Seeing that neither Ren Xiuping nor Tong Hua had escaped, and had handed their own immortal materials over to Fang Yuan, Miao Ming Shen and the others felt their hearts rise to their throats.
What if Fang Yuan extorted them?
What would they do?
Refuse?
That was probably impossible.
Miao Ming Shen and the others could not possibly remain in Dragon Whale Paradise for the rest of their lives. They still had to cultivate in the Eastern Sea.
Although it was utterly unreasonable for Fang Yuan to demand immortal materials from them—essentially outright extortion—for the sake of their long-term future, Miao Ming Shen and the others would still bow their heads.
This world had always spoken of strength first, reason second.
Just as Miao Ming Shen and the others had fully prepared themselves mentally, Fang Yuan did not look at them. Instead, he turned toward the Merit Stele.
Shen Cong Sheng also seemed to have forgotten about Miao Ming Shen's group.
Only Ren Xiuping and Tong Hua watched Miao Ming Shen's group. The former's gaze was venomous with hatred, while the latter's emotions were extremely complicated.
Fang Yuan looked at the surface of the Merit Stele.
Without a doubt, the mission he had previously accepted—to eliminate the demonic immortal Shen Shang—had completely failed.
That mission had already vanished from the Merit Stele. Not only that, Fang Yuan discovered that a huge amount of his merit had been deducted.
The others had not escaped this either; all of them had suffered merit deductions.
"Grand Elder, your merit!" a Shen Family Gu Immortal cried out.
Shen Cong Sheng's face turned livid, his expression grave.
His merit had been deducted the most severely, far more than Fang Yuan's.
Although Fang Yuan had fallen from first place to last, his merit was at least