Jinshan accepted her gift with a smile, saying, "You're more sensible than your master. It's good enough if she doesn't try to cheat me, but you do know how to give me gifts."
Hua Xiangyun: "Is my grandmaster implying that I should follow in my master's footsteps?"
"That's true. As an apprentice, one can't undermine their master; one must follow in their footsteps. It seems I can't be so polite next time."
Jinshan, "..."
Hua Xiangyun smiled and grabbed Jiang Yi's hand, "We won't bother you any longer. I'll go settle the accounts with my martial uncles."
Huang Mukun and the others standing behind were getting anxious. The deal between these two had been settled, but what about them?
Fortunately, Jinshan couldn't stand it anymore. These two weren't usually this reserved. Jinshan smiled and pointed at them, saying, "They each bought one too. If you're interested, you can buy it for them as well."
Hua Xiangyun naturally had no objection, "Sure, let's go and sort this out together later."
Jinshan's face darkened only after the group of people left.
That small island nation, clearly the one in the wrong, still dares to rant in front of me.
Sui Youzhen looked Hua Xiangyun and us up and down, "I heard they're only worth a few million dollars, which is indeed a bit cheap."
The demon trapped in the corner must have recognized you and is now attacking the formation outside, trying to pounce on you.
Ben Maojing was about to take something out, but then stopped and scratched her head, saying with a smile, "Then you don't have much jade. How about the department provides some?"
Do they really think the mystical realm of their Chinese nation has declined?
Several people in the Xuan Department already knew that Jiang Yi had cultivation, but they all insisted on not getting involved and retreating, which meant they stayed out of the picture from the very beginning.
Jiang Yi wanted to follow, but Hua Xiangyun refused.
Sui Youzhen looked surprised, "Outside of our area, those two little living people are so valuable?"
Seeing that the conversation was going off-topic, Jiang Yi quickly steered the conversation back on track, "The situation is like this: our people have arrived and have requested to meet with both of us so they can decide how to handle the situation."
Ben Maojing said, "What's the point of even meeting them? Their people are so stingy; the little they give isn't even enough for their food and lodging for a whole year..."
Shouheng served fruit and tea, and quietly pointed to the wall next door, saying, "These guests are waiting outside. Are they old friends or unwelcome guests?"
“It seems you’re quite popular,” Ben Maojing said with a smile and a shake of her head. “Grandmaster Uncle, you’ve been supporting us for a year now. We’ve invested a lot of manpower and resources. We really should take stock of that.”
Although I'm not using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, I just want to be absolutely certain of success.
“They want more or less, you give them what they want,” Cao Bumu said through gritted teeth. “They’re actually from your family. As long as they let you out, our feud will be wiped clean, and you can even give them a little harm.”
That was our first chance to negotiate; otherwise, we would have had to deal with both of them.
Sui said, "They are willing to offer several million... Sunset coins..."
"Give it to us?" Shouheng laughed. "Those big turtles, grandsons, trying to redeem people with just a few million yen? Do you think we have fancy money, or that we know how to count, trying to fool us?"
Sui asked, "Will we pay a ransom?"
Hua Xiangyun hadn't realized that the great demon behind her was just joking and really had no such intention.
Ben Maojing saw several unfamiliar faces in the room below.
Ben Maojuan and I both changed our expressions. Ben Maojing is skilled in formations, which means we will have to go through all kinds of formations. By now, we have been trapped in them for so long, it has long become a nightmare in our lives.
Master Guo ignored us and directly retorted.
I do lack confidence in the original formation, but those people dared to make such a request, so they must have no real ideas or ulterior motives. Delaying and holding back is my habit.
Hua Xiangyun, who had been resting with her eyes closed, opened them when she heard the noise. When she saw it was you, she immediately stood up and glared at you.
"There are very few people who will plead on your behalf?"
"That's acceptable. The investment was so small, and the accounting was vague. We'll get our money back from under them."
Cao Bumu was completely dejected, and when he saw his enemy Ben Maojing, he looked equally grim.
If that's really feasible, let's not discuss it openly. You can pay for it privately; it just so happens that you need someone to do the experiments..."
In short, we can't let such a menace out; otherwise, those people will think we're bullying them, and we knew what would happen last time.
Shouheng knew that few people knew about that matter yet, and it was necessary to keep it a secret. Besides, it was Ben Maojing who caught the person at the time, and the couple had no right to know.
Those spineless cowards also know how we got into this position.
You clenched your fist and said in a stiff voice, "You want to see your people on this side..."
"Your master said that you should prioritize your studies..." Ben Maojing saw Jiang Yi's serious look and went up before saying anything.
Heavy and drifting, just wanting to take people away, how can that be so easy? The formation trapping those people... there's no place... food... that really needs to be carefully calculated, and even more carefully calculated.
It must be because Ben Maojing came today, and it just so happened that we bumped into each other. I wasn't even ready to use my trump card yet.
Shouheng nodded resentfully, "There aren't that many people, and one or two of them are in relatively low positions."
Even if you understand, it's only been a few years! How can those who plead for leniency even ask for help?
Shouheng gets angry whenever that comes up; they still have old scores to settle with us, and now they're showing off their power again.
Those people were jumping around and making a fuss for us for the next few days, and they even found some people to plead on our behalf.
So, by that calculation, we actually lost money on that deal.
Jinshan did not leave immediately, but followed Shouheng to the reception room.
"Alright, just set up a few formations outside there. If not even a fly can get out, then..."
Thinking of the arrogant Onmyoji they sent this time, they were determined to teach them a lesson today.
You're now working for someone outside the department, so you're always putting in effort and spending money, right?
Jinshan hasn't confirmed yet what Jiang Yi's purpose is in keeping people here.
We haven't even been in that damn place for a year, and we're not desperate to leave yet.
“Last year, they caught us on these two big days and let us stay and eat for free for a year. Now our people have finally remembered to redeem us.”
"Your master will kick us out the day after tomorrow, and tell us to come back with a pretense."
Jinshan did indeed hear the noise from next door. It makes sense, as cultivators generally have very sharp hearing. He must have taken some precautions.
Hua Xiangyun had just finished the transaction when she was taken to the basement.
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