Hundred Flowers Palace
The Qingxu Sword Sect disciples all looked extremely grim. Originally, they should have been able to put up a fight, but unfortunately, Cao Ren was killed by Zhuge Xiang as soon as they made their move. In addition, Zhuge Xiang's Sword Intent suppressed all the disciples, and their situation immediately became very critical.
But Zhuge Xiang, having gained the upper hand, was relentless. Not only did he want to remove all of Cao Ren's magical Magic Artifact as spoils of war, but he also wouldn't spare the corpse. To take Cao Ren's body back, he even demanded a price that satisfied the other party?
To be honest, bringing a corpse back wouldn't serve any real purpose, but if you don't bring it back, the situation changes.
It's too shameful to say that one's own disciple was killed and one couldn't even bring back the body. Besides, who can be sure that Zhuge Xiang wouldn't use Cao Ren's corpse to feed the Monster Beast? Rather than saying that the two were fighting over a corpse, it would be more accurate to say that they were fighting over the last bit of face left of the Qingxu Sword Sect.
Reaching out to restrain his junior brothers' impulsiveness, Long Jianming took a deep breath, suppressing the violent rage within him as well. "The situation is beyond my control; how can I not bow my head?" he asked. "Then what kind of value would satisfy you?"
"Twenty low-grade Spirit Stone," Zhuge Xiang said casually, holding up two fingers.
"What!? Twenty Spirit Stone!? Why don't you just rob me?!" Before Long Jianming could even speak, his fellow disciples behind him couldn't hold back any longer and shouted.
One Spirit Stone is equivalent to one thousand Spirit Stone Coin. You should know that even in the Asura Sect, the Inner Sect Disciple only receive one thousand Spirit Stone Coin a month. Zhuge Xiang's words were not the problem, but he was extorting twenty thousand Spirit Stone Coin. It's no wonder that the Qingxu Sword Sect disciples reacted so strongly to extorting twenty thousand Spirit Stone Coin from a corpse that has no great use.
"This value is a bit too high?" Even Long Jianming's expression was quite unpleasant.
"Is it too high?" Zhuge Xiang shook his head and said, "I don't have time to waste with you. Twenty low-grade Spirit Stone. Either hand Spirit Stone over quickly, or we'll feed this corpse to the Monster Beast. Agree or disagree, don't dawdle."
Long Jianming's face showed a troubled expression. If Cao Ren's corpse couldn't be brought back, it would damage the sect's prestige. But to bring it back? Wasting twenty Spirit Stone for a useless corpse was really inappropriate; it would indeed be a complete waste...
"Senior Brother Mo, let's take this corpse away," Zhuge Xiang said to Mo Wuyan, clearly losing patience as he watched Long Jianming hesitate.
"Wait, I promise you," Long Jianming finally spoke up, agreeing to the exorbitant price set by Zhuge Xiang, as he watched Mo Wuyan and the others actually carrying Cao Ren's corpse away to feed the Monster Beast.
"Haha, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have wasted everyone's time," Zhuge Xiang chuckled, accepting the twenty low-grade Spirit Stone that Long Jianming handed him. At the same time, Zhuge Xiang carefully removed all the Magic Artifact from Cao Ren's body before smiling and saying to Long Jianming.
The disciples of the Qingxu Sword Sect were all humiliated when their fellow disciples were killed and they were unable to avenge their loss. In the end, not only were all their Magic Artifact taken away, but they were also extorted for twenty Spirit Stone. Their faces turned red with shame. They had never suffered such humiliation before. Unfortunately, the enemy was in a stronger position, and they had no room for bargaining.
"Let's go," they said, not daring to stay any longer, fearing that Zhuge Xiang would make some more infuriating but unavoidable demands. Long Jianming and the others glared at Zhuge Xiang hatefully before leaving Flower Full Building in a somewhat flustered manner.
"Tsk tsk tsk, today is truly Human Heart! Haha, not only did they kill someone, but they also turned around and compensated me with twenty Spirit Stone!" After the Qingxu Sword Sect disciples left one by one, many of the Asura Sect Inner Sect laughed heartily and said with great excitement.
As Asura Sect Inner Sect, they had a history of suppressing disciples from other Sect. However, this was the first time these Inner Sect Disciples had encountered such a situation, where the other party dared not speak out against their killings and even demanded twenty Spirit Stone in compensation. Watching the once arrogant Qingxu Sword Sect Disciples hurriedly leave in a panic, these disciples felt a sense of exhilaration.
"Truly, heroes emerge from among the young! Young Master Zhuge is truly Dragon Among Men," said Miss Qin Qing, who had been quietly watching the conflict between Zhuge Xiang and the others and the Qingxu Sword Sect. Her beautiful eyes fell on Zhuge Xiang, and she could not hide her amazement.
Throughout the battle between the disciples of the two major sects, Miss Qin Qing calmly watched from the sidelines without showing the slightest fear, as if she were completely detached from it all. Her composure was truly astonishing.
"Hehe, I am Dragon Among Men, and Miss Qin Qing is also Heroine Among Women. In the life-and-death battle just now, an ordinary woman would have screamed in terror or even fainted, but Miss Qin Qing watched coldly from beginning to end without changing her expression," Zhuge Xiang replied with a smile as he turned his head.
"I am but a woman of the night. Even if you gentlemen fight, you would never harm a weak woman like me, so I have nothing to fear," Miss Qin Qing said, shaking her head with a serene and elegant air.
"Haha, alright, Miss Qin Qing, you don't need to belittle yourself. Everyone in Yanling Commandery knows that Flower Full Building is actually a property of the Owned by the Hundred Flowers Palace. As for Miss Qin Qing herself, her cultivation is probably no weaker than ours," Mo Wuyan suddenly laughed and interrupted before Zhuge Xiang could answer.
"Hundred Flowers Palace? So this Flower Full Building is also a sect's property. And Miss Qin Qing, you also possess considerable cultivation?" Mo Buyan's words startled Zhuge Xiang. He then realized that Mo Wuyan was reminding him that Hundred Flowers Palace had a powerful backer, and that someone like Qin Qing was not some weak woman; they were also cultivators.
"Haha, alright, enough with the nonsense. We came to Flower Full Building to drink, have fun, and listen to music. Now that the trouble is over, we should enjoy ourselves to the fullest."
Without intending to dwell on the matter, Zhuge Xiang laughed heartily. After Lady Liu entered, he tossed out the twenty Spirit Stone he had extorted, waving his hand arrogantly, "Look how many Flower Before Moon these Spirit Stone can buy! Exchange them all for us! Today we're going to drink until we drop!"
Paying directly with Spirit Stone, Lady Liu was naturally beaming with delight. Clutching the twenty Spirit Stone Coin tightly, her full, mature breasts teasingly touched Zhuge Xiang's body as she chuckled, "Besides fine wine and flowers under the Flower Before Moon, should I arrange for you to stay at the Flower Full Building tonight?" (To be continued.)