Chapter 1617 - Incentives and Penalties (2/2)

There were many treasures in the Yin and Yang Palace, but there was no need to offend Zhang Ruochen now and get killed. More and more cultivators retreated.

Finally, only around 100 still remained in the Moon G.o.ddess Dojo.

They exchanged glances, a bit afraid and unsettled. They discussed something with telepathic messages.

A moment later, they chose two strong figures and they walked toward Zhang Ruochen.

These two weren’t as strong as Queen Lian and King Yan, but they were comparable to the Gold Roc Prince. They were definitely at the top of their worlds.

Ling Feiyu walked toward Zhang Ruochen with her Heaven-Burier Sword. She looked at the two beings guardedly. Strong sword intent enveloped the dojo.

Clearly, if they dared to attack Zhang Ruochen, her sword would gut them without hesitation.

Zhang Ruochen released a spatial domain. An inch-long spatial crack hovered above his palm.

Across from him, the being on the left was shrouded in white mist. His figure went in and out of sight. “Zhang Ruochen, we are grateful that you helped destroy the Yin and Yang Palace. We obviously won’t steal the treasures and wealth here.

“But some women from all of our worlds were captured by the Evil Way cultivators and imprisoned in the Yin and Yang Palace. We plan on paying saint stones to buy them back.”

The being on the right seemed to be intelligent too. He added, “I hope you can be more reasonable with the price, considering we helped destroy the Yin and Yang Palace.”

Zhang Ruochen didn’t lower his guard. After a pause, he said, “Okay, retreat from the Moon G.o.ddess Dojo first and return in three days to pay the ransom. There are too many strong figures here and I feel great pressure. If anything bad happens, it won’t be good for anyone.”

The cultivators present all grew hesitant.

Zhang Ruochen scoffed. “I, Zhang Ruochen, want to continue staying in the Truth Heavenly Domain, so I won’t go back on my word. Don’t you trust me?”

The masked cultivators started communicating with Spiritual Power again.

Half a beat later, the being on the right said gravely, “Lord Ruochen is the priest of the Moon G.o.ddess. Naturally, we trust you. Then, we shall meet again in three days.”

“Wait.” Zhang Ruochen walked to Zhan Yu’s corpse.

After Zhan Yu had died, his corpse turned into a seven-foot-long golden snake on the ground. It shone with golden light as if it was made out of gold.

Zhang Ruochen knocked around 100 dragon scales off of the corpse with the Abyss Ancient Sword. He scattered them into the hands of the cultivators present.

Everyone received a golden scale.

They were confused. Why did Zhang Ruochen do this?

“You all worked hard to destroy the Yin and Yang Palace and take the Moon G.o.ddess Dojo back,” Zhang Ruochen said. “I am very grateful. Three days from now, use this dragon scale to enter the Moon G.o.ddess Dojo and take away the female cultivators of your world. No need to pay me any saint stones.”

The cultivators had been worried that Zhang Ruochen would name an unreasonable price and conditions.

Hearing this, they were ecstatic. They never expected something so great would happen. They clenched the dragon scales tightly and put them away securely.

“Since Lord Ruochen is so kind, then we will leave the Moon G.o.ddess Dojo now.”

“I hope Lord Ruochen will keep your word.”

“Thank you, Lord Ruochen. I hope we can still complete the exchange so happily in three days. Goodbye.”

…

Zhang Ruochen naturally had a reason for doing this.

Right now, Guanghan Field had few allies in the Truth Heavenly Domain and had to face the revenge from Shang Ziyan and the Yin and Yang Palace. He couldn’t keep making enemies. He should make some allies.

Since these cultivators dared to attack the Yin and Yang Palace, it proved two points.

First, it wasn’t highly possible that they were part of the dark force.

Second, they hated the Yin and Yang Palace, or else they wouldn’t have attacked.

Zhang Ruochen could take advantage of this chance to get them on his side, tied completely to his cause. Their worlds may be weaker, but if together, they were a strong force that could destroy the Yin and Yang Palace.

In the future, Zhang Ruochen would have more resources to use against Shang Ziyan.

Of course, allies had to be developed slowly. It wasn’t highly possible to have them fight Shang Ziyan now. But if they had similar enemies and interests, the alliance would become more and more stable.

It didn’t matter if he lost some saint stones. It was much more meaningful to rope in these cultivators.

They were only the top talents of their worlds now, but in the future, they would be the sovereigns.

For those who hadn’t attacked the Yin and Yang Palace, Zhang Ruochen would definitely treat them differently. They’d have to pay saint stones to free their girls.

When all the cultivators retreated from the Moon G.o.ddess Dojo, Zhang Ruochen immediately sent the Eighteen Pole Earth-Burning Formation Flags into 18 different locations.

Next, he set up a spatial maze and time formation to prevent the Yin and Yang Palace cultivators from attacking again.

After setting up these two formations, Zhang Ruochen went to formally meet the Kunlun cultivators.

He knew that the cultivators from Kunlun’s Field definitely wouldn’t help him attack the Yin and Yang Palace for no reason.

For example, it would be weird if the Sky-swallowing Demonic Dragon came to help him. Other than Princess White Li and Luo Xu, the others didn’t seem to have good relations.h.i.+ps with him either.