"Okay, I really did wrong in this regard. I apologize to you." Cruz gave an ingratiating smile, his light blue eyes clear as crystal.
"Actually, I'm just very curious about your Chinese cultivation world. I've never been there before. When I met you and felt that your cultivation base was quite good and you were qualified to be my friend, so I abducted you here. Look, this is my apology gift for you." As Cruz spoke, he waved his hand gently, and a rectangular box appeared in his palm. It was a bit larger than an ordinary jewelry box. He handed the box to her.
Yong Shanling raised her eyebrows and glanced at him. Was this an apology gift?
After taking a look, her pupils constricted. It was actually 20 top - grade spiritual stones.
"This is the top - grade energy stone. I think you should be able to use it. So, consider it as an apology gift!" Cruz scratched his head and gave a silly smile.
"Okay, it can be regarded as your apology gift, but there's no need for so many top - grade spiritual stones. Five will be enough. Also, it can be considered as the reward for me accompanying you to play." Seeing that he seemed determined to let her accept it, Yong Shanling took it. Moreover, she was really frightened by him tonight, so she felt justified in accepting this gift.
After Yong Shanling finished speaking, she took out the extra 15 spiritual stones and handed them to him.
Cruz stared with wide eyes, and a flash of surprise passed through his eyes. He knew the value of the things he took out. In the previous times, those people would have happily accepted them. Only she returned several of them.
At this moment, he admired Yong Shanling even more.
"Tell me, where are we going?" Yong Shanling put away the five spiritual stones and directly asked him.
"Let's go and stroll around the market here! Shanling, tell me something about your cultivation world there." Cruz said sincerely.
Yong Shanling nodded. "Let's talk as we walk!"
After that, the two of them used their own abilities and rushed on their way quickly. At the same time, they were communicating about what they knew. Cruz asked a lot of questions about the Chinese cultivation world, especially about the local customs and interpersonal relationships in China.
Yong Shanling had no psychological burden answering these ordinary questions and answered them directly. The two of them had a quite pleasant conversation.
Soon, the two of them came to an ancient town. The town was full of exotic charm. The houses on the streets were like the houses in a fairy tale. The brick - red high walls, the bright glass, and the pointed roofs made this town full of a dreamy effect.
Coupled with the people in strange clothes coming and going, it added a bit more charm to this town.
"Wow～This town of yours is really nice. At least it's very pleasing to the eye in terms of aesthetics." Yong Shanling's eyes sparkled as she looked around.
She found that there were shops selling all kinds of jewelry beside the road. Of course, those jewelry had some small functions. There were also shops selling various cultivation materials. She also saw several Chinese cultivators walking around inside.
Seeing Yong Shanling's excited look, Cruz's eyes were full of pride.
Seeing that Yong Shanling was very interested, perhaps after thinking for a while, he whispered to her, "I know a place where there are good things that rarely appear. Do you want to go and take a look with me?"
As soon as Yong Shanling heard this, she knew that this was probably the black market in the foreign cultivation world. There was also one in China. Most of the things here were used for selling stolen goods and dealing with things that couldn't be disposed of in other ways.
Of course, there would also be a lot of good things here. Thinking of this, she got excited.
"Sure, let's go and have a look." Yong Shanling was eager to try.
After that, Cruz led her through a series of twists and turns and walked into an underground venue. It was like an underground commercial street, and there were people with their faces covered everywhere.
Before they came down, they had already covered their faces with props. Otherwise, they wouldn't have dared to appear here.
After all, the people who appeared here were all outlaws. If there was any conflict or accident and they were traced back to their homes, it would be bad.
Yong Shanling looked around there and found a lot of good things. She directly bought a lot of them with spiritual stones, such as an alchemy furnace that could automatically adjust the temperature, a mirror that could show what was in your mind, and a pen with never - ending ink...
Cruz watched Yong Shanling bouncing around happily, and a gentle look flashed across his eyes.
Suddenly, Yong Shanling, who was bouncing in front, stopped. She looked at the cages in front of her with disbelief in her eyes.
Cruz noticed something was wrong and walked forward to take a look. Sure enough, it was what he had thought.
He pulled Yong Shanling's hand. "This has just appeared recently. It's not just here. It's basically everywhere. You can't manage them all."
It turned out that in front of them were cages. However, what were locked in the cages were not any monsters, but people and spiritual beasts.
These people looked a little better than those she saw in the dungeon before, but their situations were so similar.
Yong Shanling stubbornly stood still and whispered, "These are all people like us, and those spiritual beasts have never hurt anyone. Why do they capture them?"
Yong Shanling's heart seemed to be submerged by great sadness. She didn't expect that the scene she was most afraid of had finally come true.
Cruz rubbed his head impatiently and said helplessly, "Well, it's all because of that ascender before! There's already definite news that he was able to ascend because he absorbed the merits of humans and the spiritual power of spiritual beasts. Combining the two, he finally greatly increased his cultivation. Now the whole cultivation world has gone crazy. These humans and spiritual beasts have been appearing for some time. Even if you rescue them, there will still be other people or spiritual beasts captured and sold tomorrow. You simply can't stop it. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Yong Shanling said dejectedly.
"Unless someone can find another way to ascend, then these innocent people and spiritual beasts may have a chance to survive."
After hearing this, Yong Shanling's eyes lit up, but then they dimmed the next second.
Ascending was easier said than done!
Didn't they see that in the past 500 years, there had been so many people with extraordinary talents, but how many of them had ascended? It was only Yun Shan who had ascended this year.
Even if they knew the way, they couldn't save them. Did it really mean that humans and monsters would have to become pills for cultivators from now on?
Yong Shanling looked at the adults and children huddled together in a cage in front of her, and her eyes gradually became firm.
"Cruz, I don't want your spiritual stones anymore. If you really want to help me, just do me a favor. How about it?"