Chapter 1610

In most cases, of course, life is more important.

But in certain situations, backbone is absolutely more important!

At the critical moment, backbone is the soul of a people—it must be burned with one's life.

But...

This isn't that kind of moment.

Right now it's just a personal grudge between Zhao Chi and Shangguan Ting; it doesn't even come close to something as grand as backbone.

At most, it's about face.

So the question has now changed.

It's become: is face more important, or is life more important?

Does that even need asking?

Face is worth jack!

Life is definitely more important.

Zhao Chi clicked accept.

In an instant, the system space was full.

Wei Li was pleasantly surprised to see Zhao Chi accept these things.

"Oh, you accepted? That's great!"

She let out a breath of relief, as if she had completed a Herculean task.

"What did Shangguan Ting say? Is there anything I need to do?"

"Captain Shangguan said she made you worry and fear before, so she's compensating you with 10,000 Super Improved Medicine as restitution. But the Fuxi Qin fragment counts as a commission—she wants to buy 10 minutes of your time. She wants to meet you alone."

Sure enough, there's a price.

Zhao Chi asked: "What about those dozen or so Improvement Books? What are they for?"

Wei Li said sheepishly: "Those aren't from Captain Shangguan—they're from me. I don't have that kind of Super Improved Medicine, nor such powerful props. But I asked Senior Su Qin, and she said you need this kind of Improvement Book. It's something I can do, so I bought some—consider it an apology from me."

There's that too?

These 12 Improvement Books together are worth 50 gold coins.

They truly can't compare to what Shangguan Ting gave, but for a lord of Wei Li's level, it already shows her sincerity.

And since the original conflict between Wei Li and him wasn't that big, having these 12 Improvement Books already counts as quite sincere.

If just now there was still a thorn in his heart, now he has truly forgiven Wei Li.

But Zhao Chi couldn't possibly actually take her things.

If he gave her money, she definitely wouldn't accept it either.

Then he'd give her something else.

Costumes were definitely out.

He wasn't that close with her yet.

But Experience Fruits would work.

Calculated at 50 gold coins, that's equivalent to the value of 2,000 Experience Fruits.

Then he'd give her 2,000 Experience Fruits.

"Wei Li, have you had any Experience over there?"

Wei Li was a little puzzled, not knowing why Zhao Chi suddenly asked this.

"No, I rarely buy them. After all, they're consumable props—I'd rather spend my money on other things."

Wei Li is from the Phantom Squad, so the large batches of Experience Fruits Zhao Chi sold to Li Ruanyu—she definitely wouldn't get a share.

Those were all absorbed internally by the Jade Squad.