Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 943: Chapter 943: Walking Dead

”I’ll tell you this as well, the Heavenly Elemental Crystals produced each month must be handed over in full,” the man in armor said. ”Anyone caught hoarding even one will be made to wish they were dead. Put them in Circle Two and remember not to starve them or else they won’t have the energy to create wealth for us.”

After he had spoken, the man in armor turned and left.

Here, everyone was treated like livestock, corralled within human circles. Although one would never starve, the food provided was only what animals would eat.

And yet, they had to work themselves to the bone. If anyone dared to slack off, they would receive the harshest of punishments.

The previous so-called chance to leave was nothing but hot air.

You have to hand over all the Heavenly Elemental Crystals; there’s simply no way to gather enough to meet the quota to leave—not in thirty years, not in a lifetime.

They really were herding people like cattle.

Clang!

The gate to Circle Two was opened, and the martial artists were roughly shoved inside, without any opportunity to protest.

While other martial artists cursed and complained, Ling Xiao held Leng Mei’s hand and surveyed their surroundings.

Circle Two was much larger than expected, covering tens of thousands of acres; there were nearly tens of thousands of slaves.

All were martial artists between the realms of First Line Heaven and the Four Symbols Heavenly Realm.

It seemed they had been pre-selected.

What puzzled Ling Xiao was, apart from the majority of slaves who were laboriously creating Heavenly Elemental Crystals, there was a small group of people leisurely chatting, eating, and drinking.

He suddenly thought of the prison bullies and how similar they were to these individuals.

Presumably, Pixiu Island had chosen some of the slaves to be leaders to help them manage the others, offering them special treatment to do so.

Of course, it’s also possible that these weren’t chosen by Pixiu Island but had emerged through internal competition and elimination.

After all, these privileged slaves all possessed substantial cultivation levels, at the very least stronger than the rest of the slaves.

”Hehe, another bunch of fools have arrived!”

”Don’t talk like that; weren’t we also deceived by those guys from Pixiu Island?”

”Not just Pixiu Island. I’ve heard that this place is jointly managed by Pixiu Island and the Phoenix God Empire. Otherwise, do you really think the Phoenix God Empire would let them do whatever they want?”

”Exactly, I’ve heard the same thing. Damn, two great imperial forces joining to scam us Heavenly Realm Martial Artists—what an honor.”

Many of the slaves in Circle Two stopped their work or their reveling to look at Ling Xiao and the others who had just entered.

Their speech was tinged with intense anger and helplessness.

Of course, there was also a hint of schadenfreude.

After all, when you’re down on your luck, you tend to hope others are down on it too.

”Master, the Phoenix God Empire and Pixiu Island don’t seem as noble and upright as they appear on the surface,” Leng Mei whispered. ”With these two powers united, the martial artists here really shouldn’t ever think of leaving.”

”Yes, I noticed as soon as we came in,” Ling Xiao remarked. ”There are five human circles here. With over ten thousand martial artists in each, that’s over fifty thousand. All these are Heavenly Realm Martial Artists—fifty thousand of them, it’s terrifying!”

Ling Xiao sighed, ”Back then, if the Sacred Dynasty had had fifty thousand Heavenly Realm Martial Artists combined, the True Demon Empire wouldn’t have been able to annex so much territory so easily.”

”I don’t know how long they’ve been staying here, do we really have to keep staying like this?”

Leng Mei said with some worry, ”This servant doesn’t mind, but Master, you are supposed to establish a great undertaking.”

”We have to get out, and we have to do it together, if we can’t even overcome this difficulty, there’s no point talking about any great undertaking.”

The reason Ling Xiao felt confident was that he had mastered the Method of Array Refinement, which was a huge advantage.

Moreover, he found that many martial artists inside the second enclosure seemed to have been here for a very long time, perhaps for several years, decades, or even over a hundred years.

These people all had a numb look on their faces, no longer caring about anything else, their pupils had lost focus, as if they were walking corpses.

That was because they had despaired.

They knew they couldn’t get out, they couldn’t fight against Pixiu Island.

But once Ling Xiao gave them hope, these people would probably become fierce beasts, and then turn on Pixiu Island.

Ling Xiao was not one to suffer losses.

If Pixiu Island dared to treat him like this, he would naturally make Pixiu Island realize the gravity of their mistake.

However, he still needed to plan carefully about how exactly to do this.

Of course, before that, he had to make good use of this place.

Here, because of the Ancient Array System, they could produce Heavenly Origin Crystals, and this array system was so complex that even the current stage Mountain and River Martial Soul could not analyze it thoroughly.

So, for Ling Xiao to imitate it was basically impossible.

Therefore, he needed to make the best use of his time here to use the Heavenly Elemental Crystals to improve his cultivation level. With this, he would be more confident in the life-and-death battle against the Blood Skeleton one month later.

”Hey, everyone, come over here and stand in line!”

Just as Ling Xiao was pondering what to do next, suddenly, a rough voice rang out.

Ling Xiao realized that the speaker was one of those who had been eating and drinking just now.

This person looked quite upright, but looks can be deceiving; judging a person’s character based on appearance was really naive and foolish.

Martial artists who had entered the second enclosure gathered around. Although the man’s attitude was not very good, it wouldn’t hurt to listen to what he had to say.

”Hehe, you all are quite obedient, that’s good. Listen up, there is no supervisor here, but that doesn’t mean you can slack off. Pixiu Island has rules that martial artists with First Line of Heaven Cultivation must hand over at least one Heavenly Elemental Crystal per month, those in Taiji Heaven two, and so on. If you can’t reach this amount, just wait for your punishment.

The punishment will definitely make you neither able to live nor die.

Of course, if you make enough Heavenly Elemental Crystals, you can’t keep them for yourself; you must hand them all over. Our boss will send someone to collect all the Heavenly Elemental Crystals. Don’t forget to follow the natural month schedule.

You are lucky, today is only the second day of the month, and there is still a long time to prepare. If it were the end of the month, that would be terrible, and you wouldn’t escape a beating.

Pixiu Island won’t care if you are new. By the end of the month, you must pay the Heavenly Elemental Crystals.

Also, the management here has a bit of humanity; if you perform well, you can get better accommodations and even eat human food.

Oh right, there’s one very important thing I almost forgot to tell you, don’t even think about using the Heavenly Elemental Crystals you make because once you refine a Heavenly Elemental Crystal here, the supervisors will sense it.

The result is, naturally, punishment, and all your Heavenly Elemental Crystals will be deducted.

That’s about it, now scram and start making those Heavenly Elemental Crystals. Those caves will be your accommodations, and the method for making the Heavenly Elemental Crystals is on the walls.”