you frantically."

"By the way, three months later, you must personally attend the trade fair at Five Elements Mountain." Qin Ming said, not allowing Hua Tianxiong to argue, and directly sent him out of the Little Spirit Realm.

Outside world.

Shopkeeper Weii led the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion members, searching around the mountains for traces of the two.

A white-robed elder exuding a mid-stage Golden Core aura, furrowed his brow, said to Shopkeeper Weii:

"Isn’t it right? I clearly sensed the President’s aura in this place, how come it suddenly disappeared? And without a trace?"

Shopkeeper Weii was also very anxious, after all, he was in charge of reception for this deal, if anything happened to President Hua, he would be in big trouble.

"Tributor Xiao, the junior doesn’t know..."

Just then.

A streak of purple escape light arrived instantly from afar, when the light dispersed, it revealed Hua Tianxiong’s figure.

However, his face was pale, and his expression was so gloomy that it seemed water could drip from it.

"President Hua, it’s good that you’re alright!"

Seeing Hua Tianxiong safe and sound, Shopkeeper Weii hurried forward to greet him with a forced smile, nodding and bowing.

Seeing his appearance, Hua Tianxiong couldn’t help getting angry.

He was enjoying the beauty’s service on the seventh floor today, everything was well.

If this guy hadn’t barged in, introducing him to a major pit to jump in, it wouldn’t be this way.

The more Hua Tianxiong thought, the angrier he became.

Smack!

Hua Tianxiong slapped Shopkeeper Weii in the face, instantly knocking him out several feet away.

Blood splattered, Shopkeeper Weii’s teeth were knocked out in a row, his right face swelling high.

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