Chapter 104: At the first moment of the debt collection, Yin Yue was already...
At 1:15 pm, Yin Yue was already waiting outside Li Youyang's door. Li Youyang and Bei Liyuan did not wake up until 3:15 pm. As soon as they stretched, they noticed a figure standing outside the door.
Li Youyang frowned. He was really annoyed that others always urged him to do things, but he had to deal with such a serious and responsible elder.
Bei Liyuan opened the door and asked, "Elder Yinyue, have you been waiting for a long time?"
Yin Yue worriedly said, "I was just too excited and didn't know what to do. Did I disturb His Majesty's rest?"
Bei Liyuan curled his lips. When he turned the mirror, he thought this person was quite interesting. He thought he was a lazy person, but it turned out that he was a workaholic. If he handed the Yuemai to this person in the future, it would definitely prosper.
"No, are the account books ready?"
"I'm ready."
Bei Liyuan turned around and looked at Li Youyang: "Master, when do we set off?"
Li Youyang said coldly: "Now."
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In front of the Yang Palace, Bei Liyuan said to the clan soldier guarding the gate: "Go back and tell your leader that the Yuemai leader has come to give gifts."
After hearing the word "Yuemai", the tribe soldier showed his disgust without hiding it and said lazily: "Wait."
After saying this, he turned around slowly and leisurely, Bei Liyuan curled his lips and said, "It seems that you have been guarding the gate for too long and can't even walk. Then I will be kind enough to give you a ride."
As he spoke, he slammed out with his palm, and the man was blown away with a scream, falling right in front of Chi Yang.
Chi Yang frowned: "Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you even walk properly?"
The man climbed to his feet, feeling it would be too embarrassing to say he was knocked back, so he lied, "Young Master, the Sin Clan came to deliver a gift. I was gathering them to report and wasn't watching the road, so I fell."
Chi Yang didn't know the specific situation in Yuemai that morning. He only knew that Chi Ye returned empty-handed and looked unhappy, so he didn't dare to ask. Now, when he heard that the Sin Clan had come to give gifts, he assumed that the Sin Clan had not been able to come up with any gifts before, and had finally managed to gather them together after a long time. He said nonchalantly, "Take them to the side hall, leave the gifts, and give the others a couple of sips of cold tea."
After Li Youyang and the others arrived at the side hall, the man said, "Leave your things here, you can go now."
Bei Liyuan laughed. Could it be that Chi Ye was really a fool? He actually thought that they were here to give gifts.
Seeing that the others didn't move, the man said coldly, "Get out of here!"
Bei Liyuan's eyes darkened slightly, and he pointed a cold blade at the man's throat: "Go and tell your master that we are here to collect a debt today."
Bei Liyuan put away his sword after he finished speaking, and the man hurried away. Not long after, Chi Yang followed the man and said coldly, "This is the Yang Meridian, not a place for you to run wild. If you know what's good for you, get out of here right now."
As soon as he finished speaking, a ledger slammed into his face: "Now that everyone is here, let's start calculating."
Chi Yang took the account book and flew into a rage: "Who the hell do you think Yue Mai is? How dare you settle accounts with us? I think you are really tired of living."
Bei Liyuan's fingertips moved lightly, and hundreds of sharp blades surrounded Chi Yang. He curled his lips and said, "Can we settle the score now?"
Chi Yang's face turned pale, and his tone softened instantly: "I don't usually take care of the accounts. Even if I need to do it, it has to be done by the accounting staff. Go to the accounting office and notify them to come over."
The man retreated in a hurry.
Bei Liyuan held up his forehead with one hand and waited for half a minute, but no one showed up. He couldn't help but lose his patience: "It's been so long, even if they had to crawl, they should have crawled here. It seems that people with Yang Meridian are really not very agile."
Another half a quarter of an hour passed and the accountant still hadn't arrived, so Chi Jun and Chi Ye went in together.
