"Apprentice, pay up."
Long Meer stared at his master, dumbfounded. "What? What are you talking about? You want me to pay? This little fatty clearly came to extort us. Why the hell would I pay? Do you think the commander of the Ten Thousand Races Allied Army has no dignity?"
Master Ye, seeing his apprentice's thoughts, said helplessly, "Apprentice, these few from Huaxia are too damn savage. If you don't pay, they won't let it go. Six Emperors have already fallen. You can't just let these five also be left here."
Master Ye pointed to the five trembling Emperors of the Ten Thousand Races behind him as he spoke.
Long Meer, tears streaming down his face, sighed, "Why is there such a huge difference between Emperors? And why are we always the ones paying? Master, can't you be a bit tougher and make Huaxia pay us back for once?"
Master Ye shook his head and gently patted Long Meer's shoulder to comfort him, "Apprentice, abandon these unrealistic thoughts."
Long Meer sighed, "Alas, ever since I recognized this master, I've either been paying or on my way to pay. If Huaxia ever invades, at least five legions will be funded by our master and apprentice."
Then, Long Meer looked at the young Taoist priest and said, "Name your price. I'll agree if it's reasonable."
The young Taoist priest nodded and said, "Due to the severe damage and negative impact your forces have inflicted upon our commander, we demand compensation for our commander's medical expenses, nutrition fees, lost wages, emotional distress, wedding delays, floral expenses, fruit expenses, childbearing delays, and so on... In total, we demand fifty thousand King-level crystal cores, three thousand Emperor-level crystal cores, five thousand King-level soul pearls, and three hundred Emperor-level soul pearls."
Long Meer listened, completely bewildered, seeing stars. "What the hell are all these fees? And childbearing delay fees? If Lin Zhan can't have children, do I have to compensate him with a few more wives?"
"You little fatty, are you fucking messing with me? Isn't this just plain robbery?"
The young Taoist priest looked at the frantic Long Meer and said, "Robbery isn't this profitable. Besides, you're acting like a傻狍子 (silly roe deer). If you think the price is too high, you can bargain. Haggling is the essence of trade."
Long Meer was stunned by the young Taoist priest's retort. "Holy crap, you can actually bargain for this?"
He quickly said, "I absolutely cannot agree to this price. If you insist on this decision, then let's go to war early."
The young Taoist priest said angrily, "Go to hell! War it is! Whoever flinches is a grandson. My elder brother has been itching for a fight, so an early war is perfect."
It must be said that Zhang Haoming truly lived up to Lin Zhan's tutelage. Even at this moment, he didn't forget to dig a pit for Long Meer by implying Lin Zhan was in trouble.
As expected, upon hearing that Lin Zhan was eager for a fight, Long Meer immediately continued, "I definitely cannot afford this price. I can give you at most 500 King-level crystal cores, 30 Emperor-level crystal cores. As for soul pearls, only 100 King-level soul pearls and 10 Emperor-level soul pearls."
As soon as Long Meer finished speaking, the young Taoist priest on the other end immediately nodded and agreed, "Good, deal."
The people of the Ten Thousand Races: "Oh my god, we were careless..."
The young Taoist priest took the storage bag thrown by Long Meer and, after confirming everything was in order, he took out a silver-grade crystal core and threw it to Long Meer.
"Silly roe deer, this crystal core is compensation from Huaxia to your Ten Thousand Races. We're truly sorry, we soiled your territory by killing some Emperors. Don't be shy, please accept it. I know I'm giving you too much, but I couldn't find any bronze ones."
Long Meer looked at the silver-grade crystal core thrown by the young Taoist priest and instantly felt a surge of anger.
"Pfft, Huaxia, you are going too far!" Long Meer spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed.
Master Ye and his group rushed forward, took Long Meer back to the main tent, and then looked coldly at the group from Huaxia.
"Gentlemen, this matter is concluded. We bid you farewell."
"Alas, this child's psychological resilience is too poor. He's still young and can't handle it," the young Taoist priest shook his head, saying as he walked back.
Upon returning to the Human King's Hall, the young Taoist priest quickly took out several jars of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual wine, each weighing a hundred catties, and handed them to the three pandas from the Tie family and the four Xuan Shang brothers.
"Thank you, three brothers, and four ancestors, for your assistance. I've really gained face this time."
"Oh, hundred-catty jars? I knew these were the original ones. So, Lin小子 (kid) is more generous than your brother-in-law." Tie Lao Si (Old Tie the Fourth) said, weighing the wine jar in his hand.
"That's right, this kid is reliable. He really gives out good stuff," Tie Lao Liu (Old Tie the Sixth) echoed.
After that, the five people and three bears vanished into the void.
The young Taoist priest returned to his mountain villa in High Martial City and was immediately startled by the scene before him.
Lin Dashao's (Young Master Lin's) fake wives group had grown by six more people, each with a graceful and beautiful demeanor, capable of making a moon blush and flowers shy, and sinking fish and falling geese.
"Holy cow, this Big Brother is going to reach the heavens! He's got so many fake wives, isn't he afraid of exploding from looking at them all?"
"Big Brother, Big Brother, I'm back!" the young Taoist priest shouted as he searched through the crowd of beauties for Lin Dashao's figure.
After searching everywhere, he found that Lin Dashao was nowhere to be seen in the entire group.
He then looked at Lin Jiu, who was standing guard nearby.
"Ninth Brother, where's my Big Brother? All these beauties are here, where is my Big Brother hiding?"
Lin Jiu didn't speak. Instead, he looked at Zhang Lingxiu and found that the young madam wasn't paying attention. He then pointed upwards.
The young Taoist priest instantly gave an "OK" gesture and quietly crept towards the upstairs.
The young Taoist priest pushed open Lin Zhan's bedroom door and found Lin Dashao sitting dejectedly on a washboard.
"Big Brother, why are you hiding here? Who are these six new young ladies downstairs?"
"It's because your sister-in-law is angry. In front of Zhen Nai and Xuenai, she said I was cheating outside and they came looking for me. So, she's making me kneel on this washboard." Lin Dashao complained gloomily.
"As for the six new young ladies, they were arranged by the Liu family. They said that the Lin and Liu families should be close, so they specifically sent them to help."
"Heh heh, but those new girls are really nice."
The young Taoist priest looked at Lin Dashao with the gaze of an idiot.
"Big Brother, isn't it good to just live normally? Why do you have to court death? With so many beauties you've brought in, aren't you afraid of getting yourself into trouble?"
"Besides, you think your sister-in-law truly agreed to you taking concubines just because she said so? If it were that easy, wouldn't your father-in-law and Brother Zhen have already acted?"