Chapter 66 Sixty-Six Cuts "He's so clingy..."
It would be easy for the Celestial Realm to create such a large number of spirit stones, since the spiritual energy in the Celestial Realm is much denser than that in the mortal realm. However, this would require a certain amount of transmission time. Xie Changming was nearby, and the connection was immediately broken. The spirit stones that had already been transmitted also disappeared because they were not yet fully formed.
Using so many resources to influence the lower realm is easy to be discovered and can easily lead to an imbalance between the two realms. Therefore, the system cheat that was previously bound to Lu Yaoyao was not strong. Now that the old system has run into trouble, this new system has higher privileges.
Fan Qing called out five or six times, but the system did not respond. Meanwhile, the elders of the Purple Frost Sect had already come over.
"Miss Fan, may I ask your Spirit Network account number? We can only hand over the land to you after we have received the spirit stones," the elder said in a low voice.
Luo Mingshu rested her chin on her hand and looked at Fan Qing with a smile. Her prediction was indeed correct; Fan Qing did not have that many spirit stones.
"I...can I wait three more days until I can raise the spirit stones?" Fan Qing straightened up and asked. The system hadn't responded to her today, but perhaps it would answer her after she returned to her sect.
“Miss Fan, 50 billion spirit stones is such a large sum. If you are even a stick late in paying, we will all suffer losses. As the chief disciple of the four major sects, you naturally know the rules of our auction house, which is that money and goods must be exchanged on the same day. There is no right to delay.” The elder said apologetically.
Luo Mingshu didn't say anything, she was just waiting to see how long Fan Qing could drag it out. Lu Yaoyao, who was sitting next to her, had been dealing with the system for a long time, and she felt that Fan Qing's behavior was sometimes very strange. For example, every time she mentioned "spirit stones", she would subconsciously touch the ruby earrings on her ears.
This was somewhat similar to the little tricks she used when she sought help from the system, and Lu Yaoyao frowned.
The elders of the Purple Frost Sect had already started the countdown to payment for Fan Qing according to the rules, while she herself opened the Spirit Network interface and finally remembered to deal with the messages.
As expected, Xie Changming appeared first when the Lingwang interface was opened.
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): The auction should be over by now, right?]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): ...]
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): It's been so long, are we still not done filming?]
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): I'll be waiting for you here in the Demon Realm.]
[Anonymous Monk (192cm tall): Is it over?]
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): ...]
After sending the message, Xie Changming arrived, completely unaware of the trouble his arrival had caused.
Luo Mingshu replied to his message.
[Shushu is so beautiful: Wait a minute, we encountered a mentally challenged person here, so the filming is a little slow.]
Xie Changming naively sent her a message.
[Anonymous cultivator (192cm tall): Do you have enough spirit stones? I have some more.]
Luo Mingshu felt that he was insulting her because she was poor.
[Shushu is so beautiful: I definitely have spirit stones.]
[Anonymous monk (192cm tall): Hmm.]
He didn't send any more messages. He should have left after confirming that Luo Mingshu was alright, but since he was already here, he decided to stay invisible and wait until she left before returning to the Demon Realm.
The elders of the Purple Frost Sect finally finished their countdown, but Fan Qing only had the ten billion spirit stones that the system had previously transferred. After that, all the promised spirit stone transfers were interrupted, and her account was empty.
"Fan Qing, I just checked your account, and it had enough to pay 20 billion. How come there's only 1 billion left now?" The elder obtained access from the Spirit Network and checked Fan Qing's account balance.
On Fan Qing's side, the Heavenly Realm had actually begun to produce and distribute spirit stones to her, so they gave the elder the illusion that she had enough. Now that the transmission has been interrupted, she naturally has nothing left.
"I..." Fan Qing didn't know what to say, but the system remained silent.
"If you can't pay, you'll have to pay a 10% penalty, which is 5 billion." The auction house didn't expect Fan Qing to bid so wildly; 50 billion? How could she even say that?
"Is there no upper limit to your penalty for breach of contract?" Fan Qing questioned.
"Your master is also one of the advisors to the auction house. He was involved in formulating these rules. If you have any questions, why don't you go back and ask the elders in the sect directly?" the elder asked.
"Does Luo Mingshu have it?" Fan Qing asked.
In the distance, Luo Mingshu chuckled softly. Of course she had it; she had ten times the amount of spirit stones. She just didn't want to be a sucker again.
“Miss Luo does have some.” The elder had the authority to check Luo Mingshu’s Spirit Network account balance—which did not include the spirit stones she already possessed.
“Fifty billion? How am I supposed to pay that?” Fan Qing asked. “Your rules are far too inhumane.”
“I don’t think a normal person would spend 50 billion on a plot of land in the Misty Star Sea.” The elder smiled and looked at her. “Miss Fan, acting impulsively will come at a price. Unless you have enough strength to cover it, we will take the 1 billion spirit stones here first. Miss Fan can repay the remaining 4 billion slowly, but before you pay it off, some of your spirit network functions will be restricted.”
The land in Misty Star Sea was reclaimed and re-auctioned. Given the previous incident involving Fan Qing, not many cultivators dared to compete with Luo Mingshu for this land. After the re-auction, the land returned to its normal price, and Luo Mingshu actually bought it back for only 100 million spirit stones.
After paying the spirit stones as usual, Luo Mingshu received the jade pendant that could unlock the land plot from the elder of the Purple Frost Sect and thanked him.
"Miss Luo, I never expected you to announce your withdrawal from the auction," an elder from the Purple Frost Sect remarked. "I thought you would continue bidding even if it were worth hundreds of billions. Could it be that you've already seen through Miss Fan's account balance?"
