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Chapter 335: His Pride and His Pride (Part 2)
Chapter 335: His Pride and His Pride (Part 2)
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Dong Fang Sansan asked with concern, "Really? That's great. Are the other young members falling behind?"
Xue Fuxiao was suddenly confused.
Her head throbbed with pain.
This is unforgivable!
She was so shocked by the mental blow that she didn't even react in time. Turning around in anger, she stormed off.
"You little..."
Dong Fang Sansan remained calm, "You dare to say I'm stingy, although you didn't say it directly, but I can tell what you mean."
Even hints weren't enough.
I'm not stingy!
I just can't bear to part with it! Not even one crystal for Yan Nan!
...
Jiang Wu Wang strode alone across the vast land, his heart filled with enthusiasm.
After traveling several thousand miles from the headquarters, Jiang Wu Wang suddenly noticed a white-robed figure standing on a desolate hilltop, watching him from afar.
His spiritual energy instantly locked onto the figure.
The white-robed figure laughed, "With a body like a fierce tiger and a whip like a dragon, the divine whip in hand; across the river, an iron chain binds, and the red dust falls nine times."
It was the exact description from the Cloud End Weapon Manual about Jiang Wu Wang. Jiang Wu Wang, the Rending God Whip, three zhang long, named "Falling Nine Times," and his whip technique was called "Nine Times Fall."
Jiang Wu Wang humphed, "Yang Luoyu, are you waiting here for your death?"
Yang Luoyu descended like a white cloud from the mountain, laughing. If you're going to the Guardian Headquarters, I specifically waited to guide you, but you don't know how to appreciate it."
Acknowledged.
"I'll guide you there," Jiang Wuwang scoffed.
He was feeling confident as a special envoy, and he wanted to show off more than Yang Luoyu did when he was with the Only Righteous Sect.
There was no way he was going to let someone guide him.
"I don't need your guidance. You won't be able to get in," he said.
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Jiang Wuwang was stunned.
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Jiang Wuwang, however, was not one to back down. He angrily said, "I'm delivering a message for the Vice Sect Master. How can I not get to your headquarters? Even if it's a dragon's den, so what?"
"Do you really not need my guidance?"
"No!"
"Then I'll be on my way."
"Get lost!"
Yang Luoyu didn't get angry. He laughed and left.
...
Jiang Wuwang continued on his journey, staying at an inn for the night, and then he rushed towards the Guardian Continent headquarters.
Finally, he arrived.
Jiang Wuwang immediately revealed his identity. "I am Jiang Wuwang, the Guardian of the Only Righteous Sect, sent by Vice Sect Master Yan Nan to deliver a message to Dong Fang Sansan!"
The guards were shocked at his audacious attitude, his casual and relaxed demeanor...
"Please wait."
"Hmph."
They went to report.
Then someone came out to receive him. "Where's the message?"
"By the order of the Vice Sect Master, I must personally deliver it to Dong Fang Sansan!" Jiang Wuwang said arrogantly.
"It's the same if we relay the message. Can you really see the Ninth Master whenever you want?"
"If I can't see Dong Fang Sansan, I won't hand over this message!"
"Hmph, wait a bit longer."
They reported again.
The person who came back had a stern expression. "Follow me."
Jiang Wuwang felt triumphant.
Yang Luoyu, I don't need your guidance. I'm a special envoy! You should respectfully serve me!
As they approached the Guardian Continent headquarters, Jiang Wuwang stood below, waiting, and saw a man in white approaching from a distance. It was Ningsnow Sword.
Jiang Wuwang's heart skipped a beat.
This troublemaker was here today. But his face quickly regained its arrogance and composure.
I'm here to deliver a message. What's there to fear?
Ningsnow Sword swooshed past.
But he paused, turned back, and exclaimed, "It's you!"
Without another word, he kicked Jiang Wuwang to the ground and stepped on his neck, laughing, "I've caught a spy!"
"I actually caught a spy here!"
"This guy is a spy from the Only Righteous Sect. I know him; his name is Jiang Wuwang."
Ningsnow Sword was delighted.
He couldn't believe that he wanted to chat with Xue Fuxiao, but he ended up catching such a spy.
