Upon hearing Sima Wentian's words, Gu Yu looked at Sima Wentian with a thoughtful expression. Sima Wentian's cultivation had actually reached the fourth level. Such cultivation was among the best in the Dragon Division.
Seeing Gu Yu deep in thought, Sima Wentian hesitated for a moment, then said, "Brother Gu Yu, if you agree to let me enter the formation, I, Sima Wentian, will remember your kindness today and repay you handsomely in the future."
There's no such thing as a free lunch, just as there's no such thing as free protection. He and Gu Yu were complete strangers, they hadn't even known each other before. Why would Gu Yu agree to let him enter the formation? Only by paying a certain price could it be done.
“Brother Sima, you can enter my Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array, but the condition is that you must bring out three high-grade source stones. Of course, if you don’t have three high-grade source stones, thirty mid-grade source stones will also work,” Gu Yu said.
Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Sima Wentian was taken aback. As an important genius in the family, he was not lacking in source stones. Although the Sima family could not compare with the four great families of Shengjing, they were not far behind. However, source stones were relatively scarce.
“Okay, I agree.” Sima Wentian pondered for a moment and replied. Originium is precious, but it is nothing compared to the danger we are facing now. As long as we are alive, we are not afraid of not being able to get Originium in the future.
“Okay.” Gu Yu nodded, then with a flick of his finger, the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array opened a gap.
Upon seeing the gap, Sima Wentian's aura surged forth, forcing the blood-red guiding lines back several meters. His figure moved with the speed of the wind, instantly entering the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array through the gap.
The red guiding line chased after him, but Gu Yu instantly closed the gap. The red guiding line struck the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array, releasing ripples of energy.
"This is one high-grade source stone and twenty mid-grade source stones." Sima Wentian, who had entered the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array, immediately waved his hand and threw the source stones at Gu Yu, who then put them into his source space.
The other trainees hesitated upon seeing this.
"Gu Yu, could you make it cheaper? I don't have that many source stones." At this moment, a young man said to Gu Yu. It was clear that he really couldn't afford three high-grade source stones.
"No." Gu Yu didn't even look at the other person. What are you talking about if you don't have source stones? Do you think you can buy a house and a car without money?
"Gu Yu, we are all students of the Dragon Division after all, and I have no grudge against you. How about you do me a favor?" When the man heard Gu Yu say that he could not, his pupils shrank, and then he softened his tone and said that he had no choice but to ask for a favor.
“It’s inconvenient; I have no obligation to do so,” Gu Yu replied.
"Gu Yu, don't push your luck! I am Ling Juefeng, the young master of the Tianshan Sect. If you don't let me into the formation, I guarantee the Tianshan Sect will never let you off the hook!" Ling Juefeng said angrily, his tone full of threat, and he even brought up the sect behind him.
"Hmph!" Gu Yu snorted coldly upon hearing Ling Juefeng's threat. The most foolish person was none other than this man. In this situation, he actually dared to threaten him. Gu Yu knew that killing him would be easy, since most of his power was being used to resist the pulling red lines. "Idiot."
"What did you say?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Ling Juefeng's face turned even uglier than a chrysanthemum. From childhood to adulthood, in the sect, Ling Juefeng had always been a respected and admired figure, surrounded by everyone. Every day, he heard praise and envy. Gu Yu actually called him an idiot, which instantly made him extremely irritable. If it weren't for the red thread binding his head, he would have wanted to use the sword in his hand to crush Gu Yu to pieces.
"Idiot," Gu Yu cursed.
"Gu Yu, your humiliation of your compatriots is utterly outrageous!" someone couldn't help but say.
"And where did you come from, you idiot?" Gu Yu frowned. Even Ma Li, who had a huge grudge against him, was silent. Yet another person suddenly appeared to argue with him. It was unbelievable. He just couldn't understand why these people's thought processes were so bizarre. His Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array was the only one that could resist the pull of blood energy. These people clearly wanted his help, yet their attitude was so rude.
