Devour

Chapter 121 Exchange

The lord was stunned and asked, "What? I sold it? How much?"

Mi Shaoliang pulled out a card-like account book from his bosom, flipped through it quickly, pulled out a page, and checked: "Raider Starship No. 395, the transaction price is a total of 6500 taels of gold."

The lord was stunned and shouted angrily, "How can it be so cheap? There must be corruption! Come, dismiss the person who is short of rice and investigate him."

Two faceless generals nearby held Mi Shaoliang on the left and right and dragged him away.

Mi Shaoliang exclaimed: "Sir, I am innocent. It was you who personally ordered me to handle this matter. The amount cannot be wrong. Sir... Sir..." The shouting faded away and no one paid any attention.

The lord's smooth forehead wrinkled and he said angrily: "How did you get to this position, you stupid guy?" He took a few steps forward and was about to knock on the door.

Before he could make a move, the door opened silently. Cheng Bai stood at the door and said, "My friends, it's late at night. We should be sleeping. Why are you disturbing the peace?"

The lord stopped walking. He was three meters tall. He looked down at Cheng Bai and said suspiciously, "You are not Zhuo Zhibang."

Cheng Bai said: "I am Cheng Bai. Senior Zhuo is not here. The Hunter Gun King shop has been handed over to his disciples. What matters do you have?"

The lord said, "I am the lord of the Faceless Clan, and I am in charge of this place. The power reactor of this Starship Tower was exhausted at the end of the ancient times. Why did it emit such a bright light just now?"

Cheng Bai evaded the question and said, "Senior Zhuo never told me the reason for this matter. When he comes back, he will definitely tell me about it."

As expected of the head of the clan, the lord was quite astute. He sensed something was wrong and said in confusion, "Impossible. When Zhuo Zhibang was here, he occasionally hired people from our clan to do maintenance and cleaning, and the power reactor was never turned on. He was not here, but the power reactor was awakened. This matter should have nothing to do with him."

Cheng Bai pretended to be dumb and said, "I don't know either."

There were so many people at the door, and their conversation startled Lu Miaoting. She hurried down and asked, "What happened?"

The eight tentacles on the lord's face rustled and trembled, and he could speak the languages ​​of multiple races, so there was no communication barrier.

He said solemnly, "This is a matter of great importance. To be honest, my Faceless Clan has been away from home and wandering around the borderlands of the star region for a long time. Our starships have lost power and we are unable to return home. Seeing this starship regain power tonight, we have hope of seeing the light of day again. Everyone is homesick and eager to return."

Lu Miaoting felt quite sympathetic when she heard this and nodded, "I can understand your feelings."

Cheng Bai disagreed and thought to himself, "The Faceless Tribe is only trying to seize resources. They are in such a predicament because of their defeat. They speak so nicely, there must be a purpose."

The smoker upstairs maintained his human form and walked down slowly, watching what was happening.

The lord continued, "Just now I saw the beacon furnace on the observation deck light up, which means that the energy of this star ship has been restored and it has been successfully started. I would like to ask you to return it to my Faceless Clan. I will be very grateful."

Lu Miaoting was surprised and said, "Is there such a thing? To be honest, my master Zhuo Zhibang once filled the power furnace upstairs with crystal cores. I knew about this, but I didn't know it could still be started."

Cheng Bai thought, "Senior Zhuo must have tried it a long time ago, so he said that only the divine fire source can ignite it. The Faceless Tribe has been living freely in the southern continent for many years, and I haven't heard of anyone eager to return home. I'm afraid they are forced to get away from the battlefield as soon as possible because of the attack by the Sun Chaser."

The lord said, "I often visit Zhuo Zhibang and we are quite good friends, so I lent him this place. Now I need to take it back urgently. How about you all leave early tomorrow morning?"

Lu Miaoting and Cheng Bai looked at each other, both surprised at the lord's self-righteousness.

Cheng Bai cleared his throat and said leisurely, "The Faceless Tribe has already publicly sold this starship to Senior Zhuo Zhibang. The money and goods have been paid, and it is no longer the property of the Faceless Tribe."

Just now, I captured Mi Shaoliang's words with my spiritual sense. The leader said one thing, and the subordinate said another. No wonder he was dragged away and thrown far away.

Lu Miaoting also expressed her disapproval: "Master gave me this starship, with the keys and paperwork complete. It is already mine. If I leave, I can only take the starship with me."

The lord was speechless and could only take two steps back. He said passionately: "This star ship is very important to our clan and must not fall into the hands of others. I will treat you with courtesy. Otherwise, with the thirteen generals and one commander present, all of whom are at the heavenly level, plus me, how can I allow you to be safe and sound."

