Compared to the Lei Clan and the Limitless Star Palace, the Mu family was indeed far more powerful. One could even say that even if the Lei Clan and the Limitless Star Palace joined forces, they might not be a match for the Mu family.
Therefore, when faced with Ye Xiwen's blatant extortion, they were among the most unyielding. They had no intention of compromising with Ye Xiwen and demanded with equal force that he release their people.
But Ye Xiwen had already made up his mind to fleece them for a huge sum. How could he possibly soften so easily? He ignored everything else. No matter how they talked, he had only one answer: money. Five Dragon Veins. Whether they gave them up or not was up to them.
Ye Xiwen had originally wanted to raise the price further, but considering that it might thoroughly enrage the Lei Clan, he ultimately did not do so.
Even so, five Dragon Veins were already a fortune of astronomical proportions. The Lei Clan and the Limitless Star Palace were at most comparable to the Ye Family in strength. They had no grounds to stand on, and they had run into someone as stubborn as Ye Xiwen. In the end, they could only agree helplessly.
But the Mu family was different. As the Sun King Clan, a royal clan forged by the greatest human king of recent generations, they naturally possessed their own pride. How could they possibly accept terms that resembled extortion from Ye Xiwen?
Yet Ye Xiwen was not anxious in the slightest. He waited bit by bit, until the stalemate had dragged on for over half a year. By then, rumors had sprung up everywhere, inside and out, claiming that the Mu family simply did not care whether Mu Tianying