"Nangong family, Nangong Yang." Nangong Yang announced his family name. Although he was in great pain while resisting the pulling red thread, he still pretended to be arrogant. He thought that Gu Yu would be shocked when he heard his name.
"Never heard of it," Gu Yu replied directly. "I thought you were some kind of idiot from a family of mentally challenged people!"
"You've gone too far! Taking advantage of your ability to counter Blood Pull, you treat us like this, and even use this opportunity to extort money from us. You're clearly kicking us when we're down, using Blood Pull to extort our Source Stones. Your behavior is utterly despicable. You're a complete scoundrel!" Nangong Yang rattled off, each word resonating with many around him. Indeed, in their eyes, Gu Yu's actions were nothing short of opportunistic.
It takes three high-grade source stones to enter the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array for protection; this is blatant opportunism.
"Think what you want!" Gu Yu didn't explain anything. He wasn't taking advantage of the situation to ask for source stones. First of all, the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array had wasted a lot of source stones, which belonged to him and Qian Duoduo. It wouldn't be unreasonable for him to ask for some more source stones. Secondly, the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array needed source stones to provide energy, and every time someone entered, they would suffer an additional attack from the Blood Pull, which would also accelerate the energy consumption. Who knew how long the Heavenly Demon Ten Directions Array could last? So he needed source stones.
“Gu Yu, I am Zhang Huangling from Longhu Mountain. I am willing to pay the source stones to let me in.” At this moment, a young man dressed as a Taoist priest said to Gu Yu.
“Alright.” Gu Yu nodded and opened another gap. Zhang Huangling moved, and a bolt of lightning cleaved the guiding red thread back. He then entered the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array.
However, at this moment, Nangong Yang, who had just accused Gu Yu, also rushed towards the gap, along with several others. They all headed towards the gap, wanting to enter the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Formation.
As the group rushed toward the breach and was about to enter the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array, Gu Yu frowned. He wasn't surprised, but he hadn't expected so many fools to be there.
First of all, the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Formation is under his control. If they were outside without the guiding red thread, it would be difficult for Gu Yu to deal with these people. However, if he were to let these people enter the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Formation, let alone those with the strength of the third or fourth cone, even those at the General Realm would be at his mercy.
Of course, if someone surpasses the General Realm, they can directly break his formation.
Therefore, Gu Yu did not stop them, and they entered the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Formation directly.
"Gu Yu, hand over control of this formation, and I may spare your life." The first thing Ling Juefeng did upon entering the formation was to demand that Gu Yu relinquish control of the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Formation.
“That’s right, hand it over. We know you’re powerful, but you have no chance against so many of us. Give up control, and we’ll spare your life,” Nangong Yang chimed in. Gu Yu had completely offended them earlier.
"If you hand over the source stones you owe, I can spare you; otherwise..." Gu Yu said coldly. He knew, of course, that both Nangong Yang and Ling Juefeng were at the fourth level of cultivation. Relying on special methods and some trump cards given to them by their respective forces, these two could probably fight against the fifth level.
Including Nangong Yang and Ling Juefeng, there were five people who forced their way in, plus one third-tier and two second-tier members. The five of them working together could indeed suppress Gu Yu's side.
Of course, relying on Zhang Huangling and Sima Wentian is absolutely unreliable. You can tell from their expressions that they won't help either of them; instead, they're putting on an act of watching the show.
However, Zhang Huangling looked at Nangong Yang and Ling Juefeng with a strange gaze, as if he were looking at idiots. As the most talented disciple of Longhu Mountain, Zhang Huangling not only had reached the peak of the fourth level of cultivation, but he also knew some formations. Of course, he couldn't set up a world-shaking formation like the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Formation, but he knew a little about ordinary formations and was very clear about what would happen if he entered someone else's formation.
