Everyone turned their heads in unison, looking towards Song Tianhao and his group.
"What are you looking at? Think you’re all so great just because there’s a lot of you? What kind of crap Holy Mansion, weren’t you still driven out by the Divine Wind Continent?" Bai Feng scanned the millions of students present with cold indifference.
Bai Feng’s cultivation was at the Ninth Rank Saint Lord Realm.
And he was extremely young.
Not even three hundred years old.
As this gaze fell, everyone dropped their heads in terror, not daring to meet Bai Feng’s eyes.
"A bunch of cowards, trash! Weren’t you all shouting with such glee just now? With just one glance from this young master, you can’t handle it? Could it be that being expelled by the Divine Wind Continent, you all became a load of rubbish!" Bai Feng shook his head in amusement.
"Murong Guan, did you forget what Tian Hao said just now, or what? He told you to deliver a hundred billion Spirit Stones, and you’re still here holding a conference? Did you not take Tian Hao’s words seriously? Making us wait in vain for an hour, drinking in the northwestern wind for an entire hour!" Su Xin’s pretty face sank slightly, her cold gaze fixed on Murong Guan.
Arrogance filled her beautiful eyes!
"Give me an explanation! And it better be satisfactory," Song Tianhao said with a faint smile.
His expression showed neither sorrow nor joy.
The millions of students on the square all felt an icy chill to their bones!
"This is bad, how did I forget about this..." Murong Guan’s complexion turned rather unsightly.
Lin Fan had emerged from his retreat, and everyone was too excited.
They completely put Song Tianhao and his people out of their minds and utterly forgot about them.
"What’s the matter?" Lin Fan asked, looking at Murong Guan with curiosity.
It was his first time seeing Song Tianhao and his companions, so he naturally didn’t know what had happened.
The cultivation of Song Tianhao and his people turned out to be at the Ninth Rank Saint Lord level, they must be not from the lower planes but from the Divine Wind Continent.
And just now, Su Xin’s words had confirmed this!
"It’s , an hour ago, these people arrived on a massive Breakthrough Ship at the square outside the Holy Mansion, it seems like the Spirit Stones inside the vessel were depleted, so they planned to demand some from the Holy Mansion," Murong Guan explained.
"Old geezer, what do you mean by demand? It’s a tribute to us, got it?" Yuan Shiyang sneered.
Murong Guan ignored him, continuing to explain to Lin Fan: "Then, Gu Lao and Huo Lao exchanged a few words of defiance, and after I rebutted them, these people directly doubled the thirty billion Spirit Stones to a hundred billion... ordering the Holy Mansion to prepare a hundred billion Spirit Stones within half an hour..."
"Even though the Holy Mansion is small, we do have a hundred billion Spirit Stones. However, the problem is... thirty billion Spirit Stones are enough to cover all the students’ cultivation expenses for a month, a hundred billion is about three years’ worth for the Mansion, it’s simply too much... it’s a bit too much to bear..."
Murong Guan shook his head, then fell silent.
Lin Fan frowned, "Isn’t this just robbery?"
To demand thirty billion Spirit Stones right from the start, and then to double it to a hundred billion if not given!
If this isn’t robbery, what is it?
Even if they are from the Divine Wind Continent, they can’t act !
"Kid, you’re right, it is robbery. So what are you gonna do about it?" Song Tianhao, who had not spoken until now, finally opened his mouth.
His tone was taunting.
With a hint of faint mockery, he looked at Lin Fan.
Bai Feng, Yuan Shiyang, and Su Xin couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter, their tones filled with schadenfreude.
"Boy, did you hear that? We’re here to rob you, what are you going to do about it?" Bai Feng sneered, like a wicked wolf.
"With your so-called Holy Mansion? Asking for a hundred billion Spirit Stones is already giving you face. If you know what’s good for you, hand over the hundred billion Spirit Stones obediently, or else you know what the consequences will be!" Yuan Shiyang said with a feigned smile that did not reach his eyes.
"Why bother talking nonsense with such lowlifes, Bai Feng and Yuan Shiyang? Didn’t you see his cultivation level? Mere Void Refining Late Stage. Such a person isn’t even a match for our family’s followers. What right does he have to speak with us?" Su Xin shook her head with a disdainful look at Lin Fan.
Only Su Yun, from the beginning until now, has been frowning the whole time.
She cast her gaze deeply at Lin Fan.
In her heart, there was an unusual feeling!
Su Yun felt that Lin Fan was like a latent beast, ready to strike and wound someone at any moment.
This beast was an existence that not even all five of them combined could provoke.
"All of you, keep quiet, the main point is we need Spirit Stones..." Su Yun reminded with a frown.
She changed the subject, looking at Murong Guan, said: "Pavilion Master Murong, we need roughly another thirty billion Spirit Stones to activate the Breakthrough Ship, so you could lend us the thirty billion Spirit Stones. I’ll write you an IOU, and then we can leave immediately!"
Su Yun’s words left everyone stunned.
Not only Lin Fan and Murong Guan were unexpected.
But even Song Tianhao, Bai Feng, Yuan Shiyin, and Su Xin didn’t foresee Su Yun saying such a thing.
"Su Yun, what did you just say?" Song Tianhao narrowed his eyes slightly.
His tone turned somewhat chilly!
Su Yun was extremely beautiful, the kind of demure beauty that seemed untouched like a piece of raw jade.
Song Tianhao admitted to himself that he really liked Su Yun.
He had just asked Murong Guan and the rest for an explanation.
And now Su Yun says, they just need to take out thirty billion Spirit Stones and write an IOU and it’s done? Isn’t that undermining him in public?
"Su Yun, are you out of your mind? Didn’t you hear what Young Master Song just said? To let these ants give a satisfactory explanation, why play such a goody two-shoes? Besides, do we need to write an IOU to deal with a bunch of ants like these?" Su Xin scowled with disgust, glancing at Su Yun.
The two of them, as cousins, were not on good terms within the Su Family.
Just because Su Yun was superior both in looks and cultivation, and also more favored in the Su Family.
Su Xin was extremely jealous!
"Su Xin, the Family Head has said before, that when we’re outside, we shouldn’t cause trouble. Thirty billion Spirit Stones are not a lot for our Su Family; let’s not offend certain individuals over this!" Su Yun spoke, her beautiful eyes inadvertently glancing at Lin Fan.
"Little Fan Fan, this girl seems to hold quite a wariness against you!" The voice of Emperor Jade came in Lin Fan’s mind.
Lin Fan nodded silently, "I feel it, she can actually notice there’s something different about me? Why? Emperor Jade, do you know?"
"Not sure yet! This girl has some treasures on her, blocking my Divine Sense from probing. Let’s just see how it plays out!" Emperor Jade replied and then fell silent.
Hearing Su Yun’s words, Su Xin couldn’t help but burst into laughter, shaking with mirth to the point where her tears were almost spilling out.
"Hahaha! What are you saying? Offend some people? Who would we offend? These worthless beings?" Su Xin shook her head and laughed, taking out a handkerchief to wipe the tears at the corner of her eyes.
She really laughed until she cried!
"Su Yun oh Su Yun, I really overestimated you. Such a rabble, a bunch of ants; their Pavilion Master has just reached the Ninth Rank Saint Lord Realm, probably after a few thousand years of cultivation? A few thousand years to be at the same level as our few hundred years of cultivation, and you’re still worried about offending them? Do these failures even deserve our offense?" Su Xin spoke scornfully, pursing her lips.