Chapter 739: Ransom

Things need to be started and finished well.

Since he decided to protect Wu Bei's mother and wife and children, then before the personnel sent by Zhu Linxiao arrived, Xu Jin still had to guard them in secret.

Maybe someone in the Wu clan would get hot-headed and do something stupid again.

It was only an hour and a half, and it would arrive soon.

However, Xu Jin's actions were becoming more and more cautious.

He was afraid that if something really happened, he would be caught by someone, so he laid down the Seven-Kill Escape Dragon Stakes outside the Hanzhou Prefecture City in advance.

Then the Mingji Star Pattern spread out, sensing in all directions.

Under this caution, even if some True Person expert or Imperial Tianyang Xingjun got the news and rushed over at the first opportunity, even if they blocked the space the moment they appeared, Xu Jin still had time to urge the Seven-Kill Escape Dragon Stakes to escape.

Inside the Hanzhou Prefecture City, as starlight transmissions flew everywhere among the Wu clan members, the official forces of the Hanzhou Prefecture City soon intervened, which made Xu Jin frown slightly and send a starlight transmission to Zhu Linxiao.

The Dongxuan Star Realm had order.

Especially around the Dongxuan Dao Palace, even a True Person had to follow the order.

This was also the premise of Xu Jin's safety.

Xu Jin didn't want to destroy this premise.

Not a breath later, Zhu Linxiao's starlight transmission was sent back, 【Husband, don't worry; the Wu clan leader plotting to seize the legacy of a fallen clansman is a major crime among major crimes in our Dongxuan Star Realm, and the crime deserves death. Besides this, the Wu clan leader's lineage also has many illegal acts, which have already been investigated clearly.

The people I sent will handle all this, and by the way, they will lock up a few more Wu clan remnants.

Husband, your action of eliminating evil and protecting the young is that of a great hero.】

Looking at Zhu Linxiao's starlight transmission, Xu Jin couldn't help but laugh.

A great hero!

As the head of the Punishment Hall, Zhu Linxiao had likely seen plenty of such matters.

It was just that the emotional value provided was very sufficient!

It was very happy to look at.

Inside the Hanzhou Prefecture City, scouts were everywhere, and Xu Jin watched from the sky, taking care of the Wu clan mother and children by the way.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin's expression suddenly changed, and his star power moved slightly, becoming alert.

Just a moment ago, a Tenth-Tier Little Tianyang Xingjun suddenly appeared within the range of Xu Jin's Mingji Star Pattern, rushing straight toward the Hanzhou City.

Xu Jin pondered for a few breaths, didn't move, and continued to watch invisibly.

All preparations had been made, and even if a True Person came, he still had the certainty of escaping.

Wait a bit longer; things must be started and finished well!

A hundred breaths later, Xu Jin's expression suddenly changed.

He saw this city lord Little Tianyang Xingjun, Xiang Zhao, arrive at the Hanzhou Prefecture City quickly after finding out the whole event, and rush straight to the Wu clan land where the incident occurred.

Obviously, the root of the matter was there.

Xu Jin frowned again, and had already made a decision.

He had to intervene; if he didn't, this Little Tianyang Xingjun would go over, and Wu Bei's survivors might all die, and in the end, it would become a "gourd case."

"City Lord Xiang, can we move to another place to talk!"

A divine soul transmission suddenly sounded in the ear of this Little Tianyang Xingjun, Xiang Zhao, and at the same time, Xu Jin revealed his aura slightly.

At the first opportunity, City Lord Xiang Zhao discovered Xu Jin's aura, and the moment he looked over, he sneered, "You guys go catch the people; I'll go meet the murderer!"

After saying this, City Lord Xiang Zhao soared into the sky, while the few subordinates he brought rushed straight to Wu Bei's home.

Xu Jin frowned, "City Lord Xiang, can the action over there be delayed? I will give an explanation later!"

"A murderous fanatic, and you still dare to bargain!"

Almost amidst an angry shout, City Lord Xiang Zhao had already rushed close, and as a pitch-black bead appeared, thunder roared toward Xu Jin.

Boom!

Xiang Zhao attacked directly.

Xu Jin responded with thunder light as well.

Thunder against thunder!

Amidst the rolling thunder, Xu Jin's Five-Element Rushing Thunder Slash directly annihilated Xiang Zhao's thunder light.

"Good courage! And you still dare to fight back!"

By this time, Xiang Zhao had already sensed Xu Jin's aura clearly; he was only at the Eighth-Tier peak, perhaps some young master from a family, but he had some means in thunder techniques.

