Chapter 1620: Not at This Price

At these words, the scene fell silent.

But soon, someone stepped forward to echo him.

“Exactly! We’re all here to help Jiangyong Imperial City. Why should he be the only one to take us down?”

“We’re fighting for humanity now. If he doesn’t take us, he’s defying the will of the world!”

“The demon race is watching eagerly. One more person means one more share of strength! If he refuses to take everyone down out of selfishness, he’ll be utterly despised!”

…

These people suddenly realized that Gaoyuan had given them a perfect excuse.

So they chimed in one after another.

At that moment, they were all righteous and solemn, as if they had become emissaries of justice and heroes of humanity.

They all believed that under such pressure, not only Ye Yuan, but even Tianying Imperial City would have to pressure Ye Yuan into submission.

No imperial city dared to bear such a charge.

Sure enough, Zheng Qi’s face changed several times. He opened his mouth but didn’t know how to speak.

But an elder couldn’t hold back and spoke up: “Elder Ye, perhaps… we should take them along! This… this is no joke.”

“Yes, Elder Ye, our Tianying Imperial City cannot bear this charge!”

Gaoyuan watched the scene, sneering inwardly.

Make him beg Ye Yuan?

No way!

He was secretly pleased. With just a little trick, you’ll have to comply obediently!

Ye Yuan remained silent, calmly watching these people perform.

They claimed to help Jiangyong Imperial City resist the demon race, but in truth, they were all fishing in troubled waters.

Ye Yuan had long seen through this.

These people were a heap of loose sand, not even as united as the demon race.

If they really encountered demons, who knew what they might do.

After a while, the surrounding noise gradually died down, and Ye Yuan said unhurriedly, “All done showing off?”

The crowd’s expressions stiffened, but then Ye Yuan drawled, “Hmm… seems you’re done. Then let me say a few things. First, don’t use the cause of humanity to pressure me. What I’ve done for humanity, you can’t even catch up to on horseback. Second, don’t think you can use Tianying Imperial City to pressure me. I have a bad temper. If you really push me, I’ll quit Tianying Imperial City right now, and none of you will get down!”

Gaoyuan sneered, “Without Tianying Imperial City’s protection, do you think you can walk out of here today?”

Ye Yuan glanced at him and said flatly, “Old thing, I’m not taking your people down today. If you’ve got the guts, come bite me!”

Gaoyuan’s face darkened. “Boy, do you really think I dare not touch you?”

Ye Yuan showed no fear, retorting, “Go ahead and try!”

Ling Zikun saw the situation was bad and quickly played peacemaker.

If things really turned sour, it would be Jiangyong Imperial City that suffered.

“Ah, everyone coming to Huanmo Ridge is doing me, Jiangyong Imperial City, a favor. Brother Gaoyuan, Brother Ye, let’s all cool down, shall we?” Ling Zikun said.

Ye Yuan ignored him and continued, “Third, I respond to softness, not hardness! Those who just used the cause of humanity to pressure me, every single one of you, I remember! If you want to go down, fine—ten billion divine spirit stones each, not a single coin less! Don’t tell me you can’t afford it, and don’t think about bargaining. I’m no three-year-old. As for the others, I can take you down for free.”

Those who had just echoed Gaoyuan immediately felt as sick as if they had swallowed flies.

The price of one sentence was ten billion divine spirit stones!

But Gaoyuan, Ling Zikun, Zheng Qi, and the like were all shocked inside.

They were all powerful and seasoned, most skilled in such tactics.

They never expected that Ye Yuan, with a beautiful Tai Chi push, would resolve all the previous awkwardness.

He had thrown his tantrum, taken the people down, and made a huge profit.

This… there was no one like him!

Want to go?

Fine, pay up!

In fact, those who had echoed Gaoyuan were mostly the mid-stage Divine Lord realm experts.

Their strength was insufficient to go down, but they cared about face and wanted to curry favor with Gaoyuan, a half-step Heavenly God, so they said such things.

The weaker early-stage Divine Lord realm martial artists mostly kept silent.

Although Ye Yuan was weak in strength, he was still a genuine elder.

Given their status, they simply couldn’t afford to offend him, so they naturally dared not speak.

Now they were all immensely grateful that they hadn’t kicked him when he was down.

You step on me, and then expect me to take you down?

How could Ye Yuan let them have their way?

If not death, at least make you shed a layer of skin!

Ye Yuan had set the number ten billion with good reason.

These mid-stage Divine Lord realm experts were mostly from powerful families in various imperial cities, of extraordinary status, and naturally much wealthier than rogue cultivators.

They could certainly afford ten billion, but it would absolutely make them shed a layer of skin.

“What? No one wants to go down? Elder Ling, it’s not that I’m not giving you face; they themselves don’t want to go down! Those who didn’t show off just now, come stand over here, and I’ll take you down right away,” Ye Yuan said flatly.

As soon as he finished, a flood of people surged toward him, afraid of being left behind.

In no time, nearly a hundred people stood behind Ye Yuan.

Those who had spoken against Ye Yuan were, after all, a minority.

Now they stood in the wind, like lonely swaying flowers, utterly desolate.

As he spoke, a surge of spatial law stirred. Ye Yuan was really about to take these people down directly.

Those people could no longer wait and immediately relented.

“Elder Ye, I’ll pay the ten billion! Just now… just now I was rude. My apologies.”

A Divine Lord Sixth Layer expert rushed over in a flash and pressed a storage ring containing divine spirit stones into Ye Yuan’s hand.

Ye Yuan weighed the ring and smiled. “Mm, with money, it’s easy to talk. Go stand over there. Ten billion divine spirit stones for an opportunity—you’re not losing out! Heh.”

The man felt greatly relieved and quickly moved behind Ye Yuan.

With one person taking the lead, the others couldn’t hold back any longer. They eagerly handed over their divine spirit stones to Ye Yuan, afraid he might change his mind.

Zheng Qi, standing beside Ye Yuan, was already dumbfounded.

In just a short while, Ye Yuan had collected over a hundred billion divine spirit stones!

This… this was like opening a divine spirit stone mine!

Was making money this easy?

Unlike Zheng Qi, Gaoyuan’s face was extremely grim.

“G… Grand Elder, what should we do?” Gaoyuan’s subordinate asked weakly.

Clearly, they were also anxious.

Gaoyuan’s face shifted unpredictably. Ye Yuan’s move had truly put him in a bind, making him extremely embarrassed.

Now, their Zhining Imperial City was isolated.

Gaoyuan gritted his teeth. “Go!”

The experts of Zhining Imperial City felt greatly relieved and hurried over to Ye Yuan, wanting to hand over divine spirit stones.

However, Ye Yuan didn’t take them. He said flatly to Gaoyuan, “Old Gao, if your people want to go down, fine—but not at this price!”