Chapter 523

Chapter 523: Wow, Such A Tiny One!
Ancestor Sui Bian frowned a little and looked very troubled.

He sighed and said: “But look at how many people are behind me. Everyone came from far away. If the reward is too little, it doesn’t seem right, does it?”

Tu Zhen Yue felt like a mouthful of old blood was stuck in his chest. He forced himself to stretch out one finger.

Seeing this, Ancestor Sui Bian guessed at once: “You mean one thousand pieces of Spirit Jade per person?”

Tu Zhen Yue almost shouted into his ear as he snapped: “Ten! Ten!”

He wished he could press his mouth to Ancestor Sui Bian’s ear and stuff the words straight into his brain.

Yu Zhao watched and could not help shaking her head.

She still remembered how Tu Zhen Yue had looked that day outside Lingyin Sect, full of spirit, dignified and steady.

Now, Tu Zhen Yue’s face was dark, his temper was explosive, and he had completely lost the bearing of the Patriarch of the Household.

Ancestor Sui Bian’s skill at making people angry was clear.

Ancestor Sui Bian did not care what Tu Zhen Yue was thinking. He shook his head again and again and said: “Ten pieces won’t do. Ten pieces are far too little.”

Then he paused, and his gaze slid over to the other Patriarchs standing behind Tu Zhen Yue. He rubbed his chin and said in a thoughtful tone: “But if it is ten pieces per clan, that is not impossible to accept.”

At that, the other Patriarchs could no longer keep their expressions steady.

There were more than three hundred people here. Ten pieces of Spirit Jade per person meant more than three thousand pieces of Spirit Jade. Even for them, that was not a small expense.

The Patriarchs who had been hiding at the back and pretending to be invisible could no longer hold their pose. They started to speak up and haggle with him.

Ancestor Sui Bian’s attitude was very firm. He insisted: “Ten pieces of Spirit Jade per clan. No one can give less.”

If they did not agree, the only choice left was to fight.

But they absolutely could not start a fight. The selection for the Daqian Alliance was coming up soon. If anything happened at this critical time, it would affect the prosperity of their family clans for hundreds of years.

So the Eight Great Clans had no choice but to pinch their noses and agree to Ancestor Sui Bian’s request.

It had to be said, dragging others into the water might not save you, but it did make you feel better.

Right now, that was exactly how Tu Zhen Yue felt.

When he saw those ugly faces as the others took out their Spirit Jade, the mouthful of old blood stuck in his chest suddenly went down.

He waved his arm and said coldly: “We are leaving!”

After paying the compensation, the Eight Great Clans did not want to see Ancestor Sui Bian again, and they did not want to stay in this sad place either. They rushed away as fast as they could.

Before leaving, Jin Yuan and the others let their gazes fall on Yu Zhao, whether on purpose or not.

Yu Zhao pretended not to notice. She happily took her own share of Spirit Jade from Ancestor Sui Bian’s hand.

That was right. When Ancestor Sui Bian was counting people, he had included her, as well as Yan Yi and the others who had been tied up. Everyone got a share.

The other cultivators who had come to help were a bit in disbelief when they received their Spirit Jade.

They had come ready to risk their lives, thinking that if they killed one enemy it would be worth it, and if they killed two it would be a great gain. They had not expected to do nothing from start to finish and still walk away with a big gift bag. Where else in the world could they find such a good deal?

Before leaving, many people told Ancestor Sui Bian, Old Black Daoist, and the others: if there was ever something this good again, they had to remember to call them. They would definitely come.

Ancestor Sui Bian agreed again and again, grinning from ear to ear as he sent them off.

Of course, to stop the people of the Eight Great Clans from coming back for revenge, Ancestor Sui Bian also stuffed a Jade Talisman into the hand of every person who left. As soon as the talisman lit up, they only had to crush it to return to Four Seas City in an instant.

But quite a few people did not leave. Some of them were cultivators who had ascended from the Self-cultivation Realm. Others had their own reasons for staying.

To make his side look strong, Ancestor Sui Bian had called everyone he possibly could. That included quite a few of his female confidantes.

It was easy to invite the gods in, but hard to send them away.

Now it was his turn to suffer for it.

