57: Chapter 57 Ten Months

Jiang Yunyi also noticed his Family head's expression, which was complex to say the least.

"No, Family Head, what are you feeling smug about? Isn't my current state shameful enough?"

The Jiang Family head, Jiang Tianxu, turned around. For some reason, looking at Lin Bei now, he actually found him quite agreeable.

He tossed out a Storage Pouch with a smile on his face. "This is two thousand Source Stones. Please verify the amount..."

Lin Bei was baffled.

"How can there be such a person? Paying a ransom so happily? Could he have a masochistic tendency?"

With that thought, he quickly averted his gaze, not daring to meet Jiang Tianxu's eyes again.

"Next two!" Lin Bei shouted, and two more people appeared in his hands.

"Look! It's the Shi Family's Twin Stars!"

"Damn! The Shi Family is going to suffer a huge loss this time. Others only need to redeem one, but they have to redeem two!"

"Who would have thought that one day, having more Saints in the Family wouldn't be a good thing..."

The members of the Shi Family walked forward with ashen faces.

"Spare us the nonsense, just state the price!" Shi Qingsong said coldly.

"Straightforward!" Lin Bei laughed loudly. "Ten thousand Source Stones! For both!"

Instantly, the entire audience fell silent.

After a long time, murmurs began to rise.

"This Lin Dade must have a grudge against the two Shi Family Saints. How is this asking price any different from killing them directly?"

"Indeed..."

"You!" Shi Qingsong was furious. "You brat, why must my Shi Family pay so much?"

He didn't dare say he wouldn't pay the ransom; if Shi Tian and Shi Ritian died, the Shi Family Saint probably wouldn't spare him!

"Expensive?" Lin Bei curled his lips. "Grand Elder Shi, have you forgotten?"

"You still owe me over four thousand Source Stones! When you factor that in, these two fellows only cost less than six thousand Source Stones in total. This is actually a friends-and-Family discount!"

Shi Qingsong was the Grand Elder of the Shi Family Auction House. At this point, Lin Bei couldn't be bothered to hide his identity.

"Owe you over four thousand Source Stones?" Shi Qingsong was stunned at first, then his whole body trembled as he stared closely at Lin Bei's face.

"It... it's you?! You didn't die?" Looking closely, Shi Qingsong realized that the person in front of him looked sixty to seventy percent like the young man from the auction house.

"Grand Elder, that's not important. You have three breaths to consider. Three!"

If he hadn't intended to save these two for his second Disciple, Lin Bei would have definitely slapped one of them to death on the spot just for the fun of it.

"Two!"

"I... I'll pay!" Shi Qingsong didn't dare hesitate too long and chose to compromise.

A Storage Pouch was tossed in front of Lin Bei, containing exactly ten thousand Source Stones.

"Gulp..."

"Gulp..."

Many people present stared at the Storage Pouch, unable to help but drool.

"Ten thousand Source Stones! I wouldn't even dare to dream of such a number!"

"Pfft, coward. I dare to dream of it!"

"Brave soul, you're awesome!"

Soon, Shi Tian and Shi Ritian returned to the Shi Family's team.

The two immediately pulled Shi Qingsong aside for a secret discussion.

"Grandfather, hurry! Notify the Saint Old Ancestor in the Family to come immediately!"

"Nonsense!" Shi Qingsong's expression turned cold. "Do you know how great a cost it is for a Saint Old Ancestor to mobilize?"

"Old Ancestor! That Lin Dade has an extreme dao imperial weapon in his hands!" Shi Ritian said anxiously.

"What did you say!?" Shi Qingsong thought he had misheard!

Shi Tian also hurriedly said, "Grandfather, it's true! If that Lin Dade didn't have an imperial weapon, how could he have captured all of us so easily!"

Shi Qingsong's expression changed drastically. He scanned the Black Moon Holy Land and the Jiang Family, discovering that the leaders of both factions had disappeared, clearly having received the same news.

