Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 159

Chapter 159: Facing Venerable Xuan Ba

Although Su Bai’s voice was soft, it rang especially loud in everyone’s ears.

Another show worth watching!

This Venerable from the Heavenly Dao Sect had immediately taken on the top power in Southern Xuan Prefecture, the Southern Heavenly Gate, and slain one of their Venerables as soon as he arrived at Sacred Ruins City.

Then he had crushed the Venerable faction of the Sacred Tiger Sect in the match, even seizing their Venerable’s storage ring.

And now, was he about to face the Dominating Heaven Sect, the number one force in Eastern Xuan Prefecture?

He was seriously unstoppable!

In the Cultivation World, it had been thousands of years since anyone had appeared with such overwhelming strength.

A playful smile lingered on Su Bai’s lips. This spirit stone wager was a fortune!

One hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones, ten million intermediate-grade spirit stones, one billion low-grade spirit stones—added up, that’s roughly three hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones!

And with ten times the odds, that’s three million high-grade spirit stones!

What kind of scale was this?

Everyone knew the value of spirit stones in the sects. A low-grade spirit vein only produced twenty to thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones annually, which equaled about two or three high-grade spirit stones.

A weapon for a Nascent Soul cultivator could be bought for just a few dozen high-grade spirit artifacts if it was cheap; better quality weapons cost one or two hundred.

Even a high-grade spirit artifact flying boat wouldn’t cost more than a thousand high-grade spirit stones!

With three million high-grade spirit stones, you could buy tens of thousands of Nascent Soul weapons—enough to fully arm everyone in a large sect!

For Divine Transformation realm weapons, you could buy several hundred.

Even Venerable-level weapons—if you provided the materials—you could commission Artifact Venerable level experts to craft several pieces!

For a Venerable faction like the Sacred Tiger Sect, having to pay this much spirit stone compensation would mean bankruptcy wouldn’t even cover it!

Even for the Dominating Heaven Sect, the top power across the vast Xuan Prefecture, with their Grand Venerable Old Ancestors, it would be a devastating blow that would take hundreds of years to recover their strength.

Venerable Xuan Ba’s expression was rather unpleasant. He had indeed lost, yet he still hadn’t revealed the full extent of his strength to Su Bai.

Now, faced with Su Bai’s questioning, he found himself in a difficult position.

Finally, he took a deep breath and forced a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “Fellow Daoist, we agreed on three days. Could you give me a little time to sort this out?”

“After all, this sum of spirit stones isn’t small. It’s not something I can gather all at once.”

“Oh? How much time do you need?” Su Bai raised an eyebrow.

“Three… three days, if possible?” Venerable Xuan Ba hesitated, testing the waters.

Su Bai smiled as his gaze swept over Xuan Ba’s Storage Ring. “Since the agreement was within three days, I suppose waiting the full three days for you to prepare isn’t impossible.”

“However, the spirit stones I staked are still in your possession. At the very least, you could take out what you already have now, right?”

Upon hearing this, Venerable Xuan Ba’s face shifted dramatically, his expression flickering with uncertainty.

Su Bai was cornering him!

But such a large sum of spirit stones—now that they were in his hands—he didn’t want to “give” them up so easily!

“What’s the matter? Is the mighty ruler of Eastern Xuan Prefecture planning to renege on his debt?” Su Bai sneered, his voice carrying throughout the venue.

“I advise certain people not to lose the big picture over small matters, and not to think that just because they have some power, they can act however they please.”

“Remember, there is always someone stronger beyond, and greater heavens yet above.”

Su Bai’s words sparked low murmurs of discussion among the crowd surrounding them.

“What happened?”

“Seems like the Dominating Heaven Sect was the house, betting on disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect to win or lose. They lost, and now they can’t pay up.”

“No way, Venerable Xuan Ba at his level is unable to cover the debt? How much did he bet?!”

“I heard it was hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, with odds as high as ten to one. The Divine Transformation Elder who ran the house turned pale from fear!”

“Although hundreds of thousands is a lot, for a major force like the Dominating Heaven Sect, it shouldn’t be a big deal, right?”

“You think it was the common lower-grade spirit stones we usually see? I heard it was hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones!”

“What?! Hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones? Serves the Dominating Heaven Sect right. After so many years of profiting from the Yearly Tax Loan, it’s about time they cough up!”

Listening to the buzzing whispers all around, Venerable Xuan Ba’s face grew increasingly grim.

He nearly exploded with rage!

But reason told him he absolutely couldn’t act impulsively.

This man in front of him was obviously a top-tier Venerable level—perhaps even beyond!

At least, judging from his battle record, Venerable Xuan Ba himself admitted he was unlikely to match that level!

He forced a bitter smile onto his aged face. “Fellow Daoist, how about I pay everything together after three days?”

Su Bai shook his head, smiling faintly. “Hand over the spirit stones you have now. For the rest, I’ll give you three days to gather them.”

Seeing Su Bai so resolute, Venerable Xuan Ba gradually withdrew his fake smile and said, “Fellow Daoist, are you really going to be this ruthless?”

His voice turned colder, and his eyes locked tightly on Su Bai, hoping to intimidate him into backing down.

“Heh, when I do things, I treat others with respect enough to earn a foot from them—I give them a yard in return.”Su Bai sneered coldly, showing no fear whatsoever.

“If someone offends me by an inch, I’ll make sure grass grows three feet high over their grave!”

“Right now, I’m not asking for your opinion—I’m stating a fact!” He met Venerable Xuan Ba’s gaze indifferently.

Hearing Su Bai’s threat, Venerable Xuan Ba’s face turned ashen. His fists clenched tightly, veins bulging on his forehead.

He had lived for thousands of years, yet this was the first time anyone had spoken to him this way!

“Fellow Daoist, we can discuss this matter privately later. The Immortal Alliance Assembly must continue now. In front of all these people, wouldn’t you at least show me some respect?”

Venerable Xuan Ba suppressed his fury and tried to speak calmly, but everyone could feel the anger simmering beneath his words.

“Show you respect? Why? Who do you think you are, that I should give you respect?” Su Bai scoffed.

At these words, Venerable Xuan Ba’s pupils suddenly constricted to thin needles, his eyes turning frosty to the extreme, his whole face contorted with rage!

His body trembled slightly, the fury within him swelling to its peak.

When had he ever been subjected to such humiliation?

What a lofty status he held!

“Fine! Fine! Fine!”

Venerable Xuan Ba ground his teeth and snarled “Fine!” three times in rapid succession.

Then, abruptly, he stretched out his right hand and pressed against the void.

Boom!

The void shattered, and he stepped inside. An icy voice echoed from the Spatial Rift: “Then let this old man have a taste of your strength!”

Crash!

As Venerable Xuan Ba finished speaking, the void trembled. An overwhelmingly terrifying pressure suddenly descended.

Even though only a fraction of that oppressive force was exposed through the Void Rift, it still shook the entire Sacred Ruins City.

This pressure was colossal!

Like a vast ocean flooding inward, it engulfed every inch of space.

In an instant, everyone’s expressions changed dramatically!

Though Sacred Ruins City was protected by various formations, now it felt like a tiny boat caught in a stormy sea, on the verge of capsizing at any moment.

This—that was the power of Venerable Xuan Ba, one of the Immortal Alliance Elders at the peak of the Void Refinement Realm!

He was also the strongest of the Seven Great Venerables who had appeared in Southern Xuan Prefecture so far!

In fact, apart from Nameless, he was the most formidable opponent Su Bai had ever encountered!

Even Zhenyang Venerable, already slain by Nameless, had only stood on the same realm as him!