The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 180 - 179: Reap the Benefits and Maintain a Good Reputation

Chapter 180: Chapter 179: Reap the Benefits and Maintain a Good Reputation

Xie Jiuniang wasn’t just talking for the sake of talking.

She really was piloting the little palace back.

After flying for a while, they returned to the cave they had previously stayed in, and Xie Jiuniang had them rest there temporarily to recover from their injuries.

"Little Profiteer, why aren’t you charging a fee? If I want to ride your little palace, you always charge a fee," Xuanyuan You was not too pleased.

Xie Jiuniang said with an imposing air, "Didn’t Lord Guangcheng admonish us? In the Secret Realm, fellow Sect members should lookout for each other, and helping is only proper. The other two Sects are our comrades in Tao; how could I have the face to ask for compensation?"

Once Xuanyuan You heard the mention of the old ancestor, he thought she was serious.

Then he received her voice transmission, "Put on a show with me, and we split the benefits fifty-fifty..."

Following that, Xuanyuan You changed his tune and said to the others, "We don’t have to give compensation, but we should contribute a bit to cover the consumption required to activate the little palace. Little Profiteer, this is a token of my goodwill, not compensation, but a reasonable share of the consumption..."

It was a reasonable expense, not compensation, etc.

This really did make sense.

Xuanyuan You took out ten Superior Spirit Stones.

This amount, when they thought about the consumption they had seen earlier in the Formation, truly wasn’t much.

The others thought it over and found it reasonable.

Xuanyuan You had given his share; they wouldn’t pretend to be ignorant.

But the Superior Spirit Stones were gone; they still had some items acquired earlier in the Secret Realm, so giving something of equivalent value would suffice.

Thus, Xie Jiuniang reluctantly accepted their offerings and kindly set up the Array Plate for them, adding a Superior Spirit Stone.

Eventually, she said goodbye to everyone.

Of course, before leaving, Xie Jiuniang told them, "I’m going to go back and see if I can save a couple more people."

Then, they all stood in front of the cave, watching her and Xuanyuan You depart, deeply moved.

After this entire charade, she appeared upright and magnanimous, but in reality, she was extremely hypocritical.

She reaped the benefits and didn’t pass up the chance for a good reputation either.

Xie Jiuniang knew her actions were full of errors and omissions.

In the outside world, it certainly couldn’t deceive many people, but don’t forget, this was the Secret Realm, where the mortality rate was incredibly high.

Could a gathering of elite Disciples, faced with a monster wave, have the face to accuse her of standing by idly?

If they, so powerful, couldn’t defeat it, how could they expect her, a mere Disciple, to save the day?

Those who dared to blame her for being callous would have to present their faces for a trampling first, right? Besides, she hadn’t failed to save anyone; she had saved some people, hadn’t she?

The most crucial point was that they hadn’t made an agreement with her to act as a backup plan.

This was where the geniuses had been negligent.

There was ample room for maneuverability in this.

After Xie Jiuniang and Xuanyuan You left, they entered the little palace again.

They flew away from the spot.

Suddenly, a small beast threw itself into her arms.

Seeing the Water Kirin in her arms, Xie Jiuniang fell silent for a moment, "You didn’t leave with Xie Ying?"

"Hahaha, you probably tossed her owner out and forgot to throw it out too," Xuanyuan You laughed upon seeing the Water Kirin, reaching out to snatch it from Xie Jiuniang’s arms, "This is Xie Ying’s treasure-finding tool, Little Profiteer, how about we borrow it for a bit?"

Xie Jiuniang was indifferent, "Sure, we can send it back once we’re done with it."

"You threw its owner out, and you don’t even know if she’s alive or dead."

"She won’t die; she definitely won’t. If she can’t beat those Demonic Beasts, wouldn’t she use a Teleportation Talisman? I don’t believe that Xie Ying doesn’t even have one. If not a Teleportation Talisman, she must at least have a Teleportation Talisman."

"You’re right." As long as these people were willing to use their trump cards, surviving wouldn’t be an issue.

The two of them got together and split the recent gains fifty-fifty.

Xuanyuan You took half and had a vague feeling something was amiss, but he couldn’t pinpoint what it was at the moment.

Xie Jiuniang swiftly slipped away to the control platform.

Ten Superior Spirit Stones, what of them? She had forgotten, forgotten...

Immediately afterward, she took out a handful of Spirit Stones and stuffed them into the control panel.

"Boom, boom—"

"Boom..."

In the Secret Realm, every now and then there would be a few loud blasts.

They were either from Thunder Explosion Talismans or from Thunder Explosive Beads.

Standing on the second-floor balcony, looking out at the commotion ahead, Xie Jiuniang coldly curled her lips, "After waiting for so long, these geniuses are finally willing to make a serious effort."

She never underestimated her enemies.

