After returning to Ghost Ridge Palace, Su Jie continued to recruit troops and disciples from Ghost Ridge Palace who wanted to board the Dharma Boat.
This time, the disciples who wanted to join Fazhou were like crucian carp crossing the river. Everyone wanted to make a fortune with the Holy Son.
But before Su Jie could set out, an accident interrupted Su Jie's action.
In Su Jie's mansion, a man walked slowly in.
He was wearing a green gown with a dark green ribbon tied around his waist. The hem of his clothes fluttered gently in the wind. His black hair was gently tied up with a bamboo hairpin, exuding a calm and composed temperament.
He is Xu Gu, an elder from the Gyeongju Ten Thousand Swords Alliance. He looks to be only in his forties, but he is a strong man standing on the fifth floor of the Secret Realm.
This time he came to Guiling Palace to visit Su Jie because of his captured fairy seedling Zhang Xinming.
Along the way, every disciple of the Ghost Ridge Palace who looked at Xu Gu had a hint of ferocity and malice in his eyes, but this person didn't care and acted extremely grand.
In a courtyard, Su Jie was drinking tea slowly while looking at Xu Gu who was led in by Chen Yun.
"Xu Gu of the Ten Thousand Swords Alliance, pays homage to Elder Su of Guiling Palace!"
Xu Gu held his hand towards Su Jie, maintaining an attitude of neither arrogance nor humility even in the devil's nest of Ghost Ridge Palace.
"Drink tea first."
Su Jie pointed to the seat opposite him. He did not show any undisguised malice like ordinary demon cultivators. Instead, he smiled and asked the other person to sit down and drink tea as if he were seeing an old friend.
"Elder Su invites you, so I would rather be respectful than obey."
Xu Gu was not afraid and sat in front of Su Jie, drinking tea and chatting with Su Jie.
Chen Yun stood aside obediently, serving tea and water to Su Jie and Xu Gu.
"I already know the purpose of your Ten Thousand Swords Alliance's coming. You want to redeem someone, 30 million spirit stones, are you ready?"
Su Jie said calmly, Xu Gu came to pay homage to Guiling Palace, and naturally told him his intention, otherwise he would not be able to enter the mountain gate at all.
Xu Gu took a sip of tea, put down the cup after hearing this, shook his head and said: "Elder Su, you and I both know that 30 million spirit stones is impossible. This is not how business is done."
Su Jie raised his eyebrows and said: "Zhang Xinming is the immortal seedling of your sect. He is very likely to be promoted to the Taoist realm in the future, and once he is promoted to the Taoist realm, he will also be the dominant presence in the same level. For such an immortal seedling, I still think 30 million spirit stones are too little.”
"The Daotai realm is not so easy to break through. There are too many unexpected factors. We cannot use the unrealized future as a price. We can only pay the ransom according to Zhang Xinming's current situation. Seven million spirit stones, we can give this price. ”
Of course Xu Gu was unwilling to give out 30 million spiritual stones. A low-grade magic weapon was worth a million spiritual stones, a medium-grade magic weapon was worth three to four million spiritual stones, and a high-grade magic weapon was worth tens of millions of spiritual stones.
Su Jie asked for 30 million spiritual stones, which was enough to buy 3 high-grade magic weapons, 10 medium-grade magic weapons, or 30 low-grade magic weapons.
"Seven million spiritual stones, are your sect's immortal seedlings so cheap?"
Su Jie also knew that 3,000 spirit stones was impossible, but for 7 million spirit stones, Su Jie would never agree to this price.
He worked hard to capture five talented disciples, but he didn't want to sell them cheaply. They were all Su Jie's trophies, and they couldn't be sold at a high price. Su Jie was willing to throw them into his hands and treat them as his servants.
Chen Yun's heart trembled when she heard it. The prices Su Jie and Xu Gu talked about were easily worth tens of millions. Chen Yun had seen the world, but she still felt thirsty for the price.
"Ten million, Elder Su, this price is very sincere. It is worth the price of a top-grade magic weapon."
Xu Gu hesitated for a moment before saying the number ten million.
The price of ten million spirit stones is definitely not low. Most elders in the secret realm only have a few hundred thousand spirit stones. You can imagine how big the number ten million spirit stones is.
"Elder Xu, although ten million spiritual stones is a lot, if it were before I defeated the Zixia Sect, maybe I would be really tempted and agree directly, but now, the spiritual stones I earned in the Zixia Sect have not been spent yet. It’s over.”
Su Jie's voice was indifferent, and he turned to say: "Elder Xu, look, if you can keep Zhang Ximing with me for a little longer, I won't treat him badly. At least his life safety is guaranteed."< br>
Xu Gu's face changed slightly. He knew that Su Jie had made a fortune in the Zixia Sect and robbed the Zixia Sect's thousand-year savings. Now that Su Jie was extremely rich, with 10 million spiritual stones, it might be difficult to impress this wealthy man. Guy.