After practicing Phoenix Force, Cheng Bai's perception became extremely sharp. He judged that the lord's strength was at the early stage of the No Thought Realm. He thought to himself, "This is honesty, but also a threat. I just devoured a large number of Mad Bee crystal cores to improve my skills. If we really fight, I may not lose to them, but this goes against the purpose of hiding here."

He exchanged glances with Lu Miaoting and said to the lord, "The Faceless Tribe wants to take back the starship, but they can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor. Trading, the exchange of money and goods, is all voluntary and cannot be forced."

The lord said anxiously: "The original price is 6500 taels of gold. How about I buy it back?"

Cheng Bai thought to himself, "The crystal cores filled in the beacon furnace should be worth this amount. Moreover, I need a place for Miao Ting and the others to take shelter temporarily. With the help of the faceless man's power, it would be best if it was kept quiet. Who knew that this would backfire."

Lu Miaoting shook her head and said, "No. Master has been running this place for many years, and the effort he put in is more than the gold."

The Faceless Leader stepped forward and said in a loud voice, "I have an idea. Please consider it, my Lord."

The lord said, "It's okay to speak frankly."

The Faceless Leader said, "There are many empty starships of our tribe moored here. If we choose one to exchange with them, wouldn't it be a happy ending for everyone?"

The lord hurriedly asked, "What do you think of this method, my friend?"

Lu Miaoting hesitated and asked, "Shall we choose?"

The lord said generously: "Any seat is fine."

Cheng Bai cast his eyes towards those Earthshaker starships. If he wanted to exchange Raiders for Earthshakers, it would certainly be a good deal. Only one starship could not carry many people. Some members of the Faceless Tribe would get the opportunity to leave the Qiongqi Continent, which would not have any adverse effect on him.

What's more, he had to rush back to Sanxian Valley as soon as possible to deal with the possible arrival of the Zerg army, so there was nothing wrong in letting Lu Miaoting hide here and stay safer.

"How about I go over and see if there's anything suitable?" Cheng Bai suggested. Even if they were looking for a place to live, they should take a look at the houses first.

The lord noticed his gaze, secretly delighted, stepped aside, and said loudly: "Young friend Cheng, please." He then walked together with Cheng Bai to the center of the Faceless Man's territory.

Cheng Bai looked back and saw all the Faceless Generals slowly following behind him.

Lu Miaoting and Smoker stood at the door of Hunter Gun King, looking forward to his return.

Cheng Bai casually asked, "How many people are there in the Faceless Tribe?"

The lord continued, "It is not easy for our tribe to multiply. We now have about one million people."

This is a large number. Even the most basic Faceless Warrior has a challenge level of 30 marked by the guild. The strength of the tribe far exceeds that of the human race on the Qiongqi Continent.

However, the two sides maintained a delicate balance. The key was the psychic plum tree in the watchtower forest, which led powerful monsters to the border between the north and south continents, intentionally or unintentionally preventing conflict between the two sides.

No wonder the Hunter's Guild allowed the Forest Watch tribe to grow and did not regard it as a secret challenge.

Cheng Baizhan had the secret art of communication, so he decided to learn more information.

The lord introduced the history of the Faceless People along the way: "After the death of the previous Emperor Yunmen, the situation in the star sea changed drastically. The war and turmoil in the Qiongqi Continent came suddenly and ended hastily. This was about 15,000 years ago, which is also the boundary between the ancient times and the ancient times. My Faceless Clan found this place in the late ancient times, as early as 180,000 years ago."

Cheng Bai thought carefully about the murals he had seen in the Cloud Sky Palace. The times when the Faceless People fought against the Eight Ancient Gods were much more recent, so he said, "The time when the Faceless People and the Ancient Gods coexisted was not 180,000 years ago, right?"

The lord said, "That happened later, only tens of thousands of years ago. 180,000 years ago, it was a different scene. At that time, there was only one ancient god on Qiongqi Star, and there were thousands of ancient races living on the continent... Maybe there were not tens of thousands of races, but there were always many large and small countries. My race did not attach importance to this place at that time, and for a long time we regarded it as a planetary station before reaching the outside world."

Cheng Bai asked curiously, "Why have all the ancient tribes disappeared?"

The lord shook his head and said, "At that time, the continent was engulfed in war. The war lasted for more than 100,000 years. Among the ancient myriad races, only eight powerful races remained with sufficient strength. They were led by the ancient gods and... and..."