Li Youyang and the others stood up and bowed to Chi Jun. Chi Jun nodded slightly and walked to the main seat. He waved his sleeves lightly to disperse the sharp blades surrounding Chi Yang. He looked at Li Youyang and the others with cold eyes: "What caused the conflict with the Yang Meridian this time?"
Li Youyang said coldly, "Not to mention the distant past, over the past hundreds of millions of years, the Yang Vein has borrowed many resources from the Blood Vein, and today I have come to claim them."
Chi Jun's eyes darkened slightly. He knew that the Yang Meridian and even other branches were secretly occupying the Yue Meridian's resources. It had been like this for many years, and he had long since acquiesced to it.
Li Youyang looked at the box beside him. "Inside this are the account books of what Yangmai has borrowed over the years. There are 2 trillion spirit stones, 200 million plants of top-grade spirit medicine, 170 million tons of top-grade spirit materials, 50,000 pieces of top-grade spirit treasures, 800,000 pieces of top-grade spirit treasures. In addition, there are countless spirit materials and spirit medicines below the top grade, and spirit treasures below the top grade. These can be temporarily converted into 8 trillion spirit stones..."
Chi Ye said in a deep voice: "Leader Yuemai is really asking for too much..."
Li Youyang interrupted coldly: "Every single thing is recorded, and the leader of the Yangmai can verify it."
Chi Ye said coldly, "Your account books are of course yours to record however you want. Are these IOUs from my Yangmai?"
Li Youyang: "No."
Chi Ye knelt down and said, "Lord Chi, the other party came to my Yangmai to cause trouble without any evidence. I beg you to uphold justice."
Li Youyang said coldly, "Although there is no loan agreement, there is other evidence. Among them, Yangmai borrowed 1 trillion spirit stones from Chijun, 70,000 top-grade spirit medicines, 7,000 tons of top-grade spirit materials, 30,000 top-grade spirit treasures, and 400,000 top-grade spirit treasures. In addition, there are countless spirit materials and spirit medicines below the top grade, and spirit treasures below the top grade, which can be temporarily converted into 3 trillion spirit stones. In addition, Jingyue Pool, Nanlin City, Xianzhi Mountain, and Linxian Lake, which originally belonged to Yuemai, were borrowed by Yangmai a million years ago and have never been returned. The income should be several hundred billion spirit stones. I hope Chijun will be fair."
Chi Jun frowned, "Back then, these four places were lent to Yangmai for emergency use. Hasn't Yangmai ever returned them?"
Chi Ye said respectfully, "I was too busy afterwards and neglected it for a moment. I will return it to Yuemai today."
Chi Jun nodded and said, "It's hard to estimate the exact amount of profit from these four places. Plus, I still have to take care of the Yang Meridian, so I'll return another 500 billion spirit stones. As for the rest, I can't remember exactly, so I'll just count it as 100 billion spirit stones, and the account is settled."
Yin Yue's eyes showed a slight joy. In his opinion, nothing would be revealed today, especially after Chi Jun came. He did not expect Chi Jun to admit so much, especially those four places. However, those four places were the places in the entire Chihuo clan that produced the best quality and the most spiritual medicines, spiritual stones and spiritual materials. Being able to get them back was a pleasant surprise.
At this time, Li Youyang said coldly, "Since Chi Jun can't remember clearly, then those accounts from the past can be muddled. However, if we calculate the profits of those four places based on the time when the bloodline was in charge, it would be at least 500 billion spirit stones per million years. Since Chi Jun has come forward, I will erase 20% of it. The Yang vein will return 400 billion spirit stones to my Yue vein, and this account will be completely settled."
Chi Ye said in a deep voice: "Chief Li, Chi Jun has already made it clear. Are you going to disobey Chi Jun?"
Li Youyang looked at Chi Jun coldly, waiting for an answer.
After a long silence, Chi Jun said coldly: "Three trillion spirit stones, this matter is settled."
