Reverse War Surpass Immortal

Chapter 1250 - 1096: Collecting Protection Money (Part 2)

The next day, Duan Gujin arrived at the Eternal Divine Court to accept a task, and he quickly chose one.Right now, he wants to take on the Eternal Divine Court's sect tasks, and by completing these tasks, earn a lot of merit points to exchange for Ten-thousand Yuan Pills.

Currently, he's in dire need of Ten-thousand Yuan Pills to assist his cultivation.

However, as he was returning to his small courtyard, a disciple of the Eternal Divine Court stopped him.

It was a young man who asked Duan Gujin some basic questions very politely.

"Why do you want to know my basic situation?"

Duan Gujin was immediately suspicious and asked.

"I'm responsible for registering new disciples. Only by having your basic information can I assign tasks to you properly!"

The young man replied with a skin-deep smile.

"What kind of tasks?"

Duan Gujin still didn't understand.

"Sect tasks! The Eternal Divine Court often has very special sect tasks that require at least ten disciples of the Eternal Divine Court to complete together! In the Eternal Divine Court, there's actually a lot of fighting! I joined the Thirteen Tai Alliance here! Since you arrived as a newcomer yesterday, I'll tell you what the Thirteen Tai Alliance is! Thirteen Tai is the most powerful faction among the Inner Sect Disciples. To get by here, you must join the most powerful faction to avoid being bullied by others. You understand, right?"

The young man finally revealed his purpose.

Upon hearing this, Duan Gujin immediately realized the situation.

"So that's how it is! I understand now, but in my view, a truly powerful Martial Artist doesn't need backing! My friend, farewell!"

"Hey, friend, don't leave! If you don't join the Thirteen Tai Alliance, you'll find yourself in big trouble!"

The young man said coldly.

"Trouble? Haha, I fear it's the Thirteen Tai Alliance that's the real trouble!"

Duan Gujin certainly wasn't naïve enough to believe joining this so-called Thirteen Tai Alliance wouldn't come without a cost.

He had heard of alliances within sects that behaved improperly, where joining such an alliance typically meant providing resources for them.

It was like joining a gang, where certain tasks must be completed to remain.

If Duan Gujin was a complete novice, joining such a faction alliance might be necessary.

But as someone reborn, he was at least worldly enough to understand.

Even if the Thirteen Tai Alliance tried to pressure him, he wouldn't submit.

The young man's eyes flashed with cold light as he watched Duan Gujin enter his courtyard.

"This newcomer doesn't know good from bad! I must teach him a lesson!"

The young man's eyes flickered, and he immediately went to a large courtyard within the Eternal Divine Court.

This place was where the True Disciples of the Eternal Divine Court resided.

"Young master, this month I've recruited twenty-one newcomers into the Thirteen Tai Alliance, but today when I went to speak to a newcomer called Duan Gujin about joining, he completely disregarded us! Young master, I want to teach him a lesson to show our strength!"

"Alright! Heng Zhen, go ahead!"

At this time, a token flew out from that courtyard.

The young man named Heng Zhen caught the token, confirmed there were no issues, and then left with a laugh.

Heng Zhen needed that token to gather some Thirteen Tai Alliance disciples to help teach Duan Gujin a lesson.

Soon, he gathered twelve people and had one of them pretend to deliver the Eternal Divine Court's cultivation technique to Duan Gujin, enticing him to follow them to a training ground owned by the Thirteen Tai Alliance in the Eternal Divine Court.

That disciple acted per Heng Zhen's instructions.

Duan Gujin was skeptical about why an Eternal Divine Court disciple would lead him to collect cultivation techniques.

"Isn't this too coincidental? This morning someone demanded a protection fee, and now someone wants me to go with them to get a cultivation technique? This is too much of a coincidence, isn't it?"

After pondering for a bit, Duan Gujin found the young disciple before him very suspicious.

Walking some distance with the disciple, he recalled the map of the Eternal Divine Court he had seen and realized they weren't heading toward the Scripture Pavilion.

"Friend, isn't the Scripture Pavilion in that direction?"

Duan Gujin asked.

"Yes, but where I'm taking you is another Scripture Pavilion of the Eternal Divine Court. You're new here, right?"

The disciple feigned ignorance.

"Yes!"

Duan Gujin nodded slightly, smirking internally, as he already suspected the disciple was lying based on his change in expression.

"Then you might not know there's another Scripture Pavilion there. It's newly established for new disciples. The one you're talking about is for the True Disciples of the Eternal Divine Court, so the map you saw only shows that place!"

The disciple explained.

"Oh, that's how it is!"

Duan Gujin smirked internally, predicting what was about to happen next.

After walking a bit further with the disciple, he suddenly sensed Demonic Qi seeping out from the ground ahead.

"Demonic Qi seeping from that place? Yes, that's the Demon Extermination Heavenly Array of the Eternal Divine Court!"

He had studied the terrain information of the Eternal Divine Court and knew the Demon Extermination Heavenly Array was specifically built for eliminating the Demon Clan and Demon Cultivators.

The Eternal Divine Court used special Teleportation Arrays to bring Demon Clan or Demon Cultivators into the Demon Extermination Heavenly Array.

Once they entered, the array would automatically activate, exterminating the Demon Clan and Demon Cultivators within.

"Does that person intend to eliminate me?"

Duan Gujin didn't expect that young man to decide to eliminate him just for not paying a protection fee.

This behavior, in Duan Gujin's eyes, seemed utterly lawless!

His eyes flashed, and he quickly considered another possibility.

"Could it be that young man intends to use the Demon Extermination Heavenly Array to scare me?"

Suddenly, he noticed the young person ahead vanish before his eyes in an instant.

This outcome was what he had expected.

Thus, he wasn't surprised at all.

He extended his Divine Sense to examine the surroundings.

After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that the Demon Extermination Heavenly Array hadn't been activated.

He thought for a moment and concluded the young man probably didn't have the ability to activate the array.

He knew that activating the array would require at least ten elders of the Demigod Realm from the Eternal Divine Court to do it jointly.

And his current cultivation was merely at the Martial Saint Realm. If opponents immediately used ten Demigod Realm elders to eliminate a Martial Saint realm newcomer like him, it would be too unreasonable.

Duan Gujin stretched out his Divine Sense, glanced around, and quickly thought of another possibility.

"I understand now; I didn't enter the core of the Demon Extermination Heavenly Array but only its outer edge, in the Confusion Array!"

He had heard of the array before and knew about smaller confusion arrays around it designed to delay, not eliminate, Demon Clan or Demon Cultivators.

"You, from the Thirteen Tai Alliance, come out!"

Duan Gujin shouted loudly.

Hearing Duan Gujin's shout, Heng Zhen, hiding in the dark, furrowed his brow slightly.

"How did he know it was me causing trouble?"

"I know you're behind this, come out!"

Duan Gujin continued to shout loudly.