"Utter nonsense."
Su Bingjun said angrily, "As far as I know, your Wang Shaoqing has suffered plenty at Xu Yi's hands. And yet you've joined forces with Xu Yi. What exactly are you up to?"
Xu Yi said, "It's precisely because I've dealt with Xu Yi so many times that I know he'll call anyone his father as long as they feed him. He only cares about money and has no shame. Though he and I are enemies, he'll still work for me if I bring out Profound Yellow Essence. Besides, it wasn't expensive. I bet two hundred Profound Yellow Essence on this. If I lost, no big deal; if I won, it was all profit. Fortunately, I won."
"What? He gave you Saintess Ning's painting for just two hundred Profound Yellow Essence? How is that possible? I paid..."
Thinking of how his hefty investment had gone down the drain, while Suijie had pulled it off with just two hundred Profound Yellow Essence, Xing De felt a stabbing pain in his forehead.
Xu Yi said, "This was the arrangement I made with Xu Yi. He couldn't guarantee success, but we agreed that the two hundred Profound Yellow Essence would be his either way. If he succeeded, I'd pay another two hundred as the final installment. As it turned out, Xu Yi was just as capable and trustworthy as I'd expected. I paid the balance, and he handed over the painting."
As soon as Xu Yi finished speaking, the voice of the Heavenly King of the Imperial Way rang out from the cloud throne. "Splendid, splendid! You're both remarkable men; otherwise, this matter could never have worked out. Excellent! Unconventional and ingenious. Suijie, my Heavenly King of the Imperial Way's Mansion is sorely in need of someone like you."
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