Everyone Here Is Family to Me, Su Yuan

Before Su Yuan had even finished speaking, several "plants" below immediately caught on and began jumping up and down, shouting:

"Special Envoy! I report this! The Roc Demon King of Flower-Fruit Mountain has withdrawn!"

"That's right! He withdrew! Their entire Flower-Fruit Mountain Alliance has lost its qualifications!"

"Quick, revoke their qualifications!"

Lion-Camel King and Flood Demon King reacted the fastest, charging forward in a single stride.

"Third Brother! Don't be reckless!"

"Come back, now!"

The two Great Sages flanked him from either side, half hugging and half dragging him, practically forcing Roc Demon King back into his chair.

Macaque King hurriedly picked up the black robe and draped it over him haphazardly, whispering anxiously:

"My Third Brother! At least hear the terms before you leave! You may not care about wealth and glory, but your brothers do!"

Roc Demon King's face turned livid with rage, his chest heaving violently.

Yet beneath the pressure of his brothers' stares, he ultimately only gave a heavy snort and stopped struggling, merely glaring viciously at Su Yuan.

Su Yuan acted as though he had not seen the little disturbance at all, not even lifting his eyelids.

"...If any member of the same mountain alliance withdraws without cause midway through, that mountain shall be deemed to have automatically forfeited its qualifications for this recruitment effort and may not apply again for three thousand years. This is hereby announced."

Only after reading that clause did he raise his eyes to glance at the Great Sages, who were now sitting obediently, and add blandly:

"It seems Flower-Fruit Mountain's representatives have no objections. Very good. Let us continue."

After several rounds of pressure and maneuvering, the proud bones of the Great Sages had been worn down considerably.

Only then did Su Yuan reveal his true aim and move on to the main subject.

"Next, I will announce the list of rewards prepared by the Heavenly Court for this recruitment effort."

The Great Sages immediately perked up, their eyes shining as they pricked up their ears.

"One thousand five hundred Five-Turn Golden Pills..."

The Great Sages' breathing quickened.

"Seventy Peaches of Immortality ripened for three thousand years, and seventy ripened for six thousand years..."

The Great Sages' eyes began to glow.

"Twenty one-to-one faithful reproductions of the Immortal-Binding Rope..."

The Great Sages could not help leaning forward.

"—Of course, none of these things are included!"

Su Yuan abruptly paused for dramatic effect.

"What?!"

"None of them?!"

"Bastard! Are you toying with us?!"

The Great Sages immediately flew into a rage, demonic aura soaring into the sky as they looked ready to flip the table.

"Everyone, please calm down!" Su Yuan explained unhurriedly.

"You are all still too young. Do you really think those things from the Heavenly Court are good?"

"You are gravely mistaken! They are all sugar-coated shells! Poison wrapped in honey!"

He spoke with absolute certainty:

"Five-Turn Golden Pills! Their medicinal power is incomparably violent. Anyone below the Origin Immortal realm who takes one will inevitably suffer backlash, their meridians shattering as their body explodes! How many of your demon generals and leaders have reached the Origin Immortal realm? If no one can take them, are you keeping them in your hands to breed offspring?"

"Immortal-Binding Rope! It only works on those at the Celestial Immortal stage or above. Would you use such a treasure to bind some minor demon? Besides, its spiritual essence diminishes with every use, and after ten uses at most, it becomes scrap metal! The value for money is extremely poor!"

"And the Peaches of Immortality. The quantity sounds large, seventy-five in total, but calculate it yourselves. How many demon kings and demon generals under your command qualify as 'core members'? Is there enough to go around? How would you divide them? What if you cannot divide them evenly? Would that make you brothers harmonious, or provoke internal conflict and make you slaughter one another?"

The string of questions left the Great Sages stunned. They looked at one another.

Although they felt something was off, they could not think of anything to say in rebuttal.

Seeing that he had seized complete control of the situation, Su Yuan gave them no time to think it over and clapped sharply.

"Next! Let everyone see the real hard currency the Pacification Recruitment Team has prepared for you!"

From the clouds overhead, the bottom hatch of that massive Heavenly Court flying vessel slowly opened.

Then, a full-body suit of heavy armor, grim and weighty and covered in profound patterns, dropped vertically from the hatch!

The heavy armor scraped violently against the air, trailing a long plume of flame and releasing a piercing howl.

It then smashed viciously into the ground, embedding itself deep into the rock while still standing tall.

It gave off a cold metallic gleam, while the crisscrossing slash marks across its surface added even more killing intent.

"This is—"

Su Yuan's voice was not loud, yet it instantly drowned out the crowd's commotion.

"Milky Way Navy Standard Heavy Infantry Armor! It can withstand the full-force strike of a Celestial Immortal expert!"

"No cultivation is required to wear it. It comes with a built-in Spirit-Gathering Array Disk, and one hour of combat operation consumes only five hundred spirit stones! It is wear-resistant, and maintenance costs are extremely low!"

With every sentence he spoke, the Great Sages below breathed more heavily, their eyes growing redder.

"I personally guarantee full after-sales repair services and replacement parts!"

"And with every suit of armor, you get one Meteoric-Iron Mo Blade and two Armor-Piercing Horse Spears!"

Clear sounds of swallowing could already be heard throughout the gathering.

This thing held fatal appeal for demon kings of the lower realm!

At that moment, one of the "plants" demanded anxiously:

"Every suit? May I ask, honored envoy, how many are there in total? Could there be any hidden trouble? I don't want to put one on only to be tracked down and hunted by the Milky Way Navy!"

Su Yuan's tone was resolute:

"There will absolutely be no trouble! All factory serial numbers have been ground away, and the tracking and sensing arrays inside have been completely destroyed! The source is clean. Use them without worry!"

Another "plant" immediately rushed to ask:

"Then how many are there exactly? How much stock is there in the first batch?"

Su Yuan held up three fingers and announced loudly:

"The first batch has an allocation of three thousand suits!"

The Great Sages drew sharp breaths! Three thousand suits! That was enough to equip an elite personal guard force and sweep across the world.

Another "plant" shouted at just the right moment:

"They must be expensive! I heard the Heavenly Court's internal supply price is 1.3 million per suit."

"If you need it, buy it. If you don't, then don't. I'm not forcing anyone to buy. The fact that we can gather here today is fate."

"Today! Here with me! There are no Heavenly Court special envoys! Nor are there any demon Great Sages—only family, only brothers."

"The Celestial River heavy armor that originally costs 1.3 million! Today, I'm not doing this to make money! I'm doing this to make friends!"

He took a deep breath and roared:

"One million! Only one million spirit stones!"

Before anyone could cry out in shock, Su Yuan pointed both hands at the flying vessel overhead and flicked his fingers repeatedly.

"Not one suit! But... two suits!"

Boom!

"Three suits!"

Boom!

"Ten suits!"

With every number he called out, a suit of cold heavy armor slammed down onto the ground.

Ten suits of black heavy armor landed on the ground, their killing intent rushing straight at the crowd.

"One million spirit stones! Ten suits of heavy armor! Take them away directly!"

The "plants" below instantly erupted:

"One million for ten suits? The honored envoy has gone mad!"

"Hey! Second Boss! Send me spirit stones immediately! Airlift them!"

"Honored Envoy! You can't go any cheaper! You won't be able to explain this price when you return to the Heavenly Court!"

Su Yuan waved a hand.

"Don't ask! If you ask, it's because brotherhood is heavier than mountains!"

"Today, even if I, Su Yuan, lose everything I own, I will still make sure my family wears the finest equipment!"