Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 686 - 706: Is the Golden Core Already Considered Very Powerful? _1

Chapter 686: Chapter 706: Is the Golden Core Already Considered Very Powerful? _1

"Our Situ family’s merchant ship was robbed, and the robbers demanded that we hand over two million spirit stones before they would release the kidnapped people on the ship. I came here specifically to deal with this matter."

Situ Xiu answered and then realized that Lin Chen might not be familiar with the situation here, so he explained: "There are many cities in the Barren Wilderness, and the distances between them are vast. With demonic beasts rampaging on the ground, large flying boats have become the primary means of trade and transportation. A large flying boat loaded with goods has a high value, naturally attracting some desperados who form groups to rob the passing flying boats. These kinds of robbers are called Space Pirates."

Lin Chen understood and asked, "How’s the situation now?"

Situ Xiu replied: "Our merchant ship was transporting goods to Bai Tao City. There were various types of goods on the ship, none of them particularly valuable, but the total value of them is estimated to be around three million spirit stones. The ship also had members of our trading team. The Space Pirates plundered the goods, and we definitely won’t get the goods and the ship back. Now they want two million spirit stones to release our people."

Lin Chen nodded: "Did your ship not have any cultivators accompanying it?"

Situ Xiu sighed: "Of course they did. There was a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection level on the ship, but apparently, he couldn’t stop the Space Pirates."

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow: "Not even Golden Core Realm cultivators?"

Situ Xiu said with a bitter smile: "Although Nanyue Hengshan Cave is a small cave world, it ranks among the top small cave worlds. The overall strength of the cave world is quite powerful, so you can see quite a few Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators here. It may seem like the Golden Core stage is not that big of a deal, but in reality, Golden Core Realm is already quite impressive in the Barren Wilderness. Most cultivators are stuck at the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment stages."

"Moreover, the goods transported by the merchant ship were not particularly valuable, and there’s a limited number of powerful cultivators in the Situ family. Naturally, there’s no need to deploy Golden Core or even Nascent Soul cultivators to accompany the ship."

Golden Core cultivators are already quite awesome?

Lin Chen blinked, it seemed to be true. The Golden Core Realm was not something that could easily be attained. Haven’t many disciples from the Four Great Sects been stuck at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection stage, unable to break through to the Golden Core Realm?

Back then, Liu Sansheng had even left a Breaking Yuan Pill in the box, which showed how precious Breaking Yuan Pills are and how difficult it is to break through to the Golden Core Realm. Otherwise, would someone as powerful as Liu Sansheng really care that much about it?

It turns out that I’m also quite impressive in the Barren Wilderness!

Lin Chen unexpectedly felt a strange sense of daze in this moment, the kind of feeling where you originally thought you were weak, but then someone tells you that you’re not weak. On the contrary, you’re already quite strong.

The reason why you think you’re weak is that the people around you are just too awesome!

Lin Chen asked, "Who are the Space Pirates, do you know?"

Situ Xiu replied: "The Aurora Club, an active Space Pirate organization, are known for their fast and ruthless robberies. They strike like the wind. Although there have been powerful cultivators trying to encircle and suppress them, they never operate in fixed areas. Instead, they move around throughout the entire Barren Wilderness, making it difficult to track them down. Two attempts to encircle them have been made, but neither was particularly effective."

Since they committed their crimes on the run, left no traces, and had no patterns, it was challenging to find their whereabouts.

"So what are you planning to do?"

"We’ll give them the spirit stones. The goods are lost no matter what, but we must ensure the safety of our people."

Lin Chen worriedly asked, "Will those Space Pirates release the hostages after receiving the spirit stones? Or will they kill them to prevent them from talking since they’ve had contact with them...?"

Situ Xiu sighed: "That’s also my concern. The Aurora Club is known to be ruthless with their few members, often killing everyone in their way and making off with the goods. I’m not afraid to lose the two million spirit stones, but I’m worried that they won’t release the people. However, we have to try."

Lin Chen thought for a moment, "What’s their strength?"

"Golden Core Realm, I guess. As a Space Pirate, their strength is usually not too low, but not too high either. Those truly strong big shots have many ways to earn spirit stones. They don’t necessarily need to be Space Pirates."

After explaining to Lin Chen, Situ Xiu said to the man who came to report the news: "You tell the messenger that we can give the two million spirit stones, but they must guarantee the safety of our people."

The man replied: "The messenger said that after he gets the two million spirit stones, they will release our people."

Situ Xiu shook his head decisively: "That won’t do. After getting the spirit stones, they might just kill them all. I have to see all of our people alive before I will hand over the spirit stones."

"Alright!"

After the man left, he came back to the room not long after.

"Young Master, the other party has agreed to your terms. They will allow the exchange of people for the spirit stones at the same time, but they want you to go personally."

Situ Xiu nodded decisively: "Alright, I’ll go!"

Lin Chen frowned and asked, "What’s the highest level of strength here?"

Situ Xiu laughed bitterly: "It’s me, Foundation Establishment Great Perfection."

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "Then let me accompany you on this trip, just in case you fail to rescue the hostages and end up becoming one of them..."