Yang Siqing said angrily, "Chen Jie, I'm grateful that you lured the giant python away for me, but how can you betray me for profit?"
Chen Jie smiled, "I came here precisely for the treasures here. Did you think I intentionally lured the giant python away to help you?"
"Miss, don't waste your breath on him. I think this guy just wants to embezzle our treasure. These things must be taken back!"
"Right, a mere descendant of the Chen family dares to covet our Yang family's treasure? It's laughable! Take them, take all of them!"
Yang Wanli and his subordinates chimed in.
Yang Siqing said expressionlessly, "Chen Jie, my Yang family urgently needs these stones to enhance our strength. You can't possibly use all of them alone. I'll take the stones, and leave you one! After all, my Yang family is vast and populous, and we need more stones. I hope you understand."
As she spoke, she winked at her subordinates.
Yang Wanli immediately directed his men to move the spirit stones.
"Let's see who dares to touch them!"
Lin Meng's pretty face turned cold. She reached to her waist, and with a swish!
A cold glint flashed, and one of the men reaching for the spirit stones had his hands sliced by a soft sword.
*Puff!*
Two hands fell from his arms!
"Ah!"
"My hands!"
This subordinate held his severed hands, screaming miserably.
Yang Wanli was shocked, "A master!"
*Swish, swish, swish...*
More than a dozen men, as if facing a great enemy, raised their guns and aimed them at Chen Jie and Lin Meng.
*Bang, bang, bang...*
A cold glint flashed in Chen Jie's eyes, and then his figure flickered, delivering several kicks in rapid succession.
Before these men could even comprehend what was happening, Chen Jie had kicked them all to the ground.
Yang Siqing hadn't even recovered from the shock when Chen Jie appeared before her.
"Yang Siqing, considering our engagement, I can overlook your offense this time. However, if you dare to do this again, all of you will die!" Chen Jie said calmly.
Even guns couldn't threaten him?
Everyone was deeply shocked.
Yang Siqing finally realized that Lin Meng, a female expert whose strength was unknown, was not the only one present.
And Chen Jie, who had single-handedly lured away the giant python that they themselves couldn't handle, was a master who had returned alive.
They were clearly no match for Chen Jie!
Yang Siqing shouted, "Put down your guns! Don't make a move!"
These subordinates knew they were outmatched and readily complied, lowering their guns.
Then, Yang Siqing looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jie, logically speaking, if you break off our engagement, you should compensate me with twenty billion. Now, if you just give me these stones, I will personally handle the annulment of our engagement. How about it?"
Chen Jie smiled, "Let alone giving you all these spirit stones, even giving you one would be far more valuable than two hundred billion. Therefore, I refuse. I will give you twenty billion within a year to break off our engagement!"
"Then I want twenty billion now! Do you have it?" Yang Siqing pressed Chen Jie.
Chen Jie frowned. He truly couldn't produce twenty billion at the moment.
"You don't have it, do you? Since you don't have it, then let me take these stones!" Yang Siqing said.
"What if I don't agree?" Chen Jie looked at Yang Siqing.
Yang Siqing's heart tightened.
In this situation, if Chen Jie didn't agree, she truly had no recourse against him.
Anxiety flared within her.
"You all leave. Chen Jie, I want to talk to you alone!"
Yang Siqing ordered her subordinates and then looked at Chen Jie.
"Miss!" Yang Wanli said worriedly.
"Leave the cave, go down first!" Yang Siqing commanded.
"Yes!" Yang Wanli gritted his teeth and signaled his subordinates.
Thus, the dozen or so subordinates began to crawl out of the cave.
"Let her leave too!" Yang Siqing pointed at Lin Meng.
Chen Jie said calmly, "No need. If you have something to say, say it to me directly. I won't hand over these spirit stones to you anyway."
Yang Siqing insisted, "No, let her leave! What I need to discuss with you is very important!"
Chen Jie frowned, wondering if the engagement his old master had made for him held some other secret.
He nodded to Lin Meng.
"You can speak now." Chen Jie looked at Yang Siqing.
The next second, Chen Jie was stunned.
Yang Siqing reached out and pulled, her clothes sliding down to her feet.
Her smooth skin was exposed.
Her slender legs, an S-shaped curve.
Beneath the clothes, there wasn't even a shred of modesty.
A hint of disgust flashed in the depths of Yang Siqing's eyes, but she embraced Chen Jie, suppressing her shame, and pressed her beautiful body against him.
"Your master said that it would be beneficial for your cultivation if I became your wife. Today, I will fulfill my marital duties with you!"
Yang Siqing said in a sweet voice, "What happens today, you and I know, Heaven and Earth know! After this one night, we'll have no further connection!"
Unexpectedly, Chen Jie pushed her away and said directly, "Excuse me, if you think of exchanging your body for these spirit stones, you've overestimated your charm!"
What?
He refused even her body for these stones!
Yang Siqing felt indignant and deeply struck.
"Chen Jie..."
"Pull up your pants before you speak to me," Chen Jie said calmly.
"You..."
Yang Siqing's face flushed with shame and anger, but she had no choice but to awkwardly put her clothes back on.
She also felt a pang of regret.
If it were her past self, she would absolutely never stoop to such a base tactic to seduce Chen Jie.
But just now, faced with Chen Jie, this thought had actually entered her mind, and she had even acted on it.
Chen Jie, meanwhile, adjusted his sunglasses.
His aura, altered by his recent upgrade, had not yet returned to normal.
Chen Jie did not let Yang Siqing see his eyes.
"What do you want, for me to give you these stones?" Yang Siqing asked.
Chen Jie looked at her and said seriously, "No matter what, I will not give them to you! Don't waste your efforts."
"If my father knew about this, he would never agree! Because this is a great opportunity for my Yang family to rise!" Yang Siqing threatened implicitly.
"Whether your father agrees or not is his business. However, I advise your Yang family not to cause trouble for yourselves. If you dare to provoke me, even with our engagement, I will not forgive you!" Chen Jie said.
Yang Siqing was furious inwardly but did not show it.
Suddenly, she said charmingly, "Good things should be shared. You have to give me something, right? I am, after all, your fiancée?"
Chen Jie was momentarily taken aback. It did make sense.
He then saw the two elixir bottles placed on the ground.
He picked them up and handed them to Yang Siqing, saying, "One of these bottles contains dozens of Jin Chuang Pills, which can revive the dying and mend bones. The other bottle contains a Huan Hun Pill. Taken together with the Jin Chuang Pills, it can save even someone who just died! It can even extend life."
"Take these."
Chen Jie had no need for these, but for Yang Siqing, they were priceless treasures.