Outside the small room, Mu family's three brothers had no idea how long they had stood there in silence. They had tried persuading Wan Ling for ages, yet she refused to loosen her grip on the money, protesting with an almost stubborn silence. The three brothers could not exactly snatch the funds she had brought for this transaction from her storage bracelets—and even if they did, it would not be enough. Left with no choice, they sent a message to Wan Bosheng and recounted everything that had happened.
Wan Bosheng flew into a rage upon hearing this, roaring that the Immortal Palace had gone too far before directly cutting off contact with the three brothers. The brothers could only sigh helplessly. Since Wan Bosheng himself had taken that attitude, what else could they say? Yet after some time, Wan Bosheng contacted them again and said, "I've had Fifth Brother bring the Spirit Stones over." With that single sentence, he severed contact once more.
This showed that after his fury had subsided, Wan Bosheng had still bowed his head. Though Wàngǔtōng was powerful, before the colossal Immortal Palace, it was still insignificant. Especially Immortal Emperor Jin Tai, who had intimidated the Immortal Realm for countless years—he was not someone one could contend with through mere reckless courage. That terrifying existence was simply too powerful; no one in the Immortal Realm could possibly be his match. He regarded all living beings in the Immortal Realm with the same indifference one would show a swarm of ants. Should they provoke even a trace of his displeasure, Wàngǔtōng might be wiped out so thoroughly that not even chickens or dogs would remain...
Fifty billion divine-grade Spirit Stones was not a major loss to Wàngǔtōng, but it was a humiliation—a humiliation that could not be