In an instant, the Thunder-attribute Law Heaven Road surged out, and thunder snakes roared toward Xu Jin like a torrent!

"City Lord Xiang, the matter is like this..."

The moment Xu Jin dodged by spatial shifting, he used divine soul transmission to explain the origin of the matter to Xiang Zhao, but Xiang Zhao was unmoved.

"You just submit; right and wrong will be interrogated clearly in my prefecture hall!" Xiang Zhao shouted angrily!

"City Lord Xiang, you must distinguish right from wrong!" Xu Jin sneered.

"It won't be too late to distinguish after capturing you!"

"I am the Dao-Child Xu Jin!" Helpless, Xu Jin stated his identity directly.

It wasn't difficult to deal with this Xiang Zhao, but killing a Little Tianyang Xingjun like this in the Dongxuan Star Realm might bring unexpected trouble.

Xu Jin would be fine, but the trouble for the Wu clan ancestors and grandchildren would be big!

"Never heard of it!"

Xiang Zhao sneered, and his Thunder-attribute law merged with his pitch-black life-bound suppression artifact in an instant; as the light shone brightly, a purple-black thunder river, like a heavenly river pouring down, roared continuously at Xu Jin!

Xu Jin was also provoked into true fire by this Xiang Zhao.

This guy was simply unreasonable!

"Go!"

With a light shout, the Bai Hu, whose cultivation had already broken through to the Ninth-Tier, turned into forest-white starlight and rushed straight to the Wu clan ancestors and grandchildren's residence to protect them first.

At the same moment, starlight swayed down from the sky, and under the full blessing of the Arena of Battle, Xu Jin's spatial law Dao rushed out like a silver dragon, and with just a flash, it rolled toward Xiang Zhao's Thunder-attribute law Dao.

For a time, they were actually evenly matched.

Xiang Zhao's face changed, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Xu Jin was already different.

But at the same time, Xu Jin sneered again.

The Heaven and Earth Cloud Tower flew out carrying eight Star Towers, and the moment they flew out, the eight stars merged into one.

In an instant, the silver dragon starlight transformed by the spatial law Dao expanded by several times!

Bang!

Just for an instant, the Thunder-attribute law Dao under the control of Little Tianyang Xingjun Xiang Zhao's life-bound suppression artifact shattered inch by inch, and under the impact of the silver dragon, Xiang Zhao's life-bound suppression artifact even showed cracks, only one step away from shattering, and it returned to his body with dimmed starlight.

And Xiang Zhao himself was in extreme pain; the law Dao was shattered, and the life-bound suppression artifact was severely damaged. Under the violent backlash, the blood in his mouth sprayed out like it was free.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Xu Jin was already like seeing a ghost.

Damn it, was this still the Eighth-Tier peak?

Even the Ninth-Tier peak wasn't this strong, right?

Xu Jin sneered and rushed toward Xiang Zhao instantly.

"Spare my life!"

City Lord Xiang Zhao's expression became incomparably terrified.

Xu Jin naturally wouldn't kill this fellow under such circumstances.

Killing him under such circumstances would be very easy to investigate.

For other Dao-Children or powerful figures, even if this matter was discovered, it would be easy to handle, and paying some wealth would be enough.

But Xu Jin couldn't do that; at that time, True Person Bixuan would definitely hold onto it and not let go, which would bring big trouble to Xu Jin instead.

It was better to capture him alive and hand him over to Zhu Linxiao to deal with.

According to what Zhu Linxiao said, none of the officials in the Dongxuan Star Realm had clean bottoms.

If they were all lined up to be beheaded, there would definitely be innocent ones.

If they were lined up to kill every other one, there would definitely be fish that slipped through the net.

As long as they entered the Punishment Hall, even if they were right, they would become wrong.

Just as Xiang Zhao thought he was going to die, the death he imagined didn't come, but layers of seals were added to his body.

This Xu Jin in front of him actually sealed his physical body and Dao-Fetus layer by layer.

"Let your subordinates retreat first; otherwise, don't blame me for starting a massacre!" In the prefecture city, the Bai Hu was confronting Xiang Zhao's subordinates.

Two Ninth-Tier intermediate subordinates were knocked to the ground by the Bai Hu and were already seriously injured and vomiting blood.

That was because Xu Jin had given instructions; otherwise, these Ninth-Tier ones would have been killed long ago.

