On the construction site, a group of blacksmiths were sweating profusely even in the dead of winter.

"Just about done moving everything."

"You guys are beasts, aren't you?"

They were very surprised.

In fact, the pace of moving bricks was much faster than the blacksmiths had imagined.

Because more than a thousand prisoners were helping, along with a group of exotic beasts in cages, by just after five in the afternoon, about seventy percent of the building facilities had been dismantled.

The ground was a muddy mess.

Various bricks, iron railings, cages, and torture devices were being frantically moved out, sorted into categories.

The group of prisoners was also taken away.

"Speed is of the essence; almost everything in the tomb has been moved out!"

Outside the tunnel, Shi Youxing looked at the gradually darkening sky, a smile appeared on his face.

This will be the most brilliant campaign in recent years!

These kinds of attendants are very valuable.

One can fetch around 200 Magic Coins, and there are 2000 of them, making the value here alone 400,000 Magic Coins.

The beast-eared ladies are even more valuable, at 600 Magic Coins each.

They are a rare commodity in the human market; there are 200 here, worth 120,000 Magic Coins.

The demon beast prisoners and male prisoners are worth about 60,000 Magic Coins.

You can see how wealthy the other side is; just the "living terracotta warriors" for funerary goods are worth about 600,000 Magic Coins.

And the dismantled buildings and facilities are valued at roughly 400,000.

The original value was even higher, but these things are not like ghosts; second-hand value is much lower.

A total of about 1 million Magic Coins in earnings.

This haul can ease the Shi Family's cash flow a bit.

After all, after the Red Sun incident, their entire family's liquid assets were less than 100,000!

Don't think that their family's grandeur and foundation exceed even the single great family of Pingchang City.

But the larger the family, the more substantial the consumption.

Cultivating disciples, purchasing Magical Artifacts, Spiritual Roots, resources... none of this comes cheap.

These families use whatever money they have, quickly converting it into strength, mainly adopting a "pay-as-you-go" lifestyle.

Plus, the Red Sun incident indeed inflicted some foundational damage.

This tomb raiding barely brought any recovery.

As for the Zhang Family, being able to produce nearly ten million in cash for Demon Weapons?

They sold off centuries-worth of accumulated real estate, shops, Spirit Fields, and mines to come up with that sum.

If it were the Shi Family, and they sold off family assets, various Golden Egg-laying Geese, and the ancestral Magical Artifacts, they could also scrounge up a million.

Even Ning Zheng's manor, selling off newly purchased equipment on the mountain, selling the most precious Magic Copper mine, could also bring over a million in funding.

Of course, he originally still had 300,000 Magic Coins in cash.

"We've been busy enough; it's time for our five families to split the money."

Shi Youxing thought for a moment and sent a message to Ning Zheng, directly saying:

"We've got most of the stuff; the remaining thirty percent of the building facilities are the more core areas. Whoever wants them will have to do it on their own, not taking them is fine too, considering the high risk."

Those are places like the warden's prison room, tough bones to chew.

Forcing an attack would actually not be cost-effective.

Ning Zheng said: "How do you plan to split this tomb-raiding profit?"

Shi Youxing smiled:

"Whoever dismantles the construction materials keeps them. If anyone wants to sell them, they can go through me. I have channels for tomb-raiding resale, but I'll take a ten percent cut."

She felt her offer was very tempting.

Because those construction materials, bricks, tiles, also carried quite a bit of Yin Qi, making them unsuitable for living people.

She thought that taking a commission and helping to convert it into cash would be quite welcome to others.

"Not selling, we'll keep them for ourselves." Ning Zheng just smiled.

You'll use them yourselves?

Shi Youxing was a bit puzzled.

Surely not frugal to that extent; that stuff isn't comfortable for living people to use.

Shi Youxing said no more: "Well then, I'll ask the other families if they want to sell the bricks and various constructions they dug up."

But Ning Zheng instead said: "Why sell through resale channels? Just sell to us. We are also purchasing, and I'll negotiate with the other three families for procurement."

Shi Youxing: "???"

