He spoke with great excitement, clearly flaunting his achievements, appearing quite wretched.

Extortion? A villain who kills to establish authority? Just labeling like that?

Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo’s face turned pale.

He hurriedly said, "Master Shouzhe, it’s a misunderstanding, there’s a misunderstanding here. Ji Jiuxiao did indeed act impulsively, but I guarantee he wouldn’t dare to kill anyone."

He had glanced at the Sacred Supreme Jiuxiao earlier but didn’t dare to look a second time.

It was pitiful; he’d been beaten beyond recognition.

If not for the essence of the Sacred Supreme’s body no longer being mortal, brimming with powerful energy, he might have already breathed his last.

"Guarantee? What guarantee do you, an accomplice, have?" Wang Shouzhe said with a stern face, "Old Cai, take this Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo as well. Together with the evidence we’ve recorded, deliver them to the government office to file a report."

"Yes, Family Head." Cai Youdao rubbed his hands excitedly, "Shall we deliver them to the Tianrui Dynasty’s Official Residences?"

"That’s right, we must follow the proper procedures." Wang Shouzhe nodded, "Because the villain has significant backing, the Tianrui government lacks the power to judge, but they can organize the case files truthfully and then transfer the documentation and culprits to the relevant departments of the Divine Dynasty."

"If the Divine Dynasty does not address it, then send the case files and recorded evidence to every Sacred Dynasty and Immortal Dynasty within the sphere of influence of Dongxia Divine Dynasty, and other continents. Let the whole world see how rotten the core of the Eastern Dawn God Continent has become."

This remark caused Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo to despair internally.

If things really go according to Wang Shouzhe’s method, once things escalate, even with Tranquil Sky Divine King Palace backing Ji Jiuxiao, the Divine Dynasty’s relevant departments absolutely wouldn’t dare shield Ji and Jiuxiao.

Cangping God Emperor would likely intervene personally and would strictly adhere to the law in interrogating and sentencing to silence the world’s criticism.

When Emperor Tianrui heard this, his eyes brightened: "That’s certainly feasible. Let’s do this; we’ll first hand the case over to this emperor and the judiciary division to hear it impartially and truthfully record the case file. Afterward, report it to the relevant departments of the Divine Dynasty and His Majesty the Divine Emperor."

"Master Shouzhe, I admit we were wrong. Can we settle this privately, please?" Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo hastily blocked, "Since your side didn’t suffer losses, we’re willing to make appropriate compensation. Please, calm your anger, Family Head."

"No losses?" Wang Shouzhe looked around at the split mountain tops outside Guiyuan Other Courtyard, the destroyed spirit fields and houses, his tone cool, "Our Guiyuan Other Courtyard has suffered considerable loss."

"Yes, yes, the loss is significant. Then please have the Family Head list the damage, and we’ll compensate what we need to." Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo knew well that Wang Shouzhe was likely to extort, but at this moment, he couldn’t care less. As long as the other party was willing to relent, there was still hope.

It’s better than being sent to the battlefield to be cannon fodder!

"Youping." Wang Shouzhe sternly instructed, "Assess and list the losses of Guiyuan Other Courtyard."

"Yes, Old Ancestor." Wang Youping, who was rescuing at the other courtyard, understood and immediately started evaluating losses alongside Jiang Mu Xian.

Of course, this type of valuation was merely for show, essentially a compensation list, and then he braced himself and began filling the loss list with various expensive items.

In less than two hours.

The list was handed over to Wang Shouzhe.

Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo took a sneaky glance and was immediately shocked by the total loss number.

Wang Shouzhe was really demanding an exorbitant amount.

No, he had to haggle.

Before he could speak, Wang Shouzhe glanced over the compensation list, threw it back and complained, "Youping, why didn’t you include the loss of those dozens of acres of Rank 9 Dao rice we grew? And those few Rank 12 spiritual medicines that turned to ashes, how come they were left out?"

Wang Youping was instantly dumbfounded.

What? Rank 9 Dao rice? Since when did our family have such high-level crops? And Rank 12 spiritual medicines...

Alright... he understood.

Wang Youping suddenly realized, quickly retrieved the list, and promptly completed it.

Seeing this scene, Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo began to sweat profusely from his forehead.

This, this, this... This is beyond simply demanding an exorbitant amount, isn’t it?

After a moment, Wang Shouzhe inspected the list again, nodded in satisfaction, and politely handed the finalized loss list to Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo: "Dan Saint senior, please settle our losses, and then you can take Sacred Supreme Jiuxiao with you."

Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo took a look at the loss list and was so frightened his legs almost gave way. The list boldly stated: Total loss of ninety-seven Chaos Spirit Stones, thirty-one Immortal Spirit Stones, and eighty-six top quality Spirit Stones...

Even included precise numbers.

"Wang Shouzhe, why don’t you just round it up to a hundred Chaos Spirit Stones?" Jiang Lihuo roared furiously, his voice trembling.

"How can one round off arbitrarily like that?" Wang Shouzhe shook his head and said, "We calculate based on our losses, naturally, it must be exact. If Dan Saint Senior is unwilling to compensate, then we can..."

"Can it be a bit cheaper?" Dan Saint Jiang Lihuo hurried to interrupt, eagerly bargaining, "How about a set price of fifty Chaos Spirit Stones?"

"Dan Saint Senior, is this something to haggle over?" Wang Shouzhe’s expression turned serious, "This is real compensatory loss. I haven’t even accounted for the extra losses from using those lost spiritual medicines in alchemy."