Pirated Immortals in the World of Spirit Weapons

Chapter 71: Searching for the Second "Staining Ring"

"The problem now is that if we want to dig it out, we first need to determine its exact location."

Zhu Que looked at the stone ground and thought to himself, "We can't just turn the whole cave upside down, can we?"

Seeing Zhu Que's palm pressed against the rocky ground, a group of little ghosts also gathered around and imitated him by reaching out to touch the ground.

"Big brother, what's on the ground?"

"It's nothing..."

Zhu Que paused mid-sentence, looking at the little ghosts, when suddenly something occurred to him—

"You can walk through walls, right?"

"Sure," the half-human, half-monkey ghost nodded.

"What about the ground? Can we drill underground?" Zhu Que pointed to the rocky ground.

"Sure, big brother, look at me."

The half-human, half-rabbit ghost sank downwards, half of its body disappearing into the ground, leaving only its upper body waving at him.

Zhu Que's eyes lit up immediately.

"Come on, everyone, listen carefully."

He waved to a group of little ghosts.

"There's a huge black sphere buried deep underground. Go down there and see exactly where it is."

"Okay, big brother!"

The little ghosts shouted one after another, and they burrowed into the ground, their souls disappearing into the rocky earth.

Seeing this, Zhu Que smiled and patted the dust off his hands, never expecting these little guys to have such a use.

however.

What Zhu Que found rather strange was—

The little ghosts searched for a long time, but found nothing.

They emerged from the ground one after another, shaking their heads and looking completely bewildered.

"Big brother, there doesn't seem to be anything down there except rocks."

The half-human, half-monkey ghost scratched his head and said...

"No? That's impossible."

Zhu Que frowned slightly.

He has already verified it at the construction site—

After the black ball was transported away, there were no further analytical prompts, which confirms that the black ball is one of the components of the super-large spiritual artifact.

Since this cave can analyze super-large spiritual artifacts, there can't possibly be nothing underground...

"Could it be... that each node is different?"

Zhu Que suddenly thought of a possibility.

If that's the case, the complexity of this super-large spiritual artifact probably far exceeds his expectations.

"Big brother, shall we look again?" the half-human, half-bull ghost said.

"Forget it, if we can't find it, we'll stop looking for it for now."

Zhu Que collected his thoughts, looked at the twelve little ghosts, and asked, "By the way, what are your names?"

"We don't have names, we only have nicknames."

"nickname?"

"Yes, that's right!"

The half-human, half-monkey ghosts were introduced one by one.

"My name is Little Monkey, her name is Rabbit, he is Iron Ox, he is Big Dragon, and his name is Little Tiger..."

"Your nicknames do match the twelve zodiac animals."

Zhu Que paused, then asked curiously, "Do you know why you have these animal characteristics?"

A group of little ghosts looked at each other, then shook their heads.

"have no idea."

"I'm afraid it is..."

Zhu Que thought of the biological laboratory at the entrance of the cave next door.

Iron cages, animal carcasses, bizarre carvings... a dark suspicion surfaced in his mind.

These little ghosts may have been ordinary human children in their previous lives.

Some people experimented with mixing them with various organisms, forcibly modifying them and leaving behind this half-human, half-beast appearance.

After they died, their ghosts became half-human, half-beast.

"Big brother..."

Suddenly, a small hand tugged at Zhu Que's clothes, and the little ghost named "Rabbit" looked at him timidly.

"I'm so hungry..."

"Okay, now I'll 'cook' for you."

Zhu Que calmed his mind and prepared for cultivation.

At this moment, the first-tier spirit core he had previously placed has been running continuously for five days, and currently still has 2% of its energy remaining.

He took out the spirit core, replaced it with a new first-tier spirit core, and stepped into the Time Sequence Secret Realm Chamber.

He began his cultivation in the void.

Outside, twelve little ghosts surrounded the cabin, excitedly "feeding" the leaked seductive and demonic sounds.

The night passed quickly.

Noon the next day.

