Huangfu Wuxia's retort made perfect sense. After thinking it over for a long while, Le Ye could only sigh helplessly.
He still had some doubts about whether the Tiantong Merchant Alliance was acting as Feng Jun's shill, but he did not dare disregard her warning—disciples of the Four Great Sects were indeed proud, but after things had been put so plainly, anyone who still dared to act rashly and recklessly would simply be brainless.
After pondering for a while, he asked, "President Huangfu, I have an unreasonable request. I wonder if I should say it."
"If you know it's unreasonable, then don't say it," Huangfu Wuxia replied bluntly. "Why insist on waiting for me to refuse?"
"Listen to yourself," Le Ye said with a lovely smile. "Fine, I want to borrow twenty thousand Spirit Stones from you to buy the Netherworld Bead first."
Whether he intended to seize it by force or not, his primary goal was to obtain the Netherworld Bead. The cost was only secondary.
"You certainly have a nice dream," Huangfu Wuxia refused without hesitation. "You are not qualified. Find a Mid Emergence from Dust cultivator to guarantee for you... Forget it, if they're from the Four Great Sects, an Early Emergence from Dust cultivator will barely do. But don't bring some hopeless Early Emergence from Dust cultivator here."
A hopeless Early Emergence from Dust cultivator was one with no real prospects. Specifically, at the Emergence from Dust Stage, it meant someone who only advanced to the initial stage after the age of one hundred and twenty.
Such cultivators had no hope of reaching the Golden Core realm. Even reaching the Emergence from Dust High Stage was an extravagance. At best, they might encounter some opportunity and advance to the middle stage. For the rest of their