novelapdf Chapter 107 Using Both Kindness and Strictness
Chapter 107 Using Both Kindness and Strictness
"No! Three thousand five hundred spirit stones!"
How can a person not push themselves in crucial moments?
If Chen Shi can come up with three thousand spirit stones, and then borrow some high-interest loans, wouldn't it be easy for him to raise three thousand five hundred spirit stones?
Lu Qingyun's voice fell.
Chen's face turned a liverish color.
"What's wrong? Are you having trouble?"
Lu Qingyun flipped through the talismans in his hand again.
"No...no..."
Chen swallowed hard.
It's not that he doesn't have difficulties; it's that he dares not have them.
His heart skipped a beat every time the talisman was turned over; he dared not encounter any difficulties.
"But sir, could you perhaps grant me some more time to process the remaining five hundred spirit stones?"
Chen complained.
"It's not that I can't afford the three thousand five hundred spirit stones, but I'm simply short of funds and need to borrow some from my fellow cultivators. I humbly request that you grant me an extension of five days... no, three days!"
What?
How could someone actually come up with three thousand five hundred?
Hearing Chen Shi's words, Lu Qingyun really thought more highly of him this time.
Two thousand spirit stones is really nothing.
Three thousand spirit stones is alright; it's just the kind of wealth a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator should have.
However, it costs 3,500 spirit stones.
However, even the former mayor of a spiritual vein market, Elder Li Laifu, couldn't come up with the money all at once.
The bureaucrats in Dayun are really good at exploitation!
"Yes, and no."
Lu Qingyun said.
Next, he took out a pill.
"Eat him, and you can have as much time as you want."
If you put a grayish-black Rejuvenation Pill in front of this Demon Exorcist Guard, he would never be able to tell its true nature.
As expected, Chen Shi trembled violently upon seeing the grayish-black pill.
Although this pill looks ordinary, there's no need to overthink it; it's undoubtedly a deadly poison. If someone were to ingest it, their life would likely be in Lu Qingyun's hands.
"Sir, can I not eat it...?"
Chen Shi still wanted to try and win.
His cultivation level was at least at the eighth level of Qi Refining, while Lu Qingyun only appeared to be at the seventh level.
Even with his top-tier talisman mastery, he was still not entirely satisfied.
Seemingly sensing the resentment in Chen's eyes, Lu Qingyun sneered.
His aura emanated from his body, and he deliberately controlled it to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, a pressure only one level higher than Chen Shi's.
"My lord...you!"
Chen's expression changed.
He subconsciously reached for his waist, wanting to report to the Demon Extermination Guard, but Lu Qingyun's next words immediately dispelled his idea.
"Fellow Daoist, the matter of eliminating the Demon Guard is the Demon Guard's business, but your own life is your own."
Lu Qingyun patted Chen Shi on the shoulder, and a wisp of magical power passed through Chen Shi's shoulder and entered his body.
"Sir, I'll eat it!"
Without further hesitation, Chen Shi grabbed the pill from Lu Qingyun's hand and refined it instantly.
If he doesn't refine it soon, he's afraid that what's being transferred into his body won't be magical power anymore.
Instead, it turned into war.
After swallowing the pill, Chen Shi cautiously looked at Lu Qingyun.
"My lord, are you truly not the one who killed the Vice Minister of Works?"
"How can you say such a thing, fellow Daoist? We are all under the command of the Great Cloud Army, fighting against the demons. I have no grudge against that Vice Minister of Works, so why would I kill him?"
Lu Qingyun sneered.
Hearing Lu Qingyun's words, Chen Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that Lu Qingyun was actually a member of the Demonic Sect, hiding his cultivation and infiltrating Dayun.
Judging from this tone, I'm afraid it's just some rogue cultivator with ulterior motives.
"That's good, that's good!"
Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Keep this talisman safe. I'll make sure you know that working for me won't be without its benefits."
Lu Qingyun handed a talisman to Chen Shi.
Constantly using high pressure and coercion is not a solution.
The right way is to combine kindness and severity.