Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 2569 - 1933: Bargaining Chip (Double-Length) (2)

Chapter 2569: Chapter 1933: Bargaining Chip (Double-Length) (2)

"The Bloodsucker Venerable is dead? That’s good news."

Yin Si nodded thoughtfully and asked, "So... was the soul of the Bloodsucker Venerable absorbed by the Ghost Venerable Ancestor?"

"My Wang Cai absorbed the soul of the Bloodsucker Venerable."

Su Ran didn’t hide anything and explained the matter of Soul Fusion, "The Demon Sovereign helped me fuse Wang Cai with the ghost sedan chair, giving it the ability to absorb the souls of the Ghost Clan, which can prevent the Ghost Venerable Ancestor from absorbing souls. Even I didn’t expect that."

"I see..."

Yin Si looked up at the sky, his gaze profound, "It seems the Ghost Clan still hasn’t received the favor of the Heavenly Dao this time and will eventually be suppressed back to the Ghost Realm. Little Skeleton, you’ve done very well this time, giving you a better chance of obtaining the Gods and Demons’ order."

"Lord Yin Si, what I’m concerned about now isn’t that, but how to find the Ghost Venerable Ancestor. The God-Demon Continent is so vast, and we don’t have any leads. It’s very frustrating."

Su Ran voiced his worries, even if Yin Si couldn’t help him, speaking about it made him feel a little better.

"Why do you want to find it? Just let it come out on its own, right?"

"Do you mean..."

Su Ran’s eyes lit up as he began to understand Yin Si’s approach: doing the opposite, it should work!

"Offer a tempting bait that it can’t ignore, and it will naturally reveal itself."

Yin Si spoke meaningfully, "Little Skeleton, what do you think?"

"That makes sense, but what kind of bait do I have? Even if I had bait, I don’t have the ability to make it aware of it..."

"You do have the bait that will attract it. You don’t need to do anything; it will come uninvited."

"Lord Yin Si, please stop teasing and just give me the answer!"

Su Ran hadn’t expected Yin Si to play coy, leaving him anxious and desperate to pry open Yin Si’s mouth to see what he really meant.

Thinking of what could attract the Ghost Venerable Ancestor, Su Ran figured the Illusion Ghost Ring might work, or perhaps the Supreme Ghost Sedan Chair and the soul of the Bloodsucker Venerable could entice it. However, luring the Ghost Venerable Ancestor using this information wasn’t an easy task.

"Heh heh, my hands have been a bit dry lately..."

Yin Si skillfully extended three fingers and rubbed them together lightly.

"..."

Su Ran was left speechless.

At a time like this, still thinking about personal gain—truly a crafty merchant!

Resigned, Su Ran could only obediently take out five Underworld Coins and hand them to Yin Si.

"That’s more like it, Little Skeleton. In the future, you need to be more perceptive. Rubbing fingers is tiring~!"

Having gained his profit, Yin Si happily tucked the Underworld Coins into his sash before continuing, "Think about it, what does the Ghost Venerable Ancestor need most desperately right now?"

"Most desperately?"

Su Ran hadn’t really considered this, and uncertainly asked, "A soul? Its soul is currently injured and needs souls for healing. That should be its most urgent need."

"Wrong."

Having pocketed the money, Yin Si no longer hid anything and directly said, "What it desperately needs now is a physical body."

"I understand, to possess and revive."

Before Yin Si could continue, Su Ran jumped in. The Demon Sovereign had previously mentioned this to him, so it wasn’t difficult to understand. But another problem arose: where would he find a body? Should he offer his own skeleton to that old fellow? It probably wouldn’t even want it as a free gift...

"Lord Yin Si, just say what you’re thinking directly. Don’t make me guess, my brain capacity is limited."

"I wasn’t finished, and you cut me off. Now you blame me? If it weren’t for these five Underworld Coins, I wouldn’t have said another word."

Yin Si was somewhat displeased with Su Ran’s behavior, yet he didn’t keep him in suspense for long and continued, "The Ghost Venerable Ancestor needs a strong body, and there aren’t many it would fancy. A dragon body is one."