Jiang Wuwang, pinned to the ground, gnashed his teeth on the stone bricks, struggling desperately, mumbling incoherently, "I... I... I..."
He was furious!
Ningsnow Sword, standing on him, laughed, "You're mumbling..."
He relaxed his foot, and Jiang Wuwang lifted his head. "I..."
Slap, slap, slap, slap...
Ningsnow Sword slapped him with his foot. "Speak up, speak up..."
Jiang Wuwang's head shook back and forth. "I... I... I..."
He could only say one word.
His face turned red, and his heart was so frustrated it was almost exploding.
Facing such a scoundrel, Jiang Wuwang was speechless.
I'm a special envoy!
Finally, Ningsnow Sword lifted his foot and sealed Jiang Wuwang's cultivation, then picked him up. "Kid, you dared to infiltrate here? Not bad. Tell me, what are you doing here?"
Jiang Wuwang's mouth was bleeding, and he glared at Ningsnow Sword with intense hatred. "I came to deliver a message!"
Ningsnow Sword was taken aback.
Jiang Wuwang continued to roar, "I'm here to deliver a message to Dong Fang Sansan! It's a message from our Vice Sect Master!"
Ningsnow Sword replied with dissatisfaction, "Just deliver the message, why are you shouting?"
Jiang Wuwang: "..."
He turned his head and spat out a mouthful of saliva, mixed with blood.
Ningsnow Sword's eyes glinted with interest.
Swish...
Two people approached, their arms bearing bright red armbands, and tore off a piece of paper: "This is a restricted area. Spitting on the ground will result in a fine of ten taels of silver."
They tore off another piece of paper: "Sword Master, your actions just now caused blood to spill on the headquarters' ground, resulting in a fine of ten taels of silver."
Ningsnow Sword angrily said, "I'm fining him! This guy is a spy from the Only Righteous Sect!"
The two people's expressions turned serious. "One thing at a time. Please pay the fine."
Ningsnow Sword rolled his eyes and muttered, "These stupid rules."
He reached into his pocket, and Jiang Wuwang noticed that he was carrying thick stacks of ten-tael silver notes.
His eyes almost popped out.
Was this guy prepared to pay fines? How could he carry such small change, given his status?
But how many fines did Ningsnow Sword have to pay each day?
Then, the two turned to look at Jiang Wuwang, handing him the fine.
But Jiang Wuwang, a Cloud Summit expert, had no such small change.
He glared at them. "I'm a special envoy of the Only Righteous Sect!"
The two people with red armbands looked stern. "Even if it's the Ninth Master himself, spitting is still punishable. Why did you, a member of the Only Righteous Sect, spit in our Guardian Continent headquarters? This is disrespectful. An additional fine of ten taels is imposed!"
Swish! Another piece of paper was torn off.
Jiang Wuwang was so angry he almost fainted.
You don't beat me, I can spit this mouth? My mouth is full of blood, so what if I spit? If I don't, who can stand it?
But this is their rule. Didn't they say that even Dong Fang Sansan would have to pay a fine if she violated it?
Jiang Wuwang clenched his teeth and directly reached out to Ningsnow Sword, "Give me twenty taels of silver."
"Give it to you?!"
Ningsnow Sword's eyes widened, looking at him in disbelief, "Give it to you? Give it? Are you kidding me? You're from the Only Righteous Sect, and you're so tough when it comes to borrowing money?"
"I don't have any money." Jiang Wuwang said.
"So broke?"
Ningsnow Sword replied, "You're so poor you don't even have this little money? Why should I lend it to you? What's in it for me?"
Jiang Wuwang became furious, "If you didn't hit me, would I have coughed it up?"
Ningsnow Sword also exploded, "Bullshit! You're from the Only Righteous Sect, and I'm not going to hit you? Who else would I hit? Do you want me to hit my own people?"
Jiang Wuwang was completely speechless. This statement was so damn reasonable!
"Then lend me twenty taels first."
"I can lend you the money, but how do we calculate the interest?" Ningsnow Sword said. "This needs to be clear; even close brothers settle accounts."
"Ten times the interest," Jiang Wuwang said through gritted teeth.
"Me, the great Ningsnow Sword, ranked third on the Cloud Sword Spectrum, and I'm haggling over your two hundred taels of silver?"
