Chapter 90: Blackmail
"Excuse me, are you Little Brother Zhang Yong?" It was the voice of a large man, wearing a light jacket, revealing strong abdominal muscles
Zhang Yong frowned and asked, "Who are you?" There was no chance he insulted someone, right? As far as he knew, he hadn't caused any problems
The man put his hands in front of him and bowed slightly, "I am an inner disciple of the Purple Star Sect, there is no need for Junior Brother to be so cautious, Young Master requests to meet you."
Yeah, maybe it's someone who takes care of Yan Song? Who would have expected that this boy would have someone to support him, or perhaps not? This remains just an unfounded assumption
Zhang Yong smiled softly, "Okay, as you wish."
Immediately, the man took out a sword and the sword floated. With one jump, the man had climbed over the sword. "Little brother, come up."
Zhang Yong jumped and stood above the sword, this was the first time he knew about the flying sword
The sword flew quickly and left the Swallow City, and within half an hour they had arrived at the sect. When Zhang Yong reached the top, he saw the inner courtyard of the sect, an area where disciples from all peaks met to exchange experiences or disciple meetings and trade among themselves.
The man walked with Zhang Yong to a mountain and pointed, "At the main peak resides our Thunder Peak Elder and his personal disciples, while in the area behind the mountain are caves and cultivation houses for other disciples."
Zhang Yong listened carefully and watched the shape of the Thunder Peak's back area, from the name one could tell that the Peak Master was a lightning element specialist.
Zhang Yong was taken to one of the courtyards behind the mountain. The place was not ordinary in any way. The spiritual energy in this place was stronger than in the Outer Sect.
As soon as Zhang Yong entered, he saw a man in a long, loose black robe, with long red hair tied into a plain hair crown and an aura of dignity around him.
The man immediately bent down on one knee and placed his hands in front of him, "Greetings Young Master, I have brought Younger Brother Zhang."
Zhang Yong bowed slightly, "Greetings, Big Brother."
The man stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Yong's arms, "Please, I am your senior colleague. There is no need for such greetings between us."
He then pulled Zhang Yong towards a stone table and sat down in front of him and started pouring tea, "My name is Zang Dan, you can call me Brother Zang, Junior Brother, I will be direct with you, there is work I need you to do."
Just hearing the name, Zhang Yong knew that this man in front of him was from the Zang family. It was not difficult to guess what he wanted to order. Zhang Yong showed a smile and asked, "Just tell me, Brother Zang, what to do?"
Upon hearing that, Zang's smile changed into a serious expression, "Has Junior Brother Zhang ever heard of Jian Yi?"
Zhang Yong's eyebrows rose softly, "The outcast of the Jian family? I heard that he joined the sect not long ago."
"Good, this will make the conversation easier, I heard that you defeated him in the competition in Tong xi City, I want you to get rid of him during the fight at the King of Thieves Shrine."
"With all due respect to Brother Zang, that was Tong Xi City, but here is the Purple Star Sect."
Zang Dan was not merciful and immediately pointed out, "Exactly because it is the Star Sect and not Tongxi City, I'm telling you."
Zhang Yong was silent for a moment and sneered in his heart, 'You mean that in this place you are the inner disciple with the highest authority and I am just a worthless outer disciple, huh, f-you.'
Zang Dan immediately made his offer, "I know that Junior Brother is thinking about it, and I will not ask for it for free. In the examination to enter the Outer Sect, I will help you and I will also ask the Elder of Thunder Peak to accept you."
Zhang Yong laughed lightly, "Hahaha, Brother Zang please excuse me, I don't want it, I want spiritual stones as payment."
Zang Dan was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Yong as if he was an idiot, who would turn down the chance to become a Thunder peak's disciple, yet he was a useful idiot, "Oh, if brother zhang can put a price on-"
"Five thousand spirit stones, thanks in advance for Brother Zang's generosity."Zhang Yong interrupted indifferently.
Zang Dan was shocked when he heard this, he hit the table with his hand and stood up, "This is a lot! This amount is worth half a million merit points in your outer region."
Zhang Yong smiled softly and raised his hands helplessly, "Then I can't help Brother Zang."
Immediately, a young man came from outside and shouted, "I have a report, Young Master."
Zang Dan, standing up, walked up to the young man, asked about the situation, and then the young man calmly replied, "Jian Yi killed everyone we sent."
