With Xu lingchong's position as the heir, even the slightest damage to his image could be fatal. If it was constantly publicized by people with ulterior motives, no matter how small it was, it would become a big deal. It might even become a big deal that could affect whether he could successfully take over the position in the future!
Lingchong understood this point better than Zhaoming-he threatened,"Cave number one, aside from Kang Zhaoming, I won't let it fall into anyone's hands. Lin Yi, do you want to try?"
Lin Yi smiled-he wouldn't fall for that. He raised an eyebrow."As expected of young master Xu, you're so impressive. Unfortunately, this is the welcome Pavilion. Young master Xu, it doesn't seem like you can make any decisions here. Or is young master Xu planning to overstep his authority and manage the new people under us on behalf of Hu Ge?"
"Hmph, you have a sharp tongue." Xu lingchong glared at Lin Yi before suddenly smiling,"Hahaha, I was just joking. Young hero Lin, do you need to be so nervous? Just as you said, this is Hu Yun Feng's territory, and I will naturally not overstep my boundaries. "
"That's good. I thought that young master Xu wanted to erase the spoils of war that I have won after so much effort. If the higher-ups hear about this, it will be too unreasonable, right?" Lin Yi said with a faint smile.
A person like Xu lingchong, who had a deep background and a bright future, was so perfect in all aspects that he was almost invulnerable. He seemed to be an extremely powerful and terrifying opponent, but he had a huge weakness-he was too ambitious.
It was precisely because of Xu lingchong's ambition that he had to care about his image. Not to mention sending people to assassinate Lin Yi, this kind of extremely risky thing, even something as common as suppressing a newbie would be a bad thing to his glorious image, so he couldn't do it.
Otherwise, there was no way Lin Yi could've been able to last this long with the difference in their strength and status if he'd let his guard down.
Xu lingchong's face stiffened and she could only reply,"What can I do to make you give up cave number one? name your price!"
"You want me to name a price?" Lin Yi smiled as if there was a deeper meaning to it. "I'm sorry, but I've already made an agreement with the other new disciples of the rising Sky Pavilion. If great Deacon Kang still occupies cave number one on the mountaintop, it would damage my reputation, right?"
The meaning of his words was clearly that he was prepared to extort!
Lingchong didn't want to waste his time with a newbie like Lin Yi, and he didn't like the feeling of being controlled. He gave Zhaoming a look, signaling him to solve it. After all, it was his own fault, and he didn't want his boss to clean up his mess.
"As long as the conditions are right, nothing is impossible. I'm sure you're aware that the other newbies won't be able to come up with better conditions than me. Rather than letting them benefit, why don't you benefit yourself instead?"
"Oh? Why don't you tell me what conditions great Deacon Kang has prepared for me?" Lin Yi said, interested.
Kang Zhaoming couldn't help but choke. Now that Lin Yi had something on him, he knew that he couldn't escape anymore,"Men die in pursuit of wealth, and birds die in pursuit of food. You just want spiritual Jade, right? I'll give you five pieces of spiritual Jade, how about it?"
Lin Yi couldn't help but smile,"five spiritual jades?" The magnificent cave number one on the mountaintop is only worth five pieces of spiritual Jade in your eyes, great Deacon Kang? Let me ask you something, are you trying to send off a beggar?"
"Then ... Ten pieces of spiritual Jade. That's not a small amount, right?!" Kang Zhaoming quickly replied.
"It's not enough," Lin Yi said faintly as he raised his eyes.
"Twenty pieces of spiritual Jade, not a single piece more. Why don't you go and find someone else? I'd like to see how much they can give you!" Zhaoming said through gritted teeth.
Cave number one was great, but the one year limit given by the pavilion had already passed by half a year. In other words, Kang Zhaoming's condition was equivalent to twenty pieces of spiritual Jade in exchange for the right to use cave number one for half a year. There was no better condition in the world.
Of course, Zhaoming wasn't the type to take a loss for nothing. He only dared to bid like that because of the rumors that Lin Yi couldn't differentiate good Jade from useless Jade, and people like Meng Tong kept trading useless Jade for good Jade.
The price of 20 pieces of good Jade was definitely enough to make his heart ache to death. However, if it was exchanged for 20 pieces of useless Jade, then there would be no problem at all. He could get them in minutes.
Lin Yi was well aware of this, but he sneered in his heart."Great Deacon Kang, you're indeed a respected figure. The moment you open your mouth, you're so generous. It's a pity that I'm not interested in your twenty pieces of spiritual Jade at all."
F * ck! Kang Zhaoming almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked at Lin Yi in disbelief. Was there something wrong with this guy's brain? he didn't even care about twenty pieces of spiritual Jade? Who the hell do you think you are?
Could it be that this guy had already realized his bad intentions? Kang Zhaoming's heart was beating like a drum as his face turned ugly,"Lin Yi, you can't go too far, I advise you not to go too far!"
"You can't be too extreme in everything? I didn't expect great Deacon Kang to be so sensible. It's a pity that you don't seem to have this awareness. " Lin Yi's mouth twitched mockingly, making Kang Zhaoming embarrassed."Why don't you just say it? I don't want the spiritual Jade, but I want the spiritual herb seeds."
Not only Zhaoming, but even lingchong Xu was taken aback. Twenty pieces of spiritual Jade and a spiritual Herb Seed were placed together-any normal person would know which to choose. Although there was hope for the seeds to survive, unless it was in a specialized place like the spirit medicine nursery, the chances of survival were almost non-existent. For most people, it was basically of little value.
However, Lin Yi had managed to grow 39 out of 40 spiritual herb seeds during the spiritual herb test. No matter what methods he used, the seeds might really be a money-making machine in his hands.
"How many spirit herb seeds do you want?" Kang Zhaoming asked in a deep voice.
It wasn't a bad thing that Lin Yi didn't want spirit jades and asked for spirit herb seeds instead. After all, he'd been building relationships with quite a few powerful people in the pill Hall thanks to Xu lingchong's care. Even if the spirit herb nursery's manager Ling Hua was a little cold to him because of Lin Yi's slander last time, it wouldn't be a problem if Lin Yi just wanted some spirit herb seeds.
The spirit herb seeds were all things that the pill Hall had cultivated in batches. Although they could not be bought or found outside due to regulations, everyone knew that these things were not worth much. Otherwise, they would not have taken them out in large quantities back then and distributed them to the newcomers for assessment even though they knew it was a waste. (To be continued.) "If you like this work, you're welcome to come to Qidian.com to give your recommendation and monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please read on M.Qidian.com.)
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