"And as for Dragon Head Mountain, which you possess, it holds a great secret. You can publicly claim that there are many dragon corpses on Dragon Head Mountain and spread this information. The Ghost Venerable Ancestor won’t be able to resist."

Yin Si revealed his plan, "After all, Dragon Head Mountain is a part of the Dragon Domain, so it’s reasonable for there to be dragon corpses there. Even if it doubts the truth of the information, it will come to verify it itself."

"Lord Yin Si, are you serious? Are there really dragon corpses on Dragon Head Mountain?"

Su Ran was utterly taken aback; dragon corpses were treasures, containing countless valuable materials for high-level crafting. If he used them to refine the demon, how powerful would it become?

Su Ran could even envision the scene where the demon exhibited its formidable might, and if he could pin the Ghost Venerable Ancestor to the ground and pummel it, how satisfying would that be.

"I’ve never been to Dragon Head Mountain, so how would I know what’s sealed inside it? This is just a rumor; as long as it brings the Ghost Venerable Ancestor here, it serves its purpose."

Yin Si hadn’t expected Su Ran to take it seriously, so he hastily labeled his earlier words as rumors to avoid any misunderstanding.

"What you said makes sense; it’s very possible that what’s sealed beneath Dragon Head Mountain is indeed a dragon corpse!"

Yin Si’s casual words were taken to heart by Su Ran, deepening his curiosity about Dragon Head Mountain. Since he needed Dragon Head Mountain to lure the Ghost Venerable Ancestor anyway, he might as well seize the opportunity to explore the entire mountain. Even obtaining a single dragon corpse would satisfy him greatly, and if he stumbled upon a dragon treasure, it would be a windfall.

Having made up his mind, Su Ran could no longer bear to linger on his territory. He flew to the shores of the Dark Swamp and drew out Dragon Head Mountain.

The unfortunate toxic mosquito swarm that had only just formed was immediately crushed by the re-emerging Dragon Head Mountain, leading to its extinction. Quite the tragedy.

The reappearance of Dragon Head Mountain was bound to cause a sensation, but Su Ran didn’t give it much thought. He flew to the peak and started digging into the hive-like holes.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The system didn’t try to stop him, indicating that this terrain was indeed excavatable.

Su Ran cleared his cluttered thoughts and accelerated his digging. He understood that Dragon Head Mountain’s sheer size would soon attract a plethora of players, so he had to work quickly to uncover the secrets hidden within before players brought trouble.

...

Just as Su Ran expected, while he was fervently digging the mountain, the World Channel reignited with discussions about Dragon Head Mountain.

After the last experience, players realized that without an unsealing effect, reaching Dragon Head Mountain was impossible. Even if they went, it was pointless. Most notably, the Dancing Demons guild already had their eyes on the mountain, and players were no match for them, so they could only admire from afar.

This substantially reduced the number of players heading to Dragon Head Mountain, giving Su Ran more time to dig.

"What?!"

"Dragon Head Mountain has appeared again?"

Dai Xuan was leading a team on a mission in the Desert of Death. When he heard the news, he couldn’t help but frown, "What is Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained up to?"

He had understood last time that Dragon Head Mountain had been summoned by Overturning Water, and now, with such a short interval, it was back. Could there be some hidden mystery on this mountain?

"Leader Dai, Dragon Head Mountain has reappeared, we can’t miss this opportunity again!"

"Even if it’s Overturning Water’s doing, we must seize it!"

"Perhaps that kid is doing a mission on Dragon Head Mountain, we need to stop him and snatch the mission!"

Encouraged by his subordinates, Dai Xuan raised his arm and issued the order—

"Let’s go, it’s time to storm Dragon Head Mountain again!"

Dai Xuan led his army to the Dark Swamp and reached Dragon Head Mountain’s base in less than twenty minutes.

To their surprise, there was no protective barrier this time, allowing them to climb the mountain effortlessly.

This saved them quite a bit of trouble. Without delay, Dai Xuan commanded the climb to the summit; he couldn’t believe that a single Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained could stand against his tens of thousands of troops!