Chapter 1409: Waiting for You to Take the Bait!

Chapter 1409: Chapter 1409: Waiting for You to Take the Bait!

Thud! Thud!

Everyone saw Ye Fan arrive, and instantly they all kneeled before him, frantically kowtowing, "Young Master Ye, we were wrong! We won’t dare again!"

"Young Master Ye, we were all bewitched by Rong Yang, it was he who incited us to act, we won’t dare again!"

They had seen firsthand so many demon beasts and flying birds controlled, slaughtering their men until none were left!

The last group had been driven to the Qingyuan Sect; what else could they do?

"Young Master Ye, we’ve returned all the crystal coins we took, and additionally, I’ve informed the Sect, we’re willing to pay a ransom to compensate Qingyuan Sect’s losses... regarding the amount... would one billion be enough for you?"

One billion crystal coins for each head!

Huff!

The crowd exploded instantly; virtually everyone glared resentfully at the Sect Master who had spoken!

In their hearts, they cursed his ancestors to the eighteenth generation!

For heaven’s sake, your family may not lack money, but Laotzu’s family does!

Know that for a common family, a profit of a few hundred thousand crystal coins is quite good; reaching profits over tens of millions crystal coins qualifies as a mid-tier sect!

One billion amounts to a sect’s profit for ten years!

When you open your mouth and raise the price this high, what are the other sects and families supposed to do?

Ah ah ah!

Anger aside, representatives and heads of various wealthy sects and families could only grit their teeth and follow!

"Yes! Apart from returning the stolen crystal coins, we’re also willing to pay one billion crystal coins per head... begging Young Master Ye to be benevolent!"

Damn it!

What choice do they have?

The Sect Master who spoke first already set the price here, and those coming after have no choice but to follow suit!

As for some sects lacking that many crystal coins... they were all dumbfounded!

Ye Fan looked at these people calmly, "Hmph! You dare lay hands on my Qingyuan Sect... can it be settled with just paying some money? It’s not that simple, right?"

Huh?

Everyone roughly knew that in the past, those strong people in the Southern State who attacked Qingyuan Sect ended with paying money to ransom people!

So now they are still trying to pay to avoid disaster!

At worst, they just need to pay more crystal coins!

But now, Ye Fan refuses?

What should they do?

"Young Master Ye, we truly didn’t do it on purpose... tell us, tell us what we should do to be spared by you?"

The crowd was in chaos!

Everyone was confused!

If money can’t solve the problem, this is troublesome!

But Ye Fan hasn’t commanded the flying birds to directly kill them, what does this mean?

Humans fear the unknown more than the known!

Not knowing what Ye Fan truly wants is the most frightening!

Once the commotion calmed down slightly, Ye Fan continued slowly, "Hmph! The Qingyuan Sect seems to never have peace, always someone wants to keep targeting the Qingyuan Sect..."

"You all know that my Qingyuan Sect only recently recovered, and has some shortcomings in maintaining its safety..."

Ye Fan didn’t finish his words before some clever people in the crowd spoke up immediately!

"I understand! Young Master Ye means for us to cooperate in guarding Qingyuan Sect? Ensuring its safety? Rest assured, we guarantee to arrange sect strongmen to strengthen Qingyuan Sect’s defense, promising ten years without any accidents!"

"Yes, yes! Our family will also send personnel over, promising Qingyuan Sect ten years... no... guaranteeing twenty years without any accidents..."

"..."

As soon as the family head finished speaking, he was slapped on the head by a friend beside him, "You’re out of your mind! Ten years is long enough, and you extended it to twenty years, are you crazy?"

But now the words are out, it’s impossible to retract them!

Just like before, that Sect Master proposed compensating with one billion crystal coins!

Sigh!

Everyone could only unify their stance...

Willing to serve Qingyuan Sect for twenty years!

Ye Fan smiled wickedly, "You all here can be witnesses! This is the action plan you proposed yourselves, which has nothing to do with me! Twenty years, it is indeed a good idea... but, empty words are meaningless, how can I trust that you will fully protect Qingyuan Sect for twenty years?"

With one sentence, Ye Fan acknowledged their action plan, extending the protection period to twenty years!

This means, regardless of whether these sect masters or family heads agree or not, they need to exert their family’s strength to protect Qingyuan Sect for twenty years!

But most of the sect masters and family heads had their small schemes!

They knew that Ye Fan’s identity as the Starry Sky Emperor meant he wouldn’t stay long in the Immortal Domain!

Once Ye Fan leaves the Immortal Domain, what’s stopping them from withdrawing their forces?

Will Qingyuan Sect send someone to hunt them down?

Among them, some sects are from the Central State!

From Southern State to Central State, tens of thousands of kilometers, Qingyuan Sect would be better off managing its own sect.

"Rest assured, Young Master Ye, we’ll definitely protect Qingyuan Sect with all our strength!"

"Yes! Your prestige, we have witnessed it, we will absolutely not waver!"

Although the crowd was in an uproar, everyone spoke up successively.

Yet they deliberately avoided the crucial point, regarding Ye Fan’s control behavior over those Central State region families in the Secret Realm space within Sunset Forest, these strong people were aware!

Ye Fan uses the Soul Contract, once signed, it’s akin to becoming Ye Fan’s slave!

For life, they can only work for Ye Fan!

This is something nobody desires!

Hence, while everyone expressed their loyalty, not a single person mentioned the Soul Contract.

Listening to everyone’s words, Ye Fan still didn’t speak a word, quietly waited for others to continue speaking...

Guo Li, Wang Fugui, and Gongsun Yu watched the situation unfold.

Especially Gongsun Yu, his face full of black lines, already guessing Ye Fan’s plan...

"Ah! This Young Master Ye might be a hundred times more formidable than the Starry Sky Emperor back in the day! These strong people will surely end poorly... but the critical thing is Ye Fan is punishing them mentally! Making them come up with their own penitence measures!"

After another round of uproar in the crowd, it gradually began to quiet down!

Yet Ye Fan still didn’t express an opinion!

People looked at each other, not daring to speak much.

"What does Young Master Ye mean by that?"

There is always some wisdom in the crowd!

While everyone else understood that Ye Fan was dissatisfied with their promise, the clever ones remained oblivious, "It seems that Young Master Ye doesn’t trust the guarantees we’ve made! Then let’s change our promise method!"

Seeing that a family representative was about to propose the Soul Contract, his surrounding companions were terrified to madness, frantically rushing forward, trying to cover his mouth!

Yet they were a step too late!

"Young Master Ye, I know our spoken promise isn’t reassuring to you... how about this, you do use the Soul Contract right?"

"You perform the Soul Contract on us, then we bind our lives with Qingyuan Sect, there will definitely be no issues!"