The Bai Hu broke through to the Ninth-Tier, and the core of the acquired Geng-Metal evil energy in its body had long been formed, and there was even a wisp of innate Geng-Metal evil energy appearing inside, and its combat power was unparalleled, especially in close combat, its lethality was extremely astonishing.

Dealing with a bunch of ordinary Ninth-Tier ones was naturally easy.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Xiang Zhao ordered at the first opportunity, and as the subordinates retreated, Xu Jin's palm had already covered the back of Xiang Zhao's head, first using "Dream-Warm" to interrogate this fellow, understand his situation and background, and then deal with him.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle!

A few breaths later, a look of relief appeared in Xu Jin's eyes.

No wonder this Xiang Zhao was so concerned about the death of the Wu clan leader Wu Zheng; there was a reason for it.

As a prominent family in the Hanzhou Prefecture City, the Wu clan naturally had a very close relationship with Xiang Zhao, who was the city lord.

A few years ago, in order to further close the relationship, Wu Zheng sent a seventeen-year-old great-granddaughter who was quite beautiful and carefully taught to serve to Xiang Zhao as a concubine, and this woman was quite favored by Xiang Zhao.

Now that Wu Zheng was killed, the Wu family contacted this woman, and then Xiang Zhao came.

Of course, Xiang Zhao wasn't stupid enough to lose his brain for the sake of a beauty.

A strong person who could cultivate to Little Tianyang Xingjun and be a city lord wouldn't be like that.

It was mainly a favor.

Discovering Xu Jin, this suspect, and discovering that Xu Jin was only at the Eighth-Tier peak, he judged Xu Jin's young master identity and wanted to capture Xu Jin alive first.

Then kill several birds with one stone.

At that time, the concubine in the inner house would be stable, and naturally, she would serve him more attentively, and the Wu clan would have to be grateful to him, and there would be no lack of benefits for him.

Besides this, the young master Xu Jin, who was captured alive by him, was his way to get rich.

In his view, a young master genius like Xu Jin who could kill enemies across tiers must be valued by his family.

At that time, he would definitely have to knock a big sum.

If he was lucky, knocking two or three drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew wouldn't be any problem at all.

After the interrogation, Xu Jin looked at the Little Tianyang Xingjun Xiang Zhao who was still in a dream and shook his head lightly.

Greed harms people, and it has been so since ancient times!

There really aren't many people who can jump out of it.

However, this Xiang Zhao was ultimately the city lord of the Hanzhou Prefecture City, and Xu Jin planned to hand this fellow over to Zhu Linxiao, the Hu Hu Dianzhu, to deal with.

Anyway, as long as the Punishment Hall was willing to dig deep, they could definitely find this fellow's illegal acts, and dealing with him would be as easy as turning over a hand.

Xu Jin didn't need to give people a handle.

At the first opportunity, Xu Jin sent the battle situation just now and Xiang Zhao's specific situation to Zhu Linxiao via starlight transmission.

【Easily capturing a Tenth-Tier Little Tianyang Xingjun alive, and still a relatively veteran Tenth-Tier Little Tianyang Xingjun; husband is mighty, too brilliant!】

Seeing the reply, Xu Jin was also happy, 【Then you say my combat power here is brilliant, or is my combat power in bed brilliant!】

【Anyway, I, a Tianyang Xingjun, am not husband's opponent! Husband, I will go take a bath first when I return to the residence, waiting for you.】

However, since Xiang Zhao was, after all, the City Lord of Hanzhouzhoucheng, Xu Jin intended to hand this wretch over to Zhu Linxiao, the Hall Head, for disposal.

If it weren't for waiting for the Punishment Hall's personnel to arrive, Xu Jin would have wanted to return to the residence right now.

【Husband, the Punishment Hall's star boat will take more than half an hour; since you are idle, why don't you knock a sum from this City Lord Xiang Zhao, and then let him go! As for how to deal with him, when my Punishment Hall's personnel arrive, he won't be able to resist!】 Zhu Linxiao spoke of business.

【This can also work?】

【Husband, our Dongxuan Star Realm has always had a tradition of redemption! Since he is now your captive, and he is in the wrong, it is reasonable for you to let him pay a ransom.】 Zhu Linxiao explained.

Hearing this, Xu Jin was happy.

The one who knows him is the Eldest Princess!

Just right to knock some cultivation materials.

Xiang Zhao, this Little Tianyang Xingjun, as a city lord and a veteran Little Tianyang Xingjun, should have Zhou Tian Star Dew.

Not much.

If he could knock two or three drops out, it would be worth it!

Many a little makes a mickle!

