What did Guyue want with Roundy? Simple: he wanted to borrow Spirit Stones.
Their relationship had been fairly ordinary, and they had even clashed before. However, Yuan Real Person had received news of the Divination this time—and had even been able to conduct it in advance—thanks to Guyue's support and endorsement.
Guyue wanted to borrow 150,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones. He could put up quite a few treasures as collateral, worth roughly 50,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones. In truth, he was borrowing 100,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones. Once he successfully formed his Nascent Soul, he would gradually redeem the treasures worth 50,000, while repaying the 100,000 loan at double the amount.
Yuan Real Person's face immediately turned bitter. "Don't listen to outsiders' nonsense. The amount of Spirit Stones I've earned is all rumor. I've prepared plenty of materials, but I don't have many treasures either."
"How about this? I'll sponsor you with 10,000 mid-grade Spirit Stones. If your Nascent Soul Formation fails, then forget it. If you succeed, repay me whenever you want. It's fine if you never repay me—consider it my congratulatory gift for your Nascent Soul Formation."
"Do I look like the sort of person who comes begging for handouts?" Guyue was displeased. "I'll borrow 100,000 from you and return 200,000. Is that not sincere enough?"
Seeing his expression, Yuan Real Person simply spoke frankly. "When I do business, I pay close attention to risk control. I've made some usurious loans before. Your interest rate of borrowing one and repaying two really isn't high, but the risk is too great. There's a very real possibility that I could lose everything, and the odds aren't low!"
"You want to talk risk control with me?" Guyue immediately put to use what he had learned from Feng Jun. "There's danger in your Nascent Soul