Ningsnow Sword was dissatisfied, "Calculate it based on Divine Crystals! Ten times the interest, monthly interest. I'm a man of rules."
"..." Jiang Wuwang became furious, "You damn..."
Suddenly, he came to his senses and had an idea. He took out a Spirit Crystal from his chest and handed it to the two men with red armbands, "No need to calculate it."
This Spirit Crystal was worth at least several million taels of silver.
Ningsnow Sword snorted and said, "I'm here to make money."
The two men immediately replied, "We only want silver!"
Jiang Wuwang felt like vomiting blood again.
Being caught by Ningsnow Sword, he knew he had to pay up to get out of this situation. This guy was clearly trying to extort him. But... there were only a few people on the entire continent who could withstand his extortion.
"I accept!"
"Then sign and seal the contract. Black and white, with a handprint. Under the supervision of Ningsnow Sword, the loan document was completed and stuffed into his chest, and he burst into laughter.
He handed Jiang Wuwang two brand new, crisp silver notes, "Here."
"Just give it to them directly," Jiang Wuwang said weakly.
"Nonsense! I'm lending you the money. What you do with it is none of my business, even if you spend it on prostitutes. How can I directly give it to them? What if you default?" Ningsnow Sword became furious.
Jiang Wuwang's face turned ashen, and he took the silver notes and paid the fine.
Then, he took out a hundred Divine Crystals from his spatial ring, "Here you go."
Twenty taels of silver, repaid with a hundred Divine Crystals.
This deal had a profit margin of hundreds of billions... Both sides were fundamentally incomparable.
But to Jiang Wuwang's surprise, Ningsnow Sword shook his head like a rattle drum and took out the loan document, pointing to the terms, "Monthly interest! Can't collect it before the term. I'm a man who follows the rules."
Jiang Wuwang said, "... So I have to come back specifically to repay you?"
"Or I can come to you," Ningsnow Sword suggested.
"..."
Jiang Wuwang didn't dare let Ningsnow Sword find him, so he shook his head, "I'll come to you."
"Okay, then you better find me," Ningsnow Sword reminded him, "Otherwise, it's interest on interest."
Jiang Wuwang was speechless.
He understood Ningsnow Sword's intentions clearly; this guy clearly wanted him to be in debt forever. With monthly interest and ten times the interest, within a few months, he would never be able to repay it in this lifetime.
"I might as well..."
Before Jiang Wuwang could finish his sentence, a voice came from the hall, "The Ninth Young Master sends the Only Righteous Sect's envoy to the Military Advisor."
As he spoke, he reached into his chest.
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But when he reached in, his whole body stiffened.
Where was the letter?
Ningsnow Sword smiled and took out a letter, his smile fake, "Ninth Brother, a letter from Yan Nan. Here."
Jiang Wuwang's eyes widened, "...
He suddenly remembered Ningsnow Sword reaching into his chest.
"You..."
Jiang Wuwang was about to explode, ready to fight right there.
But with his cultivation sealed, he couldn't even jump...
Dongfang Sansan saw this and smiled helplessly, "Give the letter back. How rude! Release his cultivation too."
Then he said, "Envoy Jiang, don't be angry. Qian Shan just likes to joke, he doesn't mean any harm."
Jiang Wuwang's heart and liver were exploding.
You call this a joke?
This is no harm! The letter was back in his hands, but Jiang Wuwang had lost all his momentum. The letter was taken by Ningsnow Sword and then returned to him.
With a dark face, he presented the letter.
Jiang Wuwang felt a little relieved.
"I already know."
Dong Fang Sansan smiled faintly, "Please inform Yan Vice Sect Leader, and we will follow his instructions."
"Yes. Our Vice Sect Leader said that if Dong Fang Jun Shi is interested, we can all go and watch the battle together later."
"Oh?"
Dong Fang Sansan laughed, "Yan Vice Sect Leader actually has such a refined interest? Well, at that time, we'll discuss it again."
"Yes."
"There's no need. I'll go back immediately."
Jiang Wuwang's face darkened.
He had been truly humiliated, how could he be in the mood for shopping?
"In that case, I won't force you to stay."
Dong Fang Sansan spoke gently, "Qian Shan, please see Jiang off."
Ningsnow Sword chuckled, "Okay, I'll see him off."
