I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

Chapter 270: Chapter 169: Stuff Him to Death

When his subordinates found Sun Yun, he was strolling in his courtyard with a bird.

Having had two of his cornerstones pried away by that bastard Zhan Ning, Sun Yun’s days in this regard were becoming increasingly difficult.

”Sir, Geng Jiu has come out of the Wofeng Palace.”

”Just came out like that? No problem at all?” Sun Yun’s voice raised by eight tones.

”He’s severely injured! And based on my judgment, it should be an internal injury!” The subordinate replied with a face full of certainty.

Sun Yun was somewhat surprised.

In the past, Gongyang Jin would often stab several holes in the bodies of Anti-Xia Alliance members who broke the rules, something like three stabs and six holes.

Why was it internal injuries this time?

However, it’s a fact that Gongyang Jin has changed a lot upon returning, so this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Thinking of this, Sun Yun continued to ask, ”How did you determine that he suffered serious internal injuries?”

The subordinate seemed to recall the scene at that time, fear filling his eyes.

”He came out supporting himself against the wall!”

”Supporting himself against the wall?” Sun Yun was taken aback, ”With Geng Jiu’s level of power, if he really was supporting himself against the wall, it indeed should be from extremely severe internal injuries.”

As Sun Yun said this, a smile appeared on his face.

”It seems that the Alliance Leader took action for the stability of the alliance. In which case, when Geng Jiu goes to Shang Academy tomorrow, he should be much more restrained!”

”Go, pass a message to Fan Chaohui, and do him a favor by telling him about this.”

”Yes!”

Soon, the news that Han Zhan had been fiercely reprimanded by the Alliance Leader Gongyang Jin, suffered severe internal injuries, and could only walk while leaning against the wall, spread rapidly.

On the other side.

Han Zhan returned home with a fatigued expression.

His listless appearance gave Nuannuan a big scare.

”Brother Han Zhan?!” Nuannuan quickly reached out to support Han Zhan and helped him into the room, ”Are you okay?”

”There’s a rumor outside saying that because of your conduct at Shang Academy, you angered the Alliance Leader, so she called a meeting to give you a big reprimand and beat you severely, leaving you able to walk only by leaning against the wall.”

Han Zhan’s face twitched a little.

”Yes, I was... I was overwhelmed by Gongyang Jin’s power to the point where I had no choice but to surrender.”

”How awful, how could the Alliance Leader do such a thing!”

While Nuannuan was still complaining.

Han Zhan kept his head down and quickly grabbed a few bites of food.

Because according to the time, evening would soon arrive.

Today, he still needed to use the Sword Skill instructed by Gongyang Jin during the day, to break the moves of those two mysterious shadows.

Han Zhan was very busy.

”Nuannuan.” Han Zhan called out to Nuannuan, who was standing quietly watching him eat.

The innocent gleam in Nuannuan’s eyes was filled with curiosity when she was suddenly addressed.

”What is it, Brother Han Zhan?”

”Ahem, today’s four soups and one dish...”

”Were the four soups and one dish not good? If not, I can prepare different dishes tomorrow!” Nuannuan responded promptly.

But Han Zhan just waved his hand.

”Today’s four soups and one dish weren’t quite enough, could you prepare two more similar ones for me tomorrow?”

Han Zhan continued speaking calmly with a hand on his waist.

...

The battle with the mysterious shadows ended unsurprisingly with yet another great victory for Han Zhan.

Under such intense refinement, his Sword Dao advanced by leaps and bounds.

After a night of deep sleep, Han Zhan woke up invigorated the next day.

Gongyang Jin did not look for Han Zhan during the day today.

Because she was also ”not lightly injured” from yesterday’s fight and needed time to recuperate.

After breakfast, Han Zhan headed to Shang Academy early in the morning.

He thought there wouldn’t be many people at Shang Academy today, but as soon as he arrived, he was startled by the bustling scene before him.

More students than yesterday crowded layer upon layer around the spot where Han Zhan had posted the list the day before.

Each of them, without exception, carried a very substantial gift.

As Han Zhan showed up, they quickly stepped aside to make a passageway for him.

”Dean, on behalf of the Huo Family, I bring three hundred thousand gold coins!”

”Dean, on behalf of the Wen Family, I bring one hundred thousand gold coins, along with three special items and twenty rare materials!”

”Dean, on behalf of the Yuwen Family, I bring five hundred thousand gold coins!”

The voices echoed, yet Han Zhan could already smell a hint of conspiracy.

Not because they were giving too little, but because they were giving too much!

Knowing how much to give and take is an art. Han Zhan was well aware of this, hence he immediately sensed something was amiss.

For these top families, even giving out ten or hundreds of thousands of gold coins wasn’t easy.

The market price of an Awakening Stone is one million gold coins, and if it exceeded this price, they might as well buy them directly from the market.

Not only for the Anti-Xia Alliance, but the Sun Never Sets Knight Order and the Mechanical Sect also have a few Awakening Stones circulating amongst them.

It was normal to bring a few Awakening Stones when being exiled to the City of Extreme Evil.

The only issue was that the price of Awakening Stones was highly inflated, and there weren’t many who were foolish enough to buy them.

For these top families, an Awakening Stone guarantees a stable Tier Seven powerhouse, as long as there is sufficient time for them to grow.

This is a surefire investment, which is why they are willing to spend such a significant sum.

But this doesn’t mean the families are willing to let Han Zhan take advantage of them.

Shang Academy’s dean only has five special awakening slots, and the students who bribed him, outside of the top five, essentially threw their money down the drain.

Using this competitive method can indeed stimulate them to give more gold coins.

But if the sixth person spends tens of thousands of gold coins and doesn’t get the awakening opportunity.

Guess what those top families would do?

Join forces to oust him, have Gongyang Jin make him return those embezzled gold coins, remove him from the position of Shan Academy’s dean, possibly even strip him from his core member status!

This is the plan the top families hold in their minds.

Doesn’t Han Zhan like to eat?

Then let him choke!

Tens of thousands of gold coins are certainly a significant amount, but the high-ranking families can afford it, and in the end, the money will find its way back to them, although it requires some necessary risks.

It seems that in the span of last night, at least seven or eight high-level families reached a consensus.

On Han Zhan’s recorded scrolls, the top eight scores shot up beyond 500 points.

Han Zhan displayed a harmless smile, like a spring breeze, accepting everything that came his way.

Do these high-ranking families want to use this method to choke him to death?

Then he will swallow all these coins they offered, without leaving them with a single penny!