Chapter 522

Chapter 522: So Your Tu Clan Is This Poor?
Dong Fang Yue stood in the middle of the crowd. She did not know if she was nervous or excited, but a faint blush spread across her fair face.

Nan Gong Jie and Bei Ming Yan stood on her left and right. Their faces looked calm, but their flickering eyes gave away that they were not as relaxed as they seemed.

At first, they had thought they were here to save their Senior from danger and repay his kindness. In the end, they had only come to make up the numbers.

Among the cultivators around them, you could pick any one at random and that person could beat the three of them without effort.

They were of no use at all. They could only stand there, act obedient, greet people, and exchange names with a few Seniors.

They had not lifted a finger, yet they had gained several connections for free. That was a huge profit.

After Ancestor Sui Bian finished speaking, Tu Zhen Yue’s face turned ashen, and he stayed silent.

Ancestor Sui Bian finally let out most of the anger in his heart and mocked him loudly: “Weren’t you very arrogant just now? Why are you scared now? You old jerk, don’t you hate it when I call you that? Then I will keep calling you that, old bastard! Old bastard! Old bastard! Come over here and hit me!”

Tu Zhen Yue’s face turned dark green with anger, and his fists clenched so hard his knuckles creaked.

As the ruler of the Earth Domain, when had he ever suffered such shame?

But in this situation, he had no choice but to be cautious.

The cultivators standing behind Ancestor Sui Bian all had strong auras. None of them were easy to deal with.

If he attacked rashly, the chances of winning were very small.

The other Patriarchs saw that things were going badly and tried to persuade him in low voices: “The situation is not in our favor. We should avoid clashing head-on and think about this long term.”

Tu Zhen Yue ground his teeth. He was unwilling, but he also knew that today was not the day to fight.

He gave a cold snort and swept his gloomy gaze across Ancestor Sui Bian and the others as he said: “I, Tu Zhen Yue, will remember what happened today! We will see about this later!”

Ancestor Sui Bian cut in before he could leave: “Want to go? It won’t be that easy!”

Ancestor Sui Bian waved his hand, and more than ten people jumped out from the crowd behind him, each blocking a different direction.

One shining golden figure was especially eye-catching. Even Yu Zhao could not help but look a few more times.

Tu Zhen Yue suddenly turned around. It looked like sparks were about to shoot out of his eyes.

He glared at Sui Bian and shouted: “Sui Bian, what exactly do you want to do!”

Ancestor Sui Bian laughed loudly, then his face turned cold as he snapped: “What do I want to do? Old bastard, what do you think this place is? You think you can come when you want and leave when you want? Do you think this is an outhouse or something?”

As soon as he said that, the faces of all the cultivators of Qi Lan Realm turned dark.

Ancestor Sui Bian was getting more and more outrageous. When he cursed people, he even dragged his own side into it.

Ancestor Sui Bian seemed to realize he had said something wrong. He coughed dryly and quickly changed the topic.

He stretched out his hand in front of them and said: “Alright, enough nonsense. Pay up. If you don’t pay, you are not leaving.”

He and Old Black Daoist had spent almost all of their life’s connections to call these people over.

He had no way to repay all those favors himself, so he could only make these people help him pay them back.

After all, they were the ones who caused this mess in the first place.

They were the ones who should handle the aftermath.

As for whether Ancestor Sui Bian had considered starting a direct war?

Of course he had thought about it.

But the price of a fight would be too high.

No matter who died, he would not be able to explain it to the people behind them.

It was better to ask for compensation, bleed these people a bit, and also help his own side earn some extra money.

It was killing two birds with one stone, and he felt very pleased with himself.

Tu Zhen Yue’s teeth ground together so hard it almost sounded like cracking bones.

Of course he did not want to pay. The Tu Clan’s Storage Bracelet had not even been taken back yet, and now he was being forced to hand over the treasures at home. How could he be willing?

But right now, the situation did not allow him to keep his head up.