“I bid for this plot of land on behalf of my sect. I acted impulsively, but there should be a limit. Besides, Fan Qing couldn’t possibly have that many spirit stones.” Luo Mingshu said, stroking his chin. “It would be strange if she really had that many.”
"Is Miss Luo going to Xing'an to inspect the land plot now?" the elder asked.
"I'll go in a bit," Luo Mingshu replied.
She took the Wuwang Lock from in front of her, bid farewell to Xu Qian of the Zishuang Sect, and left.
Lu Yaoyao gained nothing from this trip, and the system bound to her was also very discouraged, because it realized that it was unable to provide Lu Yaoyao with any support.
Luo Mingshu spent hundreds of millions of spirit stones at a time, even the fool who dared to bid 50 billion failed, and they couldn't participate in the subsequent auction competition at all.
Luo Mingshu has only been in the mortal realm for less than three hundred years, so how did she accumulate such a huge amount of wealth?
Luo Mingshu had no idea what Lu Yaoyao and the system were thinking. When she left the Zishuang Sect, she ran into Fan Qing again.
"Isn't this the billionaire debtor?" Luo Mingshu raised an eyebrow at Fan Qing. She wasn't the kind of person who was so aloof that she could ignore others' provocations. Someone like Fan Qing, once she offended her, would definitely find every opportunity to kick her when she was down.
"Are you any better off?" Although Fan Qing couldn't contact the system, she wasn't too nervous. She even guessed that Luo Mingshu had done something to restrict the system, after all, the previous system had already failed her. "If I were to give up first, you might not be willing to spend this money, right?"
"Do you think everyone is as poor as you?" Luo Mingshu said with a light laugh. "Don't play with me if you don't have some basic skills."
Fan Qing looked up at Luo Mingshu. At this moment, her system was silent. She finally understood what kind of person Luo Mingshu really was.
Luo Mingshu... is indeed not an easy opponent to deal with.
"Go back to your sect and ask for spirit stones to pay off your debt." Luo Mingshu waved to her, and she walked in another direction. "I still need to go to Star Shore to manage my land."
Lu Yaoyao caught up with her: "Senior sister, I also have a small piece. Can you take me with you to Star Shore?"
If Luo Mingshu were to drive the Purple Gold Cloud Boat, she would probably be willing to take her along. However, she received news a few days ago that Jin Aozong said the one she had was no longer the latest model, and she didn't want to drive the outdated cloud boat anymore. Since Jin Aozong hadn't finished preparing it yet, she decided to drive her own tortoise instead.
So she rejected Lu Yaoyao, and Lu Yaoyao had to go to Xing'an alone.
Before long, the cultivators outside the Purple Frost Gate had mostly dispersed. Luo Mingshu found a suitable spot and was about to ride the tortoise away.
But just then, she heard a rustling sound in the grass beside her. Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw no one at all.
Xie Changming's concealment techniques were naturally unparalleled, but—
Luo Mingshu saw a small section of black tail peeking out from the grass. Xie Changming hadn't expected him to show his tail, so he forgot to hide his own tail, thus exposing him.
"Xie Changming?" Luo Mingshu leaned against her turtle, turned to the side, and called out to the deserted bushes.
She'll never forget Xie Changming's tail.
Unexpectedly, this big dog is quite clingy and actually came here. It must be because she didn't reply to his messages before.
Having been discovered, Xie Changming had no choice but to reveal himself. He emerged from behind the bushes, his tall figure casting a shadow that enveloped Luo Mingshu.
"I was just a little late at the auction," Luo Mingshu said, looking at his beautiful peach blossom eyes. "How come you're here?"
Xie Changming's movements were incredibly natural. He sat directly on the back of Luo Mingshu's tortoise and explained, "Whether it's your junior brother or that jade bracelet, they both want to harm you. You haven't replied, so I was worried about you and came to check on you."
Luo Mingshu activated the tortoise, and the beautiful travel artifact roared loudly as it soared into the sky. Xie Changming reached out and put his arm around her waist.
"At the auction just now, someone offered me a high price, but in the end, she couldn't afford the spirit stones. The auction was re-bid, and I managed to snag a bargain, saving about a hundred million spirit stones," Luo Mingshu said excitedly. "I'm amazing, aren't I?"
Xie Changming rested his chin on the top of her head and softly hummed in agreement: "Very impressive."
The two of them left sitting on the tortoise. Meanwhile, Fan Qing, who was still at the Purple Frost Sect, kept an eye on her movements. When Xie Changming appeared, she narrowed her eyes.
"System." She called out twice more, and only after Xie Changming disappeared from sight did her system speak.
"Host, I'm here. There was a slight mishap just now," the system said apologetically.
"Who was the person who left with Luo Mingshu?" Fan Qing asked.
The system paused for a moment: "Host, he is outside my analysis scope, and I cannot analyze his identity—it was because of his arrival that my connection with the system was interrupted, which prevented me from providing you with spirit stones."
Fan Qing frowned: "I knew it was strange that she suddenly gave up the auction. Turns out she called for help."
"Make up for the breach of contract penalty that I can't pay," Fan Qing instructed. "When I meet her again..."
"Sorry—" After Luo Mingshu left, the system was no longer responsive to requests. "Helping you pay the penalty fee will not help you complete the task."
If providing Fan Qing with spirit stones would help her suppress Luo Mingshu, the system would help her without hesitation. However, creating such a large amount of spirit stones also carries risks, so the system would not grant Fan Qing's request unless absolutely necessary.
"What?!" Fan Qing's expression panicked. "System, this is 5 billion! If it weren't for the mission, I wouldn't have asked for such a price."
"Host, do you remember what your initial mission was?" the system suddenly asked Fan Qing, worried that she might have forgotten her original purpose.
“Remember, I will break her arrogance, grind down her pride, and make her a loser who willingly bows down to others,” Fan Qing said, enunciating each word clearly.
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