Chapter 368: The Ghost Tower’s Scheme

Chapter 368: The Ghost Tower’s Scheme

A childish voice spoke up, “What a joke! Your Li Hentian Palace didn’t exist until the Dark Overlord disappeared, did it? How the hell is the Dark Overlord your founder? If you’re going to do this, then why not claim that the Taozu Lu Chunyang or the True Celestial Qi Xuanzhen are your founders as well?”

The speaker was none other than Six Yins Superior.

“Yeah! Also, the actual founder of your Li Hentian Palace is a woman, right? Since when was the Dark Overlord a woman?”

“Li Hentian Palace may be yours, but the Dark Overlord is his own man. More importantly, his inheritance belongs to everyone. Surely you bitches can understand such simple logic?”

Countless ridicule broke out from all over the place. Mistress Qu abruptly shot to her feet and raised her voice, “You dare shame Lord Li and Li Hentian Palace with your words? Are you courting death?”

“Shame the Dark Overlord? Not at all. The only ones we’re shaming are your Li Hentian Palace.”

An impudent, arrogant voice said unhurriedly, “You’re just a bunch of thots who climbed to your current position with your tits and ass. If not for the Dark Overlord’s legend and the fact that you’re all women, did you seriously think that Li Hentian Palace could’ve made it as one of the Nine Demonic Ways? Someone would’ve finished you off a long time ago.”

“How dare you!” Mistress Qu’s face was flushed from how angry she was, but thankfully, she hadn’t completely lost her wits. She knew it would be a bad idea to attack her detractors in the Ghost Tower.

“Come at me, bitch! I swear on my mother’s grave I won’t lift a finger to protect myself. If you couldn’t kill me, then you’re my grands—excuse me, I mean granddaugh—hmm, that’s not right either. Why in the world would I want an expired thot to be my granddaughter? That would shame me more than it shames you!”

The guy muttered under his breath for a bit before yelling, “Oh, screw it! Just come and kill me already!”

“You... You...!” Mistress Qi felt like she was this close from blowing her top, literally. If it wasn’t for the Ghost Tower’s rules, she would’ve ripped the speaker to pieces already.

“Hehehe, I knew you wouldn’t dare to do anything.” The man grew increasingly disdainful when he saw that Mistress Qu didn’t dare to attack him. “You bitches don’t know shit besides fucking men on the bed.”

“Is that so? Dare you tell me your name so I may pay you a visit in the future, or are you all bark and no bite?” Mistress Qu uttered hatefully.

“Hahaha! I am Madman Chu. Feel free to come after me after the auction if you dare. Oh wait, you wouldn’t dare because you’re too weak and cowardly. Your Headmistress is the only one who might have a chance at laying her finger against me.”

Madman Chu continued to taunt Mistress Qu with zero restraint, “You know what? I give you permission to rally your whole sect and your lovers to attack me. If I take even a step backward, then you have full permission to call me your son.”

“Hahaha, well said, Brother Chu!”

“I’ve loathed these bitches for a long time.”

“Heaven knows where these heretics find the gall to put themselves out in the open!”

......

“What the hell is Ghost Tower thinking?” Ye Qing tilted his head in Greenlake’s direction and asked.

This was the Dark Overlord Li Hentian’s inheritance they were talking about. Forget them, even a Sage or the Buddha himself would be tempted to get their hands on it.

The problem was that the Ghost Tower only had one Dark Overlord Token. It was one thing if they sold it to a single bidder in secret, but instead they chose to tell everyone about it.

It was guaranteed everyone would fight over the Dark Overlord Token to the death, but the matter wasn’t done even after the auction was over. The winner of the token would have a target painted on their backs, and they would have to worry about the participants leaking the fact that they possessed the token to others.

Fire Skull answered, “First, in order to ensure that everyone present can obtain at least one Dark Overlord Token, we will not be auctioning it right away. Instead, you can pay fifty thousand yin gold right now to obtain one. However, you can only buy one.”

“Once everyone who can afford it had bought a Dark Overlord Token, the rest of you will bid for the remaining tokens with a starting bid of fifty thousand yin gold.”

“Finally, everyone in possession of a Dark Overlord Token including my Ghost Tower must swear an Oath of Burden to not leak the news of the Dark Overlord’s inheritance to others or steal another person’s token in any way.”

“So, do you approve of our arrangements?”

“The Ghost Tower sure knows how to conduct business. Very well!” The Sun Sovereign agreed.

Over half of the audience had already left the auction for one reason or another. Cang Jun, the great elder of the Mountain of Mind and Heart was one such example. Fifty thousand yin gold per token sounded like a hefty price, but it really wasn’t considering what was on the line. Besides that, everyone who stayed behind were basically wealthy people. Even if they weren’t, they would pawn off everything to make up fifty thousand yin gold. No one would or could resist the Dark Overlord’s inheritance.

By doing it this way, the Ghost Tower could make a huge profit and still ensure that no one would leak the news of the inheritance. After all, everyone who possessed a Dark Overlord Token would be in grave danger once the news were spread. No one was stupid enough to pay fifty thousand yin gold just to put themselves in mortal danger. But just in case stupidity or greed overtook common sense, the Oath of Burden guaranteed that the secret would remain a secret.

The rest of the Dark Overlord Tokens were auctioned because the Ghost Tower knew that most of them wouldn’t be satisfied with just one. After all, owning more than one token meant they could bring one or multiple helpers with them on their journey. For obvious reasons, a party of warriors stood a much greater chance of obtaining the Dark Overlord’s inheritance than just one.

At the same time, the Ghost Tower could earn an even bigger profit and kill multiple birds with one stone. So far, the Ghost Tower seemed to have considered everything and made the best out of it.

“The master of the Ghost Tower is a smart man,” Ye Qing commented smilingly.

“They wouldn’t dare to sell the Dark Overlord Tokens otherwise,” Greenlake replied gently.

“Say, do you think that thirty Dark Overlord Tokens is all they have?” An interesting question suddenly occurred to Ye Qing.

“What kind of question is that? You just said that the master of the Ghost Tower is a smart person,” Greenlake countered.

“You’re right,” Ye Qing conceded.

Suddenly, a far more urgent question occurred to Ye Qing. I don’t have enough money! I only stayed because I wanted to enjoy the show!

He literally couldn’t not buy the Dark Overlord Token because he was already made aware of the Dark Overlord’s inheritance. If he refused, he didn’t doubt that the people present would silence him in a heartbeat. Plus, he did want the Dark Overlord Token.

What do I do, Google?

“Er, Miss Bai...” In the end, Ye Qing had no choice but to ask Greenlake for help. If she could lend him some money, then all was well. If not, then he would have to pawn off some stuff.

Be it Strange Artifacts or martial arts, he carried a lot of good stuff with him. He had more than enough to gather fifty thousand yin gold. But of course, he didn’t want to do that if possible.

“Don’t worry, husband. I understand.”

Greenlake smiled as if she knew he was going to ask her for help. “It’s just a hundred thousand yin gold. I can afford it.”

“Thank you, Miss Bai. When we’re back in the yang world, I promise to pay back what I owe immediately,” Ye Qing solemnly promised.

“What are you saying, husband? You and I are one in mind and body. What’s mine is yours, isn’t it?” Greenlake beamed.

You’re not serious, are you? Ye Qing blinked. I’m not gonna stop you if you insist on screwing yourself over!