Whose Money Was It? Third Update

Back then, the Nie Tian Branch had been forced out of the family's core and had taken nothing with them. The little foundation they possessed now was all thanks to Nie Yun's mother. Their entire fortune probably amounted to only seven or eight thousand taels, with no more than two thousand taels in liquid funds!

Precisely because this information was no secret, after injuring Nie Yun, Nie Chao had used his connections to issue a punishment order fining him ten thousand taels of silver!

Their branch definitely could not produce ten thousand taels. When the time came, they would have no choice but to obediently hand over the Luoshui Golden Shield...

Although Nie Hen had not mentioned this matter before, he knew some of it. He simply had not expected Nie Chao to leave full of life and return as a vegetable, followed closely by Nie Chaoxing confessing, paying up, and leaving even him somewhat confused.

Only after the young master personally interrogated him last night and Nie Chaoxing admitted his wrongdoing did he learn that Nie Yun had not taken a single coin. That confirmed the fact that the Nie Tian Branch had no money!

If they had ten thousand taels, who would risk offending the Enforcement Team and an Inner Disciple by acting directly?

It was because of this certainty that Nie Hen could not help flying into a rage and roaring aloud when he heard the youth speak so "shamelessly."

"What did you say? If I can produce five thousand taels, you'll immediately kowtow to me?"

Nie Yun had not expected the other party to suddenly say such a thing. He fixed his gaze on him and asked.

"That's right. As long as you can produce five thousand taels, not only will I kowtow to you, everyone in our Enforcement Team will kowtow to you as well. Then we'll turn around and leave, never to arrest you again! But if you can't produce it, you must kowtow to us and obediently return to the Enforcement Team with us to accept punishment!"

Since he had already decided that the Nie Tian Branch had no money, Nie Hen believed Nie Yun was merely putting on an act. He sneered coldly.

"Fine. I have already recorded what you just said. Do all of you agree with his view as well?"

Nie Yun held a crystal stone capable of recording scenes in his hand and looked questioningly at the remaining Enforcement Team disciples.

"We stand and fall with Deputy Captain Nie Hen!"

"The deputy captain's decision is our decision. What, are you scared? If you have the ability, take out five thousand taels of silver!"

"Haha, don't tell me you don't even have this little money? If you can't produce it, that proves you were lying about giving money to Nie Chao and Nie Chaoxing. There'll be no need for a trial—you'll have to bear the charge of injuring an Inner Disciple and Enforcement Team disciples!"

Several Enforcement Team disciples stood up at once, letting out a string of cold sneers.

When they saw that Nie Yun did not immediately produce the money and instead questioned them, they all decided he had a guilty conscience and immediately began mocking him without restraint.

"Fine, it's a deal..." Nie Yun smiled faintly and was about to speak when he suddenly felt his sleeve tighten. Turning around, he saw his mother, Nie Ling, looking at him with a pale face.

"Yun'er, it's Mother who has wronged you..."

"What is it, Mother?" Seeing her expression, Nie Yun jumped in fright.

He thought his mother had been injured. He placed his fingers on her wrist and, only after finding nothing wrong, let out a breath of relief.

"The fifteen thousand taels of silver you had Little Feng bring over... I... I used it all on the branch's shops yesterday. The family... has no money now!" Nie Ling said, her expression ugly.

In his mother's eyes, the support behind her son's wager was the fifteen thousand taels of silver he had had Nie Xiaoling bring over several days ago. Who could have known that the branch's shops had suffered a financial crisis yesterday, and the money had been temporarily transferred there? Right now, not to mention five thousand taels, the family could not even produce one thousand taels in cash!

If that were the case, would her son not lose the wager because of her?

"Haha, the truth is out! If you can't produce the money, that means you were lying. Hurry up and come with us! Surely the heir to the Luoshui Golden Shield isn't some petty man who breaks his word!"

Nie Hen burst into loud laughter, his arrogance beyond words.

Nie Yun had kept bringing up the Luoshui Golden Shield earlier, tying his hands at every turn. Throwing those words back at him now felt simply wonderful!

"Oh... Mother, you're worrying too much..."

Only then did Nie Yun remember that there was such a matter. He smiled helplessly.

He had even forgotten about the money he had swindled from Nie Liu. He had not expected his mother to still remember it and even regard it as a huge fortune...

"Isn't it just a bit of money? I've got plenty..."

After saying that, Nie Yun reached into his clothes and casually took out a gold brick. Before long, he had easily produced five of them!

Each gold brick weighed ten jin, equivalent to one hundred taels, and was worth one thousand taels of silver. Five bricks were worth five thousand taels of silver!

Naturally, Nie Yun did not have gold bricks in his clothes. The gold bricks had all been taken from his Storage Dantian. He deliberately pretended to take them from his clothes in order to deceive the eye.

"Gold bricks... They're actually gold?"

"Five gold bricks, five thousand taels of silver..."

"That's impossible! Five gold bricks weigh fifty jin—how could his clothes hold them? These gold bricks must be fake..."