Zhu Que left the Time Sequence Secret Realm pod.

As soon as I came out, I saw little ghosts laughing and playing, their clear laughter echoing in the cave.

After confirming that Zhu Que wasn't a bad person and had a good temper, the little ones weren't so afraid of him anymore.

Zhu Que picked up his phone and saw several missed calls and one unread message from Xiao Cai.

He opened the message and glanced at it.

It turns out that Xiao Cai's investigation of the cave has yielded results.

Xiao Cai said in the message that the current owner of this cave warehouse is indeed not the original owner.

The other party took over from a man named Ye Hongwei.

Ye Hongwei owed him a large sum of money, and because he couldn't repay it, he mortgaged the cave warehouse to him.

Ye Hongwei was not the original owner; the cave warehouse was an inheritance he received from his father.

Continue searching upwards.

Ye Hongwei's father, on the other hand, acquired ownership through a court auction at an extremely low price.

Zhu Que scrolled down the list one by one and found that the owners kept changing, with more than a dozen owners from different periods.

however.

When the last homeowner came into view, the name made Zhu Que freeze in shock—

Black Lotus Guild!

Sixteen years ago, the Black Lotus Guild was the first owner of this cave warehouse.

To be more precise, the cave was not bought by the Black Lotus Guild, but rather dug and built here by themselves.

Later, for reasons unknown, the cave warehouse was abandoned by the Black Lotus Guild.

after that.

The Black Lotus Guild sold the property to a real estate businessman for a staggering premium of ten million spirit coins, essentially holding a pistol to his head.

"It's the Black Lotus Guild again..."

Since the cave warehouse was excavated and built by the Black Lotus Guild, the biological laboratory must also have been set up by the Black Lotus Guild.

Those two skeletons most likely belonged to researchers in the laboratory.

As for those little ghosts...

Zhu Que looked at the twelve little ones who were laughing and playing around; they were most likely the victims in this laboratory.

Then.

Zhu Que thought for a moment and then dialed Boss Meng's number.

"Oh my, that's rare! Is this the first time we've ever talked on the phone?"

Meng Laoda's slightly teasing voice came from the phone.

"Brother Meng, I have a request for you, are you going to take it?" Zhu Que asked bluntly.

"What request?"

"Yesterday, I saw the Black Lotus Guild's construction team at a construction site dig up a huge black sphere, which looked like a very high-grade spiritual artifact."

Zhu Que said, "Could you investigate what that black sphere actually is? What is the Black Lotus Guild's opinion on it?"

Because it involves an extremely large magical artifact, he is now very concerned about that black sphere.

Although he couldn't contact the Black Lotus Guild, Boss Meng could.

She has a cooperative relationship with the Black Lotus Guild, so her investigation is conducted secretly and is less likely to arouse suspicion from the Black Lotus Guild.

"How much?" Boss Meng asked very directly.

"One hundred thousand spirit coins," Zhu Que said.

"Damn it, are you trying to fob me off like a beggar? Do you think I'm only worth 100,000?" Boss Meng said irritably.

"Four hundred thousand."

"Too few."

"Eight hundred thousand."

"One million."

Meng Laoda casually said, "I go to the Black Lotus Guild often anyway, so I'll help you investigate and find out more."

"make a deal."

Zhu Que immediately agreed. He didn't have that much money on hand, but he could exchange it for the Object Control Gauntlets.

"Let me make this clear beforehand: even if the investigation doesn't yield any results, you still have to pay me this money."

"no problem."

"It was a pleasure working with you. I'll contact you when I have the results."

"It's a pleasure working with you."

Zhu Que hung up the phone.

Then.

He began to study those three hundred-plus first-tier spiritual artifacts.

This is also the focus of his subsequent research.

Because the contaminant ring gave him an important inspiration—

The "side effects" of certain magical artifacts may be useless to others, but they are very useful to him.

Among these three hundred-plus first-tier spiritual artifacts.

Who knows, there might be a second pirated artifact similar to the "Storage Ring".