The smile on Xu Yi's face turned into a hearty laugh. "That's more like it. I've been a little short on funds lately. If Brother Xiang could help me out, I'd be deeply grateful." Xiang Tianwen thought to himself, You just got a huge reward. You'd have to be a ghost to be short on Profound Yellow Essence.
Though that was what he thought, he sent his reply by thought transmission. "Of course, of course. Brother Xu's troubles are my troubles. I'll pay fifty pieces of Profound Yellow Essence out of my own pocket. I just wonder whether, for the sake of friendship, Brother Xu might let me take Gong Chu back."
"I really did kill Gong Chu, Brother Tianwen. Surely you don't still doubt me?" Xu Yi knew perfectly well that the more he insisted Gong Chu was dead, the less Xiang Tianwen would believe him. His confidence in this clash with the Xiang Family rested entirely on Gong Chu. Merely taking possession of Gong Chu's Acquired Spiritual Treasure would accomplish little.
Without proof that Gong Chu was connected to the Corpse Tide Major Case, he couldn't implicate the entire Xiang Family. Only a living Gong Chu could serve as a powerful deterrent against them. The Xiang Family had no idea whether Gong Chu was dead or alive, and neither did Black Wind Venerable. Xu Yi had reported that he'd killed Gong Chu, but the Xiang Family simply didn't believe it.
But later, when Xu Yi never used Gong Chu to make trouble for them, they gradually began to believe it. Who would have thought that Xu Yi would bring it up again now? Xiang Tianwen was at a loss. "Three hundred pieces of Profound Yellow Essence. That's my final offer. If Brother Xu lets me take Gong Chu