Chapter 140 - 139: Family Fortune? Or Family Annihilation?

Fang Can was met with a dead silence from Wan Guixuan.

As the First Turn who had watched Wang Peng infiltrate the team from the very beginning, he had naturally realized that the ordinary-looking Wang Peng had no reason to wear those glasses, which were so out of place.

It was, therefore, a logical conclusion that they were Wang Peng's Sacrificial Artifact.

During their subsequent battle, Wan Guixuan had, of course, picked up the Sacrificial Artifact after it had been knocked aside.

As for why he'd pocketed it, the reason was simple: the Wan family's interests were not his own.

Whatever reparations the Wan family owed Fang Can had nothing to do with him—a mere slave whose Soul Lamp was held by the Wan Patriarch.

"The people who sent you to make peace don't know you secretly pocketed that Sacrificial Artifact, do they? Otherwise, they never would have sent you to apologize in the first place."

Fang Can said irritably, "Apologizing on one hand while pocketing my property on the other. You've got some real nerve."

"What do you think would happen to you if your masters in the back found out?"

Without a moment's hesitation, his lie exposed, a terrified Wan Guixuan fell to his knees before Fang Can with a THUMP and began to kowtow, his forehead striking the ground with loud thuds.

The old man's voice was filled with panic. "Young Master Fang, I beg you, please have mercy! You must not let the Patriarch find out."

As he spoke, he took out a Liuli lens and offered it up. "Please, Young Master Fang, take this. It has now been returned to its rightful owner."

Fang Can snatched the lens and immediately put it away. He looked at Wan Guixuan, who only feigned regret now that he'd been exposed, then turned his head to Jiang Qilan and asked:

"Miss Jiang, what about you? Do you also believe it's better to resolve enmity than to let it fester? Are you trying to be a mediator between me and the Wan family?"

"I..." Jiang Qilan paused, then waved her hand lightly. "I only wished to facilitate a conversation between both sides. As for whether it succeeds or fails, that is entirely up to Young Master Fang's discretion."

As she spoke, she was inwardly reeling. 'To make a First Turn kneel with just a few words... He's utterly terrifying.'

After all, based on status alone, any First Turn practitioner willing to serve the imperial court could secure at least a fourth or fifth-rank official position.

Fang Can offered no comment, turning his gaze back to Wan Guixuan. His voice was like ice. "You say the Wan family wants to make peace with me?"

Wan Guixuan nodded.

"And offer me compensation?"

Wan Guixuan nodded even more vigorously.

"Very well. In that case, you'll compensate me with... one..."

Fang Can propped his head up with his right hand, slowly raising his left to show one long, slender index finger.

"Half of your family's assets. Half of everything the Wan family owns."

"What!" Wan Guixuan shot his head up, stunned. Even Jiang Qilan, who was standing to the side, could not hide her surprise.

'Half their fortune with just a few words? That's faster than a full-blown asset seizure!'

"Young Master Fang, Young Master Fang," Wan Guixuan pleaded anxiously from his knees. "Isn't that compensation a bit... a bit too exorbitant?"

"Exorbitant? What's so exorbitant about it?" Fang Can sneered, looking down at the old man. "When I eventually seize all your family's assets, the money will be mine anyway. So, would you rather give up half now, or wait until I take it all in a clean sweep? The Wan family had better consider its options carefully."

"Or you could just try to kill me right now," Fang Can said, his face devoid of any humor. The atmosphere within the stone pavilion dropped to freezing.

"This humble one wouldn't dare! The Wan family would never, ever dare to oppose you, Young Master," Wan Guixuan said, prostrating himself and repeatedly showing his submission.

"You wouldn't dare oppose me? Ah, that's a relief," Fang Can said with a beaming smile. "Because if our roles were reversed, I would absolutely dare to oppose you."

"If you don't hand over half of your family's assets, then you can just wait for your entire family to be annihilated."