If the two sides really fought, the losses would only be greater.

Tu Zhen Yue clenched his jaw and turned to look at the Patriarchs beside him, his eyes filled with silent questions.

The Patriarch of the Jin Clan, the Patriarch of the Huo Clan, and the others all frowned.

Tu Zhen Yue was the leader of this operation, but their clans had taken part as well.

If they made the Tu Clan pay by itself, the Tu Clan would never agree.

But if they had to bleed too, they were also unwilling.

So the scene froze for a while.

Seeing this, Ancestor Sui Bian curled his lip and mocked them: “What is it? The mighty Patriarch of the Tu Clan can’t even bear to pay this little bit of money? Or do you think your lives are not worth this price?”

Tu Zhen Yue took a deep breath and forced his anger down. With Righteous Qi rolling off him, he said in a firm voice: “We will admit defeat for what happened today. But if you want to use this chance to blackmail us, dream on!”

Ancestor Sui Bian spread his hands and spoke in a very offended tone: “Patriarch Tu, that is not fair. I could say you are slandering me, you know! Am I the kind of person who takes advantage of others when they are weak? I am clearly helping you!

“Think about it. If you leave with your tails between your legs like this, how shameful will it sound when people talk about it? It would be better to pay a bit of money and treat it as hush money for all these friends here. Then everyone can keep their pride, and there will be no hard feelings between us. Don’t you think so?”

The moment he talked about money, Ancestor Sui Bian stopped calling him “old bastard” and switched to calling him “Patriarch Tu”, sounding as sweet and friendly as he could.

Tu Zhen Yue was so angry he almost spat blood.

This old fox was clearly extorting him, yet he put it so nicely.

For a moment, his anger drowned out his reason. He really wanted to throw caution to the wind and give the order to attack.

But he was not the only one who had a say in this. Several other Patriarchs of the family clans were here as well.

He had to think about the bigger picture.

The Patriarch of the Feng Clan leaned over and spoke in a low voice: “Patriarch Tu, the situation is stronger than we are. It would be better to agree for now and find a chance to get it back later.”

Tu Zhen Yue thought for a long time, then finally chose to swallow this bitter breath.

He stared coldly at Ancestor Sui Bian and asked: “How much do you want?”

Ancestor Sui Bian did not care about his bad tone at all. He rubbed his hands together with a bright smile and said: “Ah, Patriarch Tu is truly straightforward! I won’t ask for much. Let me count first…”

Ancestor Sui Bian really started counting one by one. He looked around and said: “Let me see. Including me, we have three hundred… seventy-three people on our side. Yes, three hundred seventy-three people. Each person gets ten thousand pieces of Spirit Jade. So just give us three million seven hundred thirty thousand pieces of Spirit Jade!”

“Three million seven hundred thirty thousand pieces of Spirit Jade?!” Tu Zhen Yue almost jumped up. He roared: “Why don’t you just go rob someone!”

Even Ancestor Sui Bian’s own people almost sucked in a breath of cold air.

Back then, at the Auction Gathering, Tu Xiao had bought a Starship crafted by a Master for sixty-five pieces of Spirit Jade, and that already made this Young Heir feel heartache for a long time.

Now Ancestor Sui Bian opened his mouth and asked for ten thousand pieces of Spirit Jade per person. He clearly wanted to take a huge bite out of them.

Ancestor Sui Bian put on a very innocent face as he said: “Patriarch Tu, you can’t say that. Whether money is worth it or not depends on how you think about it. Right now, you have the chance to spend a little money to buy safety. You should treasure that chance! Once you miss this village, you won’t find this shop again!”

“Small money? You call this small money? Even if I emptied the Tu Clan, I could not scrape together a million pieces of Spirit Jade!”

Tu Zhen Yue was shaking all over from anger. At that moment, he really wanted to strangle Ancestor Sui Bian to death.

Ancestor Sui Bian blinked and said with real surprise: “Ah, so your Tu Clan is that poor?”