After finally calming down a little, Lin Tianyun and Qin Xi looked at Lin Tianming with a barely perceptible smile on their this moment, Lin Tianming naturally understood what they were thinking.
In his opinion, there were several important factors for Wang Yaowu and his colleagues to be so willing to give up 40% of the profits.
Firstly, when they were dealing with the entire Black Gold Ape tribe at that time, their overall strength was indeed somewhat stretched.
For their own safety considerations, they happened to meet other cultivators, so they would naturally attract several people from the Lin family who also have human identities to join their camp.
As for other factors, Wang Yaowu and his companions might not have thought of cooperating wholeheartedly at the beginning, so naturally they would not readily give out their share of the profits as agreed in advance.
Lin Tianming had already taken precautions against this.
According to his thinking, if the other party fulfills its promise, it will be good for both parties.
But if the other party crosses the river and burns the bridge, then the Lin family doesn't need to be polite.
By then, the Lin family will let Wang Yaowu and others know what kind of person they have offended and how terrifying his power is.
Coming back to his senses, Lin Tianming looked at Lin Tianyun and Qin Xi, then smiled and nodded.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Tianming turned his gaze and looked towards Wang Yaowu who was not far away.
Feeling Lin Tianming's gaze, Wang Yaowu withdrew his gaze from Wujinmulin and then glanced at all the monks in the audience.
Afterwards, Wang Yaowu said, "My fellow practitioners, start collecting ebony wood!"
"After we collect these ebony trees, we will reunite and divide the profits that belong to each of us."
After saying this, Wang Yaowu took the lead and walked towards the ebony forest.
Behind him, cultivator Xu and others hurriedly followed and soon entered the ebony forest.
After hearing these words and seeing their actions, Lin Tianming and the other two did not delay any longer and walked quickly towards a certain area.
Soon after, everyone entered the ebony forest and appeared in front of an ebony tree that was several dozen feet tall.
At this time, Lin Tianming looked up and carefully examined the mature ebony tree.
This ebony wood is pitch black all over, with a straight stem that becomes thinner as it goes up. It does not have many branches and leaves, and they are usually of little use.
The part that is really useful is the main body of the ebony wood, and that is the bottom part, which is usually only a few feet long.
This piece of log is as hard as iron. Through a series of methods used by the weapon refiner and the condensation of various flames, this seemingly thick log of several meters will eventually become a piece of wood as long and thick as an arm.
This small piece of wood is the true concentrated essence of ebony, and can be used to refine some magical weapons.
A certain amount of ebony wood can be added to some formation equipment, flying boat magic weapons and even various auxiliary equipment.
Therefore, ebony wood plays a wide range of roles in the current world of immortal cultivation, and its single value is considered to be relatively high among the third-level spiritual materials.
Knowing this, Lin Tianming looked at the ebony wood in front of him and became a little impatient.
So next, Lin Tianming took out the magic sword that he had used in the battle just now, and then began to cut down the ebony wood.
While cutting down the ebony wood, he continued to hide his strength, and his efficiency was not much different from that of Wang Yaowu and others not far away.
Just like that, a group of seven people started to cut down the ebony wood, and bursts of crisp sounds suddenly came from the entire dense forest.
However, this ebony wood is very hard and the top part of the wood is not very useful, so felling and pruning are not very efficient.
Even with the efficiency of Lin Tianming and Wang Yaowu, they could only cut down a few ebony trees in a quarter of an hour.
In this regard, the group of people were not so anxious and were still slowly cutting down the ebony wood.
After all, the Black Gold Ape tribe no longer exists, so it is unlikely that any monsters will appear in this territory in the short term.
As for the human cultivators, it was difficult to encounter many of them in the past two months, and the probability of meeting them was even lower.
What's more, there are seven human cultivators present.
With such a force, ordinary Jindan cultivators, and even some ordinary children of powerful forces, probably wouldn't dare to get involved in these interests for no reason.
Under such circumstances, Lin Tianming and others were not so anxious and their efficiency remained at a certain speed.
