Just now, when Chen Qingyuan walked in, Shen Shijie and others immediately noticed the spiritual energy flowing in his body, which meant that Chen Qingyuan could start practicing again.

Shen Shijie was overjoyed, thinking that Chen Qingyuan might have obtained some amazing fortune in the Sky Abyss Restricted Zone. If he could make this fortune his own, there would be endless possibilities in the future.

“You’ve come all the way to our Mystic Azure Sect to find out about my experience in the Sky Abyss, right!”

Chen Qingyuan pulled up a chair and sat in the center of the hall, with his back to his senior brothers and sisters, facing the strong figures of various sects.

“Yes.”

An elder of a certain sect admitted.

“I said it before, but you didn’t believe me. What should I do?”

Chen Qingyuan sighed with some annoyance.

“If Elder Chen is willing to open his mind and let me search his soul, all the questions will be answered.”

Shen Shijie made this request.

When the elders heard this again, their faces were full of anger, wishing to fight directly. If they were afraid of death, they wouldn’t be considered part of the Mystic Azure Sect.

However, since Chen Qingyuan had already come forward, the elders were willing to trust him and remained silent.

“Searching the soul, no problem.”

Chen Qingyuan waved his hand, indicating that it wasn’t a big issue.

“Young Junior Brother!”

Dong Wenjun couldn’t help but speak, signaling to Chen Qingyuan not to do anything foolish.

The matter of searching the soul could be big or small. If Chen Qingyuan really had any secrets, it would not be appropriate to expose them to everyone.

Even if Chen Qingyuan had no secrets, he couldn’t let people search his soul. Not only would it damage the sect’s reputation, but the process of searching the soul might plant poisonous insects, or harm his origin, which would not be conducive to Chen Qingyuan’s future development.

“Elder Chen, I admire your righteousness.”

Shen Shijie smiled, pretending to be admiring, and said with clasped hands.

“You didn’t come to the Mystic Azure Sect as guests today, but to pressure us. In that case, let’s settle the score!”

Chen Qingyuan said.

“Settle the score, what do you mean?”

People from various sects looked at each other, puzzled.

“Look at the spilled tea on the ground, which was brewed with the top-grade tea leaves of our Mystic Azure Sect. You are not guests here, but have other intentions, so this tea is not free. After all, no one would invite ill-intentioned people to drink tea!”

Chen Qingyuan pointed to the tea on the ground, showing a pained expression.

“I should understand now. The Mystic Azure Sect wants to collect tea money.”

Shen Shijie said.

“This old man is really smart.”

Chen Qingyuan actually recognized Shen Shijie, but did not address him with respect.

Upon hearing Chen Qingyuan’s praise, Shen Shijie felt uncomfortable all over, as if he had been bitten by an ant.

However, in order to obtain useful information from the Sky Abyss in a peaceful manner, Shen Shijie could only endure it: “The Mystic Azure Sect is a big family, is it still short of tea money?”

“Yes, of course we are short.” Chen Qingyuan emphasized, “The Mystic Azure Sect is not as wealthy as the Heavenly Jade Sect, and can only maintain its livelihood through careful budgeting. Just this cup of tea requires one hundred top-grade spirit stones, which is very precious.”

“Kid, are you kidding? A cup of water costs one hundred top-grade spirit stones, are you kidding?”

A senior cultivator from a certain sect frowned and sneered.

The ratio between the quality of spirit stones is one to one hundred, with one top-grade spirit stone equivalent to one hundred medium-grade spirit stones.

In other words, a cup of tea would require ten thousand medium-grade spirit stones, equivalent to the annual income of many third-rate forces.

With over a hundred senior cultivators present, if they all drank over a hundred cups of tea, it would be over ten thousand top-grade spirit stones.

This is simply robbing money!

The real price of the tea is probably not even one top-grade spirit stone!

Upon hearing Chen Qingyuan’s words, Lin Changsheng and others remained calm, with a slight twitch at the corners of their mouths. In this situation, Junior Brother was still thinking about deceiving people and doing business. It’s really hard to change his nature!