Li Youyang: "I'm going to take it back today."
Chi Jun nodded: "Okay."
Chi Ye clenched his fist and said, "Three trillion spirit stones, how can I gather them in such a short time?"
Li Youyang said coldly: "I have made concessions again and again, and I hope that the leader of the Yangmai will not force me anymore."
Chi Ye looked at Chi Jun and said respectfully, "Chi Jun, I really can't gather it in such a short time..."
Li Youyang's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Gather it within two hours. If it's not enough, I will pay with my life. One life of a Yangmai clan member costs 100,000 spirit stones."
Yin Yue was shocked. He knew that the new leader was tough, but he didn't expect him to be tough to this extent. But... well, after enduring so many years of humiliation, today he would accompany the new leader to fight to the death.
Chi Ye said solemnly, "Chief Li! Don't go too far!"
Chi Jun said coldly: "It is indeed difficult to gather 300 billion spirit stones in such a short time. It would take half a month."
Li Youyang was silent. He was too lazy to dwell on this matter anymore.
Bei Liyuan looked at Chi Ye and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't waste any more time here."
Chi Ye looked at Chi Jun, and Chi Jun was silent.
Chi Ye groaned, flicked his sleeves, and left in anger. An hour and a half later, he returned and handed Yin Yue a brocade box. "We can only gather 900 billion spirit stones now. The rest will be replenished within three days."
Just as Yin Yue was about to answer, Li Youyang said coldly, "It seems that the Yangmai leader didn't take my words to heart. I said that if you can't gather them together, you can pay with your life. One life is worth 100,000 spirit stones."
"Chief Li, don't be so ruthless. If it weren't for Chi Jun being here, you wouldn't be able to take away a single spirit stone today."
Bei Liyuan said nonchalantly, "If it weren't for Lord Chi being here, the accounts between the two clans wouldn't have been settled so easily."
Chi Ye glanced at him coldly: "Who do you think you are? You have the right to interrupt the master when he is speaking?! With all due respect, Chief Li should take better care of his people. The Chihuo Clan has strict rules. He will lose his life sooner or later if he doesn't follow the rules."
Li Youyang's eyes flashed with murderous intent. Bei Liyuan gently tugged at the corner of his clothes and continued, "Chief Chi is right. I will definitely learn the rules of the Red Fire Clan in the future. However, there shouldn't be a rule in the Red Fire Clan that allows you to refuse to pay a debt without a clear conscience, right?"
Chiye frowned: "This is all I can muster today. I'll make up for it later."
Bei Liyuan looked at Yin Yue and said, "Elder Yin Yue, didn't Chief Chi always say the same thing before? And he always broke his promise and got rich."
Without waiting for Yin Yue's reply, Bei Liyuan continued, "If a person is dishonest, at most it can be said that he has a character problem, but Chief Chi represents the entire Yang Vein, and the Yang Vein is now the face of the entire Chihuo Clan. Such behavior will inevitably be criticized by other sects in the world."
Chi Ye said solemnly, "I've already said that this is all I can muster today. I'll make up the rest later. It's only three trillion spirit stones. My Yangmai won't be so remiss as to owe me a small amount."
Bei Liyuan sighed: "It seems that this matter cannot be resolved peacefully today."
After saying that, he folded his arms and took a step back.
While Chi Ye was slightly stunned, Li Youyang flashed into the void, his snow-white robe fluttering without wind, and a heavy pressure swept across the entire Yangmai.
Chi Ye sneered: "When Qiong Cang was here, you didn't dare to act so wildly in my Yang Meridian. If I don't teach you a lesson, I'm afraid you won't behave yourself."
As he spoke, he swung a sword and waved his sleeve lightly. Chi Ye could not get any closer. The next moment, Li Youyang's body burst out with heavy spiritual energy, and Chi Ye was directly knocked down, seriously injured and vomiting blood.