No.

You guys aren't just avoiding resale through me, you're also competing with me for business?

Shi Youxing just couldn't make sense of it.

Your family is a bandit household, though you've recently opened a Magical Artifact business... what do you need so many discarded tiles for?

To build houses?

This stuff is like chicken ribs; the living can't reside in it.

Ning Zheng didn't bother with her: "We want to make large purchases, the price is negotiable!"

Now.

The construction of the Demon Suppression Tower's prison is not large, but future expansions will come in handy.

Buying now offers a better cost-performance ratio than wasting money on new purchases later.

"Alright then." Shi Youxing was silent for a moment before saying: "If you want it, I can sell it to you, rather than finding someone to resell, it's better to give you a good deal."

Ning Zheng nodded: "In the future when you raid tombs, if there are any materials, try reaching out to us first."

Shi Youxing felt increasingly uneasy as he listened.

Are you going to be our downstream?

You want to collect all our tomb raiding spoils?

What's your inclination for buying so much stuff meant for the dead!

Your family's ancestral Yang Spirit Root may suppress evil influences temporarily, but not permanently.

Being around those things all the time will eventually cause you to suffer the same curse as our family, with abundant Yin Qi in the bloodlines of the clan members, turning into a women-dominated house.

By then, we would truly be sister families.

Moreover, Shi Youxing saw big problems here.

If their family turned into all women, who would marry into our family?

You can't just find a new Yang Spirit Root family, can you?

Not knowing other families lacks trust and puts you at risk.

Shi Youxing couldn't hold it back anymore and reminded: "You're not going to use this stuff yourselves, right? You'll turn into a women-dominated family."

Ning Zheng smiled: "Of course not, rest assured, no matter how heavy the Yin Qi is, it won't affect us."

After all, the entire manor, the blacksmiths, the villagers, the prison inmates... none of them are living beings; who would be afraid of that?

Yin Qi doesn't matter.

Ning Zheng thought that as long as they ensured their own safety as the only living person, everything would be fine.

Shi Youxing did not try to persuade further and continued:

"That building is purchased by your family. The remaining 2,200 prisoners have all been extracted, with a total value of 600,000 Magic Coins, temporarily held outside the thieves' tunnel where we'll allocate them."

"This time, you devised the plan and contributed the most. You also spent more money on the Teleportation Array, so you get forty percent. My Shi Family will take thirty percent, and the remaining three families get ten percent each."

"Agreed."

Ning Zheng knew this distribution was very reasonable.

"Alright, I'll discuss it with the other three families." Shi Youxing finalized the decision without even asking the other families for their opinions.

After all.

With the two major families leading, how would they dare to object?

Moreover, in this invasion, the three families did not have any significant contributions.

Getting ten percent each is quite favorable.

"Do you need me to assist with sales?" Shi Youxing suddenly asked, "I have a market for population disposal; reselling these Funeral Attendants only requires a ten percent commission—"

"We want to purchase all the handmaidens you have," Ning Zheng continued.

Shi Youxing was stunned: "???"

Do you want everything?

Have you turned into a funeral artifacts market?

"Yes, you can sell everything to us," Ning Zheng said.

Shi Youxing couldn't contain it anymore.

Purchasing the building was fine, with forty percent netting over 800 handmaidens.

But this isn't enough?

You want 2,000?

These are completely useless, just for burial!

Is it to provide benefits for your family's ancestor, with each given hundreds of maidens?

That's excessively luxurious.

Besides, buying ghosts for bed service is simply impossible; who would be that twisted?

One costs as much as 200 Magic Coins, which could buy many living maidens from impoverished families.

Impossible to comprehend, completely incomprehensible!

Initially, Shi Youxing felt he had largely seen through the new disciple of the opponent's family, but now he suddenly felt he was shrouded in mist.

The opponent's family became completely unfamiliar.

Many secrets seemed to be hidden.

Purchasing dead buildings, swallowing up 2,000 maidens from this tomb, such a huge amount of money wasn't spent mindlessly.

Moreover, how could they be so wealthy?

