Wang Zheng had no idea what the old man was imagining, but what the other man said was clearly beneficial to him.

So Young Master Wang pretended to think for a moment, then smiled and said:

"That's a good idea, but buying lives isn't urgent. Let's answer my question first!"

Under immense pressure from Wang Zheng, the elders of the Hua Lan Sect were clearly too afraid to speak out.

So he revealed everything about how he contacted the forces on Blue Star and how he made the exchange of benefits. He also expressed his grievance that the ruins were not the inheritance of an ancient sect.

Having satisfied his small curiosity, Young Master Wang pretended to be very interested in the suggestion made by the Hua Lan Sect elder and said:

"Well then, I'm not some kind of bloodthirsty maniac, and I don't want to commit any more killings. Since the elder has spoken, I'm willing to give him face. After all, it's better to untie the original than to tie it up."

"How about this, ten thousand spirit stones for one life? You're all experts at the Innate Realm, this price is reasonable, isn't it..."

Wang Zheng's words immediately changed the expressions of the group.

Seeing their fellow disciples' eyes still open even in death, many disciples of the Hua Lan Sect looked rather unnatural.

You're not a serial killer yet! Take a look at those demon kings whose corpses are barely cold before you speak!

You've killed more innate masters than we've ever seen in our entire lives!

However, this group of people were already terrified, except for the fat Jin Yuanbao, who looked as if he were about to die, and screamed in terror:

"Ten thousand spirit stones? Why don't you just rob someone!"

Young Master Wang clearly knew the prices in the blessed land and cave, and quoted a price that ordinary people simply couldn't afford.

Even if the Hua Lan Sect has spirit stone mines, he couldn't possibly carry hundreds of thousands of spirit stones with him when he goes out.

As for the fat man's accusations, Wang Zheng waved his hand dismissively.

"Don't slander good people! Robbery is no match for my money! This was your own suggestion, and look at how well you're dressed, how well-off you look, with your fair skin and delicate features. You must be someone who doesn't lack money. You deserve 20,000 for risking your life!"

"you……"

Jin Yuanbao was furious with Wang Zheng, but he didn't dare to say another word. He was afraid that if he said a few more words, this guy would dare to turn the ransom into 40,000.

Moreover, this guy seems to know a lot about the situation inside their blessed land. If his identity is exposed, it's not impossible that the ransom will be increased by a zero.

As Fatty Jin fell silent, seeing the ashen faces of the group of cultivators from the grotto-heavens, and the Hua Lan Sect elder whose lips trembled for a long time without uttering a coherent sentence, Young Master Wang feigned surprise.

"I've heard that Blessed Land is a land of immortals, where every household has a vein of spirit stones. Surely you can afford such a small amount of money?"

"Sigh, never mind, never mind. Well then, I am also very interested in everyone's cultivation methods and plan to innovate and develop a secret method that can be practiced by all the demon races in the world."

I'll give you a chance to live in exchange for a martial arts manual; this is my last line of defense.

Don't rush to refuse. Think it over carefully before answering, especially you all from the Hua Lan Sect. Remember, you're not the only one who knows these techniques. Opportunities are limited, first come, first served..."

To be honest, although spirit stones are rare, they are not a necessity for Young Master Wang, who has just replenished his inner cores with dozens of demon kings. Moreover, he cannot expose his identity now, and this huge sum of stolen money is not easy to digest.

He said that simply to prevent these guys from daring to refuse him twice in a row.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Zheng uttered his devilishly tempting words, a disciple of the Hua Lan Sect shouted out.

"I'm willing to cooperate! I'm willing to cooperate! Please, Demon King, spare my life!"

The other elder from the Hualan Sect, who had been silent all along, suddenly flew into a rage.

"You beast, how dare you!"

"Haha, very good!"

With a swift movement, Young Master Wang punched the old man to pieces, then instantly grabbed the boy and carried him out of the group.

After checking the manual of cultivation techniques that the boy had transcribed from memory and finding no obvious omissions, he kicked the boy into the void passage opened by the ferocious beast.

"Next!"

With someone taking the lead, the two skilled fighters who had come to help, dressed as scholars, also expressed their willingness to use their cultivation methods to save their lives.

Young Master Wang lifted the two men out, one in each hand, and after taking the relevant books, he still sent them away as promised.

The next one is Daoist Jingze, who once had a quarrel with Young Master Wang.

Because Wang Zheng's disguise was so convincing, and he even pretended to be the Demon King, the Daoist Jingze didn't recognize him at all.

Although he didn't know what the demon king wanted his sect's secret techniques for, he still obediently handed over his sect's closely guarded secrets.

Next, when facing the other Hua Lan Sect disciples, Young Master Wang didn't care whether it was the same as before and went to find them one by one.

After collecting the cultivation manuals in the same way, he pretended to be dissatisfied and then made them hand over all their spirit stones. He didn't touch anything else, including their storage bags.

It wasn't that Wang Zheng wasn't interested in these things; rather, just like letting them go, he was playing the long game to catch a bigger fish.

On the one hand, he is now the Demon King of Blue Star. When these guys are wronged, they will also target these alien beasts. If they come to him, they will be like meat in his hands, the more the merrier.

On the other hand, it is also to let them know that only by cooperating with China can they reliably obtain benefits. If they blindly choose other small forces, they will inevitably be kidnapped and extorted. This will also enhance China's voice in front of Tai Xuan Si Zhen.

Moreover, he couldn't touch the stolen goods that couldn't be exposed to the light of day. Anyway, two unlucky guys had already died, and sending their collections back for research was more than enough.

Of course, when to deliver it is also a question that needs to be carefully considered later...

Young Master Wang flipped through the confiscated martial arts manuals, comparing the information within, and secretly thought how lucky he was that he hadn't just grabbed any disciple and interrogated them.

Take the Hua Lan Sect for example. Their team of only a dozen people had three different versions of the cultivation technique. Although there were no problems with the details, even the elder who led the team handed over the final version was not the complete version.

Moreover, Wang Zheng could tell that the other party was not hiding anything; perhaps only the heads of each household could truly possess the complete text.

"Sigh, it makes sense. After all, it's a sect's inheritance; how could it lack even this much protection? But luckily, I don't need to cultivate it; I'm just using it for reference..."