It all made sense now!
Chun Xiaobai had brought them to the Spirit Origin Sect neither to seek justice nor to steal anything, much less to scare people because he had nothing better to do.
Instead, he had come specifically to plant a Demonic Artifact, impersonate an Emperor Pavilion Envoy, and pin the charge of colluding with Demon Cultivators on the Spirit Origin Sect.
Then demand hush money.
The five Spirit Transformation cultivators stood in the night wind, their minds utterly blank.
Fifty billion.
The five of them would receive only six hundred million in total for helping someone put on a show of force.
This brat had earned fifty billion just by flapping his lips!
When He Yunting heard Zhang Xuanhe's startled cry, the voice struck him as somewhat familiar.
But how could he dare dwell on that now?
He thought this "Lord Envoy" considered fifty billion spirit stones too little. Steeling himself, he turned and barked at another elder:
"Bring the rest over too!"
The elder in charge of the Artifact Affairs Hall paled, but dared not hesitate. He hurriedly took a Storage Ring from his robes and presented it with both hands.
"Sect Master, these are the spirit stones the Artifact Affairs Hall earned from selling Magical Artifacts this year. There are only ten billion..."
He Yunting snatched the Storage Ring and immediately held it out to Chun Xiaobai.
"T-ten billion?"
Zhang Xuanhe and the others' eyelids twitched violently, their breathing quickening.
Sixty billion!
A full sixty billion spirit stones!
Just then, Fang Yuan hurriedly bumped them several times with his shoulder.
Only then did Zhang Xuanhe and the other four come to their senses. They quickly stiffened their expressions, suppressing their looks of country bumpkins who had never seen the world.
But though they could keep