In this way, time passes slowly.
Most of the day had passed, it was already evening and the sky was gradually getting darker.
At this time, the originally large dark forest had basically disappeared, replaced by an open space.
At the edge of the open space, a lot of ebony branches and leaves were placed in a messy manner.
During this half day, the group of seven did not stop for a moment and kept cutting down ebony wood.
After the efforts of a group of people, hundreds of ebony trees were cut down, and the useful parts were collected and piled in the center of the open space.
At this moment, the crisp sound of felling trees finally stopped, and peace returned to the world.
At this time, Lin Tianming and the other seven people gathered together again.
At this moment, everyone had a smile on their faces, as if covering up their fatigue.
After a long time, Wang Yaowu, the nominal leader, was the first to speak and break the silence.
"My fellow Taoists, this forest of ebony trees has been completely felled, and all the ebony trees have been placed on this open space."
After saying this, Wang Yaowu pointed to a pile of ebony trees not far away, and continued: "There are a total of 438 ebony trees here."
"According to the prior agreement, 40% of the profits will go to these three Taoist friends."
"However, during the battle against the Black Gold Ape tribe just now, Fellow Daoist Xu and Fellow Daoist Xiang helped a lot, so we were able to successfully kill our respective opponents."
"So I propose that the corpse of the black gold ape be given to the three Taoist friends, but how about the small portion of the black gold wood be used as compensation to the two Taoist friends Xu?"
After saying this, Wang Yaowu looked at Lin Tianming and the other two seriously, as if waiting for their response.
After hearing these words, Lin Tianming looked at Lin Tianyun and Qin Xi beside him, then nodded in response.
"Fellow Daoist Wang, I agree with your suggestion on behalf of both of them!"
After hearing the reply, Wang Yaowu nodded with satisfaction, thinking that Lin Tianming was a sensible person. He agreed to his suggestion without any hesitation.
In this way, he was too embarrassed to put his intention of making things difficult for the other party on the table.
But he soon regained his composure, and his expression showed no sign of what he was thinking.
And in his heart, he also made predictions based on the situation he had.
According to his idea, the fact that Lin Tianming and his companions were so polite further proved that their overall strength was not very strong and their self-confidence was not enough.
Otherwise, facing his proposal, the other party would not have refused to bargain at all. And you have to know that 40% of the 38 black gold trees is at least 15 trees, and their cumulative value is much higher than the corpse of a third-stage late black gold ape.
So under normal circumstances, after hearing his proposal, ordinary monks would show some resistance and opinions.
On the other hand, Lin Tianming and his companions agreed to the whole process with ease, as if they had anticipated such an outcome.
Wang Yaowu was actually a little surprised about this, but more of it was excitement.
Because in his opinion, the fact that the other party was so cowardly fully demonstrated that the overall strength of the other three people was not high, and they did not dare to have the slightest objection.
He had already seen some signs of this from the recent battle with the Black Gold Ape tribe.
At the very least, the overall strength of the three opponents was obviously inferior to that of the four on their side, and the gap between the two sides was still quite large.
On this basis, the other party was able to take the initiative to show weakness, which further confirmed Wang Yaowu's speculation.
So next, Wang Yaowu thought for a moment and finally made up his mind.
However, Wang Yaowu kept these thoughts in his heart for the time being. On the surface, he remained as calm as before, and it was hard to tell what was going on.
After a moment, Wang Yaowu said, "Since you fellow Taoists have no objection, then let's calculate it based on 400 ebony trees."
"According to the agreed quantity, you can get 40% of the profit, which is exactly 160 ebony trees."
"All right!"
"Next, fellow Taoists, please take it by yourselves!"
"After these fellow Taoists have collected all the ebony wood, we will divide the remaining ebony wood among us."
The latter sentence was obviously said by Wang Yaowu to the monks named Xu.
After hearing these words, the cultivators surnamed Xu looked at Wang Yaowu, and then turned their attention to Lin Tianming and the other two.