Shi Youxing knew the other side was also supposed to be "moonlight clan."

Shi Youxing pondered for quite a while and said, "After this tomb raiding is over, why don't I visit your manor, and our two families can have a friendly exchange?"

"Hmm, we'll see when we have time," Ning Zheng vaguely replied.

He discovered this.

The Shi Family is currently very curious about them!

Madly trying to learn, research, and even wanting to sneak in for a look, that's unacceptable?

Those blacksmiths are not advisable to be seen.

The two families are long-time associates, well-aware of each other, unlike people like Zhang Huaping. They might instantly notice any discrepancy once they set foot on the mountain.

In fact.

This prison is useless to ordinary people.

But Ning Zheng spent this huge amount to build the [Manor Lord Launch Platform], creating a self-defense force for his manor.

The more ghosts confined in the prison, the stronger his combat power!

Destroying and merging them together also offers significant combat power.

Despite various defects, being just an unmoving "ground-to-ground missile," similar to how the manor's ancestor cannot stray too far, it ensures the manor's safety.

Shi Youxing tentatively asked, "So, you're taking all 60% of the handmaidens, meaning no profit from this tomb raid, but instead paying for it, are you certain?"

"Certain."

Ning Zheng thought for a moment, "How many male prisoners are there? Just forget about them...; only want Demon Beasts and female prisoners."

It's not that he doesn't take males.

The primary reason is there are barely any males in the prison, taking them means opening another prison section, which is too troublesome.

Additionally, Ning Zheng has another consideration.

Constantly being brainwashed by blacksmiths with "green hat" notion finally persuaded him.

Many male prisoners involved in rape and pillage would disrupt the prison's order.

Including these scums could endanger Su Yuniang and Ning Jiaojiao, the prison heads.

Preventing hidden dangers is naturally the best.

"Oh." Shi Youxing did not ask further, "I bought some workable Spirit Plants from the City Guard with actual Silver, do you want them?"

By "actual Silver," she meant polluted Pill Medicine.

But no one knew that, of course, she outwardly packaged the items as legitimately bought with Magic Coins.

This is also one of their ways to earn extra money.

"Yes," Ning Zheng replied without hesitation, ignoring how they came about.

The Spirit Plants available to the Shi Family are what he requires.

Also, the Spirit Plants stored in the prison warehouse are something he plans to move.

These things, there's no such thing as too much!

Other people's Spiritual Roots are sown once in life, so demand isn't very high.

But in Ning Zheng's Manor, Spiritual Roots are consumables, used by blacksmiths themselves, and for crafting weapons... no amount of acquisition would be excessive.

Shi Youxing was utterly shocked: "You really struck it rich, taking everything, huh? Is crafting Magical Artifacts that profitable?"

"It's alright, the card painting business coming up next could involve you as well," Ning Zheng laughed.

In reality, the profits from Magical Artifacts come trickling in over time, currently amassing only tens of thousands.

He got rich mainly because the Zhang Family provided three million Magic Coins, but this aspect couldn't be disclosed.

Ning Zheng casually chatted with her on some topic and said, "Let's finalize it this way! Have someone contact our manor's finance person, named Jiucai Rong, to discuss the transaction process specifically."

Shi Youxing saw such boldness from the other party and couldn't help but laugh: "No problem, then, let's cooperate well."

Ning Zheng suddenly said, "Is this tomb raid over this time?"

"Of course, it's over," Shi Youxing wondered slightly what the means of this sentence, "The buildings, prisoners, any chow spiritual plants that could be taken have been taken."

Although some core buildings like the warden's office remain, and the spiritual plant zone couldn't be touched.

But these are troublesome, requiring effort without benefit.

"Alright, you retreat, and keep the temporary Teleportation Array operational. We need to remain in the tomb for a while," Ning Zheng explained.

Shi Youxing was taken aback, realizing something:

"You're crazy, attacking head-on, going after the spiritual plant zone?"

"Even if it starts a fight, it might be destroyed. Moreover, those are polluted spiritual plants; the usable ones are already given to you."

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