28: Chapter 28: What's a Million Spirit Stones If It's to Save My Son?

"Di Yuzong, stop waving your feather duster like a commander's baton! I respect the rules of the Market Guards, but I will absolutely not agree to any further extortion!"

True Monarch Qingyun’s face was as dark as water. "If you insist on blackmailing me, I believe that even if I kill you, the people above you will not blame me."

Di Yuzong sneered, kill him?

"Based on you?"

True Monarch Qingyun coldly laughed, "Your act of blackmail violates the rules of the Market Guards. I believe a Captain will firmly uphold the market rules, and I also believe other peers will defend their own interests."

"Beauty Yu, can you tolerate Captain Di breaking the rules to extort?"

Beauty Yu, on the top floor of the Red Chamber, chuckled lightly, "I cannot comment without knowing the full story. I trust that Captain Di is not someone who names arbitrary prices, am I right?"

That voice seemed to whisper right next to his ear, causing half his body to tingle, truly the voice of a top-tier succubus.

Di Yuzong, however, was completely unaffected and responded calmly, "It is Beauty Yu who understands me best. Unlike some people, heh..."

Some people—True Monarch Qingyun slightly frowned, casting a doubtful look toward Su Xin.

Could it be that this kid was truly worth one million?

Just as Di Yuzong was about to reveal that Luo Yunkai had offered one million for him to save the person, Luo Yunkai directed Ye Wang to bring him between the two confronting Golden Core True Lords.

Luo Yunkai cupped his hands toward True Monarch Qingyun, "Senior, please forgive me. Captain Di is not making baseless accusations. One million is the price the Junior offered."

"You?" True Monarch Qingyun frowned, full of disdain. "You, a mere Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator, can you produce one million?"

True Monarch Qingyun snorted coldly, feeling even more certain that Di Yuzong was trying to extort him.

"Di Yuzong, don't tell me you think you can fool this Sect Master by casually finding someone to spout nonsense?"

"Heh, you should have found someone with a higher cultivation base, someone who could at least actually afford it..."

"Revered Master..."

Bai Ji wanted to tell his Revered Master that Luo Yunkai truly could afford it.

But Luo Yunkai had already proven it to everyone with actual actions.

Luo Yunkai waved his hand, and a pile of Spirit Stones amounting to one million formed a small mountain right before the bed where Su Xin lay.

On one side, the gauze curtain of the maiden painting exuded an ambiguous aura; on the other, a pile of golden, glittering Spirit Stones. The combined impact of lust and wealth left people stunned and lost in thought.

The most shocked was none other than Su Ninger.

Luo Yunkai had lied to her—not just about his bone age and Spiritual Root, but even about his background!

She gritted her teeth; this scoundrel!

But in her heart, there was also a sense of relief.

Her son was safe.

She understood the rules of the Market Guards too.

True Monarch Qingyun’s face alternated between pale and ashen.

He still couldn't believe that someone at the Qi Refinement Stage could produce so many Spirit Stones!

"Heh, Di Yuzong, what a scheme!"

"Casually finding a low-level Loose Cultivator with no background, giving him one million to show up, and thereby forcing this Sect Master to pay a million Spirit Stones—truly a brilliant scheme!"

"With Market Guards like this, do the rest of you feel safe staying within the Cultivation Market?"

This shout was like a clap of thunder from a clear sky.

Even Di Yuzong, who had remained relatively unconcerned, couldn't help but straighten his expression.

True Monarch Qingyun’s words were aimed at shaking the very Foundation of the Market Guards!

"You are slandering me!" Di Yuzong gritted his teeth. "Am I crazy to pull a stunt like this?"

True Monarch Qingyun coldly laughed, "For the sake of Spirit Stones, what won't you Market Guards do?"

"You say I'm slandering you? Then tell me, how can a mere Qi Refinement Junior Cultivator produce such a huge sum of one million?"

"Tell me again, why would he offer one million Spirit Stones to save someone completely unrelated to him?"

"Senior, your words are mistaken," Luo Yunkai said righteously. "How can Su Xin and this Junior be unrelated? He is my son. To save my son, what is one million Spirit Stones? Even ten million Spirit Stones, I would save him!"

