Chapter 1005 (2/2)

Zong Teng’s eyes suddenly darkened. If he were forced out of the tower, he would be disqualified from entering the fifth floor, which would be a great loss for him.

“What exactly do you want?” Zong Teng gnashed his teeth and spit out.

“If you don’t want me to hold your previous assault against you, it’s very simple. I want three million drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.” Mu Chen stretched out his palm and smiled.

Shock appeared on Zong Teng’s face. He then gnashed his teeth and retorted, “Three million drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid? You might as well rob me!”

Even if he was a supreme talent of the Heavenly Roc Clan, three million drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was no small sum. Thus, it was impossible for him to give that amount!

“Then, get out of the Body-refining Tower!” Mu Chen’s smiling face immediately turned chilling, as he spoke bluntly in a cold voice.

“You!”

Rage boiled within Zong Teng, as his eyes shone ferociously. He gnashed his teeth and said, “I only have a total of one million drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid with me now.”

“Hand it over.” Mu Chen stretched out his palm.

Zong Teng’s face flashed with rage. Finally, with a wave of his sleeve, a golden jade bottle flew out. Within that jade bottle, a bright flash of spiritual light flickered.

Mu Chen caught it, then checked it with his senses, before nodding with a smile. This Zong Teng was well-to-do indeed, to be able to carry such a large amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid around. These one million drops were the equivalent to more than half a year’s income at Nine Nether Palace!

Mu Chen divided the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid in the jade bottle into two portions, then tossed half to Ink Blade, as he smiled and said to him, “Thanks.”

If Ink Blade had not helped him to buy some time, he would have really been at the mercy of Zong Teng. Ink Blade accepted graciously, as this was a necessary resource in cultivation, so the more of it one had, the better.

However, as Ink Blade accepted the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, he asked curiously, “You are letting him off?”

He knew a little about Mu Chen’s personality, particularly, that this man was not as gentle as he looked.

“I can’t kill him in this Body-refining Tower. Besides, if he’s desperate, he will just quit, and the tower will kick him out directly. Once he leaves, he will inevitably seek revenge and attack Nine Nether and Ink Ring. In that case, we may be forced to leave the tower,” Mu Chen smiled and replied.

“That is a situation where both parties would lose, so there is no need to give up our fifth level opportunity for the time being. As for this guy, let’s wait until it is all over. As for the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, treat it as me charging him some interest. In fact, if this guy refuses to give it up, I actually cannot do much to him. After all, I don’t want to give up any opportunity on this fifth level…”

Upon hearing Mu Chen’s words, Ink Blade’s expression twitched.

Zong Teng is a smart man, but this time, he has been utterly tricked by Mu Chen! How humiliating!

Just as Mu Chen and Ink Blade were communicating telepathically, Zong Teng seemed to be aware of it, immediately frowning. As the realization further dawned on him, his face immediately turned red with rage. “You tricked me!”

He was no fool, so he knew that, if he was Mu Chen, he would never let him off.

“Your reaction is quite fast.” Mu Chen commended, as he smiled.

Zong Teng was so angry, he almost blew up. But, he stifled his anger and simply glared at Mu Chen menacingly. He could only gnash his teeth and swallow the rage.

Mu Chen was too lazy to bother with him now. After the incident, he would then deal with this guy. His eyes turned to Han Shan, who had never interfered, as he clasped his fist and said, “Regarding this, thank you Brother Han.”

Although he had been trying to absorb the spirit of the Heaven-Devouring Divine Beast, Mu Chen still knew what had happened, so for Han Shan to not interfere, he did owe him a favor. Otherwise, the situation would have never had such a positive outcome for Mu Chen.

“No problem…”

Han Shan smiled and nodded. “Brother Mu has some formidable means indeed.”

Whether it was suppressing Zong Teng’s golden feather sword or forcing Zong Teng to hand over his Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to solve the problem, his actions had revealed that this man was no pushover, which made him more than a little glad that he had not been possessed by greed before.

Mu Chen returned the smile, then raised his head to look at the black stone tablet. There, behind that black stone, appeared a door of light, filled with an aura of desolation.

Looking at the door of light, Mu Chen’s heart began thumping and throbbing. He knew that this was the tunnel that led to the last level of the Body-refining Tower.