Chapter 106

Chapter 106: Deep Pockets

Soon after, the formation shut down completely.

All disciples of the Six Sects who were still alive in the Langya Secret Realm walked out. On the Demon Clan’s side, there was only silence. Their formation had also closed. The Goldenwing Eagle did not come out.

Not only the Goldenwing Eagle. Several High-Tier Yao they had high hopes for also failed to return. Fewer than half of the Demon Clan’s people made it back. They had thought those peerless geniuses were waiting to return at the last second; [who would have thought the ones timing their return were the Human Race geniuses instead].

Their main target Yan Fan was alive and well, and somehow a Li Shuang showed up too. The priceless Supreme Demonkin had fallen inside.

Chi Ling’s face turned iron blue. He had wanted to deal the Human Race a heavy blow and cut off their line of geniuses. [Yet the ones who suffered heavy losses were the Demon Clan?]

As soon as Ye Zhao Zhao saw Li Shuang, she hurried over, saying: “Senior Sister Li, you’re back! I already told the sect that you and Senior Brother Yan Fan teamed up to kill the Goldenwing Eagle! Even if you rebuild your cultivation, Senior Sister Li, you’re still a peerless genius!”

Ye Zhao Zhao opened with a shower of praise. Li Shuang glanced at the Water Screen, saw the Demon King’s fierce face, and understood at once.

The Demon King stared coldly at Li Shuang and said: “Yan Fan, Li Shuang. Good. Very good.” Then he cut his link to the Six Sects and withdrew from the Water Moon Illusion Mirror. Clearly, a Supreme Demonkin had died in the Langya Secret Realm, and the matter was so serious that even the Demon King had to handle the aftermath.

Luo Ming Yue pulled Li Shuang to her side and glared at Ye Zhao Zhao, asking in an icy voice: “Ye Zhao Zhao, are you the one who talks too much?” For now, they could not confirm the exact details about the Goldenwing Eagle. If Yan Fan and Li Shuang really had killed it together, then they must not spread it. Everyone knew how precious a Supreme Demonkin was. Even if the Goldenwing Eagle tried to kill first, did the Demon Clan look like the type to be reasonable? From today on, Yan Fan and Li Shuang would be marked by the Demon Clan.

Ye Zhao Zhao flinched but muttered, sounding lost: “I just couldn’t stand that Demon King being so arrogant. I thought Senior Sister Li and the others killing the Goldenwing Eagle was good news. Can’t we say that?”

“Still pretending. You dare say you didn’t do it on purpose?” snapped Luo Ming Yue through clenched teeth. Ye Zhao Zhao looked even more wronged and said: “On purpose? On purpose how? I just didn’t want the Demon Clan to look down on our Human Race.”

Luo Ming Yue’s anger boiled over and she drew her sword. Ye Zhao Zhao shrank back on instinct. Li Shuang lifted a hand and stopped her, saying softly: “First Senior Sister.” At that call, Luo Ming Yue’s reason returned. She shot Ye Zhao Zhao a cold look and sheathed her sword.

Ye Zhao Zhao straightened again and, still aggrieved, said: “I really don’t know what I did wrong. Why is Senior Sister Luo this angry, does she not like me?” At her wounded tone, several from Ling Xu Peak moved at once to shield her.

Li Shuang watched calmly and said, cool as water: “Ye Zhao Zhao.” Ye Zhao Zhao looked at her and replied, eyes holding a well-hidden challenge: “Senior Sister Li.”

Li Shuang’s lips curved in the faintest smile as she said: “About killing the Goldenwing Eagle, Yan Fan and I don’t dare claim much credit. Honestly, you were the one who took out a precious Fifth Tier talisman and struck it a heavy blow. Only then did Senior Brother Yan Fan and I seize the chance to wipe it out.”

Yan Fan, long fed up with Ye Zhao Zhao, added at once: “That’s right. A Fifth Tier talisman that even someone in the Foundation Establishment Stage can trigger is worth a fortune. If Junior Sister Ye didn’t have deep pockets, Li Shuang and I would never have been able to kill that Goldenwing Eagle.”

The Demon King had left the mirror, but there were surely dogs of the Demon Clan hidden among the Six Sects. News of Ye Zhao Zhao’s role would reach the Demon Clan soon enough. She wanted to shove Yan Fan and Li Shuang into the spotlight to draw their fire while she hid? [Dream on.]

“Fifth Tier talisman?” Only then did the crowd understand how the Goldenwing Eagle had died. A Fifth Tier Attack Talisman carried the force of a Nascent Soul Stage strike. Normally, only a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator could drive a Fifth Tier talisman. Yet Ye Zhao Zhao had one that a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator could trigger. That went beyond being rich. Such talismans were priceless and could only be made by a Talisman Master. Ye Zhao Zhao’s talisman had been the main reason the Goldenwing Eagle fell.

As Yan Fan finished, Ye Zhao Zhao’s face changed. Slaying a Supreme Demonkin was good news, but such things were best rewarded in private. With the Human Race so heavily infiltrated, saying it out loud was asking to be targeted by the Demon Clan. Her expression grew twisted with spite. Before, she didn’t feel wrong when she deliberately brought up Li Shuang’s name. Now that Li Shuang told the plain truth, she suddenly thought Li Shuang had gone too far.

“I’m not like you peerless geniuses,” Ye Zhao Zhao said, forcing a small voice, “I only rely on talismans.” The words left her mouth, and she realized something was off.

Sure enough, Immortal Ling Xu was already looking over with a deep, measuring gaze, and Ye Zhao Zhao went stiff. Sheng Yuan couldn’t help asking: “Junior Sister, where did you get the spirit stones to buy those talismans?”

Chang Le An spoke up: “Those Fifth Tier talismans that someone in the Foundation Establishment Stage could trigger, Junior Sister had more than one. I saw a Fifth-Rank Acceleration Talisman and two Fifth-Rank Attack Talismans.”

“Chang Le An!” Ye Zhao Zhao’s face turned even uglier. Sheng Yuan fell silent. They had sold off everything for Ye Zhao Zhao, each one practically bankrupt. So Ye Zhao Zhao herself had kept a rich stash?

Yan Xiao couldn’t hold back and said: “First Senior Brother, you said everyone on Ling Xu Peak had to weather this together, so this month our resources weren’t given out. All of it went to paying Ye Zhao Zhao’s debts. Now she doesn’t look that hard up.”

At that, other Ling Xu Peak disciples spoke one after another: “Exactly. Three Fifth Tier talismans. If she handed them over, she could have paid off her debts easily.” “With such a rich stash, she still grabbed at what little we ordinary disciples had.” “No more excuses. Since Ye Zhao Zhao lacks nothing, our resources should be returned.”

They had been holding back, waiting for Chang Le An and Ye Zhao Zhao to use their secret realm haul to fill the gap. But now they saw how little the pair brought out. [How could that make up the shortfall? If we don’t speak now, when will we ever get our resources back?]