At the entrance to the private room, Qin Chuan and the others all looked exhausted.
After cultivation, cultivators undergo a process of cleansing their marrow and tendons, and unless they encounter a particularly difficult enemy, they rarely show such a disheveled appearance.
In contrast, Shi Yueyao, who was surrounded by Qin Chuan and his group, looked quite energetic.
Sheng Ning only glanced at the other person, and saw that the latter frowned, his eyes filled with resentment towards him.
It's just unclear whether she's resentful that the Invincible Sect's resentful senior brothers treated her well.
She was still resentful that she had torn down the goddess statue she had set up in Chang Le Fang.
My fingers lightly stroked the baby worm's body. The baby worm had grown a patch of fine scales, which were barely visible unless you looked closely, because it had just hatched.
It felt cool to the touch and a little soft, which made her reluctant to put it down.
"Fellow Daoist Qin, I'm afraid one hundred spirit stones won't be enough."
Qin Chuan frowned, and when he looked up and met Sheng Ning's teasing gaze, he felt as if something was blocking his throat.
Suddenly, a sound of slapping the table rang out in the small private room.
Sheng Ning had a stack of talismans under his hand, and apart from Lu Qing'an and Bai Ze, Su Daiyuan and the others all craned their necks.
"What is that in Junior Sister's hand?" Su Daiyuan and the others asked in confusion.
"It's an IOU. The Taixu Sect owes Junior Sister a favor." Lu Qing'an picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea, trying to hide the smile on his lips with the teacup.
Xi Zhen, Song Bei, and the others also changed their expressions drastically after seeing the talismans.
The scene flashed through their minds: the day they were imprisoned by the demons, and Sheng Ning ran up to them, forcing them to sign and put their fingerprints on the document.
His facial features instantly contorted into a grimace.
Xi Zhen clenched his fists tightly. "Despicable!"
Sheng Ning raised his head, smiled and showed him a set of white teeth, "Thank you for the compliment, Fellow Daoist Xi."
Upon hearing this, Song Bei was about to step forward and make a move.
But before he could take a step, Qin Chuan raised his arm and stopped him, saying, "I'll return half to you first."
When Qin Chuan said this, his eyes were full of hostility.
He suffered humiliation in the Demon Clan during this time, and if it weren't for his determination to save his junior sister, he would have escaped long ago.
The more he recalled his and his fellow disciples' experiences in the Demon Realm, the more agitated he became.
He tossed the mustard seed pouch tucked at his waist to Sheng Ning, and then had Xi Zhen and the others take out their mustard seed pouches and toss them all to Sheng Ning.
Qin Chuan lowered his eyes slightly, concealing the bloodshot veins in his eyes. "Is that enough? If so, please leave."
It was quite remarkable that he was still so polite at this moment, even saying "please".
Sheng Ning glanced at the mustard seed bag on the table, then turned to Yu Ye with a smile, "Fourth Senior Brother, do you have paper and pen?"
As a talisman cultivator, Yu Ye needed paper, pen, and cinnabar.
Since his junior sister wanted it, he naturally gave it to her.
"What does Junior Sister need these for?"
Perform a talisman drawing demonstration for Qin Chuan and the others on the spot?
Tell them that what Taixu Sect lost back then was actually a genius, and make Taixu Sect regret it.
Yu shook his head, banishing the thought from his mind.
Although Junior Sister can be unreliable at times, it's not something she would do to anger Qin Chuan in front of him right now and cause the two sects to fall into a stalemate.
“I won’t let you suffer a loss. After counting the items, I will rewrite a new IOU for you, and the previous IOU will be void.”
Qin Chuan took a deep breath upon hearing this, gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists. "Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Sheng, for your kindness."
"By the way," Sheng Ning suddenly looked up at Qin Chuan as she wrote the IOU, "does that include the hundred spirit stones you asked for for the private room earlier?"
"Calculate!"
Qin Chuan almost bit his back teeth to pieces.
After Sheng Ning finished writing the IOU and blew on the ink to dry it, he beckoned them over. "Fellow Daoist Qin is the chief disciple of the Taixu Sect, so how come you only have so little money on you?"
The group of Qin Chuan and his companions managed to scrape together one-third of the ten thousand spirit stones they owed from the Demon Realm last time.
I don't know when I'll be able to pay back the remaining two-thirds.
Xi Zhen, standing to the side, heard Sheng Ning's complaint and immediately his forehead veins bulged. "The Taixu Sect is not some backwater sect. Everyone's resources are allocated on a fixed basis!"
"So that's how it is," Sheng Ning said with an expression of understanding.
As she spoke, she turned to look at the senior brothers beside her, "Senior brothers, shouldn't we also have a fixed assignment system or something?"
As soon as she finished speaking...
Then Yu Ye tossed out a mustard seed bag, "Fixed allocation? Why a fixed allocation? The Invincible Sect is rich, Junior Sister, you can spend as much as you want."
Guan Yunchuan nodded in agreement, “Junior Sister, are you short of money? Your Fifth Senior Brother has five thousand high-grade spirit stones here. You can use them first, and if it’s not enough, we’ll ask Master for more.”
Even the usually composed senior disciple, Su Daiyuan, joined in the fun.
"They don't have enough resources, so they can only allocate them in a fixed amount. But we are different. Junior Sister, you can use the resources however you want. Don't worry about bankrupting the Invincible Sect."
Lu Qing'an chimed in, "Exactly! You're so small, how could you possibly devour the Invincible Sect?"
Lu Jingshen didn't say anything, but threw another mustard seed bag in front of Sheng Ning.
If we say that the members of the Invincible Sect in their previous lives were all honest people...
They are all top-tier figures in the world of cunning and ruthlessness.
They did this not only because they genuinely doted on Sheng Ning, but also to infuriate Qin Chuan and the others.
It was also because of that idiot Qi Master Yueyao.
As expected, the moment Su Daiyuan and the others threw out the mustard seed bag, Shi Yueyao, who was surrounded by her senior brothers, instantly changed her expression.
She clenched her fists, her neatly trimmed long nails digging deeply into the soft flesh of her palms.
The way they looked at Su Daiyuan and the others added a touch of pitifulness.
These all originally belonged to her.
No matter how much she acted up or made a fuss, the senior brothers of the Invincible Sect treated her like a precious treasure and never held it against her.
All the changes originated from Sheng Ning.
Why won't Sheng Ning die?
Why is Sheng Ning still alive in this world?
A metallic taste of blood filled her mouth, and Shi Yueyao immediately released her grip on her lower lip.
She squeezed through the crowd and stood in front of Su Daiyuan and the others, "Senior Brother..."
Upon seeing this, Yu was so frightened that he quickly summoned a talisman to ward off evil spirits and shouted it three times in front of everyone.
"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"
Shi Yueyao almost couldn't hold back her pitiful expression.
She suppressed the urge to contort her features, blinked her watery eyes, and her eyes reddened.
"Fourth Senior Brother, you've always been the one who doted on me the most. If you treat me like this now, what about all the good things you did for me before?"
Sheng Ning sat to the side, watching Qin Chuan and the others sign the papers.
Hearing Shi Yueyao's aggrieved accusation, she raised her head, her red lips slightly parted, "So he was young and promising but didn't know any better?"
As soon as Sheng Ning finished speaking, Shi Yueyao's facial features contorted in a grotesque expression.
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