Having figured that out, Chun Xiaobai pulled out another slip of paper, waved it in front of her, and said with a vicious grin.
"If you don't want every cultivator in the Eastern Region getting their own copy of your glorious performance to admire, hurry up and read what's on this slip!"
"You... shameless bastard!" Qin Ruoxue cursed, her slender body trembling with rage.
"Shameless, my ass!" Chun Xiaobai's hand itched again, and he could barely resist going over to get another feel.
Yet Qin Ruoxue knew that if the Image Recording Stone in his hand really circulated, her spotless reputation as the Mystic Ice Palace's Saintess and her dignity as Qin Ruoxue would be utterly destroyed. She would become the laughingstock of the entire Eastern Region.
That would be worse than death!
And that wasn't even the main issue. The real problem was that the Mystic Ice Palace had always valued its reputation more than life itself.
If this Image Recording Stone got out, the damage to Qin Ruoxue's dignity would be a minor matter. The sect would probably abandon her immediately.
At best, they would cripple her cultivation and expel her from the sect. At worst, they would throw her straight into the ice prison, never to see daylight again!
At that thought, Qin Ruoxue clenched her fists until her knuckles turned white. She stared fixedly at Chun Xiaobai, a trace of trembling in her voice.
"You... what exactly do you want?"
"What do I want?"
Chun Xiaobai chuckled and slapped the slip of paper into her hand.
"Read it out loud and tell your Sect Master to bring the money to ransom you!"
"Ransom?"
Qin Ruoxue froze. She lowered her head and looked at the slip, which listed "one Heaven-Tier Magical Treasure, three Earth-Tier Magical Treasures, ten