For Chu Tianxiao, tonight's battle was certainly extremely mentally taxing, but the gains were also enormous, and its significance was needless to say.
In order to avoid a disaster, Chu Tianxiao did not relax his vigilance even though the queen had fallen to the ground. Soon, she was tied up with a transparent thin rope. It looked very easy to break free, but the fact was naturally the opposite.
After confirming with his own eyes that the Queen's explosion of seeds had ended and the secret method had failed and she had returned to the realm of refinement, Chu Tianxiao breathed a long sigh of relief. He first went to instruct everyone to deal with tonight's affairs, and then coaxed the crying and noisy Queen for a long time before he was able to get away with Mu Liuling and officially began to interrogate Qin Jiaojiao.
Then Mu Liuling said on the side: "Young Master, our losses tonight have already come to light."
"In other words, it cost one million to activate the formation, and five hundred thousand to operate it. The subsequent Nine Yuan Gathering Star Killing Move lasted for thirty-five breaths. Together with the spirit crystals left by the master, a total of four and a half million worth of natural treasures were burned."
"According to the young master's order, all matters will be cashed in with crystal cards."
"So it can be said that we spent a total of six million spirit coins tonight to successfully capture Miss Qin."
After these words fell, Qin Jiaojiao's body trembled violently. She raised her head and looked at Chu Tianxiao in disbelief, but saw that his eyes were clear and he didn't look distressed at all. She couldn't help but tremble again...
Six million spirit coins...
What kind of number is this? Countless people in the Great Zhou Dynasty may not be able to have money in their entire lives, but tonight, in order to deal with him, this prodigal son spent it without blinking an eye
One battle, and six million defeated, no regrets at all...
Qin Jiaojiao felt her heart tremble, and she finally understood that her attack on the moon tonight might be the best way to fight, but... she had chosen the wrong and most brutal opponent!
If it weren't for this prodigal son, how could she have failed to kill a Lianzhen realm master with the Tongxuan realm and ended up being captured without any control over her fate...
Looking at Chu Tianxiao's calm eyes, Qin Jiaojiao knew that this matter would not end well. If it were her, she would never let go of the opponent she had finally caught after spending six million...
Thinking of this, even though Chu Tianxiao hadn't said a word yet, Qin Jiaojiao felt a surge of despair in her heart. After a moment of silence, she was the first to speak: "Mr. Chu, don't forget that I am still the 'Acting Patriarch' of the Qin Family. According to the law, the Qin Family has the right to redeem me. This is the iron law of the Divine Marquis Family. I hope Mr. Chu will not violate it."
Chu Tianxiao smiled when he heard this: "It is true that the Divine Marquis family has an iron rule of ransoming hostages, but those are defeated hostages, not assassins! Miss Qin, do you think that if you say that, I will let you go obediently?"
"Or... are you finally starting to get scared?"
Qin Jiaojiao sighed after hearing this and said, "I think Master Chu went to so much trouble to capture me, not to kill me, otherwise you would have done it a long time ago... So, what do you want? Please speak clearly."
Chu Tianxiao looked at her deeply, paused, and then said seriously: "I am considering whether to sleep with you and share some of my luck."
As soon as these words came out, Qin Jiaojiao trembled all over. Even Mu Liuling beside her showed a trace of uneasiness, fear and confusion in his eyes. Qin Jiaojiao forced herself to calm down and said with a cold face: "You are dreaming!"
"Don't be so nervous... I didn't say I was really going to do this. I'm just telling you a fact - now that you're in my hands, if I really want to do something to you, do you think... you can resist?" Chu Tianxiao said, his expression gradually turned cold. He squatted down and lifted Qin Jiaojiao's chin with one hand, and said in a cold voice, "So, Miss Qin, it's better to recognize your situation. Don't try to bargain with me all the time. Although I don't like to hit women, I never show mercy to my enemies!"
He then took back his palm and murmured in a voice that only he could hear: "The Queen's hand feels good..."
