Chapter 641: I Don't Want to Pay Anything

"This guest, I will say it again: no matter what kind of wish it is, our Ping Pavilion can help you realize it, but the prerequisite is that you must also be able to realize the requirements of our Ping Pavilion."

"We can certainly kill Shen Yu, but can you afford the price?"

His eyes stared straight at the other party, as if wanting to pierce through to the depths of his soul. That gaze made one feel cold from the inside out just by looking at it.

"I, I..." Taking a deep breath, although that person's heart and mind were trembling, he still forcibly suppressed the shaking.

"I understand the rules of Ping Pavilion. I want you, Ping Pavilion, to kill Shen Yu. Feel free to state your requirements, but how do you know I cannot do it?"

"Good, very good. It has been a long time since I encountered such a courageous young man. Our Ping Pavilion accepts this business of yours!"

With a cold laugh, Bai Song changed the tone of his speech and continued, "The requirements of Ping Pavilion are very simple: you only need to personally slaughter over a hundred cities and kill over ten million people; the entire process cannot be done by others."

"As long as you complete these, then the matter of killing Shen Yu is something our Ping Pavilion can help you accomplish!"

"Slaughter a hundred cities and kill ten million people?" Once Bai Song's words were out, there was a continuous sound of gasping for air all around. Ping Pavilion really dared to set such conditions; wasn't this asking someone to seek their own death?

With this method of killing, perhaps before even slaughtering a few cities, the whole world would rise up to attack them. If things went poorly, it could even directly draw Shen Yu here to wipe them out on the spot.

This wasn't going to kill someone; it was just going to commit suicide.

"Why, are the conditions of our Ping Pavilion too excessive?" Looking at the other party with a smile, Bai Song shook his head, his expression remaining indifferent.

"You should know that if you want to kill Shen Yu yourself, the probability is zero. Although the probability of completing the conditions we at Ping Pavilion set is not high, it is definitely much easier to achieve than you going to find Shen Yu to throw your life away."

"Fine, I agree!" Gritting his teeth and stamping his foot, the other party nodded directly to accept the matter. They were right; on his own, it was fundamentally impossible to kill Shen Yu. On the contrary, slaughtering cities and killing people still held a sliver of possibility.

"Truly a heroic figure!" Unable to help but nod at the other party, Bai Song then said, "The moment you slaughter a hundred cities and kill ten million people is the moment our Ping Pavilion executes Shen Yu!"

"If you cannot complete it, Ping Pavilion will leave you to be dealt with as we see fit!"

"Manager Bai!" Just at this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly squeezed forward and said loudly, "I want to know, where is Du Xiyin, the daughter of the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Du Wenchang, now? Has she already reached the pinnacle and stepped onto the summit?"

"So it is the third young master of the Xingbei Marquis, Fang Ziying. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"

This person who suddenly spoke was none other than Fang Ziying, who had once met Shen Yu from afar. At this moment, his face was flushed red and his fists were tightly clenched, appearing particularly nervous; he must have struggled for a long time before daring to call out.

"Young Master Fang wants to know where Du Xiyin is now? This request is very simple, but our Ping Pavilion wants your life. From this moment on, your life will belong to Ping Pavilion. I wonder if you are willing to make the exchange?"

"Fine!" He had originally thought Fang Ziying would refuse outright; after all, to trade one's own life just to find the whereabouts of a person—no matter how one looked at it, this was a huge loss.

Yet, unexpectedly, Fang Ziying nodded and agreed directly. This action also caused the group of people around to be shocked and start discussing it in whispers.

At this time, even Bai Song couldn't help but ask again, "Young Master Fang, are you truly certain?"

"I am certain!" Nodding affirmatively again, Fang Ziying walked forward with large strides, as if he did not care about his own Life and Death in the slightest.

"I just want to know if she is living well now, and if she has already started living the life she wanted!"

At this moment, Fang Ziying urgently asked the question that had been buried in his heart for a long time; he just wanted an answer that she was living well.

Even his desperate search for various experts in his daily life was not for any fortuitous encounter, but merely to inquire about the whereabouts of one person from them.

But after such a long time, he hadn't met any experts, but had encountered a whole bunch of swindlers. As for the person he was constantly thinking of, there had been no news until now.

However, sometimes no news is good news, proving that the other party should be fine.

He had comforted himself this way more than once, yet he couldn't help but want to know where the other party actually was and whether she had met with misfortune.

Coming to Ping Pavilion this time, he asked for nothing else, only wanting to know an answer—an answer that had troubled him for a long time.

"So that's how it is!" Smiling and shaking his head, Bai Song looked at him meaningfully. "Childhood sweethearts in the past, but now separated like migratory birds. A young man yearning for love in his youth—loving but unable to obtain it is always a lingering regret!"

"Fine, since you have decided to trade, I will tell you the answer: Du Xiyin is right here in my Ping Pavilion!"

"What? Impossible!" Such an answer clearly could not satisfy Fang Ziying. At this moment, his face full of disbelief, he stopped in his tracks.