Su Xin was stunned. How did he know? He clearly hadn't revealed anything.

Mother!

Su Xin looked toward his mother, who had returned to the Mandarin Duck Pavilion and was peering out nervously. His mother hadn't shown her face either?

True Monarch Qingyun frowned, raised his hand, and cast a spell, sending two streams of spiritual energy into Luo Yunkai and Su Xin. He then withdrew his hand, his face looking terrifyingly grim.

Cultivators have methods to test blood relations; clearly, what True Monarch Qingyun used was such a technique, proving that what Luo Yunkai said was true.

"Even if you..."

"Senior, don't you just believe that this Junior cannot produce one million Spirit Stones?" Luo Yunkai interrupted True Monarch Qingyun impolitely.

True Monarch Qingyun's face grew even uglier. A mere, short-lived waste at the Qi Refinement Stage dared to interrupt him!

Luo Yunkai felt utterly triumphant.

After wandering aimlessly for over seventy years in the Cultivation World, he had always been cautious, afraid of offending powerful Cultivators.

Now, even though he was still at the Qi Refinement Stage, so what? He didn't need to be polite even when facing a Golden Core!

Luo Yunkai said with a half-smile, "Whether I can produce one million Spirit Stones, I believe no one knows better than your Disciple. True Monarch Qingyun, why don't you ask your Disciple?"

"Why do you think he appeared here, at odds with my son?"

True Monarch Qingyun cast a suspicious glance at his Disciple.

Bai Ji smiled bitterly and nodded slightly toward his Revered Master.

True Monarch Qingyun felt his entire face burn with shame.

His own Personal Disciple, the Sect Master of the mighty Qingyun Sect, had chased an Outer Sect Disciple for Spirit Stones, even damaging his own Foundation—this was truly, truly...

Luo Yunkai didn't let up, "True Monarch Qingyun, if you want to kill my son, then bring out the Spirit Stones. I don't mind competing with a True Lord in terms of wealth."

"You..." True Monarch Qingyun was furious. "Don't be too smug, it's just one million..."

"Revered Master!" Bai Ji quickly interrupted his Revered Master, spitting out a mouthful of black blood in his haste.

The black blood hit the floor and instantly began to bubble, revealing its toxicity.

True Monarch Qingyun flashed to Bai Ji's side, injecting spiritual energy into him to seal the spreading toxic blood.

Bai Ji managed to force out a low voice, "Revered Master, he... at the auction, he lavishly spent over four million Spirit Stones. His net worth is immeasurable."

True Monarch Qingyun’s pupils trembled violently. Four million, plus this one million, already totaled five million.

If he could easily produce this much, who knew if he had another five million?

Instantly, everyone looked at Luo Yunkai with greedy eyes.

Even Elder He, who was only here for the Xirang, showed the same expression.

No one questioned why a Qi Refinement Cultivator like Luo Yunkai possessed so many Spirit Stones.

Whether it was an Opportunity, or if he was a second-generation heir from a Small World carrying the wealth of an entire Small World, all that mattered was that he had Spirit Stones.

Beauty Yu propped her chin, suddenly turned, and smiled charmingly at Su Ninger behind her, "Ninger, what do you say if I marry you off to him?"

Su Ninger was dumbfounded. "The Mandarin Duck Pavilion doesn't allow..."

Beauty Yu chuckled, "That’s because the price wasn't right. If the price is right, let alone you, Ninger, even if you wanted to redeem this Pavilion Revered Master, it wouldn't be impossible."

Su Ninger’s eyes held a glimmer of hope, but it quickly dimmed.

"He won't..."

She left him with a broken heart, and Luo Yunkai didn't even search for her. How could he spend a large sum of Spirit Stones for her?

Beauty Yu sighed, "Is that so? What a pity."

But who knew that Luo Yunkai, whom everyone regarded as a big fat sheep, actually had less than a million Spirit Stones on him at that moment.

Therefore, he had to protect Su Xin and reclaim their blood relation, even if it meant confronting a Golden Core, he would not retreat half a step!