Chun Xiaobai's simple, brutal act of "chopping off legs to hold the price" was gloriously classified as a vicious provocation laden with hidden meaning, intended to spark a war between sects.
And both sides reached the exact same final decision-refuse to yield to this provocation and threat, and keep dragging things out!
Meanwhile, Chun Xiaobai waited and waited in the cliffside cave, until the flowers at the entrance were almost withered, only to discover that nothing was following the script he had envisioned.
For a moment, he was completely dumbfounded.
Chun Xiaobai grabbed Fang Yuan, who looked just as expectant beside him, and asked again to make sure.
"You're certain those old fellows have arrived? The hostages' fathers?"
Fang Yuan immediately thumped his chest and swore, "Great King, absolutely!"
"I saw those streaks of light swoosh down onto the Flying Boat with my own eyes. You could hear the cursing from miles away! There's no mistake!"
Xiao Zhang chimed in from the side, "Exactly! I even saw those two elders almost come to blows with our sect's elders!"
"That's not right..." Chun Xiaobai rubbed his chin, utterly baffled.
"Going by the usual script and all my years of experience, shouldn't those old fellows lose their minds when they see their sons missing a leg?"
"Shouldn't they hurry up and pay the ransom? Why are they arguing over there instead?"
"Could they not agree on the price?"
He hurriedly turned to Xiao Zhang and asked again, "Your sect really has no shortage of Heaven Tier magical artifacts?"
At that, Xiao Zhang immediately nodded like a pestle pounding garlic. "Great King, the Heavenly Baleful Valley definitely has more than ten Heaven Tier magical artifacts!"
"Just a few years ago, our sect got into a dispute with another Top-Tier Sect. Our Sect