On the other side of the city, once the crisis was over, Huang Zhong removed the light curtain that had sealed everyone in and let the others out.

After Tie Gu and the rest regained their freedom, they did not go to find Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist to ask what had happened. Instead, they surrounded Yu Zhao in a tight circle.

Because of the difference in height, Yu Zhao had to tilt her head back to look up at the Seniors: “Seniors…”

She had only gotten one word out when Qian Si’s excited cry cut her off.

Qian Si bent down to look at her and shouted: “Wow, such a tiny one!”

The other elders all started talking at once.

One elder leaned over and asked with bright eyes: “Yu Zhao? Your name is Yu Zhao, right? How old are you?”

Another elder stared at her smooth skin and could not help saying: “Did the Five Elements Dao Sect secretly make some kind of beauty Pill without telling us? Why is every one of you so fresh and pretty?”

Someone clicked his tongue and complained: “Tsk, why is this kid so short? Did Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist forget to feed her?”

“…”

Dozens of people were talking over each other. Yu Zhao could not get a word in at all. She did not even know who it was that squatted down first and patted her head, but after that, everything went out of control.

Everyone wanted a chance to get close to this Junior from the Cultivation World. They had been standing shoulder to shoulder against a common enemy just now, and in an instant they were fighting each other.

But maybe because they were worried about Yu Zhao getting hurt, they were very careful with their moves. None of their attacks touched her.

When Ling Long and Old Black Daoist came over to look for them, they saw Tie Gu holding Yu Zhao up high with one hand like he was lifting an iron tower, while using his other hand to swat away the attacks of the others who were trying to snatch her.

Across the crowd, Old Black Daoist and Ling Long met Yu Zhao’s eyes.

They could clearly see the helplessness and embarrassment in her gaze.

Old Black Daoist could not hold it back anymore and burst out laughing: “Hahahahaha!”

He laughed so hard he was almost out of breath, and he was just short of rolling on the ground.

In the end, it was Senior Ling Long who rescued Yu Zhao from the crowd. Only then could Yu Zhao finally stand firmly on the ground and pick up her pride, which had been scattered all over the place.

That evening, led by Huang Zhong, the cultivators from the Cultivation World held a banquet in Four Seas City to treat the guests who had stayed behind.

The President of the Seven Mists League and the league’s elders were among them.

Through talking with the others, they learned where many people had come from, and every story shocked them.

They had already known that these people were not simple. Even so, they realized they had still underestimated Ancestor Sui Bian’s connections and strength. They could not help but look at the Cultivation World with new respect.

Huang Zhong noticed the subtle change in President Chang Deng’s attitude, and he felt excited.

In the past, the Cultivation World branch inside the Seven Mists League was not the very top, but it had definitely been among the best. Otherwise, Huang Zhong would never have become an elder.

But in the last few hundred years, no one from the Cultivation World had managed to Ascend. Their strength had dropped a lot, and now they could barely be called average.

Some people had even suggested removing Huang Zhong from his position as elder.

What happened today had become a chance for the Cultivation World to show its power again and made the people of the Seven Mists League afraid to look down on them.

Everyone at the banquet had their own thoughts as they ate and drank.

After the banquet ended, Yu Zhao did not go to pay her respects to the Seniors of the Cultivation World.

First, it was already too late at night, and it would not have been formal.

Second, Elder Qun Fang had sent for her.

Last time, when they were trying to break the last part of the Storage Bracelet’s Restriction Ward, they had run out of time and had to stop halfway.

Now that the Tu Clan had retreated, they would not dare come back to cause trouble again in the near future.

So Elder Qun Fang planned to stay right here in Qi Lan Realm and help Yu Zhao break the last Restriction Ward on the Storage Bracelet.

Yu Zhao thanked Elder Qun Fang again and again.

Elder Qun Fang held the Storage Bracelet between two fingers and let out a cold little laugh: “You don’t need to thank me. Someone else needs to pay this debt.”

[In her heart, Yu Zhao silently apologized to Ancestor Sui Bian for three breaths.]

Then she nodded obediently and said in a soft voice: “Elder is right.”

Elder Qun Fang smiled in satisfaction.