Xu Yi took a deep breath. "Forget it. We're all classmates. Though you tried to kill me first, I can't repay resentment with resentment. I won't forgive the debt you owe me, but I can give you time. Within three days, each of you must pay me two thousand Profound Yellow Essence. As for the remaining 1.5 quadrillion, you can repay it within a hundred years."
Yi Bingwei couldn't help wanting to laugh. "This man is truly lazy. He makes it sound as if these people could pay back 1.5 quadrillion Profound Yellow Essence within a hundred years." The Yellow-clothed woman's eyes glittered. "What a scheme. Truly a brilliant scheme. This fellow's about to make a fortune!"
It was indeed a brilliant scheme. Even two thousand Profound Yellow Essence was an astronomical sum, and Jia Zhaoxian and the others couldn't afford it. Even if their respective families came up with the money, they would feel the pinch. "Brother Xu, could you perhaps..." Jia Zhaoxian pleaded again.
Xu Yi waved a hand. "If you all want to push your luck, I'll take back what I just said. I can show consideration, but I won't let anyone strip me of my dignity and trample it underfoot." He was certain that the families behind Jia Zhaoxian and the others would agree.
If it were only a matter of preserving Jia Zhaoxian and the others' positions as immortal officials, the great Aristocratic Clans might not be willing to pay such a steep price. But this concerned their family reputations, and two thousand Profound Yellow Essence was just enough to make them wince. They would certainly pay it. Xu Yi had torn such a huge chunk from the great Aristocratic Clans, of course, planting the seeds of trouble for himself.
But Xu Yi wasn't afraid.