"I will summon the Saint Old Ancestor immediately!"

He was a bit hurried; the Secret Realm would close in less than an hour. If a Saint from another Holy Land arrived first, the imperial weapon would likely find a new owner in an instant.

Lin Bei had been keeping an eye on these factions and nodded with satisfaction.

Very good. Only when a Saint comes can he die safely.

He remained calm and continued fishing people out of the net.

"Is that... Wang Xiao?"

"I... I think so..."

It was no wonder the onlookers were whispering; Wang Xiao was truly in a miserable state right now.

Although he had only been hit by a brick from Lin Bei earlier, that hit had landed squarely on his face.

At this moment, Wang Xiao was, basically speaking, unrecognizable even to his own mother.

"Uh... well, he is a bit ugly, but it definitely doesn't affect his usability!" Lin Bei said, feeling slightly awkward as he looked at the group from the Chixiao Holy Land.

Seeing the hostile gazes of the group, he gritted his teeth. "Fine, fine! I'll give you a discount of ten! Two thousand nine hundred and ninety Source Stones!"

Upon hearing this, the group from the Chixiao Holy Land was even more furious.

"Oh?" Seeing that the other party was still unsatisfied, Lin Bei had to patiently instruct them.

"Ten is not a small amount! If you don't believe me, ask these Cultivators. If I beat them like this and then gave them ten Source Stones, how many would be willing?"

Immediately, some Cultivators who loved chaos shouted out.

"Lin Dade, hit me! Hit me!"

"Lin Dade, hit me, I only want eight!"

"Flat price of six! Eighty years of professional beating!"

"Damn, people are even competing in this?"

The Saint Master of the Chixiao Holy Land, Jin Zuochi, snorted and tossed out a Storage Pouch.

Lin Bei took it, his eyes lighting up. "As expected of a Holy Land, it's actually three thousand. Not a single one missing!"

After Wang Xiao returned to Jin Zuochi's side, the two exchanged a few whispered words.

Jin Zuochi's expression also changed drastically. He stared at Lin Bei with burning eyes, then glanced at the other Holy Lands and families before leaving in a hurry.

On Lin Bei's side, he took out the last person.

As soon as Zhao Chu came out, a Sword Qi soared into the sky.

"Lin Dade! Do you dare to have a fair, bare-handed fight!"

It was clear that he had first been beaten by a Saint weapon and then suppressed by an extreme dao imperial weapon, so he was still very unconvinced inside.

"Interesting!" Lin Bei's eyes lit up, and he immediately slapped him with a brick. "Too bad, now is ransom time!"

"You!" Zhao Chu was directly beaten until his bones broke and tendons snapped, spitting out a mouthful of blood before fainting.

"Now, now, people of the Taichu Holy Land, you saw it, right? He was the one who tried to attack first, so I can't give you a discount..."

The Cultivators of the Taichu Holy Land twitched their lips.

Is this about the discount?

Finally, another three thousand Source Stones were obtained, and Zhao Chu was kicked into the crowd of the Taichu Holy Land.

The unconscious Zhao Chu hadn't even been able to inform others about the extreme dao imperial weapon in time.

"Phew... it's finally over!" Lin Bei exhaled.

Turning his head, he found someone looking at him expectantly.

Zi Lintian had been full of confidence at the beginning, but as time passed second by second, he slowly began to waver.

"Uh... Senior from the Purple Mansion Holy Land, is something the matter?" Lin Bei looked at Zi Lintian.

Zi Lintian glanced at the black net beside him. "Is there no one left inside?"

"None left!" To be more convincing, Lin Bei even picked up the black net, turned it upside down, and shook it, leaving the crowd speechless.

"Then... what about our Sect's Saintess, Fairy Zixia..."

"Oh!" Lin Bei suddenly realized, and said to Zi Lintian with a straight face.

"Senior, rest assured. Fairy Zixia has some business to attend to. It will probably take ten months; she will return to the Purple Mansion Holy Land in ten months!"