Qin Jiaojiao gritted her teeth when she heard this: "You... let me go, or, kill me!"
"Kill you? I'm not interested. But letting you go depends on whether you can accept my conditions!"
"Next, I'll say it, and you listen."
Chu Tianxiao's expression gradually turned cold. Qin Jiaojiao looked at his expression and immediately realized that Chu Tianxiao's words of "wanting to sleep with her" were not just a casual threat, but a fact that he had really considered!
When Qin Jiaojiao thought of this, she actually felt a little scared. At this moment, her mysterious origin and numerous inheritances became useless. Facing such a prodigal son who did things as if he was crazy, if she really angered him, he would definitely do that thing! If so, even if she cut him into pieces afterwards, would she be able to regain her innocence
Qin Jiaojiao was not such a person who was ignorant of the current situation. When she thought of this, the last trace of unwilling resistance in her eyes disappeared. She lowered her head, silently indicating that she was listening.
"First, your Xumi Ring and your sword are all considered my spoils of war. No matter what price your Qin family pays to redeem me, I will not return these things. Now, erase all your marks on them!"
As he said that, Chu Tianxiao threw the confiscated Sumeru Ring and sword over. Seeing this, Qin Jiaojiao's expression showed a flash of struggle, but she finally sighed, and with a reluctant move of her jade hand, she wiped off the mark. From then on, these two things became ownerless.
Seeing this, Chu Tianxiao reached out to take it back and threw the sword to Mu Liuling first. Without waiting for the beautiful woman to thank him, he weighed the fine Sumeru ring, and with a thought, he took out a few things from it.
Qin Jiaojiao is worthy of being the acting patriarch of the Qin family. Chu Tianxiao took out a few things from an ordinary Sumeru ring, and they were all good stuff, such as the second-grade "Peiyuan Pill" and the eighth-level refining treasures. There are many of them, with a total value of about three million spirit coins. If the sword is added, the harvest tonight is actually very considerable.
But as Chu Tianxiao watched, his expression suddenly became serious. After a while, he put down the Xumi Ring, leaned back in his chair, and tapped the table with his right hand, as if he was thinking about some major problem...
When Qin Jiaojiao saw this, a look of worry and nervousness flashed across her eyes, and then she lowered her head and remained silent.
"Young Master?" Mu Liuling was stunned when she saw Chu Tianxiao suddenly stopped talking, but she saw Chu Tianxiao made a 'hush' gesture to her, indicating that she should not disturb her thoughts.
Chu Tianxiao thought about this for a long time, tapping his fingers on the table faster and faster.
"Something's wrong! Something's wrong!"
"In the previous battle, this queen was obviously of the fire element, but the items in her Xumi ring were all non-attributed! And although the quality was acceptable, it was far from the hidden background I thought of... Beforehand, she couldn't have expected that she would fail, so she couldn't have expected that this Xumi ring would fall into my hands, so she had no reason to replace it beforehand, so what was the reason why these items were so strange..."
"Wait! Could it be..."
At a certain moment, Chu Tianxiao's eyes widened, he slammed the table, stood up, his tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and an expression of surprise flashed across his face.
"My original guess was wrong! I always thought that the Queen's background should be so powerful, but I forgot that there is another kind of power in this world. The script can be developed in another way... No wonder it didn't make sense before..."
"Yes... Only someone with that kind of background would need her to be so cautious. She even wore the Sumeru Ring very often, and she had to dress it up carefully to not reveal any clues. This kind of meticulousness and caution is too abnormal. Only she... can explain it!"
"On the other hand, if she really had that kind of background... then it would make sense for her to kill me without my father's knowledge and then fake the signs, because that is their common method..."
"Thinking about it carefully... this possibility is really not small."
