After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 204 Help? You want payment!

After only a few seconds of thought, she coldly asked, "What would I get in return for saving you?"

"I have... 250,000 high-grade spirit stones in my account with the Chamber of Commerce..."

“I can put you somewhere no one will find you, but I can’t help you with your current state. If you continue to go crazy and lose your mind like this, I can’t do anything about it. I don’t ask for much in return, just 100,000 high-grade spirit stones. If you agree, tell me the spirit stone certificate and how to collect it now.”

With this approach of taking advantage first, she wasn't worried about Lu Ji disagreeing. After all, she was the only one present; if the other party didn't trust her and wasn't willing to give her spirit stones, she could simply leave.

Although she could withdraw all 250,000 spirit stones from the Chamber of Commerce once she received the certificate, she only asked for 100,000. She said she would give it to him if he trusted her, and forget about it if he didn't.

Without knowing what kind of trouble the other party had gotten into, her willingness to lend a helping hand and her request were quite reasonable and not at all like taking advantage of someone in distress.

Seeing that the person didn't respond for a few seconds, she said again, "I'm not a good person, but I'm definitely not a person who goes back on their word. If you ask me for help, I naturally have to ask for payment. If you think it's unreasonable, you can refuse. I'll only give you a few minutes to think it over."

Lu Ji moved his lips, a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat, he wanted to vomit but couldn't.

The current situation is not optimistic. After weighing the pros and cons, asking her for help is the most appropriate choice at present.

After thinking for less than a minute, he handed her the token and account certificate, and told her how to collect them.

Lin Yan looked him up and down, her gaze finally settling on his storage bag. "I can't get the spirit stones right away even if I help you now, so I have to get something in return first, right?"

Seeing his speechless expression and the twitching of his lips, I knew this person wasn't holding back any good words. But that didn't matter; getting the good stuff was all that mattered.

She didn't genuinely want to help others, nor did she expect them to be grateful. All her actions were based solely on self-interest.

He didn't keep her waiting long; in less than a minute, he took the storage bag down and handed it to her. "I can leave this with you as collateral for now, and you can return it to me once you receive the spirit stones."

"Okay." She readily agreed, taking the storage bag.

Seeing that he was about to lose control again, she made another request: "I see that you are not in good condition. In order to prevent you from damaging my magic weapon, I will seal your spiritual power. Is that alright?"

"..." Lu Ji managed to utter two words: "No."

She acted swiftly, sealing his spiritual power but still feeling uneasy, she placed a sealing talisman on his neck to restrict his forced use of spiritual power.

Lu Ji: Endure!

Once Lin Yan felt it was appropriate, she took out the array plate and put the person into it.

Because of the delay on the way, and the slow walk back, it was already past midnight when I got back.

Before even reaching the camp, we could hear the sound of a sword slicing through the air; someone was practicing swordsmanship at night.

She glanced up and saw the bright moon in the sky; practicing swordsmanship under the moonlight was indeed quite picturesque. However, she had never been particularly curious, so naturally she wouldn't bother to see who was practicing.

She didn't provoke anyone, but others came to her of their own accord. The man flashed forward, standing before her with his sword drawn.

Who else could this be but Wen Gui?
If it were someone who admired him, they would think, "Wow, so handsome!" But she would just think, "Is this guy crazy? What's with the pose he's trying to impress me? Does he think he's so charismatic?"
The snow eagle perched on the shoulder tilted its head and chirped twice.

"Master, is this person alright? He seems sick."

Lin Yan glanced up and asked indifferently, "What is it?"

The other person didn't answer her question, but abruptly said, "I have never dared to slack off in my cultivation for a single moment, nor have I ever relaxed my sword practice." "..." Is he alright? What does his hard work have to do with her? "So?"

He seemed not to hear her, continuing to talk about his diligence, talent, and past experiences.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have red eyes or demonic markings, she would have thought he had gone mad.

She knew it was rude of her to walk away while someone was talking. But he wasn't very familiar with her either, and his abruptly coming up to say something nonsensical wasn't exactly polite either.

After thinking it over, she decided to take a detour.

He held his sword horizontally and demanded, "Are you looking down on me?"

Lin Yan frowned. "No." She just found this person very strange.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be the one being teased!"

"so what?"

I don't think I have much interaction with him, do I? Our interactions in public are limited to exchanging tips or competing with each other.

He lost to himself, and when others tease him, he can just retaliate directly, right? What does it have to do with her?
If he was matched against someone else in that competition and still lost, wouldn't people make fun of him?

Does that mean no one else can beat him, and he can only lose to him? Is it that he can't accept other people's teasing, or that he can't accept losing?
"Don't you feel any remorse at all?" Wen Gui questioned.

"Are you crazy?" She almost blurted out "Are you sick?" but stopped herself.

Today was truly a day of bad luck; everyone I ran into seemed to have psychological issues!
Can't you look for your own problems instead of always blaming others?

If he can't accept his own failures, he'll blame others. He's just shifting the blame for his failures onto others. Why doesn't he just push everything onto others?

"I challenge you to a duel!" Wen Gui pointed his sword at her, determined to fight until the fight was over.

She felt inexplicably annoyed. She had already wasted a lot of time because of Lu Ji, and now he was bothering her again. Her patience was almost exhausted.

If it weren't for the fact that he was a direct disciple of Venerable Miaoyin, I wouldn't have stopped here to listen to his nonsense.

"Don't test my patience." She glanced at him coldly. Regardless of whether she accepts the duel or not, you must overwhelm her with your presence and make her back down so she won't bother you again!

"What? You don't dare?"

"I don't have the time for that. I advise you to get out of the way. If you need someone to discipline you, I can ask your master to do it!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a sharp sword came stabbing at her, aimed at taking her life!

Fortunately, he dodged in time, and his own spiritual energy formed a protective barrier, preventing him from being injured by his sword strike.

She took a few steps back, her eyes hardening. The other person was after her life; there was no need for her to back down.

After creating some distance, the little dumpling on her shoulder, who didn't like Wen Gui, immediately wanted to fly over and fight. She quickly pulled it back, placed it on the red demon's back, and used her spiritual power to carry them away.

"Go back to the courtyard and wait for me!" she said to the two little ones.

Wen Gui, having failed to ambush her earlier, saw how much she cared for the two young creatures and devised a plan.