"Twelve million, Elder Su, our Ten Thousand Swords Alliance is very sincere. In addition, we are willing to make a promise. If Elder Su releases the immortal seedlings of our sect, our Ten Thousand Swords Alliance promises not to participate in the war of Tianhun Sect."
Xu Gu gave his biggest trump card and talked about another thing.
The Wanjian League is the righteous sect of Gyeongju. In Gyeongju, the largest righteous sect belongs to Huoyun Palace, and then there is the Wanjian League.
As we all know, the relationship between the eldest brother and the second child has never been good, and this is the case between Wanjian Alliance and Huoyundian.
And it just so happened that Huoyundian and Guanchao Pavilion in Qingzhou were sworn enemies, and the enemy of my enemy was a friend. On the contrary, the relationship between Wanjian League and Guanchao Pavilion had always been good.
This time Wan Jian Meng came across the state to Qingzhou to help Guan Chao Pavilion and participate in the war against Tianhun Sect. In addition to Zhang Xinming's desire to gain some experience, it was also a manifestation of the friendly relationship between Wan Jian Meng and Guan Chao Pavilion.
Now that the Ten Thousand Swords Alliance is willing to voluntarily withdraw from the war with the Tianhun Sect, it can be seen how much they value Zhang Xinming, the immortal seedling.
Although Zhang Xinming is only at the third level of the Secret Realm, in the future, as long as he does not die prematurely, Zhang Xinming will be promoted to the Dao Stage. A Dao Stage or a strong person in the Dao Stage will make Ten Thousand Swords Alliance Give the fundamentals of this price.
However, upon hearing the promise given by Xu Gu, Su Jie just chuckled and shook his finger.
"Elder Xu, you made a mistake. Don't confuse the sect issue with me. Let's not talk about the life and death of Tianhun Sect. It has nothing to do with me personally. It is the strategic plan of the entire Ghost Ridge Palace. As for me personally, how about it? Making money is what I care about. So, I don’t care whether you retreat or not.”
When Su Jie said this, his face was full of disdain.
Although he is a reinforcement of the Tianhun Sect, the life and death of the Tianhun Sect is completely out of Su Jie's consideration.
Seeing Su Jie's attitude, Xu Gu cursed in his heart that these demon cultivators all just wanted money and didn't care about friendship at all.
"So, if you want to get your sect's fairy seedlings back, you have to pay more."
As Su Jie spoke, he pointed to the back of Xu Gu, where five talented disciples Zhang Xinming, Yu Wenjing, Mo Shiyao, Jiang Lin, and He Wenfeng were brought in.
"Uncle Xu."
When he saw Xu Gu, Zhang Xinming couldn't help shouting, because Xu Gu was his uncle.
Seeing Zhang Xinming, the corners of Xu Gu's eyes jumped slightly.
Because Zhang Xinming was in a very depressed state at this time, his face was pale, there were multiple pinhole marks on his arms, and his spiritual energy was almost gone, so that even this simple cure was impossible.
Looking at the other four, they are in much better condition than Zhang Xinming, at least there are no signs of abuse.
"Elder Su, this is how you treat my sect's immortal seedlings."
Xu Gu's eyes flashed with anger. Although he knew that the environment here was not suitable for getting angry, seeing Zhang Xinming like this, it was difficult for him to suppress his anger. "Elder Xu, there is nothing we can do about this. Who makes your fairy seedlings think about escaping from prison all day long, shouting that he wants to find his flying sword? I am very kind by not breaking his legs. , a small restriction on his spiritual power, and some blood draws to make him calm down and stop being so active all day long.”
Su Jie said nonchalantly, as for the purpose of drawing blood to practice the Blood Sea Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art to see the difference in the blood of the immortal seedlings, there was no need to explain it in detail to Xu Gu.
The corner of Xu Gu's mouth twitched slightly. Seeing Zhang Xinming's condition, he wondered if Zhang Xinming would have died suddenly due to torture that day if he had stayed in Su Jie's hands.
"Thirteen million, Elder Su, this is the highest price we can give."
Xu Gu gritted his teeth and raised the price again, hoping to redeem Zhang Xinming.
Su Jie saw Xu Gu's look and said with a smile: "One price, 15 million."
This price is very high. When Su Jie killed Zhuang Liangru, all he got from this Taoist realm was more than 10 million spirit stones. It depends on whether the Ten Thousand Swords Alliance is willing to secure a future for the immortal seedlings. If Miao can break through the Daotai realm, it will definitely be worth the price.
"Uncle Master, you must never bow to this evil spirit and compromise for my sake."
Seeing this, Zhang Xinming shouted loudly, looking like he would rather die than obey.
This is not Zhang Xinming pretending, he is really stubborn. The other four people have already accepted their fate. Only Zhang Xinming thinks about escaping from prison all day long, so he encounters the most suffering.
"This guy"
Yu Wenjing's eyes showed a bit of envy. He also wanted the sect to redeem his people, but until now, he didn't even see anyone in Guanchao Pavilion. He wished that his identity could be reversed with Zhang Xinming's now.
