Apology?

The words fell.

It was obvious that everyone froze.

The two Great Ones from Youlong Cave and Phoenix Villa were dumbfounded on the spot.

"An... apology?"

The ancestor of Phoenix Villa could not stop the twitching at the corners of his mouth.

His chest heaved violently, as though he were suppressing boundless fury.

His own descendant had been killed.

Two of them, in fact!

He had come to exact revenge, and now you were telling him to apologize to the boy!

This old master had lived for over ten thousand years!

Where was he supposed to put his face!

Beside him, the master of Youlong Cave was equally at a loss for words, unable to speak for a long time.

There was a limit to bullying people!

Could the Everlasting Family just do whatever they pleased?

Even a cornered rabbit would bite!

Where on earth was the logic in this!

Yet who would have thought that when Qin Feng saw them silent for so long, he immediately sighed.

"Fine."

"So you refuse to apologize."

"Then I'll just have a nice little chat with them. Phoenix Villa... Youlong Cave."

"Fine, I've noted it down."

As Qin Feng spoke, he actually began to condense the two names in the void, stroke by stroke.

Watching him pick up the Azure Token once again,

the next second,

the master of Youlong Cave and the ancestor of Phoenix Villa dropped to their knees with a heavy thud.

They continuously apologized to Lin You, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation.

"I'm sorry, little brother! It was our fault!"

"It was all my fault!"

"Please be magnanimous and spare my Phoenix Villa!"

The master of Youlong Cave was even more exaggerated, slapping himself hard across the left and right cheeks.

It was a wonder the people present didn't faint from shock.

"That's right, Big Brother!"

"We know we were wrong, please lift your noble hand!"

"Tell this brother—no, this big brother here, to spare our lives!"

Lin You raised his gaze and sized the two of them up.

Good grief...

This was the first time he had ever witnessed the majesty of the Everlasting Family.

A mere token was enough to force two giants of the Sixth-grade Star Domain to their knees begging for mercy.

It was simply...

Crazy!

Lin You coughed and put on airs. "Where were you wrong?"

The ancestor of Phoenix Villa and the master of Youlong Cave were stunned in unison.

After the two of them exchanged a glance,

that's right...

Where were they wrong?

A life for a life was only natural!

Their own disciples had been killed, so of course they had to seek justice!

If word got out, how could the Sixth-grade Star Domain be taken seriously!

Just where on earth had they gone wrong!

The brain of Phoenix Villa's ancestor had completely crashed, and he had no idea how to respond.

Meanwhile,

the master of Youlong Cave reacted much faster.

He hurriedly blurted out, "I was wrong... wrong to disturb Big Brother's cultivation!"

"Big Brother's natural talent is peerless and unmatched."

"How could we delay your precious cultivation time? Those rebellious disciples of ours deserved to die horrible deaths!"

"I take full responsibility for this matter!"

"I am willing to fine myself a million spirit stones to help speed up Big Brother's breakthrough!"

Everyone: What the fuck?

This angle was simply too bizarre.

It was the first time they realized such a creature existed in this world!

The members of the Lin Family were completely petrified.

Brother Tao remained frozen in place, the successive twists and turns leaving him entirely unable to react.

The killing intent that had just condensed in his palm hadn't even had time to dissipate

before he was handed an extremely heavy storage pouch.

He opened it, and holy mother of—!

Spirit stones were piled higher than a mountain!

Lin You nodded in satisfaction. "Mm... I forgive you."

"Ahem..."

"Qin Feng, you forgive them too, right?"

Qin Feng didn't even glance at the storage pouch. "Fine, if you say forgive, then I forgive."

The words fell.

Only then did the master of Youlong Cave let out a complete breath of relief.

Collapsing to the ground as if drained of all strength, he reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead,

only to realize that his back was already soaked through at some unknown point!

He had walked right past the gates of hell!

The Everlasting Family... I survived!

Having the previous example to learn from, the ancestor of Phoenix Villa rushed to follow suit.

Only, this old fellow lacked a slick tongue and couldn't quite set aside his old face.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and forked over two million spirit stones

just to obtain the forgiveness of Lin You... and Qin Feng.

The two of them felt a huge weight lifted off their shoulders and scuttled away in disgrace from the Mengbo Star Domain.

