Chapter 76

"How much for these four items?"

Gu Yang took out the four items he had just received. As for the Phoenix Feather Saber, he planned to keep it for himself; it was not easy to obtain a suitable weapon.

Cao Yiyi felt cheated and deliberately quoted a low price, "These are stolen goods. I can only offer up to 400,000 taels."

Good grief, a direct 40% discount.

Gu Yang immediately agreed, "Fine. Give me the items, and I'll take the money."

As long as he could get the money right away, 400,000 taels was not bad. If he held onto them, no matter how valuable they were, they would be as good as scrap to him.

To put it bluntly, in a few months, 400,000 taels would probably have no value to him.

When he first left Liu Village, 100 taels was already a fortune. Now, what was 100 taels to him?

Cao Yiyi, seeing that he agreed without any hesitation, felt a bit choked inside.

Ever since she met this man, she had never gained any advantage over him; she was always at a disadvantage.

She rolled her eyes and came up with an idea, "I don't have that much silver on me right now."

Gu Yang's gaze turned cold, and he said coldly, "Are you playing with me?"

Cao Yiyi felt her legs go weak under his gaze, her heart pounding wildly.

For a moment, she felt he really would kill her.

Her throat tightened, and she stammered, "Who... who would carry so much money around? I'll go get it tomorrow... okay?"

"..."

Gu Yang, seeing the pleading in her eyes, didn't know what to say.

Is this what they call a masochist?

The killing intent he had just shown was real.

As his mastery of the blade's intent deepened, leaking killing intent was a simple matter for him. Ordinary low-level warriors would be scared stiff on the spot, even if they had strong willpower.

Her reaction left him at a loss for words.

Gu Yang, with a blank expression, took back the four items and said, "I don't have time."

This was Jiangzhou City, the Lin family's stronghold. Coming to retrieve this treasure was already quite risky. If Cao Yiyi spread the word, the Lin family's First Rank would immediately come, and he wouldn't be able to escape.

"600,000!"

Cao Yiyi suddenly raised her offer. Seeing that Gu Yang didn't even turn his head, she shouted, "800,000."

Cao Xu, standing nearby, was dumbfounded, completely unable to understand what the young lady was doing.

It was already a stroke of luck that he didn't hold it against them; why was she trying to provoke him?

...

"800,000."

Gu Yang finally stopped, closed his eyes, and opened the system to run a simulation.

There was no way around it; she had offered too much.

With this money, he could break through to the Second Rank. Then, even if the Lin family's First Rank came, he would have the confidence to deal with them, without having to rely on a woman and get entangled in the marriage between the Chu and Qin families.

However, the precondition was that Cao Yiyi wasn't playing any tricks and that this wouldn't bring her father.

After a moment, Gu Yang opened his eyes. From the simulation results, he already had an answer and instantly came up with a plan.

He turned around and said, "800,000. If you can't come up with it in three days, you'll bear the consequences."

Then, he transmitted a message to Cao Xu, "Go to Luozhou City and wait. Don't worry, I won't harm her." He then grabbed Cao Yiyi's arm and disappeared on the spot.

Cao Xu, watching the two disappear, was truly at a loss.

He had already told her not to provoke him, but now she had been taken by Gu Yang.

If anything happened to her, he would be in deep trouble.

"What should I do?"

Cao Xu's mind was in turmoil.

The best course of action would be to immediately inform his master, who would send people to rescue her.

However, that would mean he had failed in his duty as a guard. Would his master still trust him in the future?

Gu Yang had said he wouldn't harm her...

As long as he kept his promise and released Cao Yiyi in Luozhou City, no one would know she had been kidnapped.

Based on his understanding of Cao Yiyi, she wouldn't report to her father.

After a moment, Cao Xu had made his decision.

...

Gu Yang, with a person in tow, did not slow down at all and quickly left Jiangzhou City.

According to the simulation results, taking Cao Yiyi away would allow him to smoothly get the 800,000 taels without attracting the Lin family's experts.

However, this would bring some side effects.

But compared to the trouble brought by Chu Xiyue, this was nothing.

With his current strength, as long as Cao Yiyi didn't summon her father, she couldn't pose any threat to him.

Of course, in several simulations, he had died because of her, so he naturally didn't have a good attitude toward her.

By the time it was almost dawn, Gu Yang and Cao Yiyi had already left Jiangzhou's territory and arrived in neighboring Luozhou.

Luozhou bordered Jiangzhou and Yuzhou, which was the Chu family's territory.

The two arrived in Linfeng City and found a restaurant.

After a night of travel, Gu Yang's speed was faster than a horse, and Cao Yiyi was almost frozen stiff, her face pale and her lips dry and cracked. It was clear she had suffered greatly.

Despite having a father who was a Divine Realm cultivator, her cultivation was low, only at the Ninth Rank, and she couldn't withstand the cold wind.

Cao Yiyi felt alive again after eating a bowl of steaming hot noodles.

She had never endured such hardship and glared at Gu Yang across the table, wishing she could tear him apart.

Gu Yang ignored her gaze and sipped his tea leisurely, saying, "When you're done eating, go get the money."

Cao Yiyi glared at him for a while, then gritted her teeth and made a request, "I want to bathe and change into new clothes."

Before Gu Yang could respond, someone nearby interjected, "Miss, do you need help?"

Gu Yang and Cao Yiyi had attracted everyone's attention as soon as they entered the restaurant.

With Cao Yiyi's appearance, it was normal to attract attention.

The tense atmosphere between the man and woman naturally led to speculation.

The young man who came over to "rescue the beauty" was handsome, holding a long sword, and clearly had considerable strength.

For a moment, the entire restaurant fell silent, waiting for the drama to unfold.

"Get lost!"

Cao Yiyi, full of委屈 and anger, didn't dare to vent at Gu Yang. This man had walked right into her line of fire, and she shouted, "Who asked you to meddle? You think you can be a hero? Go look in the mirror, you ugly brute."

The young man's face turned a deep red. He never expected that his well-intentioned question would result in such an insult.

The people in the restaurant who were waiting for the drama were also stunned.

This script was not what they had expected.

"Let's go."

At this moment, the man sitting with the beautiful woman stood up and walked out. She followed him, looking委屈.

Once the two left, the restaurant erupted in speculation about their relationship.