Chapter 53 Two Birds with One Stone (2/2)
Daniel threw the bead of water right back in the lake, and started to think
”What do you want to do?” Asked Hei over a few ideas, Daniel looked around and said in a loud voice ”Raise your hand if you have comprehended earth essence”
Just as he expected, most of the present spiritual cultivator raised their hand
The reason why Daniel had expected this result, was because of how co very useful in battle, earth essence was so common that it could be trained anywhere there was earth or stones
Once again, in a loud voice, Daniel said ”I'll split the water And you will make a tunnel at the bottom of the lake”
The eyes of the many cultivators present opened wide in surprise
The castle wasn't as close as it seemed In fact, it was about three kilometers into the lake So far, that it took for the sun to be obscured before solireed, but then, a large number of voices started to resound in the air These voices, belonged to the rest of the cultivators
”How are we going to pass?!”
”our group has a spiritual cultivator who knows earth essence, if he goes, ant to come too”
”If we can't come, on't allow you to pass either”
These de time Daniel could only patiently wait for the of a way out of this mess
Suddenly, a wicked smile appeared on his face
He raised his hands, and lifted his body ahimself above all others, and with the loudest volume he could muster, he shouted ”SILENCE!”
The shouts of the crowd quietened rapidly, until there was silence once again
Daniel took the chance to expose his plan ”If you want to enter the castle, you either cohtly, before continuing ”OR! You pay a toll”
The croas dead silent
Daniel didn't want thee once h the tunnel”
The price wasn't excessive, as most in the crowd could easily afford it Yet, a loud voice still reached everyone's ears
”And who should take all thattoo!” Said one of the spiritual cultivators which had raised his hand before
Daniel had been prepared for this question
He looked at the ets split between the rest of you”
”THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!!” Said another of the spiritual cultivators
Daniel looked at the second man with disdain and said ”IS IT?! Then ask somebody else to open a rift in the water for you! Let's see if he or she will not get drained of spiritual essence within a ain, he paused for a few moments, then continued ”I've made one hundred percent of the discovery, i've put one hundred percent of the idea, and i'll stillhalf of the e crowd iic couldn't be refuted
”What about those who don't have the money to pay the toll?” Asked an embarrassed solitary cultivator
Daniel turned towards this man, and said ”Form a line to the side I'll decide if you can cross for free or not” The croas about to explode once , Daniel quickly continued ”If I let you through, then i'll pay half of the toll to the spiritual cultivators that will help with the tunnel, out of inally, he wanted everyone to pay 5 gold coins But after considering it for a bit, he decided to increase the prize to 50 and at the saive hi those with good karative kar to say
To those who could afford it, 50 gold coins weren't much for a chance to advance in the Lost Inheritance Tournament So they quickly paid their tolls, and separated themselves from those who couldn't pay
In total, 3200 people had paid the toll in full
Two thousand people remained eren't pay for the toll They stood in line in front of Daniel
Daniel took a quick look at the numbers above these people's heads, and either refused theood karma
Many of these peoples had tried various speeches, and soirls had even prepared to seduce Daniel, but in the end, they were dismissed before they could even talk
The whole procedure took almost four hours, and in the end, about four thousand people were allowed passage, while to twelve hundred the crossing had been denied
Everyone could see the displeasure in the eyes of those Daniel had refused, but the numbers of the two ar twelve hundred people could only stay back
In just a few hours, Daniel had earned 80,000 gold coins, and 16,000 karht hundred cultivators he had allowed in, the large treasure chests that Daniel had found inside the captain's spatial bag, were now 60,000 gold coins fuller
With an extremely pleased expression on his face, Daniel turned towards the group of spiritual cultivators, and said ”Let's begin”