Chapter 152: 152. Chapter 150: Team Up to Deal with Ding Huan

152. Chapter 150: Team Up to Deal with Ding Huan

The grime coating the Immortal-Demon Pill shattered in her hands.

A powerful Immortal-Demon aura surged into the sky.

"Immortal-Demon Pill?"

At this moment, not only Sang Sang Yuhe, but everyone else stared in shock at the Immortal-Demon Pill in her hands.

Even the middle-aged man who had just been fondling the medicinal cauldron put it down and walked over.

Ding Huan noticed that after the Immortal-Demon Pill was exposed, the heads of the four great families and the sect masters of the Four Star Continents looked at him with intense killing intent.

As if fearing this killing intent would be revealed, they quickly suppressed it.

Ding Huan understood what these bastards meant.

He was from the Four Star Continents; if he obtained something as valuable as the Immortal-Demon Pill, he should have handed it over to the four great families or the three major sects first, not come here privately to offer it as a gift.

Even if he insisted on offering it, such a treasure should have been presented by the four great families, not by Ding Huan himself.

The five powerful figures from the advanced civilization paid no attention to Ding Huan anymore; all of them stared eagerly at the Immortal-Demon Pill in Sang Sang Yuhe's hands.

Ding Huan could see the desire and greed in their eyes.

But Ding Huan didn't care—even if these five later fought over the distribution, they wouldn't fight now.

As long as they didn't fight now, he had a chance to board their advanced civilization warship.

Ding Huan's peripheral vision caught the four great families frantically contacting the outside world, clearly investigating his background.

It wouldn't take long before his origins were fully uncovered.

After more than ten minutes, Sang Sang Yuhe finally took out a jade box, placed Ding Huan's offered Immortal-Demon Pill inside, then put it into a larger jade box beside her.

This jade box was jointly guarded by the five of them, not belonging to any individual.

The medicinal cauldron from earlier was also placed beside this large jade box.

Yet Ding Huan subtly sensed that the middle-aged man's gaze never left the Immortal-Demon Pill—clearly, he cared deeply about it.

"What's your name?" Sang Sang Yuhe asked warmly, her tone noticeably warmer than before.

"Your humble servant, Ding Huan," Ding Huan stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

Sang Sang Yuhe nodded:

"The item you offered is excellent. Do you have any requests?"

Clearly, the item Ding Huan presented had exceeded their usual acquisition range, so she proactively invited him to state his wishes.

This Sang Sang Yuhe was worth cultivating a relationship with—grateful and appreciative of kindness, which deeply moved Ding Huan.

She clearly noticed he had brought others with him; otherwise, she could have simply granted him a spot without asking what else he wanted.

How could he miss such an opportunity? He stepped forward humbly and said:

"Your humble servant admires the advanced civilization and has brought my family and pet to seek entry into the advanced civilization planet."

Under normal circumstances, if Ding Huan had dared make such a request, he would have been slapped dead instantly.

But now that he had offered the Immortal-Demon Pill, this request was entirely reasonable.

The Immortal-Demon Pill he offered was worth several supreme treasures.

Moreover, anyone with even a shred of social sense could see this request was prompted by Sang Sang Yuhe herself.

Upon hearing Ding Huan's words, Sang Sang Yuhe was unsurprised; she turned back and saw the other four had already nodded without even consulting each other.

Sang Sang Yuhe smiled:

"Agreed. We'll make an exception and add one more spot. Your pet may also accompany you onto the ship."

"Thank you, esteemed elders, for your great kindness—I will forever remember this favor," Ding Huan exclaimed, thrilled—this had succeeded.

At that moment, Zuo Shi Ken, head of the Zuo Family, stepped forward and said:

"Esteemed elders, Ding Huan has abysmal character. If he enters the advanced civilization, I fear it will tarnish your reputations."

Ding Huan flew into rage—this son of a bitch.

Sang Sang Yuhe frowned slightly:

"Explain."

Her anger was not at Ding Huan, but at Zuo Shi Ken—after they had decided, this man dared to defy them and raise objections.

Zuo Shi Ken, head of the Zuo Family, spoke with the sincerity his name implied:

"Ding Huan arrived on the Four Star Continents over half a year ago and sold me the Zuo Family a broken warship, falsely claiming it was functional."

We never found him—never imagined he'd sneak here to offer a gift."

"Zuo Family Head speaks truth. Such a morally corrupt individual has no right to enter the advanced civilization planet. His demon pill may also be of dubious origin."

Yu Qie, head of the Yu Family, immediately supported Zuo Shi Ken.

One after another, the other family heads and sect masters stepped forward to condemn Ding Huan, claiming such a morally bankrupt man had no right to enter the advanced civilization planet.

Sang Sang Yuhe's expression remained calm, her gaze fixed on Ding Huan:

"Is this true?"

Ding Huan stepped forward calmly and said:

"Esteemed elder, I am merely an outsider and newcomer, while the Zuo Family is one of the Four Great Families of the Four Star Continents."

In other words, if they merely said a word, I wouldn't even have a place to stand—how could I dare sell them a defective warship as if it were good?"

"Just answer: Did you sell a warship to the Zuo Family?"

Zuo Shi Ken no longer bothered arguing with Ding Huan.

All eyes turned to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan spoke calmly:

"I did sell a warship—but whether to the Zuo Family, I don't know. I only know the buyer's name was Tou Jie."

"Good that you dare admit it. Tou Jie is a member of my Zuo Shi family. Now tell me yourself — were the warships you sold in good condition or bad?"

Zuo Shi Ken snorted.

