Sect: Starting with Comprehending Thunder Skill Chapter 1277 - 552: Wealth Brings Peril

Using both coercion and temptation, forcing Li Yunjing to hand over five thousand High Grade Spirit Stones willingly!

Why did the old man leave some wealth for Li Yunjing?

It wasn’t out of kindness!

Rather, he took a portion for himself, leaving the rest for the other forces of "Four Seas City"!

While the old man was indeed greedy, he cherished his life even more!

Once Li Yunjing’s transaction was complete, he would send a trade request to several major forces in the name of "Celestial Secret Pavilion".

The owner of "Star Moon Trading Company" coming to "Four Seas City" would surely attract the interest of the "Four Seas Commerce Association", and by then, he could collect another sum of Spirit Stones!

As for whether Li Yunjing lived or died, it had nothing to do with him.

The wealth on Li Yunjing, naturally, wasn’t something he could touch; that’s why the old man went a little "lighter" on him.

"Hold on, Fellow Daoist!"

Li Yunjing raised his hand in time, taking out a Jade Box from the "Storage Ring", neatly packed with a thousand High Grade Spirit Stones, "This will serve as a deposit. Once I finish my purchases, I shall definitely pay the balance before leaving."

He paused and added, "If you do not agree, it proves you lack sincerity!"

"Does Boss Li take me for a three-year-old child?"

The old man stared at the Spirit Stones in the Jade Box, greed in his eyes intensifying, but suddenly snorted coldly: "Offering a deposit now, only for you to vanish later with your purchases, where would I find you to demand the balance?"

"I, Pang Qianji, have been mingling in Four Seas City for three hundred years, and I detest being manipulated."

He pinched a seal with his fingertips, as nine bronze lamps slowly descended from the top of the secret chamber, their ghostly green flames flickering, while blood-red divination symbols appeared on the walls, "Either pay in full now, or..."

"Fellow Daoist Pang, knowing my ’Star Moon Trading Company’s’ reputation, you should understand that I value credibility in business dealings."

Before the words were fully spoken, Li Yunjing suddenly burst out laughing, his laughter causing the bronze lamps to hum: "If you try to bully me, I’d rather die than make it easy for you!"

Li Yunjing flicked his finger, and a "Shenxiao Thunder Bomb" appeared inside the secret chamber.

"What is that!"

Pang Qianji was shocked, perceiving the enormous Thunder Power contained within the bead in front of him, seemingly capable of exploding at any moment!

He and Li Yunjing were only twenty feet apart!

The secret chamber was not large, just a dozen feet!

This object was obviously a Forbidden Artifact, and if it exploded, his safety was not guaranteed at all!

Pang Qianji did not want to die!

"Heh heh! A Forbidden Artifact!"

Li Yunjing sneered, "If you don’t agree, we die together today!"

"You..."

Pang Qianji was furious, his expression extremely unsightly, but glanced at the "Shenxiao Thunder Bomb" and reluctantly stopped pressing the Array and Restriction, no longer forcing Li Yunjing.

"Hahaha! Now that’s sincerity in cooperation!"

Li Yunjing laughed, without overpressing, waved his hand, and the Jade Box flew automatically to Pang Qianji, its lid blasting open, "This thousand Spirit Stones serve as a deposit, once I finish my purchases, I will surely bring four thousand Spirit Stones to complete the transaction with Fellow Daoist Pang!"

"Fine! I’ll trust you this time!"

Pang Qianji’s gaze glanced back and forth between the Spirit Stones and Li Yunjing’s face, suddenly grabbing the Jade Box into his arms: "But if you dare to play tricks..."

He raised his hand, slicing through the void, and a contract Rune flew towards Li Yunjing’s brow, "This is a Celestial Secret Oath; if broken, it will annihilate the Divine Soul!"

Li Yunjing did not resist, allowing the contract Rune to enter his Sea of Consciousness, feeling the restriction brought by the contract, he laughed secretly in his heart.

Long before entering the secret chamber, he had used the "Profound Celestial Compass" to alter the Celestial Secret trajectory, so this so-called Celestial Secret Oath was nothing but a piece of waste paper.

Besides, even if he did break the promise, so what?

This wasn’t a Heavenly Dao Oath!

A mere Pang Qianji’s self-cultivated Celestial Secret Oath, at most, could control an ordinary Golden Core Realm Cultivator.

To deal with someone like Li Yunjing, who could contend with a Half-Step Nascent Soul Realm expert, it was simply a pipe dream!

"Fellow Daoist Pang, your methods are indeed formidable!"

On the surface, Li Yunjing feigned to be wary: "However, I have another immodest request."

He lowered his voice, "I wish to acquire some ancient Array Flags, I wonder if there are any in your pavilion..."

"Ancient Array Flags?"

Pang Qianji stroked his chin, a calculating gleam in his eyes, "Such Treasures, I do have three in the pavilion, but the price..."

He casually summoned an ancient Array Flag, its surface dark red like blood, "This ’Blood Fiend Demon Trap Flag’ alone sells for two thousand High Grade Spirit Stones. If you purchase all three, I’ll let them go for five thousand, but the deposit must be increased by five hundred."

Li Yunjing stared at the Array Flag, injecting Mana, and the flag’s surface surged with overwhelming Evil Qi.

He was overjoyed internally!

If these three Array Flags were properly set up, they could trap an Early-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator for a quarter of an hour.

And a quarter of an hour was enough to decide life and death!

"Senior Pang, you plan to clean me out!"

Li Yunjing feigned distress on the surface: "I’ll add three hundred more, not a bit more!"

After half an hour of haggling, the two finally struck a deal.

"Boss Li, let me put it bluntly."

Pang Qianji, proudly pocketing the newly added five thousand three hundred Spirit Stones, suddenly grew stern: "I’m watching your every move in ’Four Seas City’. If anyone inquires..."

He shook the Communication Jade Scroll in his hand, "I only recognize Spirit Stones, not people."

"Thank you, Senior Pang, for your attention."

Li Yunjing stood up and cupped his hands, a fleeting hint of coldness in his eyes: "On the day I leave the island, I will surely repay you! "

As he stepped out of the secret chamber, he glanced back at the ever-changing divination symbols on the wall, a cold sneer curling at his lips.

This game of deceit and intrigue was just beginning.

Pang Qianji was doomed!

If that old fool only took his one thousand High Grade Spirit Stones, Li Yunjing might have found it too troublesome and wouldn’t have bothered to kill him!