All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 62

There weren’t few people on Ghost Island, but most lived in seclusion. More people had already entered the secret realms to explore. A year wasn’t a long time, after all, considering the enormous number of points required for those treasures.

At the entrance of the Azure Sky Secret Realm, there was also a Ghost Shark clan member on guard. At this moment, both Zhanyue and Baizhi were covered in black robes, wearing hoods and veils to conceal their faces.

“If you’re going in together, it’s best to be bound together. After entering the secret realm, you’ll be randomly teleported to the outermost areas. Then you can explore freely. Going east means going deeper, and it’s more dangerous. If your strength isn’t sufficient, you can explore in the south or north directions. If you encounter deadly danger, you can activate the teleportation jade you received earlier to teleport out, but the next time you enter, you’ll have to start exploring from the outskirts again. That’s all I have to say. I hope you won’t die in there,” the Ghost Shark clan member reminded them as a matter of routine.

Zhanyue nodded and took the initiative to grip Baizhi’s wrist tightly. “Let’s go.”

The two stepped into the azure doorway simultaneously. They felt a tremendous force pulling them inward. Their tightly gripped hands were about to be forcibly separated. Baizhi, frightened, directly hugged Zhanyue, tightly embracing his waist. Soon after, the two felt solid ground beneath their feet again.

“It really is random teleportation,” Zhanyue curiously surveyed their surroundings.

Baizhi hurriedly let go and stepped back, pretending to calmly observe as well.

Inside the Azure Sky Secret Realm, the sky was clear, but there was no sun visible. Before them was a plain, with green grass and a gentle breeze. Spirit energy seemed to fill the heaven and earth. Just breathing felt like taking an extraordinary tonic.

“What beautiful scenery, and the spirit energy is so abundant. There must be many rare medicinal herbs here,” Baizhi exclaimed.

“It’s a pity we can’t take them away. We’re just porters for the Ghost Shark clan. Let’s go, make haste. Try to get as many points as possible,” Zhanyue took out the two treasures they received upon entering Ghost Island: a fragrant storage pouch and a light-transmitting mirror.

“Look at this flower. I’ve never seen one like this before,” Baizhi approached a flower in the grass. The flower had a black base with white spots, seemingly highly poisonous.

Zhanyue shone the light-transmitting mirror on it and saw a message on the mirror: “Night Star Flower, highly toxic, worth 1 point.”

“Don’t touch it with your hands!” Zhanyue warned Baizhi, who was about to reach for it.

Baizhi showed her hands, proudly waving her small hands covered in thick gloves. “I’m wearing gloves. I’m a professional at harvesting spirit objects.” With that, she picked the flower and put it in her fragrant pouch.

“I was overly cautious,” Zhanyue realized, remembering that this girl’s knowledge of various medicinal herbs and spirit objects far surpassed his own. How could she easily make mistakes?

“There are more over there!” Sharp-eyed Baizhi discovered several dozen Night Star Flowers clustered together, with a thumb-sized bee perched on one of them. The bee had a huge black head and wings much sturdier than ordinary bees.

Zhanyue grabbed Baizhi, who was about to go pick the flowers.

The light-transmitting mirror already displayed: “Ghost Head Bee, highly toxic spirit insect, worth 2 points.”

“Let’s cast a long line to catch a big fish,” Zhanyue said, pointing at the Ghost Head Bee. The two held their breath and waited nearby until the Ghost Head Bee finished collecting and flew away.

“Let’s go, follow it!” The two closely followed the Ghost Head Bee. Soon after, they discovered a low-lying area where a huge tree root was exposed above ground, forming an arch-like shape. Under the arch hung a massive beehive.

“A beehive? How many Ghost Head Bees must be in there? We’ve struck it rich,” Baizhi’s eyes widened with stars, very excited.

“We need to think of a way to capture them all at once. These highly toxic spirit insects aren’t easy to deal with,” Zhanyue pondered, looking at the beehive not far away. He was skilled with fire and could easily exterminate these poisonous insects, but capturing them alive and unharmed was the challenge.

