Chapter Seventy-Four: Seed of Power

  Kalanda took a deep breath, calming the anger in his heart, and said coldly to Hua Yun: "Are you all going to follow the example of the former Storm Bandits and commit those unlawful acts?"

  "Outlawed behavior?" Hearing Kalan's words, Hua Yun couldn't help but laugh, but it was a cold laugh: "If it weren't for us, not to mention these few carts of goods, even your lives would have been lost in the hands of the Storm Bandits. Now that we've rescued you, just handing over your goods is already quite generous!"

  For Karan and his men, Hua Yun had unknowingly held her breath for who knows how long. Fortunately, Mo Qi's previous choice was the eighth-level great warrior Patolik and Pasli, as well as himself, who appeared to be the leader. If those three arrows were shot at the Ba brothers and Luna, no one could guarantee whether they would survive under such a powerful attack.

  Even as a 7th-tier fire-elemental grand mage, Master Talia might not be able to emerge unscathed from such swift and fierce attacks.

  "You..." Karan glared fiercely at Hua Yun, while the several warriors and magician Merlin beside her also looked at Hua Yun with hostility.

  "Can't you give the Noki family some face? You didn't suffer any losses earlier, and if possible, I'm willing to pay you 1 million gold coins. Let's be friends?"

  "Making friends is fine, but one million gold coins can't be less, and these divine plants, we also want them." One million gold coins, what a joke. Maybe one million gold coins are a huge sum for an ordinary person, but Laisent only gave 100,000 when he rewarded Huayun. However, it's worth noting that the broken Wind Sword that Huayun previously discarded was bought by Lokuen at an auction for 800,000 gold coins. The long swords in Patroik and Pasli's hands are not ordinary items either, and the magic armor on their bodies is also extremely valuable. The total value of these things adds up to 500,000. Giving one million gold coins, humph, what do they think Huayun and his friends are?

  The most ridiculous thing is that they actually said that Huayun and others did not suffer any losses. Does it mean that only when people really die on the side of Huayun and others can it be considered a loss?

  "Hmph, since you people won't give the Nuoqi family any face, then I have nothing to say. But I'm afraid these things are more than you can handle." Kalan gave a cold glance at Huayun and the others, turned around with her remaining subordinates and left. She wasn't a fool either, Huayun's side had shown strength far beyond her own, and now was not the time for conflict. Kalan even thought that if some of Huayun's high-ranking experts had been seriously injured in the previous battle, it would have been better, then they wouldn't have to be robbed of the things she was transporting for her family this time.

  "Kalan, by the way, you still haven't given me that one million gold coins!" Hua Yun's lazy voice sounded in Kalan's ear, and Kalan stomped his foot heavily. He took out a nameless magic crystal card that anyone could use to withdraw money from his body and threw it at Hua Yun with great force.

  Hua Yun caught the magic crystal card thrown by Kalan, and let out a cold laugh. Watching as Kalan and the others hastily cleaned up the battlefield, they then continued on their way with empty hands.

  Looking at the back of Kalan and others, Rody said to Hua Yun: "Sir, we need to be more careful with our next itinerary. We took their things, I'm afraid they won't let it go easily. The Noki family... I remember that the plain next to Kote Province is called Noki Plain. And the next city we're heading to seems to be called Noki City too. This Noki family must have considerable influence in the kingdom!"

  "Not a small force? Hmph, I'd like to see just how big their forces are!" Previously, he had been somewhat puzzled by Talya's inaction, but now he didn't have any good feelings towards Karan and his group. As someone with the identity of Patolik, although they didn't hold any real power in the kingdom, they also wouldn't be intimidated by anyone.

  Kalan and the others were protecting a total of four carriages, two of which contained divine seedlings. Most of them were low-grade divine seedlings, but among these low-grade divine seedlings, there were actually two Purple Lotus Fruit divine seedlings, which surprised Huayun greatly.

  In the other two carriages, however, were being transported Power Seeds. The Plant Master had spent thousands of years cultivating them on the continent of Ellen, aside from the Divine Fruits, they also used their magic to cultivate some other auxiliary items for cultivation, and these Power Seeds were one of them.

  As the name suggests, this power seed is cultivated by the planter and stores a certain special ability into the plant seeds. It is used to enlighten those who have not yet sensed these powers. For example, when teaching a first-level magic apprentice second-level magic knowledge, the mentor will also give him second-level magic seeds to eat at the same time. This allows the apprentice to directly sense the properties of second-level magic through the stored power in the seeds, reducing the detours on the path of cultivation.

  However, most of these power seeds are used by some beginners or low-level people, and for those who have reached mid-level or above, the purpose is not great, so the value cannot be compared with the divine fruit. Nevertheless, the price of power seeds on the market is not low either.

  After everything was packed up, Huayun and the others immediately continued on their journey. The intense battle earlier had wasted a lot of time, and if they didn't hurry, they might not make it to the next town before dusk.

  On the main street of Nuoqi City, Kalan and others rode their horses towards the city lord's mansion. Along the way, pedestrians retreated one after another. As for Kalan's temper as the young lady of Nuoqi City, people who had lived in Nuoqi City for many years had all heard about it. Now, looking at the slightly disheveled group, no one was willing to provoke this young lady.

  "Halt!" The horse let out a sudden neigh and stopped in front of the City Lord's Manor, where Kalan and his companions dismounted and rushed straight inside.

  "Miss!" The guard at the door immediately called out respectfully as soon as he saw Kalan, and looked at Kalan's icy face with a twitching eyelid, afraid that something was wrong. In all the years they had served in the city lord's mansion, this was the first time they had seen Miss look like this.

  "Big sister, you're back! Where's the goods?" The old steward of the mansion happened to meet Karan, who rushed in from outside, and asked as usual without noticing Karan's expression.

  "My stuff was stolen, where's my dad?"

  "Oh, master! In the study, what? The goods have been stolen?!" At first, the old butler didn't pay attention to what Kalan said, but now he came back to his senses and couldn't help but be shocked. He looked at Kalan's back as he walked towards the study and muttered: "This time's goods were actually stolen, could this really be true? Is there still someone in Noki Plain who dares to steal from the Noki family? The world has gone mad!"