697: Chapter 717: Never Give Up Until The Dead End _1 697: Chapter 717: Never Give Up Until The Dead End _1 When Lin Chen returned to the City Lord’s Mansion, the entire Lingguang Array for city defense had been activated, with soaring white light in every corner.
The entire sky was also covered by a white spiritual energy shield, making it look incredibly spectacular.
After dinner, Lin Chen saw Gu Yuanjie returning and immediately asked, “What happened?
How did it go?”
Gu Yuanjie’s face was heavy, a hint of anger in his eyes: “These people are not willing to lend a hand, claiming that they have already paid their taxes and have no extra funds, making excuses to shirk.”
Lin Chen wasn’t surprised at all.
He knew this would be the outcome from the moment Gu Yuanjie mentioned asking merchants for loans.
From ancient times to the present, there had been countless natural disasters and similar scenarios.
How many people were willing to provide financial assistance?
Lin Chen comforted him: “Don’t be angry.
In fact, they’re not entirely wrong.
They have paid their taxes, and defending the city is not their responsibility.
Besides, to them, there’s no real difference between us living in the City Lord’s Mansion and those from the Shenghuo Sect.”
“If they provide Spirit Stones for city defense today, and we manage to keep the city, that’s good.
But if we fail, once the Shenghuo Sect enters the city and investigates those who contributed to the city’s defense, they will be in big trouble, won’t they?”
Gu Yuanjie was momentarily stunned, seemingly wanting to say something but ultimately just sighed with a dejected expression: “Indeed, they’re just doing business to make Spirit Stones; they don’t care who the City Lord is.”
Lin Chen said with a laugh: “So don’t take their reactions to heart.
How many Spirit Stones do we have now?”
Gu Yuanjie replied: “Six million.
It seems like a lot, but it won’t last long if we actually use it for defending the city.”
Lin Chen reassured him: “No need to panic.
I made a fortune today.
I asked Situ Xiu to help me exchange the Spirit Stone Card for Spirit Stones, which should be about 15 million to 20 million.
Let’s use those first.”
Gu Yuanjie stared at Lin Chen in shock: “How did you make so many Spirit Stones?
Did you rob someone?”
Lin Chen said with a laugh: “Almost.
The Sky Pirate Aurora Society robbed Sima’s merchant convoy, kidnapped the hostages, and demanded a ransom.
I accompanied Sima Xiu to deliver the ransom, but they went back on their word and tried to kidnap Sima Xiu as well.
So I killed almost all of their members, and their belongings naturally became my spoils of war.”
Gu Yuanjie’s eyes widened, and for a moment, he couldn’t think of what to say.
Lin Chen killed off the Sky Pirate Aurora Society all by himself?
How did he manage that?
Wasn’t he just a Golden Core Realm cultivator?
The Aurora Society had countless Golden Core Realms, and even Nascent Soul cultivators.
Lin Chen changed the subject and asked: “Does the Su Family of Ten Thousand Swords Sect do business in Bai Tao City?
I mean, that Su Mubai’s family?”
“No.”
Gu Yuanjie replied: “The Su Family has shops in every city controlled by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, with the nearest one about a day’s journey from here.”
Lin Chen thought for a moment: “In that case, I’ll write two letters.
You arrange for someone to send the letters – one to Wan Jian Peak, addressed to Su Mubai, Su Dingbo, or the head of the Su Family, and the other to the person in charge of the nearest city controlled by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.”
Gu Yuanjie stared at Lin Chen with surprise: “Junior Brother, do you have connections with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect?”
Lin Chen shook his head: “I only helped the Su Family.
I have no affiliations with the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
Otherwise, I would have asked them for help directly.
I’m not sure if it would work, but regardless, since we’ve decided to defend Bai Tao City, we should go all-out.
Otherwise, if we fail halfway through, wouldn’t that be a pointless loss?”
Gu Yuanjie became excited: “Okay.
You write the letters, and I’ll arrange for someone to leave immediately.”
Lin Chen took out a Jade Slip, wrote two letters, and handed them to Gu Yuanjie.
Soon, two cultivators set off at night.
Lin Chen’s letters were personal requests for help from the Su Family.
Simply put, he was asking to borrow people or Spirit Stones.
If the Su Family was grateful for Lin Chen’s help, they could ask the Ten Thousand Swords Sect’s Nascent Soul Stage experts for assistance, and the matter would naturally be resolved.
Lin Chen didn’t believe that the Shenghuo Sect would be so presumptuous as to continue war if the Ten Thousand Swords Sect got involved.
After all, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was the number one sect in Nanyue Hengshan and considered extremely powerful in the Cultivation World.
If the Su Family didn’t want to get involved, Lin Chen would borrow Spirit Stones instead.
As long as there were enough Spirit Stones, he could hold on until Qiao Wei woke up, and the situation would improve.
Qiao Wei had only sustained a few injuries, and she managed to hold on and return to Bai Tao City before collapsing.
This meant that the enemy did not have an overwhelming advantage.
Otherwise, had she been seriously injured and required a long recovery, wouldn’t the matter be easily resolved without resorting to deceitful means like poisoning?
Lin Chen had considered whether it was worth using so many resources to defend the city.
Could he use these resources to buy materials and help Qiao Wei complete her full body Sword Bone cultivation as soon as possible, so that she could advance to the Transforming God stage and take back the city later on?
However, Lin Chen merely pondered the idea and decided to fight the battle.
Cultivating meant facing difficulties head-on and defying fate!
Would he choose to back down and give in just because there was a possibility of failure?
If he always chose to give in when there was another way out, would he ever make a stand?
No retreat!
Fight!