Chapter 46 – One Point Six Million (2/2)

Master Yi coldly glared at everyone in the Du camp then grunted. “I will let you live, but compensation is in order! For all mess you’ve made!”

The Du’s were slightly relieved knowing they would live to see another day. This was one of the best outcomes they could wish for now that someone who could easily eradicate them was involved.

“So, the Du family is going to pay a million silver to the Ye family, and I expect Dong Ho and Zhou Wu to pay the Ye’s three hundred thousand silver each!” Master Yi calmly said, without any hesitation.

Upon hearing the request the trio went from relieved to shocked.

The Ye family was worth around three hundred thousand silver whereas the Du family was worth roughly two million silver. Although the Du’s were richer but to gather that much money would not be an easy task. They would need to sell half of the family’s assets! And as for Zhou Wu and Dong Ho, three hundred thousand was about three-quarters of their assets.

“Mashter Yee…” Du Yuan Ming’s could barely speak, with a sincere look he wanted to ask for a reduction, but the Runemaster’s mind was made.

“May I remind you that you hurt my legacy apprentice? You’d normally have to pay with your lives!” Master Yi stared at Du Yuan Ming and said with an angry voice before the patriarch could finish his sentence.

Although the request was outrageous, they were in no position to refuse. They just had to swallow their unwillingness and be grateful for Master Yi’s harsh mercy.

“You have three days to deliver the full amount, or else!” Master Yi grunted then turned his face back towards the Ye’s.

Master Yi’s angry face was branded onto Du Yuan Ming’s face. He was not sure if he would be able to come up with that much money on such short notice, but he didn’t talk back because of the stress and having a huge headache was better than dying.

The damage done was not what money could compensate, but money talks. The Ye Patriarch was smart enough to know the family would benefit more from the money than from the rest of the Du family from every corner of the land looking for revenge. He took a deep breath and thought, ‘I can probably buy some Welkin Leaves for little Zhong with that money!’

“Are you satisfied with this arrangement?” Master Yi asked Ye Zheng Qing.

The Ye Patriarch nodded and said: “Thank you Master Yi! If it wasn’t for you, not only wouldn’t we get compensation, the Ye family would not be here right now.”

“We will be on our way now!” The Du family no longer had business here, they bid farewell and headed back.

“This is over only for now! If my cousin does not recover, I will see you again!” Ye Wei shouted, he was just a student but his words were not to be taken lightly. The Du’s trembled and left the arena, nobody dared look back.

It wasn’t long ago Du Yuan Ming wanted Ye Zhong dead, now, however, the tables had turned, and he was praying for Ye Zhong instead. “One day we will have satisfaction! You better hope Master Yi does not die before I do…” With each of his arm over a youngster’s shoulder, the Du Patriarch mumbled while limping away from the arena.

Back inside the arena, Ye Wei was fighting his resentment. He was calming down slowly, but anger could still be seen in his fiery eyes. Lin Zi Yan gently pat his back after noticing this and said in a soft, comforting voice: “Don’t worry, we will find a way to wake him up!”

“Yea!” To Ye Wei, Lin Zi Yan’s voice seemed to have a mysterious soothing effect.

The audience left the arena soon after the Du family’s departure.

Within days, the news regarding Master Yi’s newly acquired legacy apprentice spread between the martial families, some of them sent gifts and medical supplies to the Ye mansion. Weeks after, most citizens of Green Moon City would learn and reposition the Ye family in their hearts.