Li Youyang's eyes darkened, and the immortal sword hung upside down in front of him. In an instant, it turned into tens of thousands of sword prints, and then the sword shadows fell like rain, and the entire Yangmai screamed in pain.
Chi Jun didn't expect that Li Youyang would actually dare to slaughter the Yangmai in front of him. When he reacted, there were already casualties. He hurriedly sent out the magic sword and formed a shield.
After blocking the sword seal, he flashed into the void and looked coldly at Li Youyang who released the pressure. The people of Yang Meridian couldn't bear it and knelt on the ground. Even Yin Yue couldn't hold on any longer. Bei Liyuan casually set up a formation to block the pressure and protect the group.
Chi Jun said coldly: "Chief Li, today's farce ends here."
Li Youyang's eyes darkened. "Lord Chi should persuade the leader of the Yang Cultivation Sect. I told you that if you can't gather them within two hours, I will pay with my life."
Chi Jun's eyes darkened as he released his mighty power once again. The Yangmai tribe members present could not bear it and vomited blood and fell into a coma.
"Captain Li, I will say this one last time. This is the end of today."
Li Youyang had lost his patience and moved his sword again. Tens of thousands of sword seals reappeared in the void, their power even greater than before. "The Ten Thousand Sword Seals can save Chi Jun, but what about the Hundred Million Sword Seals?"
The moment he finished speaking, each sword seal turned into tens of thousands, and its power increased several times.
Chi Jun's eyes darkened. If this sword seal fell, even if he did his utmost to protect it, fifty percent of the Yang Meridian would be injured today. Ever since the release of the Demon God, the Red Fire Clan was already in a precarious situation. The First Sect had long intended to annex them. No more unnecessary losses could occur at this moment. He looked at Chi Ye with cold eyes and said, "Go and join us."
Chi Ye didn't expect Li Youyang to be so powerful. Even if Chi Jun didn't say anything, he planned to get the spirit stones to send this plague god away.
Yin Yue's eyes widened in shock: "In such a short time, Your Excellency's cultivation has reached a new level."
Bei Liyuan crossed his arms and said, "When Qiong Cang gave the Moon Vein Cloud Pattern to Youyang, he also gave his cultivation base. Although we are both cultivators, there are still some differences. It took Youyang some time to refine it."
Another half hour passed, and Chi Ye ordered someone to hurry over with a box. "Inside this box are five thousand space rings, each containing three hundred million spirit stones. Adding to the nine hundred billion spirit stones from before, that's a total of twenty-four hundred billion spirit stones. The remaining six hundred billion will be delivered to Yuemai tonight."
Li Youyang's eyes darkened slightly, and a rain of swords fell instantly. Chi Ye was anxious: "Chief Li, we really can't gather them in such a short time!"
Li Youyang looked at him: "What does it have to do with me?"
Chi Ye clenched his fist and said, "Who can gather three trillion spirit stones within two hours? Your original intention was to kill my Yangmai clan members."
Li Youyang looked at Chiye with cold eyes: "How many members of the Yuemai tribe have been tortured to death by you, the Yangmai tribe! Now I am just collecting a few cents of interest."
"Li Youyang! From today on, my Yangmai and you will be irreconcilable."
Li Youyang smiled faintly: "If that's the case, the Yang Meridian will no longer exist after today."
Li Youyang moved his sword finger again, and the sword imprint in the void increased hundreds of times in an instant. If all of it were smashed down, the Yang meridian would be seriously damaged.
Chi Ye said angrily, "Li Youyang, what do you want me to do in exchange for giving up? Do you want me to kneel down?"
"Your kneeling is worthless to me." Li Youyang looked at Chi Jun, "I want all the Yuemai people among the criminal slaves to be freed from slavery and return to the Yuemai clan."
Killing intent flashed across Chi Jun's eyes: "Chief Li is the first person who dared to force me."
"What does Chijun say?"
Chi Jun said solemnly: "I agree."
