Sun Wufeng truly did not care what price Tang Shixun had paid. What he cared about was that Tang Shixun had obtained the cultivation method.
That was enough. As long as there had been such an outcome, it meant it could be traded for.
Moreover, as a famous online celebrity... sect celebrity of the Supreme Clarity Sect, everyone knew that Tang Shixun had no hope of Core Embrace and was a generous man.
That meant the reward Tang Shixun could afford was more or less within everyone else's means as well.
Sun Wufeng had no intention of looking down on Tang Shixun. Seventy years ago, Senior Brother Tang had been someone even he would have needed to look up to.
Who could have known how far Sun Wufeng, then at the Emergence from Dust, Fourth Layer, would rise in seventy years? Senior Brother Tang had been widely acknowledged as Core Embrace material, no less sought-after than Sun Wufeng was now—the only difference had been the position of chief seat.
But what was impossible was impossible. He did not believe Senior Brother Tang could have offered any additional reward.
Nor had the others considered that Tang Shixun might have taken some peerless treasure to move Feng Jun, so they had not spoken with Senior Brother Tang. That oversight was understandable.
What Sun Wufeng was thinking now was: Could Tang Shixun really have stumbled upon something valuable and taken a gamble?
Kong Ziyi merely smiled. "What Feng Jun took from Senior Brother Tang wasn't Spirit Stones, but human lives."
"Killing someone," Sun Wufeng immediately understood. He nodded in sudden realization. That condition did fit what he expected.
—Tang Shixun could not afford Spirit Stones, so he could only show off his skills. It was understandable for a Supreme Clarity Sect disciple to