Starting With 100 Million Lives-Chapter 618: The Lion’s Exorbitant Demand

The news of Jiang Cheng being captured by the Black Profound Race spread rapidly.

They had no intention of concealing it and instead announced it flamboyantly to further undermine the confidence of the White Profound Race and to intimidate the Gold and Silver Races.

Look how strong our Black Profound Race is, there's no one we can't take down.

Of course, the spread of this news did not mention the Earth Ruins Pavilion.

After the news spread, the entire Profound Realm was in an uproar.

Sage Jiang was well-known in this First Layer as a peerless genius with the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern, who was likely to become the strongest expert of the Xuan Race in the future.

Originally, the other three races were envious and jealous of the White Profound Race for finding a supreme treasure, while also worried about the future.

Now, however, they were gloating.

"Hahaha, the great hope of the White Profound Race fell into the hands of the Black Profound Race, how ridiculous is that?"

"I heard it was even taken from the White Profound Race Divine Hall."

"Such a rare genius, and they didn't protect him well, that's just foolishness..."

This actually wronged the Palace Masters of the White Profound Race.

Every time Brother Cheng went out for Spirit Attachment before, Ren Hong and several Protectors were secretly guarding him.

The protection was quite strong.

This time, Brother Cheng had quietly transmitted himself into the Descent Spirit Hall, and they couldn't do anything about it.

Moreover, there was Lei Gao, an insider, among them.

"Haha, this is good news for us!"

"Yes, yes, yes, although the grudge between the White Profound and our Silver Profound is not deep, if they have a peerless genius who can break the balance, that's not good for us."

"Indeed, the rise of that genius from the Gold Profound Race is a lesson to be learned."

Five hundred million years ago, the Gold Profound Race had such a peerless genius emerge.

This person came from humble beginnings and had a tragic childhood.

He rose from weakness, and his rise was like the Child of the Plane on a cheat mode.

This person's techniques and trump cards emerged endlessly, often breaking common sense. Upon entering the Earth Profound Realm, he overwhelmed the other three races.

Fortunately, he stayed in the First Layer for only ten thousand years before ascending.

Before him, the fastest record of ascending to the upper realm took at least a million years.

They don't want to see a second person like him grow.

"Since he has been captured by the Black Profound Race, there's no way he can survive."

"Indeed, the Black Profound Race won't be merciful to the White Profound Race."

"Hahaha, we just have to watch the show."

In fact, even the cultivators from the Black Profound Race homeland felt incredulous.

A Great Sage from the White Profound Race, captured? Our Divine Hall must be impressive!

For a time, the Black Profound Race was elated and extremely proud!

Over at the White Profound Race, however, a dark cloud loomed.

Before the Black Profound Race news came through, they had already discovered the transit cave hundreds of miles away.

They also found the residual Transmission Spirit Pattern inside.

"It's a one-time transmission pattern, we can't find the destination anymore."

The War Spirit Hall Master, who was urgently recalled, looked grim.

The Great Hall Master coldly looked at the Wood Spirit Hall Master, who was also recalled.

"You should give an explanation."

The other Palace Masters also looked at him.

"Why did your grandson's corpse appear here?"

The corpse of Lei Gao was still unrotted on the ground, and they, having lived for countless years, were experienced enough to immediately see that this kid was an insider.

However, he was too clever for his own good, colluding with the enemy, only to be betrayed and killed by them after crossing the river.

The Master of the Hall of Light emotionlessly reminded everyone: "Sage Jiang had a conflict with Lei Gao on the first day of Spirit Attachment."

"Lei Gao had sufficient motive."

The Thunder Spirit Hall Master gritted his teeth, cursing, "Damn it! Despite being on guard, we forgot about this small character."

They regretted it immensely.

On the first day of Spirit Attachment, they actually noticed a bit of the conflict.

But at the time, they didn't care too much.

Lei Gao, only at the Mortal Profound Ninth Layer, no matter his intentions, couldn't shake a true powerhouse like the Great Sage.

Moreover, his grandfather was the Wood Spirit Hall Master, and they couldn't easily punish him.

So they turned a blind eye, and it passed.

Little did they know that this kid would actually collude with external enemies.

"If only we knew, we should have eliminated this menace at the time!"

This was said right in front of the Wood Spirit Hall Master, yet he merely gritted his teeth without daring to retort.

Upon initially hearing the news of Jiang Cheng's abduction, he was overjoyed.

Among the numerous Palace Masters in the Divine Hall, only he didn't want to see Brother Cheng survive.

But now, seeing Lei Gao as the insider in this and getting discovered, he panicked.

To reverse the facts and forcibly claim Lei Gao had nothing to do with this?

Would the Palace Masters be fools?

Deep down, he felt both grief and anger.

Grief because, after all, it was his own grandson.

Anger because Lei Gao was so foolish; he had clearly warned him not to act rashly and to wait for an opportunity later, yet he insisted on being clever.

"This... was all his own decision, unrelated to me!"

"I have repeatedly warned him not to harbor hatred for Jiang Cheng, yet out of my presence, he went and committed such an outrageous crime!"

He slowly raised his head, looking at everyone, and firmly declared: "Henceforth he is not my grandson, our family has no such traitor!"

He now had to draw a line between himself and Lei Gao.

Otherwise, he too would be implicated.

Should it come to that, the Great Hall Master and other Palace Masters would not let him go.

At the very least, he'd be expelled from the Divine Hall, at worst, he'd be dealt with on the spot!

Finally, he even swore: "Every word I said is true, if there is fabrication, may I be punished by heaven and earth!" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

The Great Hall Master's gaze, like two ice arrows, never left his eyes, as if to pierce straight to his heart.

There was a long silence in the cave.

After a while, she finally spoke lightly, "Really? Hope so."

Then she announced the news just received from outside.

"Jiang Cheng has fallen into the hands of the Black Profound Race Divine Hall, they have offered to exchange him for treasure."

"They demand we hand over a million Sixth-grade Profound Origin Fruits, a hundred thousand Fifth-Grade Secret Void Holy Sand, fifty Tier Seven Profound Artifacts, three thousand Tier Six Profound Artifacts..."

"In addition, there's also the entire Bai Luo Nine Profound Secret Manual."

"What?"

In the cave, all the Palace Masters erupted in anger, even the recently devastated Wood Spirit Hall Master was no exception.

This demand was beyond exorbitant, it was practically emptying the foundation of the White Profound Race.

"Are they insane?"

"A million Sixth-grade Profound Origin Fruits, this is robbery!"

"Indeed, this is robbery, and our Divine Hall cannot gather so much in a short time!"

"The damn fools, they even want the Bai Luo Nine Profound Secret Manual? Why don't the Black Profound Race just drop dead?"

This manual is the very foundation of the Divine Hall's strength, encompassing the top cultivation techniques and several top-grade Profound Techniques of the White Profound Race.

It has always been the Divine Hall's highest secret.

Even internal geniuses must undergo rigorous trials to receive its teachings layer by layer.

Should the top cultivation techniques and Profound Techniques be thoroughly researched, the Black Profound Race could specifically develop Profound Techniques to counter them.

If this thing leaks, there's no future for the White Profound Race either.

"We absolutely cannot give this to them!"