Zhang Yong couldn't help but laugh, he immediately asked for something from Uni and quickly moved his hand in different directions and no one noticed anything, it was fast and without a sound.
After the young man left, Zang Dan turned back to Zhang Yong and sat down, "Junior brother, can we discuss the offer?"
Zhang Yong smiled slyly, "Good, the offer is seven thousand spiritual stones."
Zang Dan burst out again, "Seven!... It was five a while ago, younger brother how can you do something like this, aren't you exaggerating too much?"
Zhang Yong sneered softly, "That offer was five minutes ago, now the price is eight thousand stones."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Dan's face turned red with anger, "Little brother, you should realize the importance of relationships."
"Oh well...nine thousand spiritual stones, every time you waste time the price will go up, it's not like you have to listen to me, you can always reject me and ask someone else for help." It's not that Zhang Yong didn't care about relationships, but if the person Strong enough, everyone would want to have relationships with him, so relationships followed strength
"You! Okay I'm ok with the Nine Thousand Spirit Stones don't go any higher" Zang Dian felt as if Zhang Yong was putting salt on the wound, as he had already sent people to deal with Jian Yi, but they had failed, now the only hope he had left was the only person who could defeat Jian Yi , and that was Zhang Yong
Zhang Yong already knew that Zang Dan would not fight personally, if an inner disciple made a move for the sake of an outer disciple, wouldn't it be an insult to himself? This will make others' perception of him worse, especially if he is defeated. Then where will he put his face?
"That reminds me, brother please pay me in advance." Zhang Yong smiled like an angel
Zang dan looked displeasedly at Zhang Yong, 'This bastard is still asking.' However, he maintained his smile, "It's not that I don't trust Junior Brother, but how can I pay when the mission is not finished?"
Zhang Yong crossed his arms and smiled, "How about I sign a contract, then you don't have to worry."
Zang Dan immediately put a sly smile on his face, and immediately ordered to bring paper and ink for writing
When the contract was signed in blood, then if one of the parties violated it, as long as the matter was referred to the punishment hall, the punishment could reach flogging or even death, and therefore there was no way to violate it
When writing the contract, Zhang Yong injured his finger and put his fingerprint on the paper just as Zang Dan had done. Zhang Yong did not randomly sign the contract, but rather observed Zang Dian's every move. He had also requested a copy of the contract with the signature.
Zang Dian pointed to his servant and brought a space bag with stones inside. Zhang Yong took the bag gratefully and smiled, "It was a pleasure dealing with Brother Zhang."
Zhang Yong left over the sword with the man who had accompanied and take him back to the outer sect and then quickly left
Zhang Yong laughed loudly, "Haha, that's really great, what I have should be enough to reach the second layer of the Heaven Defying Body."
At this time Zhang Yong left for the dining hall, after everything he had done today it made him feel hungry
As soon as he entered the hall, he saw his three companions there
"Look who decided to show up now," Su Ming said as he rested his chin with one arm on the table
Zhang Yong sat next to him and smiled, "If you knew what happened to me, you would have jumped for joy."
Su Ming's eyebrows rose, "Why? What happened?"
All Zhang Yong did was smile, "I'll tell you later," which he clearly wasn't going to tell him, then Zhang Yong turned towards Lin Fang, "So when is the shrine opening?"
Lin Fang shook his head, "After three days, that should be enough time to refine the pills."
Suddenly a question came into Zhang Yong's mind, and he immediately asked Lin Fang, "By the way, why don't inner disciples participate in the shrine competition?"
"They can't," Lin Fang replied, "The sect didn't allow them to do so, so as to give some outside disciples like us a 'chance to excel.' After all, life-or-death battles will take place inside the place, and many sects and itinerant martial artists will most likely participate."
"Just like that? We're talking about a king's private shrine here! A king who robbed several sects, it's impossible for this not to attract attention." Zhang Yong brought everyone's attention to this point, it was indeed strange.
Lin Fang calmly replied, "This is exactly what many sects use as a test. The shrine has appeared several times before, but no one has been able to complete it. It automatically closes in ten days. If no one obtains the inheritance within this period, everyone will be kicked out. But only... The living, the corpses remain stuck there. If someone manages to get him, his sect will promote him to an inner disciple, and if he does not have a sect, the sects will flock to him, but as you know that..."
