"I want a chance to start over," Feng said. That was its condition.
Lu Yin nodded. "Start over? That means you want to live—and live without any outside interference. To start over, you need capital. That's what this deal is for. Tell me what you have in mind. If it's not too much, I can agree."
Feng got straight to the point. "Ten percent."
"No matter how much you get by having me blackmail the Great Realm Palace, I want ten percent."
Lu Yin looked at it. "That's not much."
Feng gave a bitter smile. "I wouldn't dare ask for more."
"And the rest is payment for sparing your life?" Lu Yin asked bluntly. It was the absolute control of a superior over an inferior. He didn't need to waste much thought on Feng.
Feng took a deep breath. "You could put it that way."
Lu Yin looked away. "How many resources did you want to extort before?"
"Enough to break through to Three Dao Laws."
"That's not much. Compared to the collapse of the Realm Merchant network, even if you asked for ten times or a hundred times that amount, it still wouldn't be much. The Great Realm Palace can't bear the cost of the Realm Merchant network collapsing. This isn't just about the network. It's about its capabilities—and the lives of the three Palace Lords."
Feng's heart sank. It knew this human might have a big appetite, but it hadn't expected one this enormous.
It had only wanted to extort enough resources to break through, without making the Great Realm Palace hate it. As long as the amount wasn't too large, the Great Realm Palace wouldn't let word get out, and it could hide as safely as possible.
But now this human was talking about ten times? A