614 Choosing Humiliation Over Dignity! (2/2)

Fury rose inside Wang Baole when he saw the refinement his donkey was being subjected to. He noticed that the refinement would require a long time to complete. As long as help came in time, the donkey would suffer only a bit of pain. There would not be any lasting damage. That was why he pushed down his anger and looked the elder in the eyes.

”Wang Baole greets Elder Sun.”

”This humble old man can hardly accept the greetings of the esteemed personal disciple from the Federation,” Sun Hai said coolly, with a superficial smile on his face and an extremely hostile tone.

Wang Baole frowned slightly. He almost lost his temper. It was then that Sect Lord Xu smiled beside him and led Wang Baole to land before Sun Hai. The Sect Lord cupped his fists in greeting. He tried to ease the tension with his friendliness.

”Elder Sun, it's all been a terrible misunderstanding. We've come bearing tokens of our sincerity.”

Sun Hai recalled the monthly gifts he had been receiving from Sect Lord Xu and looked slightly less hostile. He glanced sideways at Wang Baole with disdain. He had witnessed Wang Baole's battle during the trial and knew how strong the latter was, but he was confident that he could beat Wang Baole.

That was why he wasn't really bothered about the fact that Wang Baole had just returned from the Worship Palace Pavilion. This was the Vast Expanse Dao Palace, not the Federation. Sun Hai snorted and asked, ”Tokens of sincerity?”

Wang Baole had quite a temper, but he also had to consider the possibility of Sect Lord Xu being right in saying that there was something wrong going on here. The Sect Lord was doing his best to help. It wouldn't be appropriate for Wang Baole to hijack his efforts. He took a deep breath, shoved down his annoyance, stared at Sun Hai, and said slowly, ”I'm willing to fork out sixty thousand battle credits as compensation for your losses. The first fifty thousand is for the damages to the alchemical cauldron, and the remaining ten thousand for the inconvenience caused!”

”Sixty thousand?” Even though Sun Hai was a Nascent Soul realm cultivator, he was shaken by the figure. Sixty thousand was no mere sum to anyone in the Dao Palace.

However, there were times when one's evil character determined their approach to handling matters. When faced with such a person, the more you compromised and showed weakness, the higher the chance of you not achieving any resolution and instead encountering increased bullying!

Sun Hai was one such person. His resolve was shaken, allowing greed to overtake his thoughts. Sect Lord Xu had thought too much about this matter. There weren't any ulterior motives or plans, it had been purely a coincidence. However, Sun Hai saw weakness in his opponents. He narrowed his eyes, studied Wang Baole for a moment, then laughed.

”The fifty thousand battle credits must be paid, of course, but this wretched beast was too brazen. I have to teach it a lesson and make sure it knows that the Vast Expanse Dao Palace is no place for it to run wild!” Sun Hai repeatedly talked about beasts, seemingly referring to the donkey. It was clear he was referring to Wang Baole.

Wang Baole could hardly keep a lid on his temper. His eyes began to glimmer with a cold light. He glared at Sun Hai and asked slowly, ”Oh? What do you plan to do?”

Next to him, Sect Lord Xu's brow started to crease as well. From the way he saw it, Sun Hai was either receiving instructions from someone or was one really stupid man.

”I'm going to turn this beast into a Blood Pill. If you want the pill, I can consider selling it to you at fifty thousand battle credits.” Sun Hai narrowed his eyes as he tried to hide the greed in them. Wang Baole would likely raise the figure next, and he would continue to hold his ground. Perhaps Sect Lord Xu would talk them both down, and they'd finally agree to settle the matter with a hundred and fifty thousand credits.

Sun Hai had everything all planned out in his head. However, reality didn't unfold in the same way… Wang Baole laughed after hearing what Sun Hai had said.

It was laughter devoid of warmth, cold to the extreme. Wang Baole gave Sect Lord Xu a look. The latter had a dark expression on his face.

”Fellow Daoist Xu, I've tried it your way, but it didn't work. Since that's the case… I have no choice but to do it my way,” Wang Baole said. His cultivation erupted suddenly. The clouds shifted in the skies, fierce winds rolled in suddenly, and a terrifying aura rose to the heavens!

Wang Baole didn't speak another word. As his aura erupted, he left his avatar in his original spot as a precautionary measure, then charged towards the shocked Sun Hai!