Ding Huan ignored him and went on:

"At the time I was unwilling to sell my warships, but Tou Jie had numbers on her side and forcibly demanded I sell them to her. Many people witnessed this back then.

I said my warships were broken, and Tou Jie said it didn't matter — she wanted them anyway. Left with no choice, I could only sell the warships to Tou Jie for ten thousand purple-gold coins.

The price was also set by Tou Jie herself. As an outsider and newcomer, I didn't even dare raise an objection to the price."

Everyone knew that even for a broken warship, ten thousand purple-gold coins was not a high price — it was dirt cheap, absurdly so.

Zuo Shi Ken said coldly:

"The people of my Zuo Shi family are not Bai Chi — would we knowingly buy a broken warship?"

"Meaning you've changed your mind?"

Ding Huan asked.

"I've made myself very clear. The people of my Zuo Shi family have at least normal intelligence — we would absolutely never buy a broken warship."

Ding Huan stopped paying attention to Zuo Shi Ken's wild accusations, took out a contract and handed it to Sang Yuhe:

"Senior, this is the contract from when the warships were sold."

Sang Yuhe took the contract, glanced over it, then tossed it to Zuo Shi Ken:

"Your Zuo Shi family acting like kings and tyrants on the Four Directions Star Land is none of my concern, but Ding Huan already counts as a person of our Star Land. Yet you still dare frame him — do you think we don't know how to kill?"

That said, she actually quite admired Ding Huan.

A newcomer handling things with such meticulous care, planning ahead — no wonder this newcomer could produce a top-grade treasure and earn the right to board the ship.

Zuo Shi Ken stared at the contract floating before him, and cold sweat instantly broke out across his back.

If he knew where Tou Jie had died, he would absolutely dig her up and whip her ten thousand more times.

That Bai Chi had been with his Zuo Shi family for so many years, yet still made such a low-level mistake.

The contract clearly stated that both parties agreed willingly, that Tou Jie knew the warships were broken, and that whoever reneged would pay ten-thousand-fold compensation.

And just now, his own words had meant exactly that — reneging.

Ten-thousand-fold compensation — if his Zuo Shi family had to pay ten thousand times ten thousand purple-gold coins, would the Zuo Shi family still have any chance of continuing to exist on the Four Directions Star Land?

"So this means your Zuo Shi family will pay the ten-thousand-fold compensation?"

Sang Yuhe looked at Zuo Shi Ken and asked.

Cold sweat streamed down Zuo Shi Ken's forehead. He hurriedly bowed and saluted:

"Senior, this junior did not know my Zuo Shi family had produced a defector. This Tou Jie…"

Sang Yuhe raised a hand, cutting off Zuo Shi Ken, and turned to face Ding Huan instead:

"Do you want the Zuo Shi family to pay ten-thousand-fold compensation?"

How long had Ding Huan been wandering the jianghu? If Sang Yuhe had agreed to let him claim this ten-thousand-fold compensation, she wouldn't have asked him.

These few powerful cultivators who came from high-grade civilization planets couldn't possibly stick their necks out for him either. Their acquisitions of top-grade goods here were all handled through the four great families and three major sects.

A powerful dragon still doesn't crush the local serpent — naturally they wouldn't do something like beating the Zuo Shi family to death in one stroke.

Ding Huan said deferentially:

"Everything should be decided by the senior."

"What about your own thoughts?" Sang Yuhe asked again.

Ding Huan could only say:

"This junior feels that demanding so many purple-gold coins is meaningless, so this junior does not intend to demand compensation from the Zuo Shi family."

Hearing Ding Huan's words, Zuo Shi Ken breathed a sigh of relief.

Sang Yuhe was very satisfied with Ding Huan's tact. In fact, even if Ding Huan had demanded compensation, she still wouldn't have taken his side.

"You are a family head after all, yet your judgment is worse than an ordinary person's."

Sang Yuhe swept a glance at the Zuo Shi family, her tone somewhat displeased.

Ding Huan had a gene spirit root — she simply couldn't sense Ding Huan's cultivation at all.

But Qi Xinyue, standing beside Ding Huan — she could sense qi fluctuations from her, which meant she had cultivated before.

"Yes, yes…" Where would Zuo Shi Ken still dare argue?

Sang Yuhe did not continue dragging this matter out:

"Alright, now it's time for your four great families and three major sects to offer treasures. Because this time Ding Huan's contributed treasure stands head and shoulders above the rest, and also…"

Sang Yuhe seemed to remember something as she spoke, and beckoned to the fat youth who had offered the medicine cauldron:

"What's your name?"

The fat youth hurried over and answered:

"This junior is Lou Buzhi."

Lou Buzhi? Sang Yuhe held back a laugh and said:

"Mm, that's a fine name. Your medicine cauldron has passed — that counts as one quota."

Lou Buzhi was overjoyed and excitedly saluted:

"Many thanks, senior, many thanks, senior…"

After signaling Lou Buzhi to step back, Sang Yuhe continued addressing the rest:

"Because two quite excellent treasures have appeared this time, by all rights your four great families and three major sects should have no chance to offer treasures again.

However, we can't disappoint you either, so we'll offer one more quota for your seven houses. Whoever's treasure is a cut above the rest will be the last quota to leave this place with us."

Only now did Ding Huan understand — normally, all three quotas in the treasure-offering segment also belonged entirely to the four great families and three major sects.

It was just that this time a small accident occurred — the accidents being himself and Lou Buzhi.

Because the treasures he and Lou Buzhi presented exceeded ordinary limits, the Four Great Families and Three Sects were left with only one slot.

This was still a deliberate concession; otherwise, there would have been none left.