Li Youyang waved his sleeves lightly to disperse the sword marks, but a few fish that were caught in the net chopped straight towards Chi Ye and his son. Chi Ye barely dodged them, but Chi Yang was not so lucky. One sword pierced his foot and another pierced his butt.
Chi Yang roared angrily: "Li Youyang! You did it on purpose."
Li Youyang's eyes flashed with sarcasm. "Yes, I did it on purpose. What can you do to me? And don't forget to send the remaining spirit stones to Yuemai later."
Chiye clenched his fists tightly.
After leaving the Yang Meridian, Li Youyang stretched out his body and said tiredly, "Yinyue, you can arrange the rest. You don't need to report to me. I want to stay in seclusion until the secret realm trial."
Yin Yue bowed and said, "I obey your command."
On that day, Yin Yue distributed a portion of the spirit stones first and put the rest into the warehouse.
The accountant looked at the 1.5 trillion spirit stones that had been deposited into the account and burst into tears with excitement: "The treasury has been short of money for so many years, and finally we see spirit stones again."
Yin Yue patted his shoulder and was about to offer a few words of comfort when four tribesmen hurried over, "Elder Yin Yue, we have been ordered to reclaim those four sacred sites, but the people of Yang Pulse are evading orders, claiming ignorance and refusing to let us in."
Yin Yue's eyes darkened: "I'll go with you."
One of them hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke: "The people guarding those four places are the top four elders of the Yang Meridian. May I ask the Lord to go over?"
The man knelt down hurriedly: "Elder Yinyue, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just..."
Yin Yue helped the man up and said, "I understand. I will go and ask the Lord for help."
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"Youyang, come and see, how about planting this pear tree here?"
Li Youyang nodded: "Okay."
After planting the tree, Bei Liyuan patted the dirt on his hands and said, "We just need a set of tables and chairs to make it the same as Chengyan Palace."
"My Lord." Yin Yue bowed respectfully.
Li Youyang's originally good mood suddenly turned sour when he saw Yin Yue: "Didn't you say that all matters are decided by you and you don't need to report to me?"
Yin Yue lowered her head in guilt. Li Youyang said coldly, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"The people from the Moon Vein were ordered to reclaim Jingyue Pond, Nanlin City, Xianzhi Mountain, and Linxian Lake, but they were blocked. The people from the Yang Vein wouldn't let us in at all."
Bei Liyuan curled his lips and said, "We really got it right. One night should be enough for them to do it. Let's go find Chi Jun to accompany us tomorrow at 9:00 PM."
After measuring the ground under the pear tree, Bei Liyuan looked at Li Youyang and said, "It's a lot bigger than the one in Chengyan Palace. I think we can put a slightly bigger one."
Li Youyang hummed.
Bei Liyuan raised his eyes and looked at Yin Yue: "Are you not leaving yet?"
Yin Yue hesitated and asked again, "I didn't understand what Master Bei... just said."
Bei Liyuan smiled. "Today's events caught them off guard. They're unwilling to leave because many of the things inside haven't been moved in time. The key is that Chi Ye will definitely not let these four places return to us intact. They will definitely make some moves."
Yin Yue said anxiously: "Then shouldn't we..."
Bei Liyuan interrupted, "If they don't destroy these places, how can we get more benefits? I heard that Yangmai has the largest spirit stone mine in the Red Fire Clan. Isn't this stuff better than those four places?"
Yin Yue was slightly startled: "But I will definitely not hand over my Yang pulse..."
Bei Liyuan smiled: "Then it won't be up to them."
As he spoke, Bei Liyuan had already taken out a crystal stone and started refining it. After a few breaths, a set of tables and chairs was ready. Bei Liyuan put the tables and chairs in place and said, "Youyang, is it okay to put them here?"
Li Youyang nodded: "Okay."
Bei Liyuan looked at Yin Yue again: "Many criminal slaves have returned to the Moon Vein, so there must be a lot of things to deal with."
