Chapter 36 Report Mu He
Meeting Zhao Manyan was purely accidental, but what Xu Mu didn't expect was that the two of them unexpectedly got along well, and the atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant when they talked.

"This auction is really getting worse and worse. They dare to auction off all kinds of garbage." Zhao Manyan frowned and said with a contemptuous tone.

"Hey, brother, what are you looking to auction here?" Zhao Manyan looked at Xu Mu who was standing beside him.

"Elemental spirit seeds." Xu Mu answered truthfully.

"Spirit seed? I remember there is indeed a lightning spirit seed to be auctioned, and the quality is quite good. Are you here to help your master auction it?"

Zhao Manyan nodded thoughtfully. He had heard of that spirit seed and knew it was extremely rare. It could be said that most of the guests present today came for the thunder spirit seed.

Xu Mu looked the same age as him, so he couldn't be at the middle level. So if he was auctioning the spirit seeds, he could only be doing it on behalf of the adults in his family.

"I have inside information about that lightning spirit seed. Do you want to hear it?" Zhao Manyan said in a low voice.

"Aren't auction items supposed to be confidential? How come you have inside information?" Xu Mu said with some confusion.

"Oh, the secrecy thing is just bullshit." Zhao Manyan waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "The appraiser for the auction items is from my family. Do you think I have any inside information?"

"No wonder..." Xu Mu's mouth twitched, and he asked, "What inside information? Tell me in detail."

There was not much public information about the spirit seed at the auction. He only knew that it was a lightning-attribute spirit seed of extremely high quality.

As for the specific effects of the spirit seeds, there is no way of knowing unless you purchase them yourself.

"This spirit seed comes from Mount Tai. You know Mount Tai, right? It's an elemental holy land that can rival Kunlun. Unfortunately, it has always been occupied by demons."

“Ahem… we’ve strayed off topic. Let’s continue talking about spirit seeds.” Zhao Manyan realized that he had strayed from the topic and coughed a few times before continuing.

"Taishan is a sacred place for elements. All spirits born in Taishan have extremely powerful spirit effects. It just so happens that the National Government Competition, which is held every four years, is about to start selecting members."

"In order to ensure that their children win the nomination competition and win the vote from the school, all the major families are eyeing this spirit seed, so the bidding is expected to be extremely fierce. I predict that at least 40 million will be needed to successfully bid for this spirit seed."

"Forty million, so expensive!" Xu Mu widened his eyes, somewhat unbelievable. Forty million, the price of a top-grade spiritual seed is about thirty million, which is almost the price of a half-spiritual seed.

Are these noble families crazy? Fighting so hard for a spiritual seed?

He had sold his spiritual-level Stardust Magical Artifact, and only had 30 million left. What the hell was this? Was he going to borrow from Teacher Tang Yue?
"Yes, after all, this is a national competition, and everyone wants to be famous." Zhao Manyan nodded and said, "But if you ask me, this spirit seed is worth at most 30 million. I don't think it's worth even a penny more."

"The benefits brought by elemental spirit seeds are limited. No matter how strong the attached effects are, they are just icing on the cake. Once the higher-level soul seeds are absorbed, the spirit seed attached effects will be replaced. There is no need to spend so much money to buy spirit seeds."

“It would be great if those noble families were as insightful as you.” Xu Mu sighed. What Zhao Manyan said made sense, but it was a pity that those noble families would not think so.

From this point of view, there is no hope for the thunder spirit seed tonight.

"Why, do you really need this spirit seed?" Zhao Manyan looked at Xu Mu in confusion.

"I need it very much. I need it especially." Xu Mu nodded seriously. Although the disaster in Bo City would not break out for another year, delay would lead to changes, and he didn't want to wait any longer.

Moreover, he has the elemental seeds, so the spirit seed effect can always follow him. There is no possibility that it will be replaced by the soul seed effect when it reaches a high level.

"So how much money have you prepared?" Zhao Manyan continued to ask.

"thirty million."

“With 30 million, there’s no hope for you. You should come back to buy spirit seeds later.” Zhao Manyan laughed softly.

Although he had a pleasant conversation with Xu Mu, a stranger he met for the first time, he had no intention of lending Xu Mu a helping hand or borrowing money.

They are just strangers who met by chance.