“I’m not kidding, this is true.” Chen Qingyuan continued to lie without blushing or skipping a beat, “In the tea tree forest behind the Mystic Azure Sect, someone goes there every day to fertilize and water it, carefully take care of it, nourish it with spiritual water every month, and occasionally grind top-grade spiritual herbs into powder to apply to each bud. It takes a thousand years to bloom, a thousand years to bear fruit, and a thousand years to mature…”

When Chen Qingyuan wanted to continue his nonsense, Shen Shijie couldn’t take it anymore and directly called a halt: “Stop.”

“I haven’t finished yet.” Chen Qingyuan was getting into it, “And I haven’t calculated the broken tables, chairs, and benches, as well as the cracked floor.”

“Kid, these things were not done by us, but by the sect’s protecting elder.”

Someone said angrily.

“Although that’s the case, would these things have happened if you hadn’t come?”

Chen Qingyuan pushed all the responsibility onto the sect’s cultivators.

“Ten thousand top-grade spirit stones is too much, this old man can’t agree to it.”

Everyone knew in their hearts that Chen Qingyuan was trying to leverage the situation to gain benefits for himself.

“In that case, forget it.” Chen Qingyuan sighed lightly, “Oh well! You have no sincerity, you’re not guests, and you won’t even pay for the tea. Forget it, let’s fight!”

With that, Chen Qingyuan stood up and “kindly” warned, “After today, the Mystic Azure Sect will probably become a ruin, and few of you here will survive. You are all influential figures in the Flow Star Domain, yet you refuse to pay for the tea. How can I believe that you won’t tamper with the soul-searching process?”

After some consideration, Shen Shijie gritted his teeth and agreed, “Elder Chen, it’s just tea money, I’ll give it to you.”

In fact, it wasn’t about the tea money, but knowing that this was Chen Qingyuan’s deception, but having to give in.The sensation was akin to Chen Qingyuan extending a foot, only to have a crowd desperately clinging to the sole, allowing him to mock their intelligence, which was deeply uncomfortable.

Thus, under Shen Shijie’s signal, each person took out hundreds of high-quality spirit stones.

Upon receiving the spirit stones, Chen Qingyuan immediately switched to a smiling face, “Elders are too kind, thank you.”

Then, Chen Qingyuan turned to Lin Pingyan, who was standing outside the door: “Xiao Yanzi, what are you dazing for? Didn’t you see the tea spilled all over the floor? Hurry up and serve fresh tea to the elders.”

“No, no, no, the tea from your sect is a rare treasure, we can’t afford to drink it.”

Everyone hurriedly waved their hands in refusal, their words laced with mockery.

Although Chen Qingyuan detected the sarcasm, he pretended to be oblivious: “While the tea is precious, in light of the elders’ generosity, I can offer a fifty percent discount later.”

“No, thanks.”

The crowd was infuriated, their faces flushed with anger. Was this kid truly foolish, or was he deliberately being disgusting?

“Then forget it!”

Chen Qingyuan had hoped to exploit these wealthy landowners a bit more, but it seemed the opportunity was lost.

Witnessing Chen Qingyuan making a fortune, Lin Pingyan’s eyes filled with deep admiration, realizing that his own understanding of making money was far too shallow, not even one percent of what Junior Master knew.

He had to learn, and learn well.

Lin Pingyan had lived a restrained life since birth, only after being taught by Chen Qingyuan did he realize how comfortable it was to be wealthy.

“It’s time we discussed serious matters.”

Shen Shijie’s expression turned grave as he spoke in a low voice.

If Chen Qingyuan dared any more tricks, Shen Shijie wouldn’t be able to tolerate it any longer.

“Indeed.” Chen Qingyuan’s smile faded, his expression solemn: “Now we need to talk about compensation for emotional distress.”

“What?”

Upon hearing this, Shen Shijie and the others were filled with question marks, nearly dying of anger.

If it weren’t for the deterrence of Lin Changsheng and others, not wanting to trigger a major battle, the powerful figures from various sects would have already taken action.