The Enforcement Team members had thought Nie Yun would surely be stumped this time. Yet he casually brought out five gold bricks, turning all their faces green as they cried out in disbelief.

"Fake? Hehe, then is this real?"

With a faint smile, Nie Yun casually tossed out several banknotes.

Every one of these notes was of a huge denomination—ten thousand taels each—and there were actually six of them!

A full sixty thousand taels of silver!

"These are banknotes redeemable for cash at Fuyun Money House. If you don't believe it, go check. If you even doubt the banknotes, then I truly have to wonder whether everything you said earlier was nothing but fart!"

Putting away the banknotes, Nie Yun spoke calmly.

These banknotes had been taken from Nie Yu, totaling seventy thousand taels. The items he had auctioned earlier added up to less than ten thousand, while the Di Lian Flower and Blazing Axe had been offset with the money from auctioning Three Waves of the Yangtze River.

"Gold bricks, sixty thousand taels of silver... You... how do you have so much money!"

Looking at the gleaming gold bricks on the ground and the banknotes in his hand, Nie Hen and the Enforcement Team disciples were all dumbfounded!

They could claim the gold bricks were fake, but could the banknotes bearing the money house's markings possibly be fake?

After all, the Nie Family also had assets in Fuyun Money House. If they claimed these banknotes were fake, would that not amount to denying their own family?

"Nie Yun, you win. Let's go!"

Taking a deep breath, Nie Hen knew that he and his men had suffered a loss today. If they kept making trouble, they would only humiliate themselves further. With a flick of his sleeve, he strode toward the exit.

"Hey, didn't you say you were going to kneel? How did you forget?"

Nie Yun smiled faintly and blocked their way.

"Hmph! Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Leave others a line of mercy; don't go too far!" Nie Hen flung his sleeve, his teeth grinding with crackling sounds.

"Too far? Hehe, it seems you're the ones who went too far! What, were your earlier words just fart?" Ignoring the other party's threat, Nie Yun spoke calmly.

"You..."

Veins bulged on Nie Hen's forehead, and his fists clenched with a crack, crack!

"Yun'er, I think we should just let it go..."

Seeing the other party like this, his mother Nie Ling feared matters would escalate further and gently tugged Nie Yun's sleeve again.

"Fine. Since Mother has spoken, you may leave. In the future, don't come here when you have business, and even less so when you don't. I'm afraid I might not be able to hold myself back and make you kneel. That wouldn't be fun..."

Seeing his mother speak, Nie Yun casually waved his hand.

In truth, if he had not feared making his mother worry, he would never have made things so complicated today. They were only a few Enforcement Team disciples. With the temperament of his past life, if they dared trouble him, he would not mind slaughtering every last one of them!

In any case, there was surely no possibility of reconciliation between him and them. Rather than pretend to be a good person, it would be better to settle it once and for all!

Of course, his mother had toiled for the branch for so many years, and he did not wish for her to continue living in fear. He could only handle the matter in the way that gave others the least possible leverage against him.

"Go!"

Though Nie Hen's teeth itched with hatred after the youth finally spoke, he could not say anything more. He led the others away, carrying the two "vegetables" from the ground as they quickly departed the courtyard.

"Yun'er, what exactly is going on with this money? How could you have so much? You haven't done anything that violates the clan rules or righteousness, have you..."

After everyone left, his mother looked at her son with a face full of anxiety.

Her greatest worry was that her son had gone down the wrong path.

"Hehe, don't worry. This money was all obtained openly and honestly..." Nie Yun broke out in a sweat again as he declared shamelessly.

This money had either been swindled or seized after knocking Nie Yu unconscious. How could he tell his mother that? If he truly said it, would it not scare her to death...

"Openly and honestly? How was it obtained openly and honestly? I've managed the branch for so many years and never earned this much money. Where did you get it?"

His mother did not seem so easy to fool and continued questioning him.

"This..." Nie Yun scratched his head, unable to keep it covered any longer.

His mother was so easy to fool when it came to cultivation techniques—why was she gripping this little money so tightly?

Nie Yun did not know that this was precisely a loving mother's heart. When her son showed promise, she would naturally be happy and would not investigate too deeply. But when her son suddenly came into some inexplicable money, fearing he had made a mistake, she would naturally investigate closely!

"Nie Yun, I just saw members of your family's Enforcement Team. Are you in trouble?"

Just as he had no idea how to explain, a puzzled voice suddenly sounded from before the hall. Nie Yun turned around, and his eyes immediately lit up. "Ah, Mother, this money actually isn't mine. It's Yang Yan's. If you don't believe me, ask him..."

The one who had come was Yang Yan. By now, he had thoroughly consolidated his early Body Egress Realm cultivation at the fifth level of the Sea of Qi. A faint spiritual vigor glimmered in his eyes, and every movement carried a powerful imposing aura.

It seemed that not only had his cultivation advanced earlier, but his state of mind had also broken through. At this rate, it would probably not be long before his strength rose once more!

"Mine? What of mine..."

Before Yang Yan could even react, Nie Yun had already sold him out, leaving him alone to face the bewildered Nie Ling...

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