"Someone from the Meng Household?" Venerable Blackfeather looked strange. He hadn't expected Meng Jingzhou to have this connection.
He knew the Kunpeng Clan had debts with the Meng Household, but as the Kunpeng Clan's founding ancestor, with his status and standing, he would never personally go to the Meng Household to borrow money and pay them a New Year's visit. Those things were handled by Clan Chief Xiao and a group of elders.
The Kunpeng Clan had its own sea market. A few years ago, business had gone poorly and they'd run short on working capital. Borrowing spirit stones from the sea folk or East Sea cultivators would put them at a disadvantage in future dealings, so they'd gone to Great Xia to borrow from the Meng Household.
Venerable Blackfeather naturally couldn't admit that he'd personally captured the creditor. It would damage his image. "They came looking for me."
Lu Yang: "..."
Your Eminence, you live so high up. How did we manage to fly all the way there?
Lu Yang quietly asked Meng Jingzhou, "How many spirit stones does the Kunpeng Clan owe your family?"
Meng Jingzhou shook his head. "How would I know? I didn't even know the Kunpeng Clan had borrowed spirit stones."
Venerable Blackfeather quietly asked Clan Chief Xiao, "How many spirit stones do we owe the Meng Household?"
"We still have 1.6 billion spirit stones left to repay."
"Can we pay it back?"
Clan Chief Xiao gritted his teeth and made up his mind. "We're a little short on spirit stones lately, but I heard that in Great Xia, Integrated Body Realm Cultivators can work as bodyguards. The going rate is a million spirit stones a day. If I work as their bodyguard for a year, I should earn enough to pay most of it