Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 1229: Chapter 1228: Price

Chen Jiu heaved a sigh, aware that Huang Wuyan would definitely make such a demand.

He had not come earlier but had gone back to his clan first to discuss this matter.

What price was the Chen Family willing to pay to assassinate Su Yang?

”Ten Marrow Cleansing Pills,” Chen Jiu spoke softly, ”Ten Marrow Cleansing Pills can cultivate ten experts of the Sovereign level. Among these ten, at least one can Breakthrough to the Venerable Realm, and with good luck, three to five can do so, then the position of the Huang Family in the future won’t need mentioning. Even if you become a Law Enforcer, the Huang Family won’t be left without successors, and their status in the Capital City will only rise, never fall!”

Chen Benhong’s expression changed drastically. The Marrow Cleansing Pill was an extremely rare item. The Chen Family couldn’t produce it themselves; they spent so much wealth and resources every year to get it from the Su Family of Yanbei. And these Marrow Cleansing Pills were even difficult for the direct descendants of the Chen Family to obtain. Now, to offer ten at once, wasn’t the Chen Family taking this too seriously?

”If the Chen Family is so stingy, then don’t bother negotiating with me,” Huang Wuyan waved his hand dismissively, ”I won’t keep you for dinner!”

Chen Benhong was stunned again. Ten Marrow Cleansing Pills—a generous gesture like that, and Huang Wuyan was still not interested? You’re really overestimating yourself!

Yet Chen Jiu remained unfazed, as if he had foreseen this, smiling faintly, ”Add three more.”

”If you’re going to keep talking about these things, I’d advise you to save it,” Huang Wuyan glanced at Chen Jiu, ”You weren’t so stingy back in the day, so why is your talk so uninspiring now?”

Chen Jiu chuckled, ”As these are not mine to give, of course, I cannot decide freely.”

”So it seems the Chen Family doesn’t take this matter very seriously either!” Huang Wuyan said, ”Well, if that’s the case, forget it, I don’t necessarily have to kill that Su fellow. If the sky falls, there’s always someone taller to bear it!”

Chen Jiu was helpless; he knew that Huang Wuyan was confident in the Cheng Family’s grudge against Su Yang. If the Chen Family couldn’t deal with Su Yang, that would mean big trouble for them. So, this was essentially an issue between the Chen Family and Su Yang, and he was simply raising his price.

At this point, however, Chen Jiu had no other options.

”Three Carefree Pills,” Chen Jiu said softly.

A sharp light flickered in Huang Wuyan’s eyes, but eventually, he shook his head again: ”Too little.”

The expressions of the several Terrestrial Immortals standing nearby changed. Ordinary people might not know the value of the Carefree Pill, but they were very aware.

The Carefree Pill was for Terrestrial Immortals to use, able to aid them in breaking through, and was extremely rare. Even the Terrestrial Immortals of the Chen Family had only a few who had used such an item. Now to give out three all at once, and still, Huang Wuyan considered it too few?

”Five pills!” Chen Jiu paused, ”Brother Huang, this is our family’s bottom line.”

Huang Wuyan stared at Chen Jiu for a while, then said coldly, ”Add another fifteen Marrow Cleansing Pills!”

Chen Jiu pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded, ”Deal!”

”Good!” Huang Wuyan stood up, his voice cold, ”Tonight, Su Yang will have nowhere to hide!”

”Do we need to keep this matter a secret?” Huang Wusen asked in a low voice from the side.

”No need!” Chen Jiu shook his head, ”Even if he knows about it, what can he do? All the exits from the Capital City have been blocked. And to ensure that he absolutely cannot get out, our Chen Family has dispatched quite a number of Earth Immortals to seal off the exits from the Capital City. It’s impossible for him to leave. As long as he is within the boundaries of the Capital City, he will have nowhere to hide tonight!”

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By the time Lü Donglin received the news, it was already after three in the afternoon. He was shocked upon receiving the message.

The Beigong War God had once evaluated Huang Wuyan, saying that this man never wakes up early without a profit. Even if Huang Mingshan was killed, it wouldn’t be enough to make him exert such effort to go after Su Yang. Thus, Huang Wuyan’s contact with those in the Capital City must have come with some significant benefit from the Chen Family.

The moment Lü Donglin got the news, he immediately contacted Su Yang, because he was very clear about the significance of what Huang Wuyan was doing.

This was not just about Huang Wuyan contacting so many Earth Immortals to search for Su Yang. The key was that it also meant that the families and descendants of those Earth Immortals were also standing against Su Yang. This meant that if Su Yang was found tonight, those who would hunt down Su Yang would not only be the Chen Family, but it could be a city-wide manhunt against Su Yang alone!

Although Lü Donglin had stirred up considerable trouble in the Capital City and was extremely forceful in his dealings with many great families of the city, he had never caused as big an incident as Su Yang. Nearly the entire city was going after him; this really could cause an upheaval in the Capital City!

But the question was, with so many people in the Capital City taking action, did Su Yang have any chance of surviving?

Forget about Su Yang’s current power; even someone as strong as Lü Donglin, if cornered by so many in the city, there would be no doubt of his death.

Lü Donglin got in touch with Su Yang as soon as possible and informed him of the situation.

Su Yang hadn’t received the news yet—although Zhang Kui and his people were good at gathering information, their sources were certainly not as reliable as Lü Donglin’s.

Upon receiving the news, Su Yang was also quite shocked. His ability to contend with these people of the Capital City was mainly because he was adept at hiding; they couldn’t find him and thus couldn’t deal with him.

But if he was found by these people of the Capital City, then his situation would become extremely dangerous.

”Su Yang, you’ve already killed Huang Mingshan, and Chen Benhong and Chen Yuanchuan of the Chen Family have both been taken care of by you. Your matters should be considered resolved,” Lü Donglin said, ”Why don’t you just leave the Capital City? I’ll personally escort you out; once you leave the Capital City, they won’t be able to touch you! Any grievances can be settled later once you have enough power. As long as the green hills remain, you won’t be short of firewood!”

Su Yang was grateful in his heart, knowing that Lü Donglin made it sound easy. But in fact, personally escorting Su Yang out of the Capital City would result in many complications.

If Lü Donglin personally sent Su Yang away, it would mean standing against everyone in the Capital City.

Despite having quite a few enemies in the Capital City, Lü Donglin had been resolving them one by one, slowly.

But if he were to send Su Yang away, the animosity of those families would shift to him, making it much more difficult for him to operate in the Capital City from then on.

Taking a deep breath, Su Yang said, ”Brother Lü, I appreciate your kindness. However, I do not plan on leaving the Capital City!”