Mo Shiyao, He Wenfeng and Jiang Lin were all like this, but no one from the sect came to redeem them, so they could only work as cattle and horses for Su Jie and were imprisoned here.
Xu Gu was silent for a few seconds, and finally gritted his teeth: "Deal, fifteen million, redeem our sect's immortal seedlings."
"Elder Xu is so happy. Then I won't play tricks on you. I will let you go when the spirit stones arrive."
When Su Jie spoke, his eyes glanced at the storage bag on Xu Gu's waist.
"I only have a deposit of one million spirit stones in my storage bag."
Seeing this, Xu Gu generously took off the storage bag from his waist and showed it to Su Jie. It would be impossible for him to bring tens of millions of spiritual stones directly into the Ghost Ridge Palace if his head was filled with water. It would be weird if he had to eat them and wipe them clean.
"How about the transaction method, choose Mengshan City in Qingzhou, then pay the money with one hand and hand over the people with the other."
Xu Gu put forward his own suggestion and requested that the transaction be conducted outside Guiling Palace.
Su Jie's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a few seconds, he replied: "Elder Xu can't trust us! Okay, then it's up to you. We will trade in Mengshan City in ten days."
Xu Gu breathed a sigh of relief, his face was full of flesh pain, he glanced at Zhang Ximing a few times, and said: "Then please Elder Su, please be kind to our sect's immortal seedlings these days, I won't bother you more, and leave first."< br>
"Chen Yun, send Elder Xu off."
Su Jie waved his hand and watched Xu Guyuan go, then focused on Mo Shiyao and the others.
"Tsk tsk, otherwise I would call it an immortal seedling. This is a generous move. Look at you guys. The sect doesn't care about you. No one even comes to ask about the price. I still have to take care of your food and drink. It's simply... A bunch of money-losing stuff.”
Hearing this taunt, Mo Shiyao's pretty face darkened: "You are asking for 10 million spiritual stones. How can we, Miaoyin Guan, have so much money? You clearly don't want to let us go back."
Mo Shiyao's chest was rising and falling with anger. The Miaoyin Temple she was in was not ranked high in Qingzhou's righteous path. It had only been established for more than two hundred years. The sect leader was only at the fifth level of the secret realm, let alone compared with Guanchao Pavilion. , even the Zixia Sect is far inferior. Ten million spiritual stones may not be able to be obtained even if the Miaoyin Guan is squeezed dry.
So Mo Shiyao knew that Miaoyin Guan could not redeem herself.
Su Jie touched his chin and felt that what Mo Shiyao said made sense.
"Well, it seems that my selling price is a bit hasty. I should bundle you all together and sell them together."
Su Jie kept talking, there were always some gods and goddesses that were in hot demand, such as fairy seedlings like Zhang Xinming, but there were also those like Mo Shiyao who couldn't be bought at a high price and were easy to lose to themselves. Su Jie planned to change the sales in the future. In this way, when the time comes, the sales will be unified and bundled, and you will save some worthless goods that cannot be sold, causing you to lose money.
"You...shameless!"
"Amitabha, Donor Su is too unworthy of a human son."
"Su Motou, our sect will not let you succeed."
"The demonic scum are indeed abominable."
Hearing Su Jietian's shameless words, Mo Shiyao, Jiang Lin, He Wenfeng, and Yu Wenjing were all furious. They were not animals, so they were bundled and packaged. What did they think of them.
However, Su Jie ignored their thoughts and asked his disciples to detain a few people again. He found the sect leader Zhang Junwei and told the truth about the conversation about Xu Gu's visit today.
"Mengshan City, with those righteous people, this transaction will probably not be peaceful."
After listening to this, Zhang Junwei expressed his opinion.
Mengshan City is located at the junction of Qingzhou and Qingzhou, far away from Guiling Palace and Tianhun Gate. If something happens, there will be no time to provide support.
"Sect Master, don't forget that we still have the Eyes of Heaven. If you want to ambush me, they must be able to do it."
Su Jie chuckled and told Zhang Junwei not to worry.
Zhang Junwei immediately felt relieved when he heard the Heavenly Eye.
These eyes can monitor the battlefield without anyone noticing and play a strategic role. Although they are expensive, they are definitely worth the money.
"I won't appear without complete assurance. As long as I get the spiritual stone, I can come back at any time."
Su Jie still retained some of his skills and did not expose his Taoist realm cultivation.
Including the right path, their knowledge of Su Jie was only at the fifth level of the Secret Realm. If they really had other plans and set up some kind of trap or ambush, Su Jie wouldn't mind giving them a surprise.
"Just make sure you know what's going on. Be careful about everything. If you notice something is wrong, don't hesitate and run away immediately."
Zhang Junwei knew that Su Jie was bold and careful, and he seemed to act recklessly, but in fact he was very cautious in doing things. He was the talent their magic path needed.
"I know, that sect leader, I will take the Dharma boat and set off in three days."
Su Jie smiled and nodded, making a decision.
(End of chapter)