Jiang Wuwang really wanted to say that he didn't need to be seen off, but he had to consider his reputation.
"Thank you for your trouble."
Jiang Wuwang gritted his teeth.
Ningsnow Sword escorted Jiang Wuwang out of the main hall and smiled, "Brother Jiang, remember that debt. We people of the jianghu don't tolerate unpaid debts."
Jiang Wuwang replied indignantly, "Will I be able to find you when the time comes?"
"How could I not be found if I'm not dead?"
"You won't deliberately hide from me and let me go overdue, will you? I know that's your plan."
Jiang Wuwang decided to be straightforward, blocking any chance of retreat.
"Impossible!"
Ningsnow Sword vowed, "I'll make sure you pay it back!"
Although Jiang Wuwang was still worried, he didn't dare to be too pushy. Now that everything was settled, Ningsnow Sword could easily beat him up.
And he was so shameless.
It was better to leave first.
Jiang Wuwang bid farewell and left the city.
Ningsnow Sword held the IOU and flicked it with his finger, producing a crisp sound. He was feeling quite pleased with himself.
Just then, Yang Luoyu came running, "Brother Sword, did Jiang Wuwang leave?"
"He's gone."
"I need you to come with me for something."
"What is it?"
"Yan Nan Vice Sect Leader asked me to deliver a message to Xue Daren..."
A moment later.
A loud boom echoed.
Ningsnow Sword and Yang Luoyu, one on the left and the other on the right, turned into two trails of smoke and fled desperately, shouting as they ran, "Boss, I was wrong! I'll never dare to do it again..."
Behind them, Xue Fuxiao chased after them with a ferocious expression and smoke billowing from his seven orifices.
...
In the room.
Dong Fang Sansan took out Yan Nan's letter again and carefully reread it, pondering slowly.
"He agreed to everything and even suggested increasing the stakes..."
A faint smile appeared on Dong Fang Sansan's lips as he murmured, "It seems that Yan Nan has seen through me? He must be very proud of himself."
Dong Fang Sansan also felt proud that he could make Yan Nan feel proud.
"When a person is in such a proud and confident state, what thoughts might they have? This subtle mood can be taken advantage of."
Dong Fang Sansan's gaze fell on the map, focusing on the southeast region.
"This time, let's have Fang Che select the team, and then have them showcase their skills in front of Yan Nan openly."
A wider smile spread across his lips, "Let's compete and fight for the spots. Then, during the competition, we'll give Yan Nan a pleasant surprise. In his current state of feeling 'seen through' and pride, he won't have any doubts in the short term. Instead, he'll feel like he's discovered a treasure and will vigorously cultivate them. By the time he might start having doubts, we'll let you show your skills and impress him."
"But it's too early to proceed with the next step now."
"Wait until both sides have confirmed the list and the martial arts competition begins. It's not too late to act then. Everything should be done step by step, and there must be no rush..."
Dong Fang Sansan turned to look at the map.
In a certain location in the southeast, he circled a point with a red pen.
"The next step starts here."
...
During this period, Fang Che had tightly knit the Guardian Hall's team.
The thirty Cold Sword Sect disciples who had just arrived were constantly disciplined by him, and now they were all obedient and followed his instructions without question.
Every day, they were beaten and scolded, but they became more and more submissive.
Fang Che's monthly martial arts combat assessments and monthly cultivation assessments put immense pressure on the entire Guardian Hall.
Performance assessments, martial arts combat assessments, and cultivation assessments.
Ever since Fang Che took over, there had been non-stop assessments.
Everyone was driven to their limits.
They endured the pain and enjoyed the growth in their cultivation and battle prowess. Heaven's Escort Bureau was also calm, with the two Vice Escort Leaders devoting all their efforts. Every escort was united, working tirelessly in every task.
They walked around with eyes like searchlights, quickly wiping away any dirt they spotted and uprooting any newly grown grass that marred the aesthetics.
The building and plaque were cleaned three times a day, always gleaming brightly.
After all, no one knew when the headquarters' inspection would arrive.
The last inspection from Yin Sheng Gong had sounded the alarm for them. Perhaps the next headquarters inspection would also be in this form...
Everyone was clear: it was coming soon.
(End of Chapter)
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