"Brother Nangong, let's join forces and take him down." Seeing that Gu Yu had no intention of relinquishing control of the Six Harmonies Demon-Controlling Array, Ling Juefeng gave Nangong Yang a wink. The two of them immediately unleashed their powerful auras and charged towards Gu Yu with fierce moves, intending to kill him with a single blow.
"Stupid." Gu Yu shook his head as he looked at the two rushing towards him. Then, he waved his hand, and the Bagua star plate under his feet immediately emitted a dazzling light. A pressure swept towards Nangong Yang and Ling Juefeng in an instant. The two men, who were quite imposing, were instantly pressed to the ground. Their auras became chaotic and dissipated. The two men were like two puddles of mud, slumped on the ground, unable to move an inch.
The other three, seeing this scene, looked at Gu Yu with fear in their eyes. He had only moved his arm to press two top geniuses to the ground, unable to move at all. This was too terrifying.
"Hand over the source stones, or don't blame me for being impolite. By the way, you can choose to force your way in, but within this formation, even if you possess overwhelming power, you'll still have to grovel at my feet like dogs." Gu Yu said calmly, his words intended for the people outside.
There were many more who wanted to force their way in by letting people in through the gap he had created, but no one was that stupid. They all wanted to see what the consequences would be, and Nangong Yang and Ling Juefeng were their test stones.
"Gu Yu, you'll die a horrible death!" Nangong Yang cursed angrily as he lay on the ground.
"I don't know if I'll die a good death, but you'll definitely die before me."
"If you lay a finger on me, my Nangong family will make sure you die a horrible death!" Nangong Yang threatened hysterically upon hearing Gu Yu's words. At this moment, he was powerless to resist and could only think of his family in this desperate situation.
"Heh... The Nangong family, how impressive. Why don't you let them in so I can take a look?" Gu Yu said disdainfully. He did hope that someone could enter the Heavenly Demon Ten Directions Formation to stop Zuo Lengfeng, but could anyone actually get in? If his guess was correct, with the Heavenly Demon Ten Directions Formation and the blood energy pull, even if ten Emperor Realm experts came from outside, they would be helpless unless they were willing to risk the lives of tens of thousands of Dragon Division students.
“Don’t be arrogant. My family is definitely trying to save me. Once they figure out a way to kill the demon and break the formation, it will be your death day,” Nangong Yang said.
The next second, Gu Yu stepped on his arm.
Click... Ah...
The sound of bones shattering rang out, followed by Nangong Yang's shrill scream.
"Pay the source stones, or I'll cripple your cultivation. You can think I wouldn't dare," Gu Yu said coldly. His patience had been completely worn out. Besides, talking to an idiot was pointless; it was just a waste of breath.
"I will pay the source stones." Ling Juefeng suddenly said at this moment. If he didn't bow his head in this situation, what else could he do? He could only compromise for now and take revenge later.
“Five high-grade source stones,” Gu Yu said.
"What? Not three?" Ling Juefeng's face stiffened.
"Others were let in through a transaction, but you barged in. Can guests and robbers be treated the same? I'm already being very magnanimous by sparing your lives," Gu Yu said calmly.
“This is robbery,” Ling Juefeng said.
“That’s right, it’s robbery, so what?” Gu Yu raised an eyebrow and said, “What are you going to do about it? You’re not even as good as a dog now, and you dare to yell at me. I’ll give you two choices: one, pay the source stones and stay inside and enjoy the protection; two, I’ll cripple your cultivation and throw you out.”
"You..." Ling Juefeng was gritting his teeth at this moment, but what could he do?
"I'll count to three, one, two..."
"I will pay the source stones." Ling Juefeng conceded as Gu Yu read out the numbers.
"Give it to me!" Gu Yu reached out to ask for the source stones.
"I only have two high-grade source stones and eighteen mid-grade source stones," Ling Juefeng said, taking out his source stones from his storage ring.