A small laugh appeared on Zhang Yong's face, "Sects and many people and powers will go after the owner of the shrine. If he is lucky, he might die. Or they will torture him to extract information or even covet the shrine itself. So if someone happened to own the shrine, it would be like bringing death upon themselves." If his matter is revealed, and even if the sect succeeds in obtaining it, it may end up entering into a war with another sect. If the one who obtained it is an external disciple, the sect can do without him, but on the contrary, it cannot do without an internal disciple. Am I not right? ?
Lin Fang nodded as he listened quietly
Zhang Yong quickly stood up and returned carrying ten huge plates of food, "Let's eat today, and strive for the shrine. After three days, we can only get treasures."
Immediately the group started eating, and they did not leave until they had completely cleared the plates
Zhang Yong and Su Ming then left for their residence area. Zhang Yong accompanied Su Ming to his doorstep, and Su Ming stood quietly, "Zhang Yong, stand guard here and don't let anyone interrupt me while I repeat the pills."
Zhang Yong let out a deep exhale mockingly, "Poof, don't worry, no one can interrupt you since you're already a loser."
Su Ming clenched his fist in annoyance, but in the end he sighed, "Okay, just guard."
Su Ming closed the door behind him and began refining the pills inside
Zhang Yong sat on the ground, leaning against the door of the house, and entered his spiritual sea
Ling Xi raised and placed a piece on the board, "Queen to e4."
Murasama raised a piece with his right hand and placed it calmly. "Horse to A3."
Zhang Yong stood and stared at the two of them playing chess, "What's going on here with these two?"
Yami turned to Zhang Yong, "Oh, I'm here, these two are playing chess."
Zhang Yong was amazed, "Wow, where did you get the pieces and the painting and everything?"
Yami replied indifferently, "With mental energy, this is your spiritual sea, you can create almost anything with your mind except anything living, it's more like a physical space."
Zhang Yong grabbed his chin, "Seriously, you are so bored here."
Ling Xi shouted, "Is this our fault? This reminds me. You owe me something, remember?"
Zhang Yong waved his hand, "Okay, let's hear what you want."
A smile appeared on Ling Xi's face, "I want to get a sheath."
"Oh what? But the sword can stay in the storage space."
Ling Xi looked regretfully, "You don't know the value of a scabbard to us swordsmen, and I don't want an ordinary scabbard, I want it to be made of strong metal."
Zhang Yong sighed but still had a smile on his face, "Okay, I'll try to get it. An agreement is an agreement."
Ling Xi raised her arms and exclaimed, "Great, Ha Murasama you owe me that copy."
Murasama snorted coldly, "Chih, you tricked me, take it."
Murasama threw a memory fragment towards Ling Xi and then she picked it up
Zhang Yong complained, "You two treat my memories like a commodity."
Ling Xi's eyes flashed with triumph as she accepted the Memory Shard from Murasama, "Ah, excellent. I can't wait to watch this."
Zhang Yong couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with this fragment?"
Ling Xi immediately hid the fragment behind her and smiled nervously, "Oh, it's nothing, it's just a bet between us."
Murasama smiled maliciously, "Oh Ling Xi, do you want me to tell him?"
Ling Xi immediately grabbed Murasama and was thrown to the end of the Soul Sea, "Shut up, you idiot!"
Zhang Yong and Yami watched calmly and did not dare to interfere, while the Empress who was standing above did not intervene.
"Well I wonder how long Su Ming will stay in his room, I hope it doesn't take too long." Zhang Yong smiled jokingly.
Time passed as he sat in the Spirit Sea, one day, two days, three days passed
Zhang Yong shouted angrily, "That bastard stayed in his room for three days, we're going to be late for the appointment."
Zhang Yong immediately returned to his body and entered the room, "You bastard, you are too late."
Su Ming was asleep from his bed, and just woke up, "Zhang Yong? What's going on?"
Angrily, Zhang Yong grabbed Su Ming's leg and pulled him by the foot, "Let's go quickly, because of you, we'll be late."
Su Ming's sleepy eyes suddenly opened wide, "Wait a minute, don't take me like that, let me get dressed."
"No time , wear them on the way"
Zhang Yong dragged him by the feet and quickly ran towards the shrine area