Sikong Jing fell silent and then replied, "Actually, I am not without means to cope, but still, thank you, Senior Sister Baili."
"Stubborn!" Baili Que rolled her eyes, not believing him.
She thought that Sikong Jing had no way to cope at all, and even if he could defeat those in the Martial Arts Sect Realm, the gap between him and Lei Zizhen was still too vast to bridge.
And very few mentors dared to meddle in Lei Zizhen’s affairs.
Of course, Baili Que didn’t know that if she had appeared any later, Sikong Jing would have used the Golden Soul Palace to quickly ascend the Thunder Dragon Mountain Road.
Then with the oppressive force of Thunder Dragon Mountain Road, he would have crushed Lei Zizhen’s pride.
"All right, since you said you want to thank me, how will you thank me?"
Baili Que was delighted and didn’t dwell on Sikong Jing’s stubbornness anymore.
Because of Sikong Jing, she had advanced through two minor realms in just a few short days.
You should know that there had been no progress for months before.
Now, she was eager to acquire all information about the Black Refining Dark Hook Dragon.
Sikong Jing thought for a moment, then said with a wry smile, "Let’s settle for half, 9.7 million points."
He was already fifty percent confident about the Bone Beast Blood, and with ten million points, he would have enough for the Thousand Cold Red Lotus Core as well.
Baili Que raised her eyebrows but then shrugged indifferently, "Fine, let it be 9.7 million."
Saying this, she turned to look at Yu Yan and said, "You are the new deacon of the Task Hall, right? I have some Xingluo Palace Student Tokens here; tally them up and tell me how many points they’re worth."
After speaking, she took out more than a dozen Xingluo Palace Student Tokens from her storage ring and tossed them to Yu Yan.
And when the tokens fell, everyone in the Task Hall was also wide-eyed with astonishment.
They still didn’t know who Baili Que was, but to have so many tokens was incredible; Xingluo Palace Student Tokens were not so easily obtained, and here she had more than a dozen all at once.
But Yu Yan wasn’t surprised at all, as this was hardly a difficult feat for Baili Que.
She immediately began tallying, then Yu Yan said, "Two Xingluo Inner Palace Student Tokens, three fourth-year Official Student Tokens..."
As she spoke, everyone’s hearts quivered; there were Inner Palace Student Tokens among them.
"Senior Sister Baili, a total of 1.2 million points.
Yu Yan’s words caused everyone to suck in a breath of cold air; she had just secured 1.2 million points in one go.
Forget about apprentices, even for Official Students and ordinary Inner Palace Students, this was unimaginable.
Following that, Yu Yan credited Baili Que with the points.
After finalizing everything, Baili Que looked toward Sikong Jing and said, "I’ll give you 1.2 million for now."
Having said that, she directly credited Sikong Jing with the points.
The people around were again stunned; why was the black-clad woman who dared to challenge Lei Zizhen giving so many points to this apprentice?
Ignoring everyone around her, Baili Que then said to Sikong Jing, "How about we forget the remaining 8.5 million?
"As long as you follow me, you can definitely earn more points than that. Just look at how easily I can produce so many Xingluo Palace Student Tokens; that’s something beyond your imagination."
Having spoken, she puffed out her chest slightly and waited for Sikong Jing’s admiration and acquiescence.
Being in a bad mood and speaking rudely at the Martial Dragon Palace had put her in a passive position, but she was confident she could win over Sikong Jing.
In this world, strength is everything.
Hearing this, Sikong Jing’s mouth twitched, but he did not respond. Instead, he leisurely took out a token from the Golden Soul Palace, which was, of course, a Xingluo Palace Student Token.
A total of over twenty tokens were taken out and handed to Yu Yan, "Senior Sister Yu, please help me count these as well."
"Are, are you kidding me?"
Everyone in the Task Hall couldn’t help but exclaim.
The woman in the black dress who was able to suppress Lei Zizhen had brought out a Xingluo Palace Student Token, which was one thing, but what basis did this apprentice have?
Moreover, he took out more than twenty, which was even more than the woman in the black dress.
At the same time, Baili Que’s mouth was agape, feeling very upset and irritated. Sikong Jing had caught her off guard.
Meanwhile, Yu Yan couldn’t help but secretly smile. Although she didn’t know why Baili Que owed Sikong Jing so many points, Sikong Jing always had a way of surprising people unexpectedly, and she was getting used to it.
After accepting the twenty or so tokens and tallying them up, she said, "Junior Brother Sikong, these twenty-plus Xingluo Palace tokens, since there are no Inner Palace Students, can only be worth half of Senior Sister Baili, which is 600,000."
With that, she carved the score for Sikong Jing.
Baili Que let out a sigh of relief and turned to look at Sikong Jing, patting his shoulder and saying, "Pretty impressive, but if you hang out with me, being a Xingluo Inner Palace student isn’t a big deal. I could make you... huh?"
Her words abruptly halted there, because Sikong Jing took out another token and passed it to Yu Yan again.
"Senior Sister Yu, take a look at this Xingluo Palace Master Token and see how many points it can exchange for."
At this declaration, Baili Que was stupefied.
Yu Yan’s hands trembled, nearly dropping the other tokens on the floor.
Xu He and Ge Rong’s mouths dropped open, becoming utterly dumbstruck...
The onlookers around them felt their brains couldn’t cope, as if they were going insane.
"Senior Sister Yu?" Sikong Jing reminded her.
Yu Yan finally reacted, quickly taking the Xingluo Palace Master Wang’s Token.
She then started appraising it, and after a while, she said hesitantly, "This is a Xingluo Palace Four-Star Master’s Token. One star is worth 1,000,000 points, and each additional star is worth 200,000 extra points, totaling 1,600,000 points for a four-star mentor."
Hearing this, Sikong Jing started to laugh.
1,600,000 points, plus the earlier 600,000, and Baili Que’s 1,200,000.
Finally, adding the original 3,000,000 points for the posted task, Sikong Jing now had 6,400,000 points. The goal of 10,000,000 no longer seemed out of reach, and Baili Que would likely bring more points soon.
Thinking this, Sikong Jing couldn’t help asking, "Senior Sister Baili, what were you saying just now?"
Baili Que’s mouth twitched repeatedly, face struggling with annoyance. With Sikong Jing obtaining a Master’s Token of Xingluo Palace, what did she have to invite him to join her ranks?
"Never mind, I still owe you 8,500,000."
Baili Que felt a constriction in her chest, ultimately letting out a stifled breathe and saying.
She then stopped paying attention to Sikong Jing and moved towards the Light Crystal panel to look at tasks.
On this side, Sikong Jing motioned to Yu Yan to add the 3,400,000 points to the task he posted, then he turned and left the Task Hall. He was going to check on how Yisuo was recovering.
If possible, he wanted to challenge another mountain road before the auction began.
The pressure Lei Zizhen gave him was immense, and the opponent was certainly not going to let it go; Sikong Jing was eager to improve his realm.
Even though Sikong Jing had left, Baili Que was still in the Task Hall.
Her gaze lingered on the tasks for the Bone Beast Blood and the Thousand Cold Red Lotus flower core, saying, "Just 3,000,000 points, what a joke!"
The points weren’t small, but the difficulty of the task was immense, and she wasn’t interested in taking it on.
However, at that moment, the Light Crystal panel suddenly updated.
The task jumped in points from 3,000,000 to 6,400,000 all of a sudden, which made Baili Que’s heart skip a beat.