Meeting each other is a rare fate. The daily expenses, eating and going to the bar to have fun and pick up girls are all trivial matters in his eyes, and he, the second young master Zhao, is happy to pay for them.

Once the matter involves large sums of money such as millions or even tens of millions, it is beyond his ability and there is no point in discussing it.

He is rich and inhumane, but he is not stupid.

"I know there's no hope, so I'm thinking about how to raise the money." Xu Mu said helplessly.

He had never thought of borrowing money from Zhao Manyan. After all, it was their first meeting and their relationship was not good enough to borrow money.

Seeing that the spirit seed auction was about to begin, Zhao Manyan couldn't help but ask curiously: "It's about to start, how did you get 40 million in such a short time?" "..." Xu Mu lowered his head and fell into thought.

"How much reward do you think I'll get for reporting a man in black and a man in blue?" Xu Mu looked up at Zhao Manyan and asked.

Without waiting for Zhao Manyan's answer, Xu Mu thought to himself, "Even though it's a report, it should be at least 10 million, right?"

"Even if I don't have 10 million, I can shamelessly borrow 10 million from Teacher Tang Yue just based on this achievement."

"???"

“Black clothes? Blue clothes?” Zhao Manyan’s eyes widened. He felt like his mind was going to get confused. Was this guy kidding?
"Wait, let me take my time. Let's first confirm whether the chat channels are on the same channel."

Zhao Manyan stared at Xu Mu and asked seriously, "Are the black and blue clothes you mentioned the ones I was thinking of?"

"Yes." Xu Mu nodded and continued, "They are the members of the Black Pepper Court, the black priests and the blue deacons."

"Don't be ridiculous. How could you possibly know such a thing?" Zhao Manyan opened his eyes wide, his face full of suspicion, obviously not believing it was true.

Not to mention the blue-robed deacons who might not even have any clues about the Inquisition, the black-robed priests alone were not something a little wizard like Xu Mu could know.

Ignoring Zhao Manyan's doubts, Xu Mu thought about it again and again and decided to call Tang Yue.

He must obtain this spiritual seed!

With the elemental devouring seeds, there is no possibility that the effects of the spirit seeds will be replaced and cannot keep up with the strength.

"Old dog Mu, old dog Mu, I will just collect some interest from you first." Xu Mu said to himself.

The advantage of having read the original novel is reflected here. You know who the members of the Black Pepper Court are. If you don’t have money, you can choose to report them and get a bounty reward.

In a sense, what he did was the same as using super powers to "predict the future" and then buying lottery tickets.

"Hello?" Tang Yue's voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little lazy, as if she had just woken up.

"Teacher Tang Yue, it's me, Xu Mu." Xu Mu paused and said, "You reminded me to be careful of the aristocratic families before. I want to talk to you about this."

"I know where Black Pepper Ting is hiding."

"You're not kidding?" Tang Yue's voice immediately changed from lazy to sober, and she asked with a hint of seriousness.

"No kidding, I'm serious." Xu Mu replied.

"Where are you? I'll come find you and we can talk about this in person."

"...I'm in Mo Du, Teacher Tang Yue. I'm in urgent need of money. Can I get an advance on the reward?" Xu Mu said somewhat awkwardly.

"Advance reward? How much do you want?" Tang Yue was a little confused when she heard that. She had been a judge for so long, but this was the first time she had seen an advance reward.

How dare you ask for an advance when there's nothing even remotely going on?
If Xu Mu hadn't had a history of being hunted by Hei Jiaoting before, which increased his credibility, Tang Yue would probably have thought he was a liar and hung up the phone immediately.

"Ten million."

Without waiting for Tang Yue to speak, he continued, "Report a man in blue and a man in black. Should the reward be enough?"

"Send me the address and I'll have someone send it to you..."

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After Tang Yue hung up the phone, she stared at the address Xu Mu sent and asked in confusion, "Modu, why did he run so far?"

"Didn't I give him 10 million before? He spent it so quickly? Could this guy have deliberately cheated me for money?" Tang Yue murmured.

Tang Yue's suspicion of Xu Mu was not unreasonable. After all, he only received 10 million last year, how could he spend it all in just one year?
"That's great. Senior brother is right over there. Let him go over there."

(End of this chapter)