Chapter 233
“Give me a moment... I don’t have a thousand billion on hand right now, but I can give you all the liquid assets I can muster!”
Wang Rui said as he pulled out a black card with golden edges and shoved it into Chen Huai'an's hands. “There’s over four hundred billion in here, so let’s just count it as four hundred billion. I’ll make a call to arrange the other six hundred billion! Please, you have to suppress this evil spirit!”
Chen Huai'an handed the black card to Zhao Ying behind him for inspection.
Nowadays, national-level threats like the Neon Demon Blade Village and the Vampire Ancestor of the Balkans were already valued at tens or even hundreds of billions.
The value of his Bone China Woman was definitely a thousand billion without question.
In fact, he even felt he had undervalued her.
“Governor, four hundred seventy-eight billion, no problem.”
Zhao Ying nodded at Chen Huai'an, her admiration for him growing deeper.
Just this morning, she had been complaining to Xiang Xiaoyuan about how Chen Huai'an had poured ten billion into a game, nearly exhausting it all. She had been worried about how the Demon-Slaying Division in C Province would manage, but now, with the governor back in action, he had secured a substantial amount of operational funds for them.
Money talks.
Chen Huai'an pushed Strawberry Bear and Shrimp King forward.
The three evil spirits clashed again, with Strawberry Bear transforming into a towering giant bear, while Shrimp King casually found a corpse to set up a sniper position.
The grand scene left Wang Rui dumbfounded.
After a fierce battle of three hundred rounds, the Bone China Woman was beaten to the brink of collapse and returned to her porcelain bottle. Zhao Ying immediately took out the wooden box given by Chen Huai'an to contain the Bone China Bottle.
“Can this wooden box really suppress such a powerful evil spirit?”
Wang Rui pointed at the box, bewildered.
“Indeed, Mr. Wang, you may not know, but this is a Demon-Sealing Box, crafted at great cost by my esteemed self. There are very few in the entire C Province Demon-Slaying Division.”
Chen Huai'an smiled as he explained—though in reality, this item was just a box from the Sword Pavilion used for storing elixirs and sword pills; they had as many as they needed.
He had brought in a batch from the Sword Pavilion and had over a hundred of these boxes stored in the C Province Demon-Slaying Division’s warehouse.
Wang Rui stared at the wooden box, swallowing hard.
This was a treasure!
If he could buy it with money, it would be a steal.
In other factions, they could only trade it for goods.
He cautiously said, “Um, Governor Chen... would it be possible to sell me one or two of these Demon-Sealing Boxes?”
“Well...” Chen Huai'an hesitated for three seconds, then reluctantly nodded:
“We’re all demon slayers and fellow citizens of the Great Xia. We don’t deceive our own... This box is a hundred billion each, and I can sell you a maximum of five. I hope you understand and don’t make it difficult for me; this is the best I can offer!”
“Whoa—! A hundred billion?! Can I trade with diamonds, jewelry, antiques, or paintings?”
“No, only cash. Gold is also acceptable.”
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Chapter 250: Want to Try the Cleansing Elixir?
Two hours later, Wang Rui stood in the empty Wang family courtyard, tears welling in his eyes.
To gather the fifteen hundred billion, he had gone all out, selling everything he could. Now, the Wang family courtyard was all that remained of his family’s assets, and tomorrow it would be taken away.
He didn’t regret reaching this point.
The tears he shed were for nostalgia and sorrow.
After all, this place held his childhood memories.
Even though the process of the C Province Demon-Slaying Division containing the Bone China Woman was a bit hasty, at least it had saved his life.
At the same time, he now possessed five seemingly ordinary Demon-Sealing Boxes.
As long as the green hills remain, one need not fear a lack of firewood; this was the legacy he left for the Wang family!
“Truly worthy of being a Demon-Sealing Box capable of suppressing a Bone China Woman of royal caliber; it looks extraordinary!”
Wang Rui caressed the box on the table, his eyes filled with obsession.
He had already had it appraised.
This Demon-Sealing Box appeared to be made of wood, and indeed it was. However, this wood did not belong to any known tree species in this world; it was likely a new type of tree—possibly a celestial tree.
More importantly, this box was clearly crafted by a master artisan, with sharp carvings that exuded a unique charm. Through those carvings, one could even sense the sharp aura of the sculptor.
Wang Rui’s limited experience couldn’t articulate the feeling, but he knew this wooden box was a treasure.