Just when you think the opponent has expended all their bottom cards, they might still have one up their sleeve. Misjudging someone else’s bottom cards would end up making you the unlucky one.

At that moment, the Broken Sword flew out, circled around Xie Jiuniang once, and then shot outside.

In an instant, it had vanished without a trace.

Startled exclamations rang out from the first floor, followed by the thumping sound of people hurrying up the stairs.

Xuanyuan You said angrily, "Little Profiteer, the accounts we just settled are wrong. I previously took out ten Superior Spirit Stones, now give them back to me right away."

"They’re in the groove of the control panel, why don’t you go get them?"

"Ahh, you profiteer, swindling my Spirit Stones again..."

"What’s all this about swindling? Aren’t we friends? Do you feel right making a friend foot the bill alone for the Spirit Stones?"

"Heh, your shamelessness has reached new heights."

"Thank you for the compliment," Xie Jiuniang replied, unabashed.

Xuanyuan You twitched the corner of his mouth.

This guy was becoming shameless by the day. Truly shameless – wasn’t she supposed to be a lady?

After flying for a while, the two switched from a small palace to a Little Flying Boat to save on Spirit Stones – the latest model from Rongsheng Trading Company.

Xie Jiuniang’s had broken, but Xuanyuan You’s was intact.

The two found it more convenient to sit on the Little Flying Boat.

Most importantly, Xie Jiuniang had pasted Invisibility Talismans all around the Flying Boat that could be activated at any time, as well as Hiding Talismans.

The two sneaked back to the site of the battle.

From a distance, they witnessed the most intense scene unfold.

Facing a Nascent Soul Demonic Beast, Lin Wangchen and the others had no choice but to play their trump cards without a second thought. The area was almost razed to the ground.

Amidst the dust and smoke, bursts of Talisman Light flickered.

Xie Jiuniang figured that most likely someone had activated a Teleportation Talisman.

People wouldn’t resort to using a Teleportation Talisman unless absolutely necessary.

Teleportation Talismans were highly unstable, the destination was random, and the Secret Realm was fraught with danger, making it likely to end up somewhere perilous. Another problem was the difficulty of regrouping afterward.

Who knew where one would be teleported to in an instant?

"Master, Lin Wangchen is seriously injured," Jian Lingyan said excitedly.

Xie Jiuniang lay on the Flying Boat looking down, "How serious is it?"

"He’s close to death; does that count?" Jian Lingyan, knowing more than Xie Jiuniang, recounted the recent events to her. "The moment the Formation broke, Ren Bingyan made a powerful move, killing a Nascent Soul Demonic Beast and two Golden Core-level beasts..."

Originally, that move should have been enough to suppress the remaining Demonic Beasts.

But they were backstabbed by the disciples of the Sword Sect and Minghua Sect!

The Formation laid by the Sword Sect was suddenly withdrawn.

Those people began to use the Teleportation Talismans to escape. The Demonic Beasts they were holding back, including a Nascent Soul-level beast with high intelligence, seemed to realize Lin Wangchen and the others were weak and tried to launch a surprise attack.

Ren Bingyan had just used her powerful move and didn’t have enough Spiritual Power to activate a Teleportation Talisman. She was about to be killed by the Demonic Beast when Lin Wangchen took a hit for her, suffering grave injuries in her stead.

On the brink of death, he managed to activate the seal of Divinity Transformation.

The Nascent Soul Demonic Beasts were annihilated by the appearance of a strand of Spiritual Soul from a Divinity Transformation cultivator of the Lin Family.

Was the crisis resolved just like that?

Miraculous or not, surprising or not?

The disciples of the Tianxu Sect who narrowly survived felt like they had narrowly escaped death and were relieved there were no casualties. When the strand of Spiritual Soul from the Divinity Transformation vanished, Ren Bingyan hurriedly pulled out a Spirit Pill, a nine-turn life-sustaining pill, and fed it to Lin Wangchen.

That’s what saved Lin Wangchen’s life.

Ren Bingyan said, "We can’t stay here for long; we should leave quickly."

The smell of blood was too strong, and it was only a matter of time before other Demonic Beasts would be attracted to the site. The remaining disciples collected the corpses of the higher-order Demonic Beasts, hastily cleaned up the battlefield, and then departed.

Xie Jiuniang saw that Xie Haoran was unharmed.

But Xie Ying was nowhere to be seen.

Now, this group of people hated the disciples of the Sword Sect and Minghua Sect to death.

"Su Songting and his lot are despicable. If they hadn’t suddenly retreated without warning, we wouldn’t have been caught off guard! Brother Lin wouldn’t have gotten into trouble," someone said.

"We must report this to the Sect once we get out of the Secret Realm."

"Such treacherous and deceitful scoundrels deserve the world’s contempt..."