As for any high-sounding talk of revenge, they didn't dare utter even half a syllable.

Right now, they just wanted to go home and strictly forbid their disciples from ever coming near the Mengbo Star Domain!

Inside the Su Family's estate,

Wei Yi's pupils were unfocused; the behavior of the two top-tier Great Ones

had already driven him to despair.

Though he didn't know what kind of background Lin You's lackey had,

he was very clear on one thing.

The sky has fallen...

My Wei Family is in mortal danger!

Meanwhile, within the Mengbo Star Domain, the other prodigies who had originally come along to stir up trouble

saw that even the two Great Ones had to bend the knee, and they wanted to quietly slip away.

Yet just as they moved their feet, they heard a muffled grunt rumble from Lin You's throat.

"Hmm?"

Someone reacted extremely quickly, immediately ripping the storage pouch from his waist.

"Master Lin, a small token of my esteem! Let's be friends!"

"I have matters at home, I'll slip away first."

"I'll come pay my respects to you next time!"

Lin You glanced at it: twenty thousand spirit stones.

Fine then...

After all, they weren't ancestors, but mosquito meat was still meat.

"Well said."

"Next!"

Upon hearing that, the fellow who had paid first bolted away at practically supersonic speed.

In the blink of an eye,

he had already vanished without a trace!

As for the others, their fingers were actually trembling.

Extortion!

Naked, unadulterated extortion!

The most crucial part was...

There was nothing they could do about it!

Even the two Great Ones had to obediently cough up cash; what other backing did they have left to pull out?

An unworldly prodigy had been casually wiped out in a single move.

Never mind Lin You's own level, just look at his lackey!

That was a proper beast!

It simply wasn't the level a Sixth-grade Star Domain heaven's favorite should possess!

The scaling was way too broken!

"Big Brother, this is mine!"

"I have some too, a small token of respect, Big Brother. I didn't bring much, I'll have someone send more over later!"

"I don't have spirit stones, can I use spirit herbs and medicinal plants instead...?"

Facing everyone's overtures, Lin You didn't even raise his head.

He simply told them to hand the items over to his various uncles.

Whether it was enough depended entirely on his mood!

That bunch of lofty prodigies scrambled and vied with one another, terrified of being last.

Eighth Master was even more outrageous; he dragged a stool over and sat right in front of the door, shouting loudly:

"First one, one hundred thousand!"

"Second one, one hundred and fifty thousand!"

"And so on!"

"No upper limit!"

--Pfft...

Lin You seemed to hear the sound of them coughing up blood once again.

But since when were they anything less than prodigies? They immediately thought of a workaround.

To avoid being the very last in line, they directly shoved their storage pouches into the hands of whoever was next to them.

In an instant,

long queues formed in front of every single person.

"Sister-in-law, you must accept this. Tell Big Brother that my name is Zhang San, and I totally admire him!"

"Big sis-in-law, this little brother doesn't know how to speak well, but I have a Youth-preserving Pill here worth three hundred thousand spirit stones. Please take it!"

"Sis-in..."

Zhao Ling'er's cheeks flushed red; she was so flustered by the endless chorus of "sister-in-law" that she didn't know what to do with her hands.

Staring at the heavy spirit stones in her palms, she felt as though she were dreaming.

A maiden's bashfulness bloomed across her face as she covertly glanced at Lin You sitting cross-legged in meditation, her voice quieter than a mosquito's.

"I..."

"I'm not your sister-in-law..."

Yet it seemed none of them heard her, simply continuing to shove things relentlessly into her hands.

Zhao Ling'er's vision began to blur.

So many spirit stones... enough to fund the Zhao Family's cultivation for decades...

And she hadn't even had to do anything.

Just because of a single word from Lin You, people were fighting tooth and nail to cram wealth into her grip.

Just what kind of secrets...

Did this man still hold!

Finally, he waited until everyone left.

Qin Feng stood planted in place like a moral paragon, straight as a ramrod to guard Lin You's path.

No matter how the Lin Family crowd tried to persuade him, he repeated the exact same line over and over.

"It's fine!"

"I can handle it!"

"Once Lin You finishes cultivating, I'm going to take back the title of top prodigy!"