She had warned them back when they were about to auction off the Secret of the Body.
Unfortunately, Tang Hao had refused to listen, which had led to this disaster.
Now, after verification by all parties, the Body Sect's Secret of the Body had proven genuine, exactly the same as the Secret of the Body they had kept sealed away.
Their copy had even been handwritten by Du Bisou, the elder brother of Du Busi, who had been the Body Sect's leader ten thousand years ago.
It was of an even higher grade than Du Busi's Secret of the Body, which Huo Yuhao had given Shrek Academy.
Handwriting analysis had confirmed it beyond doubt, and an agency had verified that it had indeed been handwritten by Du Bisou.
Moreover, their Secret of the Body had indeed appeared before Shrek's auction.
All the evidence had nailed them down.
They had unquestionably breached the contract.
The contract they had signed earlier remained valid even if Lin Ming died.
They had to pay tenfold compensation for a counterfeit.
But what could they possibly pay with?
They did not even have an academy anymore and were so poor their pockets jingled with nothing.
They had only just taken in a little over a hundred billion.
Even pouring all of it into the compensation would not be enough.
"My suggestion is to pay part of it first, leave the remainder as a debt, and repay it gradually. Shrek's reputation matters most."
After pondering for a moment, Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li finally offered the only solution.
"Absolutely not!"
The instant Ya Li said that, two voices rose in objection at once: Long Yeyue's and Tang Hao's.
"Five hundred billion! How could we? Absolutely not!"
"We signed a contract promising tenfold compensation for a counterfeit."
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