Yin Yue bowed and retreated.
At 9:00 on the second day, Yin Yue went to Chi Jun Palace with Li Youyang and Bei Liyuan. Chi Jun was still a little annoyed about the previous incident, so he deliberately left the three of them alone for an hour.
"What's going on today?"
Li Youyang bowed and said, "Lord Chi, the people from the Moon Vein went to reclaim Jingyue Pool, Nanlin City, Xianzhi Mountain, and Linxian Lake yesterday. The Yang Vein blocked their entry. If they were to fight again, it would cause the two veins to become enemies. That's why I came to you, Lord Chi, to ask for your intervention."
Chi Jun frowned. It was fine if Li Youyang had just arrived, but Chi Ye actually dared to disobey his orders. "Let's go."
Chi Jun followed Li Youyang and the others to the Jingyue Pond first. This time, with Chi Jun present, the Yang Meridian people did not stop them and cooperated with the handover. When the handover was almost completed, Li Youyang looked at Bei Liyuan. Bei Liyuan understood and moved his sword slightly. The Jingyue Pond suddenly boiled. Chi Jun and the others were about to go over, but the Yang Meridian Great Elder Chen Xin hurriedly said, "Chi Jun, maybe it's the spirit fish in the pond..."
boom!
Suddenly, a loud noise came from the bottom of Jingyue Pond, and then the spiritual energy in the pool water dissipated in an instant.
Chi Jun looked at Chen Xin with a serious look: "What's going on?"
Chen Xin knelt down hurriedly.
Chi Jun ordered people to check the other three places, and the results were the same. The spiritual veins in all four places had been destroyed. Then the spiritual breath was gathered into a spiritual core to maintain the spiritual breath on the surface.
He could turn a blind eye to the internal struggles among the Red Fire Clan, but he would never forgive anyone who destroyed the Red Fire Clan's resources, especially those that were very abundant.
Li Youyang bowed: "Lord Chi..."
Chi Jun raised his hand to interrupt, "From today onwards, within a thousand years, 50% of Yangmai's resources will be deducted. In addition, Yangmai Yongye City will be ceded to Yuemai as compensation for these four places."
"Lord Chi, we know we are wrong. Yongye City is the foundation of the Yang Meridian. We absolutely cannot..."
Chi Jun warned in a deep voice: "Go back and tell Chi Ye that I don't want to see the same thing happen again."
On that day, Yuemai successfully took over Yongye City, where the largest spirit stone mine of the Chihuo Clan was located.
On the way back to the Moon Vein, Yin Yue couldn't help but mutter, "Your Majesty, you actually did it! I still can't believe it. That's Eternal Night City, home to the Red Fire Clan's largest spirit stone mine and the foundation of the Yang Vein. And yet, it's truly ours. Without Eternal Night City and 50% of their supplies seized, their decline is inevitable. They've been tyrannical for years, and if they fall, I'm afraid they'll be even worse off than our Moon Vein. It's truly a relief. But I still don't understand why the Red Lord, who always valued the Yang Vein, would give Eternal Night City to us?"
"Precisely because of this, Chi Jun will be even more disappointed. The Yang Vein is bullying other branches to strengthen itself, but Chi Jun can turn a blind eye, because the ultimate result is that the strength of the entire Chihuo Clan is strengthened."
Yin Yue's eyes lit up. "I understand. To Chi Jun, it doesn't matter which branch becomes stronger, as long as the Chihuo Clan becomes stronger. However, those four places are one of the Chihuo Clan's important sources of resources. The destruction of the Yang Meridian may seem to target the Moon Meridian, but in reality, it harms the interests of the entire Chihuo Clan. We once valued the Yang Meridian so much, but now we've completely given it up because of this."
Bei Liyuan curled his lips: "Giving up is an attitude towards Yuemai."
"Moon Pulse?"
Then his dark eyes brightened: "Chi Jun wants to reactivate the Moon Meridian?!"
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