Chapter 715 - 715: Dragged Out

The Celestial Sword Sect was, after all, the most powerful sect in the Northern Domain.

So,

Chu Qingyun didn't go so far as to completely humiliate the members of the Celestial Sword Sect. He didn't announce how much they had lost, just giving the items a rough inspection himself.

The Primordial Spirit Liquid from all four of them combined totaled around three million. There were many other items as well, all of considerable value.

Furthermore, Wan Jianxin and his three companions were exceptionally powerful. Their four Storage Rings contained a fair number of Martial Spirit Realm and Martial King Realm Blood Crystals, all of which they must have acquired recently.

After taking the four valuable Storage Rings, Chu Qingyun kept his promise and gave the antidote for the Gu Poison to Wan Jianxin and his three companions.

Of course, before that, he had also forced them to swear a vicious Martial Arts Oath, vowing not to act against Chu Qingyun or his people before returning to their sect.

"Chu Qingyun, the Storage Rings and the IOUs from before are all here. Give us the antidote."

"Here are ours! Give us the antidote!"

After the business with the Celestial Sword Sect was concluded, Xiao Qingsheng of the Purple Cloud Sect and Zhao Junying of the Tianya Sect were extremely proactive, handing over the IOUs and all their people's Storage Rings to Chu Qingyun.

The Tianya Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect were far inferior to the Celestial Sword Sect in terms of power and influence.

Moreover, their two sects had long been riddled with conflict with the Saint Extreme Sect, clashing with them at nearly every turn.

They had even had friction with each other before entering the Blood Sect ruins.

Previously, when Wan Jianxin tried to use the Celestial Sword Sect's might to pressure Chu Qingyun, they had held onto a sliver of hope, wishing they could ride the Celestial Sword Sect's coattails and get the antidote at the lowest possible cost.

But now that Wan Jianxin and his three companions had submitted, they didn't dare to harbor even a shred of that hope any longer.

Compared to their Storage Rings, they were now more worried that Chu Qingyun, due to the tense relationship between their sects, wouldn't sell them the antidote at all. If that happened, they would be finished.

After all, with Chu Qingyun's immense wealth, it was entirely possible that he wouldn't even deign to look at their Storage Rings.

Fortunately, however, Chu Qingyun did not refuse their proactive offer.

After taking their Storage Rings and forcing them to swear a Martial Arts Oath, he distributed the antidote to them.

The members of the Purple Cloud Sect and Tianya Sect had varying levels of strength, and the wealth in their Storage Rings also differed greatly. Overall, however, it was much less than what the four from the Celestial Sword Sect had.

The Primordial Spirit Liquid from all eleven of them combined only amounted to just over four million.

Once all the transactions were complete, half of the antidote was still left in the small vial, which Chu Qingyun placed into his Storage Ring.

This time, he had absolutely made a killing.

From all those Storage Rings, he had obtained nearly 6.4 million in Primordial Spirit Liquid alone, and had also directly received over four thousand Saint Extreme Points.

These two gains alone were enough to replenish the wealth Chu Qingyun had consumed to break through to Level Two Martial King—everything except for the two Array Platforms—and still have a considerable amount left over.

Moreover, the Storage Rings also contained various Treasures like Demon Cores and Spiritual Medicines. When everything was added up, the total value was definitely not just over six million Primordial Spirit Liquid—it was likely several times that!

'As I thought, the fastest way to accumulate wealth is still robbery...'

Chu Qingyun shook his head, sighing to himself.

If he were like an ordinary disciple, working in places like the Saint Extreme Tower or the Secret Manual Hall, or completing sect missions, the Saint Extreme Points and Primordial Spirit Liquid he'd earn probably wouldn't even be enough for his own cultivation, let alone enough to accumulate any savings.

Of course, robbing others also required sufficient strength and opportunity. Otherwise, you'd just end up like Ban Xing'an and Zhou Jianxiong, who tried to rob someone else only to be robbed clean themselves.

CLAP CLAP CLAP...

Just then, the sound of clapping suddenly came from nearby.

"Wonderful. You all truly live up to your reputations as the outstanding Inner Sect Disciples of the major sects. That was a truly wonderful performance..."

The envoy from the Martial Soul Hall said with a mocking smile, clapping as he spoke.

Clearly, he thoroughly enjoyed watching the infighting between the major sects.

Everyone just snorted coldly and said nothing. No one had a good impression of the people from the Martial Soul Hall.

"But there is one thing I seem to have forgotten to mention. While that Gu Poison is indeed potent, it has a time limit."

"Even without the antidote, the poison's effects would have disappeared on their own after a few hours."

The Martial Soul Hall envoy continued.

His purpose in saying such a thing at this moment was, naturally, to make Ban Xing'an, Wan Jianxin, and the others hate Chu Qingyun even more, and to sow discord among the sects.

After all, if spending all of your wealth could truly save your life, it would be worth it.

But if you spent all your wealth only to get the antidote a few hours early... well, that would be enough to make anyone want to kill themselves!

Immediately, two people couldn't withstand the blow and, with their vision going dark, fainted on the spot.

As for the others, just as the Martial Soul Hall envoy had expected, they all glared at Chu Qingyun in anger. Yet, amidst their fury, there was also a hint of expectation.

They were hoping that Chu Qingyun would return their Storage Rings, or at least a portion of them.

However, there was no sense in spitting out meat that was already in one's mouth.

And by the same token, there was no reason to return the Storage Rings he now had in his possession.

In any case, he and they had merely engaged in a fair and normal transaction. It's not like he had held a sword to their necks and forced them to trade.

"I don't know if you can recover from the poison without the antidote, but I do know that someone is about to make a run for it..."

As Chu Qingyun spoke, he looked toward the back of the crowd, where Zhou Yongyang was preparing to slip away unnoticed.

When Zhou Yongyang saw Chu Qingyun obtain the antidote and distribute it one by one to the members of the major sects, he knew he was finished. Utterly finished.

Once Ban Xing'an, Wan Jianxin, and the others were completely cured of the Gu Poison, not even the people from the Martial Soul Hall would necessarily be a match for their combined might.

If even one of them made it back to their sect, Zhou Yongyang's doomsday would arrive.

Therefore, Zhou Yongyang wanted to take advantage of the distraction and escape quickly.

He wanted to flee to the Land of Hundred Dynasties and find an inconspicuous little dynasty to hide in.

If he did that, his path on the Martial Dao would be ruined for this lifetime; there were basically no cultivation resources in a small dynasty.

But compared to being a wanted man in the sect lands and the Blood-soaked Land, living out the rest of his life in a small dynasty seemed to be his best option.

However, he never expected that at the critical moment, he would be called out by Chu Qingyun.

Instantly, everyone's gaze focused on Zhou Yongyang.

And as for Ban Xing'an, Wan Jianxin, and the others, the looks they shot Zhou Yongyang were so vicious it was as if they wanted to devour him alive!

If it weren't for Zhou Yongyang colluding with the Martial Soul Hall and causing them all to be afflicted with the Gu Poison, they would still be happily holding onto their IOUs from Chu Qingyun right now.

How could it be like this, where they had been bankrupted, without a single drop of Primordial Spirit Liquid to their names!