Chu Tianxiao thought about this, and seeing the two women looking at him in confusion, he smiled slightly, then turned to Qin Jiaojiao and said, "Excuse me, Miss Qin. I am ashamed to say that during the previous battle, I saw that Miss Qin's skills were very extraordinary, and I have been wondering what kind of power is behind Miss Qin. I racked my brains and only thought of three forces. I felt too shocked at the moment, so... Haha, I lost my composure."
Qin Jiaojiao's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, but her expression was calm. She said, "Oh? I wonder which three forces they are?"
Chu Tianxiao said slowly: "Hidden sect, academy, or... the remains of an ancient clan!"
As soon as these words came out, Mu Liuling was immediately shocked. The three forces that Chu Tianxiao mentioned were all transcendental existences that were unrivaled in the vast land of China. They were usually invisible, but when they appeared, the world would be shocked! Among them, the Academy was the world's teacher, the Hidden Sect was the savior, and the Ancient Clan was the most mysterious. It was rumored that they were prophetic and omnipotent, but no one had ever seen them... If Qin Jiaojiao really belonged to one of these three forces, then wouldn't the Purple Robe Marquis Mansion be...
After hearing this shocking speculation, Qin Jiaojiao's expression remained unchanged: "Mr. Chu is really good at guessing..."
Chu Tianxiao observed her expression carefully, and felt more confident.
Seeing Qin Jiaojiao's noncommittal attitude, Chu Tianxiao couldn't help but smile in his heart: These three forces are already the most shocking guesses I can make. If it weren't for your position as the main wife, I would never have thought so high-end. I just didn't expect... Your background, little girl, is probably more shocking than I originally thought...
This is not a qualitative advancement, but a reversal of thinking. Chu Tianxiao knows very well that guessing alone is not enough and more evidence is needed.
So he proposed a second condition.
"This is a minor incident, and it's harmless. Now I'm going to tell you my second condition. That's your blood. I only need one drop."
As soon as these words came out, Qin Jiaojiao immediately said angrily: "Don't even think about it!"
Chu Tianxiao looked at her and said, "It's just one drop of blood. Judging from Miss Qin's performance tonight, even if she doesn't belong to the three forces I mentioned, she is from a wealthy family, right? One drop of blood is too cheap to buy your life."
Qin Jiaojiao looked at Chu Tianxiao for a long time, then said thoughtfully, "What do you want my blood for?"
Chu Tianxiao rolled his eyes and chuckled, "I am a prodigal son who stayed up late at night to play with you for so long, so I have to get your first blood, right? Otherwise, how can I survive if this gets out? Lianzhen defeated Tongxuan, how can such a big event not have a souvenir?"
These words were full of ambiguity, and Qin Jiaojiao didn't hear it. Instead, Mu Liuling, who had been influenced by Chu Tianxiao, felt very embarrassed and turned away.
Qin Jiaojiao fell silent after hearing this. Although she knew that Chu Tianxiao was probably talking nonsense, she thought that a drop of blood essence was really nothing. Anyway, he didn't know its wonderful use. At most, he would use it to refine medicine or equipment...
More importantly, Qin Jiaojiao knew that she didn't have the capital to refuse.
She gritted her teeth and thought for a moment, then nodded with a slightly struggling look.
Then, he took the blood with a swift movement, pointed his jade finger, and the blood fell into Chu Tianxiao's palm. Seeing this, Chu Tianxiao hurriedly put it in a peculiar crystal bottle, seemingly proudly making it into a "souvenir", but in fact he had already activated the Big Spendthrift System to analyze this thing...
Since the "Endless Treasures of Heaven" is fully activated, the Great Prodigal System can appreciate treasures at a very high level. Even though it cannot analyze high-end things due to its current low level, Qin Jiaojiao is extremely weak at this time. Even if a drop of her blood can't analyze everything, it can still give us a glimpse of the leopard...
After a while, the system gave a conclusion.
Chu Tianxiao paused with his right hand, the moonlight fell on his face, just illuminating his fleeting expression of surprise, and he said secretly in his heart.
"really!"
"Such a queen with such a wonderful background... Coach, you are not following the script!"