Chapter 855: Paying the Ransom, Trouble in the Demon Abyss

Feng Yuanzhan’s sudden capitulation actually simplified matters.

Qin Xiao actually preferred stupid nobodies who did not fear death. They made the trouble grow—and his profits with it.

Targeting the Feng Family alone called for an asking price of twenty million, but once the Wind Moon Sect’s Third Elder stepped in, that figure jumped to two hundred million. Should the entire Wind Moon Sect get involved, even two billion was entirely possible.

Qin Xiao had promised Shen Wutian not to proactively cause trouble, but that never meant he couldn’t stir things up.

Sometimes, whether a situation escalated or subsided hinged entirely on a single person’s words.

Take the present moment: if Feng Yuanzhan had so much as called upon his uncle-in-law to save him, events would have taken an entirely different trajectory. It seemed this fellow still possessed a healthy sense of fear.

“Then cough up Immortal Stones or resources. Scrape together twenty million, and the two of you can walk out of here. Fall short, and you’ll continue getting stepped on.”

Since Feng Yuanzhan had conceded, Qin Xiao couldn’t be bothered to prolong the torment. Twenty million wasn’t an exorbitant sum, but it was close enough. After all, not everyone possessed his level of wealth.

Feng Yuanzhan hurriedly fumbled about, turning out Dharma Treasures, pills, and Immortal Stones from his person.

Although he had recently taken over the family, he certainly didn’t carry that many Immortal Stones around on a casual outing. After turning everything inside out, he managed to cobble together just over ten million.

“Ahem, Senior Shen, might you be able to lend me some Immortal Stones?”

Cornered and helpless, Feng Yuanzhan had no choice but to appeal to Shen Qiwen first.

The Feng Family certainly possessed resources, but they simply weren’t on his person.

Shen Qiwen reluctantly gathered about five million. He was not going to hand over everything he owned.

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