Trial Tower Fourth and Fifth Floors

That afternoon.

The Murong Family received a letter delivered by the Eternal Sect.

Its contents read—eight direct descendants of your family failed their challenge at our Eternal Sect and have become prisoners. Prepare 200,000 Spirit Stones and come redeem them within five days, or bear the consequences yourselves.

This was like a kidnapper calling for ransom and threatening to kill the hostages if they did not cooperate—a style only Jun Changxiao could pull off.

Any other Righteous Sect would surely care about saving face.

Come to think of it.

This style of the Eternal Sect—retaliating the moment anyone offended them—was hardly that of a Righteous Sect. It was more like an Evil Sect.

However.

Calling them an Evil Sect would not be quite right.

When Zhenyang County invaded, they had mobilized everyone to defend Qingyang City and spared its citizens the ravages of war. That was something an Evil Sect could hardly do.

Thus, the outside world's definition of the Eternal Sect lay somewhere between righteous and evil.

Jun Changxiao did not care about righteousness or evil. He only sought to do as he pleased.

Bang!

The Murong Family Head slammed a palm onto the table and roared, "A bunch of useless bastards who ruin everything they touch!"

Two hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

For a lineage, that was absolutely an enormous sum!

The Grand Elder said indignantly, "The direct descendants went to challenge them. Even if they lost, they should not have been detained and imprisoned. The Eternal Sect is clearly extorting us!"

"This is more than anyone can endure!"

The Second Elder rose to his feet, gritting his teeth. "Family Head, this old man is willing to go to the Eternal Sect and demand their release. If they refuse, we shall declare war on the Eternal Sect directly!"

"Declare