At this time, Lin Tianming and others also heard what Wang Yaowu said, and felt their gazes even more.
Lin Tianming didn't care about this and didn't want to know what they were thinking.
As for the present, he doesn't need to be polite to the other party. He just needs to take back the interests that belong to the Lin family.
After realizing this, Lin Tianming walked forward nonchalantly and began to put the ebony trees into his storage bag one by one.
He was very fast. In less than a blink of an eye, he had collected a hundred ebony trees.
At this time, Wang Yaowu and others behind him kept staring at Lin Tianming and the other two. Their expressions changed from calm at the beginning to gradually serious.
At the same time, the colors in their eyes were also changing subtly and obviously.
Then, without knowing when, Wang Yaowu turned around and looked at several colleagues nearby, and started communicating with them privately.
Soon, Wang Yaowu and the other three seemed to have reached a consensus.
So when Lin Tianming had just collected 160 ebony trees, Wang Yaowu's face turned gloomy, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Then, Wang Yaowu snorted coldly with an expressionless face.
"Humph!"
"Fellow Daoist, this person is so naive, he actually has no foresight at all, and doesn't even bother to be polite to us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the monk named Xiang on the other side also quickly spoke in agreement.
"Not bad!"
"Is this fellow Taoist too confident? He actually distributed it according to what we agreed in advance?"
Hearing these words, Lin Tianming, who was at the front, couldn't help but sneer, and his expression immediately turned cold.
As expected, Wang Yaowu and his companions did not intend to keep their promise just as he had expected.
Moreover, the other party's intention was clear enough, and it was obvious that they had long been planning to destroy the bridge after crossing it.
Lin Tianming has always been disgusted with this kind of people.
According to his thinking, if the other party keeps his promise, there will be no conflicts between the two parties, and they may even become friends in the future.
But if the other party is tactless, not only will they destroy their bridges after crossing them, but they will also have some ill intentions towards them.
Then I'm sorry, the Lin family won't be polite either.
With this mentality, Lin Tianming's face immediately turned gloomy, and a hint of fighting spirit emanated from him.
At this time, it was not only Lin Tianming who was angry. Lin Tianyun and Qin Xi beside him also heard what Wang Yaowu and others said, and then looked at Lin Tianming's angry expression, and their faces also turned cold.
Then, the two of them stared at Wang Yaowu and the others with their sharp eyes, obviously ready to take action at any time.
At this moment, Wang Yaowu and others saw Lin Tianming and the other two looking like this, and they couldn't help but burst out laughing, as if they didn't take them seriously.
Moreover, the monk surnamed Xiang looked at Lin Tianming and the other two and laughed hungrily: "Haha..."
"Where do you three Taoist friends get the courage?"
"With the strength you three have, you still dare to show your fighting intentions in front of us?"
"In my opinion, if you put down these ebony trees and each of you present us with a few valuable treasures."
At this point, the monk surnamed Xiang chuckled, revealing a sly smile.
"Hey hey hey..."
"Offer that female cultivator to us for fun. Maybe if we get in a good mood, we'll let you go."
Hearing these words, the cultivator surnamed Xu's face suddenly brightened with joy, and his eyes revealed an unconcealable greed.
Not only him, but also the leader Wang Yaowu, although still calm on the surface, also began to become agitated in his heart.
At this time, under the evil laughter of Wang Yaowu and the other three, the faces of Lin Tianming and the other two became extremely gloomy.
At the same time, Lin Tianming stared at Wang Yaowu and others with his sharp eyes without any concealment, as if he wanted to eat them alive.
"Humph!"
At this time, Lin Tianming snorted coldly, and then with a fierce look in his eyes, he angrily cursed at Wang Yaowu and the others: "How dare you, a bunch of losers, say such shameless words?"
"And how dare you insult my beloved wife?"
"Haha... You guys will all die today. Even if the king of heaven comes, I'm afraid he won't be able to save you!"
...(End of chapter)