A few breaths later, Xiang Zhao woke up leisurely, and looking at Xu Jin who was looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help but shiver!

"Want to live or want to die?" Xu Jin asked with a smile.

"Live, want to live!" Xiang Zhao said nervously.

"Then you know the rules, right?"

"Understand, understand!"

Xiang Zhao nodded repeatedly, "Please ask the lord to slightly release my divine soul seal, so I can take out the ransom."

Xu Jin moved his divine sense and instantly released the divine soul seal.

Now that this Xiang Zhao was seriously injured, Xu Jin was completely unafraid of him playing any tricks!

A few breaths later, Xu Jin looked at the pile of wealth Xiang Zhao took out, and his face turned black!

"Eighth-Tier Star Jade Tablet, who are you humiliating?"

Xu Jin kicked it away with one foot, "It seems that your little life is only worth these one thousand Eighth-Tier Star Jade Tablets; then I'll just buy your life for one thousand."

Amidst the angry shout, Xu Jin's star power instantly condensed like a knife.

"Don't, don't, don't, lord, calm your anger, I'll take out more, I'll take out more!"

Five breaths later, Xu Jin's face turned even blacker.

What kind of things was this fellow taking out.

Seventh-Tier Star Jade Tablet, one Eighth-Tier spiritual medicine, five Seventh-Tier spiritual medicines, and an Eight-Star spiritual treasure...

This damn thing, what's the use!

"You want to die?" Xu Jin sneered.

"This... lord, I have already taken out the most valuable treasures in my Sumeru space." Xiang Zhao smiled bitterly.

"Just this?

Not even one drop of Zhou Tian Star Dew?" Xu Jin was stunned.

Xiang Zhao shook his head, "They were all two drops received this year, and they were all used up after being issued!"

"No Ninth-Tier Star Crystals, spiritual materials, or treasure materials?"

"Lord, those things don't breed; they are either sold or used."

"You!"

Xu Jin was furious!

"Lord, I will open my Sumeru space; if you don't believe me, look." Xiang Zhao said with a bitter face.

At a glance, Xu Jin was even more depressed.

Really damn poor.

And still a city

"My lord, that thing doesn't breed; you should either sell it or use it."

"You!"

Xu Jin was choked with anger!

"My lord, I'll open my Sumeru space; if you don't believe me, look for yourself," Xiang Zhao said with a bitter face.

Upon looking, Xu Jin felt even more depressed.

He was truly damn poor.

And he was the lord of a city!

"It seems you can't afford this ransom! Forget it, don't bother redeeming yourself; I'll just send you on your way," Xu Jin said, feeling frustrated.

Now he just wanted to hand this wretch over to Zhu Linxiao directly; a heavy sentence for his poverty would be the only way to vent this stifled anger!

This was the poorest Small Tianyang Xingjun Xu Jin had ever seen—Xiang Zhao!

Without exception!

"Don't, my lord! I want to live. If you kill me, you won't gain anything either!" Xiang Zhao was truly afraid, because he knew a spoiled brat like Xu Jin might act without restraint.

"I won't gain anything if I don't kill you either!

If I kill you, I can still refine you into a Dao-Performing Pearl, which is worth at least two drops of Universe Star Dew," Xu Jin sneered, making a gesture as if to strike!

Upon hearing he would be refined into a Dao-Performing Pearl, Xiang Zhao was terrified.

This was, in fact, the thing all Guan Xiaoxing Lords feared most.

Not only would they die without a complete corpse, but they would also become nourishment for someone else's breakthrough.

That was too terrifying.

"My lord, don't, don't! I still have a good treasure."

"If you have a good treasure, why didn't you bring it out earlier!" Xu Jin glared.

"It's just a discovery; I haven't obtained it yet!" Xiang Zhao said urgently.

"You're playing me!" Xu Jin glared.

"It's true, my lord!

A precious material, a lightning-attribute precious material! I absolutely wouldn't dare joke with my own life!"

Seeing Xu Jin didn't believe him, and that lightning began to flicker in his palm as if he were about to kill him, Xiang Zhao became even more anxious: "My lord, if you don't believe me, I can swear a Great Dao oath right now. On this point, I absolutely would not deceive you!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Jin's gaze shifted slightly.

Daring to swear a Great Dao oath meant there might actually be some truth to it.

"Then you swear the Great Dao oath first, saying you absolutely won't deceive me, and then tell me about this precious material, one detail at a time!" Xu Jin said.

Hearing this, Xiang Zhao felt as if he had been granted a reprieve!

(End of chapter)