166: Chapter 166 Fracture Price

"Damn it!"

With a stiff neck, gritted teeth, and a hardened heart, he directly took out two more blank Communication Talismans and recorded a new message.

A rock-bottom price... five million Spirit Stones!

This was his final bottom line!

One last gamble!

Take it or f*cking leave it!

If they don't want it, I'll kill the hostages and run!

At worst, I'll find another similar Trial Grounds in the future, return to my old trade, and pull off another f*cking big job!

After all, those old foxes in the Jianghu are too damn shrewd. This was his first time clashing with them, and he was stuck with a wretched woman who was better at ruining things than helping. Tripping up was somewhat understandable.

Just like that, these two ransom messages marked with the "rock-bottom price" of five million Spirit Stones were once again sent out by a trembling Fang Yuan and Xiao Zhang.

...

At this moment, the two major Alliances outside Wanling Mountain had already completed all their offensive preparations amidst heated discussions.

Naturally, besides the offensive tactics, they had also clearly arranged how to divide the spoils of victory.

The most well-settled arrangements were on the side of the Thousand Sects Alliance.

Currently, the invited Saint Sect representatives were all grinning from ear to ear.

In their view, the group of Devil Heads on the other side had already been scared witless and completely surrendered after learning they were backed by the Emperor Pavilion.

This wasn't a war; it was practically picking up free money and gaining free reputation!

In the crowd, only the Mystic Ice Palace Master, Bing Ningyue, had a deep sense of worry in her beautiful eyes.

Qin Ruoxue actually didn't know her own background yet, let alone that she was the daughter of a certain Director in the Emperor Pavilion; she only knew she was the hope of the entire Mystic Ice Palace!

The Innate Water Spirit Physique was a rarity seen only once in ten thousand years!

But this Physique had a fatal restriction—before reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, one must never lose their Primordial Yin!

Once her virginity was lost and the Innate Qi dissipated, her Physique would directly degrade into an ordinary Water Spirit Body, and her future would be completely destroyed!

Furthermore, she knew Qin Ruoxue's personality; if her purity were ruined, she would never choose to live.

Thinking of this, Bing Ningyue became increasingly anxious.

Besides her, how could the fathers of those Sect Second-Generations not be worried?

Most of them had already lost hope in the Great Dao, and their only thought was to leave behind a Bloodline Legacy.

But with the current trend of events, they could only forcibly suppress the grief and anxiety in their hearts.

The most worried among them was none other than the Shenxiao Sect Master, Lu Tianyun.

His worthless son, Lu Yunfei, though usually a disappointment, was his only son!

Because he had suffered a hidden injury in a Secret Realm in his early years that damaged his foundation, he was left with an unspeakable ailment regarding procreation.

To be able to father that worthless son Lu Yunfei, he had spent immense effort back then to obtain a secret medicine refined by an Alchemy Master to fulfill his wish.

Therefore, no matter how disappointing that bastard son was, he was Lu Tianyun's only hope for the rest of his life!

Thinking of this, they all hated Tiansha Valley with gritted teeth, wishing they could rush over right now to swallow those Devil Heads alive and scatter their ashes!

To actually think of such a low-life tactic as kidnapping and extortion, only those lawless Devil Heads could do it!

"I think it's about time!" Lu Tianyun could no longer restrain himself and roared aggressively, "While the other side is still stalling, let's just launch a surprise attack and catch them off guard! What do you say?"

"Good!"

Among the Saint Sect representatives, an old man with a transcendent air immediately stroked his beard and nodded.

Behind him, the Saint Sect representatives with deep Auras looked toward the direction where Tiansha Valley's Devilish Qi was churning; their eyes were full of greed, as if they were looking at a pile of easily obtainable merits and fine jade.

Afterward, these Saint Sect representatives glanced at the ice-cold Mystic Ice Palace Master beside them.

A cold light flashed in Bing Ningyue's beautiful eyes as she slowly raised her jade-like hand.

However, at the critical moment just as she was about to give the attack order, another Thousand Sects Alliance Disciple flew over trembling on a Flying Sword and reported shakily.

"Rep... rep-rep-rep... reporting to the Seniors! A... a new battle report has come from the front!"

"Hmm? Again?" Everyone was stunned.

Before anyone could react, the Qingyun Sect Master, Lu Qingshan, jumped out impatiently again and shouted loudly.

"What is there to look at! Stop wasting time!"

"Just kill our way over. If there's anything to say, we can talk slowly with their corpses!"

"Right! Exactly!" The group of Elders and Sect Masters behind him also nodded in agreement, their emotions stirred.

But Bing Ningyue's primary goal for this trip was, after all, to rescue her own Saintess.

Being able to rescue her without bloodshed would be the best option.

She gave a slight nod to Ling Tianchen, signaling him to check the situation first.

Ling Tianchen understood and snatched the Communication Talisman from the Disciple's hand, shouting impatiently.

"Scram!"

After the Disciple fled in terror, he probed his Divine Sense into the Communication Talisman. After just one look, he suddenly burst into a fit of wild laughter.

"Haha... Hahahaha!"

The surrounding Elders all gathered around curiously: "Alliance Leader, what's so funny? Tell us so we can all have a laugh!"

Ling Tianchen raised the Communication Talisman in his hand and said loudly.

"Those cowards from Tiansha Valley! They actually lowered the ransom to five million!"

As soon as these words came out, whether it was the high-and-mighty Saint Sect representatives or the Alliance Elders and Sect Masters behind him, every single one of them laughed so hard they doubled over, tears nearly coming out.

"Hmph! At a time like this, he still dares to ask for a ransom?"

"Exactly! I think they're scared. They're afraid that releasing the hostages directly would make them lose too much Face, so they're asking for five million just for show!"

"But now they want to settle things peacefully? Too late!"

"Right!" A Saint Sect representative stepped forward, his Face wearing an insufferable arrogance, "Since we of the Saint Sects have already come out, we must defend the Righteous Path and the order of the cultivation world!"

"How can we allow these petty Devil Heads to bargain!"

"Today, we want everyone in the world to see what justice is! What heavenly principle is!"

Following his impassioned speech, the Disciples from various sects on the surrounding Flying Vessels who had retreated from the outskirts of Wanling Mountain all showed looks of extreme admiration.

"These are the true heavyweights of the cultivation world! Truly responsible!"

"Yes! With the Saint Sect Seniors here, why worry about the Demonic Path not being eliminated!"

"Today we must make those Devil Heads pay back in blood!"

Hearing the surrounding praise, those Saint Sect representatives became even more proud, each standing tall and feeling as though they were radiating the light of the Righteous Path.

"Today, we of the Saint Sects shall restore a clear sky to the Eastern Territory! We will surely slay all these shameless Devil Heads who plague the region, letting them know that good prevailing over evil is the iron law of the Heavenly Dao!"

Seeing everyone's high spirits, Lu Qingshan of the Qingyun Sect quickly jumped out again to gain some attention.

"Seniors! Why don't we set off now! Let those Devil Heads taste the flavor of regret and let them know what it means to miss a golden opportunity!"

"Right! Exactly!" Envoy Zhang beside Ling Tianchen also nodded in agreement.

It was precisely because they had dawdled before that the best time to rescue the hostages was delayed, and they were toyed with by those Devil Heads from Tiansha Valley!

Now, it was time to let them know that when an opportunity is lost, it never returns!