Chapter 2645 - 2637: Cash It Out

Chapter 2645: Chapter 2637: Cash It Out

Don’t even think about expecting Jiu Ge to apologize. If he were willing to apologize, he wouldn’t have been kicked to the Wan’er Plane by the sect years ago.

He merely expressed indifferently, "At that time, I thought you were a clan practitioner, and Junior Yi Jue repeatedly attacked sect practitioners. In the end, even a True Sage showed up, so I intervened; yet, I didn’t make a move against Yi Jue or Mountain Master Feng."

Yi Jue snorted lightly but still didn’t respond. Instead, Feng Jun turned around, and directed a series of hand seals at the secret treasury’s door.

Under the watchful eyes of all, the side door opened. However, now with a True Sage and two Nascent Soul Peaks present, even the greediest cultivator would feel no apprehension.

In fact, the three mighty figures had already roughly sensed what was stored inside.

"There is Chaos Spiritual Liquid?" Even Xuanyuan Buqi couldn’t help but feel a little tempted, though being a reinforcements brought by Feng Jun, he was too embarrassed to ask aloud. However, Jiu Ge Sage’s eyes lit up: using this to cultivate the sect’s ’Chaos Blue Lotus’ would be perfect.

Yet, he had a similar issue; his relationship with Feng Jun was too strained to speak up.

He glanced at Yi Jue, "Earlier, not knowing your identity, I was somewhat presumptuous. My suggestion is... let’s avoid the Emergence Stage battle, lest it hurt kin and please foes."

Yi Jue had actually pushed him to a substitute apology, which was already satisfying enough. However, she was somewhat displeased with such a casual dismissal, let alone the flawed logic on his part.

Thus, she expressed with a blank face, "At that time, the Great Sage was aware of my identity and even expressed hopes for my swift emergence."

At this moment, one can hardly describe Jiu Ge Sage’s embarrassment.

But the world is peculiar; since he began to apologize metaphorically, he didn’t mind taking it further, "At that time, I was unaware of Mountain Master Feng’s identity. I mistakenly thought you were a sect practitioner yet backed clan practitioners, resulting in my anger."

His candor surprised Yi Jue a bit. After a while, she replied, "There is a ban in Tianqin, the sects..."

"I know, you don’t need to continue. Sect and clan practitioners are not allowed to mutually discriminate," Jiu Ge Sage brusquely interrupted her. He really couldn’t stand similar rhetoric, impatiently stating, "But this is Wan’er, not Tianqin!"

Wei Sancai sneered, "Isn’t that also no excuse for publicly discriminating against clan practitioners? So the secret treasures are only for sect practitioners, while clan practitioners should just watch? Your actions could plunge the entire Wan’er Plane into danger, and it’s possible a war might erupt."

"You have the nerve to say that?" Jiu Ge Sage was furious upon hearing this. "If it weren’t for you, old ghost, shamelessly attacking sect practitioners repeatedly, why would I have shown up?"

"Is that so?" Wei Sancai retorted with a sneer, "You, Jiu Ge, might deceive others, but not me... If I didn’t act, would you really have refrained?"

"Of course," Jiu Ge replied without hesitation. "I’ve been stationed at Wan’er for over eight hundred years and, including this time, I’ve acted three times. If not convinced, go ask others!"

It was common knowledge that a True Sage at the Emergence Stage seldom acts. However, acting only thrice in eight hundred years was indeed rather idle.

But as it were, others could not verify this, since almost no one had known Jiu Ge Sage had ever acted; most only learned of Jiu Ge’s name today.

Jiu Ge didn’t rely on them for this but rather looked at Xuanyuan Buqi, speaking profoundly, "True Lord Buqi should be aware."

"What if I am aware?" Xuanyuan Buqi replied indifferently.

He primarily operates in the Tianqin Plane, where the Xuanyuan family’s small world is located. However, the largest secret realm of the Xuanyuan family is here, where he occasionally attends, which is why Jiu Ge counts on him to testify.

But he had no intention to testify, "Whether what you say is right or wrong, I am not obligated to speak for you."

Clan practitioners are truly unpleasant! Jiu Ge didn’t admit any wrongdoing, but mentally noted another grievance against clan practitioners. "Over these eight hundred years, I haven’t had a conflict with the Xuanyuan family. This much is true, correct?"

"Do you really have the guts?" Xuanyuan Buqi snorted lightly. He didn’t wish to help Jiu Ge but couldn’t let him disparage the Xuanyuan family unchecked, "If you truly dared to do so, Green Lotus Sect might end up losing a True Sage."

Jiu Ge directly ignored his words and looked at Yi Jue, "You’ve heard, although I’m not fond of clan practitioners, my bias against them is not as severe as you think... Even my master and family perished at the hands of clan practitioners."

Is that so? Upon hearing his explanation, Yi Jue couldn’t help but soften her stance. There isn’t hatred without cause; Jiu Ge Sage’s grievance against clan practitioners surely has its reasons.

Yi Jue herself is also a sect practitioner, somewhat understanding the other’s feelings. However, this time, she didn’t make an easy decision and turned to look at Feng Jun, transmitting a divine sense, "What is your thought?"