"It seems Young Master Fang does not believe me. Xiyin, come out and meet Young Master Fang!"

Following Bai Song's words, a beautiful woman draped in light gauze slowly walked out from the back, never once looking at Fang Ziying from beginning to end.

And when he saw this young girl, Fang Ziying was struck as if by lightning, his whole person standing there completely stunned.

"Xiyin, why are you here? Didn't you already obtain a fortuitous encounter and leave with an expert? Shouldn't you be roaming the Jianghu with your sword? Why are you inside Ping Pavilion?"

"No wonder I haven't received the slightest news of you for all these years. I thought..."

"The reason Xiyin appears here is naturally because she has sold herself to Ping Pavilion!"

Glancing at Du Xiyin, Bai Song directly opened his arms and pulled her into his embrace, one hand even stroking up and down her body, and throughout the entire process, the young girl did not struggle at all, as if she had long since resigned herself to her fate.

"Speaking of which, Xiyin was actually the first customer of my Ping Pavilion!" His other hand pinched the young girl's pretty face, two fingers hooking her lips and pulling upward with force.

"Xiyin, why don't you smile when you see your old lover!"

"Let her go!"

"Let her go?" Laughing with disdain, the look in Bai Song's eyes as he looked at Fang Ziying was filled with pity. "Young Master Fang, you may have forgotten that Du Xiyin is now the private property of my Ping Pavilion."

"By the way, not only her, but even you are the private property of my Ping Pavilion, subject to our Ping Pavilion's power of Life and Death!"

"Back then, in order to make you give up completely, my Ping Pavilion arranged a so-called fortuitous encounter for Xiyin, letting you sever your ties of affection completely. As the price, she has been a person of my Ping Pavilion ever since."

"And now, in order to know news of her, you sold yourself without even blinking. Truly a pair of miserable people; you tell me, why must you do this?"

"It's just that I'm sorry, but in Ping Pavilion, we don't talk about feelings. I sympathize with you both, but rules are rules!"

"Then, according to the rules of your Ping Pavilion, what price must I pay if I want her to regain her freedom?"

"Young Master Fang is truly worthy of being a romantic fool!" He revealed a cruel smile, a smile as if seeing prey take the bait.

"Letting her go is naturally possible, but since you don't even belong to yourself anymore, what else do you have to trade with us? How about this, I will give you a chance. As long as you personally kill your father and brothers, she will be free!"

"Young Master Fang, on one side is your lover, on the other is your kin. I know this is hard to choose, but our Ping Pavilion never forces anyone; how you choose is your own business!"

While speaking, Bai Song directly stripped the light gauze from Du Xiyin's body, her crystalline skin exposed as if possessing a unique temptation; many people seeing this scene were already feeling dry-mouthed.

"Everyone!" Ignoring Fang Ziying, who was already filled with rage on the side, Bai Song's gaze instead looked toward the surroundings.

"Everyone has worked hard to come from afar after receiving the invitation from my Ping Pavilion. As a reward, my Ping Pavilion's maid Du Xiyin, a famous talented woman of the Capital in the past, is now available for everyone to enjoy. You may do anything you wish to her!"

In the crowd, someone clearly recognized Du Xiyin and asked loudly in surprise, "Really, anything is fine?"

"Of course. Just like that merchant last time who offered up his wife and daughter; even if she is tortured until only one breath remains, my Ping Pavilion will not care!"

"Since you have entered Ping Pavilion, then Life and Death, honor and disgrace, are naturally all decided by our word!"

While speaking, Bai Song glanced at the struggling Fang Ziying beside him, the smile at the corners of his eyes no longer able to be hidden.

"Why struggle? In the end, everything will be in the possession of my Ping Pavilion."

"I want this person!" Suddenly, a voice rang out from the crowd, and immediately after, Du Xiyin was pulled away to the distance by a force.

"Who dares to disrupt the order of my Ping Pavilion? Do you know what the price is?"

"I don't know, but I am very curious, what kind of price can your Ping Pavilion make me pay?"

From within the crowd, Shen Yu, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, strolled out and looked straight at the Ping Pavilion steward before him.

Although that trace of killing intent was not obvious, it seemed as if everyone could perceive it; for a moment, it actually caused the surroundings to fall into a dead silence.

"Shen, Shen Yu!"

"What? Didn't you just say that your Ping Pavilion has the ability to kill me? I also want to know, can you really kill me?"

"So it is Lord Shen Yu in person, this lowly one pays his respects!" Upon seeing that the person who arrived was Shen Yu, Bai Song immediately bowed and saluted, something that had never happened before.

It was just that the other party's face remained calm, without a single trace of unnaturalness, as if the person who had just boasted about killing Shen Yu was someone else entirely.

Based on this courage alone, this Bai Song was definitely no ordinary person.

"Doesn't Ping Pavilion say it can accomplish anything? Then what about killing me? Can you really accomplish that?"

"Also, I want this person, and I don't want to pay anything for it either. Tell me, what should be done about this?"