“No need.”
Huang Quan said, “I’m quite satisfied with this price.”
Feng Jiuyun raised an eyebrow, “Really?”
“If you’re not satisfied, you can say so. Jiuyun City might lack many things, but money isn’t one of them.”
Huang Quan believed his words, but it was indeed enough.
“Come closer,” Huang Quan said.
This was advice paid for by someone else, so it couldn’t be shared with others.
As Feng Jiuyun moved closer, he suddenly felt a gaze fall upon him. He looked sharply in its direction but saw no one. However…
Feng Jiuyun smirked and coldly laughed inwardly.
There were only so many people here, so even without seeing the person, he could guess who it was.
“Leave,” Huang Quan whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear. “Tell Rong Mian to ask them what they want, and have them say they just want to leave the ruins.”
“Remember, it’s the ruins.”
After Huang Quan finished speaking, Feng Jiuyun was momentarily stunned, but he quickly caught on.
Rong Mian had given them something and had promised to send them out of the tower realm, but that meant leaving the tower realm, not the ruins.
Rong Mian had mentioned earlier that dangers in the ruins weren’t limited to the tower realm; there were threats elsewhere too. From the very beginning, he had said that those people were brought to the tower realm from various places. Even if they left the tower realm, they were still within the ruins. If they encountered other dangers, could they survive and leave?
“Thank you,” Feng Jiuyun said before going off to relay the instructions to his people.
Huang Quan waved his hand, seeing his urgency, and didn’t say more.
Why thank me? You already paid.
The others watched Feng Jiuyun and Huang Quan speak, then saw Feng Jiuyun relay something to the people from Jiuyun City. Curious, they wanted to know what was said, but…
Would Feng Jiuyun really let them know about advice he bought for ten billion?
Not knowing what Feng Jiuyun and the people from Jiuyun City had discussed, the others could only wait and try to see what Jiuyun City’s people would ask from Rong Mian.
However, they wouldn’t get the chance to find out. Feng Jiuyun wasn’t going to let them.
When Rong Mian called people up, the people from Jiuyun City didn’t go, but the others had to. Some thought about waiting to see what Jiuyun City’s people would do, but they couldn’t afford to wait.
Because Rong Mian wouldn’t allow it.
Everyone made their requests, took what they needed, and then were sent out of the tower realm by Rong Mian.
When it was finally Jiuyun City’s turn, they followed Feng Jiuyun’s instructions and made their request.
Without saying much, Rong Mian sent them out of the ruins as they had asked.
After Jiuyun City’s people left, only the disciples from the Buddhist sect remained.
Following orders from Foxin, they, too, asked for nothing but to be sent out of the ruins.
After sending off the Buddhist disciples, Rong Mian turned to Foxin and asked, “What is your request?”
Foxin replied indifferently, “I am not in a hurry. You may attend to the others first, benefactor.”
“There is no one left here besides you and the ones who came with Huang Quan,” Rong Mian said, looking at Foxin. “Huang Quan is special to me, so I will naturally take special care of those who came with her. But you are not, so you must leave.”
Foxin looked at him, his eyes deep and dark as night. “What if I refuse to leave?”
“Refuse to leave? Are you planning to stay here forever?”
“If that’s what you want, I can make it happen.”
“Wait a minute!”
Seeing that the two were about to start fighting, Huang Quan quickly intervened. “Foxin, there’s no need to rush. Ask the others first.”
They couldn’t fight… If it was just against Rong Mian, she wouldn’t stop it. But since Rong Mian had taken over her brother’s body, there was no way she could let him fight Foxin!
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“Alright,” Rong Mian replied, and sure enough, he didn’t question Foxin further but instead turned to Lin Xu. “You come here.”
“Me?” Lin Xu was a bit panicked. “Why me?”
“Why?” Rong Mian raised an eyebrow at him. “Don’t you want to get out of here sooner?”
Of course, he wanted to get out sooner, but…
Huang Quan’s companions knew Rong Mian, and others couldn’t get anything from him. If Huang Quan received something and left, how would they know what she got? Lin Xu’s eyes darted between Rong Mian and Huang Quan, unwilling to leave first. “I’ll wait too. You should ask someone else first…”
“Ugh!”
Before he could finish his sentence, a sharp pain suddenly hit the back of his neck. Lin Xu only had time to let out a cry of pain before he lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Seeing Lin Xu fall, Huang Quan looked over, just in time to see the High Priest retracting his hand.
“He wouldn’t leave willingly,” the High Priest said calmly as they looked over. “Besides, I said I would ensure their safety. He can’t die in this ruin.”
If Lin Xu had taken something, Rong Mian wouldn’t have sent him out of the ruins. In that case, Lin Xu might have died inside, which is why the High Priest knocked him out.
After explaining, the High Priest turned to Nangong Qingle.
Nangong Qingle’s face turned pale as they looked over. “I… I…”
Huang Quan looked at her, about to say something, but before she could speak, Nangong Qingle quickly took out a pill and swallowed it. Just like Lin Xu, she collapsed to the ground with a thud after taking the pill.
Huang Quan: “…” She hadn’t even said anything yet!
The others had a subtle expression as they looked at Huang Quan.
How proud had Nangong Qingle been before?
And now?
She actually took the initiative to take a pill and knock herself out!
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
After confirming that Nangong Qingle was truly unconscious, Huang Quan stopped paying attention to her and turned to Rong Mian. “You, get out of my third brother’s body.”
“Two people have already fainted, and there are still others around. You say this so openly, aren’t you afraid they’ll spread what happened here?” Rong Mian’s gaze swept over Feng Jiuyuan and Jing Chen as he spoke.
Huang Quan chuckled, then looked back at the two of them and asked, “Will you tell anyone?”
Jing Chen shook his head. “I won’t.”
Feng Jiuyuan smiled. “Neither will I.”
“Half a month—Huang Quan, you’ve only known them for half a month. After such a short time, do you really trust them?” Rong Mian questioned.
Huang Quan responded, “Trusting them is my business; I don’t need to explain it to you. Rong Mian, this is the last time I’m telling you, get out of my third brother’s body!”
Rong Mian looked at her. “And if I say no?”
No?
Then there’s nothing left to say—it’s time to fight!
Huang Quan spread her hand, and a silver-white chain appeared. She grabbed the chain and swung it toward Rong Mian.
When Rong Mian saw the chain, he lowered his gaze, hiding the flicker in his eyes.
The Soul Locking Chain…
No wonder she wasn’t afraid of harming Nangong Mian. But… while the Soul Locking Chain might work on other souls, it wouldn’t work on him.
Even so, when the chain flew towards him, Rong Mian dodged it with a swift side step.
Huang Quan flicked her wrist, and the chain instantly changed direction, chasing after Rong Mian.
This time, Rong Mian didn’t dodge. Instead, he caught the chain with one hand as it neared him and looked at Huang Quan. “Aren’t you curious why, out of so many people, I chose your third brother? Why I captured him?”