Having just put away all the treasures, Feng Jun immediately responded to her question, "Let’s cancel it then; this was originally a grudge between me and Green Lotus Sect. Forcing yourself into this is both inappropriate and unsafe."

"I am making up for my mistake," Yi Jue replied without hesitation, "If I had listened to your arrangement from the start, things wouldn’t have been so complicated."

"Listening to my arrangement wouldn’t have made things much better," Feng Jun remarked nonchalantly, "Anyway, I’ve brought reinforcements now, and I’m not at a loss."

"But bringing reinforcements requires favors," Yi Jue understood this deeply, "And favors are not easy to repay."

"Even if we had acted at the beginning, favors would still be needed," Feng Jun was quite indifferent, "With Jiu Ge Sage secretly ambushing, reinforcements would be needed sooner or later. Bringing them in twice this early is actually quite effective."

Yi Jue fell silent upon hearing this, but Jiu Ge Sage felt Feng Jun thinking about him, glanced at him, "Feng Xiaoyou, I acted recklessly this time, but I didn’t cause you any substantial loss. How about we let it go?"

His statement could certainly be called shamelessly asking for guidance, but Feng Jun wasn’t buying it, and instead looked at Wei Sancai, "Sancai True Sage... what do you say?"

"I don’t care," Wei Sancai grinned, "Decide as you please, I haven’t suffered any loss anyway."

Xuanyuan Buqi, seeing Feng Jun looking at him, also waved his hand, "Do as you wish, I haven’t suffered any loss either."

Feng Jun then looked at Jiu Ge Sage, spread his hands frankly, "Those two seniors didn’t suffer losses, but I did."

"What loss did you suffer?" Jiu Ge Sage frowned, showing some displeasure, but he was stubborn, not lacking in intelligence, and realized the root of the problem the next moment.

"Are you talking about the favor for requesting a Sage or a True Sage’s help?" His expression turned uncomfortable. It was really heart-wrenching to have to compensate for the cost of someone called to deal with himself, "How about I help you twice unconditionally in the future?"

"What, you think so highly of yourself?" Xuanyuan Buqi sneered. Since he had distanced himself from the matter, he naturally wouldn’t let the other party feel comfortable, "Your one-time help as a Sage equals a True Sage’s help?"

Jiu Ge Sage ignored him, just looked at Feng Jun, but he did explain, "I, too, was wronged by the big bullying the small and got injured. This grudge can also be let go... how about it?"

This indeed was an issue. Being injured by reinforcements summoned by the other party, no matter who was right or wrong, the grudge of a Sage being injured wasn’t easy to resolve. His willingness to overlook it represented a kind of sincerity.

Feng Jun pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Alright."

Before the other could react, he added, "However, as for the matter of requesting a Great Sage’s help, let’s forget it, or... how about you convert it to cash?"

He was quite familiar with inviting a Sage’s help; besides needing familiarity with a Sage, a major issue was that the Sage must have time.

Visiting Wei Sancai in the Insect World was fine, and calling Xuanyuan Buqi in Kunhao was manageable, but if he wanted to go to a Sage’s place to seek help, it really depended on whether the Sage was available.

A Sage might be extremely free or extremely busy. Not mentioning being in seclusion, if they were deducing something and couldn’t leave immediately, asking to wait a bit... that wouldn’t be too much, right?

But alas, when Feng Jun sought a Sage’s help, it was generally urgent. Waiting three to five days was out of the question, and even waiting ten to eight minutes could be too late.

And his relationship with Jiu Ge Sage wasn’t all that great. Even if Jiu Ge promised to help twice, not to mention whether he’d give it his all, if he delayed a little bit at a critical moment, where could Feng Jun go to argue?

Thus, many matters shouldn’t be reliant on others’ integrity, and rather than worry about unreliable factors, converting it directly was better.

"Convert?" Jiu Ge Sage’s eyebrow raised. He wasn’t really sure how a Sage’s help should be converted to cash, but he guessed somewhat, and asked using Divine Sense, "What do you want?"

"Ten pieces of supreme spirit," Feng Jun replied also using Divine Sense. He could imagine that the opponent used Divine Sense to avoid others’ chatter about a "Sage compensating so-and-so for seeking peace," so he kept it low-key, "Consider one-time help as five supreme spirits."

He felt his asking price was fair; Yi Jue, being at the Nascent Soul Peak, had a personal fortune of eight supreme spirits, although she was a "tech entrepreneur" type of small wealthy lady. Considering Jiu Ge Sage being at the Emergence Stage for many years, taking out ten supreme spirits shouldn’t be a problem.

Xuanyuan Buqi was eavesdropping, relying on his strength to forcibly listen in. Although he couldn’t intercept Jiu Ge’s Divine Sense, he could easily sense Feng Jun’s Divine Sense, "Five supreme spirits per help is cheap enough, Jiu Ge you should be content."

Feng Jun’s cost for inviting him was the second Magical Treasure at half price, which converted was also ten supreme spirits, and that was with the friendship discount.

Jiu Ge was stunned for a moment but ignored Xuanyuan Buqi. After a while, he expressed, "Ten supreme spirits... alright, but I don’t carry them with me. I’ll send someone to deliver them to Kunhao later... does that work for you?"

(First update for April, calling for end-of-month votes.)