After Chen Changan finished speaking, everyone present froze. There wasn't even a trace of anger in their eyes as they looked at him. If anything, they seemed more pitying.
He was crazy!
The kid had been scared out of his wits. Otherwise, how could he say something so utterly deranged?
"Just look at how scared the poor kid is. He's completely out of his mind."
"Don't be afraid, kid. We're not going to take your life. We just want you to hand over Spirit Sealing."
"How about this? We'll let you keep the Netherworld Stone and Nine Revolutions Vajra Wood. Just give us Spirit Sealing, all right?"
"What a good kid. How did he get scared half to death?"
Hearing this, Chen Changan smiled. "You're rather kind."
By now, some people were growing impatient. More and more were arriving, and if they started fighting over the spoils, things would get troublesome.
They weren't just targeting Chen Changan; they also had to guard against the others trying to seize Spirit Sealing.
"Quit the damn chatter and hand it over!"
"Don't think I won't lay a finger on you just because there are so many people here."
The people surrounding Chen Changan weren't all from one faction. There were several camps. Every one of them wanted to make a move, but no one was willing to be the first.
So they could only try to force Chen Changan to hand over the goods himself.
They didn't believe that under all their pressure, Chen Changan could really keep standing his ground.
But as it turned out, Chen Changan was utterly unmoved. Say whatever you wanted; he wouldn't give them a single word... Wait!
There were more and more people gathered around, and quite a few were watching from a distance, too.
But they