Shennong Dao Master

Chapter 1877: Chapter 17: Gathering the Four Rain Stones, Rain Immortal Festival Sacrifice!

"Still far from enough."

However, Zhao Xing currently had no better plan and could only wait patiently for an opportunity in April King City.

Thus, he trained while waiting patiently.

Finally, in the twenty-first year, an opportunity arrived.

On this day, the White-haired Demon Ape suddenly found Zhao Xing.

"Jing, assemble your subordinates and come with me."

"Yes."

Zhao Xing immediately gathered his thousand Blood Demon Guard troops and awaited Ze’s orders.

"Jing, your training results are the best among the three units," Ze said in a deep voice. "Now, His Highness is sending you on a secret mission."

"Brother Ze, just give the order, I’m willing to die for His Highness."

"Now, with the invasion of the Outer Realm Demons, although we’ve secured the entrance from the Four Yang Realm to Zhu Star Realm, internally, many dominant clans are voicing thoughts of surrender, even secretly conspiring with the Outer Realm Demons."

"They all deserve to die!" Zhao Xing angrily declared.

"Yes, they all deserve to die!" Ze replied quietly, "Even within our clan, there are many such voices. They’re in high positions of power... His Highness has been purging them over the years."

"But there are still many within April King City, and once these parasites are eliminated, His Highness can safely proceed to the Rain Immortal Realm to further transform and become the supreme Heavenly King level (Reincarnation Realm)."

At this, Ze dragged over a heavy box: "Inside here are sharp weapons to deal with those parasites, along with a list."

"For His Highness, and for the future of the clan, kill them!"

"Complete the mission, and when His Highness receives the Rain Immortal blessing in the future, we will accompany him. This is a great blessing!"

...

The Star Land where April King City is located is surrounded by four Taiyin Stars. Legend has it that they can grant strength to the Demon Ape Clan, greatly enhancing their power within the Royal City.

At this moment, within the domain of a Demon Ape Royal Family member, the Taiyin light flickered several times.

But it soon quietly extinguished, the night shrouded, turning into a silent expanse.

"Sir, this ape king called Da-something-pu is dead, there’s not a single survivor in his residence," Ji Yuan said in his human form, his eyes glowing eerily in the dark.

He was tracing the souls of the deceased in this area to see if anyone escaped.

"How are the results of ransacking the house?"

"Captain Yang is taking an inventory, should have results shortly."

Just as the words fell, Yang Baihe emerged with a whoosh; it was his Benji Avatar.

"Is everything settled?"

"Settled. How was the house ransacked?" The target had Ordinary Reincarnation Realm combat strength, but that wasn’t a concern for Zhao Xing’s unit; he was interested in the ransack results.

"This old ape king’s wealth is decent, there are over ten thousand pieces of four types of Rain Stones, but not many with seven stripes, more Guyu Stones," Yang Baihe replied.

"How to store them?" Zhao Xing inquired. There must be overseers within the Blood Demon Guard he commanded.

"Leave it to me," Yang Baihe said. "You gather the entire team, and I will use the Boundary Repair Pen to alter their historical memory."

"Will there be any issues?" Ji Yuan asked.

"No, I only alter their memory of the ransack results; the impact is very slight."

"They will be left with an impression that the old ape king was very poor, and since everyone witnessed it, even turning over just one-tenth wouldn’t raise suspicion," Yang Baihe explained.

"You really know how to make easy money," Ji Yuan couldn’t help but give a thumbs up, "The Demon Ape Prince painstakingly cultivates forces, provides weapons and the Secret Technique, issues secret orders to ransack, and only gets one-tenth in the end."

Zhao Xing also laughed; raiding with a historian was really gratifying.

If taking everything wouldn’t raise suspicion, Zhao Xing wouldn’t even want to hand over one-tenth.

But slow and steady, take it slowly.

"Then transform back and quickly regroup."

"Understood!"

...

Upon returning from the first mission, the Demon Ape Prince looked at Zhao Xing’s report of gains and fell silent for a moment.

"I heard that the ape king Dapula was usually very greedy, why is there so little? Ze, you didn’t make a mistake?"

He suspected that the Blood Demon Guard had embezzled.

"Your Highness, I have thoroughly checked, and the team led by Jing Yan contains many of my confidants, they would never hide anything. Everyone participated in the raid, mutually witnessing, this is all of Dapula’s wealth."

"Could I have wrongly accused him?" The Demon Ape Prince doubted himself, questioning whether he unjustly accused Dapula.

Such an honest old ape king shouldn’t have such little wealth.

"Your Highness, perhaps the old guy didn’t keep his wealth in his lair, the Blood Demon Guard indeed only seized this much,"

"Hmm, very likely." The Demon Ape Prince quickly disregarded this detail: as long as the faction opposing surrender was dead, he didn’t really care about the wealth; as long as the Blood Demon Guard remained loyal, that was alright!

...

In the subsequent years, Zhao Xing’s actions were killings and raids, over and over again.

With the presence of Yang Baihe, Zhao Xing’s raids typically resulted in embezzling most of the loot, leaving only a small portion for the Demon Ape Prince.

After several actions, the Demon Ape Prince even began to question his ape life.

Did he mistakenly execute many loyal ministers?

But soon, he was too busy to notice this, as the signs of warfare with the Outer Realm Demons became more apparent over time.

He had many matters to handle, unable to keep a constant watch on the Blood Demon Guard’s raids.

Zhao Xing later became more low-key because the other two Blood Demon Guard units also joined in the purge.

With the comparison, his actions became more cautious.

The great greed turned into small greed, starting to be slow and steady.

With a Starry Historian on his side, embezzling was still quite convenient, and given enough occurrences, he would eventually gather the required four types of Rain Stones for the sacrifice.