“I have some Intoxicating Fragrance Pills here. They can intoxicate spirit insects, but they work best in enclosed spaces,” Baizhi took out two third-grade spirit pills. The pills emitted an alcoholic fragrance and were specifically targeted at various spirit insects.

Zhanyue was no longer surprised. This woman was like a treasure chest. He took the pills and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He shot the two Intoxicating Fragrance Pills like bullets into the beehive, then used a flame to burn through the connection between the beehive and the giant tree root. The beehive fell directly to the ground, and Ghost Head Bees swarmed out. At the critical moment, a huge cauldron appeared out of thin air, completely covering the beehive. Only a few stray Ghost Head Bees weren’t covered and flew towards Zhanyue to attack.

Zhanyue controlled the Solar Essence Fire to instantly kill these few Ghost Head Bees. Ordinary flames probably wouldn’t have this instant-kill effect, but he wanted to deal with them quickly without dragging it out.

“Now we wait for the Intoxicating Immortal Pills to take full effect,” Zhanyue said.

Baizhi looked at the huge cauldron inverted there and pouted. This precious cauldron was suffering with this man, sometimes used as an alchemy cauldron, sometimes as a pot, and now as a treasure.

The Ghost Head Bees naturally couldn’t break through the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron. A thick medicinal fragrance permeated inside the golden cauldron. In the enclosed space, they had nowhere to escape and fell to the ground one after another.

Soon after, Zhanyue withdrew the huge cauldron. Ghost Head Bees lay drunk all over the ground.

“You should have something to store spirit insects, right?” Zhanyue asked.

“I do,” Baizhi took out a white bag. Living spirit insects put into the bag couldn’t escape. She happily picked up all the insects from the ground and put them in the bag.

“Two hundred and twenty Ghost Head Bees, worth 440 points. One Ghost Head Bee Queen, worth 100 points. That’s a total of 540 points,” Baizhi was very happy, but when she thought of the number 1.2 million, these 540 points didn’t seem so exciting anymore.

“If we hadn’t used a clever method, these Ghost Head Bees wouldn’t have been so easy to deal with. It’s easy to kill them all, but capturing them alive is too difficult. Thanks to your Intoxicating Fragrance Pills,” Zhanyue sighed. Points weren’t actually easy to earn.

“Oh, this fragrant pouch can actually store living things from the secret realm,” Baizhi marveled, putting the bag containing the poisonous insects into her fragrant pouch. Ordinary spatial treasures couldn’t store living things at all.

“It’s a pity. This fragrant pouch can only be used to store treasures from the secret realm, and we can’t take it away,” Zhanyue sighed. This thing was essentially lent to them by the Ghost Shark clan. The Ghost Shark clan’s understanding of the secret realm far surpassed theirs, but Zhanyue also guessed that these Ghost Sharks probably couldn’t enter themselves, which is why they needed people like them to help. And there couldn’t be too many people, hence the Blood Jade Tokens.

At this moment, the two discovered a golden fruit hanging beside where the beehive had been.

“Golden Root Fruit, highly toxic, worth 500 points.”

“Looks like we don’t need to divide these poisonous bees,” Zhanyue smiled slightly, gladly taking this spirit fruit. The two returned to the flower patch and collected all the Night Star Flowers. In just half a day, Baizhi had 600 points, while Zhanyue had 500 points just from one fruit.

“This is just the outskirts. The deeper we go, the more treasures there will be. Who knows how many points we can get in the end,” Zhanyue led Baizhi to continue deeper eastward, with Baizhi obediently following behind him.

Just after the two left, a masked man also arrived at the beehive area. Looking at the empty beehive on the ground, his eyes were full of anger. “These Ghost Head Bees have been snatched by someone, and that Golden Root Fruit too!” He held a purple, demonic-looking flower in his hand, which he had intended to use against the Ghost Head Bees. However, while he was searching for this flower, someone had beaten him to it.

“I hope they haven’t gone far,” the masked man’s eyes were cold. These thousand-plus points were relatively easy to get, and someone had snatched them. How could he not be angry?