“The governor of the C Province Demon-Slaying Division, ha, foolish!” Just thinking about how he had exchanged fifteen hundred billion for such a fine item made Wang Rui want to laugh. Indeed, money could still buy resources now, but as spiritual energy continued to revive, while money might not be replaced, high-level resources would inevitably only be exchanged for other high-level resources.
The governor of the C Province Demon-Slaying Division might have decent strength, but he was short-sighted.
While he seemed to be at a loss now, with his entire family only able to leave with nothing, Wang Rui was far-sighted.
Compared to Governor Chen, he was the true sage.
In this era, only wise men like him could go further.
“Wang Debiao, come here!” Wang Rui beckoned to his most favored grandson.
The burly Wang Debiao scampered over, kneeling respectfully before his grandfather.
“Eldest grandson, do you see these five wooden boxes?”
“I see them, Grandpa!”
Wang Rui patted his grandson’s shoulder, speaking earnestly, “I’m giving you three of these boxes now, and the other two are for your elder brother and sister... You must perform well at the upcoming Demon-Hunting Conference organized by Kunlun Immortal Palace. Don’t bring shame to our Wang family. With these three Demon-Sealing Boxes in hand, the hope for our family’s revival rests on your shoulders!”
“Thank you, Grandpa!” Wang Debiao’s fierce eyes glistened as he bowed three times before respectfully accepting the three Demon-Sealing Boxes from Wang Rui.
These were treasures capable of suppressing royal-level evil spirits.
His grandfather had just given him three!
It was said that the top ten at this Demon-Hunting Conference would receive precious Cleansing Elixirs, and the top three would gain access to rare resources exclusive to mysterious factions. Originally, he had little confidence, but now with the Demon-Sealing Boxes, he would not let his grandfather down.
“Chief, the Tokugawa family requests an audience.” A subordinate whispered to Wang Rui as he entered from the side door.
“An audience? What a joke!” Wang Rui waved his hand dismissively, scoffing, “Tell them to crawl away!”
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“Our master says to get lost!”
The Wang family members tossed a body bag onto the ground and turned to re-enter the courtyard.
The line of black-clad figures standing at the entrance remained silent for a long time.
One of the leaders stepped forward, opened the body bag, took a glance, and trembled with rage, his fingers shaking as he zipped it up. “Baka! Tokugawa Yano, rest assured, we will avenge you!”
Inside the body bag, Tokugawa Yano was no longer recognizable.
His body had been dismembered into cube-like pieces.
With grievances having a source and debts having an owner, since Tokugawa Yano was killed by an evil spirit, they would seek revenge on that evil spirit.
Tokugawa Dali turned to all his subordinates, his tone heavy: “Everyone, we came to the Great Xia to showcase the skills of the Tokugawa family’s Onmyoji. Now that Yano has been brutally killed by an evil spirit, and the Wang family, with whom we had a cooperation agreement, looks down on us, we cannot just stand by and watch the Tokugawa family’s reputation trampled on the ground!”
“But, Chief, that evil spirit has already been contained by the C Province Demon-Slaying Division.”
“So what?” Tokugawa Dali glared at the subordinate who spoke until the latter lowered his head. “We must prove that the Tokugawa family has the ability to suppress royal-level evil spirits; only then can we gain more opportunities for cooperation! Even if that evil spirit has been contained, we must release her—she can only be subdued by us!”
Tokugawa Dali’s tone was grave.
The situation in Neon was gradually deteriorating.
The Tokugawa family was said to be one of the main forces suppressing the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.
But in reality, they couldn’t claim to be suppressing anything; most of the time, the demons were the ones hunting them down. They were merely more organized and disciplined than ordinary revivers, united in their resistance, and had some capacity for counterattack.
If the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons continued to rampage, the Demon Kings would soon emerge.
Even troublesome entities like Shōki would appear...
At that time, the Tokugawa family would also suffer.
Thus, upon hearing that the Great Xia had mysterious factions like Kunlun Immortal Palace and the Great Thunder Monastery emerging, they set their sights on the Great Xia. With no mysterious factions in Neon, they thought to leverage the power of the Great Xia’s mysterious factions to suppress the demons.
Cooperating with the aristocratic families was their first strategic move.
There’s an old saying in the Great Xia—“Learn from the strengths of others to control them.”
Using the aristocratic families as a stepping stone to connect with mysterious factions and then learning their techniques was their ultimate goal.
“Chief, we understand!”
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