Chapter 816

After returning to his courtyard in Chaos City, Cao Bing had originally intended to first digest what he had gained in the Chaos Ruins, stabilize his cultivation, and then begin preparing for his next breakthrough to the Immortal level.

However, the moment he stepped into his courtyard, an encrypted email from the Virtual Universe Company arrived in Cao Bing's inbox.

With a little thought, Cao Bing guessed that it was probably the detailed punishment issued by his teacher, the Chaos City Lord—namely, Chaos City's losses and the fees for the intervention of several Universe Masters.

Cao Bing had originally assumed that his teacher would favor him somewhat, that the punishment would be mostly symbolic and would not come with an excessively heavy bill.

But after reading the email, Cao Bing realized just how terribly wrong he had been!

He nearly threw back his head, let out a long howl, and passed out on the spot!

Had Teacher been eyeing the inheritance of Lord of the Withered Willow in my possession all along? Cao Bing thought maliciously.

(Yes!)

Cao Bing had initially believed that the compensation demanded by the Chaos City Lord would not be too severe. He held the inheritance of a Universe Master in his hands, so the compensation should not have been a problem at all.

The only potential issue should have been the fees for the intervention of several Universe Masters. After all, they were Universe Masters. The price of having one make a move was definitely not low, much less four Universe Masters acting at once.

Yet Cao Bing had never expected that the bill was nothing like what he had imagined!

The fees for six Universe Masters making a move accounted for only a small portion of it.

The reason was simple. Although the six