“I’m not an unreasonable person. You owe me 1.2 of the 3.8 high-grade source stones. You can write me an IOU, but there will be interest: three mid-grade source stones a day. How does that sound?” Gu Yu said, looking at the source stones that Ling Juefeng had taken out. It was clear that Ling Juefeng didn’t have that many source stones.
"What? Three mid-grade source stones a day?" Ling Juefeng's face twitched. Three mid-grade source stones a day in interest? This was practically usury. No, it wasn't even usury; it was outright robbery.
“Of course, you can disagree. I’ll cripple your cultivation right now and throw you out,” Gu Yu said.
“Okay, I’ll write it.” After some thought, Ling Juefeng agreed with Gu Yu’s suggestion. Once they got through this difficult time, it would be time for him to settle accounts with Gu Yu.
"If you had known this would happen, why did you do it?" Gu Yu said, shaking his head as he looked at Ling Juefeng writing an IOU.
"I will also pay the source stones." Nangong Yang said through gritted teeth. He had also figured it out. He would put up with this for now and settle accounts with Gu Yu later. Gu Yu had completely trampled on his face today. He vowed in his heart that as long as he got through this ordeal, he would make Gu Yu pay back double.
"Alright!" Gu Yu nodded upon hearing Nangong Yang's words. Could he really kill Nangong Yang and Ling Juefeng? The answer was no. After all, if he killed them in front of everyone, it would cause considerable trouble afterward.
Nangong Yang took out three high-grade source stones and six mid-grade source stones, and then, like Ling Juefeng, wrote an IOU, with the same interest rate as Ling Juefeng.
"Where are the rest of you?" After storing the IOU in his source space, Gu Yu looked at the other three, whose expressions were quite interesting.
"We'll pay with source stones and write an IOU," the three said. They didn't want to suffer the same treatment as Nangong Yang and Ling Juefeng; as the saying goes, discretion is the better part of valor.
The three men were not backed by powerful forces. They only produced three high-grade source stones and a dozen or so mid-grade source stones. Moreover, when they took out the source stones, their expressions were extremely pained. Some of these source stones were given to them by their families, while others were plundered from the Dragon Tribe over the years by relying on their strength. Today, they had all gone into Gu Yu's pocket. They had worked hard for several years, only to return to square one. But who could they blame?
"Gu Yu, my brother and I will pay the source stones and enter the formation," Xiang Tianjiao said to Gu Yu.
“Alright, six high-grade source stones,” Gu Yu said, but his expression clearly froze when his gaze fell on Xiang Tianjiao. The woman who stabbed Zui San that night was Xiang Tianjiao. This woman seemed to be the child of that Qing'er, and had a great relationship with Zui San.
Gu Yu opened a gap in the formation, and Xiang Tianjiao and Xiang Tianyou instantly entered. Xiang Tianjiao then took out six high-grade source stones and handed them to Gu Yu.
“Gu Yu, I am Li Daoquan from the Daoist sect, and I am also willing to pay source stones to enter the formation.” At this moment, a young man dressed in a Daoist robe said to Gu Yu.
"good!"
"Gu Yu, Kong Yan and I are also willing to pay source stones to enter." Kong Yue said to Gu Yu at this moment.
“Okay.” Gu Yu glanced at Kong Yue and Kong Yan, then nodded.
"Brother Gu Yu, I don't have enough source stones. Could I write an IOU to enter?" someone said. Some of these people, although they also had families, were not powerful and naturally not wealthy.
“Okay, pay whatever you have first, and write an IOU for the rest,” Gu Yu said.
"Brother Gu Yu, could you lower the interest rate?" The person who said this was embarrassed, but the interest of three mid-grade source stones a day was really too high. If he hadn't been struggling to hold on, he wouldn't have planned to enter the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array for protection.
"The interest can be waived," Gu Yu replied. The issue of interest was originally his doing, targeting Nangong Yang and Ling Juefeng.
"Thank you so much, Brother Gu Yu. If I am safe and sound after this, I will definitely repay your great kindness today," the man said excitedly.
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