"Why does he deserve it?!"
Inside a cave abode brimming with spiritual energy, Huangfu Song smashed the teacup in his hand, his face twisted with rage.
It was merely a Low-Grade Defensive Magic Treasure. What gave him the right to price it at five hundred thousand? Did he truly take the cultivators of the Cultivation World for fools?
Duke Gui, who stood nearby reporting the news, wore a helpless expression.
He could more or less understand what Huangfu Song was furious about.
Having shown weakness before the Azure Sun Devil Monarch had once been the greatest humiliation in Huangfu Song's heart. Though he often comforted himself with the principle that those destined for great things could bend and stretch, the fact that he kept watch on the Azure Sun Devil Monarch's movements from time to time showed that he had never let the matter go.
Now that the Azure Sun Devil Monarch had forged a second defensive magic treasure, it meant that the other man's success had not been a fluke.
Such treasures had a great market, and their prices had always remained high.
This meant the Azure Sun Devil Monarch's source of wealth would flow without end. Their plan to count on the man lacking sufficient savings to sustain the enormous rent and being forced to give up Peng Lake had come to nothing without a cure.
The two matters piled atop each other, resulting in Huangfu Song's current loss of composure.
Duke Gui said in his shrill voice, "Lord, some matters should be put down when it is time to put them down. Do not delay our own great undertaking."
Huangfu Song shot him a sidelong glare. "Why should I put it down? Do you truly think I am inferior to him? That time was at a place